Yes.....we are having ONE MORE green challenge here at the Shoe....but not the 'color'....the principle! But we'll get to that after we crown our newest 'shoe of the week'! This was TOUGH this week....took me forever to decide!!! I just love trees, they are all beautiful, and y'all made them beautiful!!! The shoe goes to....
I love the way Carol made a little scene, with the window, and the tree, and well, it is just stunning!!! Congrats Carol! Feel free to snag our Shoe of the Week badge for your blog!!!
And now for today's new challenge.....like I said earlier, we are going GREEN....as in recycled! Go find those hidden treasures you may have laying around and use em! Our DT seemed to all think alike this time around, as most of us have corrugated cardboard on our projects....but there are TONS of possibilities! ( old packaging, bottle caps, can tabs, etc...) Here are our recycled projects:
Jill
Melissa
Desire
Tracey
Karen
Let's see what you can come up with now! Add your direct links below by clicking the blue inlinkz icon, deadline for challenge is posted at bottom! Hope y'all have a Shoe-tastically fabulous weekend!!
Did everyone have a Happy St. Patrick's day?? Always a fun holiday to celebrate right??? (sadly, I don't think I've celebrated it properly since college! ) Anyways....thanks everyone for participating in our color challenge last week, some fabulous entries!!! Y'all are just so talented!! Our Shoe of the Week this week goes to
This card just blew me away, I absolutely LOVE the lace, and the pearls, wow! Just beautiful!! congrats Mandy, feel free to grab our Shoe of the Week badge from the sidebar to add to your blog!!
Moving on to todays challenge.... Fashionista Friday #27 is a theme...and the theme is TREES! We want to see TREES on your projects! It can be any kind of tree you want, just a tree, or 2, or more...lol! You can even have a tree in a photo if you want, be creative!! Here is what our fabulous DT came up with:
Desire
Melissa
Amy
Lesley
Tracey
Karen
Jill
Talk about a variety of trees!!! What kind of tree will you use??? Can't wait to see!! Link up your TREE projects by next Thursday (inlinkz will go away once deadline is up!) to be considered for our Shoe of the Week honor! If for some reason inlinkz disappears, please leave a comment, all comments come direct to my phone and I can fix the problem ASAP!!! Thanks again for all your support and have a Shoe-tastically Scrappy Weekend everyone!
I counted up all the entries...not an easy task! There were 72! woohoo! Random.org gave me a number...and that number was....
33...which....in my list of entries was.....
gocanucksgo!!!!!
congratulations!!! please email us at iftheshoefits5@gmail.com with your shipping info so I can get this out to ya!!! I'd like to thank everyone for helping us celebrate our birthday here at the shoe and hope we will be celebrating many more in the future!!
Remember to check out this weeks Fashionista Friday!!! and congrats again to gocanucksgo!
****EDIT**** When I created this post, apparently Mr. Linky was expired and I didn't get to see some of our fabulous DT projects for this challenge! I have added them in now, so sorry Amy and Melissa! Mr. Linky was absent here as well, since he expired lol...so I have added a new linking site to the bottom....my apologies for any inconvenience!
Before I get into this post and forget...thanks so much to everyone for participating in our Birthday Celebration!!! You guys rock!!! Our blog candy winner will be posted later today (or tomorrow at the lastest!!!) so I have ample time to add up all those entries!!! There were alot, and I want to make sure I do it right! Moving along..... I guess Dr. Suess...not such a hit?? We didn't have that many entries this week, but the ones we did have were so CUTE!! I have to say that this one is just WOW! Here is our winner of Shoe of the Week this week....
What an amazing card! I love it....love love love it! Thanks Laurel for dazzling us! You may grab our Shoe of the Week badge off of our sidebar!!! Congrats!
Ready for today's challenge?? I am hoping this one just might be a little more popular.....it is a color challenge! (any guesses as to what the colors might be???)
How about some:
GREEN WHITE BLACK
Sound reasonable for March? LOL! Check out what our fab DT did:
Melissa
Amy
Lesley
Tracey
Karen
Jill
Desire
Let's get colorful with some good ole' green!!! Show us what you got by next thursday and you could be our next Shoe of the Week!!! Thanks again for helping us celebrate our first birthday, and come back later today (or tomorrow) to see our blog candy winner!! Have a shoe-tastically fabulous weekend!
Good morning everyone! And happy Friday once again! Have you stopped by our Shoe Birthday Celebration yet? If not....you have one more week....don't miss out! We have 2 winners today, so let's get right to it! First..our Shoe of the Week who will get to sport our brand new 'shoe' on her blog is...
Here is Suzanne's lovely card...I love the image....so cute!!! and the lace trim...and butterfly...just a beautiful card! congrats Suzanne! You may add our brand new Shoe badge (found on our right sidebar) to your blog!
And now for our winner of the Digi Kitty Bundle: Random.org selected #5 which was.....
Please contact us Chrissie at iftheshoefits5@gmail.com and we will email you instructions to pick up you bundle of digis from Digi Kitty!
Thanks to everyone for participating last week!
Now...onto today's FF challenge. We are titling it:
Green eggs and Ham!
