Challenge No. 36 - Thank You

Sande here welcoming you to join our new challenge no.36. Now you can Thank anyone you want because our theme is "Thank You". If you want to say Thanks to someone you have in mind, you have great chance to join our challenge as well. Have fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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.
Take a minute to review the challenge rules, angel policy and prize info tabs located at top of page as well, please.
At any time, you can find tabs to the two challenges on the tab bar along with a tab to find Mr. Linky to link up your project.

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If you see an image you'd like to have and are unable to find it in the store, copy the link to the image and email sales@Fitztown.com. Someone will help find the image you want. Fitztown is a new store and items are being uploaded daily so check back often!

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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If you would like to join our challenges and do not have a blog, you are welcomed to email your project to stampnscrapjunkie {@} gmail {dot} com and we will upload your project for 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.

For this challenge, you have until Sunday, June 1st, midnight EST USA. Winner and TOP 3 will be announced Sunday, June 8th.
Check out the rules in the Challenge Rules tab on the toolbar before playing.

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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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SANDE

Fae 32 by Morgan Fitzsimons
TRACEY

Valentine 12
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GUEST DESIGNERS
Crafting Vicky

Fae 29
DIANE

Valentine 12
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GD Julie - ISN’T SHE LOVELY?

Hello, and happy Sunday everyone, Julie here today from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers. This is my second time of guest designing for the Fitztown Challenge Blog and I’m having soooo much fun!! I particularly liked the image I was given to color for today's feminine challenge. Coloring her hair was the best!

I used Fitztown Cameo 18 on this card and, as the title of this post reads, "Isn't she lovely?".

Next Monday, Memorial Day (May 26), I'm hopping with the talented Fitztown Design Team. We're celebrating! It will be 52 weeks of challenges on the Fitztown Challenge Blog. And, it will be quite a celebration -- great inspiration from the team, and prizes to be won from those hopping along. Please join us!

For all the details about this easel card, and the supplies I used, or to see what else I’ve been creating, please visit my blog here.

Julie

Winner: Challenge 33 - Lots of Layers

Thank you to everyone who entered our Challenge #33 - Lots of Layers. We had a fantastic turnout! Yay! 

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Please do not use one project for both open challenges. Please read the Challenge Rules if you need clarification. 

As well as winner and TOP 3 being chosen for each challenge, participants who have used a Fitztown image will have the opportunity to be a guest designer (GD) for a future challenge. If you used a Fitztown image and would like to be a future GD, please send an email to stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com. The GD will be allowed to choose a digi stamp of their choice from the store to create their guest card too! Isn't that exciting!?!

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Our intention is to use Random.org if we have over ten participants; otherwise, DT Coordinator will chose the winner. We had 50 participants! Now on to the winner!

#17 - LalkyGirl

Now that Fitztown allows ALL digital images, the prizes have changed. You can find info about these changes here. Please email stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com with the ONE image you chose from Fitztown within seven (7) days. You can shop for images here.  Please use Challenge #32 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! If prize goes unclaimed, winner will be drawn again with the next challenge winner.
DT Coordinator chooses a TOP 3 from ALL entries only if we have over 10 entries. Here are the TOP 3 in NUMERICAL order:

#19 - Amy A.

#24 - Shell B.

#47 - AJ

Be sure to grab your TOP 3 badge from our sidebar to display on your blog. Great job!

We are having a Design Team Call. You can read the details here.

We will announce the winner and TOP 3 for Challenge #34 - Shabby Chic on Sunday, May 18th. We hope you are also participating in our week 2 of Challenge #35 - Feminine and Challenge #36 - Thank You which kicks off tomorrow, Monday, May 19th. Thanks for joining our challenges! 

Ema
DT Coordinator for Fitztown

GD Cathy-Challenge No. 35: Feminine

Hi, my name is Cathy. I live in Hertfordshire in the U.K.

I am 62 years old. Don’t tell hubby he still thinks I am in my 30s! lol

I have been married to the love of my life for 29 years.

I have a step–daughter who lives in France with her husband.

I had to retire from work early through ill health. It is my blogging and crafting that keeps me going some days.

I love my crafting and, if I have too miss a day in the craft room, I get the grumps!!!

I love using my stamps but have found that digi images are so more flexible as you can use them for any size card or project.

