Mema's Crafts: 06/2010

The sun is rising earlier now that Summer is here, causing the earth to sparkle under the rays. This is the month that I celebrate "Old Glory" and am proud to be a retired Army veteran so this month's challenge twist is to show our patriotism. Create a card that represents YOUR country's colors or simply go with the colors Red, White and Blue.

JULY'S CHALLENGE - ANYTHING GOES WITH
AN OPTIONAL TWIST
TO USE YOUR COUNTRY'S COLORS
OR USE THE COLORS RED, WHITE and BLUE

Our sponsor this month is "Bugaboo Stamps" who is offering one of our winners 5 images of their choice. Check out their stamps and you will see why I absolutely love these adorable images.

We will also offer a Gift Certificate from Oozak, courtesy of Mema's Girls. Oozak offers you a variety of crafting products to include stamps, paper, tools and reasonably priced ink pads and markers such as Copic Sketch and Ciao. You can also find tools and accessories to meet all your crafting needs.

Well folks, let's get started creating and having fun. Our standard rules which can be found under the Rules Tab above will apply. As usual our challenges run for an entire month. Winners this month will be selected on on July 15th and again on the 30th. This will allow us crafters to enjoy our vacations and still have time to enter for a chance to win. Bonus winners, if any will be announced when the challenge closes.

Here are a few cards my girls and I created to share with you.

Ari

(Shadow Box Card)

Bugaboo Image - Edward USA

Top View

Inside Look

Lesia

(Mema)

Bugaboo Stamp - Liberty Brat

Gabbi

(coached by Mema)

Bugaboo Image - Ruby Calendar Month July USA

Joyce

Bugaboo Image - Brat Liberty

Inside Peek

Welcome to June's Challenge where the theme this month is "Anything Goes" with an optional twist. There's a lot to celebrate this month so let's get started.

Your optional twist is to create a project celebrating

"Father's Day", "Graduation" or "Summer/Vacation".

The rules for this challenge are the same, but check by clicking on the rules tab located above. We will have two winners and they will be selected on Monday, the 10th and Monday, the 24th. Any bonus winner will be selected and announced once the challenge itself ends.

Additional rules can be found under the rules tab above. Remember to check the Winners tab for all challenges, giveaways and bonuses and please follow the rules. We've had two winners that had to forfeit because the rules were not followed.

We have a new sponsor this month, so please help me welcome "The Paper Nest" to Mema's Crafts. They have offered to grace our winner with a $25 gift certificate that can be used to purchase anything in their store. What a generous and fabulous prize.

Here's A Little About "The Paper Nest"

The Paper Nest Dolls is a line of digital and rubber stamps designed by owner and illustrator, Christine Young. All stamps are inspired by her children and are truly a labor of love. Our rubber stamps are made from the highest quality, red photopolymer on the market and come deeply etched and cling mounted. They are pre-cut as well, so all you have to do is ink, and stamp! Visit their shop to discover the Paper Nest Dolls, which are adorable and perfect for any event. The Paper Nest Dolls are a collection of original artwork, all done by hand and then converted into a digital stamp. Each one is unique and special. The Paper Nest has something for everyone.

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Kenny's Design Team and Blog

KennyK Digi Store

Our second sponsor is a long time friend with Mema's Crafts, that has sponsored our challenges in the past. In fact KennyK was one of our very first sponsors and they continue to sponsor us. Digi and rubber stamps from KennyK are a fun and edgy way to add the perfect dose of attitude and style to all your creations! I think of them as images "with attitude".

Be sure to check out KennyK Downloads to see the new stamps they just released to celebrate Father's Day. Kenny's images have a range of styles to meet your taste so don't wait to see them, just click here and go now.

Many thanks to Kenny and Elena for once again offering our challenge winner a shopping choice of their unique digi images.

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I can't wait to see your creations, but until then

allow me to share what my girls have created.

Joyce

The Paper Nest - Strawberry Girl