Our first Guest Designer is.........

I found it so hard to pick a favourite from all the gorgeous lay-outs we received for our December challenges, that I decided to leave it up to fate to decide. I put all the names into a hat and I am pleased to announce that the winner and our guest designer for January 09 is:-

Mica

(Mica - please email me at butterflycrafts1@aol.com to let me know if you accept.)

Thank you to everyone who took part in our first challenges, and I hope you continue to play along with us through-out 2009.

Have a fantastic new years eve, and check back tomorrow for our 3rd challenge.

Karen xxx

Happy Holidays!!!!

Just a quick post to wish everyone Happy Holidays!!! Hope you all have a fantasic, relaxing and enjoyable Holiday.

From all of us at Butterfly Crafts xxxx

(p.s - Remember to check back on the 30th, to find out who our January guest designer will be. xx)

whoop's...

I mistyped our e-mail address in the last post (I have corrected it now) so if you have tryed to send us anything, please could you send it again to:

Butterflycrafts1@aol.com

Sorry

Karen xx

2nd Challenge.....

This month is going by so quickly......so it's the 15th and time to issue our 2nd challenge. So here it is:

With the Holidays coming up, the next challenge is to create a lay-out about your favourite Holiday tradition. It can be any Holiday you celebrate and any tradition you like.


Here are some gorgeous examples from our DT:-

Michelle

Every year it is a tradition in our houshold, to have a Christmas Photo Shoot with silly Christmas hats, reindeer antlers or elf ears.This year, we welcome Caden to the mix ! These are just some pics I did for practice. I am hoping to get one of both my boys together !

Veronica

Our annual Christmas party, where my kids, their cousins, and a few of their good friends will gather on the staircase for a group photo. Nice way to keep track of how much the kids have grown year on year! The flower on the bottom right is actually attached to a hidden journaling tag behind the photo.

Samantha

Zizi

Muslims celebrate the festival of Aidilfitri, popularly known as 'Hari Raya' (Day of Celebration) to mark the culmination of Ramadhan, the holy month of fasting. On our 1st day of Raya, we usually go to my mum's house and eat delicacies such as 'ketupat' or rice cake and a meat cuisine called 'rendang' which are among the most famous cuisines that are served during this day. We normally had our makeup done there as it was the earliest hour in the morning and I really love this day!

Please upload your LO's to our gallery, leave us a link in the comments or e-mail them to Butterflycrafts1@aol.com by 30th Dec to be in with a chance of becoming our January guest designer.

We look forward to seeing your creations.

Karen xx

Check back tomorrow (15th Dec)......

For our 2nd challenge reveal!!!! Can't wait........

Karen xx

The First Challenge........

Finally it is Dec 1st and time for our first challenge here at 'Butterfly Crafts'!!!! The main focus of the challenges will be to scrapbook your 'passions' and 'favourite things'. We hope to be able to challenge and inspire you to create some fantastic lay-outs.

So here goes:-

The first challenge at ‘Butterfly Crafts’ will be to create a lay-out about a person or the people who inspire you. Whether it be a family member, friend or someone you have never met.

You have until Dec 30th to either upload your lay-out to our gallery, leave us a comment with a link or e-mail your lay-out to butterflycrafts1@aol.com . The designer of the winning lay-out of the month will become our 'guest designer' for January - so please come play along.....

Here's what our fantastic DT came up with:-

Karen (Me)

Veronica

Michelle

Nina

Samantha

Sue Em

Sarah

Vicki

(Zizi and Maya's Lay-out's will follow shortly)

We can't wait to see all your lay-outs!!!!

Karen xxx

How the Blog will work......

Hi everyone,

Just thought I would let everyone know a little bit about how the 'Butterfly Crafts' challenge blog will work.

We will be setting challenges on the 1st and 15th of every month (starting Dec 1st)and everyone will have until the end of the month (around the 30th)to complete their lay-out's and either upload them to our gallery, e-mail a copy to me at Butterflycrafts1@aol.com or post a comment with a link to your work.

After the closing date I will pick my favourite lay-out from the months entries and that person will become our 'Guest Designer' for the following months '15th' challenge.

Hope this makes sense, if not please feel free the send me any questions.

I hope you will join us on Dec 1st for the first challenge!!!

Karen xxx

Introducing Our Design Team......

I am so excited to finally introduce to you our fabulous Design Team :-

Karen - England

Hi, my name is Karen. I am 27 years old from Essex in England. I've been married to Martin since September 2005. At the moment I am a stay at home wife.

