Winner of current Wednesday candy

4. It's you Fit Kitty 

Congratulations! Please contact me at nannakoo (@) suomi24 . fi (remove the spaces) to claim your prize. You have one week to claim it and then I will re draw a new winner.

DT Saturday Julie Ann. any thing but a card challenge

Good Saturday Fitztown Followers.There is still time to join our current challenge any thing but a card. I would like to share a wall hanging with you today. My brother Andrew got married recently, to Rachael. He kept the poor girl hanging on for 13 years. They called Princess Catherine weighty Katie, Rachael was also very patient. I made this by cutting a heart from ply wood using a sizzix large die. The image i used is by Morgan Fitsimons and can be found at the Fitztown shop.If you can not find what you are looking for email sales@fitztown.com The monogram is a stamp i used to make their wedding invitations. They have just moved into their new home, this plaque is a house warming present.

DT-Kaija Friday!

Kaija here,this is my work for the current challenge:"Anything but card".
At this time I made artwork with a "Boy theme".A car is every guy`s dream.
The clock in the background is showing time.The car and the boy are coloured with Copics.
Digital pictures are from Karen Sheltron.You will find them from www.Fitztown.com/digi stamp.html

Thanks for stopping by!

DT Thursday with Ema

Hello Fitztown! :) Ema here with a quick little project for you today.

I almost didn't make it! I've not felt well most of the week but I didn't want to let my team down so I whipped this up really fast. Not all that fast... still took me almost two hours! lol But that's because my head was a little fuzzy and I kept measuring wrong! :(

The other day I was at Office Depot and I saw some telephone books. Can you believe those are still made? In this day and age, I just couldn't imagine but there they were and... not just that... they were kinda pricey! I can't remember what the price was now but they cost more than a day planner! Can you believe it?

Anyway, when I was calling around these past few days about repairs for my vehicle and kept getting referrals, I almost filled an entire 3X3 Post-It pad! Wow! lol That was a lot of numbers. These were not numbers I wanted to store on my phone either. Just numbers to get information. But then... that's what I tend to do. When I was preparing to enter Texas Tech, I filled another little 3X3 Post-It pad with phone numbers. lol When I saw telephone books were still being sold, I had a little chuckle. If only they could see MY telephone Post-Its! lol

So I made myself a little telephone Post-It pad holder. lol Here it is:

Wasn't I clever? ;) I cut a thin piece of cardboard and two strips of printed G45 paper from their Communique Collection. I glued one strip of paper on front of the cardboard and on back of the cardboard. I matted the telephone Karen Sheltrown image on a red mat bordered by a thin strip of white paper punched with a flower patterned punch. I colored the image with Copic markers. I edged the entire project with black ink. Something that I realized I probably should have done BEFORE I glued the entire project together but as I pointed out earlier, my head's a little fuzzy and I wasn't thinking clearly. I glued two magnets underneath the paper on the front two panels facing each other. I used temporary double sided tape on the back of the pad to secure it to the holder.

Quick measurement run down:

Cut paper 3 1/4 inches by 8 1/2 inches

Score at 1 1/2, 1 7/8, 5 and 5 3/8 inches

You can easily use one strip of sturdy card stock paper. These are quick and you can make half a dozen in no time for gifts to co-workers, teachers, home office, etc. It took me longer because I wanted a sturdier one for my own personal use that I could use over and over again. But you can make these to gift with pretty printed card stock. You'd want to use a strong adhesive to secure the pad to the back of the holder and you can substitute Velcro holders on the inside of the front flap.

By the way, images are still being downloaded to the store so check back often. If you see an image you'd like to have, email sales@fitztown.com with the link to the image and something can get worked out for you. :)

So that's my little project for today. Don't forget to join us for our Challenge #8 - Anything But a Card! Hence... the Post-It pad holder! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Sande's Wednesday and a MINI candy

Sande here, with my second DT post for our current challenge "Anything but a card". I made this small painting with the gorgeous digital image by Karen Sheltron and colored the bird with Copics. If you want to buy some images and can't find it in the shop, please send an email to this address: sales@fitztown.com with the link to the image (posting) you wanna have. They are stocking the store and the all images may not be there yet. 

