I hope you have all had a nice week and to all you poor harrased Mums, hang on in there - not long and they'll be back at school :)

Well what a fantastic response we had to our special challenge last week. Thank you to everyone who helped us to celebrate and we enjoyed looking at your work and seeing which were your favourite challenges.

We have 6 winners and their names will be posted on here as soon as I have them.

Edited - The 6 winners are - Kim's - Riet, Mandy - Francesca, Andrea - Bernie, Dawny P - Mary J, Steph & Nikki - to come soon.

Well done girlies - if you contact the individual team member directly, they will arrange to get your prize off to you :)

We have another sketch for you this week and we also have something a bit special as well. Or rather someone very special joining us. We thought it would be nice to invite some of our favourite peeps to join us as a one -off each week. These are ladies you will probably all know (and maybe some that you won't). But they will all have one thing in common - their work is just inspirational.

You will know exactly what I mean when I tell you that our very first special guest is non other than the very wonderful Kim Piggott. I think I can speak for all the team when I say that her work is awesome. Kim, thank you so much for joining us - you have a very special talent for sure and your card is just beautiful xxx.

Well firstly, I have to apologise to anyone whose blog I didn't get round to last week. My computer has been misbehaving again and there were quite a few places where it would not let me leave a comment. BUT I have to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part and also to our lovely
sponsor Merrigan xxx

Well, Sandi Shores, it's yoooooooouuuu!! If you e-mail me chick, I'll send your details to Merrigan so you can get your prize.

It's a very special week here at Papertake Weekly as it is our

100th challenge

Back on 1st October 2007, Steph, Andrea, Mandy and Caroline did their very first challenge. You can see it here .

I was talking to Steph about this and how it all started and it was because a few friends decided that they would take it in turns each week to send out the same materials to each other and see what they could make from them. And that's how it all began. You can read all about it in Steph's own words here.

It is all credit to Steph and the girls that we are sill here nearly 2 years later!! So I would like to say thank you to all the design team, past and present, for making this challenge such a success xxxxx

Because it's a special week, we don't have a sponsor as such, but we do have prizes. All the regular team girls have put together a giveaway, to say thank you to YOU for your support over the years - so next week instead of 1 winner there will be 6!!! Just pop along to each blog, leave us a comment and we will each pick a winner. Easy peasy :)

Steph - the very first challenge which was Swirly Doodles, and Steph has even used the same paper and image

Steph's notebook





Kim - Sketch #7 (26/01/2009)


Kims giveaway :)


Mandy - Seeing Spots (05/01/2009)

Mandy's giveaway :)


Nikki - Seeing Spots (05/01/2009)

We hope they've inspired you to delve back into Papertake's archives and find your favourite. We can't wait to see which one you pick :)

And don't forget to come and visit us all and see what we've all been up to.

Have a great and crafty week xxxx

I'm ever so sorry I'm a bit late with this - I have had one of those days. But never mind, we're here now, and I hope everyone is well and enjoying this little bit of nice weather we are having!!

What a fabulous response to last week's challenge, and what beautiful cards you all did. Thank you to everyone who took part and also major thanks to our wonderful sponsor, the very sweet and lovely girlie that is Janet from Pink Gem Designs xx x

Well done chick and if you e-mail me, I'll pass on your details to Janet.

So whatever you do, don't miss next week cos we'd love you to celebrate with us. There'll be lots going on for sure!!!

And talking of stunning, let's see what out lovely team have been up to this week. All the cards here have been made with Bee Crafty images and I think you'll agree that they are fabulous.

Sadly we are also saying goodbye to our 2 lovely GDT girlies, Katy and Wendy, who have been with us for the last 4 weeks. It's been a pleasure to have you girls and thank you for joining us and also for your beautiful cards.

Next week we have 2 new GD girlies but until then, and without further waffle from me, here are our cards ....

Katy (GDT)

Wendy (GDT)


Wendy's close up


Mandy


Steph


Kimmie

So that's it.

Don't forget to check out our individual blogs where you can see what else we've all been up to.

And don't forget that you can make the sketch your own by rotating, flipping, resizing etc. As long as you can still see the sketch then that's fine and dandy-oh!!!

We can't wait to see what you come up with so take care and have the best crafty week xxxx

I just have to say before we start that once again I've had problems leaving comments on a few blogs, but I will keep trying, so if I haven't visted, I will be along asap.

So firstly, I have to say a big thank you to our wonderful featured sponsor, Simon Says Stamp. One lucky girlie has won $25 to spend in the on line shop, and that winner is ......

And on to this week, where our challenge is Four Seasons. We all have colours or and things that we associate with the different seasons I think. So all you have to do this week is create your card using a colour scheme or things that reminds YOU of one of the seasons.

And that's all there is to it!!!

Janet is also our special guest designer this week and she has chosen Winter as her season and has used the most gorgeous Mille and Snowman image which is available at Pink Gem.

Wanna see her card? Here it is ......

I love that image - it is so sweet. And of course, our wonderful girls have also been busy, and here's what they've done.

There was no conferring here, but we have covered all the seasons!!!

So these are the colours that we have chosen, and we'd love to see what you choose. If you get a sec, don't forget to pop along to our blogs and see what we have all been up to.

Have a great week and we'll be back next Tuesday with another sketch challenge xxx