Week 24 - Christmas Shopping

Hey people. Welcome to this weeks Glitter Geeks Challenge.

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To start I'd like to announce the winners of last weeks HUMOROUS challenge.

In order

1. #1 Paul

2. #14 Mel

3. #16 Sandye

Congratulations guys. Please email Steph on PepperyApple@Gmail.com for your badges and prizes.

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 How I love this time of year. The excitement of knowing what we have bought or loved ones for Christmas and not letting them even have a clue for the next month. Planning on what colour scheme to have on the tree this year and how to make it bigger and brighter than last year. 

The chosen theme for this weeks Challenge is

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

and is sponsored by the FANTASTIC

They are offering our winners free digi's from their store

I want to see your projects on people Christmas Shopping or even the gifts that have been bought. And here are our Design Team projects to spark some inspiration.

Steph

Josie 

Helen

Jacqui H

Paula 

Daisy

Nelly  

Marfa

Sarah

Doreen



Kelly

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Week 23 - Humorous

Hey guys. Welcome to this weeks Glitter Geeks Challenge.

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To start I'd like to announce the winners of last weeks SNUGGLE UP challenge.

In order

1. #4 Dorcas 

2. #7 Shannah

3. #9 Nicola Jayne

Congratulations guys. Please email Steph on PepperyApple@Gmail.com for your badges and prizes.

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With Christmas slowly approaching and our bank accounts slowly draining, people start feeling a little anxious, a little stressed and panicky and feeling a little down in the dumps.

So with that we want to cheer you all up and give you a little push in the right direction to turn that frown upside down. 

Steph has chosen this weeks Challenge 

HUMOROUS 

and is sponsored by the amazing

They are offering our winner

Oh yes... you read right!! 7 FREE DIGI'S!!!

Only makes me want to enter myself, until I realise I can't. Darn it!!

So cheer yourselves up by creating something funny, something that tickles you up or makes you smile. 

And here are our Design Team projects to get you in the mood!

Josie: Backing paper is Basic grey, I covered certain parts in quickie glue pen and then cosmic shimmer glitter over the top. Same with the chipboard shapes. Sentiment hand written, in the form of Joey from Friends! Digi image coloured with Pro Markers!

Helen Hi there!  Well, this sentiment is me to a tee!  My lovely husband knows that the only thing that is likely to shift me in the morning is a lovely cup of coffee, and bless him, he delivers one to me each and every morning!

The stamp is from one of my favourite designers, Dolly Mama by Stamps Happen.  I've coloured her in with a mixture of Promarkers and Flexmarkers, then die cut the image using Spellbinders.  I've mounted this onto some base paper from Papermania which matched the design in her dress, then added a die cut down the side from my new Spellbinders edgeabilities, which has been covered with Pear Pizzazz ink from Stampin' Up! using the direct to paper method.  This has then been sprayed with Cosmic Shimmer pearl mist.  The cafetieres die cuts are from Paper Nation. 

Jacqui H Well, anyone who knows me knows, I have quite a sense of humour!  For this card I began with an Inklined design digi image, that ironically I bought from a shop! I coloured the image with trusty promarkers, added the legend, and inked the edges of the image.  I backed it onto vintage car paper.  Hope you find it as funny as I do.

Jacqui M Hello everyone..For my card this week I used one of Bugaboo's Fabulous images..I coloured her with my trusty Promarkers, the DP's were all in my stash box. The poisettia was also in my stash but I took it apart and reassembled it and added the button to it...I then added 3 little self adhesive gems to finish it off.

Nelly : Hello all, i made this card for my husband's best friend 50th birthday! he was best man at our wedding many moons ago, I thought it brought a touch of humour to the fact we cannot escape the big number Birthday's even when we don't actually feel like we are getting on so to speak he he... the image is from Bugaboo digital design image and coloured using pro markers, the backing papers are from papermania mans collection (although i bought them 3 years ago so not sure if they are still around) as it's a male themed card i have embellished using papermania natural raffia and red polka dot brads, I have also decorated the inside of the card with the rest of the design papers ....I  hope he still has his sense of humour when he opens this ....

