Birth of a Dragon

Our GD, Alan Scott has shared a second project with us to celebrate our new releases for the Enchanted Blog Hop we've got going on this weekend. Today is the last day to comment and possibly win THREE digis!

I love, love, love the colors he's used on this image. You can read all the details on his blog but here's his project:

Please visit his blog and leave him some love on behalf of Fitztown! We've been so pleased he agreed to join us for the month of August.

Winner of Wednesday MINI candy

2. EEMELI.

Congratulations! Please contact me at nannakoo@suomi24.fi to claim your prize.

You still have time to enter our Blog Hop and win wonderful prizes to yourself. The hop will last until today - Sunday 18th of August midnight There is also a GENEROUS offer of a FREE digi. Pop over to read more HERE.

Enchanted Blog Hop Aug 17th-18th

Welcome to our Enchanted Blog Hop! Fitztown is releasing a new collection of fairies and these are fabulous! We're here to share these new images with you. Here is a peek at one of the fairies you could win.

Isn't she beautiful and classy?

So come on and fly with us through our blog hop and explore the wonderful creations that our Design Team has put together for all of you.

Our little fairies have a gift for one lucky winner. Winner will receive three (Yes, I said three!) digital images of our wonderful and beautiful fairy  collection.

The Fitztown Store also has a GENEROUS offer of a FREE digi! WHAT? Yes! The fairies are wreaking havoc and causing everyone to go crazy! This is only for this weekend during our blog hop and can only be used here. You must use the code FREE-DIGI as a coupon in order to receive the FREE image. Did I mention this is for a FREE digi?

In order to receive the free digi available at Fitztown during our blog hop, add the item to your cart, enter FREE-DIGI in the coupon/code section and the link will be emailed to you shortly afterwards.

In order to win the three digital images, you must complete a few simple steps:

1. You must be a follower of Fitztown Challenge Blog. 

2. You must share a link to our blog on your personal blog or favorite source of social media. This can be with our store emblem on your blog's sidebar or a link in a post about our festivities. You could also share our post from Crafting with Fitztown Facebook page on your wall. Share the fun with your friends!

3. You must leave a comment on each designer and guest designer's blog. Be sure to include HOW you are sharing our link if it's not on your own blog. (My fairies will be checking!)

4. You must be a follower on the Design Team's blogs as well.

You have until August 18th at midnight to leave your comments.

We will pick a winner by using Random.org.

Oh, and keep a look out! Our fairies might have left some goodies on some of our Designer's blogs. 

So come on and start flying through the blogs with my fairies. 

Here is the list for the hop:

You are HERE - Fitztown Challenge Blog

Designer team:

Maria

Sande

Ema

Kaija

Guest Designer:

Alan Scott

Ballerina!

Sunny Friday wishes from Kaija.
Handmade flower Challenge #6 is still going on few days.
I made a simble card of this gorgeous Ballerina by Morgan Fitzsimons.

I cut the flowers and i inserted diamonds into the middle and a flower made 

of,ribbon also:)I colourded the picture first and the embossing.

Have a nice day all of you!

Hugs Kaija!

Fairy Child

Good morning Fitztown girls! We're so glad to see you back here again! :)

This is my final card for the handmade flower challenge. 

I've made my flower out of tulle. I cut a strip about 9" (L) X 2" (W) and folded it in half. I used needle and thread to stitch through the fold weaving in and out without any rhyme or reason. Once I had the entire section threaded, I pulled the thread tight and tied a knot. I pulled and pushed the tulle until it formed a flat round, gathered circle. I glued the center down and added a flower rhinestone on top. I then dabbed Stickles in Petal Pink to the edge of the tulle. I thought it made a very simple and pretty, delicate looking flower.

Here's my card:

All supplies are from my stash. The image is Fairy Child Stamp Forget Me Not by Morgan Fitzsimons.

Don't forget to join us for our handmade flower challenge. There's only a few days left! We'd love to see what kind of flowers you like to make.

Thanks for stopping by!

