Guest Designer for Challenge 74 - Anything Goes

Hello and happy Friday!

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Today the Fussy and Fancy girls

are very happy to introduce

our very talented guest designer

Cathy Clouston

Here is a little bit about Cathy:

I am a Canadian mom to an almost 3 year old son

who definitely keeps my husband and I on our toes.

As I work outside of the home full time I don't

have much spare time, but try to use what I have wisely,

which means I am crafting almost every spare moment!

I love making cards as it is a fun creative outlet and it is

small enough that I don't feel overwhelmed by the mess

I get myself into.  I've been stamping and paper crafting

for almost 5 years and I love getting inky!  I also love

to combine patterns and almost no project goes

without some kind of sparkle.

I am so excited about joining Fussy and Fancy

as a guest designer especially on an "anything goes"

challenge.  How lucky am I?  I hope you enjoy my

card and I can't wait to see what everyone

else comes up with.

And here is the lovely card

that Cathy has made for our

Anything Goes Challenge

We can clearly see your love of

patterned papers and how they

all blend so perfectly together.

The rosette that has been formed

with the elephant image as the

focal point really stands out

along with those gorgeous

handmade flowers.

We hope that you can

visit Cathy's blog

Paper, Ribbon and Thread

to read more about her card and

to see more of her lovely work

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

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Challenge 73 Guest Designer Winner & Top 5

Happy Friday Fussy and Fancy Followers

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We want to thank everyone that

entered our easel card challenge

We loved seeing all of your cards

and are always blown away by

your endless talent and skill

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With the help of Random.org

we have a new

Featured Guest Designer Winner

Ant the winner is:

Desire Fourie

Here is Desire's gorgeous easel card:

Congratulations Desire

Please contact Sazzle at sazzlecraft@hotmail.co.uk

for your Guest Designer details

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And now onto our
Top 5 Winners
(in no particular order)

#1 Dorte
We loved the pull out message card

#14 Lucy Patrick
For all the detail and embellishments that have
been included, this must have taken hours

#39 Elin
For the different idea of the post it holder
in the form of an easel card

#47 Norma
For her use of this gorgeous die cut
to form the easel card base

#58 Jane
For the use of this gorgeous die cut
as the centrepiece of her card

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

Anything Goes

which will run until midnight
1st November GMT



xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Challenge 74 - Anything Goes

Happy Friday Fussy and Fancy followers

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Our new guest designer and top 5 will be

announced next Friday (26th October) 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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Our new challenge is:

ANYTHING GOES

We know you all love these challenges 

as you have no restrictions and can
let your crafty inspiration run riot!

Here are our design team with
some additional inspiration to
whet your appetite:

May


Laila


Mel


Chrissy


Sheryl C.


Wendy


Nicola 


Mary


Lynn


Nathalie


Ashley


We hope you have fun with this challenge

You have until midnight on
1st November GMT to enter

To help those of you who are not
in the UK there is a time zone
converter in the left hand side bar,
just click on the clock face and
enter your location

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Guest Designer for Challenge 73 - Easel Card

Hello and Happy Friday!

Today the Fussy and Fancy girls

are very happy to announce our

very talented guest designer

Karen McAlpine

Here is a little bit about Karen:

I became interested in paper arts at the age of 11
and thus started my decoupage journey where
anything that didn’t move would be decoupaged.
I started making cards on the computer about
twelve years ago and did that for several years,
drifting into making cards 'by hand' seven years ago.

My love affair with stamps began in earnest in the past
six years when my best friend moved out of state.  I really
missed her and felt a connection to her by making hand
made cards which were sent to her.  So from that point
 things just snowballed and I'm now totally hooked.

I'm always looking for new techniques and love to make
my own backgrounds.  I really enjoy the creative outlet
of making little works of art and every day is an
adventure in the stamping world.  

