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Clearly Inspired Challenge #52 (CIC52)

Welcome to the Clearly Inspired Challenge!  It's Cassie here to bring you the second challenge of the month.  Thank you to each of you who participated in the last challenge.  I'm still making my way around, but we always appreciate seeing your talent!  Who's ready for a sketch?!

Stay as strict or as loose as you'd like, but let's have fun with it!

Here are a few challenge guidelines:

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our May Featured Digi looks like:

Chutes

Now for a little sketchy inspiration:

Deonna Bemish -- Friend in Need digital image

 

Kris Chirhart -- featured digital image Chutes & Hang in There digital image

 

Linda Anderson -- Yummy Cupcakes digital image

 

Lisa Lara -- designer of the featured digital image Chutes

 

Jen Young -- featured digital image Chutes & Baby Blessings digital image

 

Cassie Trask (me) -- featured digital image Chutes

Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until May 31st at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month.  Be as creative as you can, while sticking with the theme.  Remember, only one entry per person, please.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #51 (CIC51)

Happy Friday, crafty friends!  It's Cassie here with the latest Clearly Inspired Challenge!  Before we get to that, it's a new month.  That means we have some winners from last months participants to get to.  We had a total of 91 participants over the month, giving us a total of 3 $10 gift code winners and 4 featured digi winners!  Here they are at random:

$10 gift code for digital images:

Julie J

Kerry

Crafting Vicky

 

Featured Digi winners:

Dreja

Jacki

Vickie ODell

Paul

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all the participants!  Please contact me (cassandratrask@yahoo.com) within the month to claim your prize!

Onto challenge #51

What Goes Up, Must Come Down

Let's see some projects featuring things that are up in the air like parachutes, balloons, birds, butterflies, or even windows (they do go up and come down), etc!  This should really be an easy one!  Before you submit, here are a few challenge guidelines:

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our May Featured Digi looks like:

CHUTES

Now for some inspiration from our talented DT!

Lisa Lara (creator of our featured digi) -- featured digital image Chutes and Charlie Baby digital image

 

Deonna Bemish -- Farm Critters digital image and featured digital image Chutes

 

Barb Gmitro-Best -- featured digital image Chutes

 

Linda Anderson -- Windowbox Wishes colored digital image

 

Kris Chirhart -- featured digital image Chutes

 

Cassie Trask (me) -- featured digital image Chutes

Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until May 17th at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month.  Be as creative as you can, while sticking with the theme.  Remember, only one entry per person, please.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #50 (CIC50)

Hey there, crafty friends!  It's Cassie here to bring you the 50th challenge for the CIC!  That just seems crazy, doesn't it?!  We had some amazing cards and projects submitted for our 'Go Green' challenge, so thank you to all who participated.  Let's get to challenge #50, shall we?

Spring

That's easy enough, right?  Let's see some Spring projects using those Spring images or colors.  Before you submit, here are a few challenge guidelines:

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our April Featured Digi looks like:

Hoppers

Now some inspiration from our very talented DT:

Lisa Lara -- creator of our April featured digi Hoppers

 

Deonna Bemish -- Butterfly Bunny digital image

 

Barb Gmitro-Best -- Bless My Bloomers digital image

 

Kathy Dunnegan -- Sunny Day digital image

 

Linda Anderson -- Tulip Wreath digital image

 

Cassie Trask -- April featured digi Hoppers

Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until May 3rd at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month.  Be as creative as you can, while sticking with the theme.  Remember, only one entry per person, please.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

Clearly Inspired Challenge #49 (CIC49)

Welcome to the first Clearly Inspired Challenge for the month of April!  It's Cassie here, to bring you winners and the challenge.  Let's get to those winners for the month of March shall we?  We had a total of 140 players over the month, giving us a total of 3 winners for the gift code and 7 winners for the March featured digi.

$10 gift code winners:

 Linda V

Val

J. Atterbury Creations

 

March featured digi winners:

 NanaConnie

Trina

Julie Price

Einat

Ruby

donemark

aunty sue

 

All winners please contact Cassie (cassandratrask@yahoo.com) to claim your prize.

Now let's get challenged:

Since Earth Day falls in the month of April, let's Go Green!  Either create a project using mostly green or create an Earth Day project.   Before you submit, here are a few challenge guidelines:

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our April Featured Digi looks like:

Hoppers

Now here's some inspiration from the super talented DT:

Lisa Lara -- creator of our April featured digi Hoppers

 

Linda Anderson -- April featured digi Hoppers

 

Barb Best -- April featured digi Hoppers

 

Kris Chirhart -- April featured digi Hoppers

 

Kathy Dunnegan -- All the World digital image

Cassie Trask (me) -- April featured digi Hoppers

Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until April 19th at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month.  Be as creative as you can, while sticking with the theme.  Remember, only ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #48 (CIC48)

Here we are at the 3rd Friday of the month, which means it's time for another Clearly Inspired Challenge!  Did you see all of the great digital goodness that was released by CDS yesterday?  If not scroll down, because you certainly don't want to miss it!

We had over 100 participants in the last challenge, which means we will have lots of winners for our featured digi!  Let's see if we can get even more during this next challenge.

Scripture

This month's featured digi is perfect for the challenge!  While it's not the full Scriptures, it references all of those wonderful Scriptures that we hold so dear in our hearts.