I love sitting and colouring but I need more practice at blending and shading.

I also adore all the different dies there are on the market to use, they really bring the image that you are using to life.

Here is the project I've created for my first time as GD at Fitztown:

 

I was so thrilled and honoured to be asked by Ema to Guest Design this week.

Products Used:

Digi Image :- Cameo 3 Fitztown Shop

Graph'It Markers

Aged Mahogany D.I.

Clear Sakura Glitter Pen

Dp:- Country Lady - Nit Wit Collection - L.O.T.V.

Dies:- Radiant Rectangles - S5-161 - Spellbinders

Riviera Corner - 98372 - Memory Box

Lorelai Leaf - 839

Lorelai Outline Leaf - 840 - Poppy Stamps

Decorative Hearts - LR0159 - Marianne Designs

Pearl Sprig - Choles Creative Cards

Wired Butterflies - Mei Flower

Pearl Heart and Flowers from my stash

Thank you for looking

Hugs

Cathy

Friday with Kaija-No. 35 Feminine challenge!

It is Kaija  here today. I used this great Fae 7 Morgan Fitzsimons digital stamp

 for the current challenge with feminine theme to make my card.

Oh my, I love how this came out!

Yes the little things make up the feminine end result :)

We all know that I am coloring Copic Ciao markers.

You can find this image here.

Hugs Kaija!

GD Crafting Vicky: Challenge No. 35 - Feminine

Hello everyone!  It's my very 1st GD post for Fitztown!  I'm totally excited!  I did a card for the Feminine challenge # 35 and for this card I used the great FL3.

The paper that I used is all sparkly!  It's from Desert Blooms by First Edition.  I used some ribbon from my stash.  I used my Gold Ivy, scallop and large circle from Spellbinder.  I didn't do much to this card because I really wanted the paper to show since it was so delicate and pretty!

Here's a closer look at the fabulous digi that I colored with my copics.

I really hope that I have inspired you to play at the feminine challenge!

Hugs

Crafting Vicky

Wednesday with Sande - No. 35 Feminine challenge

Sande here, with my Wednesday DT posting for our current challenge

"Feminine challenge".

Today is my BIRTHDAY!!! YAY! Happy Birthday me - LOL! I have a fabulous birthday candy on my blog so I welcome you to hop on to my blog and leave me some wishes :)

This time I have made my card by using a die cut.
This gorgeous image is one of the Cameo images called Cameo11 by Morgan Fitzsimons.
She looks so elegant that I have to colour her. I have colored her image with my Copics as I always do. Please, visit at Fitztown store to check the gorgeous images and other stuff. 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.

Come to join at fun!!
 

Hugs, Sande xx

TUESDAY WITH TRACEY- NO 35 FEMININE

Good morning

This is my first post has a Designer team member.

The theme this week is 

FEMININE

On to my card

So using my favourite colours, this is the lovely fae 37 by Morgan Fitzsimon. Have coloured her with tones of purples with a touch of blue & green. Have added crystal glitter to her. Cut her out in a circle shape & layered on to a purple dolly. All this has been matted on to the lilac base which I have emboss. And the card base is a purple, also around the edges. The extras are some flower I have made in the same purple, small stamped sentiment,gems & the 2 satin bows.

Thanks for looking 

Tracey

Don't forget we are still having a DESIGN TEAM call here

Challenge No. 35 - Feminine Challenge

Judy here with Fitztown's newest challenge. The challenge this week is to create your project with a "Feminine Theme".   Need some inspiration, check out Fitztown feminine digital stamps, they are beautiful.  
Join in the fun and show us what you can do with this Feminine challenge. 
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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.
Take a minute to review the challenge rules, angel policy and prize info tabs located at top of page as well, please.
At any time, you can find tabs to the two challenges on the tab bar along with a tab to find Mr. Linky to link up your project.

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If you see an image you'd like to have and are unable to find it in the store, copy the link to the image and email sales@Fitztown.com. Someone will help find the image you want. Fitztown is a new store and items are being uploaded daily so check back often!

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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If you would like to join our challenges and do not have a blog, you are welcomed to email your project to stampnscrapjunkie {@} gmail {dot} com and we will upload your project for 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.

For this challenge, you have until Sunday, May 25th, midnight EST USA. Winner and TOP 3 will be announced Sunday, June 1st.
Check out the rules in the Challenge Rules tab on the toolbar before playing.

