One last gentleman for July...

Thanks to everyone who entered my July challenge! Here is one more piece from the Design Team, which I didn't get posted in time (sorry!)

By Vicki Romaine :-) http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.com/

June Challenge: FATHERS & BROTHERS

All this month link up your creations on the theme of FATHERS and BROTHERS. Grandfathers, Uncles, Papas and Daddies all welcome, too! Link up your creations featuring males and/or suitable for giving to the guys...

Here are some digital collage sheets featuring men and boys, to get you started, and don't miss the inspiration from the Design Team below. I hope you have fun celebrating and honoring the special fellows in our lives this month!

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

Challenge ends at 3:00 pm CST on June 30

Any craft or medium is welcome.

ENTER UP TO THREE PIECES!

Vintage style is encouraged but not required.

Use a Lunagirl image and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize: $10 e-gift certificate to use at Lunagirl.com! Winner will be selected by random drawing.

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LUNAGIRL MOONBEAMS DESIGN TEAM

MANDY CHILVERS
MandysMagicalWorldofArt

Twinchie (2x2") by MICHELE STORMS of Art from the Well

Digital collage by CORINNE MARIE:   Digital by Corinne

Babies and Children Week Three!

So many adorable babies and children in this month's blog challenge! Here are a few more from the Design Team. And the challenge entries so far are amazing. We're going to have such a lovely collection of little guys and girls by the end of January.

You still have time to link up your entries, of course, so I look forward to seeing what you create! Here is a link to the Babies and Children challenge which continues until January 31.

MANDY CHILVERS
MandysMagicalWorldofArt

Tag by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

Collage card by VICKI ROMAINE Cheerful Stamp Pad

Second Week: Babies & Children

MANDY CHILVERS
MandysMagicalWorldofArt

Join us for my January challenge. The theme is Babies & Children! 

Here is more inspiration from Lunagirl Moonbeams Design Team members...

Tag by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

January Challenge Theme: BABIES & CHILDREN

Happy New Year! Celebrate the hopeful energy of a brand new year with my January challenge theme: Babies and Children. Share up to three entries ~ and when your entry includes a Lunagirl image it doubles your chances of winning the drawing :-)


Just FYI you can find hundreds of babies and children, in vintage photos, postcards, and Victorian cards and art, at Lunagirl.com, including the digital collage sheets used by the Moonbeams Design Team... Don't miss their inspiration below! And always feel free to email me if I can help you find something in my store.

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES:

Challenge ends at 3:00 pm CST on January 31.

Any craft or medium is welcome.

Vintage style is encouraged but not required.

Use a Lunagirl image and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  Winner will be selected randomly to receive a $15 credit at Lunagirl.com!

We can't wait to see your creations! Celebrate January with us at Lunagirl :-)

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LUNAGIRL MOONBEAMS DESIGN TEAM

VICKI ROMAINE Cheerful Stamp Pad

Tag by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

"When I Grow Up" by Shelby Pizzarro Sisterhood of the Muse

Challenge Winner: Let's Hear It For the Boys

We have a winner! Our "Let's Hear It For the Boys" challenge is completed, the random drawing has been done, and congratulations go out to Avril (Mrs. B's Crafting Addiction) for Entry #9! She has won her choice of one my ten Lunagirl Collage Sheet Collection CDs!

Thanks to everyone who joined in this challenge! It was lots of fun.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for my next challenge. The theme will be FAIRYLAND...

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS challenge second week

Hello all! Our "Let's Hear It For the Boys" challenge continues all this week. We have some great entries so far, but we need to see yours!

Here is a little guy to inspire you (click on his picture to enlarge and save if you like), and some BEAUTIFUL inspirational samples from the Moonbeams Design Team below.

You have until Sunday to link up your creation, for fun and a chance to win the drawing for a Lunagirl Collage Sheet collection of your choice.

MICHELE STORMS:
"this little boy image is so sweet and i am pretty sure he is very sorry for whatever he did!"

MANDY CHILVERS:
two adorable little guys with flowers -- and beautiful collage work

VICKI ROMAINE:
"This card proves that I save everything.  The arched embossed cardboard under the Lunagirl image is part of a band that went around a Panera coffee cup to keep your hands from being burned.  This was all placed on top of a piece of designer cardstock and a piece of designer paper, both scraps. An epoxy sentiment finished the card."

Creative Blog Challenge: Let's Hear It for the Boys!

Time for a new challenge theme! We usually do so many themes with women and flowers and little girls... this time it's something different: Let's Hear It For The BOYS. I'm the mother of two boys myself, so I'm all for that.