I've been scrapping for about 3yrs now. I got into card making first after making all my own wedding stationary. Then after the wedding I was looking for a way to show off all the wonderful photos we had taken, so while on Honeymoon to Boston I brought a US scrapbooking magazine and fell in love with it straight away. As soon as we got back I searched the Internet for scrapping sites and started buying stash.

My other hobbies include photography, reading and chatting with new friends online.

I'm so excited to start Butterfly Crafts and hope it with be a fun site for everyone.

Sue (AKA Sue Em) - Norway

Hi there! My name is Sue, and I am a fun-loving, scrap-happy citizen of the world, who is thrilled to be part of the Butterfly Crafts Design Team. Buttons, big flowers and bling are a few of my favourite things. After leaving my hometown in Singapore when I was 17, I've lived in and out of boxes in Italy, England, Canada and now calls Norway my home. I love scrapbooking the stories of my life especially the stories of my 4 year old princess. I also love photography, reading, writing and scuba-diving. I can be found most nights at my scrap studio, playing with patterned paper, cutting, fingers covered in glue, and having the time of my life.

Sarah - USA

I'm Sarah, and I'm 24. I live in the sunny (most of the time) state of California. Currently, I'm a student; after graduating from UC Davis with a double major in Sociology and Psychology, I've decided to go back to school to pursue a career in nursing. Scrapbooking has always been a part of my life since my high school days, but it has recently become an everyday activity (aka. addiction)! On top of being a hobby, it helps me relax and relieve my stress. Besides, the best part about scrapping is there is no right or wrong way to do it, so I can never make a mistake at something I love! If I'm not scrapbooking, I'm probably shopping for scrap supplies or enjoying the fresh air at the beach. I don't have any children, but I have two pets — Maui, a white Miniature Schnauzer, and Hoshi, an orange tabby. If I'm not scrapping my family or my friends, I'm scrapping my "kids".

Michelle - Australia

I am a 35 year old SAHM to two gorgeous boys - Jacob and Caden. Along with DH Brett, we live on Sydney's beautiful Northern Beaches, in Australia !
I am passionate about scrapbooking, and I love trying new techniques and products ! I have been scrapping for about 4-5 years, and am totally hooked !
I love scrapping my boys, my friends and my family, and, I am particularly fond of heritage scrapping !
I am looking forward to my role here at Butterfly Crafts, and providing ideas and inspiration to scrap your passions !

Vicki - Canada

Hello! I’m Victoria Murray, although no one ever calls me Victoria (except my Mom, when I was four and in trouble!)…so call me Vicki, please! I’ve always been a creative person; I even had my own jewellery studio until my daughter was born. I’ve recently started working part time a jewellery boutique. I live in Toronto with my husband, five year old daughter and our guinea pig.
I discovered scrapbooking almost four years ago at a home party and it felt like a match made in heaven. Scrapbooking is now my passion and my family is my inspiration. I love experimenting with new techniques and ideas. I work in traditional, digital and hybrid methods. I've been lucky enough to have been published a few times and have made some great friends, all thanks to this hobby. I’m so excited to be on the design team here!

Nina - Philippines

Hi! My name is Nina and I'm totally psyched to be part of Butterfly Crafts! I'm 30 years old, a stay-at-home to a four-year-old boy and living in the Philippines. I'm into scrapbooking, altered art and stamping. If you want to check out my blog, it's at http://www.creatinginsolitude.blogspot.com/. I'm so looking forward to having fun with you all!

Samantha - Canada

Hi there. My name is Samantha and I own a scrapbook store in the beautiful city of Montreal, Quebec. I've been scrapbooking for over five years and have loved every moment of it. Here in Montreal I have appeared doing workshops on CBC, and Global TV's this morning live and have had my work published in Legacy and Canadian Scrapbooker. I look forward to sharing my work with you and being part of the Butterfly Crafts DT!

Veronica -Singapore

I hail from the lovely island of Singapore, and am a full-time working mother of two beautiful girls, who are the subjects featured in most of my layouts and projects. Scrapbooking is a passion with me, as is art and photography, all three of which I think go hand in hand beautifully, as they are all methods of capturing and preserving those special, treasured moments in our lives. While I love creating layouts that showcase my own style, I also love working with sketches, participating in challenges, and trying out new styles and techniques, as I believe these allow me to stretch my boundaries and to grow and evolve in terms of my creativity. I’m really looking forward to joining the Design Team at Butterfly Crafts, and to being inspired to create passionate works of heart through their challenges! My blog address: http://scrappychic-pages.blogspot.com/

Zizi - Brunei

I am Zizi Irena and I come all the way from Brunei. Well, I just started this wonderful hobby since March of this year. Anything art or hand-made has always fascinated me. Scrapbooking has now become my creative outlet, my escape and am enjoying every bit and making great talented friends along the way. Plus, I get to document every precious moment with some gorgeous supplies on earth! I love to experiment with products and techniques. I am a paper hoarder and obviously I love to put layers of pattern papers and chipboards onto my layouts to add dimension. My style varies but I seem to enjoy doing shabby chic look lately. Last but not least, I would like to say huge thanks to Karen for accepting me and I am truly honored to be part of this great team!