Ema M.

Handmade flowers on a tag and MINI CANDY :)

Hello again! Welcome and thank you for joining us today! It's Sande here sharing one more creation with handmade flowers.
I've made my flowers by using couple of embellies and pearls. So easy and looks lovely. Those flowers can be add to a bigger flower's middle or just use as they are. I made a tag and added the flowers on it.

Here's my card:

This cute fairy is one of fairies on Stardust and Pumpkin CD. It is precolored. Very easy to use on creations and helps anyone to use it even you don't feel comfortable with coloring.

You can find our current challenge "Handmade flowers" HERE. You still have time to enter!

I have another MINI CANDY for you today! :) 

I'm offering these lovely roses to one of you who would leave a comment under this post during Wednesday on Eastern Daylight time. The winner will be announced on Sunday. 

All you have to do is:

* be our follower 

* put the photo of this candy to your blog

* link the picture back to Fitztown.

I will draw one winner by random.org on Sunday 18th of Aug. 

Good luck everyone! 

If you are looking for the winner of last Mini candy you can find it HERE

Tuesday DT- Maria

Hello! I hope everyones Tuesday is going well. It's my time again to show you my creation. This week I picked a stamp from Morgan. You can find her dragon stamps on http://scrapbookstampsociety.com/auction_details.php?name=Digi-Doodle-Download-Stand-Morgan-Fitzsimons-Green-Baby-Stand&auction_id=102367

My card:

I think this card would be great for a little boy

Thanks for stopping by

Challenge 5 Winner - Anything Goes

Thank you to everyone who entered our Anything Goes Challenge.

I think we had a pretty good turnout! There were enough entries to have a TOP 3 as well! Woohoo! A big thank you to all our participants!

Our intention was to use Random.org if we had over ten participants. However, we only had five entries using a Fitztown image so we had the DT chose a favorite from the five entries. 

Now onto the winner!

FIRST PRIZE
K8

Please email Sales@Fitztown.com with the three images you chose from Fitztown within seven (7) days.  Please use Challenge #5-Anything Goes Winner in the subject line. You can also find more images here, but please remember only images from Morgan Fitzsimons and Karen Sheltrown are owned by Fitztown. Don't forget to grab your winner badge located on our sidebar to display proudly on your blog's sidebar! 

DT came together and were able to chose a TOP 3 as well. Here they are in alphabetical order by blog name:
Aunty Sue's Craft Cavern

Karin

ScrappEllen

Please email Sales@Fitztown.com within seven (7) days to receive your coupon for 50% off one digital image. Please use Challenge #5-Anything Goes TOP 3 in the subject line. Be sure to grab your TOP 3 badge from our sidebar to display on your blog.

Thanks for joining our challenge! 

We hope you are also participating in our current Challenge #6 - Handmade Flowers.

Ema M.
Fitztown

The winner of Wednesday's MINI CANDY

The winner is 

3. Eemeli. 

Congratulations! Please contact me at nannakoo@suomi24.fi to claim your prize.

Little sister!

The continuation of "Handmade Flower"from yesterday.

Big sister wore yesterday a flofer made of curved ribbon.
Today I just cut leaves a ribbonflower I made of chiffon,on the top I added a
beautiful flower.Button and a half of bearl.
Very simble and the outcome is lovely:)
Background paper is embossed;lace and pearsl.Partly rised with 3 D sticker.
You will find this cute  Stardust and Pumpkin Fairy craft cd.

Thank you for visiting.
I hope that you also take apart and show us those lovely Flowers you have made.
You can find our current Fitztown Challenge "Handmade flowers".

Hugs Kaija!

Make it yorself Flowers!

Please,everyone,take a part to the "Handmade Flower" Challenge.
Fitztown Challenge
I just remembered that I have bended ribbon;white/green in colour.
There are white roses in it and the leaves too,I separated two flower and leaves parts from it.
I have crocheted a bunsh of flowers in the past(but never used them),so.
I remembered that I have those and I found just a perfect green Flower into the middle of the card.
And to the top of it I put a lilac glass flower.

