Friday 4 June 2010

Craftalicious - first challenge!


Moon Baby

Well good morning and welcome to Friday, I'm very excited as our new challenge blog Craftalicious Challenges launches today (and I've had to schedule this post and the main blog post as I'm not here - so I hope it's all gone well!!)

Our theme for our very first challenge is "New" as we're a new blog - and you can do anything new, baby, house, job etc and of course it doesn't have to be a card either - just hope you can join in.

We've been sponsored by Sew Many Cards and I've used one of their gorgeous digi's for my new baby card.

I decided to use lemon & green for a change from pink & blue and I'm really pleased with how it came out (even if I do say so myself LOL). I've coloured my image with Koh-i-noor pencils to keep it soft and the rest is SU! as follows:

Cardstock - Barely Banana
Papers - Sweet Pea DSP stack
Sentiment - In the Stars using Certainly Celery ink

Star beads from stash plus also used nesties.

We're also having a blog hop to launch our first challenge and you'll need to visit each of the DT in the following order and you're at the right place cos I'm first!!

Each of us has a word for you to collect and my word is:

"Craftalicious" - now how easy was that!

You'll need to pop over and visit Carly next to collect her word and once you've got all the words re-arrange them into a sentence and email Craftalicious the answer (email addy is on the main blog).

All of the DT team are giving away a small candy, so leave some love at each blog to be in with a chance to win plus we've got some wonderful prizes and two more fab sponsors, which you can read all about on the main blog too.

I'm giving away this Stampin' Up! set of stamps called "Happy Moments" it's a lovely set of 7 stamps including some sentiments and if you search my tabs you'll find some examples of cards I've made using this lovely set (well not this set exactly as it's brand new - but you get my gist!!)



So I hope you can join in with our first challenge and our blog hop and thanks for all the lovely messages of support.

52 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Jan
Gorgeous card hun, lovely soft colours and such a cute image. Good luck with your Challenges - I will join in as many as I can.
Hugs
Dawn x

Mandy said...

Jan your card is gorgeous hun, so sweet and fabby colours, love it
hugs Mandy xx

Jean McKenzie said...

Blog Hop! Wow I love this soft card Jan! Beautiful colours and the most perfect baby card. That image is gorgeous!

Ann-Marie said...

Gorgeous card the colours you've used are so pretty. Fab first theme. Right off to the next stop now!! Take care Ann-Marie xxx

Unknown said...

Beautiful card Jan love the colours.
Christine x

Marianne's Craftroom said...

A blog hop, what fun, for your new challenge. A gorgeous card, such a sweet image. Marianne x

Suzi Mac said...

This is adorable Jan, love the image and those soft tan and blue colours are so pretty. Good wishes for the new challenge. I'm sure it will be a roaring success.
Hugs
Suzi x

Lenas kort said...

Super cute card :-) Love it :-)

kayc said...

Great fun. Off to the next hop now. Lovely card. Good luck with the challenge. Kathleen x

Brenda Brown said...

Love your card and a blog hope to celebrate the new challenge blog - what fun. Hope it all goes well and I shall sign in every week and enter as many as I can. Good luck with it all.
LOL Bxxx

gina g said...

Hi Jan gorgeous card hun i love the sweet image and beautiful papers. luv gina xx

Sew This N That said...

well done hun, looks like a cool challenge :0)
Love the lemon and green shades, makes a change from pink or blue :0)
*hugs* Heather x

Stressed Stamper said...

Beautiful baby card - love it..off hopping

Spyder said...

Love your card,'specially that lovely star charm, good luck with your new Challenge.
(Lyn)

Unknown said...

Gorgeous card hon, such pretty colours :-)
Woo hoo, we are off :-)
Hugs
Tasha
xxxxx

Moshie said...

Jan, first off HUGE thanks for everything! I love your card and love the fact you stepped away from pinks and blues for new baby! Awesome creation!
hugs, Diana

Tracy said...

