Any of you who have your own blog to showcase your cardmaking, scrapbooking, altered arts or mixed media work probably know about “challenge blogs.” Challenge blogs can be hosted by anyone, from large craft manufacturers to individual artists. I have found online challenges to be so much fun, not to mention incredibly inspiring and motivating. Whenever I want to make something but I’m stumped, a challenge is just the ticket. Sometimes I’ll hit several challenges in one week, just to stock up on my stash of handmade cards or gifts. I also love the worldwide online community of artists and crafters that I am now a part of…I’ve made so many new friends who love to create stuff as much as I do! A long list of my favorite challenge blogs is on my own personal crafting blog.
For those of you who are not familiar with challenge blogs, here’s how it works.
So here it is…..announcing C&T’s very own MONTHLY PAPERCRAFT DESIGN CHALLENGE!
This is so exciting!
Each month we will post a new design challenge that features one of our fabulous papercraft products. Our Design Team will provide inspirational ideas on each theme to get you thinking. And the best part is the PRIZE DRAWING – we’ll give away a valuable product package each month – everyone who enters the challenge will be eligible for the drawing!
Design Challenge #1: Happy 2009!
So many options!!
Create something to celebrate the New Year using any of our Ready-To-Go!® Blank Board Products, available at your local craft or scrapbook store, and many online retailers. Just a few ideas to consider….a festive centerpiece, a photo cube of your holiday party pictures, or a journal of your New Year’s resolutions. Visit our Flickr Design Gallery for more inspiration!
Post your comment here with a link (or just type the URL address) to a picture of your entry by January 5th, 2009. Be sure to check back between now and then to see the other entries and make new online friends….nothing makes a artsy-craftsy blogger happier than visitors who leave COMMENTS!
We’ll post a Sampler Showcase and announce our first prize winner shortly after January 5th. Thanks for playing along – we look forward to visiting you and seeing your creations!
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Whee! This is a really FUN challenge. As this month’s guest designer, here is my inspiration project….hope you like it! I can’t wait to see what everyone else makes!
candle holders
You are really having fun with these ‘challenges’..as are many others by the number of times someone has viewed your blog.
http://zuzuspetalsstuff.blogspot.com/2008/12/altered-card-block.html
I am not sure if this fits the theme other than it is a gift for our new year swap on my forum.. we close swaps over December and this swap is to kick as off for the new year and hopefully a year full of wonderful craft swaps!. this is the 3inch cube
This Poinsettia petal pot represents Christmas and in the UK we celebrate Christmas for about 2 weeks and New Year falls in that holiday period
http://happy-dazedotnet.blogspot.com/2008/07/poinsettia.html
New Year is always a time for organising so here is the Index Box already for 2009 projects
http://happy-dazedotnet.blogspot.com/2008/07/index-box.html
New Year organisation means pencils and pens need to be at the ready in a pretty petal pot.
http://happy-dazedotnet.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-seem-to-have-photo-shortage-at-moment.html
I think for a New Year Resolution I should perhaps think about losing weight and getting fitter and taking better care of my body
http://happy-dazedotnet.blogspot.com/2008/11/mixed-media-monday-body-parts.html
Our garden has suffered from bad weather for the past couple of years so maybe a peacock or two with their glorious plumage will remind me to keep the garden looking wonderful, and fit for these magnificent birds. This is the 5 x 7 shadow box.
http://happy-dazedotnet.blogspot.com/2008/07/time-moves-ever-onwards-and-although.html
More New Year Resolutions – the first cube will remind me to re-decorate the lounge, the second to spend more time developing my art work and the third to go somewhere hot for a holiday after the rain for the past 2 years.
http://happy-dazedotnet.blogspot.com/2008/07/three-curio-cubes.html
Wow Moira! You have been one busy busy woman :)
I love all of your projects!