Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Tuesday Throwdown #62

Welcome to Tuesday Throwdown #62. You all did an amazing job creating your projects. Thanks for giving us so much inspiration!


Our winner from last week's challenge chosen via random.org is:
#88 Sue B

Congratulations! Please e-mail me by August 20th to claim your prize.

We had a whopping 181 entries this week, so we picked twice as many entries and we have a TOP 6:
8. Jacee
28. Wickdy
77. lisav
107. Mary C
148. Julie Bx
178. Elin

Congratulations ladies! Be sure to grab our button for your blog!





INTRODUCING
The 3 New Additions to the Tuesday Throwdown DT:

I'm a Nana to 6 and a GreatNana to 2, spread all over the country.  I rattle around in a wonderful, old, Victorian house in Northern California.  I've been crafting and creating all my life including sewing or quilting, painting, poetry, scrapbooking, and jewelry.  However, the last 2 years have been focused on cardmaking and it's nearly an addiction.  I love rubber stamping, but the last few months, digis have all but taken over.  The world of blogging has given me such great resources for inspiration, and dozens of new friendships.  I feel blessed to wake up each day, knowing that something creative will touch my life, either from someone else or magically appearing in the creations molded from the scraps scattered on my  crafting table!   I do lots of cards for Operation Write Home, an organization that sends handmade, donated cards to our deployed troops so they can use them to write home to family and loved ones.  It's a small way to help support the troops.



Stephanie Lee
I am blessed to be married for almost 14 years to a man who is wonderfully tolerant of me and my paper and ink passion. We have two great kids – a son who is 5 and enjoys spending most of his  time with me; and a daughter who is 1 and enjoys spending most of her time with everyone else. They are the love of my life.


I am also originally from Singapore , emigrated to Australia with family in my teens and now to USA for work in Corporate America. My husband and I have been in the US for over 15 years. I discovered scrapbooking and card making 5 years ago when my son was born. He inspired me to start creating.

Creativity is now one of my little pieces of joy. For me, there is something liberating about experimenting with different materials to see what new and special things I can come up with. Since then, I have had some wonderful opportunities to earn a living papercrafting – selling my greeting cards through my own company, Arty Carty Handmade Cards. I am also a Copic Certified Designer and a Copic addict. I strongly encourage anyone who enjoys coloring with Copic markers to attend the certification program.

Yolanda Derstine
By day I am a senior editor for an international non-profit, but in the evenings I enjoy making cards…lots of cards. My goal in life is to honor God and encouraging others with handmade cards is one way I can do that. I am a Believer in Christ, wife, mom of three adult sons, grandma (coming soon!) and proud Army mom. I love to support our troops by making cards for Operation Write Home. Check it out at operationwritehome.org.

These three very talented ladies will be joining us beginning this week. Please help to give them a warm welcome!



Our sponsor this week is McMahon 5 Designs:



This week, our challenge is "non-stamped sentiment."

McMahon 5 Designs has generously provided all digi stamps for the DT to use. Check out the DT's blog for more details.



Place your name using the linky tool below. You may place up to 3 entries. The linky tool closes every Monday at 6 pm pacific time.

1. Amy Duff  38. Cathy  75. Teresa  
2. Jerusha  39. Hazel  76. Shelby G  
3. Katie Tate  40. darling Ho  77. Chris C...  
4. lydia  41. Casper  78. ***Céline***  
5. Deonna B  42. Kym's Crafty Cards  79. Audrey  
6. Dana  43. LaDiva  80. yogi  
7. Donna W.  44. Sherry H  81. Lisa C  
8. Nadyne  45. Cheryl (Cardsby CG)  82. Karen  
9. Glittertastic  46. Melissa (Sunshine HoneyBee)  83. Dora  
10. littlehamsterz  47. Khushboo  84. Hazel  
11. Diane J  48. Hazel  85. Julie  
12. -Anne-  49. Suzi  86. Scrappymax  
13. Terry  50. Zoechaos  87. catherine  
14. Debbie Marcinkiewicz  51. JLJ Designs  88. Ann Whitfield  
15. jenn zeeb  52. Susan's Crafty Chaos  89. Birgit  
16. Dee  53. Joynana  90. Gale  
17. Lisa C  54. Dawn  91. Barb A.  
18. Carolyn V  55. Donna  92. JanR  
19. Dawn Lancaster  56. Lisa s  93. juelmarie  
20. MMDesigns  57. Julie  94. juelmarie  
21. Anne-Marie  58. Sammibug  95. "Queen" Britt  
22. Tracy MacDonald  59. Tammy L  96. Jeanette  
23. Renee Lynn ONeill  60. Lori  97. Patti Painter  
24. Deanne :)  61. Eternal Princess Ryan  98. i dont do straight  
25. Sparklygirl-Tina  62. Deonna B  99. Helene  
26. Shelby  63. Merethe  100. Marianne  
27. cindy groh  64. Dawn Lancaster  101. ~Cheri~  
28. Lorraine  65. Sally M  102. Lisa s  
29. Cheryl (Cardsby CG)  66. Marg  103. Hazel  
30. JoAnn V.  67. juelmarie  104. Hazel  
31. Suzanne J Dean  68. Barbara Washington  105. Hazel  
32. Sara I.  69. darling Ho #2  106. Made By Mandy  
33. Dora  70. darling Ho #3  107. Debbie Marcinkiewicz  
34. The Paper Beehive  71. Wendy  108. Made By Mandy  
35. Crystal B.  72. Jacqui  109. Made By Mandy  
36. Hazel  73. Stephanie W  110. Denise (Crafty Daffy)  
37. Lorraine  74. Mary C  

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11 comments:

Mary C said...

Thank you so much for chooing my card as one of your Top picks. I am very honored to have been chosen.
What a great challenge this week as well as fabulous inspiration from the ladies!I can't wait to play along.

Lisa said...

Thanks for choosing me for your top 6

3treescreations@gmail.com said...

Love the DT inspiration!!

Deanne :)

Cindy Groh said...

Fabulous examples DT.

Cheryl Gaffney said...

Terrific dt inspiration!! Thanks for the challenge,
Cheryl @ CardsbyCG.blogspot.com

JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com) said...

So much fun! Love everyone's work! :)

Casper said...

Fab and so cute , the Dt projects are amazing!

Take care
Big Hugs
Casper
xxx

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Entered my Back to School Baseball Card with hand calligraphy of sentiment.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
http://CreatedbySunshineHoneyBee.blogspot.com

Sara a.k.a. Eternal Princess Ryan said...

Awesome Challenge and Beautiful DT Inspirations

Marianne said...

Great challenge and great DT inspiration. So many different styles. Hope you like my card, too.

tootsie said...

Thank you for picking me as part of the top 6!

Lotsa Hugs,
Wendy