Challenge #24 "Anything (goes) Flies" or "Christmas" sponsored by Sheepski Designs

Welcome to Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges!  

We're so happy you are here to play with us and having so much fun, thank you for all your wonderful support

Thank you to LeighSBDesigns for sponsoring our November Challenge #23 - "Anything Flies (Goes)" or "Anything Festive"!

ALL WINNERS ARE NOW UP!

The winners are now up in the previous post and the winners of Challenge #22 are up here!

I want to thank all of you for playing in Paper Dragonfly's Challenges over the last 2 years but sadly the December challenge will be the last one for a while.  I'm having surgery on my hands with the first scheduled for January and therefore Paper Dragonfly Challenges will be taking an indefinite break!  I wish you all Happy Holidays and I hope to see you all back here soon in 2024!

December Challenge #24

Anything (goes) Flies

or

Christmas

Proudly Sponsored by

PRIZE

The main Challenge Winner wins 3 digis of choice from Sheepski Designs!

THEME CHOICES:  Our 4 Challenge theme categories for Challenge #23 are:

1. Anything Flies (what we call Anything Goes)
2. Creative Design Team theme is Christmas
3. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #1: make Dragonfly themed projects
4. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #2:  Include Dragonflies in clever ways on either of your option 1 or 2 projects

All 4 theme categories are eligible to win the main Sponsored prize.

A max 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 do our two Dragonfly Award Challenge Twists!
• We want to see your projects with a specific Dragonfly theme or you can 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 November 30.

SPONSOR

We're excited to have Sheepski Designs sponsoring our prize this month, YAY!  

They have a wonderful selection of Christmas themed digi stamps in their store, do stop by for a look and support our Sponsor!

Today we're sharing our projects using the Christmas Candle by Sheepski Designs!

Created by Cat

Created by Val

I'm also delighted to share a lovely card by Maryann, our Challenge #21 Dragonfly Award Winner!

Maryann used a freebie image called Christmas Robin offered at Kit and Clowder.

Thank you for being our guest designer today Maryann!

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 - play along with our CDT theme if you prefer the challenge of a different theme each month
3. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #1 - Make Dragonfly themed projects to be eligible to win both the main prize and our coveted Dragonfly Award badge
4. Dragonfly Award Challenge twist #2 - Include Dragonflies in clever ways on either your Anything Flies projects or your Creative Design Team themed projects 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 do our two Dragonfly Award Challenge Twists!
• We want to see your projects with a specific Dragonfly theme or you can 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!

WINNERS and PRIZES

• A max 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 🐱

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Challenge #7 Christmas in July - sponsored by Sheepski Designs

Welcome to Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges!  

We're so happy to have you playing with us and appreciate all your wonderful support❤️

See if you're a winner in our June Challenge #6 - In The Garden!

CHALLENGE #7 - Christmas in July

Sponsored by

 SHEEPSKI DESIGNS

July 1-29

PRIZE

The main challenge Winner wins 3 Sheepski images of their choice

THEME DETAILS

This month's theme is Christmas in July with the optional bonus challenge twist to include a Dragonfly!

We challenge you to create anything you want from cards to 3D, using rubber stamps or digis and all kinds of projects from cute to scary and everything in between are welcome at Paper Dragonfly following this month’s theme which can be anything Christmas and Winter related!  Enter your projects in the Inlinkz link-up below following the challenge rules provided by July 29.

DRAGONFLY AWARD - OPTIONAL CHALLENGE TWIST

Every month our challenge has a fun optional twist to combine with the current theme - we challenge you to include a dragonfly in some way or form.  Those who choose to rise to the Dragonfly Award challenge twist 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 twist and make sure to mention how you included a dragonfly in your post.  Please note this is NOT an alternate theme or a separate challenge, your projects must still follow the current theme!

We’re so excited to have Sheepski Designs as our sponsor this month, YAY!

Sheepski Designs is sponsoring our main challenge prize and also provided the lovely digi images the PD CDT ladies used on their projects today, we hope they bring you lots of inspiration!

Sheepski Designs has a wonderful selection of whimsical digi stamps for you to see in their Etsy shop and there's additional images not included that you can find over on their Sheepskin Designs blog shop too!  Sheepski Designs also has a challenge blog for you to pop on over and play in!

Paper Dragonfly’s Creative Design Team have made wonderful Christmas in July projects to inspire you this month using the lovely images provided by Sheepski Designs!

Created by Diane

Created by Val

Created by Anita

Created by Erin

Created by Nan

Created by Patricia

CHALLENGE INFO and RULES

INFO

Our challenges are monthly and start on the 1st Friday of each month.

Each challenge has a different theme.

For most challenges including a dragonfly is optional - see DRAGONFLY AWARD info.

Occasionally a challenge will be dragonfly themed.

ANYTHING FLIES aka anything goes

Anything Flies Challenges are our fun take on Anything Goes which means you make anything you want.  

DRAGONFLY AWARD - OPTIONAL CHALLENGE TWIST

Every month our challenge has a fun optional twist to combine with the current theme - we challenge you to include a dragonfly in some way or form.  Those who choose to rise to the Dragonfly Award challenge twist 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 twist and make sure to mention how you included a dragonfly in your post.  Please note this is NOT an alternate theme or a separate challenge, your projects must still follow the current theme!

WINNERS and PRIZES

Non- sponsored challenges are "just for fun".

Sponsored Challenges - the main Prize winner will win the sponsored prize when offered.

The main Prize winner, Dragonfly Award winner and Top 3 winners win badges and invited to guest DT for the next challenge. 

RULES

Challenge rules are subject to change when necessary and the most current rules will always be listed under the Challenge Info tab above for easy reference!

• The project must be inspired in some way by the current challenge theme.
• Optional Dragonfly Twist:  Include a dragonfly on your project while still following the current theme.  Put “DA” after your name in your entry description to indicate you’ve entered the challenge twist and explain how you’ve incorporated a dragonfly in your blog post.  Please note this is NOT an alternate theme or a separate challenge, your projects must still follow the current theme!
• There are no rules as to what you may create - paper crafts, mixed media, use rubber or digis, sweet and cute, creepy cute, quirky, vintage, dark - whatever makes your creativity fly is welcome! 
• You must follow the Paper Dragonfly blog and leave a comment on the challenge post when you enter to be eligible to play and win.
  
• You may enter up to five times per month.
• No limit on how many other challenges you can combine with Paper Dragonfly!
  
• Your link must be a direct link to your project post. 
• Projects must be blogged or shared on or after the date of the challenge, older postings and projects are not eligible.
• You must mention and link to the current Paper Dragonfly challenge in your post to be eligible to play and win the prize. 
• Optional but appreciated - include the current challenge badge in your post.
  
• Optional but appreciated - display Paper Dragonfly's main blog badge in your sidebar to help promote Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges.  That's the one above and also at the top of the right sidebar.
  
• It is OK to use another online forum such as Flickr and Instagram if you do not have a blog.
  
• If you would like us to leave a comment, be sure you have comment verification turned off and/or that the site you’ve posted to does not require membership to comment etc.
• Paper Dragonfly respects copyright, please do not use images that have been copied without the manufacturer’s or designer’s consent, this includes but not limited to unbranded dies etc.

Paper Dragonfly's Creative Design Team and guest DT has spots open for our 2nd term, have a read of the DT requirements to see if you'd like to join us!

Have a wonderful crafty day!

Cat

xox

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