~SEW MANY CHALLENGES WK #12...ANYTHING GOES~

Welcome back to a new week at Sew Many Challenges!!! I think everyone will love this weeks challenge because you're able to do whatever sparks your interest!!!

This weeks challenge is "ANYTHING GOES!!!!" That's right! Anything goes. So get those layouts, altered projects, cards, tags, ATC's or whatever else you can think of get them entered!!!
We've also got a special treat this week. If you use a Sew Many Cards image in this weeks challenge (excluding the free image being offered this week), you'll receive a free single digital image of your choice from the Sew Many Cards store!!! So once you enter your post link using InLinkz at the bottom using a Sew Many Cards image, email me at Jeri@SewManyCards.com with your choice of your FREE SINGLE DIGITAL IMAGE FROM SEW MANY CARDS(limit one image per person)!!!

This weeks challenge winner will receive this awesome prize package from --

Want to learn more about KLM DESIGNS?!?!

KLM Digi Stamps (KLM Designs) was started by a Mother & Daughter team. Kathryn (owner of KLM Digi Stamps) and Sue (Company’s artist) started designing digital stamps for their own creations. After much response & excitement to their designs they formed KLM Digi Stamps. KLM carry’s a large selection of designs from clowns, which are the company’s signature design to digital sentiments. All images are delivered ZIP format. Each image file contains JPEG and PNG format files. Images can be resized, reversed and altered to your likings.
Be sure to head over to KLM DESIGNS and check out all of their awesome images that they have in their store! Kathryn is just the sweetest to deal with. You won't be disappointed!! Be sure to check back during the week as our Design Team showcases some great creations using images that KLM so graciously donated for us to work with. They'll be in the slideshow at the top of our challenge blog and on certain DT Members throughout the week!!
Thank you Kathryn and Sue!!

~SEW MANY CARDS FREEBIE FRIDAY & CHALLENGE 10 and 11 WINNERS~

WOW! Where is my brain at!! It just hit me when I was doing this weeks winners that we never done last weeks winners. We had such a hard time choosing that I guess I thought I had listed them. Soooo I do apologize for the lateness...without further delay here are our winners for last weeks Stitch Challenge and this weeks Sketch challenge!!!

Grand Prize winner of Week 10...Stitch Challenge and winner of 3 Digital images of their choice from Stitchy Stamps and 5 Digital images of their choice from the Sew Many Cards store is ....

CHRIS OLSEN

Runner Ups and winners of 3 digital images from the Sew Many Cards store are ....

Cheryl Walker

Linda, the Funkie Junkie

Wishcraft

Cat Darling

Piali

The Grand Prize winner of Week 11.. Sketch challenge and winner of 3 Digital images from the Sunshine Stamps store and 5 Digital images from the Sew Many Cards store is.....

MARY C

Runner Ups and winners of 3 Digital images from the Sew Many Cards store are....

Sarah T

Kona

Courtney

Christi H

Deonna B

Please contact me at Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com to claim your prizes!! Don't forget to grab your winner badges in the right sidebar!!!

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES #11...SKETCH WITH MOTHER'S THEME~

A big thank you to everyone that joined in on our Stitch challenge last week!! We appreciate each one of you, especially our loyal followers. Sew Many Cards couldn't keep going without all of you, so please be sure to invite everyone you know to join in with us every week!! We'd love to have them!!

This week our challenge is a dual theme challenge!!

Using the sketch below, please create something with a "Mother" theme! This can be for Mother's Day, Mom's or Grandmas birthday, whatever you like, as long as it has a "mother's" theme in it. You can find some great images at some GREAT prices at Sew Many Cards! Be sure to check the store out!!
Please submit your entry link using the lil blue frog that you'll find at the end of this post!

Our sponsor this week is Sunshine Stamps! The winner will receive their choice of 3 free digital images from the Sunshine Stamps store! Be sure to read more about Sunshine Stamps below.

