Eureka Stamps Weekly Challenge # 50 Anything Goes

Happy Monday!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 

" Happy Birthday Challenge" last week.

We had a fantastic turnout with so many amazing submissions showcasing your wonderful talent! The team and I had an awesome time visiting your blogs to see your creativity in action! Fabulous Job!!!

Our Winner For Challenge #

#13 Sue bearhouse

Congratulations! Please Jackie at eurekastamp.sponsorship@gmail.com with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! 

Please go to the Eureka Stamps store  & Pick out the 2 digital Images of your Choice! 

* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for your Blog!!

Our TOP 5 PICKS for this week are ...

#26 Heather Mills 
#32 Crafty 
#18 Mary D
#11 Roxie 
#33 Jackie Wallace 

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

Our Challenge theme this week is 

"Anything Goes "

Our Guest Designer for July 

Pat K

Thank you so much for having me as your GD this month . My first venture into paper crafting was scrapbooking but I soon moved on to card making.    I love to colour with my Copics, am obsessed with collecting paper and now it looks like dies as well!  Digital stamps are my favourite, mostly for their convenience.  My style is rather eclectic….one day I love CAS and the next I want to dump everything onto a card…depending on the image or the recipient.  I've been blogging for over a year now and am fortunate to be on some wonderful design teams, past and present.  I’m constantly inspired by the talented artists I meet every day.

 Hugs, Pat K.

Pat's beautiful creation

This is Pat's last week with us, please stop by and leave her some love for all the wonderful cards she has shared during the month!!

 

Here is some Inspiration from our Design Team

Cheryl

digi 40204 Baby Animals

 Kristie

Congrats #5507
Lg Cap #18901
Shamrock Border #40502

Zella
digi14202 Baseball Boy & digi25505 Champion

Vicky 
digi 20001 Ice cream bear

Marji

digi27302 If God Takes the Time

Jacki

digi 8205 Bubbles, digi 6202 fish , digi 6203 fish bowl

digi 15103 Splish, Splash sentiment

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

Crafty Hugs from Eureka Stamps

Eureka Stamps Challenge # 49 Happy Birthday

Happy Monday!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 

" Christmas in July Challenge" last week.

We had a fantastic turnout with so many amazing submissions showcasing Christmas Creations! 

Our Winner For Challenge #48

#34 Sammibug

Congratulations! Please Jackie at eurekastamp.sponsorship@gmail.com with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! 

Please go to the Eureka Stamps store  & Pick out the 2 digital Images of your Choice! 

* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for your Blog!!

Our TOP 5 PICKS for this week are ...

#8 Jackie Wallace 
#4 Dawn Frost
#36 Cindy Groh 
#24 MamaBeate 
#17 Lisa Lynn 

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

Our Challenge theme this week is 

Have a Happy Birthday!

Our Guest Designer for July 

Pat K

Thank you so much for having me as your GD this month . My first venture into paper crafting was scrapbooking but I soon moved on to card making.    I love to colour with my Copics, am obsessed with collecting paper and now it looks like dies as well!  Digital stamps are my favourite, mostly for their convenience.  My style is rather eclectic….one day I love CAS and the next I want to dump everything onto a card…depending on the image or the recipient.  I've been blogging for over a year now and am fortunate to be on some wonderful design teams, past and present.  I’m constantly inspired by the talented artists I meet every day.

 Hugs, Pat K.

Pat's fun birthday card features 
digi 24904 Clown on One Hand 
25401 Happy Birthday Vertical 

Inspiration from our Design Team

Cheryl

digi 14301 Celebrating Dog 

Jacki

digi 8502 Ducky Doing Splits

digi 24604 Please forgive me

dig 24407 Bird Day

 Kristie

Sunshine Day #15003

Marji

digi14708 Birthday Fish

Zella
digi 14303 Party Poopers
digi 14302 Litter Bit of Fun 

 

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

Crafty Hugs from Eureka Stamps

Challenge #48 Christmas in July

Welcome to our Weekly Challenge !!

Thank you so much to Everyone who joined us for our challenge last week!! We really loved seeing all of your Fantastic creations!! 

Our Winner For Challenge #47  Hitting the Beach

#8 Imke
 

Congratulations! Please Jackie at eurekastamp.sponsorship@gmail.com with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! 

Please go to the Eureka Stamps store  & Pick out the two digital Images of your Choice! 

* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries For this Week Are

#14 Rachelle
#2 Angel 007
#15 Scrappy
#7 Gale 
#5 Hilde
 

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

Our Challenge theme this week is 

 Christmas in July 

Our Guest Designer for July 
Pat K

Thank you so much for having me as your GD this month . My first venture into paper crafting was scrapbooking but I soon moved on to card making.    I love to colour with my Copics, am obsessed with collecting paper and now it looks like dies as well!  Digital stamps are my favourite, mostly for their convenience.  My style is rather eclectic….one day I love CAS and the next I want to dump everything onto a card…depending on the image or the recipient.  I've been blogging for over a year now and am fortunate to be on some wonderful design teams, past and present.  I’m constantly inspired by the talented artists I meet every day.
 Hugs, Pat K.


Pat's beautiful card features  "Three Kings digi 12401",  "O Come digi 16603"

Be sure to stop over to Pat's blog and leave her some love for her beautiful creation!

Inspiration from our Design Team

We are so happy to introduce a New Designer today!

Please join me in welcoming 

Zella Turley

Hello!  My name is Zella and I'm so honored to be part of the Eureka Design Team!  I'm 45 and live in Ohio with my husband/best friend/love of my life, Russ.  We have 2 sons, 1 daughter, 2 daughter-in-laws, and 4 granddaughters who all live 250 miles away from us.  We share our home with 2 "cats" but don't tell them they are cats cause they truly believe they are people.  Our live is pretty quiet - we enjoy a quiet lifestyle.  I've been crafting of some sort for years - have done cross stitch, needlepoint, some sewing, made candles, and crocheted.  My Aunt was into stamping and encouraged me to give it a try.  So I bought a $20 kit and a new addiction was born.  Within a month I had quite a stash start and now, years later, I must say that it has only continued to grow.  As for my style - I would have to stay it's more simple and basic.  I mail my cards so I try to keep them relatively flat due to postage.  While I love seeing cards with lots of "stuff" on them - when I try that it usually looks like...well, you know that drawer in your kitchen that you don't ever open when anyone is around because of all the stuff?  That's what my card looks like.  :)  So I try to keep things basic and simple...pretty much like my personality. 

Zella shares her first card with us today 

featuring Winter Set digi 35001, May this Season digi 22204

 

 

Vicky 

 Snowy church circle digi 17502

Marji

digi16604 Caroling Angel

digi16701 Scroll Frame
digi17401 Every Day Christmas

Cheryl

 digi 34801 Christmas Kitties

 Kristie

Piled High Christmas  digi 23302

Jacki

Santa and Reindeer digi 6704,

 Merry Christmas  digi 6803 

 

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

Crafty Hugs 

 

 

Challenge #47 Hitting the Beach

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!!

Welcome to Eureka Stamps' 47th Challenge!

Thank you so much to Everyone who joined us for our challenge last week!! We really loved seeing all of your Fantastic creations!! 

Our Winner For Challenge #46  Stars N Stripes 

#4 Nick

 

Congratulations! Please Email  Jackie with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! 

Please go to the Eureka Stamps store  & Pick out the two digital Images of your Choice! 

* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries For this Week Are

#2 Pam D
#47 kReN
#26 Adina
#29 Shirley H
#43 Jo L
 

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

 

Our Challenge theme this week is 

 

Hitting the Beach 

Share your creations with sand, water, waves, sunshine 
anything that reminds you of the beach!

Hope you will come join us !

Please Join us in Welcoming our July Guest Designer
The wonderful and talented 

Pat K

Thank you so much for having me as your GD this month . My first venture into paper crafting was scrapbooking but I soon moved on to card making.    I love to colour with my Copics, am obsessed with collecting paper and now it looks like dies as well!  Digital stamps are my favourite, mostly for their convenience.  My style is rather eclectic….one day I love CAS and the next I want to dump everything onto a card…depending on the image or the recipient.  I've been blogging for over a year now and am fortunate to be on some wonderful design teams, past and present.  I’m constantly inspired by the talented artists I meet every day.
 Hugs, Pat K.



Pat's fabulous card featuring 


23902 Cool Cat with Shades 

Be sure to stop over to Pat's blog and leave her some love for her beautiful creation!

Inspiration from our Design Team

Marji

20102 Beach Boy

20203 Fun in the Sun

Cheryl

 56301 Legend of The Sand Dollar

 Kristie

40101 Baby Feet 

 58101 Bubbles Background 
5601 Beach Frame 

Jacki

20106 Beach Girl 

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

Crafty Hugs 
Eureka Design Team!

Digital Paper Piecing

Deb here with you today. Paper piecing is a great way to add pattern and color detail to your images. Check out all the image lines and polka dots on the dress in the project above - I don't know about you, but I could never do that freehand. This project features a digital image from Eureka Stamps . Off the top, I have to apologize for the slant on the photo - new camera that I'm still getting used to.

