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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

We've moved to a new neighborhood!

Our new blog address is 613 Avenue Create

(http://avenue613.blogspot.com/)

Please come join us there for weekly challenges, prizes, tutorials, blog hops and a lot of fun!

Kathi

Co-Owner and DT Coordinator

Here is what the DT at 613 Avenue Create
have created to inspire you this ANYTHING GOES!

Welcome, Everyone, to our new home! We are just so excited to kick off our new challenge in our new home. Kathi, the Designers and I look forward to having you join us here on the Block and we hope that you, too, will become residents at 613 Avenue "C"reate! Hugz, Chana

Our Sponsor This Week is Bugaboo Stamps!

The challenge winner will receive 7 Digital Stamps of their choice!

We would like to thank Desire Fourie for agreeing to join us as our inaugural Guest Designer. I am sure that many of you have seen her work and already know about her amazing talent.

Desíre Fourie , Founder 

I have been born and bred in the friendly city of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape (South Africa) and currently reside in Johannesburg.

I am a keen Photographer. Avid Gardener. Energetic Hiker. Ad hoc Race Walker/Jogger. Addicted to Spinning. Scrapaholic. Committed Scrapbook & Card Teacher. Founder/Manager Doing Life Online Shoppe www.doinglife.co.za . Bedazzled Beader. Card creator. Mosaic Enthusiast. PA/Secretary/Bookkeeper. Chocoholic.

I started my personal blog http://www.desiref.blogspot.com way back in January 2006. DOING LIFE mainly showcases my passions for photography, CARDmaking, scrapbooking and various other crafts as well as reporting about (scrap) happenings in my day-to-day life. I have met amazing like minded friends in cyber space, some of whom have become real life friends as well. I have been teaching scrapbooking and cardmaking on an ongoing basis since 2002. In the words of Richard Jeffries: "The hours when the mind is absorbed by beauty are the only hours we live."

Here's The Design Team's Inspiration for this week

Chana

Tea Time - Tea Cup
Sentiment by Gina K Designs

Edie

Stella - Retirement

Berni

Jo Ann

Grumpy Gertrude GPS

Lesia

Bugaboo Angels - No Sunshine (teabag card)

Susan

Ruby - Chocolate

Carol

JJ Sewing

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Your project must be a new creation..no backlinking.

2. The winning designer will be invited to be our Guest Designer for a future challenge.

3. We will choose 1 one winner plus the next top three designs.

4. We will not use a random generator to choose our winner or top three.

CLICK HERE FOR CHALLENGE

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Challenge #36 CAS optional New Year's Theme

Welcome back everyone for our last CAS challenge of the year! You have the option of making a project with a New Year's Theme. And this week we are sponsored again by the wonderful Bugaboo Digi Stamps. The winner will receive 7 digi's from Bugaboo!

Last week we did not have any entries for the Sketch Challenge #35. We know what a hectic time of year it is for everyone! Hopefully, some will be able to whip up a CAS for this week!

First some inspiration using Bugaboo images:

VICKY

JEN

KATHI

Now inspiration using Robert's images:

BERNI

JEN

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Challenge #27 CAS - To Dies For - Use 2 Dies

Morning Peeps, This week is Clean and Simple challenge #27. For many designers, it is the most difficult style because you cannot simply pile it on. A well thought out CAS design takes into consideration: Space, Focal point and Production. Look forward to seeing your creations. Remember use two dies in your project!

This week we are sponsored by QKR Stampede and Digi Darla.

Now onto last weeks winners! As usual we had some fabulous entries! If you are a winner of Robert Jackson images please visit his store HERE, choose your images and email your choices to Chana at cmalkah@yahoo.com Winners of Sponsor images should also e-mail Chana.

Winner(s) of 7 Bugaboo Images:
Denise - Entry #9
Jovan - Entry #7

(The winner of the Bugaboo Stamps for Challenge #25 declined her prize and requested that they be given away. This allows us to have two Top winners.)

Top Three Winners 1 RJ image each
Crafty Girl - Entry #8
Cynthia - Entry #4
Carla - Entry #6

Since we do not have a feature project this week,
we are awarding and additional Robert Jackson Image to
Colien - Entry #3

We have a Fabulous Guest Designer This Week
Frea

This is not a CAS card, but I have used two different dies on it,

the Magnolia Heart Swirl and the open leaf die by Marianne Dies.

I used both images Robert gave me and colored them on aquarel paper with Distress Inks.