Sunshine’s Stamps is the brainchild of Christina {Sunshine} and Rob. Angus Argus was launched into the paper crafting world on June 27th, 2009 and the rest as they say is history! We have a wide variety of stamps in our inventory - all of which are hand drawn by either Sunshine or Rob. We love to “sunshine” masculine vehicles and give them personality. We also have our signature image - Sunny Bunny - who will continue to be altered to celebrate all holidays and occasions. If you have a suggestion for a Sunny Bunny send us an e-mail and we will happily consider it! Whether it’s a card for your husband, boyfriend, man-cub or daughter, wife etc. we have an image that will suit your crafting needs! Our images are constantly evolving and are unique in the paper crafting world. We are very pleased to say that we respond to customer suggestion on images and sentiments. If you have an idea for an image or sentiment that you cannot find elsewhere on the web let us know. We will respond to all suggestions and let you know if its "doable". Finally, be sure to hop to our blog http://sunshinesstamps.blogspot.com/ to check out our wonderful design team "Sunshine's Dream Team" blogs! We are so very proud of our gals! They are all rock stars and continue to create amazing cards and projects to showcase our images and to inspire you all to create!!

Be sure to check out our monthly sponsors as well...

~SEW MANY CARDS...FREEBIE FRIDAY~

Sew Many Cards has a very sweet image for you this week!! We would love to see what you do with it this week! You could use it to join along with us in this weeks sketch with Mother's Day Theme Challenge! Be sure to check out Sew Many Cards for even more great images and terrific low prices!! Hope to see this beauty popping up in the challenge this week!

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES WK#10 ...LET'S SEE SOME STITCHING!!~

Welcome to a new week and a new challenge at Sew Many Challenges!! I hope everyone enjoyed our New Release blog hop last week! We hope to see everyone joining us this week in our challenge with those images!!

Before we get into the challenge this week, we would like to say a special farewell to our design team members that are leaving us. We want to thank each and everyone of them for all the hard work they put in at Sew Many Challenges and for Sew Many Cards
You will all be missed and we hope to see you in future challenges and hopefully will see you back on the design team in the future!!

This weeks challenge is being sponsored by the awesome Stitchy of Stitchy Bears Stamps!

How appropriate since our challenge this week is "LET'S SEE SOME STITCHING!" Please make any project using faux or real stitching on it. We would love to see you use a Sew Many Cards Image but of course any image is welcome! Please use the little blue frog at the bottom of this post to submit your entry post link. Stitchy is offering 3 FREE DIGI STAMPS of the winners choice from the Stitchy Bears Stamps Store!

Let's learn more about our awesome sponsor!!

Hi Everyone, my name is Stitchy and I create under the name Stitchy Stamps...I have been creating digital images for designers for almost a year now and try to learn something new everyday...I started out in paint shop pro about 8 years ago and started making digital scrap kits...then I was introduced to the wonderful world of paper crafts and card designing...like I said, learning new everyday, the rest is history...I can't draw enough to keep me satisfied anymore lol...
Living in a small town in upstate New York, tucked away where cable doesn't even go...friends are far and few between...But being on the internet for the past 10 years, I have gathered quite a few from around the world...Just like I learn something new everyday, I also try to meet someone new every day too...
Thank you Angela and Company for allowing me to sponsor for you...I am truly honored...

Be sure to check out our monthly sponsors as well...

~SEW MANY CARDS FREEBIE FRIDAY...INK WELL & PEN~

Hope you enjoy our Freebie Friday we have for you this week. Angela, owner of Sew Many Cards, has made a cute Ink Well and Pen for ya. We would love to see what you come up with! Feel free to use it in this weeks challenge if you'd like!!!
Have a great week!!


You can now find this freebie in the Sew Many Cards store! Thanks!

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES..APRIL BLOG HOP WINNERS~

Good Morning everyone!!! Thanks to everyone that participated in our April New Release Blog Hop! Angela, owner of Sew Many Cards, came up with some great images for us this month!! We would've loved to seen more participation in the challenge and joining us along the hop, so be sure to spread the word. Our next hop is scheduled for April 30-May 6, so we hope to see everyone hopping with us to check out the new images Angela will have created!!

So on to the winners!!

