Hi there me darlins  and hope that you are all OK and that you are having a nice week so far xx

Before we get to the cards, once again I have to apologise firstly to our lovely Mary and secondly to all you lovely crafters because once again we had a link left that was not to a card from a crafter, but from another ribbon company. To say I was incensed is putting it mildly and I once again sent an email to the company involved who I won't name as I don't want to promote them here, and this time I think I left them in no doubt as to what my feelings were. They have replied and have said that they apologise so hopefully that is the end of that. I have been deleting their links to make it fair to you all so with a bit of luck, they will now stop.

Now to nicer things :)
Thank you to everybody who joined in last week -  what a fab response and your sparkly were gorgeous :)

So who was our lucky winner then ?

Well this week it's you Rosie C :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details on to Mary & Andrea  and hugest of thanks to The Ribbon Girl for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Rosie did peeps …..

... what gorgeous colours and I LOVE the bling and sparkle :)

So onto this week and as it’s the last one of the month we have a little sketchie for you and ….

and here it is – sketch #83.

But as we are doing now,  if you would prefer to use another sketch, then please feel free to use any Papertake Weekly sketch you fancy because we have another ...

Sketchie Free For All

All you have to do is to use any PTW sketch (it MUST be one of ours please) and just add the number of the sketch you’ve chosen when you post the link back to us :) To make life a bit easier, we now have a sketches page at the top here so there are a fair old few to choose from. Hopefully this will save you having to go back through the archives to find one that you like :)

As always, please feel free to resize, flip and rotate the elements - as long as you can still see the sketch, it’s completely fine so fill yer boots!!!

And of course, as it’s the last challenge of the month, we are sponsored by those fabulous people across the pond.

Yes it’s the one and only and utterly fab

Simon Says Stamp

In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. We stock over 100,000 items in our warehouses so that we can offer you quick service and one stop shopping at a great price! We are located in Ohio, the heart of it all. Our team works hard to give you a fulfilled shopping experience and is always open to your ideas and suggestions! Happy customers are the heart of our business. We work hard to find and deliver to you the latest in stamping and paper crafting supplies! Attending classes, workshops, and sales meetings around the world, our goal is to keep our product offerings fresh and current. Make us your one stop easy shop - and we'll deliver right to your door!

There is a $20 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop – woohoooo :)

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize :)xxx

So without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done -

Marianne (GDT - sketch #83 )

Sue (GDT - sketch #83)

Sharon (sketch #42)

Karen (sketch #83)

Debs (sketch #83)

Hazel (sketch #83)

Anne (sketch #81)

Lisa

Mary (sketch #83)

Liz (sketch #83)

Lols (sketch #83)

Natalie (sketch #83)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please.

Could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead please pretty please xxxx. It’s ever so easy to do – see our sidebar – and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear.

Can we remind you nicely that’s it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking. We hope you understand that it’s only fair to those who make a new card xxx

And could we ask that you restrict your number of entries please to no more than 5

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And  just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry, with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the mo – grrrrrr what a nightmare. But please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Thanks for bearing with us and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and that you are having a nice week so far.

Thank you so much to everybody who joined in last week -   what a fabulous response and your cards and projects were amazing :)

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo  Sweet Roses this week it’s you chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details on to Katharina  and hugest of thanks to Whiff of Joy for sponsoring us xxx

And check out this week's winning card peeps …..

... how sweet is Angelica Fishing :).

So onto this week and our theme is

Make It Sparkle

So you just need to add something sparkly really, ie glitter, bling etc etc  - it's as easy as that :)

This week we are very pleased to welcome back our very own Mary & Andrea aka …

The Ribbon Girl

…  and check out  what’s up for grabs peeps

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize and do nip and check out the website if you get a sec cos there’s oodles of pretty stuff  over there, including lots of lovely blooms which are perfect for today's challenge.

Right,  without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done  and I think you'll agree that they are all just gorgeous -

Marianne (GDT )

Sue (GDT)

Natalie

Sharon

Karen

Debs

Hazel

Anne

Lisa

Mary

Liz

Lols

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please.

Could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead please pretty please xxxx. It’s ever so easy to do – see our sidebar – and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear.

Can we remind you nicely that’s it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking. We hope you understand that it’s only fair to those who make a new card xxx

And could we ask that you restrict your number of entries please to no more than 5

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And  just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry, with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the mo – grrrrrr what a nightmare. But please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Thanks for bearing with us and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and that you are having a nice week so far.

Thank you so much to everybody who joined in last week -   what a fabulous response and your cards and projects were amazing :)

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo Rachel D this week it’s you chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details on to Lisa & Laila and hugest of thanks to Lili of the Valley for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what  Rachel did peeps …..

... a gorgeous card for her husband's Great Grandmother who is 104 - wowwzers!! Sending love and best wishes to the birthday girl from all the Papertakers xxx

So onto this week's challenge and our theme is

Child's Play

and quite simply we just want you to make a card for  a child - easy peasy - and it can be for any occasion:)

We are so pleased to welcome back our lovely Katharina and

Whiff of Joy

and this week’s up for grabs prize is ….

... the oh so sweet Santa Riding Through a Winter Night - he's adorable :)

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize:)xxx

And without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done -

Marianne (GDT )

Sue (GDT)

Lols

Natalie

Sharon

Karen

Debs

Hazel

Anne

Lisa

Mary

Liz

Jill

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please.

Could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead please pretty please xxxx. It’s ever so easy to do – see our sidebar – and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear.

Can we remind you nicely that’s it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking. We hope you understand that it’s only fair to those who make a new card xxx

And could we ask that you restrict your number of entries please to no more than 5

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And  just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry, with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the mo – grrrrrr what a nightmare. But please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Thanks for bearing with us and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and that you are enjoying your week so far.

Thank you to everybody who joined in last week -   your sketchie cards were fab  :)

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo Kate, this week it’s you chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details on to Heidi and hugest of thanks to Simon Says Stamp for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what  Kate did peeps …..

What a fabulous card - LOVE the image -  and a great interpretation of  …

... sketch #82

Now onto this week and as it’s the first one of the month we have our usual

Anything Goes

theme with the optional extra to do make a Christmas card or project.

But remember this is only an option and if you don’t want to use this theme then you don’t have to. The main thing is to let loose your creative stuff and make a card that pleases YOU :)

As our regulars will know, the first challenge of the month is sponsored by the lovely Lisa & Laila over at

Lili of The Valley

And they have given us a …

… to give to one lucky winner.

And with so much to choose from in the shop, one lucky girlie is going to be spoiled for choice!!!!

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize :)xxx

So without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done -

Marianne (GDT )

Sue (GDT)

Natalie

Jill

Lols

Sharon

Karen

Debs

Hazel

Anne

Lisa

Mary

Liz

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please.

Could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead please pretty please xxxx. It’s ever so easy to do – see our sidebar – and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear.

Can we remind you nicely that’s it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking. We hope you understand that it’s only fair to those who make a new card xxx

And could we ask that you restrict your number of entries please to no more than 5

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And  just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry, with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the mo – grrrrrr what a nightmare. But please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Thanks for bearing with us and huggiest of hugs to all xxx