colourQ challenge #8 ~ Winner Crowned...

YAY~ we broke another record, folks... 13 entries! So many talented people all in one place, I continue to be blown away. As usuual, another tough decision this week... but when I opened this entry... all I could say was "wow"! The stamped "patterned paper" and all the little details made this entry special... so a big congratulations to

Renée

Please either click on name or the image of her card to visit her site & see all her wonderful creations! Here are snipets of all the fabulous entries this week, in alphabetical order, so please click on them as well to visit each blog, see the full card & spread a little bloggerly love...

Congrats again to Renée and to everyone who participated. So many cute details, buttons, bling, ribbon... you all have made it feel like Christmas morning already! I appreciate all your hard work and fabulous entries!

We have two very talented guest artists showing off our new challenge tomorrow... so come back ready to be fired up for a new colourQ challenge!

Not sure if anyone has noticed but Blogger & Mr. Linky have had an unhappy cyber Monday today (could there be that many shoppers online?!?) and things have been slow going... if for some reason you have problems with Mr. Linky tomorrow, or this week, you can always submit your link by leaving it in a comment & I'll add it manually...

See you tomorrow with a new challenge!

colourQ challenge #8...

Thanksgiving arrived all to fast this year! I'm looking forward to Christmas and found this beautiful stocking made with Figgy Pudding fabric by HaydenJ... I think these colors are so brilliant and perfect for the holidays! For you paper junkies, the fabric is based on Basic Grey's Figgy Pudding. I don't own any, so I improvised using SU! colors for my creation below! If you'd like a little more info on my card you can click the image below...

Tanja and Imke were kind enough to be our guest designers this week... aren't their cards beautiful? Tanja's crafty creation features some flocking I think, and Imke used some great embellishments!!! Hopefully they'll be posting their cards to their blogs for you to enjoy and find out more about. Thanks so much ladies for sharing your enchanted takes on today's colors!

Now it's your turn! Using Mister Linkey below, please add your name & the direct link to your image! Any mis-linked creations are subject to deletion, but I will try to contact you if I have to delete it, so that you can try again! Please have your project uploaded no later Sunday, November 29th at 11: 59 pm Central, if you wish to be considered for the colourQueen of the week. I'll make my pick on 11/30/09, and post the winner who'll be able to display colourQ's colourQueen badge, and also be a future guest designer!

I can't wait to see your gorgeous creations with these fab Christmas colors this week!

colourQ challenge #7...

HAPPY TUESDAY!!! Okay, this is the last of the fall colors! But I couldn't resist... I loved these so much! The inspiration is from a pillow I found on Etsy, from Quilt Finger's shop... I'm tempted to buy it! I wish my house was decorated using these colors - lol! I know that Kiwi Kiss is retired here in the US, but hopefully you have some tucked away somewhere. If not~ feel free to substitute Old Olive!

Here's my card inspred by this week's colors (click on it to see more details).... now let me see yours!!!

Here are the first 2 entries Beverly & Jessica! And for being the first 2, they are this week's WILD CARD GUEST DESIGNERS.... funny, they both did a square card also... aren't they FAB~U~LOUS!!!

Using Mister Linkey below, please add your name & the direct link to your image! Any mis-linked creations are subject to deletion, but I will try to contact you if I have to delete it, so that you can try again! Please have your project uploaded no later Sunday, November 22nd at 11: 59 pm Central, if you wish to be considered for the colourQueen of the week. I'll make my pick on 11/23/09, and post the winner who'll be able to display colourQ's colourQueen badge, and also be a future guest designer!

I do hope you'll get to play along this week!

colourQ challenge #6 ~ Winner Crowned...

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who played last week!!! Everyone who plays along always amazes & inspires me! As always, it was extremely difficult to choose a winner, but I did! I loved her design & all the small elements... especially the ribbon! Congratulations to...

Riley!!!

Here are all the fabulous entries, please be sure to click on the picture of everyone's card to visit their blog & give them some 'comment love"! They all did a fantastic job, so go check 'em out!

Congratulations again to Riley ~ don't forget to grab your well-earned colourQueen badge!

I'll be posting the next challenge promptly at 6AM Central, Tuesday morning! The first 2 entries linked will get a surprise! So make sure you check out the challenge & enter as soon as you are able! See you then...

colourQ challenge #6...

I'm a little late posting this week's challenge, as Tropical Storm Ida pushes through, giving us lots of rain~ she's also given me internet connection woes! The inspiration this week is from Urban Outfitters, and it's the Sunshine Medallion Duvet Cover... aren't the colors brilliant?

I have to say I've been having a lot of fun with this challenge blog, I hope you have to! So many talented people popping in to share their creativity ~ it's amazing! Below is my take on the challenge, you can read more about it by clicking to image & visiting my blog...

I also would like to share a couple cards created by winners from our first challenge, Beverly S. & Ineke, they're both so whimsical & fabulous! You can visit their blogs by clicking their cards as well! Please leave them a little love on their blogs & let them know you care! Thank you gals so much for designing a card for this week's challenge!

Using Mister Linkey below, please add your name & the direct link to your image! Any mis-linked creations are subject to deletion, but I will try to contact you if I have to delete it, so that you can try again! Please have your project uploaded no later Sunday, November 15th at 11: 59 pm Central, if you wish to be considered for the colourQueen of the week. I'll make my pick on 11/16/09, and post the winner who'll be able to display colourQ's colourQueen badge, and also be a future guest designer!

colourQ challenge #5 ~ Winners Crowned...

Thanks so much to everyone who took the challenge and participated! It's so amazing to see everyone's take on the colors each week, I always see things I mentally "file" for later inspiration! I promise, I tried, however I COULD NOT narrow it down to just one this week... so I hope these two talented ladies don't mind reigning together as colourQueens this week!

Beverly G

Amy

Both of their cards displyed a wonderful use of the challenge colors! I loved Beverly's layout &

the simplicity of Amy's card! Please make sure you check out their wonderful blogs! Congratulations to both of you!

Here are thumbnails of all the wonderful entries... if you'll click on them, you can go to each of the participant's blogs to see the full card! Everyone did an awesome job, so go check them out!

Congratulations again Amy & Beverly ~ don't forget to grab your well-earned colourQueen badge! Let me know if you need any help posting it on your blog!

I'll be back in a bit with next week's challenge!

colourQ challenge #5...

Here's a cool flower pot from Novica. com for this week's inspiration! I love Novica, they have cool handmade goods from all over the world, and every year I find great Christmas presents that are a little out of the norm.

So here's my take, you can read more about it by clicking on the image above. We had another great round of entries last week, everyone is so talented! If you have not had a chance to see the excellent projects based on last week's colors, I encourage you to check them out!

Using Mister Linkey below, please add your name & the direct link to your image! Any mis-linked creations are subject to deletion, but I will try to contact you if I have to delete it, so that you can try again! Please have your project uploaded no later Sunday, November 8th at 11: 59 pm Central, if you wish to be considered for the colourQueen of the week. I'll make my pick on 11/09/09, and post the winner who'll be able to display colourQ's colourQueen badge, and also be a future guest designer!

Next week we'll see the artistic talents of the first challenge winners, as they will be our first ever guest designers! Now that I'm getting more organized {finally} I'm sending out the colors for the future challenges to the weekly winners, so that they can be guest designers!

As always, I hope you get a chance to play along this week, I can't wait to see what you can come up with!