Wednesday, May 31, 2023

CHALLENGE #17 "Anything Goes" or "Island Paradise" - WINNERS

Hello and thank you so much for playing in our May "Anything Flies" or "Island Paradise" Challenge

Thank you to Kate Hadfield Designs for being our May Challenge Sponsor!


The Prize Winner with this lovely card is
#30 Lori Podolsky

Congratulations, you've won a $6 gift voucher to spend at  Kate Hadfield Designs and our Winner badge for your blog.  You are also invited to be a Guest Designer in the near future using your prize.  Please email Cat to claim your prize and make arrangements before the end of June at paperdragonflychallenges@yahoo.com with “Challenge #17 Guest DT” in the subject!
Please resend your email if you don't hear from me within 4 days!


The Winner of our coveted Dragonfly Award badge with this lovely project is

#24 Laurie


This month we had so many lovely projects I also picked a Top 3 in addition the the DT's Top 3 

#11 Pamela Duncan

#15 J Atterbry Creations

#20 Pinky

#21 NanaConnie

#29 Jeanne

#33 Aimeslee

Congratulations everyone, enjoy your wins and proudly display your Paper Dragonfly badges!  All of you are invited to be a Guest Designer in the near future with an Anything Goes project using your own stash.  Please email Cat to make arrangements at paperdragonflychallenges@yahoo.com with “Challenge #17 Guest DT” in the subject!  Please re-send your emails if you don't get a reply from me within 4 days!

See you all here Friday for Challenge #18!

Have a wonderful crafty day!
Cat 🐱
xox

Friday, May 5, 2023

CHALLENGE #17 "Anything Flies" or "Island Paradise" - Sponsored by Kate Hadfield Designs

Welcome to Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges!  
We're so happy you are here to play with us, thank you for all your wonderful support!



Our Challenge Info and Rules have also been updated, please read them over!
We hope you'll enjoy playing along with our four theme categories each month with more opportunities to win our Sponsored prizes!


Join our Creative Design Team 2023 2nd term either full time or part time for crafters who love working with digi stamps from a variety of different companies!
Have a read of the DT requirements and send in your applications!

Proudly Sponsored by
PRIZE
The main Challenge Winner wins a $6 gift voucher to spend at Kate Hadfield Designs!

THEME CHOICES:  Our 4 Challenge theme categories for May are:
  1. Anything Flies (what we call Anything Goes)
  2. Creative Design Team theme is Island Paradise 
  3. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #1:  Make projects with a specific Dragonfly theme to be eligible to win both the main prize and our coveted Dragonfly Award badge
  4. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #2 - Include Dragonflies on either your Anything Flies or Creative Design Team themed projects in clever and unique ways to also be eligible to win both the main prize and our coveted Dragonfly Award badge
  • All 4 theme categories are eligible to win the main Sponsored prize.
  • A minimum of 5 entries by different people are needed for the prize to be awarded.
DRAGONFLY AWARD CHALLENGE TWISTS
  • Every month we also challenge you to take on our two Dragonfly Award Challenge Twists!
  • We want to see your projects with a specific Dragonfly theme or include Dragonflies on either your Anything Flies or Creative Design Team themed projects!
  • Those who choose to rise to the Dragonfly Award challenge twists in the most unique way wins our coveted Dragonfly Award badge.
  • Please put “DA” after your name in your entry description to indicate you’ve entered the challenge twists!
  • Your Dragonfly Award projects are also eligible to win the main Sponsored Prize so you could be a double winner!
Enter your projects in the Inlinkz link-up below following the challenge rules provided by 11:55pm pacific on May 26.

SPONSOR

We're excited to have Kate Hadfield Designs sponsoring our May Challenge prize, YAY!  
Please support our generous Sponsor and shop their wonderful selection of digi stamps and more!

Kate Hadfield Designs provided the wonderful Island Paradise digi images the Creative Design Team used on their lovely projects to inspire you this month!  


by Cat
using the Island Paradise set

by Cat
using the Island Paradise set

by Val
using the Island Paradise set

by Helen
using the Island Paradise set

CHALLENGE #15 TOP 3 GUEST
I'm delighted to have Deanne joining us with a lovely Dragonfly themed Birthday card, thank you for being our guest today!

