Winner - # 101 - Not A Card

Here is the winner for our final challenge:

The random winner of a winner's badge and a piece of word art is JULIE LAVALETTE.

Congratulations and please email Cec by December 31st to claim your prizes.  Prizes not claimed by that date will not be awarded.

Winners - # 100 - Vintage Christmas Cards with a Twist

Here are the winners of the last challenge:

The random winner of a winner's badge and a piece of word art is HANNAPANNA.

The Design Team has chosen this stunning card by JULIE P. as their final Top Pick.  Julie will also receive a winner's badge and a piece of word art.

Congratulations ladies and please email Cec to claim your prizes.  Please note that any prizes unclaimed by December 20th will not be awarded as the blog is closing.

# 101 - Not A Card & An Important Announcement

The new challenge starts today but before I tell you about it, I would like to announce that this will also be the last challenge here at Sugar Creek Hollow.  For the past five years I have been looking after my elderly Mother-in-Law who has dementia and lives 2000 miles away, which has brought a lot of challenges and worn me out.  I realized recently that the time has come to look after me, spend more time with my Grandchildren, finish projects that have been set aside and create for fun.

I have enjoyed all the years that I have been running and then owning Sugar Creek Hollow and I am grateful for the wonderful talented people who have served on the Design Team.  I especially want to thank Patti Painter for being my backup and a wonderful and treasured friend.  Thanks also to Renee Matarese who looked after the Facebook page until recently.

Thank you also to all of the wonderful participants and the legions of followers.  I certainly hope you have enjoyed what we have provided for you and while not many of you entered our challenges I am sure you got a great deal of inspiration from us. 

So on to the challenge and this time it is titled NO CARDS. We want you to make gifts, home decor, altered items, etc. and while they do not have to be Christmas themed you might want to take advantage of the fact that it is that time of year. Your project must be shabby chic or vintage.

For this challenge only a random winner will be chosen provided we have at least nine entries.  The random winner will receive a piece of word art and a winner's badge.  Once this challenge ends in two weeks and the winner is posted, no further posts will be made.

If you were a Top Pick in September, October or November, you will also receive a piece of word art shortly to compensate for the fact that you didn't get the opportunity to be a Guest Designers as the care giving got in the way of my requesting a vote from the Design Team.

The Design Team have created some wonderful final projects for your inspiration.  Please click on their names to go to their blogs where you will get all the details.  While you are there be sure to leave them a little love because they certainly deserve it.

Plony de Jong

Amelia Breytenbach

Cathi O’Neill

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon Album cover

Heidi Augustson Tag to use on a Christmas gift

Rebecca Deeprose

Yvonne Whaley

An InLinkz Link-up

Winners - #99 Recycling and Re-purposing

Happy Monday, first let us say a thank you to all that entered our recycling and re-purposing challenge. What fun seeing all of the unique items used in your creations.

Loreal was our random winner and will receive a piece of word art and a winner's badge.

The design team has chosen this gorgeous altered piece of art by scrappinmad-karien as their Top Pick this week. Karien will also be recieving a piece of word art from Sugar Creek Hollow.

Congratulations ladies, please email Cec to claim your prizes.

# 100 - Vintage Christmas Cards With A Twist

It is time for a new challenge and this time we are looking for VINTAGE CHRISTMAS CARDS WITH A TWIST - NON TRADITIONAL COLOURS.  Your cards must be either vintage or shabby chic with a vintage image.

Provided we have at least nine entries in the challenge we will choose one random winner who will receive a little piece of word art 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.

The Design Team has created some gorgeous inspiration for you so click on their name and go to their blog to check out all the details.

Plony de Jong

Amelia Breytenbach

Cathi O’Neill

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon

Heidi Augustson

Rebecca Deeprose

Yvonne Whaley

An InLinkz Link-up

Winners - # 98 - I Can See Clearly

There weren't too many entries for the last challenge but those that did enter made some lovely creations.

The random winner of a piece of word art and a winner's badge is DIANE.

The Design Team has picked this very vintage Christmas card by PIRJOLIINI 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.

# 99 - Recycling and Re-purposing

It is time for a new challenge and this time we are calling it Recycling and Re-purposing.  We want to see vintage or shabby chic projects where you include something used before (recycled) or something new that was really intended for a different purpose (re-purposing). To make sure your entry is an eligible one, you must explain what your recycled or re-purposed item is.

Provided we have at least nine entries in the challenge we will choose one random winner who will receive a little piece of word art 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.

Our designers have made some great takes on the theme so check out the details by clicking on their names to go to their blogs.

Plony de Jong

Amelia Breytenbach

Cathi O’Neill

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon

Heidi Augustson

Recycled: old stamps and ration cards from 2nd World War.

Rebecca Deeprose

Yvonne Whaley

An InLinkz Link-up

Winners - # 97 - One, Two, Three

Here are the winners for the One, Two, Three challenge:

The random winner of a winner's badge and a piece of word art is PAXTON VALLEY FOLK ART (Deb).

The Design Team has chosen this shaped card from KARIEN as their Top Pick.  Karien will receive a winner's badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

 

Congratulations ladies and please email Cec to claim your prizes.

# 98 - I Can See Clearly

It is time for a new challenge here at Sugar Creek Hollow and this time it is called I CAN SEE CLEARLY.

We want you to put a clear element on your vintage or shabby chic card or other crafty project. By clear we mean items made from acetate or clear packaging such as the window for a shaker, a clear butterfly or even stamping on a clear panel. Now we understand that photographing clear is difficult so you must describe your clear element in your blog post.  If you do not tell us where your clear element is, we will only assume you don't have one and that means you didn't follow the theme, which means your entry would be ineligible so please make sure you follow the rules.

Provided we have at least nine entries in the challenge we will choose one random winner who will receive a little piece of word art 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.

We are pleased to have another Guest Designer joining us this week and she and our regular designers have made some wonderful projects to inspire you.  In order to see what their clear elements are, you will need to go to their blogs so just click on their names.

Susanne Halseth - Guest Designer

Plony de Jong

Amelia Breytenbach

Cathi O’Neill

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon

Heidi Augustson

Rebecca Deeprose

Yvonne Whaley

An InLinkz Link-up

Winners - # 96 - Hide and Go Seek

Here are the winners of our hidden element challenge:

The random winner of a winner's badge and a piece of word art is LIA.

The Design Team has chosen this lovely vintage piece by SISSEL 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.

# 97 - One, Two Three

It is time for a new challenge and this time it is called ONE, TWO, THREE. We want you to make cards with one focal image, two patterned papers and three types of embellishments (e.g. a strip of lace, a few pearls and some ribbon). You can add multiples of any of the three types you choose but we don't want you to add a 4th type of embellishment.

Provided we have at least nine entries in the challenge we will choose one random winner who will receive a little piece of word art 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.

The Design Team has made some cards to inspire you so check out the details on their blogs by clicking on their names and then come on back and show us your creations.

Plony de Jong

Amelia Breytenbach

Cathi O’Neill

Cec Wintonyk

Daniele Haddon

Heidi Augustson

Rebecca Deeprose 

Yvonne Whaley

An InLinkz Link-up