Come and Get it Challenges

Our Challenge this week is a Vacation Theme

2012-03-04T06:00:00.005-05:00

Hello Crafters! As March arrives I naturally think of Vacation time...because of all the years of travelling with my kids at March Break. Many a year we left the Frozen North in Ontario and headed down to visit my parents at their place in Florida. So I just felt that now that my kids are grown and on their own, my husband is working and I am retired, I wanted to remember those wonderful times of our spring vacations. So, have fun with this idea and let's see what the week brings.We look forward to seeing your creations and here are the Designers' Creations:

Leslie

Julie

Shell

Cindy

Top Picks Split Negative

2012-03-03T09:18:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone, Well I'd like to thank Karen and Judy for both taking part in this past weeks Challenge, as I love the tecnique and it is very simple, but gives a different look no matter what stamp you decide to use. I give a standing ovation to both of you for giving it a shot. Thanks for playing. I've decided that your both winners, as I love the fact that Karen used a digi for the image and then did the negative to make the split. I like her layout and that she colored in the strawberries on both sides of the image. very well done. I also really like Judy's butterfly. the colors are splendid, the layout is great and the card is just simply gorgeous so your both top picks in my books.

Cindy

Karen

I chose Karens card because I like the fact that she used a digi, and shared with the rest of us how she did it, second her layout is so simple but striking. Thanks for playing Karen. Julie

Judy

My pick this week is #2 Swallowtail Butterfly by Judy M. I love the purple colour and just how pretty the card looks. Well done Judy. Leslie

This weeks top pick that I have chosen is #2 Judy……..her card is so lovely using the swallow tail butterfly for her focal image and the colors blended so well that used. Awesome job Judy!

Shell

Split Negative Technique Challenge

2012-02-26T06:00:00.006-05:00

Hi Everyone, This week it is my turn to pick the challenge for the technique. I've decided on the Split Negative Technique because I like the effect as well I hadn't done it for quite some time and thought it would be great for something different. Anyway if your not familiar with the technique you can find the instructions HERE. Splitcoaststampers has a lot of tutorials and they are easy to follow, so we hope you will give it a try. Here are the Design Team Creations to give you some inspiration. For more information on our creations visit our blogs by clicking on our names above the card. We love comments too.

Cindy

Leslie

Julie

Shell

Top Picks for Shell's Sketch

2012-02-25T06:45:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone, their were fewer entries this week, but again a great job done by all. Thanks to everyone who joined us in doing the sketch. So onto the top picks:

Vickie

I’m going to go with #5 Vickie……..her card is so cute with that image of the little girl and puppy, she used a wonderful punch to get her edging which makes it look lacy. Great job using the sketch!

Shell

I am also picking #5 Vickie this week, because of the great use of the sketch, the beautiful job on the coloring of the image, and just love that pop of yellow she used with the flowers.

Cindy

Nicki

My choice for this week is #1 Nicki L T. I love the colours she chose and the way it really follows our sketch.

Leslie

Deena

My Favorite this week is #2. Love the bright colors and the "splash" element. Too Cool...

Julie

Feburary's Sketch Challenge

2012-02-19T03:00:00.019-05:00

Hello Again!

Are you ready for another challenge........it's gonna be an easy one this week using the sketch below! We hope that the sketch inspires you to join us in creating a project, scrapbook page or card. Remember too you can flip it, rotate it any way as long as you follow the sketch.

So here's some awesome projects from the Design Team to get you started with some inspiration for the week!

Shell < click here to view details

Leslie < click here to view details

Cindy <click here to view details

Julie < click here to view details

Hope to see you soon, just link up with your project!

Top Picks and Winner for Color Challenge

2012-02-18T12:58:00.005-05:00

Thanks to all who played along this week on our Colour Challenge. We enjoy seeing what you come up with. A reminder that if you wish to win any of our prizes, you must follow the challenge. For Color that means the colors we've picked, plus one neutral of your choice can be added ie, white, vanilla, black, brown grey. For the sketch challenges we must be able to see the sketch in your design, for Theme that is self explanitory and for the technique you must use the technique somewhere on your card.
Thanks from the team. Now onto our picks for this week.