I'm offering this MINI candy for you.

It contains 4 st. 90x120 mm sheets of vintage stickers. Each sheet has 12 st. stickers on.

All you have to do is:

* be our follower 

* put the photo of this candy to your blog

* link the picture back to Fitztown.

* leave a comment under this post during Wednesday on Eastern Daylight time.

I will draw one winner by random.org on Sunday 8th of Sep. 

Good luck everyone! 

September Guest Designer

Please help us welcome one of our September Guest Designers! We are so happy Kate Leroche agreed to be spotlighted with projects using Fitztown images. She did an incredible job with these images!

First, Kate writes:

My name is Kate Leroche. I live in the middle of Sweden in a town called Karlstad. I am married to Michael and have been together for 19 years and married for 10 years (16 September is our anniversary). We have a daughter Jessica, who is 30 and who has given me four wonderful grandchildren and a son Nick who is 27.

I work part time at a training company with administrative duties. We love to travel and we travel abroad three to four times a year. We spend time with family and friends and love to be in our boat in the summer.

I have always been creative and enjoyed creating things. I have as drawn and painted, stitched and renovated since it allows one to do something for yourself and you feel good doing it.

I became ill 5.5 years ago in something called Frozen Shoulder, which means that the shafts freezes solid and you can not use them at all. Needed help with everything. The road's been long but happy that I'm working again now. I have pain every day but forget it when I scrap.

I have a female friend who was doing scrapbooking and she would stop and get rid of her things, she asked if I wanted to try. I did and it worked for me.

Now I have been doing this for 2 years and like to create folds, details are important to me, and accessories must stick together in what I create.

I started blogging in March and now works as a Design Team Member in three blogs.

Here is her first project using a Morgan Fitzsimons' image. 

Isn't this fabulous!?! Please, if you have time, visit Kate at her blog, K8's Scrapcorner, for all the details and leave her some blog love there too!

Challenge 8 - Anything but a Card

Welcome to join our new challenge!
It's Sande here hosting the 8th challenge - ANYTHING BUT A CARD.
Are you tired making cards all the time (maybe not :))? Maybe you have wanted to create something different or maybe you have had in mind something new you want to make but didn't find a time for that. Our new challenge is great for that!! You can create anything you ever can imaging but it cannot be a card. Here are some hints what you can create: Decorate an object, make a box, a bag, ornament, or make anything but a card!

DT Sande

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In order to win the prize, your creation must 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.

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 ten participants using a Fitztown image, the winner will be chosen using Random.org. If less than ten, there will be one winner chosen by Design Team (DT) Challenge Hostess. In order to win the prize, you must use a Fitztown image.

Winner will receive 3 digis of their own 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 Challenge Hostess 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 in the Challenge Rules tab on the toolbar before playing.

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

Altered Journal with Morgan Fitzsimons Fae collection

KAIJA

Stardust and Pumpkin Fairy craft CD

MARIA

Morgan Fitzsimons Kitten Queen Collection

SANDE

Matchboxes with Morgan Fitzsimons digital "Vintage" images 

Julie Ann

Picture and Frame using Morgan Fitzsimons Fairy image 

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Guest Designer Call

Do you like pretty paper?

Do you like the smell of adhesives?

Do you like mulberry flowers, rhinestones and pearls?

Do you like to be creative?

Do you like Fitztown images? 

Would you like to be a Guest Designer for Fitztown?

Send me an email at 

fitztowngd (@) gmail (dot) com

with a link to your blog and let's start talking! Please tell us how many DTs you are committed to currently.

