Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge: April 2014

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Fussy and Fancy Girls are Sponsoring a BIG CANDY BLOG HOP!

Hello Fussy and Fancy Followers!

Happy Wednesday!

I am so very excited to be sharing some special

news with all of you!

We have a BIG SURPRISE for all

of you with our next challenge!

This coming Friday

2nd May

our challenge will be sponsored by

THE FUSSY AND FANCY GIRLS!

That's right!

You will have the wonderful opportunity

to hop and visit each of their blogs

where they will be offering their own

special blog candy!

This will be our very first Blog Hop

here at

FUSSY AND FANCY

and there will be lots

and lots of opportunities for you to

Win, Win, Win!!

We look forward to having all of you join us!

Friday, April 25, 2014

Featured Guest Designer for Challenge 112- Pearls and Lace

Hello and happy Friday!

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Today the Fussy and Fancy girls

are happy to introduce

our very talented
Guest Designer

Norma Gomez

Here's a little about Norma:

Hello, my name is Norma and I am a full time working mother of 3 beautiful children with completely different personalities.

I have a Princess and two boys that are ages 10 and 11 years.

I craft to relax and unwind from a days work.

(crafting is my therapy.. who knew it'd be just as expensive as real therapy..lol)

My crafting life started rather quickly. It was a cricut expression machine gifted in Christmas of 2011.

From there I started party decorating for my children.

I loved putting things together, so naturally my craft room began to grow! (much to my husbands horror..lol.. )

I dabbled in cards for a bit but found my true love in altering and mixed media.

Currently I party plan only for my princess who is 3 and craft with no particular purpose..just for fun. =)

Thank you for the guest designer spot! and I hope my creation inspires you all to create for fun!

Norma G

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Norma has made a Lovely altered
paper mache Dress Form
for our current, "Pearls and Lace", challenge!

Norma, We love that you chose to create this

lovely dress form instead of a card!

The, "Sweet Sentiments" Graphic 45 paper that you

very carefully wrapped around the dress form is

simply lovely! What a pretty pastel green colour!

And just look at all of the pretty lace and the lovely

pearl necklace! perfect for our challenge!

The fun sash and pretty hand made pink flower

add the perfect finishing touches!

What a beautiful mannequin display you have created!

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Your in for a real treat when you visit
Norma's blog

Creative Imagination by Norma G

to read more about her lovely project and
to see more of her beautiful creations!
I do hope that you can stop by to visit her.

It's been a real pleasure, Norma
Thank you for sharing your
talent with us!

xx Happy crafting xx

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 111 - It's All About Travel Winners

Hello and
Happy Friday

Fussy and Fancy followers!

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Thank you to everyone that
entered our
"It's All About Travel Challenge"
Hosted by our very sweet
and talented Jo Rice!

Your entries were all so

fun and creative demonstrating lots
of fun Travel ideas!

It was such a pleasure to visit

all of your blogs!

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We have lots of

WINNERS

to announce!

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First we would like to thank
Heather Dennis at
Fresh Brewed Designs

for sponsoring our,
"It's All About Travel" Challenge

with such a generous prize.

3 digi stamps of your choice

and the fun candy prize below!

With the help of Random.org

The winner of
Fresh Brewed Designs
3 digi images and candy prize is

# 13 Viv

From

Viv's Visuals

What a wonderful Vintage Travel theme card!

Congratulations Viv!

Please e-mail Sheryl at

fussyandfancy@hotmail.co.uk

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Now for our new

Featured Guest Designer Winner!

With the help of Random.org

the winner is

#7 Scrappymo

Just look at this wonderfully
creative Travel themed card!

Congratulations
Maureen!

Please contact Sheryl at
or fussyandfancy@hotmail.co.uk

for your individual details

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And now onto
Jo Rice's

Top 5

(in no particular order)

#4 Vic

#9 Ike

#28 Kerstin

#32 Carmen

#36 Angela Simpson

Thank you, Jo!

Congratulations to you all and

please make sure you grab our
Top 5 badge from the side bar!

