Wednesday, April 18, 2007

NEW CHALLENGE ----->>>> FELT!

~*~Sponsor~*~

How fun is felt?! So fun that it's our new challenge! Make a card using felt somehow, some way on your cardfront! Link your creation(s) to us in the comments section of this post or feel free to email them to us at caardvarks@yahoo.com (under like 200k please). We'll add entries to the Challenge Gallery throughout the challenge. Please have 'em entered by May 2nd...we'll announce the winner, then the new challenge will start on May 5th.

You may remember that a very talented card maker, Bety, was our winner for the staple and button challenge --- she's our Guest Designer for this challenge! You'll see her amazing cards below, they just scream Spring! Thank you for the inspiration, Bety!

Along with an invitation to be our Guest Designer for the May 20th challenge, the winner of the Felt Challenge will receive a coveted prize from our challenge sponsor, 2Jills!

2Jills is an online store catering to every kind of papercrafter out there. Their products include monthly Scrapbooking kits, mini project kits, ~Projects To Go~ (for all you altered addicts), and they recently debuted monthly and seasonal Card Kits! 2Jills has an active message board frequented by some of the friendliest and most talented papercrafters you could hope to meet. There is always fun to be had - guest chats, Design Team challenges with RAKs galore, games, contests...you really should take a look! So, get this...the winner of this challenge will receive 2Jill's APRIL CARD MAKING KIT! The admins at 2Jills will be choosing the winner, so make your card stand out --- and have fun!

felt felt felt felt felt..........................let's see some cards!


By Bety

By Jen



By Sarah



34 comments:

senora_x said...

Yeah! Just bought the cutest felt embellishments from the $1 store of all places! they will be perfect on a card! Thanks again for another great challenge!

Jennifer Kirk said...

Excellent challenge! And I love the sample cards!! Great job!!

OK - I just posted my felt card on my blog! Thanks!

http://jenniferakirk.blogspot.com/

Esther said...

Great minds must be thinking alike, what are the chances of 2 sites with the same challenge?! Have a look at my efforts

Maisymary's Findings said...

Hi Yes I have 2 takes & now for 2 sites ! lol


http://maisymary.blogspot.com


Greta design team felt cards
ttfn, Pearl

Paula said...

Fab designs to get us thinking.
Mine is finished & over on my blog.
TFL.x

http://minibookpixie.blogspot.com

Caardvarks said...

Cute and fun cards so far - I can tell this is going to be a great challenge with a loaded gallery again. Woot! Esther, I can't get to your blog for some reason -- can't view your cards. :( ~Jen

Scrapthatpaper said...

Great cards ladies!!! Love what you have done! Im a 2jills goer and LOVE this forum here.. IF you are not a member here yet DO come check us out :D

Leilani said...

Wow! I just found this blog. LOVE IT! This challenge is so inspiring. I am going to love it here. Here is my card http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/leilanijk/youaresotweet.jpg

Thanks for taking a peek.

(Caardvarks...please let me know if I didn't to this correctly. First-timer. Thanks)

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scrapnnMO said...

Ok ladies here's my card using this amazing challenge! I've posted it on my blog! TFL!

http://dailyscrappinspiration.blogspot.com/

Caardvarks said...

Lelani... you did it right! And your card is awesome!! I love the q&co felt with the bam pop birdies.

amberley said...

My card is here.The cards look great so far!!

Tyggereye said...

Here's mine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/tyggereye/ribbonsstickersLO028.jpg

Tyggereye said...

oops mine didn't copy well

Here' the link

link

Tyggereye said...

One more annoying time here Jen..

link

Nathalia said...

Okay, my turn! Count me in on this one, too. I had some free time today so I brought out my needle, floss and felt and went to town creating this card. I had so much fun I'm off to create another one now. Thanks for the inspiration ladies!

http://funkyphreshpapierkreations.blogspot.com/

Amy (Graciegirl74) said...

Thanks for the Felt Challenge.

Here are my 2 cards:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/graciegirl74/ScrapAlbum/cid_04-27-07_1444.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/graciegirl74/ScrapAlbum/cid_04-27-07_1440.jpg

Hetty said...

Hello Jenyfur!
Here is my card for the challenge:
http://craftchaos.blogspot.com/
This was so much fun to do.
Love to look in the gallery and see all the beautiful creations!
Happy creating

Sarah said...

I hope I'm not too late to join in on this challenge! I have made two cards, you can see them here;

http://stashstashandmorestash.blogspot.com/

Jo said...

wow! gorgeous cards, I have just added a felt card to my blog :)

http://jo-kill.blogspot.com/2007/04/multitasking.html

jo xx

Caardvarks said...

WOW ladies!

I am so loving the entires for this challenge. You gals are inspiring ME to get more felt out to play with.

Sarah

Kandis Smith said...

Here's my take on it!! Lovin' the felt! Great job to Bety for the beautiful cards!

www.mycreativetreasury.blogspot.com

Jen said...

Wow, these are all just amazing cards. I didn't get a chance to play this week but I just wanted to pop in and say hi!

SmilynStef said...

Here's my first attempt at using felt ... thanks for the challenge.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/543512?cat=500&ppuser=101004

Caardvarks said...

Wow the gallery is looking great! It's incredibly colorful. You've gotta take a look - we've received several cards via email also. Great job, all. :) ~Jen

Jo said...

made another felt card - combined with your black and white challenge :)

http://jo-kill.blogspot.com/2007/04/just-hanging-around.html

jo xx

Allison said...

Hmmm...I thought I left my link here...I guess not! Here you go: http://stampinwhenican.blogspot.com/2007/04/doing-dare.html

mamaluke said...

phew, done it! it's on my blog...

Leilani said...

Wonderful cards!!! This has been so inspiring. It has allowed me to finish up 2 cards I want to do give for friends.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/leilanijk/greenhappybirthdaycardlong1.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/leilanijk/house1.jpg

Anonymous said...

Thanks for a fabulous challenge! Here's a felt card from me:

http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1144236

Anna-Karin

Lesley Langdon said...

Just found your blog! I'm glad I did. Lots of inspiration here.

Here is an attempt to use felt ona card.

http://lesleylangdoncreative.blogspot.com/

Ginger said...

posted mine on my blog..I just love you site!
http://ginger-mae.blogspot.com/2007/05/caardvarks-challenge-4-use-felt.html

Kate said...

For some reason felt always makes me think of fall, coziness, family, etc... So, here's my totally out-of-season card for this challenge.
http://creativecraftsandstickers.com/
gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7451&cat
=500&ppuser=210

Thanks ladies!
Kate

Gina (frazzledmom) said...

Wowza!!! You girls all rocked this challenge. So many stunning cards in the gallery - which made selecting a winner quite a task! We're letting Jen and Sarah know our pick this morning, so check back later to see.

Thanks for participating, and have a great NSD weekend!

From Gina and the team at 2Jills.