Down on the Farm at Craft a Scene

Good Morning everyone!  Our theme this month is "Down on the Farm"!  There are all kinds of farms so the scope is wide on this one.  

In the West, many of our farms are ranch style with horses and cattle or milking cows (I know we also have lots of crops too). In the South, the farm might be more plantation like.  Many farms everywhere are crops based. Please consider creating a farm scene according to your regional area or with whatever stamps you have on hand.

You will see by the design teams amazing inspiration that there are many different types of farms.

Brenda - Floral Fantasies

Anna-Karin - Layers of Ink

Dora - Dora's Craft Corner

Maggie - Silver Crafter

Pia - Pippins Stampscapes

Rachel - Fisher's Cards and Crafts

Sue - Sue's Crafty Corner

Now it is your turn to show us what farms in your area look like.  Please make sure your creations are finished projects like cards and tags.  You may enter up to 3 times and as many challenges as you wish.  If you do not have a blog or account on Split Coast Stampers, then just email me a picture of the piece and I will add it to one of our posts.  

If you are not sure what constitutes a scenic project, check out the information here.

Don't forget to add GDT to your link if you wish to be considered for a guest spot. 

Have fun creating!
NancyD

Winners for Tropical Shores Challenge

Hello everyone!  I am here with a post to proclaim our winners from the Tropical Shores challenge.

Before I get to the winner of this weeks stamp and the amazing top 3, I just want to thank Rachel for being our Guest Designer this month and now she has joined the regular design team.

So here goes, I used Random.org to find our winner out of 18 entries who is none other than #13 - Deanna - Up The Creative Creek.   Reach out to me Deanna with your address and I will mail out your stamp (my email address is in the upper right corner of this blog).

I reviewed all 18 fabulous Tropical Shores entries and decided on these three really great Tropical Shores scenes:


#12 - Stempelientje

#16 - Theresa's Studio

#17 - Stamping in the Light

I will be back in a few minutes with our new theme and inspiration from the design team.

Happy Stamping!

NancyD

Welcome To Our New Design Team Members

Let's all give a warm welcome to the new additions to our wonderful design team.  Please leave them a little love on their blogs and we will all look forward to their great projects over the coming weeks.


Pia - Pippin's Stampscapes

My name is Pia, but I call myself Pippin in most places concerning crafts. I live in beautiful Lapland in the northern parts of Sweden with my husband Michael and our cutie dog Cindy.

I have been making cards since 2006 and I love it. I have always been crafting in some ways. I have made my own clothes since I was about 12 years old. I also make jewelry and I paint, mostly water colours. Scenic stamping is my absolute favourite, and I first discovered Beeswax Rubber Stamps in 2007. Then Stampscapes came into my world, and I just love them. I often incorporate different stamp brands into my scenes, often stamps that are not intended for scenic stamping. I see it as a challenge for myself to use as many different stamps as possible, also digital stamps. Sometimes I even draw my own pictures if I don't have a suitable stamp for my scene.  

I am very happy to be a part of this fantastic design team.

Rachel - Fisher's Cards and Crafts

Hello, my name is Rachel Fisher. I'm a 44 year old mum of two young girls - Lucy who is 6 and Penny who will be 5 when this hits the blogs! I'm very happily married to Shaun who is a physics Professor and we live in the Lune Valley in Lancashire. 

I run - this year I'm running the great North run for Asthma UK. I do aerobics classes. I run a pack of Rainbows and chair the PTA at the girls' school. I also go into the school one morning a week to hear the children read and also run a gardening club at school. 

When I have time I love to craft - stamping is my passion - recently I've been doing the Chemistry 101 course by Tim Holtz and I'm loving every minute of it!

Sue - Sue's Crafty Corner

Hi name is Sue, I'm 52 and I live in the North of Hampshire in the UK, along with my Husband Steve of 33 years. I have two grown up Children Vicky 29 and Martin 26, Vicky lives with her partner and Martin still lives at home.


