Hey everyone
How are you? You may know that June is Pride month, and we thought we'd honour that by making this month's challenge Pride themed! So - make any handmade card or other craft project that celebrates Pride, love, or features rainbows! The brighter and happier the better. Our challenge logo has even had a Pride makeover:
For inspiration this month, I thought I'd share some handmade cards made by our very own talented Emma. Did you know that Emma is on the design team for Diamond Press? This month she made a whole bunch of rainbow-themed cards (you can check them all out on her Instagram page - @margotmadeart
Here's some of my faves:
Enter the challenge
Ok, so we want to see any handmade card or other project that features LOVE, PRIDE, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, RAINBOWS - all of those amazing things that we associate with Pride month.
Challenge rules:
- Create a handmade card, scrapbook layout or other handmade craft project inspired by Pride month;
- Submit your entry via InLinkz, below;
- You can use any brands you love;
- 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.
Submit your projects here: https://fresh.inlinkz.com/party/cf4d4bbc641d434e9b10d8185bde466b?visitor
You have until 5pm BST on Monday 30th June 2025 to submit your project.
The prize for the winner of June's challenge will receive a £10 gift card to the Craft & Connect store, which can be redeemed against our craft classes and other upcoming products.
May's winner
Congratulations to Michelle Burnier, @made.by.michi , who was the randomly selected winner of our 20 minute challenge, with this beautiful emboss-resist card:
We can't wait to see what you make this month. Keep your eyes peeled for our Instagram lives where we'll be making cards to inspire you in line with this month's challenge theme.
Happy crafting!
Jayne & Emma x