FF#77...things with WINGS!

Happy Friday all!  Were any of you up before dawn to watch the Royal Wedding??  I have to admit I was not!  I will peruse the pics later of course!  Hope your Friday has started off lovely!  Thank you to everyone who participated in our Earth Day challenge last week!  There were so many creative uses of recycled items and scraps!  I am constantly amazed by the sheer volume of creativity that is shared with us each week!  The FF#76 Top Three are:

Debby W

Dragonllew

Vixykins

Lovely work all!  Please feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the sidebar!

And now...Shoe of the Week for FF#76 goes to:

JoAnn Hart

Congratulations JoAnn!  Your color story is wonderful, fantastic use of your scraps! Please feel free to grab our Shoe of the Week badge from our sidebar.

And now on to this week's challenge!  This week our challenge is things with Wings!  A few samples from our lovely design team:

Cammi

Mandy Z

Amber

Gorgeous art!  Hopefully we've helped you kick start your scrappy mojo!  Can't wait to see what lovely (I'm in love with the word lovely today!) creations you have to share with us!  Please use a direct link to your project, and include a link back to us here at the Shoe. It is much easier for us to comment on your work when you include the direct link! If you are posting to an online gallery, please use the tag FF#77.

FF#76... Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day everyone!  I apologize for a late post, Les is on vacation and asked if I could do the post, lol. So please bear with me here, lol.  The entries we had this week were awesome and as always so much fun to look at.   So with that said, the top 3 for FF#74 are...

JUELMARIE

MARSHA D

MARY C 

Please feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the sidebar!

And now for our Shoe of the Week....

MARYANNE!

Fantastic! Maryanne, your card is beautiful! Congrats and please feel free to grab our Shoe of the Week badge from the sidebar!

On with the new challenge! This week's Fashionista Friday challenge (FF#76) is in honor of Earth Day! Try recycling, reusing or renewing your scrap products or anything you have lying around the house.  Reusing those old scrap papers is a good start!  Lets see what you come up with and in the mean time check out what our Fabulous Shoe Gals designed.

AMBER

CAMMI

MANDY

Share your art with us, new as of 4/22/11, using the link below. Please use a direct link to your project, and include a link back to us here at the Shoe. It is much easier for us to comment on your work when you include the direct link! If you are posting to an online gallery, please use the tag FF#76.

FF#75...Stir your Imagination!

Happy Friday everyone!  We had so many amazing entries (131 to be exact) in our FF#74 challenge, that we want to make sure we have had the chance to see every entry before naming our Top 3 and Shoe of the Week. So hang in there with us, they will be posted later today! and we loved getting the chance to see every single one of them!  Amazing work by everyone!  It was tough (more difficult than you may realize), but we were (finally) able to select our Top 3 and Shoe of the Week!

The Top 3 for FF#74 are:

Marianne R

Lori

Gingerbeary - Carol H

Wow!  So many different styles all wrapped into WONDERFUL!  Please feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the sidebar!

And now...drumroll please...the Shoe of the Week for FF#74 is:

Claire C

GORGEOUS!  Claire, your card is stunning!  Please feel free to grab our Shoe of the Week badge from the sidebar!

On with the new challenge! This week's Fashionista Friday challenge (FF#75) is a RECIPE! Woohoo! Use these ingredients to STIR up your imagination:

2 Die Cuts

Embossing

Clear Bling

Hmmm...starting to notice a trend in our recipe challenges...we here at the Shoe are loving some clear bling! LOL! Anywho...here are some amazing creations from our Super FAB DT to help get your mojo stirred up!

Amber

Cammi

Lesley

 (inside card)

Mandy Z

Can't wait to see how our recipe stirs up your creativity! Share your art with us, new as of 4/15/11, using the link below. Please use a direct link to your project, and include a link back to us here at the Shoe. It is much easier for us to comment on your work when you include the direct link! If you are posting to an online gallery, please use the tag FF#75.

FF#74...SPRING is in the air!

Good Morning!  Hope your Friday has started off grand!  There were SEW many amazing entries in last week's challenge!  We really enjoyed hopping around and visiting so many fab spots!  It was so difficult to make the selections for this week's Top 3 and Shoe of the Week...but we finally managed to get it done!  Without further ado...here are our FF#73 Top 3:

Betty Wright

Susan Killam

Chris V

Beautiful entries!  We drooled over each one!  Please feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the sidebar.

And now...I'm so excited to show you the FF#73 Shoe of the Week...

Josephine!

WOWZA!  What stunning stitchery!  Gorgeous Easter card! Josephine, please feel free to grab our Shoe of the Week badge from the sidebar!

But wait...we have one more fun announcement...the winner of the $10 gift voucher to Michelle's Scrapbooking & More is:

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Congratulations Cheryl (Shestamps)!  Please drop us a line at iftheshoefits5@gmail.com so we can get your gift voucher info to you!  And thank you again to our fabulous sponsor Michelle!

Now, on to this week's challenge:

SPRING!

With the wacky weather that has been making it's way around the world...we hope that Spring has finally arrived for some of you!  And if it's still a bit away...then let's get you ready for it with some Spring inspired projects!

Here are some gorgeous Spring samples from our oh-so-talented DT:

Amber

Cammi

Mandy Z

Lesley

Can't wait to see what Spring-y creations you have to show us!  Share your art with us (new as of 4/8/11) using the link below.  Please use a direct link to your project, and include a link back to us here at the Shoe, so that it is easier for us to leave comments.  If you are posting to an online gallery, please use the tag FF#74.

FF#73...SEW crazy!

wooohooo!  It's FRIDAY!  Before we dive into this week's challenge...we have to say...what AMAZING entries in last week's Mix It Up challenge.  We were so impressed with how you all took our little recipe and made it your own!  Thank you for sharing your art with us!

This week's Top 3 are:

Bonnie O'Clair

Gro Tjelveit

Tina

Gorgeous entries!  We loved each and every one!  Ladies, please feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the sidebar!!

and this week's Shoe of the Week goes to:

RubyM

WOWWWW!  Absolutely STUNNING!!!  Ruby, please feel free to grab our Shoe of the Week badge from the sidebar!

and now to this week's challenge...oh wait...forgot a little something...heehee!  This week we have yet another fabulous sponsor for you!!  This week's sponsor is Michelle's Scrapbooking & more (home of The Pixie Cottage)!

Michelle is going to hook up one randomly selected entry with a $10 gift voucher!  I'm seriously jealous!  Now...on to this week's challenge!

For the FF#73 challenge we want to see some SEWing!  It can be faux, machine stitched, hand stitched, or even some of those "sew" fab sentiments out there!  Here are some DT samples to get you started:

Lesley (using Got Feathers?)

Mandy Z

Cammi

        

                                                    Tanisha

WOOOHOOO!  (Can never say that enough on a Friday!).  What delicious samples!  And now...we can't wait to see what you come up with using our SEWing theme!  Share your craftiness with us (new as of 4/1/11) using the link below.  Please use a direct link to your project (and a link back here to the Shoe) so that it is easier for us to leave comments.  If you are posting to an online gallery, please use the tag FF#73.  Can't wait to see what art you create!