Paula For some reason as soon as i started making this card, i knew it had to be as loud and colourful as possible, so sunglasses may be needed, LOL  The image is a Bugaboo Digi Image, i've used Copic pens to colour it in, i've glittered the hat trim and sled trim with a white glitter.  The backing paper is by October Afternoon and the green card is from Kars.  For the green and red blast shapes i used my cricut and the Plantin cartridge, i used the Joys of the Season cartridge to cut my music notes out.  I couldn't stop there though so added some gems and dotty buttons both from Papermania.

Daisy I'm back!!For this card I used the Sponsor Bugaboo Digi Stamp. I made an easel card with this one. I Coloured the image with trusty Promarkers. Used Debbi Moore glitters for definition.

The lime paper is from Anna Griffin, as is the holly one and the raised up sentiment. Gems from stash as usual. The green glitter paper is from DCWV.The metal holly corners I bought in a kit from QVC many moons ago. The 'pimp my sled'  is a Bugaboo sentiment I just made it 'street' by making it look gaffiti.
Here's the card ~

Marfa I really like this digi stamp by Bugaboo, so I wanted to make it the focus of my card.  Keeping up with the theme of humor, I added a joke as my sentiment.  I used my Silhouette Cutting Machine to cut out the candy canes.  Then I colored the canes and the digi stamp with my Copic markers.  For sparkle (because we always need sparkle!) I added two metallic jewels in Christmas colors.  The little red bow was hand cut by me.  I used my silver Fiskars Glitter Gel pen to add some interest to the bow.  This card will be going this year to someone with a great sense of humor ;-)

Sarah For this card I've chosen my favourite Christmas joke, I hope you find it funny too :)

The trees and snowmen are from the Polkadoodles Christmas Boutique kit I bought in about August, they're coloured with a mixture of ProMarkers and Flexmarkers. The sky and snow papers are from a Forever Friends kit. I printed the joke onto Safmat, cut it into two identical scalloped circles and put them together with a brad - you just turn the uppermost circle to get your laugh! To finish I plastered practically the whole card with glitter glues.

Doreen For this card I used the Sponsor Bugaboo Digi Stamp. I love these crazy images. I colored with my copics. I used the in chequer pattern paper to underline the madness of christmas shopping.But I don't know the manufacturer - all black and red papers which I used for this card were a present.

And our Guest designers from our sponsors themselves

Tammy

and Jackie

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Week 22 - Snuggle Up

Hey peeps. Welcome to this weeks Glitter Geeks Challenge.

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To start, I'd like to announce the winners of last weeks GHOSTS AND GOULS challenge.

In order

1. #11 Arabella

2. #3 Paul

3. #1 Jennifer Scull

Congratulations guys. Please email Steph on PepperyApple@Gmail.com for your badges and prizes.

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 As it's Bonfire Night this weekend, we all love that familiar feeling of watching the fireworks whilst snuggled up to our loved ones. With a cup of soup in hand and our scarves wrapped round our cold necks, there's something humble and cosy about this time of year.  

Jacqui H has chosen this weeks Challenge 

SNUGGLE UP 

and is sponsored by the wonderful

We want to see how you interpret cosy with your snuggly creations. And of course, our Design Team have been busy working on theirs.

Josie :
 I had to use warm cosy colours for this theme, who doesn't love being snuggled up! I used pinflair patterned card and basic grey backing paper. 

Helen 
Hi there! Well, as this challenge launches, I will be on my way to the NEC Hobbycrafts show with my good friend Michelle.  We will also finally get the chance to meet up with all our Twitter friends too!  Just a bit excited :).
So, for this Snuggle Up theme, I chose a Penny Black image from the Hugs set - appropriate, I thought!  I've stamped and water coloured the image onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Stampin' Up! ink pads in Soft Suede, So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand, and Tangerine Tango.  I've then matted it onto a Spellbinders Labels Eight die cut in Peach Parfait.  The card base is Soft Suede, and the ribbon is Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie.  I've glittered the flower to add a subtle accent, and finished off with a felt heart on a mini peg from my stash.