CHALLENGE INFO and RULES
INFO
  • Our challenges are monthly and start on the 1st Friday and end on the last Friday of each month.
  • Each challenge has a choice of FOUR theme categories each month:
  1. Anything Flies projects - what we call Anything Goes
  2. Creative Design Team theme - enjoy a different theme each month by playing along with our CDT theme
  3. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #1:  Make projects with a specific Dragonfly theme to be eligible to win both the main prize and our coveted Dragonfly Award badge
  4. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #2 - Include Dragonflies on either your Anything Flies or Creative Design Team themed projects in clever and unique ways to also be eligible to win both the main prize and our coveted Dragonfly Award badge
DRAGONFLY AWARD CHALLENGE TWISTS

Every month we also challenge you to take on our two "Dragonfly Award" Challenge Twists:
  1. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #1:  We want to see your projects with a specific Dragonfly theme 
  2. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #2:  Or include Dragonflies on either your Anything Flies or Creative Design Team themed projects in clever and unique ways.
  • Those who choose to rise to the Dragonfly Award challenge twists in the most unique way wins our coveted Dragonfly Award badge.
  • Please put “DA” after your name in your entry description to indicate you’ve entered the challenge twists!
  • Your Dragonfly Award projects are also eligible to win the main Sponsored Prize so you could be a double winner!
WINNERS and PRIZES
  • A minimum of 5 entries by different people are needed for the prize to be awarded!
  • Sponsored Challenges - the main Prize Winner wins the Sponsored Prize.
  • Non- sponsored Challenges are "just for fun".
  • All four theme categories are eligible to win the Sponsored Prize!
  • The main Prize Winner, Dragonfly Award Winner and Top 3 Winners get Paper Dragonfly badges.
  • The main Prize Winner is invited to guest DT for an upcoming Challenge using the prize they won.
  • Dragonfly Award Winner and Top 3 Winners are also invited to guest DT for an upcoming Challenge with an Anything Flies or Dragonfly themed project. 
  • Winner Posts can be easily found via our Winners page.
RULES
  • All paper crafts, mixed media and altered art using stamps, digis, dies etc and cute to creepy projects are welcome - let your creativity fly at Paper Dragonfly!
  • Enter projects inspired by any of our FOUR theme categories.
  • Dragonfly Award Twist entries - put “DA” after your name in your entry description to indicate you’ve entered the challenge twists. 
  • You must mention and link to the current Paper Dragonfly challenge in your post to be eligible to play and win the prize. 
  • You may enter a max of 5 projects per month.
  • No limit on how many other challenges you can combine with Paper Dragonfly!
  • Your linky entry must be a permalink to your project post. 
  • Entries must be blogged or shared on or after the start date of the challenge - older postings and projects are not eligible - no backlinking!
  • It is OK to use another online forum such as Flickr and Instagram if you do not have a blog, we will do our best to comment on sites that require membership.
  • Turn off blog comment verification to help us comment on entries. 
  • Help promote us by including our current challenge badge in your posts.
  • Help promote us by displaying our Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges badge in your sidebar.
  • We'd appreciate it if you'd follow the Paper Dragonfly Challenge Blog and leave a comment on the challenge post when you play in our challenges.

Have a wonderful crafty day!
Cat 🐱

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

CHALLENGE #16 April Showers Bring Spring Flowers - WINNERS

Hello and thank you so much for playing in our April "April Showers Bring Spring Flowers" Challenge

Thank you to LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz for being our April Challenge Sponsor!

Before I reveal the winners I want to let you know I've got important THEME NEWS to announce in our May Challenge, don't miss it!


The Prize Winner with this lovely card is
#19 Diane A
Congratulations, you've won one digi stamp set (max value of $5) or a $5 gift certificate to use towards a regular price purchase at LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz and our Winner badge for your blog.  You are also invited to be a Guest Designer in the near future using your prize.  Please email Cat to claim your prize and make arrangements before the end of May at paperdragonflychallenges@yahoo.com with “Challenge #16 Guest DT” in the subject!  
Please resend your email if you don't hear from me within 4 days!



The Winner of our coveted Dragonfly Award badge with this lovely project is
#22 Margaret A



The lovely projects that took the Top 3 spots are

#10 Emma T

#12 Jeanne J

#20 Rosi

Congratulations everyone, enjoy your wins and proudly display your Paper Dragonfly badges!  All of you are invited to be a Guest Designer in the near future with an Anything Goes project using your own stash.  Please email Cat to make arrangements at paperdragonflychallenges@yahoo.com with “Challenge #16 Guest DT” in the subject!  Please re-send your emails if you don't get a reply from me within 4 days as I've had some emails get lost lately!

See you all here Friday for Challenge #17 with an important THEME announcement!

Have a wonderful crafty day!
Cat 🐱
xox