Au Revoir, and Welcome

Au Revoir Karen

Karen has been on our DT for a few months and what a pleasure it was to showcase her gorgeous creations! Sadly, she has decided to leave us. We will miss your light banter in the group and certainly your gorgeous cards. However, I now look forward to seeing your creations being entered into our challenges!

Thanks for your dedication and enthusiasm - a real star! As a tribute to you, here is a collage of "some" of the beautiful cards you made with DS4J images during your DT membership.

A BIG WELCOME to RIETTE

And now I would like to welcome and introduce a new member to the team. Riette Gasser (or Red), who  hails from Roodepoort (near Johannesburg) in South Africa. This is what she says ...

. I started card making by "accident" early in 2011 when I bought a flower punch (those big ones that punch out all the individual petals) at a craft expo. Being somewhat compulsive at times I of course didn't know what to do with it so I started Googling and stumbled upon the AMAZING world of paper crafting. I was hooked. By trial and error I've learned and found my "style" so to speak. I like being challenged to try new things and also to show others what I'm learning. I'm a "stay-at-home-Mom" who is rarely "at home" since we homeschool and love to find our adventure in the world around us. 

WELCOME TO THE TEAM RIETTE and I trust you will have fun with us!
Pop into Riette's blog and show her some love.

Would you like to serve on the DS4J DT? 
Click HERE for more information.
 

 

A SPECIAL THANKS TO A SPECIAL PERSON

We say GOODBYE to a wonderful DT Leader and member....

Jenlee Leeflang has been on the DT since the start of Digistamps4Joy, and she continued to provide her support and guidance during the change over of ownership in February 2012.

She has been selfless in all her efforts to promote ALL the DS4J digistamps - not only her own. Jen was a wonderful support to me and the DT, was always on time with her commitments, and I knew I could trust her with a task.
Jen, we will miss you, your organisational skills, and your wonderful, talentful creations, but we wish you all the best in the future, and of course you may now officially enter our DS4J Challenges!

Thank you for your loyalty and dedication to DS4J. As a tribute to you, I have put together a collage of some of the beautiful cards you made during your DT membership.

Go well and go safe!

 

NEW RELEASES - Sunday 4th November 2012

Here are our new releases 

Our artists have been busy creating some super images for you! 

Note: The artists' name is in brackets. Click on the category link to take you directly to the shop. 

Christmas bauble (Jen) (Holidays)	Windsor (Margy) (Backgrounds)
Special Friends (Jen) (Cutie Pies)	Strawberry border (Margy) (Borders 'n Corners)
Girly stuff (Jen) (Teenz)	Colosseum (Margy) (Backgrounds)
Gilly Gulwein (Jen) (Teenz)	Lily border (Margy) (Borders 'n Corners)
Tree frame (Margy) (Flowers)	Joy 'n Peace sentiment (Margy) (Holidays) (currently a FREEBIE 2-4 Nov.)

The DT were given "Gilly Gulwein" -drawn by Jen - to play with, and here are their wonderful creations!

Karin

   Berni

 

Alex

Jen

Ursula

Margy created this card using "Tree frame"

 
Jen created a card using both the "Colosseum" and "Windsor" images

  Thanks for visiting and we hope you enjoyed our showcase!  

All of these images are now available in the DS4J Shop.

FREEBIE FRIDAY - 2 November 2012

Oops, sorry you missed it, but the image is now only available in the shop.

The first Friday of every month Digistamps4Joy releases a free digistamp, and as this is the first Friday of November, here is the image we are releasing!

This image is called "Joy 'n Peace sentiment" and is drawn by Margy (that's me), and is perfect for the upcoming Christmas/Holiday season! Scroll to the bottom of the post for the link.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The freebie is now ONLY available for downloading in the DS4J SHOP, and I have extended the availability time to 3 days (2-4 November), after which it will be available for purchase in the shop.  There is however no reason to be 'afraid' of setting up an account in the shop as it IS free, and IS easy, and when you add the freebie to the cart and checkout it WILL be free. There is NO obligation to purchase any other items, and of course next month your account will already be set up! I made this decision to prevent any stamp theft.

