New projects for GHWI

I hope everyone has had a great week and you are going to have a fantastic weekend!

Today, I have two projects to share with you. The first one is from Rhonda. She has created a beautiful fall color piece with the Ippity stamp set “Now and Always.” Check out Rhonda’s blog for all the details.

Second one is from Julia and her gorgeous pink and glitzy project was created with Ippity stamp set “ALL things are POSSIBLE,” perfect for October. Julia’s blog will have the details also.

We have a card game going for our Get Hippity with Ippity group members at The Crafter’s Café. This little game goes on until Oct. 31, but you have to be a member of The Crafter’s Café and join our group Get Hippity with Ippity. This is your chance to win a four piece grab bag of Ippity and Unity stamps. We would really like to see your there.

Thanks for stopping by!
The GHWI Design Team

October Progressive Challenge week 2

It's week 2 of our October Progressive challenge and time to add another twist to our challenge.  This week we want to see your FALL projects plus add the colors Brown, Yellow and Orange.

Before we get to the samples, I would like to thank all our wonderful sponsors.  Please be sure to visit and leave them a little love.

The Stamping Boutique-3 images


JLJ Designs-$10 gc

Get Hippity with Ippity- One set up to $12

DtsArt-2 digis or 2 SVGs or 1 of each

Stamping with Brenda-3 months paper society

Now, how about a little inspiration from our design team.  They've all done a great job.

Heide

Kristy

 

Snehal

Stacie

Asha

Linda

Rhonda


I can't wait to see all of your fabulous projects.  Remember this is a progressive challenge so you'll want to check back each week to see what is added to the challenge.

~Rhonda

October Kids Challenge Week 2

Good morning!!  Fall has finally come.  We've go snow on the mountains and the weather is getting cold.  Are you all thinking about all those fall crafty items.  It's time to start letting you kids join in.  The theme for the October Kids challenge is Fall/Halloween.  We would love to see all their fabulous creations, just click on the link and enter their creations on the forum.  They could win a prize from The Stamping Boutique.

Here's a little inspiration from our kids design team.

Whemay

Miss E

P.K.

Toomie

We can't wait to see all the fun fall creations.

~Rhonda

GHWI Challenge No. 7 and a little more

Just me, Aletha, again, on this beautiful Friday!
We have our 7th challenge going on over at our GHWI Challenge Blog. Challenge #7 is a sketch like this one:

Melissa loves sketches, as she will so adamantly tell you. This is her project. I love her colors that she chose to create with. I also like her flowers. She used the {ippity} stamp set “Friends + Flowers = Priceless.” Take a peek at her blog and leave her some love.

The next card is one that I created. The stamp set that I used is “Fall for You.” I have wanted to put the ink to this set for sometime and I finally did it.

We also have a little card game going on over at The Crafter’s Café. Check it out in our “discussion” area. Did you know that if you enter our 7th challenge (your prize is a, {ippity} set, of your choice, from my sales blog), that you can enter this card game with that same project for a chance to win a grab bag of {ippity} or Unity stamps? Bet you didn’t know that, did you?

I hope to see you in our challenge and at our group.

Thanks for stopping by!
Aletha

October Progressive Challenge

To see what happening at the Crafter's Cafe, please scroll down to the next post.

Hello!  Are you ready for the new progressive challenge?  I know I am.  For our Oct. theme we decided to go with the season, so we want to see all your FALL projects.

Before I get to the DT inpsirations I want to take a minute and thank all our wonderful sponsors.  Please be sure to visit them and give them a little love.

 The Stamping Boutique.

JLJ Designs.

Now how about a little inspiration from out design team.  They've all done a great job.

Asha

 Heide

 Jen

 Kristy

 Linda

Snehal

 Stacie

Rhonda

I can't wait to see all your fabulous projects.  Remember this is a progressive challenge, so be sure to check back each week to see what's being added.

~Rhonda

What's New at TCC?

I guess the time has come to start making a newsletter
for The Crafter's Cafe.
It seems like so many things are going on, it's nearly impossible to list it all here in one Blog post!!

Here are just a few of the exciting things that are happening:

Digi Day Party: Scheduled November 5th at 8pm.
You'll want to be there: we're giving away a SUPER prize but you have to be there to win!!

Swap Club: our first card swap of the season has started.
We're doing Get Well Cards and who doesn't need more of those?

Videos: We now have the ability to add videos and there are a few posted for you! Feel free to stop in a add a video of your own!

Month Long Progressive Challenge.
Our October challenge has started and the first week is pretty simple: FALL.
C'mon over and post your fall-themed cards!
We have a BUNCH of sponsors this month and have LOTS of prizes to give away!

