A New Challenge with the new DT

Happy Thursday everyone!  Firstly thank you to everyone who participated in last week's monochromatic challenge.  Such beautiful entries in a varying array of colors.  Our random winner this week is.....
Lucky #2
ScrapJoanny. 

Congratulations!  Please contact Tammy to claim your prize and your blog badge.  Our top 3 this week was picked by our own returning DT Scrappy!  I'm sure she had a bit of a time trying to narrow it down, but here are they are in no particular order

Silke Ledlow #33

Katja #5

Claire # 22

 Please contact Tammy to claim your badge

Now on to this week's challenge!  It's our first challenge with the new Design Team and team A has some fabulous inspiration pieces for you to showcase our

DROP IN THE BUCKET

  theme this week!  We want to see your water projects...it can be rain, the ocean, swimming pools (ahh who wouldn't love to be somewhere warm and swimming right now???) anything that holds water!  You will have until 11:59 EST on Wednesday March 9th to upload your projects using the link below.  Please no backlinking and please link to your direct blog post.  You don't have to use AiF images but we would love it if you did and you get an extra entry to win.  You can check out our store here.
Now let's see what the DT has come up for you this week using the Ella Under the Sea digital stamp!

 Anne

Ika

Jan

Petra

 Lisa

Scrappy

Jennie

Monica

Shelley

Allie

As you can see, lots of great talent to inspire you this term so I hope you'll play with us each week!  Don't forget to link your card or project below

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A Halloween Challenge & Challenge #53 Winner

As we start ending out October it will soon be Halloween...which seems like the perfect theme for this week's challenge.  Show us your best Halloween creations!  You have until 11:59EST on Wednesday November 3rd to uplink your projects using the link below.  All entries will be elegible to win this week's digital image as well as a spot as a guest designer with AIF in November! Altho you don't have to use one of our images to play, we would love it if you did, and it would warrant an extra entry into the challenge.  You can find some great freebies here.   Remember if you are uplinking from an online gallery please use the code AIF054 so we can easily find your project and leave you some love :)
This week the DT got to use some spooky Halloween sentiments for their projects!  They are part of the haunted tags and frames set that can be found in the store here

Georgia

Tammy

Laralee

Lawren

Melissa

Melissa

Renee

Rhonda

Rhonda

 What a great bunch of spooky creations this week. Make sure you stop by the DT blogs and leave them some love! Just click on their names...

And now the winner of challenge #53.  Thank you to everyone who entered and the winner randomly chosen is.......

True Random Number Service

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

6

Timestamp: 2010-10-28 04:28:08 UTC

                    Congratulations Padster! Please contact Tammy to collect your prize and your badge! 

Don't forget to link this week's challenges below!

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EtsyInspired Challenge #15 - Tag It!

This week's challenge is to make a tag!  AiFactory has some great tag frames for you to use or you can create your own tag!  Check out the FREEBIES section for other images you can use to create your tag!  You do not need an AiFactory image to play along, but we'd love it if you did!

What's next?!  Create a tag before next Monday night 14December at midnight EST to play along!  Post your challenge on this post using the Linky program AND leaving a comment.  If you post to online galleries, use AIF015. 

What do you win?! A set of 4 adorable frames!  What are you waiting for?! Go get crafty and create!

Please check out the DT for some awesome project ideas!

Angie
Carole
De
Erin
Fink (or Sheri)
Kerry
Lola

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Challenge #14: Digital Paper!

Hello there AiFactory junkies!!!! This week we are focusing our talents on digital paper! So, go grab some digi paper and get to work!!! Pick anything! No specifics!

Have FUN!!!!

Here's a picture of one that our lovely Kerry made for your inspiration!

Over on the sidebar is the rest of the team! Stop by and see what we're creating!

Leave a comment here when you post yours on your blog so we can see your crafty goodness! And one of you will win a free set of digital paper!!!!

Happy Stamping!

Erin

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AiFactory Challenge #13 Challenge Crazy!

Hello all! Great to see the participation we had last week!  Yea!  Hope you all will want to participate this week as well!

This week's challenge is... use an AiFactory image (if you don't own one, you SHOULD! Or try out a FREEBIE!).

The other part of the challenge is to use any other challenge as your guide for your project... in other words,  use the instructions for any on-going challenge - Mojo Monday, CAS SCS, Fall to Layout, Your Next Stamp, EtsyInspired, Ways to Use It, etc.  Make sure you post your creation here from this post and on the challenge you are participating in!  Double your chances to win!

This awesome card is from Lola.  She followed the sketch challenge for  the Card Patterns Sketch Challenge 42.  The image the DT is using this week is the "Singing Choir" by Werner Designs.  Check it out in the store along with the other adorable images located there.

You have until next Monday night 30 November at midnight EST to play along!  Post your challenge here and if you post to online galleries, use AIF013.  You may also tag with the challenge number of the challenge you play along with!

What do you win?! One free month in the Kit of the Month Club!!!  What are you waiting for?! Go get inspired and create!

Please check out the DT for some awesome project ideas!

