Friday Challenge at The Character Cafe

This week the challenge was to use one of the new releases for October, to use orange, 3 squares, and 3 flowers. I decided to really make this a challenge and use the Christmas image - Christmas and orange!? Oh my! Here's what i came up with. Check out the Character Cafe Blog to see what the other design team members did!

Free Turkey Digi!

I found this cutest little free turkey digi at Digital Delights! Go get him here. They are having a contest with this image and you can get $10 in free digis! Here is the address for the challenge.

Paper Wishes Challenge for November

The Like It Love It Gotta Have It Swap for November at Paper Wishes is about doodling. I ran across an ad from Outlines Rubber Stamps using a technique I learned back in the 4th grade. Evidently someone has turned this into a major trend/fad - there are workshops to learn how to do it, there are products you can buy - you name it! It's called Zentangles.

Here's a link to the main Zentangles site and the Zentangles blog where you can see all kinds of intricate designs folks have made there. There are even Zentangled sneakers! Check out some of the things people have done:

Now let's bring this back to paper crafting! Here's the image that caught my attention from the Outlines Rubber Stamp ad:

To do this, you need to find an image that has a lot of open area to fill in with designs. I found this butterfly image from kpink worked well.

You're not limited to just black and white - you can use any color, but you want to be sure to use something that has enough contrast to make the design show up.

I look forward to seeing what folks come up with this month. To join the challenge, go to the Paper Wishes Message Board (www.PaperWishes.com). Click on Message Board and then go to the Challenges section.

And the Winner Is...

The winner of the drawing from comments on my blog for the Character Cafe Blog Hop last Friday is

scrappingdragon!

You win the featured digi that I used - Pokey (the little snail). I'll email you details on how to get your file.

List Randomizer

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. scrappingdragon
2. racinggrandma61
3. Josephine
4. dj1952
5. Gail
6. Lora Oliver
7. Lawren
8. Thea

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I always like to let you know about great deals and contests! Here's a chance to win a The Paper Tower from The Original Scrapbox! To enter go to Priscilla's Styles.

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The Character Cafe Blog Hop October 8

Join in on the fun at The Character Cafe Blog Hop for October showcasing all the new releases this month! Complete a tour of all the blogs and you will be in a drawing to win a $5.00 certificate and 2 new release images. Leave a comment here and you will also be in a drawing for the newly-released image - Pokey!

To start at the beginning you should go here.

If you are already in the Hop, you should have come from Chelsea's blog. After you are finished here, you will go to Lola's blog.

To participate for a chance to win free digi's, leave a comment at each blog (it would be nice if you would become followers as well!). At the end, you will need to leave a comment at the Character Cafe blog.

Now on to the fun! Here's Pokey. He's a fun little snail released this month. Isn't it true? Snail mail IS the best mail!! Don't you just love getting a hand-crafted card from a friend in the mail?

Remember - leave a comment, then you will move on to Lola's blog....

Thanks for dropping by!

Thank you for voting!

Thank you everyone who voted for me in the Paper Wishes September challenge using Color-Me Papers. I was a runner up! I get a $25 gift certificate - yay! You can see the other winners on the Paper Wishes website (www.paperwishes.com). The next contest is using Christmas Dazzles - come join the fun!

Nancy