And here is the lovely card 

that Karen has made for our

Easel Card Challenge

What a beautiful vintage easel
card.  The design paper you have
chosen makes the perfect background
for this lovely lady!  The gorgeous
green bow sits perfectly on her hat
and the pink rose makes a great

embellishment complimenting the
rose that she's holding in her hand.

The effect is simply lovely!

We hope that you can visit

Karen's Blog 

Dreaming and Creating

to read more about her lovely card and 

see more of her wonderful work

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

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Challenge 72 Guest Designer Winner & Top 5

Happy Friday Fussy and Fancy Followers

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We want to thank everyone that entered 

our Trip Around The World challenge

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: 

Cathy Clouston

Here is Cathy's fun and creative card:

Congratulations Cathy

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)

#5 Zora

#18 Valou 250809

#23 Jeanette

#29 Julie J

#32 Margreet

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 to make an

Easel Card

which will run until midnight

on 18th October GMT

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx

Challenge 73 - Easel Card

Happy Friday Fussy and Fancy followers

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Our new guest designer and top 5 will be

announced next Friday (12th October) 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 the new challenge
we have some more sad news.  Anda
(Flying Fresian) will be leaving us
and this is her last challenge

We'd like to thank her for all of her
inspiration over the last 6 months and
hope to see her out there in blogland

Thanks Anda! xx

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We'd also like to introduce you to some
new members to our design team

Vicki Parson, Mel Hookham,
Nathalie Lauvie, Shell Shirley
& Suzanne Anderson

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(click on my photo to visit my blog)

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

We loved Vicki's work and were
so pleased when she accepted
our invitation to join
the design team

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(click on my photo to visit my blog)

Hi, I'm a Mother and Grandmother
and I work for the NHS

My life is so busy......

I'm addicted to ink, rubber & Tim
Holtz and have a passion for hearts

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Hi I'm Suzanne and I've been married for 30 years
 and have 2 grown up sons.  For those that visit
the DoCrafts site I'm known as Suzanne2

I started making cards 4 years ago when  I
couldn't find the perfect card for my sons 25th
so I came home and googled 'handmade cards'
and a whole new world opened up to me and
I've been hooked ever since!

I'm lucky enough to be able to stay at home
and craft as I don't work.  I fill my day with the
usual boring stuff but I still find plenty of time for
crafting and I love trying new techniques.  I really
enjoy stamping and colouring with my promarkers
and copics and watching the images come to life

Card making is my passion and I can't wait to join
in the fun at Fussy and Fancy

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(click on my photo to visit my blog)

Hello my name's Nathalie and I live near Paris in France.
I teach in a primary school and have been making cards
now for almost 5 years.  I began with stamps and then
I discovered digi's and markers, especially copics!

Being part of a design team is new for me, but I am
very excited to work with such talented ladies

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(click on my photo to visit my blog)

Hi my name's Shell and I'm a forty something year
old crafter.  I live on the Wirral with my hubby
Kev and our youngest son and have an older
son who lives not too far away with his
girlfriend and our adorable Granddaughter
Courtney Rose.  It's so true what they say
about grandchildren, they are your reward
for putting up with your kids as teenagers
ha, ha, ha ........

I have been making cards for about
7 years now and I just love colouring.  I mostly
use digital stamps because I love the fact that I can
make them any size I want

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Vicki, Suzanne & Shell will be
joining Team B so you'll see their
fab designs in the challenge below

Nathalie & Mel will be joining
Team A so you'll have to wait
until the next challenge before
you get to see their talents

Welcome to the design team ladies!

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Our challenge for the next fortnight is:

EASEL CARDS

As you know there are so many different
versions of easel cards and we can't wait
to see if anyone creates a new style
that we haven't seen before!

Here are our talented design team

with a bit of inspiration:

Céline 

Laila 

Sazzle

 

*Vicki*


Debbie


Alison


Suzanne2


Sarah-Jane


Ann


Flying Fresian


Christine


Shell

We hope you have fun with this challenge!

You have until midnight on
18th October GMT to enter

xx Happy crafting and glittery hugs xx