Challenge Winner and New Challenge!!!

Howdy crafters!! Today's all around winner is Kerstin!!! Contact us for your Free images at doodlepalacedesigns@yahoo.com!!! Congratulations!!!!

This week Samantha aka Sammibug is our Guest Designer! How exciting! Samantha would like everyone to use the colors RED, GREEN and WHITE for a SUMMERY Card!!! Here is her example! YUMMM!



Now, let's get to know Sammibug a little better!!!

What is your favorite craft medium? Do I have to pick just one? I absolutely love paper! Hubby says I am a paper fanatic! I love clay too, though. Hubby and I make custom action figures together an use a lot of clay for molding different body parts and facial features.

What is your favorite scrap item/tool? My favorite scrap item/tool are punches. I had to admit it, but I am a punch fanatic!


What is your favorite paper line/company? K & C Company, and DCWV

What is your favorite color(s)? Purple is my favorite, but I love pink and black combo, too.


How do you have your scraproom decorated? I have an attic room with the steeple roof, so I really can't do much in the way of decorating. At this point, I'm just happy to have my own space!


Are you an animal person? I love animals. Especially dogs.

What is your favorite Disney movie? There have been so many new ones out that are wonderful. But my first "favorite" disney movie was Beauty and The Beast.


Do you watch TV/Movies while working? I watch TV while on the computer, but when working in my scraproom, I usually listen to music.


Do you get your inspiration from them? Ive been known to do that on occasion! I made two cards recently that were TV show inspired.

Sweet or Savory snacks? Savory. I don't eat many sweets.


Scary or Romantic movies? Comedies are my favorite, but if I had to choose between scary or romantic, I'd choose romantic.


Beach or Snow vacations? Definitely beach!


Favorite type of music? Mostly 70's and 80's rock, some country.




Just a little heads up, OPEN DESIGN TEAM call starting June 28, 2010! Email a gallery link or some of your work and comment on this thread!!! Yay!

Tuesday Challenge Winner and New Challenge!!!

Happy Tuesday everyone! What a super challenge this was, RETRO! How groovy! Thanks to all who participated this week! Random.org chose #2 Irit! YAY!! You are this week's Challenge Winner and future Guest Designer!!! You also win 2 FREE images! Don't forget to grab your badge!!

Our Featured Artist this week is Einat! Take a look at her darling little girl!! You also win 2 FREE images! Don't forget to grab your badge!!


Now, this week Stacie DeBurger is our Guest Designer and her recipe/theme today is BERRY SWEET!!! "I want to see strawberries! I have a big strawberry patch at home and I have been picking lots of these sweet berries lately....YUM!" Take a look at her adorable example card!!



Now let's get to know Stacie a little better!!!
What is your favorite craft item/tool? My Cuttlebug ... totally addicting!

What is your favorite paper line? I don't have a favorite

What is your favorite color? Blue

How is your craftroom decorated? Right now it is a shared space with my husbands hunting stuff so the decorations are a bunch of various hides and deer heads looking at me! CREEPY! We are building a house right now though and once we move I will have my very own room! YAY!

Are you an animal person? Yes, I have a chocolate lab and a chinchilla. I used to have pygmy goats and bunnies too!

Do they have a place in your craftroom? Uh, not exactly. Only the hunted "decorations".

Favorite Disney movie? I still enjoy watching Disney movies as an adult but I would have to say a good classic is Mary Poppins

Favorite music? Anything except techno or rap music

Beach or snow vacation? Beach

Sweet or savory snacks? All kinds...I love snacks!!

Ok, let's all get busy on our BERRY SWEET strawberry projects!!! Have a GREAT day!!

Challenge Winner and New Challenge!!

What a great turn out for this week's challenge and SO many gorgeous creations!!! Thanks SO much to everyone who participated and shared your talent, creativity and inspiration with all of us!!!

Random.org chose #7...Sammibug this week!!! Yay, you also get to be a guest designer for an upcoming challenge!!! Our ladies chose #34, Ellen as our Featured Artist this week! Please take a moment to look at all the wonderful detail on Ellen's card! Ladies, you each win 2 images of your choice from our website!! Also, don't forget to grab your badges from the left hand side of the blog!