Can you see what a charming girl;can there be more beautiful.
Digi is colored.
You will find this Stardust and Pumpkin digi stamp Fairy craft cd.
All the papers are from my old stock.

You can find our current challenge

"Handmade flowers"

Here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kaija

Fashionista

Thanks for joining us today. We continue with our handmade flower challenge.

I've been making flowers again and this time... it took me SIX hours to make this card! Can you believe it? I have to admit... I did a bit of talking and entertaining while I was making the card. My friend, Maria, was at my house this past Saturday and we spent the day cropping. I'm afraid I'm somewhat of a chatterbox! lol So in the midst of cutting paper, gluing, inking, adding pearls, using a die cut on the colored image, finding a tag, stamping the sentiment and making the flowers, I was doing what I do best. Chatting away! lol ;)

Here's my card:

All supplies are from my stash and I've made all the flowers. I colored the image with Copic markers. The printed card stock is Graphic 45's Fashionista Collection. The sentiment is from a Raisin Boat clear stamp set. You can see a picture tutorial on how I made these flowers here. I've used Morgan Fitzsimons' digital image called 1920s Hat 2. 

We hope you'll join us in our current challenge. We would LOVE to see what types of handmade flowers you make! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Ema M.

Yellow, Bright and a Small Candy

Welcome for joining us today! It's Sande here sharing a new card with a handmade flower.
I've made my flower by using a yellow lace and rolling it as a flower and using a hot melt adhesive to mount it. I put this gorgeous button in the middle. Don't you just love this button? I did find these a while ago in one store and they were on sale. I bought at least 3 bags of buttons :).

Here's my card:

And the gorgeous button :)

 

The image is one of Morgan Fitzsimons called Forget me not. I have colored her with my Copics and added some glittering glue and rhinestones. I'm not sure who's papers I have used because I have a BIG box full of 6" x 6" papers and they are all separated. The pins I bought from Live and Love Crafts (LLC) and decorated them myself. Also the corner embellishment is from LLC.

You can find our current challenge "Handmade flowers" HERE. I cannot wait to see what types of handmade flowers you make!

I have a surprise! :) 

I want to offer this yellow polka dots ribbon to someone who leaves a comment under this post during this day (Wednesday) on Eastern Daylight time. The winner will be announced end of this week. 

All you have to do is 

* to be our follower 

* put the photo of this ribbon to your blog

* link the picture back to Fitztown.

I will draw one winner by random.org. 

Good luck everyone! 

August Guest Designer

Please join us in welcoming our Guest Designer for the month of August, Alan Scott. Alan is a DT member for Cards for Men. 

We are very excited about having him with us. We are looking forward to see what he will be creating to share with Fitztown and our followers!

Alan tells us a little bit about himself:

"I have been involved in Crafting in one way or another since my Mum started to teach me how to cook, Sew and Knit. These skills have kept with me since then. Crafting has played a big part in my life both as a Student and a Teacher. Education wise l have a C&G Teacher training and Photography. CENTRA Group Workers Certificate. BH [Hons] Design as well as BA[Hons] Textile/Surface Design. I would like to bring together all the skills l have learnt and observed into my crafting. Then in some small way sharing with my fellow crafters both New and Old. As a crafter l never stop learning. There is someone out there that will place their own twist onto something and then offer that out to the crafting community. I hope in my way lm doing just that. Crafting is all about FUN. There is no right and no wrong way of placing one piece of paper onto another its all about your own expression of what you are doing. Some crafters create theses wonderful creations, that does not mean to say that another crafters work of a simple stamping onto some paper is not just as beautiful and creative. RELAX, ENJOY and more importantly BE CREATIVE no matter what level you are at.

I have a FLICKR Account that i upload all my card projects after I have photographed them. Please click here to be directed to this site. I hope that you might gain some inspiration from one or two of the cards on view. We all get crafters block and I myself can gain a creative spark from looking at what's been made and uploaded to the web. So pull your chair up closer and have a good look. I hope something you see from The Collection might light that spark if your suffering from Crafters Block.