Jacqui H
 For this card I used an inklined design digi image, which oddly I bought in their sister shop in Washington.  I couldn't resist the thought that this was a doting grandchild following Grandad around and copying him having a well deserved brew.  I coloured the image with promarkers and inked the edges of the image, I then mounted it onto a zoo themed nursery backing paper.  Hope it makes you go ahhhhhhh! it did me.

Jacqui M
Phew I didn't think I'd have a card for this weeks challenge lol...computer problems. This week I've used a Gorgeous Cuddly Buddly Freebie digi stamp, teamed with mittens and sentiment stamp from the Free set in Papercraft Essentials Magazine. All the dps were in my stash, as was the button. I coloured the images with my Promarkers.

Paula 
 This week i've used an image from our sponsors Digi Web Studios.  I used Prisma Pencils to colour it and then went mad with embellishments!  The papers and tag are from My Minds Eye, the flowers from Prima and the button, well soon i'll probably find a jumper or cardigan that needs it back!

Nelly 
 hello everyone! for this weeks theme i have used "Kitty Snuggle" house mouse stamp isn't it cute and they look so cosy!, it is at this time of the year we need to ensure our pets are safely indoors, maybe not under the Christmas tree quite just yet...i have coloured the image using pro markers, the card has been shaped with Tim Holz on the edge die and embossed using a snowflake embossing folder and chalked to highlight,  the design papers were a dovecraft brand i bought last year (sorry i don't remember the name) the sentiment is from this winters Molly Bloom collection which i have stamped onto a die cut shape, raffia, glitter and gems to  accent.....enjoy this weekends Fireworks parties everyone!

Marfa

Hello everybody!  This week I am adding another Christmas card to my stash.  I like to make my own cards, its a little more special.  For this one I used white, matte photo paper and Christmas Designer paper.  The scene with Santa dropping down the chimney, as well as the mittens, are all files from the Silhouette Cutting Machine's online line store.  I used pop dots to put the whole thing together.  I colored everything with my Copic markers.  

Sarah 
Hi everyone! This week I've used images from Polkadoodles, the stamps came with a magazine (Papercraft Essentials). I masked the girl and stamped the boy next to her so they're cuddling - he actually has a snowball in that hand so maybe she'll get an icy surprise down her neck later! The sentiment is from the same stamp set and the papers I found in my scraps box (I added snowflakes to the green one to make it more Christmassy), the ribbon is from Meiflower I think, all grubbied up with some Distress Ink.

Doreen

I used my lovely Magnolia Stamp for this challenge and colored with Copics. I love my new Copics.
The PP is from my Lost and Found Collection. It's perfect for cards, because is thinner than normal Lost and Found paper. The postage stamps are from Whimsy Stamps and the pastage die as well.

Kelly

I used this gorgeous Teddy Bo image.  It is coloured with promarkers.  The backing paper is Honey and Hugs.  The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons.  The flowers and pins are from Crafty Emmas Store and Wild Orchid Crafts.  The sentiment is from the Tulip range.

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Week 21 - Ghosts and Ghouls, Spiders and Spooks

Hey people. Welcome to this weeks Halloween Glitter Geeks Challenge.

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To start I'd like to announce the winners of last weeks RECIPE challenge.

In order

1. #5 Tracey

2. #12 Laura
3. #8 Crafty Girl

Congratulations guys. Please email Steph on PepperyApple@Gmail.com for your badges and prizes.

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 As Halloween is approaching this weekend, we thought we would go for something scary and creepy.

Steph has chosen this weeks Challenge 

GHOSTS AND GHOULS, SPIDERS AND SPOOKS 

and is sponsored by the wonderful

They are offering our winner free digi's from their store

We wanna see your scariest, creepiest, cutest and funniest Halloween creations. And here are our Design Team projects to spark some inspiration.

Steph: I started this card by corner the points. I just thought it makes the card look softer. I used the papers and card from stash, the ribbon is from Hobbycraft, the little witch is by our sponsor at Digi Garden which I coloured with my beloved ProMarkers. The sentiment was freehand the I added the gems for added blingage!!

