Squigglefly Challenge #40, SFC4012 Specialty Paper

Welcome to the Squigglefly Challenge Blog!

Are you ready for this week's challenge? Well first let me tell you about last week's winner.  The contest last week was to create color card that include Teal, Pink, and White.  The winner was Melissa from Melissa's Thoughts on paper who used "Unconventional Christmas Tree" by artist Mark Hicks.  So adorable!! Wonderful work Melissa.  Please contact Holley for your prize at usyungs@gmail.com

Also, there was a wonderful blog hop that so many of you went to last week, the winners to that will be announced on this blog later today!!  The winner of the Squigglefly prize can contact Holly at usyungs@gmail.com, for your prize.  If the prize was won on an individual team member's blog, please contact the blog owner, be sure and check if you were a winner.

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Now, on to this week's challenge, SFC4012 Specialty Paper!

This week's theme is Specialty Paper.  Don't we all own some amazing papers?  How about we put some on our cards.  I'll let you choose which paper you want to share, how about some beautiful printed paper, lovely shimmery paper, great mirrored cardstock, fun textured paper, stunning foreign paper, see through vellum, clear transparencies, there's just so many choices.  Did you know that Squigglefly now sells amazing Designer paper color paper sets that you can print out?  Pick some gorgeous paper and make a card for this week's challenge.  Let us start out with some great inspiration from the Holley Hobbyists.

Pat Martin created this wonderful wintertime card using handmade paper, a beautiful die cut snowflake from glitter paper and some of the new designer paper from artist Inger Harding.  This paper comes in an amazing collection which gives you a whole array of printed color papers and die cut images for just $5.00.  Her image comes from the "Winter Wonderland Papers" collection.

Jan Marshall  created a beautiful fall card with warm color and metallic die cut paper.  She's using a lovely new image from Cheryl Alger called Autumn Bench Sitter.  What a delightful flower she added, I just love the amazing papers she is using here and how well she layered them.  Isn't her coloring gorgeous?

Elizabeth Hart designed this wonderful Halloween themed card  using  image called Jen is Purrfect Costume.  This stamp is from artist Cheryl Alger.  What an adorable card with the cutest printed and embellished papers.  Purrrfect!

Charlene Mitchell designed this delightful fall card.  She's using two of the newest image just released at the Squigglefly store this week.  One is Cheryl Alger's new Autumn Bench Sitter and the other image is from Fawn Palmer called Three Little Pumpkins.  Look at how her paper matches her adorable flowers!  SO cute! She also has a layer of vellum behind her saying and her image.

Lisa Minkler crafted this delightful card using a great image from artist Cheryl Alger. This little girl has some sassy attitude and she's called Petunia.   She's also using amazing specialty paper from Squigglefly artist Inger Harding .  This paper you can download straight from the site and print it out yourself!  How great is that?  You get a whole designer collection of color Christmas papers and designs for just $5 and they print out in color.  The paper line used here is called A Joyful Christmas Papers.  Didn't her card turn out amazing?  check out that little tag...that handmade flower...

Tammy Hair created this sweet card using a cute baby and some delightful printed paper.  I just love the delightful sentiment she added.  Here's the front and inside of her card.  This image is called "Baby in a Tutu (Coming and Going)."  How cute is that? tutu cute, if you ask me!

And lastly, I (Holley Barnhart from Holley's Blog)  used a great image from artist Fawn Palmer called Sexy Witch.  I layered it on some fun skull and crossbones paper.  Then I added some great borders, one is a shimmery glitter stream of bat and theother is a glossy black border of words and skulls.

I hope these cards have inspired you to make an inspired card this week.  You are always welcome to play no matter what images you use, but to be eligible for the prize, please use a stamp from Squigglefly!

We realize that many people don't have blogs, but instead participate in our challenges using on-line galleries. We love that you are helping us spread the word about Squigglefly! However, many of the galleries require passwords and not all of us at Squigglefly belong to every gallery or group. To help us make sure we don't miss your artwork, we are asking that if you do use an online gallery that you leave us a comment on the challenge post. That way we'll be sure to have a member of the Squigglefly team who is a member of that gallery (SCS, CDAC, PCP, etc) can validate your entry.

1.) If you up-load your creation to any on-line photo galleries, please use SFC4012 for your keywords when loading your creation photo there. 1b) please leave a comment on the challenge blog post so that someone from Squigglefly can validate your entry for the prize.

2) You don't *have* to include a Squigglefly image on your creation, but in order to qualify for the prize you will need to use one! You can also combine SF images with non-SF images to qualify! Don't have one? There are several FREEBIES you can grab from the Squigglefly store, hop on over there. Those images will qualify you for the prize.

3) You have one week to complete the challenge and it will close Sunday evening. The winner will be announced at the same time the new challenge post comes up...so be sure to check back EVERY Monday to see if you are a winner!

4) Please leave a direct link to your entry in the comments below. The linking tool works sporadically and we don't want to miss your project! (No back-linking please.)