Pages

Friday, March 22, 2013

Challenge # 35 ~ BRING ON SPRING!

WELCOME BACK to our wonderful followers, and a big HELLO to those of you who are here for the first time.  We are so happy to have you join us.  I want to thank all of you who left such nice comments for our new DT.  They were much appreciated!

The entries for our last challenge were super!  We loved seeing your amazing creations.  Let me announce our winner for 
challenge #34 ~ Banners

Give a big HOORAY for #15 Calypso

CONGRATS!  E-mail me at chocolatecoffecards@aol.com and I will get your prize to you.  And be sure to grab our winners blinkey to show on your blog!

Spring is on the way, and for some of you, the lucky ones, it is already here.  To celebrate all the beauty of this season we are asking you to do a CARD for the occasion.  We would love to see what Spring brings to mind for you.

Our generous sponsor this challenge is Doodle Pantry.  The lucky winner will receive
 a gift certificate for $10!

 Their oh so cute digis we used are called Umbrella Ants and
 Spring Song Birdie.
 They are oh so adorable!

Now I am proud to present some lovely inspiration by our super DT!













So get your mojo working and start crafting!  You could win some great goodies from Doodle Pantry.  Have fun and good luck!



Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Past Winners

Thanx to all of you who asked about winners of challenges #31 & #32.  With all the work going on to get CC&CC transferred from Jenn to me, they were overlooked and did not get posted.  My sincere apologies to all of you.  Here are the winners!

#31 Rock On
Spnsored by Kenny K
Winner of 3 digis:  #13 TMD, Tina

#32 Hobbies
Sponsored by Robins Nest
Winner of $10 gift certificate:  #10 Lena Loken
&
Milk Coffee
Winner of 5 digis:  #1 Cara

Please e-mail me, Joanne, at:
chocolatecoffeecards@aol.com 
and I will make sure you get your prize.  Again, I apologize for the delay!




Friday, March 8, 2013

Challenge #34 ~ BANNERS

Hello and a BIG welcome to CC&CC. We have NEWS to share with all of you. So grab a cuppa and some chocolate and lets get started! 

First I know you are anxious to find out the lucky winner of last weeks Buttons & Bows challenge!

Our lucky winner is:
#11 ~ TRACY!!!

CONGRATS Tracy!  E-mail me at with the title  “CC&CC Winner #33” and I will get your prize to you.
  And don't forget to grab our “winner” blinkie for on your blog and show it proudly!  Also a big THANK YOU to all of you who played along with us.  What a GREAT turn out!

Now back to our news. Sadly we are having to say good-bye to Jenn, who has been the backbone and master of CC&CC. She has to devote more time to things that need her full attention and has to step down. You will be missed Jenn, and we thank you so much for all that you have done to make CC&CC the super blog it has become. We wish you good health and happiness, you will be missed.  Please come visit us often.

And me, I'm Joanne, and have been a DT with CC&CC since its start. I am so honored to take over the reigns from Jenn. The main focus for me is to make this a FUN place to come for a challenge! And to do this I have a SUPER DT for support and inspiration.
Let me introduce them to you! 

Hello Everyone! My name is Chitra. I live in Michigan, United States.  I am into card-making world over a year now and I've come across new stamp companies, new techniques, new blogs, amazing products over the year. My passion is for coloring, Put some stamps in one hand and some coloring medium in the other and I am a happy go lucky girl. Also I love cooking, chocolate, tea and anything crafty. I am new to the blogging world, I started blogging in September in order to join some awesome challenges and I became totally hooked. I am awestruck of all the wonderful blogs that I see and I hope that one day my blog will be up to that level and it is my hope thru my blog to inspire others and to keep learning, growing & creating. 

DEANNE
Hi.  My name is Deanne Clarke-Saunders.  My hubby and I live in beautiful Newfoundland, Canada.  I'm currently not working but I'm an elementary teacher.  I've always LOVED crafting and creating.  Right from childhood I loved crayons, pencils, paper scissors and glue.  I always had fun when I played with those materials.  So, I decided to continue that fun and scrapbook and make cards!  I love being creative and enjoy using my imagination!
 
I'm a housewife with two lovely kids. I live in Bandung, city that is called Parijs van Java, Indonesia.  My hobby is crafting, especially card making and bentoing, that is decorating food in my kid's lunchbox as Japanese mommies do.

I'm Jill, I live at beautiful island of Indonesia, Bali. I live with my husband and our lovely dog...Wolfie. We've lived here almost 8 years. I'm totally work at home. I love to do crafting since at Junior High School until know. It's more easy now to do because now there is many things to make it easy....like dies, stamps, etc. I'm so enjoyed the time when I crafting.

Hello fellow scrappers!! I’m Marianna Falaggi ~ Marion for friends~  I’m 31 years old and I’m from Greece! I’m married to a great man called Kostas for 3 years now but we are together almost 13!! Yikes!!  We don’t have children yet but we do have a dog ~ Rudy~ and some cats. I’m a graphic designer and I have my own line for wedding and baptism invitation here in Greece.  I started scrap booking and card making 11 years ago and the last year I started creating my own designs and I have a small business ~ COLORink Digital Stamps ~ selling cut files, digital stamps, sentiments and patterned papers as the need to support my family and my hobby is bigger than ever.  I work for Scrapping Memories and Tracy Wray. I really love card making and I love creating cute designs for every occasion!!  Here it’s quite difficult to find stuff for card making and scrap booking, as paper crafts is not so widespread; so I always try to make my own patterned paper and cut designs with my beloved craft robo.

NADJA
My name is Nadja Robbins and I am first a wife and mother. After all that I am an avid card maker that enjoys trying out different ways to express my creative side. Since I was very little I have been surrounded with crafts in many different ways through my mother and grandmothers. Knitting, tatting, cross stitching and many others I have done. My heart is though with the paper crafts and Copic markers. 
 
I am 46 years old, been married for 22 years to a really great husband, but sadly no children.  I work as Accounts Manager for a Shipping Company.  Been crafting for most of my life, always like to make things.  Enjoy stamping and coloring in, lately found the digi stamps and enjoy these as well.  My other hobbies are Ten Pin Bowling which am in 2 leagues on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.  Also been tracing my family tree over past many years.

Welcome everyone, so happy you are here.
Being able to express myself through art and crafting has always been a must for me, starting as soon as I could scribble with a crayon. I've dabbled in media of all types; water colors, acrylics, oils, counted cross stitch, stain glass and making miniature doll furniture and jewelry. But 5 years ago I met my “true love” with paper crafting, especially making cards. Now, for me, it has become an obsession!  My other passion in life is playing golf!

With all that news and the introductions being made, lets get down to crafting with

CHALLENGE #34! 

Our generous sponsor this challenge is:

 

As a winner you will receive FOUR of their fab digis.

Our theme this time around is

BANNERS

Make sure you include one on your card!
Here is our inspiration for this challenge by our fab DT!

Chitra
Deanne


Dewie


Jill

Marion



Nadja
 


Sue


 
Joanne
 




So have some fun creating and show us your design. We are so happy to have you join us!  Come back again soon.