I have made 2 videos so far and uploaded them to YouTube. This is something I want to explore and in the new year I hope to upload what I hope will be funny and informative crafting videos."

This is the first project Alan has graced us with. Please be sure to leave some blog love for him! 

Alan has used Morgan Fitzsimons' digital image Le Fay.

Thanks for joining us in making Alan feel welcomed to Fitztown.

DT Tuesday - Maria

Welcome to fitztown. I would like to share a card I made For DT Tuesday. I really enjoy coloring this image. I used a Digi stamp from Morgan Fitzsimons. You can find this digital stamp here.

I think this stamp turned out beautiful. I colored her with my copic sketches. 

Don't you just love how her hair flows in the air? I just think she looks powerful.

Don't forget to do the Bi-weekly challenge on Fitztown. 

The Challenge is Handmade Flowers to your project

leave some love

Thanks for stopping by

Maria

Challenge 6 - Handmade Flowers

Welcome back! We had such a great turnout last time around. I hope we can keep the momentum going! :)

Have you felt the earth moving beneath your feet... heard the soft whispers of changing winds blowing through your hair? Well you should have! We're shaking things up at Fitztown! Please review the new challenge rules and join us for some fun and prizes!

This is a handmade flower challenge. I absolutely LOVE these. I love to make my own flowers. I love it even better when they turn out correctly! Ha! Come visit my personal blog for a tutorial on how I made my flowers.

Good luck and don't forget your project should include your own handmade flowers. Please give a brief description of how you did this.

Be sure to come back same time next week when we will announce the winner to Challenge #5 - Anything Goes!

                                             DT Ema

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In order to win the prize, your creation must now include a Fitztown image!

Please read the challenge rules and angel policy tabs above. In order to receive the prize, you MUST be a follower of our blog OR a follower of Crafting with Fitztown on Facebook AND use a Fitztown image.

Fitztown is more than just a digi stamp company.
We have digital stamps and images, craft CDs, books, comics, Apple and Android apps and a whole lot more.
Take a look at what else Fitztown does here!
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We are so pleased you have come to join us on our challenge blog.
Please feel free to take an 'I play at Fitztown' badge to display on your blogs.
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We have some fantastic prizes to be won from Fitztown Store.

If there are more than twenty participants, Random.org will be used to pick a random winner. If less, there will be one winner chosen by Design Team (DT). In order to win the prize, you must use a Fitztown image.

We will no longer announce the winner of our challenges on the Sunday before the new challenge. Instead, we will be announcing the winner on the Monday AFTER the new challenge begins. Be sure to check back with us to read the announcement. We will also be posting the announcement on Facebook.

Winner will receive 3 digis of their choice AND is responsible for contacting Fitztown to claim prize within seven days.
If there are enough participants, there will also be Top 3 chosen by the DT and these three will receive a 50% off ONE digi coupon.

This is a bi-weekly challenge starting on Monday and ending the second week on Sunday.

We look forward to seeing your wonderful creations.

Check out the rules before playing in the Challenge Rules tab on the toolbar.

Your creation must include a Fitztown image in order to win the prize!
Please read the challenge rules and angel policy tabs above. Be sure to follow the rules in order to win the prize! You MUST be a follower of our blog OR a follower of our Crafting with Fitztown group on Facebook.
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Good luck everyone and let the fun begin!

Now lets see what our wonderful design team have come up with. Please stop by and leave our DT some blog love about the inspiration! :)
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Ema

Fairy Child by Morgan Fitzsimons

Kaija

Calypso fantasy fairy digi stamp

Maria

http://scrapbookstampsociety.com

Sande

Image by Morgan Fitzsimons

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Giddy Up!

