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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

IIC #110 - Use something not usually used for cardmaking!

Oh have we got a tricky challenge for you this week!!  But before I tell you about that, it's time to find out who won last week's challenge.

The winner of the £10 voucher from crafty ribbons is

#18 - Rina M

number drawn by Random.org

and the top 3 chosen this week by Kerry

Lynda



Rina M (it's your lucky day!!)


Vicky p-r



Thank you Crafty Ribbons for sponsoring this challenge!

Congratulations all of you, please email Vicky (by 5th June) to find out how to claim your prizes, and don't forget to grab your winners/top3 badge for your blog!!

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Now onto this weeks challenge, where the first prize will be a $10 gift certificate for Inky Impressions. I think this is a really fun one, it will certainly test your creativity.

Use something not usually used for cardmaking

We only want to see card in this challenge, but we want you to use something you wouldn't usually use.  We won't accept ribbon, lace, buttons or other usual embellishments, you need to be far more creative than that!!!  Please point out what you have used, even if you think it is obvious!!!  Our DT have given you some great inspiration.....

Carrie, who has used nail varnish 

Carrie

Kerry, who has used gauze


Tanya, who has used sweets/candy



Katie, who has used gauze


And this is sadly our last card from Helen, our guest designer for May
Helen has used a page from a map


We can't wait to see all of your beautiful creations. It is not required to use an Inky image, however we would love it if you did. As a thank you, you will receive two entries into the prize drawings. To play along just follow the current theme, add the link to you creation below, and link back to us in your post. If you upload your creation to an on-line gallery please use keyword IIC110. You may combine your challenge with as many other challenges as you would like and you may enter as many times as you like as long as you follow the current theme. If you do not link back to us your entry will be deleted.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

New Release

Hello crafty friends, who noticed we missed the mid month new release????  Well there was a very good reason for us being late...we have 4 images to release this month.  Whoop-whoop!! Four brand new Inky images, well worth waiting 10 days for!!!  Two are in rubber, and two are digi, so I guess we please everybody!!

They are all so cute, I just know you are going to love them all!!!  Firstly here are the rubber images

Nickie in the Rain

#3- Nickie in Rain Rubber Stamp--- NEW RELEASE

Christopher riding Bike

#2- Christopher Riding Bike Rubber Stamp--- NEW RELEASE

and here is what the DT created with them

Karen



Audrey



Kerry



Danni

Danni
Katie



Kerry



Bettina





And now the two cute digis, especially created with Father's day in mind

Golfing PaPaw

#11- Golfing PaPaw--- NEW RELEASE- DIGITAL STAMP

Golfing Brandon

#10- Golfing Brandon--- NEW RELEASE- DIGITAL STAMP

Here is some inspiration from the DT

Tanya



Vicky




And of course, we couldn't show a new release without offering a prize!!!  We are offering 2 lucky winners both of the new digi images.  To enter please leave us a comment on this post, a winner will be chosen Saturday 1st June, 6am EST.  Good Luck!!!



Wednesday, May 22, 2013

IIC #109 - Distress It

Hello our faithful Inky friends, thanks for a great turnout last week and from those fabulous entrants, the randomly selected winner is

Sarah

And the top 3 chosen by Tanya are

Gunn-Eirill


Trisha Stanley


Veronica




Well done, please email Vicky at inky.impressions@hotmail.com to claim your prizes, by 29th May.  And don't forget to take your badge (tab at top of page) to wear on your blog with pride.

This week our very own Nicole is giving away a $10 certificate for Inky Impressions for one lucky winner, and there is as always a free digi for the each of the top 3!

The theme this week is

Distress It

This is an effect I love so I am really looking forward to seeing what you create this week, but if need a little inspiration, here are the DTs projects


Katie










And our Guest DT
Helen


Amazing creations, I am sure you will agree!!  Do hop over and tell each member what you think of their card, they really appreciate it.

We can't wait to see all of your beautiful creations. It is not required to use an Inky image, however we would love it if you did. As a thank you, you will receive two entries into the prize drawings. To play along just follow the current theme, add the link to you creation below, and link back to us in your post. If you upload your creation to an on-line gallery please use keyword IIC109. You may combine your challenge with as many other challenges as you would like and you may enter as many times as you like as long as you follow the current theme. If you do not link back to us your entry will be deleted

Love and Hugs Vicky and the Inkettes



Wednesday, May 15, 2013

ICC 108 - Anything Goes with a twist (School)

Hello there crafters!!  What a fantastic turn out for last week, so much talent!!!  Fortunately random.org gets the final vote of the winner who is...


And our DT member Karen chose our top3 this week...



