January Challenge

A very simple challenge for you this month - January's birthstone is the garnet and all you are challenged to do is make a project that is at least 50% RED (or shades thereof).

I must apologise for not being organised and haven't managed a project this month.

Your prize this month is a selection of flowers.

The inlinkz button will be at the bottom of the post in the next couple of days for you to add your entry. Entry is open until midnight on 31st January 2013 and I will choose a winner at random shortly after that date.

Kelly

 

Eleni

hello everyone ... nothing says red for me more than Christmas ... !!

Emma

I chose this fab image from Some Odd Girl she is called spunky sprite Red is not a colour I often use so I really enjoyed this challenge the bloom and pearls were from my stash and some simple embossing with apaisley embossing folder to finish.

Helen

I have been playing with Zentangle after getting several books for Christmas on the technique and I must say it has me hooked already. I started by using a black pen as Zentangle is traditionally black on white but I soon discovered colour has been used by many artists with amazing results. So for this months challenge I decided to use red on white and made my first Zentangle card which is shown below.

 Tiffany

 Nothing says red more to me than Santa's red suit!! There are always more Christmas pics for me to scrapbook, this one is from our Christmas Eve 2011, think I'm ready to start on 2012 now!!

Cathy

To me red screams Valentine's day.

 

Delighted To Introduce....

our two new design team members.

Emma Stephenson who guested for us this month

and

Helene Bogren


Thanks so much to everybody who applied.  I am only sorry that I don't have room for everybody.

The Craft Garden May Challenge

Welcome to May.

Our challenge to you this month is this picture from Design Seeds

You can create any project as long as it is made during the month of May 2012.  Entry is by the Inlinkz link below and closes at 23:59 GMT 31st May 2012.  Entry is limited to 3 projects per person.

This month is just for fun which is what I originally created the challenge blog for so there will be no winner or prize. Afterall fun is what crafting should be about.


Here is what the design team created:

By Helen

I simply adored this challenge the colours are so user friendly and immediately thoughts of summer and the seaside sprung to mind. I have used this theme to produce two pieces; firstly a double page in my altered book and secondly a set of 3 ATC's. The large flower I have used in my book is available here and comes in a set of two, the other flower in this set is orange, other colours are available.

Kerry:

Melly

Cathy

Tiffany

Design Team Announcement

I am delighted to announce the gardening team until the end of the year

Returning members:

Mel
Helen
Tiffany
Cathy
Kylie
Jayne

and our newest recruits

Kelly
Eleni
Luanne

I also want to say a huge thank you to Kevin who is leaving us. You have been an amazing design team member and we will miss you.

February Challenge

Welcome to the February challenge.Pin It





Unfortunately this month we are saying goodbye to Carlyann. We will miss you.  Thanks for everything.


This month we have a fantastic sponsor

My Creative Classroom is an online arts and crafts learning center. Our interactive and in-depth courses are instructor led and filled with wonderful projects and techniques to help you get the most out of your supplies. This Spring MCC will be offering over 100 courses. From the Cricut to Primas, to mixed media and rubber stamping, to scrapbooking, sewing and more; we have something for everyone. Don't miss out on some wonderful classes starting in January, including:

Textured Backgrounds - Starts Feb 1st

Die Cutting with Spellbinders - Starts Feb 3rd

Stenciling with Style - Starts Feb 6th

Art Buffet - Starts Feb 8th

Designing with Scraps - Starts Feb 10th

Silhouette 101 - Starts Feb 14th

We are excited to be sponsoring The Craft Garden Blog Challenge. You can view our entire class list on our website at My Creative Classroom. You can also find us on Facebook too! One lucky winner will receive a free seat to a class of their choice.....Good Luck!

As I'm sure you are aware 2012 is a leap year.  Your challenge this month is to use this picture as inspiration

Click here to getImages

Jumping Pictures - Pictures

Here is what my wonderful team came up with:

Helen

Now this months image got my head thinking in a very different way and I'm not sure why, but I was inspired to make the bracelet and earrings below. The beads just jumped out and I immediately thought of this months challenge! Something a little different but I hope you like them.

Carlyann
This month's challenge i absolutly loved! i knew exactly what i was going to use!! the first thing that came to mind was frogs!!! so froggie it had to be!! :-) Unfortunately this is my last Design Team creation here at The Craft Garden! It's been a wonderful time here! thanks for having me and i wish the whole team luck for the future! xxxx

Melly

When I first saw the picture I knew whatever I did there had to be balloons and kraft! Now with February being "lovie" month I also needed to have Valentines including! So here's what I did using a wee Hot Air Balloon image!

Cathy

I took the balloons, kraft and pink as my inspiration

Kylie Smith

This picture spoke to me of excitement and colour. The balloons translated into round embellishments on my page. This is a double 12"x12" scrapbook layout:

And the individual pages:

Kevin
I took the pink from the picture & being a leap year I wanted to do these Frogs.

Kerry:

Last minute photo with no natural light so apologies. I was inspired by the leap part of the picture.

Tiffany

I was inspired by the pastels of the balloons, so I have pastel green as my main color, and stamped balloons randomly on my background paper.

The January winner will be drawn randomly in the next day or two.

To enter this month please use the Inlinkz button and a winner will be drawn at random.  Entry is open until 23:59 GMT on 29th February 2012.  Good luck everybody.

New Design Team

I am very happy to announce that our new design team members are

Kylie

Cathy

and Jay

I'm really happy to welcome these ladies on board and look forward to working with them.

A huge thank you to everybody who applied by the link and also by email. It was a hard task.

Hello!

Hello! My name is Helen, I also go by the name of Rumruffle and I am delighted to be part of the Design Team for The Craft Garden. The layout below is really me, a bit frilly round the edges but simple too!

If you have any questions about any of my work please feel free to email me anytime, I look forward to getting to know you all.

Design Team Revealed

I am delighted to introduce to you my new design team.

Tiffany


Carlyann


Kevin


Helen


Katy


Melly


and myself


The first new challenge will be going live on 1st April 2011 so watch this space.

A Layout From Melly

Melly has used So Cute on this stunning layout

Alicia's Cards

Alicia has done some more fantastic cards

These use road trip

This cute new baby card uses this felt flower pack.

and this gorgeous christmas card uses this holiday celebration pack

Alicia

I love how Alicia has altered a box using some of the christmas flowers.

Amanda

Amanda has an amazing talent of putting things together perfectly.  On this layout she has used annalee, butterflies and sweet taffy

Morag

Morag never fails to amaze me with her talent.

These are her latest creations for the design team using Jack n Jill and some of the very popular butterflies which are quite literally fluttering away.