Winners - #25 - We Are Family

Here are the winners of our Family challenge:

The random winner of a digi of our choice and a winner's badge is JUDITH.

The Design Team has chosen this gorgeous layout by TRACEY SABELLA as their Top Pick.  Tracey will receive a winner's badge and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies and please email Cec to claim your prizes.

# 26 - Fairies and Angels

Welcome back to Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow.  Our designers had a lovely week off and we were thrilled to have some past designers fill in and share their wonderful creations.  Thank you ladies, it was so nice to have you back.

This week our challenge is called FAIRIES AND ANGELS and we want you to create a vintage or shabby chic card with either one of these ethereal creatures as your focal point.

We are sponsored this week by A Day for Daisies and if you don't have any fairies or angels to work with, then rush over to their store where you will find many gorgeous ones that can be incorporated into your card.

One random winner will be chosen and will receive a $12 store gift certificate from our sponsor and a winner's badge from Sugar Creek Hollow.

The Design Team will also select one card as their Top Pick and the creator will receive a winner's badge and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

We also have a wonderful tutorial this week from Renee Mataerese, our Feature Artist so check it out by clicking on the link on the sidebar or by scrolling down to the post below.

This week all of our designers have created inspiration for featuring an image from A Day for Daisies.  Feast your eyes on their wonderful creations and pop over to their blogs to get the details and perhaps even leave them a comment.

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon

Heather Hudson

Holly Young

Linda Payne

Liz Droege

Patti Painter

Renee Matarese

Yvonne Whaley

Tutorial - Faux Letterpress Imprinting

Renee here and today I'll show you how to make a faux letterpress imprint with your embossing folders.

Supply list:

Embossing folder

Embossing machine (I used Cuttlebug)

Ink & paper

This is so easy to do.  Just take your embossing folder and ink it up.  I've used Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink but I think any ink will work.  I inked up both sides of the folder.

As you can see the more solid side left streaks.  I'm wondering next time if instead of dabbing I could drag the ink pad across or use a brayer to apply.  The other side turned out great.  What happens with this method is that the ink is printed into the debossed portion of the paper creating a beautiful look.

After I created my letterpress paper I trimmed around the flourishes to create a frame for my fairy.

You can create endless handmade designer papers with this method.  Choose any embossing folder and color ink you like!  It's so simple.  As for clean up, I like to wipe my folder down with a baby wipe when I'm finished.  Soap and water work just fine too.   I hope you'll try this technique.  It's simple and beautiful.  I'd love to see what you create!

Winners - #24 - Vintage Travel

Here are the winners from last week's challenge:

The random winner of a digi of our choice and a winner's badge is HAZEL.

The Design Team has chosen this wonderful card by STEMPELTRUHE as their Top Pick. She will also receive a winner's badge and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies - please email Cec to claim your prizes.

# 25 - We Are Family

Welcome back to Sugar Creek Hollow and another challenge, a really special one for us.  Many of you are on or have been on a Design Team or more and if so you know that a Design Team is a family of talented crafters.  Since its inception the Sugar Creek Hollow Design Team has been a family even though some of the family members have moved on to do other things.  This week our challenge is called WE ARE FAMILY and I have given our current designers a week off but we are honoured to be joined by some of our past designers.

We are having a family reunion and want you to join in since you are part of the Sugar Creek Hollow family too.  We want you to make vintage or shabby chic cards or other paper-crafted project that depicts what you think of when you hear the word FAMILY.

We will be choosing one random winner who will receive a digi of our choice along with a winner's badge to display. The Design Team will choose their Top Pick and that creator will receive a winner's badge but will also be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

Now I want you to feast your eyes on the wonderful inspiration that our returning designers have created for you. Then click on their names to be taken to their blog so you can get the details of their wonderful projects and leave them a comment to say that you visited.

Linda Coughlin

Marsha Sanderlin

Heide Dronchi

Gunn Knutsen

Sharon Basel

Peggy Marsh

Winners - #23 - Something Old,. Something New

Here are the winners of our Something Old, Something New challenge:

The random winner of a digi of our choice and a winner's badge is LINDA B.

The Design Team has chosen this altered jewelry box by DARLENE PAVLICK as their Top Pick.Darlene  will also get a winner's badge to display on her blog and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies and please email Cec to claim your prizes.

#24 - Vintage Travel

The challenge this week at Sugar Creek Hollow is called VINTAGE TRAVEL.  When I set the challenge I was thinking about vintage means of transportation but if it makes you think about traveling somewhere on vacation as it did for some of our designers and you can make a vintage or shabby chic card that depicts that, then that is fine too.

We will be choosing one random winner who will receive a digi of our choice along with a winner's badge to display. The Design Team will choose their Top Pick and that creator will receive a winner's badge but will also be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

Our Design Team has created some wonderful inspiration for you and now we would like to see your vintage or shabby chic creations.

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon

Heather Hudson

Holly Young

Liz Droege

Patti Painter

Yvonne Whaley

Winners - #22 - Christmas in July

Here are the winners of our Christmas in July challenge:

The random winner of a $5 gift certificate to Sassy Cheryl's store is CLAIRE.  Claire will also receive a winner's badge to display on her blog from Sugar Creek Hollow.

The Design Team has chosen this card by JU BUDANT as their top pick.  She will also receive a winner's badge and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies and please email Cec to claim your prizes.

#23 - Something Old, Something New

It is another Saturday and that means a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we want you to make vintage or shabby chic cards that use SOMETHING OLD & SOMETHING NEW from your craft supplies.  When you do your blog post, please make sure that you tell us what your old item is and what your new items is.

We will be choosing one random winner who will receive a digi of our choice along with a winner's badge to display. The Design Team will choose their Top Pick and that creator will receive a winner's badge but will also be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

Our Design Team has created some wonderful inspiration for you and now it is your turn to wow us with your vintage or shabby chic creations.

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon

Heather Hudson

Holly Young

Liz Droege

Patti Painter

Yvonne Whaley