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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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JUDY

Cameo 3
KATE

Fae 4
LYNN

Teddy 20
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Winner: Challenge No. 32 - Anything Goes

Thank you to everyone who entered our Challenge #32 - Anything Goes. We had a great turnout! Woohoo! 

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Please do not use one project for both open challenges. Please read the Challenge Rules if you need clarification. 

Something that is new for our team... in the future... as well as winner and TOP 3 being chosen for each challenge, participants who have used a Fitztown image will have the opportunity to be a guest designer (GD) for a future challenge. If you used a Fitztown image and would like to be a future GD, please send an email to stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com. The GD will be allowed to choose a digi stamp of their choice from the store to create their guest card too! Isn't that exciting!?!

*****

Our intention is to use Random.org if we have over ten participants; otherwise, DT Coordinator will chose the winner. We had 54 participants! Now on to the winner!

Lucky #1 - Lisa S.

Now that Fitztown allows ALL digital images, the prizes have changed. You can find info about these changes here. Please email stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com with the ONE image you chose from Fitztown within seven (7) days. You can shop for images here.  Please use Challenge #32 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 Coordinator chooses a TOP 3 from ALL entries only if we have over 10 entries. Here are the TOP 3 in alphabetical order by entry name:

#48 - Gail L.

#13 - Jacki R.

#15 - Sassy Raggedy

Please email stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com within seven (7) days to receive information on how to receive your buy one, get one free digi. Please use Challenge #32 TOP 3 in the subject line. Be sure to grab your TOP 3 badge from our sidebar to display on your blog.

We are having a Design Team Call. You can read the details here.

We will announce the winner and TOP 3 for Challenge #33 - Lots of Layers on Sunday, May 18th. We hope you are also participating in our week 2 of Challenge #34 - Shabby Chic and Challenge #35 - Feminine which kicks off tomorrow, Monday, May 12th. Thanks for joining our challenges! 

Ema
DT Coordinator for Fitztown

UNDER THE SEA with FITZTOWN'S DIVER

Hello again everyone, Ivette here with another fun Fitztown image that inspired me to go deep into my creativity, the juices were defintely flowing..  Hope you enjoy the it!

I used so many techniques and tricks make sure you follow us here and at my blog, "ESCAPING UNDERSTANDING" if you would like to get details on this canvas. 

GD Day with Lynn - Shabby Chic

Well I must say this week was a challenge creating a SHABBY CHIC project.

I think of shabby chic as a mix of new and old with a sort of rustic feel, so I chose this image CAR 3 as it's an old/vintage vehicle that I thought I could make look shabby and chic.

I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I coloured the truck with COPICS using blues and grey and found some great distressed looking papers in my stash.  Isn't it great when you find you have something that works perfectly with your plan?  

I used a distress tool from Close to My Heart that I bought several years ago, and honestly, I've hardly used it, but I made it feel useful creating this card.  I used it around the mat of the image and also around the distressed grey patterned paper on the card.  

I used some good ol' fashioned string from around the house to add some texture to the card, and frayed it after I tied the knot.

It turned out to be a fun project after all, and I'm pleased to be able to add another Masculine Birthday card to my collection...after all, who can't use more Masculine cards, right?? !!

I do hope you'll take the challenge and create something in the SHABBY CHIC Style for a chance to win here at Fitztown.  I look forward to seeing what you create !!

Thursday DT Card from Kate

We have Shabby Chic theme here at Fitztown and here is my card.

I use the image Valentine 12 and done it on Vellum.

I love to do stuff on Vellum, you can create som much with it! 

Particularly flowers, today without coloring.

Made a frame with a die cut and added it on a doily.

My embellishment on this card are: Die cut, flowers, lace, stickles and pearlmaker

 I wish you a beautiful day

Hugs Kate

DT Judy - Shabby Chic Challenge

This is the shabby chic card I made for this week's challenge, hope it inspires you to join in the challenge. I used this elegant vintage Fitztown images by Morgan Fitzsimons that I paper pieced her dress and distressed the pattern papers I layered her on. 

To carry on the shabby chic theme I then added a bow made out of some old gold seam binding and old lace in black and gold that I found in our local thrift store. To complete the card I added a fancy die cut by Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations called Ornate Gateway and some bling. 