Now, this week Mary Demmons has prepared a really fun challenge, Create a Birthday Card using the colors of your Flag. How Cute is her example card? Red, white and blue Tilda!!! Thanks so much Mary! Great idea!!


Mary has been a Guest Designer in the past but I would like to repost her questionnaire answers for anyone who may have missed them. Let's get to know Mary a little better!!

What is your favorite craft medium? Stamps both Rubber & Digital

What is your favorite scrap item/tool? My Cricut Expressions, Stamps & Punches

What is your favorite paper line/company? I don't have a favorite line/company. If I see a paper that I like that I can picture as a scrapbook page or on a card I buy it.

What is your favorite color(s)? My favorites are pink & sage....I use a lot of lighter colors

How do you have your scraproom decorated? My scraproom is part of a wall in our bedroom that my hubby made a desk and put up shelves for me. And it has some 3 drawer totes underneath the desk to keep supplies in. Just a small area but big enough to get creative at.

Are you an animal person? Yes. We have a tiger cat named Yoda

What is your favorite Disney movie? There are a bunch of Disney movies that I like. But to narrow it down to my favorite I would have to say either Mary Poppins or Alice in Wonderland

Do you watch TV/Movies while working? Sometimes but mostly for the noise

Do you get your inspiration from them? not really

Sweet or Savory snacks? Both...just depends on my mood

Scary or Romantic movies? Romantic

Beach or Snow vacations? Beach

Favorite type of music? Contemporary Christian & Country

Now, Let's get busy with our Birthday Cards!!! Have a SUPER week, all!

Challenge Winner and New Challenge!!!

This week Random.org chose #2...Janice! YAY to you Janice!! You get 2 FREE images of your choice and you get to be a Guest Designer!!! Our Featured Artist this week is #5...Nancy Brown!! You also win 2 FREE images this week! Ladies, contact us at doodlepalacedesigns@yahoo.com. Thanks so much to everyone who participated!!

Here is Nancy's entry this week! Stunning!


Now for this week's Challenge arranged for us by our good FRIEND and Former Design Team Princess, Tracy!! Tracy has set our new Challenge as "3'd" so POP your image or pieces of your image to make it look "3'd"! There could be some pretty awesome ways to make things 3'd! Can't wait for this one! Thanks SO much Tracy!

Here is Tracy's example for us this week! Super Cute, huh?


Let's get to know Tracy a little better!!

Hi my name is Tracy Jackson. I live in New Zealand, in a small town in Taranaki called Hawera. I have been married for 11 years and have two beautiful daughters, and two Burmese cats. I work full time as well as hold monthly card / scrap booking classes along with three other talented ladies in our town. I have been on my creative journey now for about 4 years... have taken over one of the bedrooms and turned it into my craft room, which is where you will find me any spare time I have!

Now, run get busy making things POP!!! =)

Challenge Winner and New Challenge!!!

It was a little quite around here last week! Thanks to those who participated in Renata's Get Well Challenge! Random.org chose #1, Christi Hicks! Yay! Our Featured Artist this week is Kerstin! What a super Cute little sick bear!



You guys email us with your image choices and we will get those right to you! doodlepalacedesigns@yahoo.com

Thanks Renata for a great challenge!!

This week our Guest Designer is Annmaree! She has chosen a SKETCH Challenge! Please see the sketch and her example card below!! How much fun will this be!! Thanks Annmaree!



Now let's get to know Annmaree a little better!!

What is your favorite craft medium?
It changes all the time, its always whatever I am working on at the moment. Whether it be cards with stamping and colouring. To Scrapbooking with punchies and flowers.

What is your favorite scrap item/tool?
Cuttlebug for sure, You can do so much with it from embossing to cutting out.

What is your favorite paper line/company?
I love it all, but probably K&Company.

What is your favorite color(s)?
Rainbow Kaleidoscope?! I love all colours.

