Altered Envelope Winner

Congratulations to our winner who was chosen by YOU.

Huge T H A N K Y O U to all of YOU for taking part in our 1st challenge on The Papergirls, without you it couldn't happen and in my eyes they are ALL worthy WINNERS, they are all fantastic, I was thrilled to bits when they arrived in my mail box and each one I opened had me soooo excited I could hardly wait to post them to TPG blog.

If you can imagine winning a huge sum of money ...well that is how I felt when I saw 63 votes were made :)) well can you imagine how I am feeling to end the poll on 102 VOTES, I was dancing around my living room trying not to stand on my crafting goodies that are scattered all over the floor.

T H A N K Y O U to all of you who voted :)).

....so without further ado.... drum roll please...

Our chosen winner is F E M M Y , Femmy thank you for entering and congratulations on winning. Below is your Prize donated by 'Tanda Stamps' thank you TS.

You can check out Femmy's blog over HERE, please enjoy your stamps which are just in time for Christmas.

Our next challenge will be on Monday the 10th of November... the challenge is to alter an old CD which must include words from a magazine/newspaper and as before using any other medium you wish, email them to me at chrissylamata@live.co.uk.

Please scan or photograph your art with a back ground so that when It is uploaded it will be in a square and not in a circle which would have a lot of white around your art and would not compliment your altered CD, if you don't know what I mean please contact me.

For all who took part if you would like to have our readers come and see your blog please leave a comment inviting us... it will enable us to click on your name and then we can pop over and see you.
Once again T H A N K Y O U. x
EDIT ...OH! I almost forgot the challenge altered envies was my 100th post and to celebrate I put all the names of the artists into a hat (a bowl really) and picked out number 4... who happens to be Jane... you were picked out and a little parcel of stash is yours... enjoy.
And a small parcel of goodies goes to number 8 chosen from those leaving a comment on the 100th post and the 8th person to leave a comment was Denise...thanx Denise.

Our winner

We have a winner .... will be back later today to let you all know who she is.
Have a few things that are getting in the way of my blogging :((
chriss x

Arty girlz challenge

Hi, The above piece is my entry for the Artygirlz challenge to include clipart in our work. This piece started off as a square of turquoise shinny cardboard packaging which I embossed and coloured , added some of the free clip art left over from a sheet I used for my altered envelope... the website address is listed on an earlier post..why not go and get yourself some freeeeeeeee images.

the ticket I have cut and adhered to the card is my cinema ticket I purchased to watch the film 'Women' ... So the card and the ticket are recycled... I feel like I get a bargain when I do that.

However the last time I went to the cinema it was only £4 it's now £6.75p!! A while ago then. lol.

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ALTERED ENVELOPE ENTRIES AND VOTE ON YOUR FAVOURITE PIECE OF ALTERED ART.

Thanx for looking. Chriss x

Rosie & Linda's ATC challenge

OOOOOOOPS I did make my doll ATC in time I promise but forgot to post it, Linda can vouch for me as she did see it a few days back. The background paper is one from Anita's classic Christmas pack.
Today Linda and Rosie have another challenge on and it involves an empty bean can... so get out of cooking and serve up beans on toast tonight... all in the name of ART...lol.
I have my empty can ready.

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ALTERED ENVELOPE ENTRIES AND VOTE ON YOUR FAVOURITE PIECE OF ALTERED ART.

Crazy Amigo's Halloween

This week the crazy amigo's have set a challenge to create a Halloween Card.. this is mine which was created using the brilliant Cosmo Cricket 'Haunted' stamp set.
This week it was Klaartje’s turn to choose the challenge... why not pop over to her blog and take a look.

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ALTERED ENVELOPE ENTRIES AND VOTE ON YOUR FAVOURITE PIECE OF ALTERED ART
Thanx for looking. Chriss x

Our Altered Envelope Challenge

At last we are here and it would seem that some of the pictures were too large and this was the reason Mr Blogger just couldn't upload for me.
Thank you Chrissy for telling me how to put that right. :))
So after a long delay lets get going.
My altered envelope below which I entered for a numbers challenge on Mixed Media Monday is what set this challenge off.

and even with such short notice 19 of you have entered fantastic pieces of ART.... all of them are a work of ART and it will be SO difficult for me to choose a favourite to vote for, I am sure you will all have the same problem.

Please vote for your Favourite Altered Envelope... not your own though... rofpmsl.... the poll is on the side bar on the right. ( if I can get it to load lol )
the voting is open to everyone.

Lets get started then..... I bet you have already scrolled down to have a look at them before you read all of this.. its what I would do...lol.