Your project should focus on boys. Take a look at my Lunagirl shop for boys on digital collage sheets and more on CD, and don't miss the Design Team inspiration below! (My challenge banner uses frames from my Victorian Vintage Blank Labels CD plus vintage boys from my digital collage sheets.)

Here are the challenge guidelines:

Any craft or medium is OK.

Limit of 3 entries from one person in each challenge, please.

Vintage style is encouraged.

Use a Lunagirl image or element and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Remember to link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  The winner will be selected randomly, to receive a Lunagirl collage sheet CD of your choice! ($25 value).

Challenge ends at noon CST on August 31.

Of course I love if you use at least one Lunagirl.com product, and I hope you'll go take a look at my collection... but that's not a requirement. However, remember that if you use a Lunagirl image, you will be entered TWICE in the drawing! I want to welcome everyone and every style but also give a little something extra to my wonderful customers! 

LINK UP YOUR ENTRIES BELOW TO PLAY 

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LUNAGIRL MOONBEAMS DESIGN TEAM

To get you started, here is an adorable little guy on a bookmark created by Michele Storms, perfect for our boys-themed challenge and also for Back-to-School Time!

Michele writes:
as the mom of one child, a son, i love being challenged to deliver up some good things featuring boys.  i made a bookmark on the "back to school" theme since that time is right around the corner.  i used an image from your african american CD and the rainbow butterflies sheet (because boys can take flight too of course -- and truly learning gives you wings!)  the rest is stuff from my stash.

Here's another adorable little guy on this arch created by MANDY CHILVERS. I love the aged look and muted colors. (Little boy photo from Little Boys Photos.)

Here he is again on a tag by Vicki Romaine! I love the vintage style of this one, with the sepia and copper colors. 

Vicki writes:
My tag has a page from an old paperback book as a background base.  The  Lunagirl image was placed under wrapped vintage twine. Down the left side is a piece of shinny cooper-looking cardstock cut from an old Christmas card. At the top is a medallion piece that had been smashed in a coin-smashing machine

More New Collage Sheets: Victorian Ladies & Children

Here are a couple more new digital collage sheets.  These feature beautiful, colorful Victorian style die-cut images of women and children.  The ladies are wearing some very elegant vintage fashions, including fancy hats and fans.  The girls and boys are so sweet, in old-fashioned clothing, some with flowers.  I've also included some little bundles and baskets of flowers (also antique die-cuts) because if I have extra space I like to include a little extra something!  You can always see my newest releases at Lunagirl.com.

New Collage Sheets for Father's Day

I try to "keep you posted" about new digital collage sheets.  Here are a few I created recently featuring men and boys (and cowboys!) just in time for Father's Day cards and crafts.  See all of these plus my other designs featuring the gentlemen, and traditionally "male" themes such as vintage trains and autos, at Lunagirl.com.

Other nice options for Dad include my Antique Daguerreotypes CD, which has hundreds of photos of men (great for Vintage Gothic themes also -- hint), African-American Photo CD, and Vintage Women and Men CD.

Springtime on its way?

Aren't these two charming? We purchased them from different sources, but they are obviously a matched set! Both can be found in our Easter Photos & Postcards collection on CD.

It's not springtime yet (we had another snow last week!), but the air is full of bird calls and the light feels different. I love February for that ~ it's still wintertime, but I can feel the wheel turning toward spring. At least here in the South :-)

LATEST RELEASES from LUNAGIRL

Two gorgeous new collections from Lunagirl: Vintage Girls & Boys and Vintage Women & Men!

Both offer a bounty of beautiful 300 dpi images from the Victorian Edwardian eras through the 1930s, including a wide variety images from postcards, die-cuts and scraps, and stunning fine art paintings! A must for anyone who loves vintage.

Why buy digital craft supples? These days saving money is on everyone's mind, and if you've bought paper crafting supplies you know how quickly the cost adds up. Instead of buying single copies of paper pictures and stickers, get beautiful, high-quality digital images on our easy-to-use CDs, and print them over and over again, on any and all papers you like, whenever you need them.

What Fun: Retro Children's Illustrations

This one is great: created with children's illustrations from 1930s postcards and children's book illustrations.

It is fun to offer these charming boys and girls for your projects after they've been living in a shoebox for decades!

What kinds of images would you like more of?

We are (literally) surrounded in our office by hundreds of vintage photo postcards recently purchased as a large collection from overseas. Most are French and some are German or Dutch. We have pictures of women from the Victorian and Edwardian age, romantic couples and some brides, Victorian boys & girls, flappers and little girls of the 1920s and 1930s, holiday photo cards, and more, all waiting to be scanned, restored, altered and published.

What to work on first!? It would help us to hear from our customers .... what you like to see more of in terms of images for your art and crafts projects? Email us at summertownsun@yahoo.com and let us know!