This is a challenge in honor of Dr. Suess who'se birthday was earlier this week! Create a project inspired by Dr. Suess! There are tons of possibilities here...you can use a quote from one of his many books, a title, or even pics of your kids in funny Cat-in-the -hat hats! (2 of us did this....lol!) Here are our DT samples to inspire you:
Lesley
Karen
Jill
Tracey
Now use your imagination and lets see some fabulous Dr. Suess inspired projects! And don't forget to stop by our Birthday Celebration! Winner of this challenge and the birthday challenge will be announced in our post next Friday! Have a Shoe-tastically Scrappy Weekend!
(PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR CURRENT FASHIONISTA FRIDAY CHALLENGE SPONSORED BY DIGI KITTY! CLICK HERE !!)
Wow! I can't believe it has been a YEAR! Happy Birthday to the Shoe! We are throwing a celebration today!!!!! First....some CANDY!!! Check out this yummy candy you can win here on the Shoe:
Candy includes: Close to my Heart Everyday Celebration Cardmaking kit, which consists of 4 patterned papers, 2 sheets of cardstock, 16 cards with envelopes (shaped cards!), 1 stampset, 1 mini medley accents set, 5' of chocolate grosgrain ribbon, 1 Chocolate distressing ink, 1 dutch blue distressing ink, 50 3D foam squares, 1 sponge, and 1 instructional brochure. AND! a full pack of Autumn Harest Textured Cardstock!
Does this look yummy to you?? There are several ways to win: you will get one entry by leaving a comment on this post you will get one entry by completing the special birthday challenge listed further down you will get one entry for being a follower that has left a comment on this post! ( this just means, automatic entry is NOT given just for being a follower, you have to have left a comment on this post as a follower of our blog to get the extra entry!)
Do all 3 and that is 3 entries! Winner will be announced on Friday, March 12!
So here is your special birthday challenge for today.....it is a sort of 'scavenger hunt!' You will have 10 items you need to put onto your project. You can't combine any of the items...each one must be it's own item (make sense?) Here is your list:
1. Something Blue 2. a Bird 3. Brad(s) 4. something stamped 5. ribbon 6. Chipboard 7. Flower(s) 8. Button(s) 9. Bling 10. Wildcard item (anything else you want to add! can't be used for ur paper though...lol!)
Here are our examples for this challenge....yes, you can get all these things on a card or layout!
Lesley
Tracey
Jill
Amy
Sound like fun??? I actually had alot of fun collecting all the items to put on my layout! Oh....and one more thing....a few of our DT also have candy on their blogs! ( at this moment, i'm not SURE who all has candy up, so I will add to this list as it goes up!)
Ok...wow what a post! Add your direct links to your projects to Mr. Linky no later than Thursday March 11 at midnight ET to get your entry to win our blog candy!! Remember to leave a comment to and if you aren't already a follower...this would be a good time to become one! Spread the word! It's the Shoe's Birthday! Happy Birthday Shoe!!!
Our Shoe Birthday party will be underway later on today.....in the meantime, you MAY see a bit of disarray as preparations are made! The Shoe is getting a makeover for her birthday today, and well....y'all know...these things take time! Be sure to come back later today for our birthday celebration and please excuse any 'mess' you may see in the meantime, the makeover is about to begin!!!
OMG! YES! I abbreviated! Fashionista Friday is now reduced to 'FF'! I was so excited to announce our sponsor this week, I just didn't want the title to be too long! Any-hooo....yes! We have a sponsor this week! This week's challenge will have 2 winners....of course our Shoe of the Week...AND a winner drawn at random will win a stamp bundle of their choice from Digi Kitty!
Here is a little info about Digi-Kitty: All Digi Kitty stamps are hand-drawn and copyrighted by Kristal Andrew, owner of Digi Kitty, whose imagination is fueled by her two young boys. She homeschools by day and draws at night. Visit Digi Kitty today and check out her adorable stamps! Kristal is offering our winner this week one of her brand new BUNDLES! Each bundle contains 8-12 Digi Stamps! Winner will get to choose one of the following Digi Kitty bundles:
If THAT wasn't enough....I'm happy to announce that Sunday, Feb 28 is the Shoe's BIRTHDAY! Yes, one who year of Shoe-tastic Scrappiness! To celebrate....we will be having a special birthday challenge complete with some yummy CANDY!!! Hope you will come back Sunday for the party!
Wow! That's alot to take in eh?? Now I'm sure you are wondering.....who is the Shoe of the Week from last week???? Well....it is......Susan from Susan's Crafty Chaos! Susan actually took the time to make her own plaid! How creative! congrats Susan! Please pick up out Shoe of the week blinkie for your blog! You are officially the LAST person to recieve THIS Shoe of the Week! Next week....all new shoes up for grabs!
FINALLY....on to today's challenge! It is a color challenge!!
Kristal was kind enough to give our DT one of her stamps....Get Hoppy! to play with for this challenge....check it out!
Amy
Tracey
Melissa
Jill
Desire
What fun colors! Let's see what you can do with them!! Add your direct links to Mr. Linky by next Thursday, March 4 to be entered to win a Digi Kitty Bundle or our brand new Shoe of the Week! And don't forget to come back Sunday for our birthday party! Have a Shoetastically GREAT weekend!
