Thursday, 27 January 2022

Winners post coming soon !

                                                       The Winners post is coming soon....

 
Come visit us to find out who our Winner was and who
 made it to our showcase for our January challenge.
 
Was it you? 
 
(We are also on Facebook and Instagram, see link in side bar.)
 
We will be back to let you know on the 3rd February
  The next challenge will start on the 4th February

 

Sunday, 16 January 2022

The Flower Challenge #64 Reminder

 Welcome back to The Flower Challenge. It's the midway point in our current  challenge

which is....




It would be great if you could add our cue card above when entering our challenge.
Of course most of all....have fun! 

Our theme this month is Monochrome, with Flowers as the main image as always, so it should be either black and white or shades of one colour. See our previous post for more details and also see what our design team came up with below.


Please don't forget to use your Florals as always and as the MAIN feature on your card.
Only 6 other challenges allowed as well as our own.

Also please take a few minutes to read our rules in the tab above as you may lose out on winning a prizes sometimes too. Bought flowers or ones just cut out from design paper alone are NOT allowed. If in any doubt please do ask.


Just to add that you can find us on facebook and also Instagram too. Our Instagram page is @theflowerchallenge2...remember the 2 at the end ;) All links in sidebar.


Our Guest Designer this month is the talented Lisa Elton and here is a reminder of her card below.



Guest Designer
(reminder of her card)





and here is some more wonderful inspiration from our design team. 





You still have time to add your card. 
Click HERE to submit an entry to our challenge. 
The challenge closes on 25th January.

For exact time that the challenge closes in your
country  go to the link and see the time there
 as it varies country to country.

We are looking forward to seeing all your entries.



Wednesday, 5 January 2022

The Flower Challenge #64 Monochrome

 Welcome to The Flower Challenge! This is the challenge that celebrates cards using floral images. Our challenge for January is ...




Happy New Year!

We hope you all had an amazing Christmas with your friends and family and all the Design Team would like to wish you all a very Healthy & Happy New Year. We thank you for posting all your beautiful floral cards all last year and hope to see you in our gallery again  this year!



It would be great if you could add our cue card above when entering our challenge.
Of course most of all....have fun! 


So this month we would like to see you use a Monochrome look on your cards, as well as the usual FLOWERS of course too. 

To clarify things further make a Black and White card or use a SINGLE colour or shades of that one colour. If in any doubt see the examples made by our talented Design Team below!

Our showcase will be announced in the usual manner, the day before the next challenge.


Also note that you can find us on facebook and also Instagram too. Our Instagram page is @theflowerchallenge2...remember the 2 at the end ;) All links in sidebar!


Please don't forget to use your Florals as always and as the MAIN feature on your card.
Only 6 other challenges allowed as well as our own.
Also please take a few minutes to read our rules in the tab above as you may lose out on winning a prize sometimes too. Bought flowers or ones just cut out from design paper alone are NOT allowed. If in any doubt please do ask.


Our Guest Designer this month is the fabulous Lisa Elton who was also our winner for August. Do check out her blog/Instagram if you have a minute as she makes such fabulous cards.

  Guest Designer 






Here is some more inspiration from the Design Team. (Be sure to click on the links to their blogs and leave them some comment love :)








Vivien


The challenge closes on the 25th of the month at 5pm. but we will be back on the 15th with some more inspiration. We will announce the challenge winners the day before the start of the next challenge. Have fun crafting!


Tuesday, 4 January 2022

The Flower Challenge Winner and Picks for the Month of December 2021

                                                Now comes the hardest part of the Challenge. 


We decided we didn't want to use the Random Picker as it was felt
    that cards should be chosen for a number of reasons not
 'luck of the draw'.

     When we look at the cards entered we are each drawn to different styles,
     techniques and designs. So all the design team have input, each has been
 asked to pick out three cards that stand out to them and why.

    The cards getting the most votes will then be posted on our Winners post
      and the other cards will be listed under Top Pick and Honourable Mention.

It is always a difficult decision again picking our Winner and
 Showcase ! We struggled yet again to narrow them down I assure you.

Anyway here are the ones we chose this time below, hope
 you agree with our choices ;)


                         Wishing you all a very Happy New Year too!

So ...drum roll...here is who won!


The Winner for our December Challenge was


No # 17 Kailash


What a fabulous card! such a pretty bouquet of flowers,
leaves and berries. The texture on the background really
 enhances the card too.


Congratulations and don't forget to grab your badge below.




The Top Picks chosen by the Design team were
(in order of entry)


No #10 Mac Mable
We all loved the pink and grey/silver colour combo and the
beautiful shading on the flower.


No #13 Karren J
The overall design of this card is just perfect. Love the
placement of the flowers taking centre stage and the clever hot foiling
touches also.


Great no line colouring here on the pretty flower and the splashes
 of white paint really set it off so well.


No #30 Cardogram
Really clever the hand drawing and beautiful colouring also.
It really says 'Christmas' too.


Congratulations and don't forget to grab your badge below.




There were no Honourable Mentions for this month 




Congratulations to all of you and don't forget to grab your badge.
Thank you for joining us and helping to create a stunning gallery 
that celebrates floral stamps.


Vivien has made this wonderful badge for anyone who would 
like to display it on the sidebar on their blog.



 We hope you enjoyed playing along and that you'll come join us
 again for a new challenge starting 4th January.