Thursday, February 11, 2010

Challenge #18 - It's All About Colors...

Hello everyone, and welcome to our 18th challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil.

Everyone really seemed to like Dawn's challenge for 'wood/would'... Well, this week Dawn has whipped up another truly great challenge. It's all about colors... so make sure that you use pink, white, red and include a heart in your card or 3-D item.  That's just perfect for Valentine's Day projects.. after all, we are only a few days away from the truly BIG event meant for lovers!

Here's what the design team has put together for inspiration.














Don't forget, we are looking for a guest designer for the month of March. In order to qualify, you must participate in each one of the February challenges here at Mo's.... and, of course, follow all of the rules listed to the right of this post. If you have any doubt about the rules, or have a question, just drop us a line and we'll get back to you.

But don't fret.. if you have missed our previous challenge, you can still win a digital image from Mo's shop for an entry this week. We'll pick a winner next Wednesday through Random.org.

So, happy coloring everyone, and best of luck in the challenge.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Mo's Digital Pencil - Challenge #17 & MORE!

Hello everyone..and welcome to Challenge 17. We're sending out a huge 'thank you' to everyone who has been joining in the weekly challenges. Lisa's January challenges were a huge success and our followers are just loving Mo's images. It's fun to see posts from new people entering the world of digital images each week.

We've got lots to tell you today, so grab a cup of something warm and delicious, spend a few minutes with us, and make sure you read all of the great details in this post for a big announcement.

First, a new month means there's a new hostess from our Design Team to set the stage for our challenges. For the month of February, Dawn Burnworth will host several challenges that are bound to be fun activities for all of us. Before we get into our challenge for this week, let's meet Dawn.

Hi everyone! I am really excited to be hosting the month of February at Mo's challenge blog. I hope you find some time to come on over and join this amazing design team in some creative fun.

I am a Midwest girl born and raised on a family farm. I am very proud of my upbringing. I now live in North Carolina and love it. I have a wonderful hubby and 5 kids.. 4 girls and a boy. I have been stamping for about 5 years now. My favorite style of stamping is whimsical. I like a clean and simple style that showcases your image. Mo's images are perfect for that. I am flowergal36 on Splitcoaststampers, just don't ask me to stamp a flower..It's not pretty.

I hope you enjoy my challenges and I look forward to seeing all your creativity.

For great inspiration, check out Dawn's blog. Wow, what talent! Dawn's first challenge this month is all about "wood" or "would" (as in 'would' you be mine?) So, make a card or 3-D project and incorporate 'wood' or 'would', or perhaps use 'faux wood' in your project.

On a much sadder note, Michelle Oatman has elected to leave our team due to family and career commitments. We will certainly miss Michelle's positive influence and creativity here at Mo's. Please join us in wishing Michelle well... Michelle promises to participate in our challenges as her time permits, so she's not going very far away.

Here's what the Design Team has put together for inspiration...









As we do each week, one lucky person will be selected for an image from Mo's shop through Random.Org. And here's the big news... at the end of February the Design Team will pick one lucky person to become part of our Design Team for the month of March. If you would like to be considered, here's what you need to do:

  • Participate in ALL of the challenges for the month of February (Feb 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th)
  • Of course, follow the challenge rules and follow the criteria for each particular challenge (layout, colors, recipe, etc.)
  • The Design Team will select their favorite image from those that met the criteria for the challenge
All of our normal challenge rules still apply and they are listed to the right of this post. If you have questions, leave a message here or drop us a line. We would love to help in any way we can.

That one lucky person will also win this great award from Bella and Bronte... wouldn't you love to have this on your blog?


So get your supplies out and come join us this week and for the entire month.. you might just be the lucky winner!

Happy crafting everyone!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Mo's Digital Pencil - Challenge #16

Hello everyone.. happy Thursday and welcome to our 16th challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil!

Lisa, our January hostess, has created another terrific challenge for us this week... it's "Shades of Gray". So, let's see how you interpret this week's get-together. How will you create your masterpiece within the challenge guidelines?

Before we let this opportunity slip away, please join the Design Team in thanking Lisa for a terrific month of challenges.. She really had some terrific ideas and you apparently have enjoyed them!

For some inspiration, here's what the design team has put together for your perusal.






Dawn







Don't forget to link your creation back here to Mr. Linky (that little feisty guy). If he has seemed to disappear or isn't being cooperative just punch him in the nose leave a comment here with a link to your creation. We will make sure that your entry isn't overlooked. Enter once, follow the challenge guidelines, and you are set! Full details are listed to the right of our blog. Got questions?.. just leave us a note and we'll get back to you.