Please, visit the Fitztown store to check out the gorgeous images and other stuff. If you want to buy a image and cannot find it in the shop, please send an email to this address: sales@fitztown.com with a link to the image (posting) you want to have. They are still stocking the store and there are still some images that are not there yet. 

Now it is your turn to make your shabby chic card, there still lots of time left to join in on this challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Judy

May / June Guest Designer - Marg

Please help the Design Team and me welcome one of our May / June Guest Designers for Fitztown. This is Marg and this is what she'd like you to know about her:

Hiya, my name is Margaret (but I do prefer to be called Marg or Mags).

I am a 52 year old disabled single parent to a 16 year old daughter, unable to work due to quite serious disabilities in my spine and various other ailments, called Charcot-Marie-Tooth or Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy, and I have type 1A of many. It is a lesser known form of Muscular Dystrophy which is an inherited progressive genetic disease but is not life threatening. I, therefore, craft to keep my mind and hands creative. I have always been creative anyway, but I know I just can not sit and watch television or be on the laptop all day, every day. Equally, I am unable to work due to immense pain. Crafting is my therapy, my life.

My creative streak has always been with me, (drawing, sewing, cross stitch) but only the last 5+ years have I been creating cards good enough to sell. I have got a lot more creative and better over the years.... Creating a paper craft project now, I am very lucky that I can pick up a piece of scrap craft material and put a card together using that one piece., equally though, I can follow a sketch and/or theme to the letter or diversify when needed.

Marg

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I hope you will pop on over to Marg's blog and give her a warm Fitztown welcome! 

Be sure to check out our current Challenge #34 - Shabby Chic! It's one of my personal favorites. You still have time to play along with Challenge #33 - Lots of Layers, as well. Thank you for stopping by!

Ema

Challenge No. 34 - Shabby Chic

Sande here with Our challenge no.34 is here and I bet you all are thrilled when I tell you that our new challenge theme is "Shabby Chic". I L O V E this theme!!! I Hope you love it too and come to join us! Cannot wait to see you incredible creations! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't forget! We are still having a DT Call and you can find all the info here.

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.
Take a minute to review the challenge rules, angel policy and prize info tabs located at top of page as well, please.
At any time, you can find tabs to the two challenges on the tab bar along with a tab to find Mr. Linky to link up your project.

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If you see an image you'd like to have and are unable to find it in the store, copy the link to the image and email sales@Fitztown.com. Someone will help find the image you want. Fitztown is a new store and items are being uploaded daily so check back often!

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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If you would like to join our challenges and do not have a blog, you are welcomed to email your project to stampnscrapjunkie {@} gmail {dot} com and we will upload your project for 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.

For this challenge, you have until Sunday, May 18th midnight EST USA. Winner and TOP 3 will be announced Sunday, May 25th.
Check out the rules in the Challenge Rules tab on the toolbar before playing.

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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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SANDE

Floral image FL1
 KAIJA

Cameo 9 by Morgan Fitzsimons.

TRACEY

Cameo 8 by Morgan Fitzsimons

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GUEST DESIGNER
Crafting Vicky

Cameo 3 by Morgan Fitzsimons
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We are having a Design Team Call. You can read the details here.
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May / June GD: Julie Odil

Please help us welcome Julie Odil. She has graciously accepted to be a Guest Designer for Fitztown! We hope she'll like her visit with Fitztown and we are very excited to have her. This is what she'd like you to know:

Hello everyone, my name is Julie, and I’m so excited to be a guest designer for Fitztown! I absolutely love stamps and Fitztown has such fun digital images to color! I’m so thrilled to have the opportunity to work and play with them!

I’ve always been creative – I play many instruments, like to write, and have been crafty my whole life. I began scrapbooking about 8 years ago and cardmaking about 4 years ago, but things really took off when I began my blog just over 2 years ago. It was a life changing experience. I can’t believe how much fun I’ve had and how many friends I’ve made through my blog. I’d love it if you’d stop by for a visit here. 

The image that I used on this card (Garden 19), was so much fun to color with my Copic markers.

The current challenge at Fitztown is "Lots of Layers", so that's what I did. I used layers of paper, layered on the ribbon, added a 2-layered butterfly, then added a layer of pearls to that, just for more layers! For more details, or to see what else I’ve been busy creating, please visit my blog here. 