The winner of our Blog Hop challenge, who will receive 3 digital stamps or stamp sets of their choice from

and the New Release images from Sew Many Cards that were showcased during our hop last week is......

Mary C

and the winner of the $10 Gift Certificate from

for hopping to each blog and leaving comments for our awesome Design Team is......

April O

Congratulations ladies!!! Please contact me at Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com to claim your prizes!!!!!

Be sure to check out our Design Team slideshow at the top of the page during this month, for all of their creations using image sets from The Cutting Cafe, as well as our weekly sponsors, beginning with Stitchy Stamps!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

~SEW MANY CARDS APRIL BLOG HOP & CHALLENGE~

MEET OUR NEW DESIGN TEAM & Grab the Freebie Friday Image HERE

WEEK 9 CHALLENGE WINNER & RUNNER UPS HERE

Welcome to our April New Release Blog Hop!!!! We're so glad you could join us this month. Angela, owner and designer of Sew Many Cards has some amazing images being released this week!! So be sure to check out our design teams awesome creations with these cuties, and while you're hopping, remember to leave a comment at each of our teams blogs for your chance to win the image they're showcasing!! A random winner will also be chosen to win a $10 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp, but you have to visit and leave a comment at each blog!!

If you get lost along the way or find a broken link, come back here for the complete list!!

The first stop on your hop is ANGELA!

We have a great challenge for you also!!!

Regina is offering 3 digital stamps or sets of the winners choice to The Cutting Cafe!! Talk about a great prize package! But that's not it!! The challenge winner will also win the entire set of New Releases being shown this week from Sew Many Cards!!!

What do you have to do?? EASY!!!!!!

Use a SEW MANY CARDS image and create a card with a FANCY FOLD(gate fold, step, tent, easel, whatever your favorite technique is) and enter your post link using the little blue frog at the bottom of this post!! See I told you it was going to be SEW EASY!!!! We can't wait to see what you have in store!!

So what are you waiting for?? Get to hopping and we'll see ya back here when you're through! And don't forget to bring your challenge entry!!!!

Sew Many Challenges

Angela - Owner

Sarabeth -- Sew Many Layouts Coordinator

Suzanne K

Tammy M

Ceal

Deanette W

Michele L

Jeanette C

Audrey E

Mary S

Cheri G

Amber H

Sarah

Kym W

Gloria M

Kim G

Melissa W

Mary D

Maria L

Sew Many Challenges Blog

Hello my name is Regina Easter. I have 4 wonderful children and an awesome supportive husband. I have for as long as I can remember loved all the aspects of creating things with paper and drawing. So it was only fitting that I decided to open up The Cutting Cafe' and I am loving every bit of this new venture. The Cutting Cafe' offers affordable Printable Stamps and Cutting Files. The Cutting Files which are basically just like templates are files that you Print out using your home printer, Cut, Assemble and then Embellish.....Very Easy.....The Cutting Files also come in the format where you can cut out the files using some of the latest Machine Cutters like the Pazzles Inspiration, Bosskut Gazelle and Cricut (with Scal software). The Printable Stamps are just that, images that are sent to you through email that you print out using your home printer. After the images are printed out, you can just color them in like you would any other stamped imaged...One great thing about the Printable Stamps and Cutting Files is that you no longer have to worry about finding space to store all of your stamps....You can keep them all in a folder in your computer and use over and over again.

I can personally vouch for Regina and her customer service. She's an awesome lady to deal with and her images are amazing and versatile, so head over there and grab you some!!!

Be sure to check out Simon Says Stamp!! They have been an awesome sponsor each month and we can't thank them enough!!!

~INTRODUCING OUR NEW DESIGN TEAM & FREEBIE FRIDAY~

We would like to THANK everyone that applied to join our awesome team. It was definitely hard to choose from all the awesome folks we had send in submissions, we wish we could've taken everyone, but please be sure to apply again next term if you didn't get chosen this term!

Sew Many Cards would like to introduce and welcome our newest family members to the Sew Many Challenges Design Team!! We hope to bring you even more creativity and inspiration with our new team, so be watching out for some great things to come!!! These great ladies listed below will be officially joining on April 15th, so be sure to watch out for their creations in the weeks to come!!!