Here is entry number 1


Entry number 2


Entry number 3


Enter number 4

Entry number 5

Entry number 6



Entry number 7

Entry number 8


Entry number 9

Entry number 10

Entry number 11

Entry number 12

Entry number 13

Entry number 14

Entry number 15

Entry number 16

Entry number 17


Entry number 18



Entry number 19


19 Wonderful, Fabulous Altered Envelopes..... a huge THANK YOU to all 19 of you because without you it couldnt happen.

The person with the most votes will receive one of Tanda Stamps new Christmas stamps.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL.
Many of you that entered this challenge asked if we could do the challenge on a regular basis..... We have talked it through and for now we would love to set a challenge once a month as most of us already do some of the other fantastic challenges out there...Hope that is ok .... and so for next month it will be to alter an old CD... as we all have those lying around.. but more on that nearer the time.
Once again thank you and happy voting the poll will close Saturday 11th October. x

post of apology

Hello to all those wonderful blogging friends that took on the altered envelope challenge..... we are running late here...... now I don't do angry but was almost doing it due to Mr. Blogger.... he does not seem to like me at the moment.... he has let me upload 16 of the wonderful pieces of ART but will not let me upload the others.

He just froze on me and wouldn't even let me close the blog down to write you a post of apology....however have managed to after closing my computer down ...with the programme still running.
I finally got back on....so hopefully he will let me load the rest of these fantastic envelopes.
If I have anymore trouble I will get back to you asap.
chriss x

Gothic Arch challenge Turquoise

Hello,

Today Chrissy and I spent time together crafting at my house... we had planned to create so much but our mojo just wasn't there it gave up after 2 hours...:(( think we ate tooooo much chocolate....rofpmsl.

We did complete 1 challenge and had another 3 on the go...one of them being the matchbox from R&L challenge for LAST week .... You will get to see it I promise.

The Gothic Arch challenge was hosted by the very talented Sandy you can visit her blog over HERE she has some amazing art over there.

Check out the GA challenge blog HERE

Here is my Gothic Arch for this week the theme is Turquoise

Once again I have been recycling...the image is from a Calendar my lovely friend Denise bought me in 2003 I saved it knowing I would use the images one day as I adore them... the original paintings are those of Karen Hillard Good and Dan Di Paolo don't you just love them.
Thanks for looking. Chriss x

challenges, new challenge blog, world card making day and TMTA

I emailed some of you letting you know that I have decided to have a one off C6 Altered Envelope challenge on 'The Papergirls' blog for Tuesday Oct 7th. The idea is to alter an envelope (C6 size.approx.... in inches.... 6.25 x 4.5'' or 16cm x 11.25cm..approx...) using whatever media you wish ..be it stamps paint, inks, collage.. you choose... however you MUST use 'a picture' recycled from either a newspaper, magazine a catalogue etc... other than that you can add whatever else you please.
Here is one I did for Theme Thursday 'numbers' challenge

I enjoyed it so much I am holding a challenge... If you Email me (chrissylamata@live.co.uk) a picture of your work by midnight Monday Oct 6th UK time I will load it onto the papergirls blog (anonymously) and we will have a voting poll open to vote for your favourite entry. 'Tanda Stamps' are sponsoring this challenge with one of their new Christmas stamps for the winner. Do hope that you can join me.
Yesterday I found a brand new challenge blog called 'Pretty Paper Hearts' now then we all love paper and we all seem to love hearts so why not pop along and take a look over HERE

This is Patricia's entry to her challenge isn't it lovely. I like the shape as I use to make them years ago to give to the Bride & Groom on their wedding day.

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If you wish to join in with an ATC challenge over HERE please contact me for my address as October's ATC challenge theme is for 'Breast Cancer Awareness' month so please would you join us, the last day is Oct 31st Plenty time to get them to me...we need you to make 5 ATC's all the same or all different that is up to you, keep one for yourself and swap 4 with members and guests.

Hope that you can join us and if you can please can we see a whole lot of pink pink pink

on your ATC's.Here is one from my ATC collection it is one I made last year for Breast Cancer Awareness...recycling a wellington boot pic from a magazine.

Below is my entry for Think Monday Think ATC The challenge being COFFEE... what has this to do with coffee I hear you say...well put your nose close to the screen of your pc/laptop and take a huge SNIFF .... as this ATC is stained with black coffee. I only have 1 pathetic coffee stamp.Thanks for looking

Saturday the 4th October is World Card Making Day here's hoping that you manage to get some cards made tomorrow. I think that is it for today hope you have a good weekend. Chriss x

Artygirlz challenge RED

Here are 2 ATC's I am entering for my take on 'The Artygirlz' challenge this week and if you want to join in with the theme RED then why not pop over HERE