This will be my last project for the Eureka/QKR Techniques and Tutorial Team. It's been a year since Maribeth accepted my application to join the team - my first design team ever! - and it's been a great experience. I have learned so much in that time. Special thanks are sent to Maribeth for her amazing support of the design team. My appreciation also goes out to Jackie, DT Leader, for her encouragement and support. Thanks also to Tina (DT Admin go-to-expert) for all her efforts, Ruza (fellow team member and a woman who has it ALL together) for all the technical expertise as I learned the ropes of being a DT member. Special thanks also to Joann Burton aka Sassy Raggedy (my original T&T Team partner) for her amazing inspiration and friendship. Ladies of the QKR and Eureka DT Teams - you rock!

And on to how to actually paper piece with digital images. First, print your image on the card you prefer for coloring, in a size that suits your project. My go-to paper for Copic coloring is X-Press It Blending card.

From there, you have two options.

The first option is to print your image again, in the same size, on a blank piece of inexpensive card. Then tape a piece of patterned paper over the printed image ensuring that the paper, but no tape, covers the part of the image you want in the pattern (i.e. her dress). Run the whole package through the printer again.

The second option is to cut a piece of patterned paper in a size that will fit your printer, and print the image again.

Whichever of the two options you chose, now comes the tricky part - carefully cutting the part you want from the image. I try to cut right on the line, so I can line my piece up with the printed image. But it might be smarter to cut just outside the line and thus cover up the line on the image.

Now color the base image with Copics or whatever medium you prefer. At this point, I cut out my base image because I wanted her to pop off the page with pop dots. However, you could shape the image with any die cut frame.

Now spread glue on the back of your patterned pieces and adhere them to the image.

Get as creative as you wish. Perhaps you could print the image on a second patterned paper and have her sash in a different color? I used a bit of grey to shade the folds of the dress, and some blue where the underside of the fabric shows, and colored her petticoat layers in different shades.



Here's a shot of The Boss re-charging her batteries after a long afternoon of supervising in the craft room.

Come back and visit me on my blog often. I'll still be using my QKR and Eureka images, as well as all the others in my stash, to create as the spirit moves me and I hope you'll join me. For the last time, here's my T& T badge....

Challenge #46 Stars N Stripes

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!!

Welcome to Eureka Stamps' 46th Challenge!

We are really excited that you have Joined us this week!

Thank you so much to Everyone who joined us for our challenge last week!! We really loved seeing the Fantastic creations!! 

Before I move on with announcing the winners and sharing this week's challenge. I want to share that Tina will be taking some time off as she prepares for the arrival of her third little bundle of joy due in October!! Right now she needs to take care of herself , and take this time to enjoy spending some quality time with Lizzie and Jimmy as they prepare for baby 3's arrival 
We will all miss her here on the Eureka team and wish her many blessings when the new little one joins her and her family!!

We are also sad to say good-bye to Louise, Paula and Soma
as their term with us ends, wishing them the best! 

Our Winner For Challenge #45 Summer Time Fun is:

#55 Dawn Lancaster 

Congratulations! Please Email  Jackie with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! 

Please go to the Eureka Stamps store  & Pick out the two digital Images of your Choice! 

* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries For this Week Are

#56 Carol Gill 
#3 Judy Rozema
#38 Joyce 
#29 Cards by MI
#30 Henriette

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

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THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS:

Stars N Stripes 

Hope you will come join us !


Please Join us in Welcoming our July Guest Designer
The wonderful and talented 

Pat K

Thank you so much for having me as your GD this month . My first venture into paper crafting was scrapbooking but I soon moved on to card making.    I love to colour with my Copics, am obsessed with collecting paper and now it looks like dies as well!  Digital stamps are my favourite, mostly for their convenience.  My style is rather eclectic….one day I love CAS and the next I want to dump everything onto a card…depending on the image or the recipient.  I've been blogging for over a year now and am fortunate to be on some wonderful design teams, past and present.  I’m constantly inspired by the talented artists I meet every day.
 Hugs, Pat K.


Pat's fabulous card featuring 
 7701 Cheerleader
 14803 Celebrate

Gorgeous coloring and fab design with your star cut outs!!

Be sure to stop over to Pat's blog and leave her some love for her beautiful creation 

Now,  More Inspiration from our Design Team

Cheryl
9401 Firecracker Balloon

Vicky
33001 - Patriotic Kitty

 Kristie
11603 Lg Patriotic Star

Marji

33001 Patriotic Kitty

15002 Celebrate with a Bang

Jacki

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.