January: Spots and/or Stripes

Good morning all, and welcome to the first challenge of 2014 at

WITHOUT WORDS

We hope you all had a super Christmas and New Year and are now itching to get back to your crafting, and this month's challenge is one to tickle your fancy we think

For January we would like you to use

Spots and/or Stripes

Our fabulous sponsor is Crafter's Companion with a £10 store voucher

The Word Birds have had a good rest, and are back with a stunning array of DT inspiration for you

Squirrel

Sue

Joey

Jane

Lorraine

Bridge

Donna 

Nic.

Delphine

Lisa

Wow, aren't they so good?  Be nice and share the love at their individual blogs, it would be so much appreciated.

Don't forget to follow our simple rules for your entry to qualify

Handcoloured image (stamped or digi)

CAS design

Minimal or no embellishments

Sentiments are allowed

And before we leave you to craft, here are the Winner and Top 3 fom our December Nearest & Dearest Challenge

Winner of Bunny Zoe's Voucher: Jayne @ Tea Cake & Crafting

Please contact me, Squirrel, to claim your prize

and the fabulous Top 3

Jennifer @ Cards Scraps and Other Junk

Tracey T @ Cranberry Cards

Tilly Trotter @ Tillys Crafty Corner

Contact me to claim your Top 3 blinkie badge

Really looking forward to seeing what you make this month.

Have fun with colour!

Hugs, Squirrel & The Word Birds

xxx

December Challenge: Nearest & Dearest

Hello everyone, and welcome to the December challenge at WITHOUT WORDS.

With the last posting dates looming, now is the time to be focussing on the cards that don't need

a trip to the Post Office so our challenge this month is

NEAREST & DEAREST

We would like you to make a Christmas or New Year card for someone close to your heart

Don't forget, we would like your card to be CAS

With minimal (or none at all) embellishments

Your card must feature a handcoloured image (stamped or digi)

And must follow the theme of the challenge

And yes, you can use sentiments but the focus must be your image

We are thrilled to be sponsored again this month by the lovely Nikki from Bunny Zoe's Crafts with a £10 store voucher - and if that doesn't tempt you then nothing will!

So the Word Birds have got out the tinsel, sprinkled the festive sparkle and created these little beauties for your inspiration.  It would be lovely if you have a moment to visit their individual blogs to share your appreciation for all their hard work.

Squirrel

Sue

Joey

Jane

Donna

Nic

Lorraine

Bridget

Lisa

Delphine

I am in love with each and every one of these!

Now to deal with the Winner and Top 3 from our November challenge

Winner of the Bunny Zoe's voucher is

Helen @ Helen Quilts

Helen, please contact me hun, Squirrel, to claim your prize

And our gorgeous Top 3 entries are

Salma @ Salman Askartelunurkkaus

Lisa @ Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

Kate @ Downrightcrafty

Please do grab your badges girls to wear with pride!

I know it is only the 2nd of December, but we won't be back until January with the next challenge so this is our chance to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and to thank each and every one of you for taking part in the Without Words challenges throughout the year.  Thank you so much for all your support and enthusiasm.  We have seen some absolute beauties and it has been a joy to be able to share them with you.  Wishing you all the peace, joy and happiness of the Season.  Happy Colouring!

Looking forward to seeing all your wonderful entries this month - because of the way the calendar falls, the challenge will close on 2 January at 5.00pm (UK time).

Hugs, Squirrel & The Word Birds

xxxx

Getting Ready For Christmas

Hello Artists!  Welcome to another monthly challenge where we like to play WITHOUT WORDS - we have been thrilled to see you enjoying our fun challenges so much, and we hope that you will enjoy this one too!

This month, which is NOVEMBER, our challenge is

GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS

We are looking forward to seeing what you make of this one and viewing your fabulous creations.  Please remember to follow our CAS definition and the theme of this months challenge for your entry to be a valid one.

And if you need to buy any extra stash for Christmas then one of the best places to visit is our sponsor for this month, which is BUNNY ZOE'S CRAFTS offering a £10 store voucher

Our very talented Design Team (the Word Birds) have created their usual high standard of magic to inspire you.  An awful lot of time is spent by the team in creating these mini works of art so don't forget that it would be nice if you have time to visit their individual blogs and share the love.

Squirrel

Jane

Sue

Joey

Donna

Nic

Bridget

Lorraine

Lisa

Delphine

Wow, aren't these just fabulous!

And just before we go, the Winner and Top 3 for last month are:

The Winner of My Crafty Heart's £10 voucher is

Kathleen Barrett @ Sparkling Stampers

Please contact me, Squirrel, to claim your prize

And our fabulous Top 3 choice are

Chrissy @ Chrissy's Cardland

Chana @ Card-d-ology

Helen in the UK - Helen Quilts

Fantastic use of the pumpkin colours on all of our winners cards!

Enjoy the new challenge, and the most important thing to remember?  Relax and have fun with colour!

Squirrel and the Without Words Team

LINKY TOOL HELP

The one thing that we all have problems with from time to time is the link tool going missing.  If you find that this has disappeared from the challenge, please try refreshing your page.  If the link tool still does not appear then you can link your entry via your comment.  The HTML code for linking your entry will be:

<a href="link to post"/>text to be seen</a>  

If you are still not sure, here is an example of what it should look like

<a href="http://squirrel10.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/luv-ya.html"/>here is my entry</a>

(just copy and paste the address bar from your published post)

The space between the first <a and href=, and a space after the last a>
are essential for the link to work.