We'll announce a winner through a random drawing next Wednesday. Best of luck to each of you!

Happy coloring!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Challenge #15 - Mo's Digital Pencil

Hi everyone.. and welcome to our 15th Challenge! We've been having a terrific turnout and love the momentum that's being created among Mo's followers! It's only possible because of all of you who join us week after week. And what a pleasure to see so many new participants trying digital images for the first time. What a fantastic job you are doing! Thank you everyone!

This week our January hostess, Lisa, has a color scheme in mind for our challenge. Aren't these colors great? Not everyone will have these identical colors in their stash, so to play along you can use white and the closest you have to these shades of blue and purples.

And here's what the Design Team has put together to give you some inspiration. All of these fantastic images can be found at Mo's shop.



This week our lucky winner will win an opportunity to ask Mo for an image designed based on their suggestion. We'll pick a winner through Random.org on Wednesday, Feb 3rd.. so stay tuned. You might be that lucky person.

Our challenge rules are quite simple... Use Mr. Linky to link to your blogpost (not just to your blog), enter only once, follow the color challenge for this week as shown above... and have some fun! Full details of our rules are listed to the right of this post, but if you have any questions, please drop us a line -- we'd love to help you out.

Mr. Linky was the most cooperative person last week... but we know he can get finicky! If he's not cooperating, just poke him in the eyes please leave a comment with a link to your post. We'll get it ironed out later and will make sure that no one is overlooked!

Happy coloring everyone! And, good luck in the challenge.


Thursday, January 14, 2010

Mo's Digital Pencil - Challenge #14

Hi everyone.. before we get to our challenge this week, we've got to send out a huge thank you to all of our challenge participants. You guys are terrific and we love what you do. We certainly enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing such wonderful creations.  Wow, there's a lot of talent out there in blogland!  We all get busy in the stuff that fills our lives, so today we wanted to make a special point to say 'thank you" to all of you that play along with us.

This week, Lisa, our January hostess, has a great sketch challenge all lined up for us.  Thanks Lisa for always doing such a terrific job!

So, following the sketch layout, you get to design a card using any theme and anything else you'd like, for any occasion you are in the mood for!

Here's what our DT has created to give you a bit of inspiration...





















So won't you join us in the festivities? Grab your supplies and play along. We'll select a random winner on the evening of Wednesday January 20th. You might be the lucky person who gets to select a free digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil, courtesy of Mo of course!

Our rules are listed to the right.. so please look at them carefully. They are easy to follow.. If you have questions, drop us a line and let us know how we can help. Most importantly... have fun!

Happy Coloring!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Mo's Digital Pencil - Challenge #13

From all of us at Mo's Digital Pencil we wish you a Happy New Year! We hope that 2010 finds you crafty as ever with all the mojo you ever need!

For the entire month of January our DT member, Lisa Cook, will be our Challenge hostess. Lisa is super-talented and you should check out her blog. We are very fortunate to have her as part of her team. Since we've been getting to know more about Lisa, we thought you would like to also...so here's a note from Lisa herself.....

Hello everyone! I’m Lisa and I’m excited to choose the challenges for January! I have tried to choose a variety of things that I enjoy and hope that you enjoy them.



I am a Kansas girl and love crafting. I have a degree in elementary education, but haven’t taught since I had my daughter almost 14 years ago. My son is 16. The two of them keep me busy! My husband and I have been married almost 19 years. He is very supportive of my terrible paper/stamp/ribbon/Copic addiction hehe. I’m very blessed!


I have loved to color since I was a little girl! The smell of new crayons delights me till this day. I love making cards. It is truly my passion. Images that lend themselves to coloring are what I tend to gravitate toward. I like clean layouts that set off the image. I love embellishments, but too many can be distracting. I love to participate in challenges and keep a weekly calendar of my favorites so I don’t lose track and miss any!


I hope you enjoy the challenges I've put together this month!

Thanks Lisa.. we are looking forward to all you have in store for us this month!

So to start off January, Lisa is challenging us to make a card or paper project for a Birthday... Yup.. it's all about birthdays so you get to create anything you wish using an image from Mo's Digital Pencil and meeting Lisa's challenge. With Lisa's criteria in mind, here's what the design team has put together for her first challenge.























So grab your pencils, watercolors, copic markers, promarkers, or whatever you like as your weapon of choice and play along with us in Lisa's first challenge.

Our challenge rules are listed to the right of this blogpost, so please check them out. Make sure you leave a link at Mr. Linky (if he's working) to your post for this specific challenge, not just to your blog. If Mr. Linky isn't appearing, just leave a post in our comment section with a link to your creation. We won't overlook you!!

Thanks for playing along!