Tuesday Throwdown

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Tuesday Throwdown Week #148

Welcome to Tuesday Throwdown #148. What gorgeous floral projects and cards everyone did! Don't you love this time of the year when everything is starting to bloom and all the stunning vivid colors! They were all just gorgeous and we're so glad you came to join us!

Our winner from the last challenge, chosen via random.org is:

#3 Kym's Crafty Cards

Congratulations! Please e-mail me at tuesdaythrowdown@gmail.com by June 3, 2013 to claim your prize.

You all did a beautiful job! It was so difficult not to pick more, but we have finally narrowed down our Top 5. Here's our top picks for this week:

In numerical order:

#18 Lizland
#19 Desire Fourie
#55 Donna BMC
#94 Sheryl Hare
#98 MA-MI

Congratulations, ladies! Be sure to grab our "Winner" and "Top 5 button" to proudly display on your blog. Click on the TT Button tab in the toolbar above to get your button.

___________________________________________________

Our sponsor this week is:
MyGrafico

MYGRAFICO is a leading Digital Online store with Hand selected Designers. Our unique designs come with affordable prices. We offer Commercial Use, high quality, Designer cliparts, digital stamps, Photoshop brushes, creative paper sets, scrapbooking designs, SVG cutting templates, pre-made party printables, and stationery templates.

___________________________________________

Our challenge theme this week is "Sail Away"! Who doesn't like the beach and water? Let's see those creative nautical theme projects for your gorgeous images!

MyGrafico has supplied some gorgeous images for our Design Team to use. Please allow them to inspire you!

Our May Guest Designer

Linda Simpson -- we are so excited to have Linda join us again this week!

May Featured Guest Designer

Hello everyone. My name is Linda Simpson and I have been crafting (paper) for over 13 years now. Like a lot of crafters, I started crafting when I was a child, learning to knit and taught myself to cross stitch, embroider, and crochet. I have been blogging for just over 2 years now and have met so many lovely crafters from all over the world. I am delighted to be May's guest designer for Tuesday Throwdown. I hope you enjoy visiting my blog to see my creations for the challenges in May.

http://lindasimpsoncraftypieceofheaven.blogspot.com/

Here are the samples made by our team, starting with our wonderful Guest Designer,

Linda

Berni

Crafty Girl

Emily

Will be back next challenge. We miss you!

Jacqueline

Kim L.

Margaret

Nonni

Sarah

Susan

Wendy

Will be back with us next challenge. We miss you!

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #147

Welcome to Tuesday Throwdown #147. We also want to say a huge thanks to everyone who joined us and played along last week. It's never easy to choose the Top 3 for the week, and this week that was especially true since there were so many gorgeous Mother's Day submissions. We do love our Moms, don't we? We could only get it narrowed down to 5 this week, but that's OK since we had more than 50 entries and we were honoring Moms everywhere. But we did let Random.org pick the prize winner, which is so much easier. :-D Without further ado, here's our prize winner chosen via Random.org:

#35 Lynn Hayes

Congratulations, Lynn! Please e-mail me at tuesdaythrowdown@gmail.com
by May 14, 2013 to claim your prize.

________________________________________

...and here are our Top 5 for the week, in numerical order:

#10 E.T.
#12 Chris F.
#13 Liz
#43 Jan R.
#44 Tracy MacDonald

Congratulations, ladies! Be sure to grab either your "Winner" or "Top 3" button to proudly display on your blog! Click on the "TT Buttons" tab on the tool bar above to find the one that fits you.

_________________________________________

Our sponsor this week is: Pink Cat Studio

Pink Cat Studio is all about offering fun & whimsical digital and rubber stamps to inspire your creativity. Our goal is to continue to delight & surprise you with our unique designs. Stop by the studio today and get in on the fun!

The prize is: 5 digital stamps of the winners choice!

___________________________________________

Our May Guest Designer

Linda Simpson -- we are so excited to have Linda join us again this week!

May Featured Guest Designer

http://lindasimpsoncraftypieceofheaven.blogspot.com/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We also have a new DT member this week and we want to welcome and introduce you to

Gail Scott

My name is Gail Scott. I am married to the love of my life, and the Christian leader of our home, Richard Alan. My first taste of card making was introduced to me by my dear friend Susan in 2011 when she brought her metal embossing plates and stylus to our Patch of Friends sewing group one evening. I never thought that introduction would lead me to a purchase of a Cricut Machine & a Cuttlebug in July of 2012.

My blog, http://ilikepaper01.blogspot.com/, which was created at the end of August in 2012, opened up a whole new world for me. I was amazed at all of the opportunities available to enter my cards and projects in various challenges, as well as to see firsthand all the levels of paper-crafting – I am truly amazed.

These past seven months have been a wonderful adventure for me in the world of crafting. Not only have I been introduced to various crafting supplies and stretched to learn new techniques, I have met many creative crafters from all over the world. In addition, I have been blessed by the encouragement I have received from the positive postings to my blog from the many visitors that stop by. Blogging in the crafting world is a very courteous route to travel.

I am very blessed and honored to join the Tuesday Throwdown team. Thank you very much for bringing me on board. I am happy to be here.

We're excited to have you, Gail.

This Week's Challenge

This week, our challenge is "Smell the Roses." Create a card or project with flowers - in the image, the papers, or added as embellishments.

Please note that entries which don't follow the theme will not count for the prize draw and may be removed.

You do not need to have a blog to participate. You could post to your favorite online gallery. As long as we have a link to your project, it's good to go.