Hazel

My pick for this week in #1 Hazel. It is so pretty, with lots of detail without being too busy.

Leslie

Ruby

My pick for this week’s color challenge is #2 Ruby’s card is so sweet and simple using the Simply Sassy image……which by the way is so

adorable with the sparkle added! Wonderfully done!

Shell

Carly

My Pick this week is the mailbox made by Carly, I really like the roses she added and the image is just so sweet. A great 3D project.

Cindy

Min

My choice for this week is #4 , Min. Her image is so cute, and I love the sentiment! The DPs are great with the image, and the little scissors are the perfect embellishment. Thanks so much for joining us~

Julie

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February Colour Challenge

2012-02-12T06:00:00.014-05:00

Hello Crafter's. It's Leslie and guess what?

Can't guess ...well I will tell you...I get to host a special colour challenge week.This week not only are we going to challenge you with great colours but we are also using Digis from Bugaboo Stamps for our creations. Yeah!

The colours for this week are just in time for Valentine's Day, although I have seen some amazing Valentine's cards done with no pink or red at all.

As always you can add another neutral to your creation but please...as this is a colour challenge...please stick to our colours.

This week's challenge is sponsored by BUGABOO STAMPS! We will use Random.Org and the winner will

Here is a little information on Bugaboo's History:

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

Leslie

Shell

Using Bugaboo's Deacon Cupid

Cindy

Julie

Using Bugaboo's Ave and Deacon Love Word

Our Guest Designers

Brenda

Top Picks for Love is in the Air Challenge

2012-02-11T06:00:00.000-05:00

Thanks to everyone who played with our love challenge theme this week. What a marvelous bunch of entries we had. I for one could have chosen 2 or 3 favorites. Anyway I'm only allowed one along with the other designers. Anway here are the picks for this week. Join us tomorrow with our Feb. Color Challenge and your chance to win some Bugaboo digis.

Lisette

I have chosen Lisette's Precious Tilda Card this week. It was so neat to see a LOVE card done in Lavendar and Lime Green...one of my favorite combos. Her coloring is perfect, and the DPs are reallly neat. The gorgeous roses finish the entire card off...Lovely!

Julie

Jan R

My pick this week is #52...Jan R...Robot Love. I just love the image but more than that the little touches she used like the bolts tied in the ribbon or the two different google-eyes. It is just so darn cute and different.
Leslie

Shelby

My Choice this week is Shelby's adorable Tilda. I chose it for a few reasons. First of all love the colors she chose to color her with, not your typical reds and pinks, the turqoise just pops off the card. I also love the heart accents in the turqoise and the ticket sentiments are just pleasing to the eye on this card.

Cindy

Kelly Jean

#24 Kelly Jean……..Fabulously done, Kelly’s card is very well displayed! Love all the layering and embellishments that she added to make her card stand out.

Shell

LOVE is in the Air....

2012-02-05T06:00:00.008-05:00

Happy Sunday Crafters! I would like to thank everyone who played with us last week in our Anything BUT a Card Challenge...WOW, so much talent!!!

This week our theme is

LOVE....

We look forward to seeing your creations and how you define "Love". Here are the Designers' Creations:

Julie

Leslie

Shell

Cindy

Have a WONDERFUL Week of Creativity! We hope you will all play along with us for the LOVE Challenge here at Come and Get It!!

( P.S. Check the side bar for a special 4 year Blogaversary Giveaway by our DT member, Shell~)

Top Picks for Anything but a Card Challenge

2012-02-04T09:29:00.001-05:00

Before I give you our picks for the week I would like to thank everyone who joined in our challenge. You made us choosing the top picks very difficult, as there were a lot of amazing creations. Thanks for inspiring us with your projects. Now onto our choices.