Thanks to Ema and the Fitztown team for the warm welcome and this wonderful opportunity.

Julie

Winner: Challenge No. 31 - TOP 3

Thank you to everyone who entered our Challenge #31 - TOP 3 Favorites. We did not have a huge turn out but we had enough for a Random.Org winner and a TOP 3. Woohoo! 

*****

Please do not use one project for both open challenges. Please read the Challenge Rules if you need clarification. 

Something that is new for our team... in the future... as well as winner and TOP 3 being chosen for each challenge, participants who have used a Fitztown image will have the opportunity to be a guest designer (GD) for a future challenge. If you used a Fitztown image and would like to be a future GD, please send an email to stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com. The GD will be allowed to choose a digi stamp of their choice from the store to create their guest card too! Isn't that exciting!?!

*****

Our intention is to use Random.org if we have over ten participants; otherwise, DT Coordinator will chose the winner. We had 11 participants! Now on to the winner!

#6 - Suzi

Now that Fitztown allows ALL digital images, the prizes have changed. You can find info about these changes here. Please email stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com with the ONE image you chose from Fitztown within seven (7) days. You can shop for images here.  Please use Challenge #31 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 Coordinator chooses a TOP 3 from ALL entries only if we have over 10 entries. This was a tough call! There were so many fabulous entries! Here are the TOP 3 in alphabetical order by entry name:

#5 - Desire Fourie

#11 - HeatherM

#8 - Sandra Janssen

Please email stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com within seven (7) days to receive information on how to receive your buy one, get one free digi coupon. Please use Challenge #31 TOP 3 in the subject line. Be sure to grab your TOP 3 badge from our sidebar to display on your blog.

We are having a Design Team Call. You can read the details here.

We will announce the winner and TOP 3 for Challenge #32 - Anything Goes on Sunday, May 11th. We hope you are also participating in our week 2 of Challenge #33 - Lots of Layers and Challenge #34 - Shabby Chic which kicks off tomorrow, Monday, May 5th. Thanks for joining our challenges! 

Ema
DT Coordinator for Fitztown

GD CaroleAnn

Please welcome our Guest Designer for today. This is CaroleAnn and this is what she has to say:

Hi, there! My name is CaroleAnn. I was born in England and I think with crayons in my hand! I live in New York state now. I started making cards when I was 9 years old. But as an adult, I rediscovered my passion of cardmaking when I took a Stampin' Up class. Then came Copic Markers!!! Love, love my markers! I am now reliving my childhood in a frenzy type of addiction. Just love the new world of digital images with my faves to color being fairies and large eyed girlies with flowing hair! My family is very supportive of all the papers, glitter, and embellishments that find their way into our home. I am a wife, mother and grandmother working full time and playing at every turn of opportunity!

I had so much fun creating this card for Fitztown. I love all the Fae Collection so it was so easy peasy for me to accept the invite to be a Guest Designer for this challenge! I chose Fae 8 and she was colored up with my Copic markers and since the challenge is all about "Lots of Layers" I used lots of papers and little embellishments here and there. Thanks again to Ema for giving me this great opportunity! For more details on the card you can visit my blog here.

CaroleAnn

DT-Kaija: No. 33 Lots of Layers!

Hello everyone! Kaija here with my turn to inspire you for the current challenge Lots of Layers.

This magnificent image that I am calling Finger on lips :) is a Fae digital stamp by Morgan Fitzsimons.

You may not find this in the store but if you send a picture link to sales@fitztown.com, someone will help you out with your query.

My coloring is with, as usual, Copic Ciao and glitter.

I love the lace. I also used the Fiskars trimmer and some pearl halves to give it its own touch.

Welcome, Hugs, Kaija!

May / June 2014 GD Vicky

VICKY FORTIER

I'm an accountant working full time and a mother of 4 great kids. I have an amazing husband who understands that in order to keep my sanity through all this I need to craft. ;) I live in Quebec, Canada so a lot of my crafting is done with French sayings.

I have been crafting over 21 years and tried my hands at all kinds of techniques over the years. I started blogging in March of 2012 in order to join challenges. I became totally hooked!!!! I can't believe this world existed and I only found out about it then. I see blogging as a wonderful opportunity to improve my card making abilities.

I have realized that through the web I get to meet amazing people from all over the world and learn from them.