Midweek Papercraft Party (3)

Welcome to another Papercraft Party!  

First up, last week's winner is:

Lesley Fox 

from Crafty Li'l Lel who created a fab card from the free cupcake digi stamp! 

Thanks for taking part Lesley (and well done!!) - please choose three digis from the Handmade Harbour shop as your prize and email wendy@handmadeharbour.co.uk with your choice!

Back to this week! This week's theme is smile (or laugh).  I'd love to see what you create for this!  For a little bit of inspiration, would you like to see what the design team has been creating?  OK then, here we go...

Valerie tells me she couldn't help creating a set of cards!  They're all 4" x 4" and you can find out more on her blog.  I love the bright colours - she's done an amazing job!  

Anita  didn't stop at just one card either!  This young beginner witch was made by combining two stamps.  She's reading a spelling book and I love how Anita has got some witch-themed spellings into the background, too.  I love how Anita's cards seem so full of colour and light.

The potions on the card above and below came from the witch's potion shelf digital stamp but the witch above is the young witch with spelling book digistamp

And (below) don't you love what she did here?  That enormous cake the ladies are eating has been reproduced underneath the main image as half-eaten cakes!  What a super card!  You can find the stamp on the humorous digital stamps page.

Anita @itsamistrydesignstudio 

Mary's thoughts for the theme of smile were photographic!  I love that the camera digi stamp has been left as a black and white image, backed up by a really simple colour scheme.  A cool card with a great message for all of us!

For "smile" Laura chose to use toddler Emily with rabbit digistamp because she puts a smile on her face (mine too!  The real Emily - my granddaughter and inspiration - is asleep on my sofa as I am writing this).  I particularly love the simple (but very effective) technique Laura describes for paper piecing which she used on Emily's and the rabbit's dresses.  It's well worth checking out the tutorial on Laura's Crafty Lawyer Creates blog where she describes how she achieved this look...

Kel says she's not a wine drinker but she said she can't help smiling at this image!  I'm sure there's a wine lover out there who would love to receive this card! It's certainly a pretty good digi stamp for a wine drinker!

 Connie made a gorgeous scrapbook page on the theme of smile, with a cute cupcake image on there.  Those cuties in the photo certainly make this worthy of a smile and the whole page has such a happy feel.

     
If you've made a card (or other papercraft project) that fits our theme of smile (or laugh), then please do link up and show us!  We'd all love to see it.  If you've used Handmade Harbour stamps in your design, you may win some free digi stamps!

To try Handmade Harbour stamps free, check out our freebies!  Or look at the humorous digi stamps for a bit more inspiration on the theme of smile and laugh!

Midweek Papercraft Party 2

Welcome to our second challenge - it's time for Midweek Papercraft Party #2!

Last week's winner is...

Fantasy Firebird Creations

who used Handmade Harbour's Happy birthday tags on several different birthday cards.  I was actually most impressed by the flowers made from magazine pages - just amazing!

Congratulations Fantasy Firebird! (Sorry I couldn't see you real name on your blog!) Please email wendy@handmadeharbour.co.uk with your choice of three digital stamps from the Handmade Harbour store.

For this second week's challenge, we're still on "Anything Goes" for our theme.  I would LOVE to see more people using Handmade Harbour stamps - you could easily win and don't need to be an experienced card designer to win (although it won't do you any harm if you are!).

What has the design team been up to this week?  Let me show you...

I love the springlike feel in Lynne's new home card!  She made this using the digi stamp of the house sold - a cute house on a hill that comes with its own frame that Lynne has coloured with green and pink to echo the house colours.  The glitter really adds another dimension, doesn't it - although Lynne has added dimension by popping elements of the card - see her blog for more!

Deanne has a cat theme going on...

and not just on her cards!

 Smudge looks like a cat who wants some of the action!

Deanne used the cute cat on cushions digi as well as the cat on armchair with patchwork quilts digital stamp.  I love what she's done with these - my favourite is the grey cat on the red and blue cushions.  I suspect Smudge may just not care...

Rachel went straight for the wine!  She made this easel card using the it's always wine o' clock somewhere in the world digistamp

And she's not the only one!  Zoe's choice was white wine!  Aren't they both fab?  I love seeing the same image used in different ways!



And here's a little bit of extra inspiration for you - Zoe also made this yummy card with the free cupcake digital stamp that anyone can currently download.  If you use this in this week's challenge, you will be eligible to win more free stamps (of your choice!)

OK, so maybe we've over-indulged in cake and wine this week.  Well, why not - it's only paper!

Next week's theme is: Smile (or laugh!) - I'm letting you know now so you can prepare!  There are a few humorous digistamps to choose from on Handmade Harbour - I'd love you to use one so you're in with a chance of being next week's winner!

Meanwhile, if you want to join in with this week, please leave your link below.  Looking forward to seeing what you make!