I've been crafting most of my life, starting with knitting and sewing, something that both my Mother and Grandmother taught me to do. As I've got older I've tried lots of different crafts, some for a short time and some that have lasted longer. 

I've been card making for about 10 years now, I started with CD's and very quickly
found myself buying stamps and ink pads. This is now my passion, although I do enjoy a good book, and like to travel when funds allow.


Welcome to our team ladies!

NancyD

Tropical Shores - Final Week

This is our final week of the  DT Call and our Tropical Shores theme.  If you wish to jump to Mr. Linky - click here.

I have three very nice inspirational cards to show you from our current design team.

Dora - Dora's Craft Corner

Dora drew most of this scene by hand.

Brenda - Floral Fantasies

Maggie - Silver Crafter

Maggie also drew these lovely palms.

OK, let's see your wonderful work - you still have time!

We only want to see finished stamped or digi scenes (no ATC's or unmounted work).  If you are not sure what constitutes a scenic project, check out the information here.


You may enter up to 3 times and as many challenges as you wish.  If you do not have a blog or account on Split Coast Stampers, then just email me a picture of the piece and I will add it to one of our posts.  

Don't forget to add GDT to your link if you wish to be considered for a guest spot.

Have fun creating!

NancyD

Craft a Scene Design Team Call

This is a sticky and will stay up until the end of the DT Call.  If you wish to jump to Mr. Linky - click here.

Craft a Scene is having a design team call to replace a couple of members who need to step down.

Our design team members enjoy making scenes with a variety of stamps or digis and have their own blog.  Each design team member makes two scenic projects per month based on a theme and comments on a selection of entries.  It is that simple!

You don't have to have a lot of experience making scenes or with blogging.  We are looking for all levels of the craft.

We also have a DT only blog where we chat back and forth and post our projects, by the due date.

If you are interested in being a part of this creative team please email me at Craftascene at shaw dot ca with your blog name and the team will have a look. Please apply before March 30th.  The new design team will be announced with the following Sunday's challenge.

We are looking forward to seeing your work and can't wait to have you join our team!

NancyD

Tropical Shores - Week 3

We are having another tropical shores week here at Craft a Scene and our friend Rachel has joined us again this week as guest designer with another lovely creation.  

Our design team has a few new creations for your inspiration as well.

Sally - Crafty Salutations

Anna-Karin - Layers of Ink

Truly amazing artwork!  

Now it is your turn to show us your Tropical Shores creations.  You may enter up to 3 times and as many challenges as you wish.  If you do not have a blog or account on Split Coast Stampers, then just email me a picture of the piece and I will add it to one of our posts.  

We only want to see finished stamped or digi scenes (no ATC's or unmounted work).  If you are not sure what constitutes a scenic project, check out the information here.

Don't forget to add GDT to your link if you wish to be considered for a guest spot just like Rachel.

Have fun creating!
NancyD

Tropical Shores and Special Guest - Week 2

This is our second week of the Tropical Shores challenge and this week we have a special guest sharing her talent with us.

Hello, my name is Rachel Fisher. I'm a 44 year old mum of two young girls - Lucy who is 6 and Penny who will be 5 when this hits the blogs! I'm very happily married to Shaun who is a physics Professor and we live in the Lune Valley in Lancashire. I run - this year I'm running the great North run for Asthma UK. I do aerobics classes. I run a pack of Rainbows and chair the PTA at the girls' school. I also go into the school one morning a week to hear the children read and also run a gardening club at school. When I have time I love to craft - stamping is my passion - recently I've been doing the Chemistry 101 course by Tim Holtz and I'm loving every minute of it!

Lovely work Rachel!  And now I have a few email entries to share with you from Barb G.

This is a photoscape!

And now for the design team members for this week.....

Nancy - Crafting Passions

Maggie - Silver Crafter

Now it is your turn to shine your light on us all with your wonderful "Tropical" creations.  You may enter up to 3 times and as many challenges as you wish.  If you do not have a blog or account on Split Coast Stampers, then just email me a picture of the piece and I will add it to one of our posts.  