DT Saturday Julie Ann Glitter fairy card

Hello, we are nearly at the end of our current challenge #7 add some sparkle. There is still time left for you to join us. Please make a card or project and add lots of glitter or sparkle to it.
I would like to share this card with you. I have called it Sparkle and fairy dust. I have used a Digi stamp by the very talented artist Morgan Fitzsimons.Her images can we found at our shop. I recommend you take a coffee and enjoy looking at all the crafty images i just know you will love and want to use.

This card is an 8" white card blank. I colored the image with water color pencils and distress inks.I finished off by adding stickles glitter glue to the fairy wings. Pop over to my blog for a full recipe. The sun is shining brightly on the south coast here in the UK. I hope the sun shines on you too, happy crafting Julie Ann x

Candy Winners

Here is the winner of my current Wednesday's candy 

It's you ERET! 

Congratulations! Please contact me at nannakoo @ suomi24 . fi to claim your prize. (email address all together). You have one week to claim it before I will re-draw it. 

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Then I will re-draw the new winner for my last candy. The winner didn't contact me. So here is the new winner:

It's you Avril Ann 

Congratulations! Please contact me at nannakoo @ suomi24 . fi to claim your prize. (email address all together). You have one week to claim it before I re-draw it again.

Wishes in the Wind

This is Alan Scott's final project for Fitztown using one of Morgan Fitzsimons' newest releases.

We'd like to thank Alan for his contribution to our challenge blog for the month of August.

Please stay tuned as Alan will be reappearing from time to time showcasing some of our images in his creative projects.

Alan calls this "Wishes in the Wind". He's done a phenomenal job with the image and I, for one, love what he's accomplished. Please visit his blog here to read more details and leave him some blog love on behalf of Fitztown!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kaija Friday - More Glitter!

Welcome! Kaija here for today's post with this card for the current challenge. I like to call it "More Glitter" to go along with the add sparkle theme.

I've used a Morgan Fitzsimons image with flowers .I coloured this with Copics and added glitter to the flowers for some sparkle. The shop is currently updating, so if you see an image you would like to have presented on the blog but can`t find it in the store, please send your request to sales@fitztown.com with a link to the image. You are able to see some images here.

Have a nice day and thank you for stopping by to visit!

Hugs, Kaija.

DT Thursday - Ema

Hello everyone! Ema here with my last card for the Challenge #7 - Add Sparkle. Remember, Fitztown images are no longer required to play, only to win the prize!

We're rounding the corner and almost at the home stretch. Just a few days left to join us in our current challenge! Sure do hope you can join us and share how you glam and glitz your projects!

Here's my card:

This is Fairy Dust 2 by Morgan Fitzsimons. All supplies are from my stash. I've added Stickles in Petal Pink to the flowers for some added shimmer.

Keep in mind, we are currently looking for GDs. This is a six-week term and you can read all about how to apply here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Ema M.

Sande's Wednesday - "Add sparkle" and a MINI candy

Hello lovely crafters!

Welcome and thank you for joining us today! It's Sande here sharing my fourth DT card

for the current Add Sparkle challenge.

I have used one of the new images by Morgan Fitzsimons.

 I have colored her with my Copics.

If you don't find the new image at the store yet it's because they are stocking them at the moment.
If you wish to have some images before the store is ready you can send an email to
sales@fitztown with the link of the image you want.

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Again I'm offering this MINI candy for you.

All you have to do is:

* be our follower 

* put the photo of this candy to your blog

* link the picture back to Fitztown.

* leave a comment under this post during Wednesday on Eastern Daylight time.

I will draw one winner by random.org on Sunday 1st of Sep. 

Good luck everyone! 

DT Tuesday- Maria

Welcome to Fitztown. I would like to share my card with all of you. I used an old car digital stamp. It was a challenge for me to color this old car, but I feel it came out great. I felt this image would make a great boy card. My nephews would love this card. You can find this image on

 http://www.fitztown.com/digi-stamps.html. 