Josie: I don't do Halloween, (I'm working my days off because of it though!), but I took the colour scheme from Halloween. Purple and orange. I used my tatty button stamp, coloured with Pro Markers. Backing paper is Basic Grey, Dotty card is from Pinflair. 

Helen This week I have used a punch from Stampin' Up! to make a frightened looking owl - bless him, I think he's scared of the bats flying overhead!!  I've used Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock from Stampin' Up! for the owl.

The moon has been made using a circle of Sahara Sand cardstock edged with a tree stamp from Claritystamp and sponged over with Sahara Sand ink pad.  The ribbon is Rich Razzleberry and Pumpkin Pie, and the card is mounted onto Basic Black and Rich Razzleberry cardstock with a sentiment added, all from Stampin' Up!.

Looking forward to seeing your creepiest creations! 

Jacqui H This card I began by stamping the moon and masking it while I brayered the sky,  I then stamped the tree, I stamped in the spooky sentiment and some scary pumpkins.  OK so Steph's real ones are miles better than these and way scarier.

I used black distress ink to dye the Hunky Dory Fancy background card and then added the topper to the base

Shelby: Welcome back for another fun challenge!  This week I pulled out a Whipper Snapper stamp and paired these characters up with some MME Halloween paper.  Of course they were colored up with copics and the rosette sentiment is from my stash that I snagged from my LSS.

Jacqui M Hello everyone..Thanks for joining us for another Fab challenge here at Glitter Geeks Towers lol...So its Halloween themed this week, so I drew this little cutie just for this challenge. Shes coloured with my beloved Promarkers, the little circle behind her is cut using a nesties die and then I just drew the little skulls and bones and glittered them. DPs were all in my stash box as were the ribbon and pearls.

Paula:  All the fantastic girl and pumpkin images i used for my card are from this weeks sponsor Digi Garden, i used my Copic Markers to colour them.  I love Halloween cards and decided to do a scene type one.  I used Echo Park papers which i edged with distress ink.  I also used black stickles on some of the bats.  I used the Cricut cartridge Happy Hauntings to cut my fence and grass out, i also added distress ink to those after sanding them down.  The sentiment and spider image are from a Daisy & Dandelion Halloween stamp set, i added the purple brad to give it a bit of colour.

Nelly:  Ok folks I'll share a little secret,  "I cant do scary he he! so opted for cute ;) the image and design paper is from a favourite collection of mine by Pink Petticoat, I used a dielicious nesting die from x cut to matt and layer the image onto and glittered up the ghost's a little, the star embellishments were a present from a friend's holiday and are called "in 2 craft" the sentiment is from a papermania set, Martha Stewart border punch to create the border trim . I decided to create this design as an invitation, I may not like Scary and Halloween but any excuse for a party eh! :) 

Marfa To make this card  I'm using digi stamps by The Digi Garden.  I colored the witch and the jack-o-lantern with my Copic markers.  The paper that I used is all from a really cool stack by DCWV called The Halloween and Fall Stack.  The card is a Silhouette Cutting Machine file from their online store.  I used my Fiskars Glitter Gel pens to add some sparkle.  Spooky, huh?

Sarah Like Nelly, I have to be honest and tell you that I don't do scary! In fact I am probably whatever the Halloween equivalent of Scrooge is! So I went for cute on my card too and threw in some autumn colours. The little witch is from Torico's Digital Gallery, she's coloured with Promarkers. The paper is an ancient My Mind's Eye one which I doctored a little bit - some of the spots were blue, which didn't suit me so I coloured them in brown with a Promarker and I also coloured the ribbon green to fit in. I'm liking the rounded corner look at the moment so I added some of those too and then distressed a few edges with Old Paper Distress Ink.

Doreen: For my card I used the Digi Stamp from Digi Garden, which I colored with copics. The backgorund is also a Digi Stamp from Polka Doodles. The Paper is also Digi - but I don't know where I got the freebies.

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