I made my own background using: Distress Inks, Glimmer Mist,
Acrylic paints and several stamps and stencils.

The sentiment was stamped and embossed with embossing powder.

The flower was self made with fabric, Tim Holtz Tissue Tape, Glimmer Mist, pearl string and a bead in the middle. I distressed the flower with Distress Ink Peeled Paint!

(click on the images to see details)

Image #1
Miss Lady by Robert Jackson

Image #2
The Gent by Robert Jackson

Now let's see what the other Expressions have created with the Sponsors images!

QKR Scarecrow by Carol

QKR image & Thinking of You sentiment by Kathi

Another QKR by Emonie

QKR tag by FranCine

QKR by Jen

Now let's see what the Expressions have created with Robert's images!

Kathi

New Release - Lil Mummy

Vicky

New Release - Pumpkin Patch

Berni

New Release - Pumpkin Patch

Go Night Night II by Jen

The Bride and Groom by Kim

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Challenge #22 - Clean And Simple - Anything Goes

Kathi - DT Member

Hi everyone it's time for this weeks Clean and Simple - Anything Goes Challenge! We had some very unique projects last week! The team really enjoys looking at all of the entries every week. Please see our Challenge Rules to the right on the sidebar.

WHAT IS CAS??????

CAS: Clean and Simple – is a design style that uses minimal design elements to create visually interesting and stunning designs. CAS requires thought and a clear cut design point of view. For many designers, it is the most difficult style because you cannot simply pile it on. A well thought out CAS design takes into consideration: Space, Focal point and Production.

SPACE: Just what the name suggests…Open, Clean, Space; the most important element of CAS design. Untouched Space will drive the eye to your Focal Point. Space has to be planned and thought out just like all other design elements. In a cohesive design, open space helps creates a focal point.

FOCAL POINT: What is the POINT of your project? What design Point of View are you trying to achieve? Keep these in mind when working with your image, sentiment, and or grouping. If the sentiment is the focal, then it should be the STAR of the design. Embellishments grouped around your sentiment, should not become a distraction. Your Focal should become MORE and everything else should become LESS.

MASS PRODUCTION: How easily can you create multiple copies of the same card? How easily can you swap out embellishment, etc. to add uniqueness? If you had a clear plan for Space and Focal, then Production will be easy. That wonderful “retro Santa” with flocking, glitter, multiple layers and die cuts may have looked fabulous on your blog, but the “glitter” will definitely rub off the rock by the time you try to make twenty or thirty. CAS cards are easy to reproduce.

We hope you will have fun with this challenge and we look forward to seeing your projects. CAS has become my favorite design style, but it remains the BANE of my Creative Existence!

Hugz,
Chana M. Harris
Founder

This week we are sponsored again by Bugaboo Stamps!

Challenge #21 winners: 3 RJ images each

(chosen by the DT)

Top Three

#1 beebeebabs

#9 Olivia

#24 Flying Fresian

Sidebar Feature Image:

(chosen by the DT)

#7 Alice of The Purple Loft Creations

Winner of My Heart Pieces images:

(chosen by random.org)

#2 Jennifer Scull

Winner of 7 Bugaboo images:
(chosen by random.org)
#10 Trudie Howard

Please Welcome Our Newest DT Member

PIIA

Piia used the NEW RELEASE Back to School II

I'm a 34 year old mom and wife from Northern Finland, Europe. I live about 100 miles North of Arctic Circle in a small town called Kittilä (population apx 6000). Kittilä is very active little town and we are famous for our gold mine (biggest in Europe), ski resort Levi (kind of combination of Aspen and Las Vegas) and home of many famous artists, actors and other creative people. So it was very natural for me to do handmade things since I was a little girl.

I have been papercrafting since mid 90's but cardmaking became my main hobby about 7-8 years ago. I've been blogging since 2007, first in finnish blog server and later on I switched to blogger. Papercrafting has become a true passion for me as there are still new things to learn after all this time so you never get bored doing this!

I'm currently also part of Designer Team at P*skis which is a Finnish cardmaking challenge and just finished my DT term at Fiskars Finland. (BTW did you know that Fiskars is a Finnish company and we are very proud of it here?) I'm also a president of Finnish Cardmakers alliance called "Koukussa Kortteihin ry" and working also as a member of the creative staff of Finnish craft magazine "Taika". Now I'm very excited to a part of my very first foreign design team and hopefully I can make Jackson Digital Expressions more known in Finland and Europe! Thanks for making me part of your amazing group - loving it already!