A very adorable creation, fab hop.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

coldwaters2 said...

Hi Jan I do hope to be able to join in with your new challenge I am so loving the DT work I have seen so far...I didn't follow the list so I am going backwards lol...but I still get to see the wonderful creations like yours so soft and delicate great work.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Crafteezee said...

Woo Hoo, and were off! Love your card and the fact you did it different to pink or blue. Lovely image and choice of papers. Fab Hun. Hugs Tracy xx

Bobbi said...

This is such a sweet card. I love the colors you used as well. TFS

Andria said...

Beautiful card and those colours are such a welcome change from blues and pinks.

Cheryl said...

What an adorable card! I love the little stars.

JLJ Designs said...

Beautiful card. I love the colors.

Jennifer

Judi said...

What a GORGEOUS image, and I love the simplicity of your card.

Hugs

Judi xxx

Bev said...

Love your card! So soft and pretty. Thanks for the chance to win this stamp set...very exciting!!!

Unknown said...

Awww Jan, your card is really gorgeous, I really love its' softness in the colours .. as babies' cards should be... Hugs xxx

Jana said...

Darling card. What a wonderful start to a challenge blog.

Vee said...

Hi Jan! Love your card. The image is so cute and I love the sentiment with the little stars hanging from it. Good luck withyour new challenge blog.
xx Vee

cheryl said...

stunning card hun,love it super detail good luck with the challenge hun,love hugs cheryl xxxx

paperpapier said...

oh..cute little babe sleeping..the soft pastel colour is great on this baby card...

Julye said...

Cute card and love the colours too, good luck with the new challenge blog thanks Julye

dj1952 said...

Jan, your card is so precious. If that is an example of the digis that you can get, I'll definitely be checking them out.

Love your new challenge and the bloghop.

TFS,

Debra (dj1952)

Charith said...

What a sweet card. Love the colors and that image is just adorable. Thanks for the inspiration.

Leann said...

So cute!
Hugs x

Catherine said...

What a sweet card Jan ! I love the colours, they are so soft and pretty ! Long life to Craftalicious ! Smiles from Catherine

Loz said...

This is such a sweet image, congrats on the 1st challenge ♥

sammi said...

Cute card! Love the light colors!

A Bit of Country said...

great card I have never done a blog hope before _ I will have to give it a try

Alisonw30 said...

Lovely card and a great theme for the first challenge. Off to hop to the other blogs now!

Alison x

Formerly known as: Queen of Bling said...

Love it and love me some blog hoppin'! LOL! Have a great day!

mewTilman said...

A beautiful card--soft and serene. Innovative color choices!

Nicola said...

Adorable card Jan, your image is so sweet and the soft pastels are so pretty. Fabulous papers and sentiment - your layout and star charm are gorgeous. Congratulations and good luck with the new blog.
Hugs,
Nicola -x-

Shirl said...

What a lovely mix of colours for a baby card Jan and the image is stunning.
Hugs Shirley x x x

Tammy said...

The colors on this card are darling and went beautifully with this card.
smiles...Tammy

Jose said...

Sweet card and a lovely image

Linby said...

lovely card - such soft colours.
Linbyx

Suzie McFloozy said...

Beautiful card - I love the lemon and green combo and the image is precious.
Congrats on your 1st craftilicious challenge and I wish you luck for many more x
((hugs)) Suzie xx

Penny Light/Light Whimsy said...

This is such a beautiful soft card. Thanks for the inspiration!

Jenni said...

Sweet card, congrats on the new challenge blog look forward to playing along.
Jenni x

Create With Joy said...

Sweet card Jan and great candy - look forward to some great challenges!

Hugs
Ramona
http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com

Irit Shalom said...

Love the new challenge blog and your card is great!!

Diane Louise J said...

Beautiful baby card. Thanks for the chance to win those lovely stamps.
Diane x