Angie
Carole
De
Erin
Fink (or Sheri)
Kerry
Lola

Add your link with Mr. Linky and leave a comment as a back-up!

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Ai Factory Challenge #11 - Live Free with Brads & Eyelets

This week we are challenging you to go to the AiFactory store, go to the Freebie section and use one of the freebies to create something! Anything! We are also combining the challenge with SCS CAS Challenge 38 - Ways to Use It - Brads or Eyelets.  So your project should use a freebie from the store, be clean and simple and use brads or eyelets! That's it!

You have until midnight EST next Monday (11/16) to play along.  Post a link to your project in Mr. Linky below and leave us a comment! (Leaving a comment provides a back up if there is something wrong with your link in Mr. Linky or if Mr. Linky decides not to work, so please do both!)  This week the winner will win "Floral Inspirations" digi set!  When posting to on-line galleries, use AIF011, aifactory and CAS38.

Our own Angie Cortes made this awesome card using the freebie "Yummy Cake".  Did she rock the challenge or what ladies?! 

Go see the other awesome projects from the DT for more inspiration!

Angie
Carole
De
Erin
Fink (or Sheri)
Kerry
Lola

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Challenge 10: Players Choice - Alter Something

Hello there challenge chasers! This week's challenge is going to be players choice! With only one stipulation: alter something! You can use ANY image you want! Let's get you out of your comfort zone and do something cool and different! I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Prize this week will be a digi paper of the winner's choice!

Here is Angie's altered item: baby onesies using the Sweet Bugs in the Garden!


Check out what the rest of the girls have altered!
Angie, De, Fink, Lola, Kerry, Carole, & Betty

You have until next Monday the 9th before midnight to play along. If you upload to on-line galleries, please use aif010 and aifactory in your tags.

Now go and find something in your house that you can alter and post it here!!!!

Have a great day!!!!
Erin

Link your project with Mr. Linky and leave a comment as well!

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AiFactory Challenge #9 featuring Softpencil Illustrations!

Hey there groovy challenge players! This week the DT girls used the adorable Bee and Flower digi stamp from Softpencil Illustrations to provide your inspiration!  This cute digi is available for purchase in the AiFactory store!  A BIG thank you goes out to Elizabeth for letting us use this adorable digi!  If you play along and win... you could have one of your own!

The featured card this week is by our Brand New DT member... Sheri (also known as Fink!).  You can read more about here.  Leave her some love on her blog! This is her first challenge and we're looking forward to many more!

This week's challenge is a sketch challenge!  We are using CPS #138 for our sketch.

Use your creativity, with the sketch as your guide!  Remember, you do NOT have to use AiFactory images to play!  If you do want to play with AiFactory digis, there are some freebies available at the AiFactory store.

What do you have to do to win?  Just play along with the challenge and post your link in Mr. Linky.  Leave us a comment too!  You have until next Monday night (2 November) at midnight EST to enter!  The winner gets the adorable Bee and Flower digi from Softpencil Illustrations!  Make sure you tag your projects with AIF009 if you upload to on-line galleries.  You may also want to tag it with CPS138 and Softpencil as well.

Check out the DT for more inspiration!
Angie
Ashley
Betty
Carole
Erin
Fink (or Sheri)
Kerry
Lola
Mia

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AiFactory Challenge #7 Winner

And the winner is.... DOROTHY!  WOO HOO! Your card is amazing! Thanks for playing this week!  Please send Erin an email at esmetak at gmail dot com to claim your prize!

A new challenge is posted today so please play along!!!!

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AiFactory Challenge #7

Yea! It's another challenge brought you by AiFactory! This week's super cute digi-stamps are the Sweet Pea Fairies and Hand Drawn Wings. The team could use one or both of these sets to get creative with! This week is a sketch challenge! We're using a sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping. It's Fall to Layout sketch #43.

You have until next Monday night the 19th at midnight to play along!  Make sure you use AIF007 and FTL43 as well for keywords in your online gallery.  You may also want to post to the CAS Fall to Layout sketch #43 post as well!

Link your creations with Mr. Linky and leave a comment from this post!  Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!  Check out the DT's creations below!  Have a great week!


Angie
Ashley
Carole
Erin
Kerry
Lola
Mia
AiFactory Challenge Blog (LINK POSTS HERE)

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AiFactory Challenge #6!!!!

Hello AiFactory FANS!!!! Are you ready for another challenge?!

This week we are going to make something for the boys or men in our lives! Since we so often turn to girly things, i.e. girly stamps, flowers, ribbon; I thought it would be nice to do something different for a change!

I challenge you to make a masculine card and use hardware! No frills! No ribbon! Feel free to use Ivan, a new addition to our growing collection! And now Ivan is dressing up as a pirate these days! You can find him in our store HERE!

So, get to work and link your project back here so we can see how fabulous it is!!!!

Check out what our fabulous designers have created for your inspiration!

De
Angie
Kerry
Ashley
Lola
Elizabeth
Erin

Happy Stamping!!!
Erin

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AiFactory Challenge #5 - Alicia & Ivan!

It's Tuesday and that means another AiFactory Challenge! This week the DT is showcasing the adorable Alicia and Ivan!

