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.