Here are a few guidelines for the challenges before you submit a card or project:

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our March Featured Digi looks like:

Melody of Truth

Now for some DT inspiration:

Linda Anderson -- River Glorious Color digital image & Christian Friendship

Tameko Mays -- March featured digi Melody of Truth

 

Cassie Trask -- Just Divine

Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until April 5th at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month (that's 3 weeks to play this time!).  Be as creative as you can, while sticking with the theme.  Remember, only ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #47 (CIC47)

It's a new month and that brings new challenges and winners!  Let's start with the winners, shall we?!  We had a total of 44 players for the month of February, which gives us 2 winners of the $10 gift codes and 2 winners of February's Featured digital image!

Winners of the $10 gift code:

 Debbie

-Anne-

 

Winners of the February Featured Digi:

 Dorothy S/etsdas

Ellen

Congratulations!  To claim your prize, please email me, Cassie, by the end of the month.  (cassandratrask@yahoo.com)

Now let's get challenged:

Anything Goes

It doesn't get much easier than that!  Before you submit, please be sure to check out our challenge guidelines:

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our March Featured Digi looks like:

Melody of Truth

Now for some inspiration from our amazingly talented DT:

Linda Anderson -- Window Wishes color digital image

 

Jerusha Borden -- Tall Trio color digital image

 

Kathy Dunnegan -- Morning Devotions digital image

 

Cassie Trask -- Ark of Faith

Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until March 1st at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month.  Be as creative as you can.  Remember, only ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #46 (CIC46)

Hey, hey!  It's Cassie here to bring you the latest Clearly Inspired Challenge for February!  I'm excited so let's just get to it shall we?

Let's get SHAPELY!  

We want to see you get creative using shaped cards, and that means let's avoid the square or the rectangle.  If that makes you shutter in fear. . don't!  We have lots of DT inspiration to spark your creativity.

Before we go there, let's revisit the challenge guidelines: 

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our February Featured Digi looks like:

Bloom

Here's what the DT made to get you going:

Shell Sampson -- Hoppy Frogs, All About Spring, & Birthday Wishes

Tameko Mays -- God's Presence

 

Kathy Dunnegan -- Floral Cross Color Digital Image

 

Cassie Trask -- Eternity

Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until March 1st at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month.  Be as creative as you can while sticking to the colors.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #45 (CIC45)

Hello everyone!  It's Cassie here, to bring you a new Clearly Inspired Challenge!  However, before I do, I have some winners to announce from last month!  We had a total of 94 participants over the course of January, giving us a total of 7 winners!

Winners of the $10 gift code 

Angela

Stephinka

Amanda

 

Winners of the featured digital image

Mhairi

Cara

CarolH-Gingerbeary8

Tine

 

Please contact me, Cassie, by the end of the month to claim your prize!  (cassandratrask@yahoo.com)

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Now onto our next challenge!  How about a color challenge?!  

Let's see what you can create using the colors above!

Here are a few guidelines for our challenges:

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our February Featured Digi looks like:

Bloom

Now let's see a little DT inspiration:

Lisa Lara -- February featured digi Bloom (go HERE to see a great tutorial using this digi)

 

Shell Sampson -- Mini Verses, For Our Lord, and Faith

 

Tameko Mays -- February Featured Digi Bloom

 

Linda Anderson -- Loving Critters digital image

 

Kathy Dunnegan -- Sentimental Quilt digital image

 Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until February 16th at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month.  Be as creative as you can while sticking to the colors.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #44 (CIC44)

Happy Friday, crafty friends!  It's Cassie here to bring you another Clearly Inspired Challenge.  We had over 40 participants in CIC43, which means we are well on our way to more winners!  Let's get to the challenge, shall we?

Pastels

We would love to see you make using pastel colors.  You can get a good idea by checking out our digi of the month, Conversation Hearts.  It uses some great pastel colors!

Here are our challenge guidelines:

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our January Featured Digi called Conversation Hearts looks like:

Now for a little DT inspiration:

Michelle Sampson -- Luke 12:34 & Scripture Children

 

Barb Best -- God is Love

Kathy Dunnegan -- Bunny Wabbit digital image

 

Linda Anderson  -- Sentimental Ewe digital image & Baby Bundle

 Cassie Trask (me) -- Psalm 116:1

 Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until February 2nd at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month.  Be as creative as you can while sticking to the theme.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #43 (CIC43)

Hello, and welcome to a new year with new challenges!  It's Cassie here to bring you the first Clearly Inspired Challenge of the new year!  Before we get to that, we have some winners to announce from the last challenges of last year.  We had a total of 161 players over the course of December, which means we have a total 3 winners of the $10 gift code and 8 winners of December's featured digi!  Here are our random winners:

$10 Gift Code:

Lea L.

 kate

lalkygirl

 

December's featured Digi winners:

 my little scrappingcorner

Jessie B.

Diane Ahlers

Ardilla

juelmarie

SuzanneK

Ms. Petersen

Kimberley

 

 

Congratulations to all of the random winners and thanks to everyone who played.  If you won, please contact me, Cassie, by the end of the month to claim your prize (cassandratrask@yahoo.com).

Now onto our first challenge of the new year!

Valentine's Day

Here are our challenge guidelines:

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-Challenges are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge and please no back posting

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for digis up for grabs with a maximum of 3.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away this featured digi image....one for every 20 entries with no limit!  Here is what our January Featured Digi called Conversation Hearts looks like:

Now let's see a little inspiration from our DT:

Shell Sampson -- Loving Critters

Barb Gmitro-Best -- featured digi Conversation Hearts

 

Kathy Dunnegan -- Heart Hugs digital image

 

Linda Anderson -- featured digi Conversation Hearts

 Please use Mister Linky below to link your project directly.  We also ask that you link back here to Clearly Inspired Challenges sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps.  You have until January 19th at midnight to enter this challenge to be eligible for the prizes at the end of the month.  Be as creative as you can while sticking to the theme.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!