How do you have your scraproom decorated?
Modern and Clean. Sky Blue walls, and lots of light and cupboards.

Are you an animal person? Do they have a place in your scraproom?
I Adore animals. I own 1 outdoor dog a Siberian Husky called Molly. 1 indoor Ginger Cat called Pushka. 1 Pink and Grey Galah/ Parrot named Paddy that has his own aviary, and was 2 but now 1, Mouse thats cage is safe in the craftroom away from the housecat!

What is your favorite Disney movie? Do you watch TV/Movies while working? Do you get your inspiration from them?
Beauty and the Beast, I dont watch anything while working tho, but I always have music on and I definitely get inspiration from the Music and lyrics!

Sweet or Savory snacks?
Sweet Tooth here for sure!

Scary or Romantic movies?
I love Romantic Comedies.

Beach or Snow vacations?
Beach, I've never been to the snow!

Favorite type of music?
Anything and Everything literally! From Fleetwood Mac to Pink, Black Eyed Peas to Michael Buble!.

Challenge Winner and New Challenge!!

This week Random.org picked #3! YAY Mary Demmons!!! Sorry, PSE refuses to even open on my computer today, about the way the whole day has gone technilogically speaking! I will get the image posted ASAP!!!

Our Featured Artist this week is: Maddie!!! Yay Maddie! You guys get 2 FREE images of your choice!! Please contact us at doodlepalacedesigns@yahoo.com and let us know which images you would like! This is the Birthday Wall Art piece that Maddie created! She isn't even 9 years old yet! WOW!



Now, for this week's challenge we have Renata!! She has chosen a Get Well Challenge this week! The sentiment she used says Opkikkertje! (Kikker is a frog) That means to cheer you up! So let's get busy!!!


Let's get to know Renata a little better!! Here is a Great Pic of Renata and she also shared a peek into her scraproom!!



What is your favorite craft medium? My favorite craftmedium are Stamps, both digital and rubber.
What is your favorite scrap item/tool? My favorite scrap item/tool are my nestabilities and my Cuttlebug
What is your favorite paper line/company? Favorite paperline is DCWV at the moment
What is your favorite color(s)? Favorite colours purple, green and blue
How do you have your scraproom decorated? Colors, themes, homey, contempo, etc. My scraproom is decorated very plain with white walls
Are you an animal person? Do they have a place in your scraproom? We have a rabbit, two guinea pigs and a cat. So I could say I am a animal person.
What is your favorite Disney movie? Do you watch TV/Movies while working? Do you get your inspiration from them? I have no favorite Disneymovie
I don't watch tv but I listen to the radio all the time.
I am getting my inspiration from internet or my papers.
Sweet or Savory snacks? Both, depens on my mood
Scary or Romantic movies? Romantic
Beach or Snow vacations? Snow vacation!
Favorite type of music? My favorite music is always on radio 538, top 40

Also, SHHH, we will have a special random blog candy drawing when we reach 300 followers! =)

Funny Animal Challenge Winner and New Challenge!!!

This weeks Challenge, Funny Animals, was such a hit! There were SO many fabulous creations submitted!! Random.org chose #15 Annmaree, Emu Creations! Yay Annmaree!

Since there were so many FUNNY and WONDERFUL cards this week we decided to choose 1 from each category!

#2 DaisyChain with Fast Food for Funniest Animal and

#17 Stamping All Seasons for Bailee's Pick! Congratulations Ladies!! Please contact us at doodlepalacedesigns@yahoo.com to claim your 2 free images!!! Also, you guys get to design a Challenge for us as well!!!

Now, for this week's Challenge!!! Are ya READY? Deb Neerman is this week's Guest Designer and boy is her example card CUTE! She also gave several examples of which type of challenge this card could be used for! Yay! Join more Challenges!!!


I'm thinking that this card project could represent any of the following challenges:
1. A color challenge (strictly black & red & one neutral);
2. A challenge to use chipboard;
3. A challenge to create a graduation card or gift;
4. A challenge to use numbers and/or letters on your project;
5. A challenge to use recycled/upcycled items (a vintage dictionary page
was used here);
6. A challenge to create a "vintage-inspired" project.
OR, any combination of the above.

