DT Kaija-Friday!

Hello,it is Kaija calling.This is my card for the current

 Challenge:Pearls and Lace/Ribbon.

I used the awesome digi stamp by Morgan Fitzsimons.

Thank you for visiting!

Sande's Wednesday and a MINI candy (Pearls, lace and ribbon)

Sande here, with my second DT post for our current challenge "Pearls, Lace and Ribbon". I made my card by using this gorgeous digital image by Mariana Cagnin and colored the beauty with Copics. The design papers are from the Fairy Belle collection by Prima Marketing. 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.  

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This time 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 from now until Saturday on Eastern Daylight time.

I will draw one winner by random.org on Sunday 22th of Sep. 

Good luck everyone! 

Weekly Freebie

Yes! You read that right! A weekly freebie! Fitztown will be giving away a weekly freebie starting today! Woohoo! You have one week to comment on this post because this is the one and only post we will be using for that draw. Well, technically. If you are on Facebook and are a follower at Crafting with Fitztown, you'll get two opportunities to comment and two more to share! Wow! That's four chances to win! Yes, that's right! You are more than welcome to share this and link back to this post on your blog. If you do share, please say so on your post so that your name can go into the draw two times! What? Yes! That's right! Crazy, huh? Here's a peek at this week's freebie. This is one of Karen Sheltrown's cuties available at Fitztown. Drawing will be held on Wednesday, September 18th at 2 PM USA EST.

Good luck!

DT- Tuesday

Wow, can't believe it's Tuesday again. I just feel this month is going so fast. I would like to share my card with all of you. I used a super cute cat digital image. If you would like to purchase this digi you can find it on http://www.fitztown.com/

Here is my card:

Thanks for stopping by

Maria

Challenge #9: Pearls, Lace and Ribbon

Welcome and thank you to those who participated in our last challenge! :) Winner will be announced Monday, October 7th. Be sure to come back and check out that announcement!

Now on to some fun!! :)

This is a pearl and lace/ribbon challenge! Take out your pearls, lace and ribbon!  Add it to your project. Can't wait to see what you come up with. 

                                             DT Maria

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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.
If you see an image on the blog you are unable to locate in the store, please send an email to sales@Fitztown.com with a link to the image you are interested in. Someone will assist you.

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

Morgan Fitzsimons 1920s #1

JULIE ANN

Using Christmas Decoupage Sheets
KAIJA

Kitten Queen

MARIA

Mariana Cagnin Four Elements - Fire

SANDE

Ayalgas fairy by Morgan Fitzsimons

We also have our GD, Kate Leroche joining us today. Here is her project:

This is what she has to say about her project:

As GDT is always fun to start with a specific theme and see the results.

Everyone is doing very different and you will probably do what you feel sure about.

My choice of color changes just like the season. There have been and are very purple and pink now.

This time I have used the image Ragamuffin and colored with Tombows and Spectrum Noir.

Since the theme is pearls and lace / ribbon will be my embellishments this time.

Dies are from Joy and Marianne Design

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Guest Designer - Saturday

Hello, DT Julie Ann here. As we are coming to the end of Challenge #8 we have one of our September GDs posting today, Avril.

Here is her project:

Ann used one of the images from the Kitten Queen Collection at Fitztown. You can read more about her project at her blog.

There is still time to join Challenge #8. All of the Fitztown design team look forward to visiting all your lovely blogs to see what you have made. Monday will see the start of a new challenge which will see Maria as your hostess. The theme is pearls, ribbon and lace. Hope you all have a happy crafty weekend. Bye for now. 

Julie Ann

Guest Designer-Friday

Let`s wish a warm welcome to our Guest Designer Kate Leroche.

We have already seen her gorgeous work here earlier. Take a look and see what she has made again for us to admire.

You can read about her project here. This image is from our newer Teddy Bear line. It will be available soon at Fitztown. Check back often for new images. The store is updated almost daily. If you see an image you'd like to have and are unable to locate it in the store, send the link in an email to sales@fitztown.com. We'll be happy to help you find what you are looking for.

Challenge #8 - Anything But a Card is coming to an end! Hope you find time to play along before it closes tomorrow night. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Kaija

Guest Designer - Thursday

Welcome to Fitztown on this lovely Thursday. Ema here to introduce another September Guest Designer, Wio. You can see more of her fabulous work on her blog, Wiola's Creative Space.

Here is what Wio wants you to know about her:

I’m a social worker, tree hugger and veggie lover. I’m also a big sister and little sister. I have three awesome sisters. My oldest little sister is like a twin to me, since we have almost identical opinions and ideas.