 Fitztown shop is still adding new digital images everyday.

Thanks for stopping by

Challenge #6 Winner - Homemade Flowers

Thank you to everyone who entered our Challenge #6 - Handmade Flowers.

A big thank you to all our participants!

Our intention is to use Random.org if we have over ten participants using a Fitztown image; otherwise, DT Challenge Hostess will chose the winner.

For this challenge, we only had one participant using a Fitztown image and there were not enough participants for a TOP 3.

So onto the winner!
K8

Please email Sales@Fitztown.com with the three images you chose from Fitztown within seven (7) days.  Please use Challenge #6 Winner in the subject line. Don't forget to grab your winner badge located on our sidebar to display proudly on your blog's sidebar! Please make note that there were changes made in the store. You can find images here and there are still images being added every day.

Thanks for joining our challenge! 

We hope you are also participating in our current Challenge #7 - Add Sparkles!

We are currently looking for GDs. This is a six-week term and you can read all about how to apply here.

Ema M.

Winner of my Wednesday MINI candy

The winner is...

ARDILLA 

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

Sande's Saturday

It's Sande here showing you my Saturday DT-card for the current "Add Sparkle" challenge at Fitztown. This fairy is one of the fabulous fairies of Morgan Fitzsimons. If you don't find this image on the store it is because they are stocking Morgan's images to the store and it takes some time. I bet you will find them soon. I have colored the whole thing with my Copics. I like this card myself even it is quite simple. What do you like?

DT Kaija on Friday !

Hello toYou all “ who have got grazy about card crafting” J

This hobby has ”hooked” me anyway; not a day without some card making or something else crafting.

It is so fantastic to create something.

You are so welcome to visit my blog and see my creations.

This one has a story: The story is from the time when I still was working. My employer became my best friend , best friend for the rest time  of my life. In this month she turned 50 years and I could imagine in my mind how I shall recall her. And here it is; the Tag is decorated all over with a thick lace fabric (from a wedding dress) and a clock is symbol the time that flies –suitable for the theme-. Beside it is a charming digi stamp from Morgan Fitzsimmons. You will find it from www.artfire.com.

The bottle beside it consists “Heart Medicine” J The bottle is covered with the same fabric with a vintage theme. Anything which is made with love is beautiful !

Here is the theme for the actual challenge:

Add SparkleChallenge.

Thank You so much for Your visit and I hope that You will join us !

There is more in my blog; Hugs Kaija.

Unexpected Glitz

I've heard tell it cannot be done... I'm here to show you it can be done! ;)

I've been making lots of masculine cards of late. Getting out of my comfort zone, stretching the limits, see what it is I'm really made of. ;) It's been hard to keep from adding bling, flowers and ribbon. 

When I saw this image, it brought back memories of camping trips and fishing when we lived up in New Hampshire. I can clearly remember the way the setting sun made the trees, dirt road and water glisten. I have pictures of my kids as children holding up their catch and in every single one of them the fish glisten from being wet. So... I went for it! 

Here's my card:

I colored the image with Copic markers. The background is colored with Pebbles, Inc. Pearlescent jewel-tone chalks. All card stock and rhinestones are from my stash. I've used The Angel Company and Raisin Boat stamp sets to stamp the background as well. I've dotted the entire background with Stickles in Star Dust, Firefly and Baby Blue to give the card some shimmer. I dabbed the fish with Stickles in Platinum and covered the surface with Glossy Accents to give the appearance of slimy, wet fish. :) lol The image is from Morgan Fitzsimons called Fishing.

Here are some close ups of the shimmer.

Trees and water...

Fish...

Dirt road...

I can't help but be a little giddy! lol I've used rhinestones and Stickles on a masculine card!! :) 

Hope you'll join us for our Challenge #7 - Add Sparkle. Show us some of your glitz and glam!

Thanks for stopping by!

Ema M.

Fitztown