Challenge?????

[jayzmummy]

Is anyone ready yet for another challenge???

With Christmas around the corner maybe we could make that our theme???

What do you think???

JM
I love the challenges but I've already got orders of over 70 cards already with the prospect of dozens more.
I don't want to be a party pooper but I will have to bow out I'm realy sorry.
I'll be at it every night and weekends if it anything like last year.

JM
Forgot to say
I posted a letter to you 1st class today you should get it tomorrow

I don't mind joining in if everyone else is up for it - although the run up to Xmas is usually a bit mad !
(hopefully we will all be swamped with orders !!)

I'd love to join in again. I will be making xmas cards, so the way I see it, they will all go in my xmas stock and be sold or used myself. Perhaps I won't be making my own on xmas eve this year!!!

ohhhhhhhh yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes please can I join in?

yes please JM , count me in.

I'll have a go!!!

But as a VIRGIN...you'll have to explain in words of 1 syllable exactly what you all do so naturally!!!!

Yes please JM! I have a standing order for 300 cards from MIL, but Dh isn't talking to her at the mo, so I'll wait before I make, IYSWIM!

So far then we have

AQ
Dingle
Whizz
Pootlepod
Mrs F
Peachyclair
and lil 'ol me and my plaster!

LAYLA, DIOR, YORKIE GIRL, HI5 etc etc can you hear me shouting your names???? Where are you????
Come on you newbies you have to join in the fun too....that includes you BIG LIPS and KIWIBELLE....you may be able to run (faster than me at the moment)but cant hide

Sign up by 2nd October please
The more the merrier....ho ho ho

Me please but am a challenge virgin so go easy with me!

what are we doing?

Can i have a go, im a virgin 2 so you will need to tell me what 2 do.

Message withdrawn

Signed up so far

AQ
Dingle
Whizz
Pootlepod
Mrs F
Peachyclair
KatyLou
Marne
Dior
JM

KiwiB are you joining us to??

For the newbies this is what we do.

1. Take a photograph of all the bits and pieces you have selected to make your card. Make sure you have enough of the materials used so you can send your challenge chum identical items.

2. You make one card, photograph it and then you send everyhting that you used to make it to your "challenge chum". You send the card blank and envelope then all the other bits and pieces.

3. Once your "challenge chum" has posted that they have received their goodies, you post the photograph of the bits and pieces that you sent onto the yahoo site.

4. Someone else will be sending B&P's to you. When they arrive take a photograph of them before you start creating.(this is just incase the sender forgot to take a photo before they sent out the items!)

5. When you receieve your goodies from your 'crafty pal' you make a card. If you receive less than 5 little bits you can add one other, if you receieve more than 5 elemnts you can leave one out.

6. Once you have finished, you put a piccie of your card on yahoo and we can see the different things that people came up with using the same things.

7. DO NOT post a piccie of your original card until your challenge chum has posted their card made with the B&P's that you have sent.

Once everyone has signed up by the 2nd October, you will receive an email on the 3rd October giving the name of the person you need to send your items to.

PLEASE make sure that they recieve their items by 12th October....that gives you just over a week to make your card and post out the B&P's.

All finished cards need to be posted onto the gallery by 24th October

(((((I thought it would be easier if we just had one card to make and send and one card to make with the B&P's we receive as everyone seems to be getting busy with getting ready for the christmas rush.....BUT if you want to make and send to two CC's and receive two lots of B&P's thats fine....its up to you...what do you want to do???))))

I'd prefer to do 2 but am happy to do 1.

Like Dingle I will add them to my stock. Is it definately a Christmas theme?

It is a Christmas Theme Challenge.

We could make it a bit different though by saying that

1. we have to include either peel offs or a stamped image. or
2. ribbon or fibres need to be used. or
3. felt or fabric on the card somewhere. or
4. patterned paper or vellum to feature somewhere on the card.

What do you think?

feling worried about the stamping...as i have NO STAMP PADS etc..and was trying to 'survive' without them till after christmas.....and though we all send each other 'what they need' in a 'kit'...i don't think stamps would be covered!!!!!

But if a 'peel off' would count as a substitute....i'd be ok with that....i also have some 'magic motifs' (glue-dots in a shape which look like embossed stamping when finished)

Don't mind really. It was fun to do 2 cards last time, but if the group is larger, I can understand to only make 1 and keep it all as simple as possible! (I get confused easily you know!)

The options of materials doesn't really bother me either, don't have that many patterned papers, but I am sure I could improvise.
If we have a few newbies to cardmaking then I feel it best to work around them to a certain degree. Unless they really want to go out spending more money....eehh!

Defffffffffffinitely want to join.

ooh Dingle... I WANT to go out and spend money - any excuse will do. And... I too am easily confused. I will watch this thread closely to make sure that I understand what I am meant to be doing.

I do have one question about making two cards (if we go for this option). I understand that you are going to use the same b&ps for each card but does that mean you make two identical versions or two cards using the same b&ps which don't look the same.

Gosh, I confuse myself really!

yes JM... I'm in. I'll give it a go . If you are contacting us by email, do you need our personal email addys?

KB...you still only make one card using your bits and pieces but you will receiev 2 pasckages in the post from 2 different people and you then make 2 diffrent cards, on efrom each B&P receieved.
hth

If you are a "newbie" to the challenge then I will need your email addresses and also your postal addresses. Can you let me know the name you would like used on the parcel which will be sent from your challenge chum....your RL name or your MN name.

My addy is
my Mn user name at yahoo dot co dot uk.

jm
i will send you the others later tonight

Anyone else????

Newbies are more than welcome to join in.