June Guest

Our June guest is Tracy Creedy who has a new website opening shortly which can be found at http://www.tdcd.co.uk/

She has just done some work for Wild Rose Studio using their stamps.  Aren't they adorable and a wee bit cheeky as one of the sentiments on the stamps is 'lan may yer bum reek'.

June Challenge

Welcome to the June Challenge.

The month of June sees a lot of weddings.

Your challenge this month comes from a traditional rhyme.

Something Old

Something New

Something Borrowed

Something Blue

I found some history on the rhyme and must admit to never hearing the part about the sixpence before.

This tradition comes from an Old English rhyme ("Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, A Sixpence in your Shoe"), and the four objects that the bride adds to her wedding outfit or carries with her on the big day are just good luck charms. Don't stress too much about them -- they are the little tokens of love your mother, sister, other relatives, and attendants will give you at the eleventh hour (although you can give them to yourself, too). Something old represents continuity; something new offers optimism for the future; something borrowed symbolizes borrowed happiness; something blue stands for purity, love, and fidelity; and a sixpence in your shoe is a wish for good fortune and prosperity, although this remains largely a British custom.

Your challenge comes from the rhyme.  I want you to use something old, something new and something blue.  You can add something borrowed if you like but I thought it might be a touch tricky to include.

Here is what the talented design team did:

Carlyann


****Something old - Sizzix Swirls, Something New - Ribbons, Something Borrowed - Magnolia Stamp from my friend, Something Blue - Papers, swirls, gems & roses****

Helen

I love this theme as it lends itself to so much, I decided to make another tag. The 'old' is the lace that was cream but has not been inked blue, the 'new' is the stamp that I used to stamp into the UTEE, the 'borrowed' is the gold bobbles on wire which I borrowed from a pack of 'make your own crackers' (what will happen come Christmas I am not sure!) and the 'blue' is the overall colour of the tag.

Melly

I used my old papers from my stash, my new ribbons, borrowed the idea a wee Wedding Posy from here and stuck with a blue theme! 

Kevin

I have used Old paper from my stash, a New sentiment and border punch and Blue heart decoupage

Tiffany

For SOMETHING OLD I used an old picture (back from my days in marching band, circa 1991!!), as well as a sheet of paper from a teacher's grade book. For SOMETHING NEW I have the Thickers, flower and pattern paper.

Katie

Kerry

I made a flower from some old fabric, some new blue lace and an old navy blue button. I apologise for the photographic quality as I had to use my phone.  I will take another photograph when I have access to a camera.

Last month we only had two entries and I think it is incredibly cruel to pick one as the winner so I am going to be generous and send you both a small prize. Lisa Jane and Sherryn please can you email your address to craftgardenshop@googlemail.com.

As always you can enter the challenge by following the inlinkz linky thingy below.  You have until midnight GMT on 30th June to enter and there will be a small prize for a randomly picked winner.

April Winner

The randomly chosen winner for April (I asked my teenage son to pick a number between 1 and 11 telling him he could also choose 1 and 11 and he picked 9).

Number 9 is sarabeth with this lovely layout featuring 4 large butterflies as the criteria

Sarabeth please can you email your name and address to the email address in the sidebar ---> and I will get your little prize to you.

The May challenge is open until midnight GMT on 31st May - full details can be found here and there is also a little prize for a randomly chosen winner.

I will be doing a shop update at some point this week. In the meantime there are a few sets of flowers still available here and also there are some auctions up on ebay starting at just 99p.

May Challenge

Our May challenge is a picture inspiration with a bit of history.

The following is taken from part of the report here

In medieval times, May Day was often celebrated by young men and women dancing on the village green around a specially-decorated tree called a maypole.

The branches of a slender tree were cut off, coloured ribbons tied to the top and the revellers held on to the ends of the ribbons and danced. Some villages still carry on the tradition today.

Before the dancing began there was also a procession led by a woman appointed May Queen for the day. Sometimes she was accompanied by a May King, who dressed in green to symbolise springtime and fertility.

Your challenge this month is to use this picture for your inspiration

 

Here is what the Design Team did:

Carlyann

Helen

ALSO

Melly

Kevin

Tiffany

Katie

Kerry

We also have a guest designer this month who I will feature in a later post.

You have until midnight GMT on 31st May to enter the challenge. Again I am donating a small RAK for a randomly drawn winner. To enter please click the inlinkz button and follow the instructions.