Winner for bloghop & DT announcement for Jan-June 2016

Hi crafty peeps,

It has started getting cold in here and crafting ,stamp trials, and hot coffee is getting me along.

We received more than an awesome response from every one. Total of 26 entries were received and most of them were brilliant. It was very difficult to choose amongst all and was a very tough decision to make.

So we bring to our our Designer Team for the Term January 2015 to June 2015.

Hi...I m Vijaylaxmi Siyal...Working as a Junior Engineer , RRVPNL at Nathdwara(Rajasthan). I love to craft n upcycling. Crafting relaxes me and gives some happiness n peace to my heart n soul.. It started off as a hobby and on appreciation from tonnes of art lovers I took this hobby to next level.

Favorite Style/Strength: CAS || Altered Art || 3D Projects ||

I am a commerce graduate, learnt painting and charcoal sketching during school days but had to quit because of studies. Now that majority of studies is over, I use my spare time to make cards and reconnect with Art. I absolutely love working with stamps.

Favorite Style/Strength: Whimsical  ||  Mixed-media || CAS || 

I’m Manu, a software professional turned Craftpenter :) having interest in varied kinds of  art and crafts and someone who enjoy's making handmade things. I'm a mom of 2 old cutie pie and she's made life all the more enjoyable and fun ! I started with paper crafts and ventured into the crafting world accidentally while going  through a card that had been posted by one of my friends. A bit curious, I asked and got to  know that it's done through quilling, thus started my search on the internet and I bumped and bumped into loads of information and that's when I decided to take this hobby of mine forward.

I find crafting extremely satisfying and relaxing and it just brings out a smile when someone is happy because of my work!!!I'm blessed to have a loving and a supporting husband by my side along with the love of our lives, our little baby!!!

Favorite Style/Strength: Multi layer cards || Stamping || Handmade Albums || Flowers || Bling ||

My Name is Piyanki and from New Delhi, India. I am a post graduate in Electronics however it doesn’tadd to my crafting ability at all. I am married and just completed 5 years. Crafting and creativity existed since my childhood. Love for paper was an underlying, unknown love I  would say as I would always get pulled towards beautiful handmade papers, colorful patterns and sometimes colored newspaper, all this put together made “It’s Simply Handmade” . 

Favorite Style/Strength: CAS || Flowers & Swirls ||Sketch and Challenge || Layouts

I am Sharada Dilip here, a MBA finance graduate turned Crafter :) 
 I am very sticker person , love hand drawn images & I love stationary so I mostly use Locally available stuffs in my creations or make my own embellishments available around in my house So that is what distinct my work from Others. I love working on CAS projects....these days I am crazy about stamping and Mixed media,  I love challenges and I am a good team player. I am a Hobby Butterfly I keep hopping Hobbies every season and ready to try new projects!

Favorite Style/Strength: CAS || Mixed Media ||

These are the Lovely Crafty Beauties that are a part of our team.

And Now the winner for the blog hop are - Vinita Jain and Dr. Sonia S V.
Please write to us at crafterstale@gmail.com to claim your prizes.

Cute Christmas Card

Hi friends,

Here is a CAS card that I made for our Challenge#1 - Holiday Greeting.

I took a 300 gsm Kraft card stock stamped our newly launched stamp "Merry Christmas" with black archival ink. Fussy cut the stamped image. pasted it on a card piece using double sided foam tape to give it a little dimension. Water Colored it using distress ink. 

From the same stamp set heat embossed the sentiment. Added golden sequins a white button and twine to add in a little color.

Closer view of the Santa..

Do participate in our ongoing challenge

Cheers,

Vidushi

An InLinkz Link-up

Challenge # 01 - Mood Board

Hello there lovely crafters!

It’s the holiday season so we have a fresh and our first Mood Board celebrating the festive season. 

THEME : HOLIDAY GREETINGS

The mood-board can be interpreted in various ways but we are sharing a few examples below:

Color : Shades of Blue, Green, Grey.

Embellishments: Ornate, Ribbons, Snowflakes, glitter etc.

Pattern: Swirl, Chevron, etc.

Please feel free to interpret it your own unique way but be sure you mention the items you have chosen and how the interpretation has been used unless its very obvious!

Do not forget to check the general guidelines to the challenge.

This being our first Challenge we are putting on the guidelines here too : 

1. Be a follower of our blog.
2. Create a new project for the challenge. No back links please. Altered art, ATCs, cards, scrapbook pages, or any other craft projects are acceptable as long as they adhere to the month’s challenge. You may enter as many projects as you like.
3. USING STAMPS IS A MUST.(Not necessarily Peek-a-boo Designs)
4. Please link to the exact post on your blog - not the home page URL of your blog - using the inlinkz icon at the bottom of the challenge.
5. You MUST mention our blog in your post AND link back to our blog or your entry will not be counted.
6. You may enter a card, a page layout, an altered item, a mixed media item, a mini album...anything that fits the challenge, unless the challenge states that a specific type of project must be created. Please, no 100% digital projects. You MAY use digital items on your projects, but the project must be a dimensional item. You may print digital papers, images, embellishments, stamps, etc. and use them on cards, layouts, mini albums, and so forth.
7. No restriction on the number of challenges you can take part in - As long as your project matches our challenge, you may "pile on" the other challenges to your heart's content.
8. We will accept a maximum of three entries per person. Please add -2 and -3 next to your name for subsequent entries.
9. A Winner will be chosen on their merits. So submit your most creative projects. 

   And that's all there is to it!
10. International crafters are welcome to participate in our challenges but their prizes would only be sent to an Indian address due to high shipping cost

Last Day to submit the entries will be 31 December 2015 23:55 hrs.

Winners : We will have 1 winner selected on merit basis and 2 runner ups.
Since this is our very first challenge we have we will have a gift for all the three of the winners.

Following are the prizes the selected winner would get.

Winner : 

1st runner up : 

2nd runner up:

An InLinkz Link-up

CREATIVE TEAM CALL and a blog hop

Does you craft project have the " WOW " factor ?

Are your friends amazed by you creativity ?
Do you love to share your idea with others ?

If you answer is "YES" then we want you.

Requirements :
• 2 -3 cards per month.
• Enthusiasm and passion for Peek-a-boo Designs products
• Ability to work on timeline.
• Would be active on social media platform.

Perks :
Get exclusive access to newly launched products of Peek-a-boo Designs , join an enthusiastic and supportive team and have input on upcoming designs.

Apply :

•Send a link / attach photos displaying relevant work.
•You blog link (If any)
•A short bio data.
•A list of creative teams you are part of currently / previously have been. (If any)

Mail it to crafterstale@gmail.com with the Subject line at " CT CALL "

Last day to apply 15 December 2015.

To make this even more fun filled we have a blog hop. 

We will have 2 random winners who can choose one stamp of their from ourexisting   collection. 

Here are the details : 

• Two winners will be chosen at RANDOM to win a stamp of their choice. 
• Just leave a comment on this post.
• Follow our blog.
• Deadline: You have until midnight 15 December 2015 to leave a comment. 

To increase your chances of winning:

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop but tagging us in your post or checking in with us. 
• Share our blog hop post on facebook. 
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop. 

(which means that you have up to two times the chance)