Hey, crafty friends, we finally made it to February! Why is it that January always feels like 6,000 days long? Thankfully, we had our Rainbow themed challenge, so we had a regular dose of cheerfulness from all of our wonderful followers who entered the challenge last month! If you'd like to check out January's projects, you can find the gallery here.
February Challenge
We have a brand new challenge ready for you for February! This month, we're having a sketch challenge:
This month's sketch is quite simple, so it should hopefully give you lots of scope for interpretation, and putting your own spin on it! You could use patterned paper, ink blending, stamping, or any thing else you like to fit in with the sketch. To get us started, I've created this card:
To create my card, I used some Nuvo shimmer powders to create a background, which I placed inside my card. I then created a card front using an acetate panel, with white strips on each side, leaving a vertical window with the shimmer powders peeking through from the inside. To decorate my card, I used an oldie but a goodie stamp set, Narwhal Friends by CZ Design. I coloured my Narwhals with Copic markers, then finished with a heat embossed sentiment from the same set.
Challenge Rules
We’ll be using InLinkz for our challenge entries this month, so that you can see all of the amazing entries in one place, and get some inspiration from your fellow crafters!
It’s super easy to use - just go to the following page, and link up your challenge entry by adding the link to your social media, blog, or other location where your project can be found:
https://fresh.inlinkz.com/party/4909cb7144bf4225847e6fb5f3257e1d
So, over to you - you have until 5pm (UK time) on Friday 28th February 2025 to submit your challenge project. Here are all the rules:
- Create a card, scrapbook layout or other handmade project in line with this month's sketch;
- Submit your entry to via InLinkz - see above;
- You can use any brands you love;
- Enter the challenge by adding your project above, but please feel free to share it on social media, too, and use the hashtag #craftandconnectchallenge - don’t forget to tag us, @craftandconnect_uk too, so that we can find it!
- Each month, the challenge will be open from the date the challenge is posted until 5pm (UK time) on the final day of the month;
- Winners will be picked at random, and will have the opportunity to guest design for a future challenge;
- Winners will receive a prize, detailed in that month’s challenge blog.
The prize for the winner of February's challenge will win a £20 gift card to the Craft & Connect store, which can be redeemed against our courses and other upcoming products.
January Winner
The winner of January's challenge, picked at random using the Wheel of Names, was Adriana Arminio, @adisign.papercraft - congratulations! Please can you contact us on Instagram or by email to claim your prize?
Stay tuned for plenty of inspiration to come over the course of the month, including from our guest designer, Verena Shapiro, who won our December challenge!
Happy crafting, beautiful friends!