We only want to see finished stamped or digi scenes (no ATC's or unmounted work).  If you are not sure what constitutes a scenic project, check out the information here.

Don't forget to add GDT to your link if you wish to be considered for a guest spot just like Rachel.

Have fun creating!
NancyD

Craft a Scene March Theme - Tropical Shores

Hello everyone, it is Sunday again and time to reveal our theme for March - Tropical Shores.  

For Tropical Shores we want to see things like palm trees, beaches and a bit of water.  There are lots of other fun things you can add too, like you will see below from our wonderful design team.

Brenda - Floral Fantasies

Anna-Karin - Layers of Ink

Dora - Dora's Craft Corner

Nancy - Crafting Passions

Maggie - Silver Crafter

Sally - Crafty Salutations

Now it is your turn to dream about being lazy on the beach somewhere tropical.  Please make sure your creations are finished projects like cards and tags.  You may enter up to 3 times and as many challenges as you wish.  If you do not have a blog or account on Split Coast Stampers, then just email me a picture of the piece and I will add it to one of our posts.  

If you are not sure what constitutes a scenic project, check out the information here.

Don't forget to add GDT to your link if you wish to be considered for a guest spot. Speaking of GDT, we will have a special guest next week!

Have fun creating!
NancyD

Winners - Let Your Light Shine Challenge

Hello everyone!  I am here with a post to proclaim our winners from the Let Your Light Shine challenge.

Before I get to the winner of the Art Impression lighthouse stamp and the amazing top 3, I just want to thank Mrs. A for being our Guest Designer this month.

So here goes, I used Random.org to find our winner out of 25 entries (21 on Mr. Linky and 4 email) who is non other than #8 Stephanie - A West Country Crafter.  Reach out to me Stephanie with your address and I will mail out your Art Impressions Lighthouse stamp (my email address is in the upper right corner of this blog).

I reviewed all 25 fabulous Lighthouse entries multiple times to try and narrow down my first picks.  They were all wonderful and I ended up choosing these entries for the top 3.

The top three, in numerical order:

#2 - Carla - Knutselateljeeke

#15 - Lada - My Cards

#19 - Claire - Crafty Creations

Thank you to all our entrants for their great Lighthouse scenes.  I saw that some of them from the DT and the challengers were hand drawn.  Pretty exciting and special! 

I'll be back in a few minutes with our new theme form March.

Have a great morning.

NancyD

Let Your Light Shine - email entry

Hi Everyone!

I received this lovely email entry from Dawn (daughter of Margaret from Yorkshire).  I should have posted this yesterday before the challenge ended, but there was just too much to do.

She wrote:
A late entry for the February Craft A Scene challenge - who knew there were so many lighthouse stamps available!   Mum (that's Margaret from Yorkshire to you) and I have two - she's already submitted a scene using the Lindsay Mason Cliff Top Scene stamps, so I thought I'd use the other lighthouse that we have in our shared collection.  This is a small individual clear stamp, which we picked up at the Happy Stampers North West show in Port Sunlight a couple of years ago - I'm afraid I can't recall the specific retailer/producer.  The yachts are a HobbyArt stamp called "yacht race"; the seagulls, sentiment, rowing boat and lifebuoy are from the Butterfly Kisses "Far Away" set, and the pebbles on the sand are an Art Impressions stamp ("teeny tiny flowers"?)

I water-coloured the images, then framed the scene with some braided ribbon - a new technique for me, but one is very clearly explained by Christina of Card-Making-Magic http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kR63I-vyls0

Once again, I've enjoyed gaining inspiration from the challenge and all the scenes which have been submitted by the design team and other challenge-participants - it's good to have a theme to work to, and a deadline!

Looking forward to the next challenge.

That's all for today.  In the morning we will have the winners from the February Let Your Light Shine challenge and the theme for March.

Have a great day!

NancyD