Ride 'em cowboy! Yeehaw! I got a hankerin' for some country living! lol 

I love the country. When we lived in Connecticut, we lived in the town of Lebanon and it was very spread out. We lived in one of two apartment complexes in the town. Our backyard met up with the woods. The middle school was across the street up the hill, next to a convenience store and on the other side was the high school. I should have stayed put! Nearest town was 30 minutes away on both sides but I loved it! We didn't hear sirens... it was peacefully quiet. We were 20 minutes from the beach too! I don't know what possessed me to leave?

Here in Texas, I use to live out by the airport which, technically, is not the country but it may very well have been! The roads were dirt and I remember Christmas 2009 spending it stranded at my home because we had snow and cars weren't going anywhere! When I glanced down the road, most of my neighbors had their vehicles stuck in the road as well. If I needed ANYTHING at the last minute... it was a 20 minute drive into town to the nearest convenience store. It was peaceful... to a point... we were by the airport after all. :-\ lol But that commute into town for a loaf of bread just KILLED ME! :(

So this image reminded me of country living, it filled my need for country life but I'm still in the city! :) Here's my card:

Card stock is all retired Stampin' Up paper. The sentiment comes from two separate Raisin Boat clear stamp sets. The image is a Karen Sheltrown image called Cowboy and I've colored it with Copic markers. I've kept it very simple because it is for a man. Took everything I had to keep from adding glitter to his scarf and belt buckle. He's wearing chaps so I thought it best NOT to add sparkle of any kind. :)

Tomorrow is the last day to join us for our #5 Anything Goes Challenge! Don't miss out! :)

Thanks for stopping by! 

Ema

Kor-Gat!

This card was supposed to be totally different...
Then I ended up to the  blue/white combination.
Simple is pretty also.

What a magnificent digi:Kor-Gat and Dragon Fantasy Digi Stamp.

Colouring whit Copic Ciao.

Dragon is whispering to the little man:

Sun is always shining to hard blokes!

Drago got it`s glossy with GlossyAccent`s.It will create a fabulous feeling.

Background papere is embossed.

You still have time to take a part to

Ghallenge # 5 -Anything Goes!

Hugs Kaija!

dream BIG

When I saw this image, I thought it would make a great card for a young baseball player. I have several of those in my family! :)

Here is my card:

Eyelets and twine are from my stash. Paper is from Scenic Route Paper Co. North Shore collection. Image is a Karen Sheltrown image. "BIG" comes from a Raisin Boat stamp set and I hand wrote the word "dream." 

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget there are only a couple of days left to join us in our Challenge #5 - Anything Goes! :)

Ema

Monochrome Card and Goodbye DT Deni

Good Morning everyone, this post was going to be scheduled for the future challenge date, but unfortunately I am using it as my goodbye post.

I have very sadly decided to temporarily step down from my position as DT for Fitztown.

My Mum is going through Breast Cancer at the moment, and will be starting radiotherapy soon so I will not be around Fitztown as much as what I need to be, my family needs to come first before anything else. I honestly don't think I would be able to think about anything else anyway, so this is the only fair thing to do. I would like to thank Fitztown for having me on the Design Team, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here and hope you will have me back down the track.

I would also like to thank the other DT girls for being around for me while my Mum has been fighting this, without their support I wouldn't be as strong as I am.

So now that I have done the hard part, here is my post for the Monochrome challenge which I created a little early since I had no idea what Monochrome was.

From my research into Monochrome, basically it means something which is done in shades of a certain colour, it can be shades of blues, shades of grey etc.
Yesterday morning I created this gorgeous card using a Fitztown Image from The Last Enchanter, you can find the image here.

Don't forget to come and check out the current Anything Goes challenge on the Fitztown Challenge Blog.
We also have a facebook page for you to check out here.


For this card I have used

Bella! Papers
Kmart Cardstock
Kaisercraft bling
Whimsy Stamps Vines Die
Bella! Paper Florals
Twiddleybitx Card Base

I have coloured the image using Copic Markers purchased from Craft a Lot.

Colours Used

W1, W3, W5, W7


Thanks for stopping by,

Deni