Tuesday, March 5, 2024

March 2024 Stencil Fun Challenge

  Welcome to our challenge blog that  is all about STENCILS!

Each month will have an OPTIONAL theme but you can enter
anything you want as long as you have used a stencil!!
We are pretty excited about our new adventure and hope you will be as well!

This months OPTIONAL theme is
Easter/Spring
and we have some inspiration to get you started:

Using the OPTIONAL Easter/Spring theme:

 Diane

Darlene

 

More inspiration not using the theme but
ANYTHING GOES:

 Diane

 Darlene

 Please visit our blogs to see what stencils we used
and how our cards were made!!

We will be offering a prize this month. 
Here's is what one lucky winner will receive:

Prize


DUE TO INCREASED SHIPPING COSTS,
WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SHIP PRIZES INTERNATIONALLY
but, international designers are certainly welcome to
play for the Top winner and Top 3 honors ... we love seeing your designs!

Now it's YOUR turn, so get those stencils out and have some fun with us.
We won't always have a prize but periodically we will, you just never know!

We always do have a Top 3 and a Top winner and it could be YOU!

You can read all the rules in the rules tab above and would appreciate you doing so!
Thanks for joining us crazy ladies and have fun!!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter




Monday, March 4, 2024

February 2024 Stencil Fun WINNERS


WOW!  It's so nice to see so many crafters using their stencils!  The entries are amazing and SO inspiring ... it's going to be very difficult to narrow winners down to only four!!  Thanks to everyone for all your support on this challenge blog!

As difficult as it was, we have narrowed it down and here are your winners this time around:

Top 3

#2  Inkami

hugs card

 #44  Michele F

 

#67 Vicky

Congratulations!
 
Please grab your Top 3 Badge from our sidebar
to display proudly on your blogs.
 

The Top Winner of our challenge goes to:
 

 CONGRATULATIONS!
Please grab your WINNERS badge from our sidebar 
to display proudly on your blog!
 
AND,
Our Random.org PRIZE WINNER is . . .
 
 
 

 
 
WINNER ... 
If you live within the U.S.A., today's winner MUST contact us BEFORE  March 15th ... otherwise the prize will be forfeited.   Please contact Darlene at:  akadafney@yahoo.com
with your snail mail address.
 
 IF you are International, please grab our new 'International Random Prize Winner' Badge (found on the sidebar) and display it proudly on your blog.  We are saddened by the extreme rise in postage costs making it necessary to mail only within the USA but thrilled you have come to join our challenge fun.

 Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge.
Please come back tomorrow for another
fun challenge.

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

February Stencil Fun Challenge

 Hello Friends!

Welcome to our challenge blog that  is all about STENCILS!
Each month will have an OPTIONAL theme but you can enter
anything you want as long as you have used a stencil!!

Today's OPTIONAL theme is:

LOVE / HEARTS

and we have some inspiration to get you started:

 Diane 


Darlene

 

More inspiration not using the theme but
ANYTHING GOES

  Diane 


Darlene


Please visit our blogs to see what stencils we used
and how our cards were made!!
 
We will be offering a prize this month. 
Here's is what one lucky winner will receive.
 
 
Now it's YOUR turn, so get those stencils out and have some fun with us.
We won't always have a prize but periodically we will, you just never know!
We do have a Top 3 and a Top winner and it could be YOU!
 
This challenge ends March 2nd.
Winner announced March 4th.

You can read all the rules in the rules tab above and would appreciate you doing so!

OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION!

With the many challenge blogs we (Diane & Darlene) run (8 to be exact), over the last several years we have made it a point to comment on every challenge entry. But starting this year we will just be sharing one BIG THANK YOU to all of you who continue to support our challenges by playing along.  It has just become too time consuming.
 But please know, we TRULY APPRECIATE EACH & EVERY ONE OF YOU.

Thanks for joining us crazy ladies and have fun!!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

 

Monday, February 5, 2024

January 2024 Stencil Fun Winners

WOW!  It's so nice to see so many crafters using their stencils!  The entries are amazing and SO inspiring ... it's going to be very difficult to narrow winners down to only four!!  Thanks to everyone for all your support on this challenge blog!