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Our current challenge:

Pearls and Lace

is being hosted by our
very talented Ivonne and

will run until midnight on

1st May (GMT)

We hope that you can join us!

xx Happy crafting xx

Friday, April 18, 2014

Challenge 112 - Pearls and Lace

Happy Friday
Fussy and Fancy followers!

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We will be announcing
the winner of
Fresh Brewed Designs
candy prize
along with
Jo's Top 5 picks
and our new
Featured Guest Designer
next Friday, 25th April.

Please pop by then to see if you
are amongst the winners!

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Our challenge for the next
fortnight is hosted by our

very talented

Ivonne

Hi! My name is Ivonne and I live in

San Juan, Puerto Rico.

I am mother of an 18 year old beautiful young lady, who makes me proud every day.

I work full time in an accounting firm as an Information Technology Specialist.

I’ve been crafting since I was a little girl.

I’ve done macramé, cold porcelain, scrapbooking, mosaics and a few more.

A few years ago, and thanks to my best friend Kathya, I started making cards and I loved it immediately.

My favorite thing to do is coloring, especially with Copics, I love, love, love it, it’s my stress reliever! I am always trying to learn new techniques and to improve my coloring skills.

I can stay hours looking at what other card makers do, admiring all of your creations and learning a lot from each and every one of you.

That’s why I can hardly wait to see what you are going to create for our new challenge.

Big hug, Ivonne

The challenge Ivonne has chosen is:

Pearls and Lace

Here is the beautiful card

that Ivonne has created!

Ivonne

Craftables Dies - Eiffel Tower Die

Marianne Designs Craftables Dies - Square and Flower Stitch (Inside of the card)

Ivonne will be choosing the
Top 5 Winners
for this challenge!

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Our sponsor for this challenge is

I think that most of us are already

familiar with Marianne Design and

their wonderful crafting products!

I own quite a few of their die cuts

and they are always the perfect die

to use for beautiful, elaborate embellishments

with precise clean cut lines.

They are really nice quality!

Marianne Designs is a Dutch owned craft company
based in the Netherlands.

Their products are available in 18 countries around the world!
They produce a wide range of products which represent a complete
concept of paper crafts.
There are different lines of stamps and dies with matching papers
and materials to decorate your cards or scrapbooking pages.
Products are chosen carefully for mixing and matching
and stimulating creativity.

We are so excited to share the
very generous die cut sets
that Marianne Design is providing for
one lucky winner who
enters this challenge!

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And now, spreading lots of pearls and lace
along with wonderful
ideas to inspire you for our,
Pearls and Lace challenge

Here are the
very talented and creative

Fussy and Fancy Girls!

Norma

Marianne Design dies used:

- LR0130 Designer Doily set (for the flower)

- LR0133 Open Flower Classic set (for the leaves)

- LR0249 Tiny Flower 2 (swirls/flourishes)

JUDY

exploding box

Marianne Creatables anja Die
Marianne Creatables Heart Die

MAY

Laila

I hope you can pop by the girls blogs

to read about their lovely creations.

They would love a visit from you!

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You can also enter our challenges via email

We have an email entry blog set up where

your cards are placed, entered into the

challenge via the linking tool and

commented on by our design team.

Email: fussyandfancy@hotmail.com

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You have until midnight on

1st May (GMT) to enter

We look forward to seeing your

"Pearls and Lace" creations!

**Happy Crafting**

Friday, April 11, 2014

Featured Guest Designer for Challenge 111 - It's All About Travel

Hello and happy Friday!

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Today the Fussy and Fancy girls

are happy to introduce

our very talented
Guest Designer

Elizabeth Hart

Here's a little about Elizabeth:

I have been making cards and paper crafts for over 14 years.

During the day I teach AP Government and Politics to
high school students, but often I
cannot wait to get home to start creating.

I love paper most of all and cannot resist a
pretty pad of new papers.

My puppy is a Bichon and she loves to rip apart any stray papers I might leave about.
And, last but not least, I am fortunate to have a husband that helps support my fun hobby.

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Elizabeth has made a Lovely card
for our, "It's All About Travel", challenge
using our current sponsor
"Fresh Brewed Designs"
"Suitcase" digi