Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge: September 2012

Friday, September 28, 2012

Guest Designer for Challenge 72 - Trip Around The World

Hello and Happy Friday!

Today the Fussy and Fancy girls
are very proud to announce our

very talented guest designer

Here is a little bit about Heather:

Hi, I'm Heather *waves*
This is one of the hardest things for me to do......
A write up about ME!!!!!

I'll start by letting you know that I'm a Christian,
I love the Lord and do all I can to put him first in my life.
I've been married to a wonderful man that God blessed
me with for a little over 14 years now. He's my best
friend and the love of my life. I'm a homeschooling
Mommy of two sweet kiddos and we love spending
time together and often drive each other crazy!

I LOVE creating and I LOVE coffee - I LOVE IT!
From the time I was very young, I've been drawing, painting
and creating anyway I could. My Mom is amazing and has
always kept us involved in crafting and creating. As I got
older she started having craft classes with some church
friends and there was always a fresh pot of coffee brewing
and sweet treats. We had loads of fun!

When I got too busy for creating, I just lost something, I
had to find that release and joy again and I stumbled
upon card making and never looked back. I've been
making cards for about 5 years now and have been
designing stamps going on 3 years. With my love of
coffee there could only be one name for my shop
"Fresh Brewed Designs"!
I always have a fresh pot of coffee brewing and get to
'hang out' with my online friends while we create together

Well, that's me! I hope I didn't bore you too badly
Thank you Fussy and Fancy for the chance to be featured.
It's such and honour and I appreciate it so much!

And here is the lovely card that
Heather made for our

Trip Around The World challenge

using one of her own stamps
called 'I'll Take Mine To Go"

What a perfect stamp for our travel
theme, she looks like she's having a
great time sightseeing and shopping
during her holiday!

We love the fun layout of your card
and the warm colours of your travel
themed design paper

Your colouring is beautiful and just
look at all the fun texture you added
with fabric, lace and embellishments

We hope you can visit
Heather's blog

Heather's Coffee Break

to read more about her card and
to see more of her wonderful work

It's been a real pleasure Heather - thank you!

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Challenge 71 - Guest Designer Winner and Top 5

Happy Friday Fussy and Fancy Followers

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We want to thank everyone that entered
our Fabric of our Lives challenge and
also to the email entry that we received
as well

We hope you enjoyed the challenge as

much as we enjoyed seeing all
of your cards and projects

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With the help of random.org

we have a new

Featured Guest Designer Winner

And the winner is:

Karen McAlpine

Here is Karen's fantastic tag:

Congratulations Karen

Please contact Sheryl at shercauble455@aol.com

for your guest designer details

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And now onto our

Top 5 Winners

(in no particular order)

#33 KalySto

Congratulations to you all and
please make sure you grab our
Top 5 blinkie from the side bar

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Our current challenge is

Trip Around the World

(Travel Theme)

which will run until midnight

on 4th October GMT

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Friday, September 21, 2012

Challenge 72 - Trip Around The World (travel theme)

Happy Friday Fussy and Fancy Followers

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Our new guest designer and top 5 will be

announced next Friday 28th September so

please pop back then to see if you

are amongst the winners

Updated: The new guest designer
and top 5 can be found here

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Before we announce our new
challenge theme we have a couple
of sad goodbyes :-(

Danielle and Natalie are leaving
the design team and this will be
their last challenge with us

We hope you'll join us in
thanking both of them for their
inspiration over the last
six months and wish them
all the best for the future!

Thanks Danielle and Natalie xx

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Many of you will have been on your

summer holidays and have those

memories of sandy beaches,

family fun or just being able to get

away for a bit of a rest! So you

should have plenty of ideas to

base your cards and projects on

for our next challenge which is:

TRIP AROUND THE WORLD

(travel theme)

We can't wait to see what you've

been up to over the summer in

your scrapbook pages or just in

the images on your cards that

reflect those memories

Here are our own travel guides to

show you around the globe:

May

Laila

Natalie

Chrissy

Wendy

Danielle

Nicola

Sheryl C

Mary

Lynn

Hope you have fun with this challenge!

You have until midnight on 4th October GMT to enter

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Friday, September 14, 2012

Guest Designer for Challenge 71 - Fabric of our Lives

Hello and Happy Friday!

Today the Fussy and Fancy girls

are very proud to announce our

very talented guest designer

Vicki Parson

Here is a little bit about Vicki:

Hello friends!

I've been in love with stamping for well over
a decade and I'm still madly in love with it

There's always something new to play with as
well as many new techniques and designs to
try out. I don't think I could ever grow tired
of this fabulous hobby that my hubby so
generously puts up with whilst he's
working all day

We have a son in the military, another in college
and the youngest son is still in high school. We
also have a little pet doxie that likes to keep
us entertained too

When everyone is not keeping me busy, I enjoy
hiding out in my stamp area to have some fun

I'm very excited to have been chosen as a
guest designer here at Fussy and Fancy and
I love entering challenges and gaining so
much inspiration from everyone I visit

Here is the beautiful card that
Vicki has made for our
current challenge

Fabric of our Lives

Isn't this sweet?

We love the country feel of this
holiday card with the hand stitched
fabric pocket

We can just imagine how good it
smells with the cinnamon sticks
that are tucked inside the pocket
with the added button and little
gingerbread embellishments
that make the perfect touch

Whoever receives this special
card in the mail is sure of a
real treat!

We hope that you can visit
Vicki's blog

STAMP SMILES

to read about her card and to
see more of her wonderful work

It's been a real pleasure Vicki - thank you!

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Challenge 70 Guest Designer Winner and Top 5

Happy Friday Fussy and Fancy Followers

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We want to thank everyone that entered
our Back To School challenge

You've certainly treated us to lots of

creative ideas for cards and projects

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With the help of random.org

we have a new

Featured Guest Designer Winner

And the winner is:

Heather D.

Here's the wall hanging she
created for our challenge:

Congratulations Heather

Please contact Sheryl at shercauble455@aol.com

for your guest designer details

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And now onto our

Top 5 Winners

(in no particular order)

Congratulations to you all

and please make sure you grab our

Top 5 blinkie from the side bar

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Our current challenge is

Fabric of our Lives (use fabric)

and it will run until midnight

20th September GMT

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Friday, September 7, 2012

Challenge 71 - Fabric of our Lives (use fabric)

Happy Friday Fussy and Fancy followers

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Our new guest designer and top 5 will be

announced next Friday (14th September) so

please pop back then to see if you are

amongst the winners

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Before we announce the new challenge
theme we'd like to introduce you to
a new member of our design team

You may remember Alison from our
last guest designer spot
(see post below for more details)

Well we were so impressed
with her work that we
contacted her and asked if she
would like to come and join us
and as you can see....

.....she said YES!!!!!

Welcome to the team Alison :-)

Alison will be joining Team B
so we get to see her lovely
artwork in our new
challenge below

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Our new challenge theme is:

FABRIC OF OUR LIVES

For this challenge we would like you
to use fabric on your projects which
could be in your background, adding
it to your images or making
something out of fabric

The ideas are endless and we can't
wait to see the different

projects you design

PLEASE NOTE:
Using ribbon or lace trim
will not be counted as fabric

Here are our own seamstresses to
give you a bit of inspiration:

Sazzle

(the cupcake is made from material)