Thursday 29 March 2012

TIME FOR THROW ON THOSE FLOWERS CHALLENGE

Wow, thanks so much for all those wonderful entries into our first challenge!  All the entries were stunning and thanks so much to all of you who used an image from MILKCOFFEE SHOP.  It is always awesome to see everyone's work with our images:)

So hard to choose just one winner, but random.org has chosen for us and our winner this time is:
  #40 Tamie Camp

And we also pick our top three winners too! Each of you will get a free digi stamp by your choice for a prize! So, here they are:
#51 Gemma
#60 Desire Fourie
#2   Cheryl

Please contact us by clicking MilkCoffee link on sidebar under contributors to find our e-mail. And you can grab our winner and top three badges on the right bar of our blog ^^ Congrats!!!

Now it is time to start our NEW CHALLENGE and it is THROW ON THOSE FLOWERS, so do just that - we want to see flowers on your creation, whatever way you wish, just make sure we can see those flowers!!  Remember, our challenge will run 2 weeks, so every other Wednesday night/Thursday morning (8pm EST on April 11 or 8am April 12 in West Indonesia), depending on what area of the globe you live, there will be a NEW Challenge.  You can use any images, stamps, etc. that you like as long as your challenge creation is NEW (no backlinking to previously made work) and follows our theme.  You do not have to use images from  MILKCOFFEE SHOP, but if you do, you will receive extra points for when we pick our winner using random.org (2 points for each creation using image from MILKCOFFEE SHOP, otherwise 1 point per creation).  Please only 3 entries per person.

Our AMAZING Challenge DT Members have created some beauties for your inspiration today using images from our newest collections at MILKCOFFEE SHOP.  If you have a chance, we're certain the girls would love a visit to their individual blogs.

And for the winner,  3 digital images (by your choice) from MILKCOFFEE SHOP - woo hoo!!










 

MARY 

New Creations Only please:)


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Thursday 15 March 2012

OUR FIRST CHALLENGE - ANYTHING GOES!!

Hello everyone in blogland!  Now that you have met our DT, it is time for our VERY FIRST CHALLENGE here at MILKCOFFEE CHALLENGE and we hope you will come play along with us!  Our theme for this challenge is an easy one, ANYTHING GOES!  So, make a creation and come play along!

Our challenges will run 2 weeks, so every other Wednesday night/Thursday morning, depending on what area of the globe you live, there will be a NEW Challenge.  You can use any images, stamps, etc. that you like as long as your challenge creation is NEW (no backlinking to previously made work) and follows our theme.  You do not have to use images from  MILKCOFFEE SHOP, but if you do, you will receive extra points for when we pick our winner using random.org (2 points for each creation using image from MILKCOFFEE SHOP, otherwise 1 point per creation).  Please only 3 entries per person.

Our AMAZING Challenge DT Members have created some beauties for your inspiration today using 4 images from 2 of our newest collections at MILKCOFFEE SHOP.  If you have a chance, we're certain the girls would love a visit to their individual blogs.

And for the winner, since it's our first challenge, we will provide special prize! The winner will receive 3 digital images (by your choice) plus you can ask MilkCoffee to create one custom digital stamp for you! It's a very special prize because right now MilkCoffee are not accepting any custom order. And that digi will be yours only exclusively ^^











New Creations Only please:)


If Linky Tool disappears, please contact Audrey at danmoose@aol.com



Tuesday 13 March 2012

Jennifer, lovely card maker who loves coffee very much

I am 47 years old, married to my college sweetheart, mom to 3 wonderful sons - 2 of whom are in college and the 3rd as I mentioned is a sr. in high school. we live in our little Ohio village in a home that is almost 150 years old, hence my love of all things vintage! we are kept company by 2 labrador retrievers who have no idea they are dogs. I am somewhat ..... ahem.... addicted to coffee, but can name over 100 Starbuck's locations in 3 nearby states off the top of my head. I prefer to think of myself as just a happy little coffee drinker, but some don't share my 'enthusiasm' quite the same way.... poor souls! tee hee! hubby is a pastor and director of a Christian Camp. He was a golf professional for over 25 years before leaving to go into ministry. I love pink, vintage embellies, lace & trims, buttons, more pink, decorative papers such as Basic Grey, a bit more pink please, and pretty Prima flowers.

 Check her blog here

Shirl, a lovely hawaiian card maker

Hello everyone!

