colourQ challenge #39 ~ Winner Crowned...

What a gorgeous group of entries this week - I just love staring at all those thumbnails! We had beautiful contributions from 40 amazing artists, thank you so much for playing with us - I am ALWAYS IMPRESSED!

Although it was hard to narrow down, this particular entry caught our attention with it's bold use of color, as well as the wonderful texture of the embossing. A huge CONGRATS and title of colourQueen goes out to none other than the very loyal and talented...

ROCHELLE!!!

And our hats off to this week's colourQ Courtiers...

As always, you can click on any of the entry pics to visit the owner's blog & I certainly hope you will! I know with the holiday some of us were in a rush visiting you all, that we were not able to leave comments, but I hope to finish up leaving mine tomorrow!

I hope you had as much fun with these colors as I did... I used them with the sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You this week & WON Card of the Week - YAAAAAAY! I've been playing with them for a year and a half & finally made it! Perseverance is key! I also hope you had an awesome 4th of July - too bad the work week starts back tomorrow! But the good news is tomorrow will bring a brand spankin' new colourQ challenge!

Hope you'll come back tomorrow & play along with us!

colourQ challenge #39...

Welcome to the colourQ Challenge number 39 - can you believe it's been 39 weeks? That's so crazy! Since it's the week of the 4th, I thought it would be appropriate to play with red & blue this week, and as usual - not just ANY red & blue would do! I found this super cute pin cushion over at Etsy in warmnfuzzies' shop, it's SO ADORABLE!!!

So here is my take...

I have the pleasure of introducing a new DT member this morning as well! Sylvia has been chosen colourQueen a couple times here, and her work is not only SUPERB, but also extremely creative. I first encountered her on another challenge and was in awe over the card she'd made! So here's Sylvia first challenge with us - I'm SO HAPPY she's a part of the Royal Court...

Sylvia

And as always, our Royal Court DT has created some FABULOUS MASTERPIECES for you today...

LeAnne

Renée

Samantha

Kari

SO HERE'S YOUR INVITE TO CELEBRATE THE 4th of JULY WITH US!

ENTRY DEADLINE is Sunday, July4th at 12 noon CST, to be considered for colourQueen! If you miss the deadline but still want to link up, InLinkz will re-open the next day, so you can play with any of the previous colors anytime. You must be linked before the deadline to be in the running for colourQueen, though!

PLEASE focus on the challenge colors for your project!

Using InLinkz, link to the actual post/gallery page your project is in, and select the thumbnail image of your project.

Any mis-linked entries are subject to deletion, but I'll try to let you know if there's a problem!

*** Just so you know, InLinkz is not fool-proof, some of you may not be able to post the thumbnail of your card... if not, link your profile picture. But if you CAN post the thumbnail of your card, please do! If I have time I will go back & 'fix' the Inlinkz for those of you who cannot get your project thumbnail to post, oky-doky? If I do "fix" it for you, your thumbnail may be moved to a different position on the entry list***

Guest designers will resume next week, since I didn't want to steal any of Sylvia's thunder - lol! If you have previously been a colourQueen & haven't had the chance to email your email address, please do! That will make it easier for me to reach you & hopefully my emails won't end up in your SPAM!

Hope you get a chance to play along this week!

colourQ challenge #38 ~ Winner Crowned...

THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your awesome entries last week! We had such a wonderful time visiting all of you, YOU'RE THE BEST!!!

It's funny, the DT are all fairly different in their styles, but it was fairly unanimous this week that our colorQueen this week for such a simple & elegant card would be...

Mary Brown!

And here they are (in the order they entered) the latest & greatest colourQ Courtiers!

Please go make Mary's day & visit her & leave her some love! Also you can see the full cards of the colourQ Courtiers by clicking on the thumbnails!

Besides being a mom to a 2 year old & a 5.5 month old, hosting this challenge is one of the most exciting/rewarding things that I do! And it wouldn't be possible without all of you! From my super awesome design team to the amazingly talented group of gals that play along with us each week... YOU MAKE THIS FUN!!!

See you in the morning (kinda late~ish... maybe mid-morning? hey - you could sleep in...) for another swell challenge...

Bye for now...