Kid's Challenge:
Our Kid's Challenge theme is Fall or Halloween.
I KNOW there are lots of kids out there making some creative projects and WE WANT TO SEE THEM!!
Come over and post your kid's art work and they can win prizes!!

The Forum:
we have several new Discussion Topics at the Forum, including "Challenges"... there are at least SIX different challenges posted as of today, so you really should come over and check them out!

Designer Groups:
We now have almost FIFTEEN different Designers who host Groups at TCC.
They have all kinds of fun things happening in their groups and would love to meet you!

Fresh Brewed Designs has just surpassed 1000 comments on their Group wall!! Come over and see what the excitement is all about

Cuttin' Up With Class is our newest group, and is getting very popular, very fast! It's a great place to learn all about SVG's and cutting files, for those who want to try but haven't learned the basics!

AIFactory has an awesome, creepy freebie, just for joining!

Digital Delights by Louby Loo is well on their way to the first 100 members... and when we get there, we all get a freebie!!

A Day for Daisies: If you want to be inspired, THIS is the place to visit. Some of the projects posted in this group are the most beautiful I've ever seen!

As you can see, there is a lot to see and do at The Crafter's Cafe!
We are getting really close to 600 members, so there's something there for EVERYBODY!!
Come on over and join us!!!

Meet our October Featured Member: Brenda Dean!

It is my pleasure to introduce to you our October Featured Member:

 Brenda Dean!

If you are a member of The Crafter's Cafe

you have probably heard from Brenda at least once!

She is the warm, friendly "Welcome Committee"

and sends Birthday wishes to everyone, every day!

To us, she is so much more than that!

She is a talented cardmaker and Stampin' Up demo

who is always willing to offer a kind word!

She is a generous sponsor for all of our events at TCC.

And she is part of our FAMILY!

We asked Brenda to give us a little more information about herself

and here is what she shared:

Doug, my husband and best friend of more than 27 years, and I live in Upstate New York (Fairport, a suburb of Rochester to be specific) with our two felines, Chevy and Callie Ann.   While winters can be long here, we grew up here and learned a few years ago that there's no place like home.

When I'm not spending time with the love of my life, I'm a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and a part-time Executive Assistant at a financial investment firm.  I also enjoy reading, knitting, hiking and spending time with good friends.

When we asked Brenda a few extra questions, 

she shared some interested insight into who she is

and I think you'll enjoy reading her answers:

How did you get started paper crafting?

Someone described cardmaking as a "hug with a fold in the middle" and I agree.  There's something special about making and giving someone a card that you've created and designed.  It's like a little piece of your love has gone into each card you make.  

This is what I felt the first time I received a handmade card from a friend who knew I was going through a rough time.  We had just moved to a new house in a new town in a new state.  We didn't have any lifelong friends close by.   We were tired from the move and homesick.  One of our lifelong friends was visiting her sister nearby (about 45 minutes away!) and the two of them came to dinner one night bringing cards.   That was the night that I was introduced to Stampin' Up!  I was given a catalog and spent hours and hours with it.   I was hooked.  That was over 8 years ago.

What ONE crafting item can you not live without? 

Without a doubt, it's my Stamp-a-ma-jig.  I use it so much that I have 3 plastic sheets for it so that I don't have to get up from my craft table to wash it after every use.  I love to use it to preview various layouts of sentiments.

What is your favorite type of paper crafting? (cards, scrapbooks, altered art, etc.)   I love to make cards. Cards are quick and offer me an immediate sense of accomplishment.  I like to scrapbook too but I may play with a layout and colors for days. 

Why did you join The Crafter's Cafe? 

For friendship and inspiration.  The Crafter's Cafe is a great community of caring women.  

Is there anything else you would like us to know about you? 

Many people are surprised to learn that I'm a retired computer geek and have two Master of Science degrees.

Can you show us a few of your favorite projects?

I don't know about you,

but after looking at these amazing projects,

I'm feeling inspired!

Brenda just has that affect on everyone whose path crosses hers!

October Kids Challenge

Hello!  We had some fun entries in our challenge last month and are looking forward to even more this month.  For October we're asking you to make Fall/Halloween themed projects.  So pull out all those fun Fall/Halloween themed images (they can be any images from any company), embellishments, papers, etc... and get creative.

Our sponsor this month is The Stamping Boutique.  Tracey has generously offered 3 images of your choice to the winner.

Here is a little inspiration from our talented kids design team.

Whemay

Miss E

P.K.

 

Abby M.

Toomie

 

I can't wait to see all your Fall/ Halloween creations.  Have fun and get crafty with the kids.  To enter, go to The Crafter's Cafe forums under challenges for the Kids challenge.  The go to reply and click on the add photo icon.

Rhonda