I'm Shirl,  born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii. I'm a SAHW (stay at home wife) for the last 2 1/2 years now.. I worked right after I graduated like century's ago (he,he) and I  have two children .  My hubby is my sole  mate and very supportive to my bad habits (crafting).   I was always the crafty one in my family, love to sew, and I've been doing crafting for years until I got down to doing more card making two years ago but never took it seriously to have it on the blog until about a year ago.   If I'm not crafting I love to do yard work and gardening . I also raise love birds and cockatiels and I have a spoiled cat name (Mimi).


Please check her blog  here 

Yoshira, our expert on 3d creation

My name is Yoshira and im a stay at home mom to a four year old boy.My husband is very supportive of my addiction to paper crafts.I have always loved making crafts since a kid.I remembe r when in High School i would stay up late to turn in the best crafty project for that class.Sometimes the teacher even gave me extra credit.My addiction to paper came more rapidly after having my four year old son.I wanted to scrapbook all of his baby pics but the problem is im so bad coming up with LO so i dont do too much of that.I started blogging 3years ago and got into card making and 3d paper crafts.I love baking and love putting those baked goods into my homemade boxes.I love reading crafty blogs and finding new crafty friends.Im always looking for inspiration from the nice crafty community.


Please check her blog  here

Carrie, Bright and colorful cardmaker

I am Carrie and up until 3weeks ago I managed a team of debt collectors (boo lol!!!) I am now a stay at home mum to an adopted angel called annabell!! I too live in the uk but in Birmingham!! I have been crafting for 5ish years but blogging for about 3. I have two doggies (Bertie n tilda)  .

Please check her blog here

Lyndsey, the ribbon and flower within

My name is Lyndsey, I am 33 years old and live in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK with my ever patient husband Richard and our 2 gorgeous kids Oliver & Abigail & our little pet rabbit Lilly. I am a SAHM as my daughter has Cystic Fibrosis so I am her carer. She was diagnosed at 2 days old after having a blockage in her bowels and had to undergo a life saving operation. Our days are filled with routines of Medication & Physio and we have regular trips to hospital with her.  For a while I used to own a little craft & wool shop but had to close it down in Sept 2011 after just 2 years due to numerous reasons. I have sort of been card making for about 9 years in total, but really took it up 6 years ago after giving up my original job to look after Abigail, it gave me something to concentrate and focus on during bad times. I now currently teach Card Making & Papercrafting lessons at home 4 times a week to 28 ladies in total, which is something I really enjoy and gives me so much pleasure passing on knowledge to others. I love to use cute characters on my cards and no card is complete without a bit of ribbon and a few flowers lol!!!!

 Please check her blog here

Ria, our cheerful lady

Hi, My name is Ria (born in the summer of 69 and my favourite colour is purple) I live in a small town in the Netherlands with my hubby and our puppy. I always have been a crafty girl ever since I could hold a pencil. I re-found making cards in 2007 and that was the moment I stopped making jewelry and beads with polymer clay and started my returning addiction to making cards again. I used to sculpt Polymer clay figurines like dragons and fairies so when I see a fantasy stamp I am sold hahaha. I am a cardmaking maniac and since a few months I love creating 3d creations with my Cameo.


Please check her blog here

Mary Johnson, our beautiful whimsical card maker

I am Mary Johnson and by trade I am a senior project manager for a global management consultancy company. I am very organised which is why I can work on a lot of design teams!

Please check her blog here

I live in a country village in East Sussex in the UK with my husband Steve (together for 15 years) and our two Yellow Labradors, Poppy and Lulu. We love cats too but Steve is allergic to them :(

I can't draw but I can make cards! I've been making them for nearly 4 years now. I love the crafting community - they are so kind and supportive and I've made tons of virtual friends!!

Meet Audrey, our lovely DT Coordinator

 I am Audrey (aka Hippieaud, which is my name from Splitcoast stampers community).  I am a stay at home by profession, and a lawyer by education, but I hated practicing law, so when I began having kids, I decided to stay home with them and fortunate enough that my husband lets me:)  I have 4 children, they are 7, 9, 11 on Feb. 17 and 12.  Oldest and youngest are girls and middle 2 are boys.  My oldest daughter has Autism, which provides daily adventure here, but I am very thankful she is very high functioning - has no speech delays and can take regular schedule of classes in middle school.  I am an animal lover as well, also allergic to cats, I have 2 dogs - a shar-pei and a Belgian shepherd mix.  Here is a picture of them and my kids (our Christmas card from last year).

Please check her blog here

I have been crafting in some form or another for as long as I can remember - scrapbooking, making my own jewelry, working with batik clothing...  I fell in love with making cards about 8 years ago and have been using almost exclusively digital elements for a little over 3 years.  I love the freedom of digi images - ability to re-size, etc. and I love that the lines are always perfect.