Now, let's get to know Deb a little better!!

What is your favorite craft medium? Stamps ... closely followed by Designer paper!

What is your favorite scrap item/tool? Photoshop ... I'm a digital scrapper. Which is just a fancy way of continuing my paper-hoarding ways.

What is your favorite paper line/company? Now that's a tough question, lol! I am the consummate paper hoarder and I love me some paper but I usually find myself purchasing paper by BasicGrey, Cosmo Cricket, My Mind's Eye, October Afternoon, Stampin' Up! and Webster Pages. Using it? Well, that's a whole 'nother thing ... we'd need a shrink and years of therapy to figger that out!

What is your favorite color(s)? As for combinations, I love to pair up turquoise and brown, black, or orange! I also love working with a crisp red, white, and blue color combination ... and almost any bright color with black. On their own, I love cobalt, turquoise, and indigo blue color tones.

How do you have your scraproom decorated? LOL, now THAT'S funny! I have no decorating theme or style going on AT ALL in my studio. It is literally packed from floor to ceiling with supplies. Every available inch of wall space is dedicated to storage, including ink pad and refills and rubber stamp storage. I also have a full-to-overflowing 6' x 4' closet dedicated to storage. I have a bit of leg room under my work table, otherwise, it's all storage. I have lower kitchen cabinets installed in my studio and they are packed with card stock and patterned paper. I have a mini-mountain of paper scraps saved in large storage bins, as well as a seven-drawer wheeled Iris storage system full of nothing but punches. Even my doors are utilized as storage space. People are pretty much speechless when they come into my studio for the first time. And I won't bore you with mention of all of the vintage ephemera, vintage toys of all types, vintage pens and pen nibs, vintage fabric and sewing notions, vintage games and game playing pieces, or vintage photographs and cabinet cards I have packed in there as well! And yet, I keep buying more ...

Are you an animal person? I love all animals ... especially wildlife. I live in sub-tropical South Florida and live w-a-y out in the country surrounded by every kind of animal and bird you can imagine would live in this climate ... including alligators and all kinds of lizards, storks, hawks, and eagles and even the occasional wild boar. Every day, I see something new and beautiful to admire. As far as in the home, I'm a kitty-person, kept by two gorgeous Persians: Bob, a 14 year-old Lilac Point Persian, and Gabby, a 6 year-old Dilute Calico Persian.

What is your favorite Disney movie? Omigosh, "Monsters, Inc." for sure! And while I rarely buy movies, this is one that I had-to-have.

Do you watch TV/Movies while working? No, I'm too easily distracted ... LOOK, something shiny!

Do you get your inspiration from them? If I do, it's subliminal.

Sweet or Savory snacks? I've never met a snack that I didn't like! Especially chocolate ...

Scary or Romantic movies? Definitely romantic. I can't watch scary movies, they absolutely terrify me while watching them and later gift me with horrible nightmares. Really, I'm 6 years old ...

Beach or Snow vacations? I live in beach heaven, and love the heat, so no question: the beach!

Favorite type of music? Almost anything but whatever it is, it has to be listened to at sound-barrier-breaking levels.

Challenge Winner and New Challenge!!

This week Random.org chose #19 Kerstin! YAY!! Congratulations! Thanks SO much for joining our Challenge this week! You win 2 FREE images of your choice! Please contact us at doodlepalacedesigns@yahoo.com to claim your images! You are also next week's guest designer and get to create our Tuesday Challenge!!!!

Our Featured Artist this week is #18, Deb Neerman! YAY Deb! You also win 2 FREE images of your choice and to spice things up a little, you get to create the Challenge after next!!! How FUN is that?

Thanks to everyone who participated in the challenge this week! There were some AWESOME creations submitted! Please remember to come back again this week, and next week, and next.... =)

This week our Tuesday Challenge has been created by Mary Demmons! She has chosen a Mother's Day card! Just in time too! Great choice Mary!! Here is her example card for us this week as well as a few questions to get to know Mary better!! Have FUN creating!!!