The challenge to you is to create a card or project with at least 3 layers… your base can count as one layer. Next do something different and use either one technique you've wanted to try, or an embellishment you just had to have but haven't used yet.

That's it! A winner will be chosen next Tuesday and will win this adorable girl and boy skating set! Post your project from this post and use AIF05 when uploading to on-line galleries.

Don't forget to check out the sample from the rest of the DT! They I are amazing!
Annamarie
Ashley (post may be late, check back!)

Carole (post may be late, check back!)

Elizabeth
Erin
Kerry
Mia
AiFactory Challenge Blog (LINK POSTS HERE)


CHECK OUT THESE WONDERFUL ENTRIES SUBMIT YOUR OWN!

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AIF Challenge 4 entries so far

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AIF003 Happy Haunting!

This week's challenge is all about Halloween! Create something Halloween related to play! Don't forget to check out the AiFactory Freebies to see if there is something you can use there... if not, you can find affordable, versatile stamps on AiFactory's store. Create something scarey and post it here! You could win this scarey digi stamp just for playing along!

Here's a sample from one of the DT girls, Erin. Erin made this super cute "belly band" and has wrapped it around a package of mini cupcakes! How cute is this?! Make sure you stop by Erin's blog and leave her some love!

ENTERIES SO FAR

Find more photos like this on AiFactory

Post your creations here by next Monday at midnight! The winner will be posted on Tuesday, along with a new challenge post! Please use AIF003 for online galleries (PCP, SCS, AiFactory, etc.).

NOW, go check out the DT and all the spooky inspiration they have for you!

Annamarie
Ashley
Carole
Elizabeth
Erin
Kerry
Mia

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AIF002 Card for Kate

Hi there! It's Ashley! Welcome to week 2 of our AiFactory challenge blog challenge! We have a very special challenge for a wonderful cause!

This set here, Sweet Bugs in the Garden, is the set that will be given away this week. Isn't it adorable! All the DT members will be using it on their samples this week so you'll get lots of inspiration.

For our very special challenge, we will be making cards for Kate, a little girl who was recently diagnosed with cancer. You can read here story HERE. Along with being able to win our prize, Jennifer McGuire and her friends are doing a card drive for this sweet girl and her family. They are also offering prizes to people who send in their cards. You can see details HERE.

Here are the details. Please make your card and upload it by next Monday, Sept 14 by midnight. You don't have to use AiFactory images but we would love it if you did! There's a whole freebie section that you can use. If you upload to an online gallery please use keyword AIF002.
Just to give your inspiration a boost we have picked one of our DT member Erin's Card Here is what she has created.

What you will win!
The winner of AIF002 Challenge will win this Cliparts set
And everyone who takes part in the challenge will also win a surprise Free Digital Stamp as well so it is "everybody wins" for everyone!

Check out the DT for MORE inspiration!
Ashley (Challenge Coordinator)
Carole
De(DT & Challenge Coordinator)
Erin
Elizabeth
Mia (Owner Ai Vault/Ai Factory)

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One Day Left to Play the First AiFactory DT Challenge!

You still have today to play! Tomorrow a winner will be announced and a new challenge posted! Check out this post for details... First DT Challenge.

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AiFactory's first Design Team Challenge!

Welcome to the first AiFactory challenge from the Design Team! Each week, on Tuesday, we will provide a challenge for you to play in! Each challenge will have a "theme"... it may be a sketch, color, embellishment, product, etc. "themed" challenge to follow. Ashley and I (De) will be your challenge hostesses and Mia is the owner of AiFactory & AiVault! You can create anything... a layout, a card, an altered item, etc. You do not need to use AiFactory images, but we would love if you did! AiFactory offers many freebies which makes it easy for you to use their products in the challenge, check them out here: http://www.aivault.com/store/category/freebies.html.

This week's challenge is "anything goes". In other words, there is no theme! LOL. We'll start the themes next week!!! The stamp set for this week is Little Cowboy. Isn't it CUTE! There is also a clip art version of this adorable set which was used on the sample invite/card from Mia.


Now it's YOUR turn! Post your challenges from this post by Monday, September 7th at midnight EST. You could win this adorable set if you win! Check out the DT for some awesome inspiration... and speaking of the Design Team, we are still growing! If you are interested in becoming a part of this up and coming group, check out this post. The winner will be announced on Tuesday when the new challenge is posted.

AiFactory also has it's own community! Check it out and join to upload your images there as well, along with great information and creative ideas! If you upload your creation to an on-line gallery, please use AIF001.

AiFactory aka AiVault has a blog, a challenge blog (you are here), a store front,a community and a group on Paper Craft Planet! All links, including those to the DT, can be found in the sidebar for future reference! Check 'em all out!

Go check out the other girls blogs and then get to creatin'! We'll have an intro of the DT real soon so you can get to know these super talented ladies!

Ashley (Challenge Coordinator)
Carole
De(DT & Challenge Coordinator)
Erin

Mia (Owner Ai Vault/Ai Factory)

Thanks for checking in and playing along!

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