OUR NEWEST MEMBERS

Adrina S

Taylor U

Margie O

Sandye C

Anita M

Queen La Rubba

Peggy B

Mirja R-R

Linda J

Carol C

Autumn G

Sandy O

Karen P

Lorraine L

Shelley P

Regina J

RETURNING MEMBERS

Cheri G

Jeanette C

Kim G

Gloria M

Deanette W

Suzanne K

Tammy M

Kym W

Mary D

MANAGING TEAM
Angela D -- Owner and Designer

Warren D -- Co-Owner and Financial Advisor

Jeri -- Design Team Manager

Sarabeth -- Sew Many Layouts Manager

FREEBIE FRIDAY

You can now find the Watering Can Image in the Sew Many Cards Store!

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES WINNER WK #9~

AND

would like to congratulate

AMANDA B

on winning last weeks

"Let's Punch It!" Challenge!!!

You won a $15 Gift Certificate from Wags N Whiskers and 5 digital images from the Sew Many Cards store(excluding the April New Releases)! Please grab your Winner badge from the right sidebar and contact me at Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com for information on how to claim your gift certificate!

Congratulations also goes out to our Runner Ups!

You all get to pick 3 digital images from the Sew Many Cards store (excluding the April New Releases)! Please grab your "Sew Close" badge in the right sidebar!!

Please email me at Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com to claim your prize!!

Donna
Dazie
Sandie
Sita
Gini C

Thanks to everyone for joining and we hope to see you in future challenges and in our ongoing blog hop this week!!!!

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES WELCOMES LORRAINE LOWE....WK#9..TOOL CHALLENGE...LET"S PUNCH IT~

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!! First I want to apologize for this being late. My son decided at the last minute he had a senior paper due TOMORROW and his graduation depended on it, sooooo I couldn't tell him our challenge took precedence over him graduating lol so I hope yall understand!

This week we are pleased to introduce to you Lorraine Lowe. Lorraine is our Guest Designer for this week and we couldn't be happier!! Our challenge theme for this week is "LET'S PUNCH IT!!!" Let's pull out all those punches, dust them off and see what you can come up with!! Punches are coming back, so don't be afraid of them...they're so much fun to play with!!!! So run to the Sew Many Cards store, get ya an image and get to coloring and punching!!
This weeks sponsor is the fabulous Wags N Whiskers!!! Please keep scrolling to read all about Lacey and her awesome images that our DT will be showcasing throughout the week!!
We hope that you'll join us this week!!! Please use the lil blue frog at the bottom of this post to submit your post entry!

Now lets get to know Lorraine and check out this awesome project she made this week!! Make sure you check out Lorraine's blog Coldwaters2 and see the fabulous and amazing work she has posted!!

Hi I am Lorraine and have been crafting for several years I love card making and since my early retirement due to ill health I have been fortunate enough to enter many challenges, meet some lovely people and have made some wonderful friends. I am now a DT member of four challenge sites plus complete tasks for The Lime Light Charity on a regular basis. My inspiration comes from visiting the many tremendous crafter's blogs where there is an abundance of creativity and talent. I also love Nature and animals both of which have played a very important part in my own personal creativity.
I have used a chocolate and orange colour theme for my card the image I decided to use is Hershey crafting, coloured with Copics. The base card I embossed using my new Hougie Board. The trellis effect is made using MS deep edged punch, I have also used MS butterfly punch and a Woodware Daisy punch. I have added some bronze Stickles to various parts and added a flower from my stash. "I was a stay-at-home mom for 7 years so stamping was a great way for some “Mommy time”. But after stamping for over 2 years, my hobby became my obsession…so my obsession became my dream! Now I own an on-line store!
Stamp and Create is a new on-line store carrying many popular brands of stamps, paper, and embellishments including: Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamps, High Hopes Stamps, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps, Whiff of Joy, Stampavie, Penny Black, The Greeting Farm, Basic Grey, 7 Gypsies, Shimmerz, Nestabilities (always 20% off!!), charms and more!!
I am always adding new items to the store…so check it out at www.stampandcreate.com"