What is your favorite craft medium? Stamps both Rubber & Digital

What is your favorite scrap item/tool? My Cricut Expressions, Stamps & Punches

What is your favorite paper line/company? I don't have a favorite line/company. If I see a paper that I like that I can picture as a scrapbook page or on a card I buy it.

What is your favorite color(s)? My favorites are pink & sage....I use a lot of lighter colors

How do you have your scraproom decorated? My scraproom is part of a wall in our bedroom that my hubby made a desk and put up shelves for me. And it has some 3 drawer totes underneath the desk to keep supplies in. Just a small area but big enough to get creative at.

Are you an animal person? Yes. We have a tiger cat named Yoda

What is your favorite Disney movie? There are a bunch of Disney movies that I like. But to narrow it down to my favorite I would have to say either Mary Poppins or Alice in Wonderland

Do you watch TV/Movies while working? Sometimes but mostly for the noise

Do you get your inspiration from them? not really

Sweet or Savory snacks? Both...just depends on my mood

Scary or Romantic movies? Romantic

Beach or Snow vacations? Beach

Favorite type of music? Contemporary Christian & Country

New Images!!!! ENJOY!

This week Robin and I created a Teddy with flowers and an Easter Tree! We hope you love them and have a moment to spend scrolling down through the Design Team Princesses wonderful creations!

Amanda Boldy
used the Teddy with flowers for her creation. What an elegant background these embossed squares make! Great Get Well Card!


Annette Bowes
used Teddy with Flowers as a Just a Little Something Card. How cute! Great coloring and Love the Nestabilities!!


Audrey Goff used Teddy with Flowers for her Egg-tra Special Girl card/wallet. Very Cute! You could add a picture or poem to this for a super gift! Great project, Aud!



Gloria Morizen used Teddy with Flowers for a lovely pastel card perfect for little girls or spring, maybe even Mother's Day. Just beautiful Gloria!



Jeanet Van Der Lee used Easter Tree for her very elegant creation this week. Love the papers, ribbon, coloring and the gorgeous butterfly punch! Well Done!!!


Joyleen Dianne Co Lim
created an Easter card as well as a card just to say "HI" this week. What a colorful Easter card and love the glitter grass! I don't know where she got the bunny but he is cute! Maybe she will tell us on her blog!



Kelly Ledder used Teddy with Flowers as a tag on a super organza bag of flowers this week! What a great idea! Gift Bag Tags!!


Pauline used both Teddy with Flowers and the Easter Tree this week. Lots of dimension in these cards. Brads and crimped paper to make certain items stand out!



Robin Rawlins created a super cute little gift bag using Teddy with Flowers this week! This would be perfect for a baby shower!! Great Idea, Robin!


Ruth created a spiral bound booklet of colored notecards! Great for a diary, recipes, mini scrapbook, etc. VERY Cute idea!!



Shana T. used Teddy with Flowers for her great "Have a Great Day" card. Love the little sign hanging from the button! Very Cute!


Stacie DeBurger created a great pastel Special Day card using Teddy with Flowers. Love the embossing on the background CS and the little glittery vine is so cute!


I hope you LOVE all the wonderful creations by our Princesses this week and I hope you have found some inspiration! Have a great week! =)

Challenge Winner, Featured Artist and New Challenge!!

This week Random.org chose #3, Kristal Andrew! Our Featured Artist this week is Stempelfan!! Congratulations ladies, you each win 2 free images of your your choice!! Kristol, you are also our next Guest Designer!! Choose your images and email us at doodlepalacedesigns@yahoo.com letting us know which ones you want and we will ship them to ya!!

Thanks to everyone who participated this in this challenge!

Here is Stemelfan's creation!



This week our Guest Designer is a former Princess Tracy Rich! She has put together a really cute sketch for everyone to follow! Her example card is TOO CUTE!! Please join Tracy's challenge this week!