As difficult as it was, we have narrowed it down and here are your winners this time around: 

 Top 3

#6 Liz Cavill

#57 Arlene R.


#75 Elaine L-P


Congratulations!
 
Please grab your Top 3 Badge from our sidebar
to display proudly on your blogs.
 
The Top Winner of our challenge goes to:



CONGRATULATIONS!
Please grab your WINNERS badge from our sidebar 
to display proudly on your blog!

AND,
Our Random.org PRIZE WINNER is . . .



If you live within the U.S.A., today's winner MUST contact us 
BEFORE  February 15th

otherwise the prize will be forfeited.   Please contact Diane at:  dianegreghov@att.net
with your snail mail address.
 
IF you are International, please grab our new 'International Random Prize Winner' Badge (found on the sidebar) and display it proudly on your blog.  We are saddened by the extreme rise in postage costs making it necessary to mail only within the USA but thrilled you have come to join our challenge fun.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge.
Please come back tomorrow for another
fun challenge.



Tuesday, January 2, 2024

January 2024 Stencil Fun

 Welcome to our challenge blog that  is all about STENCILS!

Each month will have an OPTIONAL theme but you can enter
anything you want as long as you have used a stencil!!
We are pretty excited about our new adventure and hope you will be as well!

This months OPTIONAL theme is
Feed The Birds (Birds, Birdhouses, Bird Feeders)
and we have some inspiration to get you started:

Using the OPTIONAL Birds Theme:

Diane 

 

 Darlene

 


More inspiration not using the theme but
ANYTHING GOES:

Diane 

Darlene

 Please visit our blogs to see what stencils we used
and how our cards were made!!

We will be offering a prize this month. 
Here's is what one lucky winner will receive:

Prize


DUE TO INCREASED SHIPPING COSTS,
WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SHIP PRIZES INTERNATIONALLY
but, international designers are certainly welcome to
play for the Top winner and Top 3 honors ... we love seeing your designs!

Now it's YOUR turn, so get those stencils out and have some fun with us.
We won't always have a prize but periodically we will, you just never know!

We always do have a Top 3 and a Top winner and it could be YOU!

OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION!
With the many challenge blogs we (Diane & Darlene) run (8 to be exact), over the last several years we have made it a point to comment on every challenge entry. But starting this year we will just be sharing one BIG THANK YOU to all of you who continue to support our challenges by playing along.  It has just become too time consuming.
 But please know, we TRULY APPRECIATE EACH & EVERY ONE OF YOU.

You can read all the rules in the rules tab above and would appreciate you doing so!
Thanks for joining us crazy ladies and have fun!!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
 
 

Monday, January 1, 2024

December Stencil Fun WINNERS

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

WOW!  How wonderful to see so many crafters creating with their stencils and sharing them here with us!  Amazing inspiration and we can't thank you enough for your support!  

This was really difficult to choose only 4 winners from all the amazing designs you all have shared but it must be done so here we go . . .

Top 3

  #9  The Crafty Den

 

#30  Pauline C.

#41  Anet

Congratulations!
 
Please grab your Top 3 Badge from our sidebar
to display proudly on your blogs.
 

The Top Winner of our challenge goes to:
 
 
 

CONGRATULATIONS!
Please grab your WINNERS badge from our sidebar 
to display proudly on your blog!
 
 AND,
Our Random.org PRIZE WINNER is . . .
 
 

 
 
 

NEW PRIZE RULES:

If you live within the U.S.A.,
T
oday's winner MUST contact us BEFORE January 15th otherwise the prize will be forfeited.   Please contact Darlene at:  akadafney@yahoo.com
 
IF you are International, please grab our new 'International Random Prize Winner' Badge (found in the Winner Badges Tab under header) and display it proudly on your blog.  We are saddened by the extreme rise in postage costs making it necessary to mail only within the USA but thrilled you have come to join our challenge fun.
 
 
Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge.
Please come back tomorrow for another
fun challenge.