To showcase this image the DT have made up some stunning cards.

 Jen created a beautiful card with the sentiment as the focal point!

Alex created this gorgeous card!

Ursula created a beautiful card

Margy created a different card, and added the Christmas Bauble image (in the shop on Sunday)

PLEASE NOTE: Our freebies may NOT be shared, posted on another blog, website, Pinterest, or forum. Only the owner of DS4J has the right to distribute the freebie.

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY CHALLENGE #54 :: BINGO ... BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE

 

 

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For this new challenge we have something (we think) is a unique challenge theme ...

BINGO ...... BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE

 

Here is your bingo card :

Horizontal lines 1,2, 4 and 5 will indicate what NOT to add to your papercraft creation.

Horizontal line 3 (the centre line) is open to your interpretation ...

So if you look at it, it's pretty simple!!

Enter your projects (there’s a limit to 3 per crafter), for a chance to win 3 images of your choice from the store.

As usual, if you use a DS4J image on your project, you will get the chance to win a $10 voucher to spend in the store.
   The talented Design Team "A" have come up with some wonderful inspiration for you :

ALEX

image used : "Balancing Act"

NO glitter * NO ribbons *  One image * NO apples  * NO buttons

AMANDA 

image used : "Corset and frills"

NO purple, NO glitter, NO pumpkins, NO  twine, NO orange

ANGELA

image used: "mielies en 'n pampoen"

 NO glitter * NO ribbons *  One image * NO apples  * NO buttons

DESIRE

image used : "Lillies for you"

NO pumpkins, NO die cut, heart, NO brads, NO embossing

KARIN

image used : "Anemone Corsage"

NO Orange, NO Leaves, Flowers, NO Sentiment, NO Halloween

JEN

image used "Minnie-me Mouse"

NO purple * NO glitter * NO pumpkin * NO twine * NO orange

Are you ready to create something fabulous .. all you need to do is choose a line on the Bingo card!

By entering you could win one of these prizes:

DT'S CHOICE : $10 gift voucher from the store and a badge for your blog

RANDOM WINNER : 3 images of your choice from the store and a badge for your blog

and

2 runners up will win ONE image and badges for their blogs

We have introduced an extra prize ....

... the chance to feature as a Guest Designer and earn a badge to add to your blog. 
And how do you get to be a Guest Designer?

Easy-peasy - if you enter our challenge using a Digistamps4Joy image, you have a chance of being invited as a Guest Designer.  

Are you ready to create something fabulous?

Remember to link your post, not your blog, to the linky tool below.

And what if you don 't have a blog ... you can still enter by emailing the photograph of your entry to jencraft.jen[at]gmail[dot]com, with "DS4J CHALLENGE #54 EMAIL ENTRY" in the subject line.  Don 't forget to add your name in your email.

We have a few rules we'd like you to read ... check out the sidebar ->->->

Remember to add a link to this challenge in your blog post .. you wouldn't want to be disqualified from winning a prize just because you didn't!
   

Remember : you may enter up to three different entries per challenge, each from a separate post on your blog.

We can't wait to see what you have for us!

We do have a special request:

We understand that many crafters celebrate Halloween but ask that you restrict your entries to those that are not demonic, scary, blood-curdling or dark.  We like to keep our challenge child-friendly.

WINNERS OF CHALLENGE #53 : ANYTHING GOES WITH A MASCULINE TWIST

NOTE: ALL Challenge Winners are posted on our Challenge Winners page. Please check there after each closing date to see if you a winner.

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY SPONSORS "JACKSON'S DIGITAL EXPRESSIONS" CHALLENGE

Challenge #29 is an "Anything Goes" challenge over at JACKSON'S DIGITAL EXPRESSIONS this week, and just by entering, you could win a Digistamps 4 Joy gift voucher!

Here is a card made by one of the JDE DT girls, Carol, using the Digistamps 4 Joy image, "Stormie".

So, why don't you hop on over and join their "Anything Goes" Challenge?