Congratulations!!!  Please email Vicky at inky.impressions@hotmail.com to claim your prizes !!  And don't forget to claim your winners badges - tab at top of page - to wear on your blog with pride.

This week the prize is a £10 gift voucher at Crafty Ribbons



and each of our top 3 will win a free Inky Impressions digi!!

So what is the theme for this week???

Anything Goes (with a School twist)

Anything goes, but if you add a school theme, you will get entered into the draw twice!  As will you if you use an Inky Impressions image or sentiment!!

Let's see what our fabulously talented team has come up with...


Tanya J











Amazing creations, I am sure you will agree!!  Do hop over and tell each member what you think of their card, they really appreciate it.

We can't wait to see all of your beautiful creations. It is not required to use an Inky image, however we would love it if you did. As a thank you, you will receive two entries into the prize drawings. To play along just follow the current theme, add the link to you creation below, and link back to us in your post. If you upload your creation to an on-line gallery please use keyword IIC108. You may combine your challenge with as many other challenges as you would like and you may enter as many times as you like as long as you follow the current theme. If you do not link back to us your entry will be deleted

Love and Hugs Vicky and the Inkettes


Wednesday, May 8, 2013

IIC #108 Mother's Day/For a Lady

Good morning Inky friends!!  I hope you have all been enjoying the sunshine as we have had it here in England!!  If not...well what better excuse to get some crafting done!!  We had some amazing entries in our Spots and Stripes challenge last week, it is so difficult to choose.  Luckily random.org chooses the winner, and this week it is


but the hard work of choosing the top 3 fell on me (Vicky) and I have chosen


Congratulations, please grab your badges (tab at top of page) and email Vicky to claim your prizes!!

Our challenge for this week is 

Mother's Day/For a Lady

All over the world we celebrate Mother's day on different dates, the UK one is gone - but I don't mind if my kids want to celebrate the US one as well :)  And unfortunately some of us no longer have our Mother's with us, so we have added For a Lady to make it fair!!

This week Inky's Momma, Nicole is offering another $10 gift certificate to our online store for one lucky winner!!  And each of the Top 3 will win a free digi stamp.

So here are the fabulous creations from our talented design team




Danni











We can't wait to see all of your beautiful creations. It is not required to use an Inky image, however we would love it if you did. As a thank you, you will receive two entries into the prize drawings. To play along just follow the current theme, add the link to you creation below, and link back to us in your post. If you upload your creation to an on-line gallery please use keyword IIC106. You may combine your challenge with as many other challenges as you would like and you may enter as many times as you like as long as you follow the current theme. If you do not link back to us your entry will be deleted

Love and Hugs Vicky and the Inkettes

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

IIC #107 - Spots and/or Stipes

Hello all you lovely Inky friends!!  Thank you so much for playing along in last weeks challenge, the standard of entries was, as usual, amazing!!  It is so hard to pick top 3!

The winner (by random.org) is...


And this weeks top 3, chosen by DT member Kerry, are...

Vanessa

Denimo

Mirella


Congratulations, please email me (Vicky) to claim your prize.  You can find your badge on the winners page - tab at the top of the page - please wear it with pride on your blog.

Now before we get onto this weeks challenge, I have to tell you that it is the end of term for our Inky DT and we are very sorry to be losing Babette, Lyndsey, Lydia, Fabi and Olivia.  We wish you all well in whatever you do next!!!  Staying on the team are Carrie, Tanya, Bettina, Karen, Audrey and Ria.  Kerry is staying and has been promoted to Tutorial DT Coordinator (and she will be handling sponsorship) and I (Vicky) will be staying on as DT Leader.

We are very happy to announce that we have 3 new members of the team, and they are

Danni

 who loved being our GDT for April so much she decided to stay!!!

Michele

&

 Katie

A huge welcome girls, we hope you love it here and can't wait to see your creations!!

So here it is - this weeks challenge!!!

Spots and/or Stripes

Another nice easy one for you, exactly what it says on the label, spots and/or stripes on your project.  The prize is a $10 girt certificate to spend in Inky's online store, and each of the top 3 win a free digi of their choice!  Here are the Inkettes creations...


Danni










And our GDT for May


We can't wait to see all of your beautiful creations. It is not required to use an Inky image, however we would love it if you did. As a thank you, you will receive two entries into the prize drawings. To play along just follow the current theme, add the link to you creation below, and link back to us in your post. If you upload your creation to an on-line gallery please use keyword IIC106. You may combine your challenge with as many other challenges as you would like and you may enter as many times as you like as long as you follow the current theme. If you do not link back to us your entry will be deleted.

hugs Vicky and the Inkettes