Tammy Louise

My favorite project this week is #10, by Tammy. I just LOVE how she has done this ornament...the image is so cute and colored beautifully. I love the shape and the fancy border around it, and how she added the flowers and Big Bow! Even the back is finished off and looks pretty! GREAT project~

Julie

Queen B

My pick for this week is #24...Surprised Joy. Queen B has done a great job on this Christmas page and I love all the detail, embellishments and her style. Well done.

Leslie

Zoe

I have chosen # 12 Zoe has made a tag using one of my favorite images of flowers….which just happens to be “Poppies” I can just imagine the glimmer on the corrugated background from the mists, and the dimension of the large poppy is almost 3-D ! Awesome job on the tag Zoe!

Shell

Leesa aka The Navy Wife

My pick this week is Leenas box with the rosettes and pins. Wow, what a lot of work just to fold all that paper, then to make such a pretty box, and a gift of rosettes and pins to give to a friend, can I be that friend lol. Anyway it is all spectacular. Great gift and idea, thanks for sharing with us Leesa

Thanks again for all who played and to our top picks please grab the badge at the side bar, and if you would like to be a guest designer for one of our up coming challenges in Feb. Just let me know at cvanoorschot@msn.com
Thanks again everyone.
Cindy, Shell, Julie, and Leslie

Anything but a Card Challenge

2012-01-29T00:40:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone. Well we only had a few people post for this last challenge, it was a little different. Still it is good for us that some people are into trying new or different techniques. That's okay, we enjoyed trying it, and thanks to those who did too. Also thanks to Shell for giving us the Challenge.
Anyway this is a fifth week of the month so it's for anything but a card this year, so anything you want to show us would be great. Our Designers have been trying to come up with some projects too. We also have a guest Designer this week and she did a beautiful project. What do you think? If you like the projects let us know. We all love comments on our blogs too. Click on our names on the side bar, or above the project to get to our blogs. Thanks again for joining us this week at Come and Get It.
Now onto the Design Team's Projects.

Shell

My Coasters

Julie

My Valentine Cookie Box

Leslie

My Valentine's Tree

Cindy

My Scrapbook Pages

Our Guest Designer
Siv

Gift Box for Little One

Top Picks for Faux Tile Technique

2012-01-28T13:27:00.000-05:00

Only a few entries this week, but here are the favorites of each of the design team members.

Great Job to all who entered.

Jane

Top Pick for this week would be # 3……Jane did a beautiful job of coloring her stamped image and her card would actually fit any gender!

Wonderfully done Jane! Thanks for giving my Technique Challenge a try!

Hugs Shell♥

.... My pick for this week in #3 Jane's. I love the look of her card and the way she followed our Challenge.
Leslie

Meg

I will go with #1...Love the way she made the gift box The image is really neat, and all the "extras" she used to make it masculine. Great Gift.
Julie

Brenda

I picked Brenda's card this week, because I love the image she used, and the big bow. The coloring is great. Thanks for playing Brenda

Cindy

We all look forward to seeing you tomorrow for a brand new challenge.

Again anyone who is picked for our top picks is welcome to be a guest designer on a challenge in the coming weeks, just email Cindy at cvanoorschot@msn.com

And also please grab our badge on the sidebar to put on your blogs.

Thanks again for playing and have a great day.

Cindy, Shell, Leslie, and Julie

Technique Challenge Week

2012-01-22T04:00:00.066-05:00

Hello it's Shell and I'm here to host with the first Technique of the year for Come and Get It!
So in the spirit of Challenges we'd like to encourage you to play along using this week's technique using any card, scrapbook page or project.

This week's Technique Challenge is called Faux Tile and you'll be able to find instructions at Split Coast Stampers here as well as a short "You Tube" video.
SU has Crystal Effects and there is also Judikins Diamond Glaze that can be used for the same effects in making this Technique.

Shell

Cindy

Julie

Leslie

We'd love to have you challenge a stamping friend or your card group and join us here!