At high school I went to the Aesthetic Program - textile/fashion. For several years my crafting was focused on sewing – only. When I had finished high school I was so tired of sewing that my brand new sewing machine was left untouched for a long time. I went to social work college and didn’t find time for bigger craft projects, such as sewing. Eventually I felt the NEED to craft again. So, I started painting… with all the left-overs of my nail polish. Since I worked in the social care, I couldn’t use nail polish anymore since that would be against the hygiene regulations. I made small paintings (in post-card-sizes) and I found myself enjoying it. Later I purchased actual paint and markers, instead of nail polish. Then it didn’t take me long before I had discovered the world of scrap-booking/card-making with all the different and fabulous papers, digital stamps and other scrap-booking supplies. I found that it suited me perfectly. It wasn’t too time-consuming or demanding. Also I didn’t have to rip more seams (which my sewing projects had often resulted in). 

Here is my project:

It's a bookmark.  I painted the digi with Promarkers (Almond for skin; Buttercup, Pumpkin & Burnt Orange for her clothing; Cocoa, Burnt Orange and Pumpkin for her hair). I also added some touch of Stickles to her clothing (Diamond and Orange Peel). The flowers are painted with Promarkers: Burnt Orange, Pumpkin and Mint Green plus green acrylic paint and finally Stickles: Eucalyptus, Fruit Punch and Orange Peel. The wings are painted with Stickles: Diamond, Green, Orange Peel, Yellow and Cinnamon. The background is painted with Golden Acrylic paint and Chalk-Ah-Lot: Lime on black paper. The stitched border is painted with first green acrylic paint and then golden. The left corner is made with the Soap Bubbles technique (soap mixed with lots of water and golden acrylic paint). I love golden acrylic paint. Lol.

Isn't it fabulous!?! I absolutely love it and I love that she included a link to a new technique! I cannot wait to try something like this myself!

Be sure to stop by our current Challenge #8 - Anything But a Card. There's only a few more days to join in on the fun! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Ema

Guest Designer - Wednesday

DT Sande here with today's announcement. We have a new Guest Designer to introduce, Avril Ann Watson. We're so pleased she agreed to be a GD for Fitztown!

Here's what Avril has to say about herself:

About Me

Avril Ann Watson

(Craftingin the Bedroom)

  

I started crafting as a young girl, first with crocheting and knitting, then embroidery and tapestry.

I got into Paper crafting in 2005, after nursing my Dad through cancer and losing him in February of that year.

I started off with a little plastic box, mainly doing decoupage, then got into stamping, and later, CD crafting and digis.  

I have been disabled and unable to work for several years, where upon I found Blogland and FB, I have amassed an amazing amount of friends and like-minded people.  This has been my saviour, in so many ways, as my family, go about their days, I too have something to do, and hope contribute.

I am on several Design Teams, mainly in the Digi arena.  I did do a little stint on Kanban, before they went into administration, that was fun, and I made several projects for their shows, at the NEC and Create and Craft.

Here's my first project:

What a fabulous project, wouldn't you agree? I love the originality of it!

Don't forget! We've still got a few days left on our current Challenge #8 - Anything But a Card. Please join us for some fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sande

Guest Designer - Tuesday

Welcome Fitztown bloggers! Maria here with today's news... we have our September Guest Designer, Kate Leroche with a card she's made using a Morgan Fitzsimons' image. We'd love to have you leave her some blog love for her awesome project!

Here is what Kate has to say about her project:

It's time for my next card at Fitztown Challenge blog. I have used an image from the Fairy Dust Collection and colored with Tombows. Dies are from Spellbinders and corner punch is an unknown brand. I've used some paper rose and feathers to accessorize the image. I enjoy making angels and fairies just because it has a lot to do with fantasy when you make them.

Have a lovely day!!

Kate

Isn't this just a lovely project! We're so pleased to have Kate with us as GD. She does beautiful work. 

Don't forget there's less than a week left to play along with our current Challenge #8 - Anything But a Card. We'd love to see what you can create when you let the creativity flow!

Thanks for stopping by!

Maria

Winner for Challenge #7 Add Sparkles

Thank you to everyone who entered our Challenge #7 add sparkles.

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.

Now onto the winner!

Fit Kitty

Please email Sales@Fitztown.com with the three images you chose from Fitztown within seven (7) days. You can shop for images here.  Please use Challenge #7 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! 

DT Challenge Hostess choses a TOP 3 only if we have over 10 entries. Here they are in alphabetical order by blog name:

Avril Watson 

Gale

Teresa McKitterick

Please email Sales@Fitztown.com within seven (7) days to receive your coupon for 50% off one digital image. Please use Challenge #7 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 #8 Anything but a card.

Thanks for stopping by

Maria

We Have a Winner!

We have a winner from our sponsorship at Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog! Janice, number 116, won three Fitztown images for her entry in Challenge #48. We also had a TOP 3 with one of Morgan Fitzsimons' images, Fae 2! Wooohoo! :) You can read all the details about the winners here.

This is the TOP 3 from Caroline H., number 55. 

Thanks for stopping by! You still have some time to enter Fitztown's Challenge #8 Anything But a Card. We'd love to see what you've got going on! :)

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!