Winners- #49- Metal Mania

Thanks so very much for all of the beautiful entries in our Metal Mania challenge last week.

Here are the winners:

                                              

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

Our design team has chosen this gorgeous card by Jytte as the Top Pick! Jytte will receive a winner's badge and be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

                               

Congratulations Ladies! Be sure to email Cec to claim your prizes.
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#50 - Vintage Hats, Shoes & Purses

Patti here filling in this week for Cec, we hope you are having a great trip! Crafting time with friends, how wonderful is that?
We welcome you to Sugar Creek Hollow and another fun challenge - VINTAGE HATS, SHOES & PURSES.  We want to see vintage or shabby chic cards or other paper-crafted projects that feature vintage hats, shoes or purses.  You can focus on one or include two or even three of these items of lady's apparel.

Before we tell you about our prizes, we must say goodbye to Renee Matarese who has been with our Design Team almost since the beginning. Renee has decided to step down to devote more time to family and work commitments. We will miss her and wish her the best. Before she leaves though, Renee has one more tutorial for you so check it out by scrolling down to the preceeding post.

We will choose 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 and also be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

This week we have another wonderful Guest Designer. Brenda Brown is a regular participant in our challenges and brings beautiful work with lots of techniques. Please welcome her and check out her blog.

Our designers have created some wonderful inspiration for you.

Brenda Brown - Guest Designer
Amelia Breytenbach
Cec Wintonyk
Daniele Haddon
Heather Hudson
Linda Payne
Liz Droege
Patti Painter
Renee Matarese
Yvonne Whaley

Tutorial - Fabric Flowers

Renne here this week and I have another tutorial for you.

I love all those vintage looking flowers that are so popular right now.  In the store they are VERY expensive and not nearly as pretty as what you can create yourself.  I made these flowers using scraps I got out of JoAnn's scrap bin for very little money.

The first step is to cut circles out.  You can use a die but I just free handed it.  I cut 6 of the larger circles and 5 of the smaller. I also cut a piece of felt for my base.

Step 2 is to fold the circles into quarters and hot glue them to the base circle.

When, you have the first layer done you can start on the inner layer.

I finished off the center by scrunching a piece of crocheted lace and adding a brad.

Here is my finished card using the flower.

You will see the finished producr=t on my challenge card this week.

Winners - #48 - Feathers and Fur

Here are the winners for the Feathers and Fur challenge from last week:

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

The Design Team has chosen this beauty by HEIDI D. as their Top Pick.  Heidi 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.

#49 - Metal Mania

It is time for a new challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow and we have chosen to call it METAL MANIA.  Your vintage or shabby chic cards or other paper-crafted projects must include some metal.  This would be a great time to make something for the man in your life or get those filigree pieces out and make something really girlie with them.

We will choose 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 designers have made some great inspiration for you - now let's see what you can create with metal.

Amelia Breytenbach
Cec Wintonyk
Daniele Haddon
Heather Hudson
Linda Payne
Liz Droege
Patti Painter
Yvonne Whaley

Winners - #47 - Romantic Love

We had some lovely vintage and shabby chic entries last week for the Romantic Love challenge. Here are the winners:

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

The Design Team has chosen this gorgeous creation by STARR T. as their Top Pick. Starr will receive a winner's badge and will be in the running again for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies and please email Cec to claim your prizes.

#48 - Feathers & Fur

Welcome back to a new challenge here at Sugar Creek Hollow that we are calling FEATHERS & FUR.  We want your vintage or shabby chic cards or other paper-0crafted projects to feature birds or furry animals.

We will choose 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.

This week we have fabulous Guest Designer joining us.  Please welcome Sandra Mathis and don't forget to pop over to her blog and leave her some love.

Our designers have created some wonderful inspiration for you so let's see what sort of lovely vintage bird or animal image you can find and show us how you can transform it.

Sandra Mathis - Guest Designer

Amelia Breytenbach

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon

Heather Hudson

Linda Payne

Liz Droege

Patti Painter

Yvonne Whaley

Winners - #46 - Lots of Layers

We sure had a record number of entries last week for the Lots of Layers challenge.  Unfortunately a number of them were not in the styles we want - vintage or shabby chic - so those entries are not eligible to win any of the prizes.  Here are the winners:

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

The Design Team has chosen this gorgeous card by JYTTE as their Top Pick.  Jytte is a repeat winner so she will be able to add this date and will be in the running again for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies and please email Cec to claim your prizes.

#47 - Romantic Love

This week here at Sugar Creek Hollow, we want you to make Vintage or Shabby Chic cards or other paper-crafted projects that depict ROMANTIC LOVE.  Since February 14th is fast approaching, your project could be for Valentine's Day or it could also be for a special Anniversary or even for a Wedding.

Please note that we have changed the rules ever so slightly.  As always, your project must follow the challenge theme or your entry will be deleted and you will be notified.  From now on, if your entry is not vintage or shabby chic, we will still comment on it but you will not be eligible to win any of the prizes.

We will choose one random winner who will receive a digi of our choice along with at winner's badge to display. The Design Team will also 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 wonderful designers have created some gorgeous inspiration for you.  If you are new to vintage or shabby chic, please take time to visit their blogs and you will get some ideas.  These styles don't always have to incorporate lots of embellishments so you can start to build your expertise slowly - just make sure you have the right type of image or the right look to your card or other project.

Amelia Breytenbach

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon

Heather Hudson

Linda Payne

Liz Droege

Patti Painter

Yvonne Whaley