Good morning, Crafters! It is our very first Guest Designer Sunday!

We are so excited to be able to introduce this new feature on our blog, because it gives us a chance to share all the wonderful talent we see out there in our Crafting World! For now, we will have the chosen Guest Designer join us for 2 Sundays a month (every other Sunday).

Today, our first Guest Designer is Jennifer Hay from HaystackCards.com. I had seen her work many, many times on the web, so we were thrilled when we she tried out for the G.D. Spot.

Jennifer made this adorable, clever card using two Mama Elephant stamp sets: Three Amigos and Bear Hugs. The adorable bows are the Paper Smooches Baby Bow die set.

The square shapes are all die cut from the MFT Die-namics Inside & Out Diagonal Stitched Square dies. Jennifer used her Clear Zig Wink of Stella on this card.

Jennifer stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Curious Metallic Iridescent Cryogen White paper, and colored with Copic markers: E21, E23, E27 / C1, C3, C5, C7

Jennifer will be back next Sunday, too, but in the meantime you can head over to her blog and see all her other amazing work!

Tomorrow we’re starting a new Challenge, so be sure to head back in the morning!

Hello, everybody!  It’s time for Challenge #30.  We have an awesome sponsor for this challenge and it is… TIDDLY INKS!

Tiddly Inks offers digital stamps and digital papers, created by Christy Croll. Christy is a self-trained illustrator who likes simple, cute and quirky drawings with a sense of humor. She draws what amuses her, which means some days it is quirky and cute and other days it is a bit of a twisted gothic feel.

THE CHALLENGE:  Anything Goes
Just use your Copics or ShinHan markers on a project!

You may play along with other challenges, but excessive challenge pile-ons (more than 10) will result in disqualification for our amazing prize. As always, have fun creating!

THE PRIZE:  Sponsored by TIDDLY INKS! – $12 Worth of Digital Images of Winner’s Choice from the Tiddly Inks store

One entry will be chosen at random to receive our prize. Three additional entries will be chosen for the Top 3 based on their amazing coloring skills. The prize winner and top three can all proudly post their brag buttons on their blogs for the world to see!
Entries are due by Sunday, September 22nd 2013 at noon EST.  Winner will have TWO weeks to claim their prize.

We are continuing our comments contest as well. Leave a comment on one or more blog posts between now and when our challenge winners are announced for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate!

Tina made this beautiful card using the Tiddly Inks – Floating By stamp set.  Could that mermaid get any sweeter?  She stamped her in Memento – Tuxedo Black ink on Cryogen White paper and then colored her with her Copics.  I love how the blue on the background and pearl accents give this card such an oceany feel.

Here are the Copics she used:

We can’t wait to see what you come up with for this ‘Anything Goes’ challenge!  🙂

Hello, everybody!  It’s time for Challenge #25!

THE CHALLENGE:  Summer Fun
Create a project that is SUMMER themed.

You may play along with other challenges, but excessive challenge pile-ons (more than 10) will result in disqualification for our amazing prize. As always, have fun creating!

THE PRIZE:  $15 Voucher to the MarkerPOP.com Store!

One entry will be chosen at random to receive our prize. Three additional entries will be chosen for the Top 3 based on their amazing coloring skills. The prize winner and top three can all proudly post their brag buttons on their blogs for the world to see!
Entries are due by Sunday, July 7th 2013 at noon EST.  Winner will have TWO weeks to claim their prize.
You will have THREE weeks to enter this challenge instead of the usual two!

We are continuing our comments contest as well. Leave a comment on one or more blog posts between now and when our challenge winners are announced for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate!

Tina created this absolutely perfect summer card using the La-La Land Crafts – Travel Marci stamp.  She stamped her on Cryogen paper and colored everything with Copics:
E11, E00, E000, R20, E43, E42, E41, E25, E31, E50, E55, E53, E51, C7, C5, YG23, YG01, B39, B37, B34, RV02, RV00, RV000

She added some flowers and summery flip flops to finish everything off.

We can’t wait to see what you come up with for this ‘Summer Fun’ challenge!  🙂