Maya - Norway

My name is May Iren but I use Maya on the net. I am 36 years old and a mother of three wonderful kids; Sarah age 7, Philip age 5 and Sophie age 1. I live on an island just outside Bergen, the second largest city in Norway. I started scrapbooking 5 years ago, and I love it. I scrap every week all year round :-)

Please join me in welcoming the new DT. Congratulations to you all!!!!!

Last day of DT call....

The DT call closes tomorrow (16th Nov) so you don't have long left if you want to apply....

Also I'm having a problem reading my e-mail's at the moment (Yahoo are doing maintenance this weekend - so annoying!!!!) so if you do want to try-out please send your applications to:

Butterfly_crafts@yahoo.co.uk

and could you please send a copy to:

Butterflycrafts1@aol.com

(Please note if you applied before Friday, I have your applications)

Thank you

Karen xx

Reminder....

Just a quick reminder, the DT call closes on Nov 16th!! So you haven't got that long left - please be brave and throw your hat in the ring......

Please send applications to butterfly_crafts@yahoo.co.uk

I look forward to seeing them.

Karen xx

Example of a DT challenge

I've been asked about the type of challenges the DT will be given, so here is a quick example:

I'm a big fan of movie's so one challenge might be ' Design a LO using your fav movie as inspiration' so I might use a movie name as my LO title or the colours from the DVD sleeve, anything as long as it relates to that movie.

Hope this helps explain it a bit more?

Karen xx

The Butterfly Crafts Forum.....

is here http://butterflycrafts.ning.com/ please come along and join me!!! I can't wait to chat with you, it's hopefully going to be a really friendly, fun place to be. So if you're looking for a new scrapping 'home' to hang out, this is the place for you - see you there........

Karen xx

Teen DT Call.....

I've been thinking about the DT and thought it might be a nice idea to have 2 Teen DT members. So I am looking for Teens aged 13 - 18yrs to be part of the DT, the only requirement would be to create 1 layout every 4 weeks.

If you know someone who would be interested, please e-mail me at butterfly_crafts@yahoo.co.uk (please get permission from a parent or guardian before applying - thank you) including a photo of one of your layouts and your Name and country you live in. (Also please put 'Teen DT Call' in the subject line of your e-mail.)

Thank you - Karen

E-mail address correction.....

Please note the correct e-mail address for the DT call is Butterfly_crafts@yahoo.co.uk (no space between @ and yahoo)

I look forward to your entries....

Karen xxx

DT Call

Butterfly Crafts DT Call:

We are looking for an inspiring and energetic DT to design for ‘Butterfly crafts’ a new challenge Blog (Butterfly-crafts.blogspot.com)/Forum (http://butterflycrafts.ning.com/) with the main focus of scrapping your ‘Passions’.

Challenges will be set every 2 weeks and the DT will be split into 2 teams and expected to complete 1 layout every 4 weeks. (Please note - The blog and forum are just for fun and inspiration so I will not be able to offer any prizes of freebies for the DT)

DT Duties:

· Create one layout every 4 weeks
· Post and chat on our forum
· Promote ‘Butterfly Crafts’ where ever you can including on your personal Blogs

How to apply:

As ‘Butterfly Crafts’ will be all about your ‘passion’ we would like you to create a Layout about one of your personal passions.

Please send your Layout along with:

· Name, Address and e-mail address
· A short Bio about yourself
· A link to your Blog (if you have one)

to us at: Butterfly_crafts@yahoo.co.uk

The closing date for applications is November 16th and the DT will be contacted by November 20th. The DT term will last from December 1st 2008 – June 1st 2009.

The call is open to everyone no matter where you live.

Blog: Butterfly-crafts.blogspot.com
Forum: http://butterflycrafts.ning.com/

Welcome to Butterfly Crafts

Hi,

My name is Karen and I would like to welcome you to Butterfly Crafts!! I have some big scrapbooking and craft plans for this blog so please check back here on October 20th for more info on how you can become part of the fun.

Thanks for stopping by....

Karen xxx