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You are Invited!

Category : Challenges

CT Members Kristen and Janelle here to invite you to help us celebrate After 5 Designs by joining us in the new Challenge section of our forum! There will be 4 challenges introduced at the beginning of each month and each participant will have the entire month to complete them. Everyone that joins us in participating will receive a special Rewards Member card!

At the end of each month, you will receive one reward member point for each challenge that you have completed and your reward card will be stamped and posted in the gallery! When your Rewards Member card is filled, you may cash it in for a $10 gift card to the store! But wait…there’s more! Occasionally, we will give you an opportunity to earn double stamps as well, so be on the lookout for more details!

And now, here are the challenges for the month of October!

(click on the challenge title to view that challenge in the forum):

On the House

Create a freestyle page using this fabulous freebie created just for you by Catherine!

. . . and check out this fabulous inspiration page created with it by Joyce!


With a Twist

Not your traditional Scraplift Challenge! We will be lifting Angela’s gorgeous page below….with a twist!

and check out these inspirational example pages by Kristen & Amber!

House Specialties

This month’s house specialty is an ‘olive bar’ challenge featuring the creative use of stitches;

here’s an example page by Janelle to get you started!


Mixers

Scrap something ‘scary’ in our October theme challenge &

check out Laura’s beautiful page below to see what she fears the most!

Well, what are you waiting for?

Start HERE to read the House Rules

& then follow the links above to rush the Happy Hour forum! Hope to see you all there!

~Kristen & Janelle~

Treasure Hunt Winner!

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Category : Announcements, Challenges

All the treasure hunt entries have been sorted through, and a winner has been chosen! If you remember, the challenge was to find the kit and the artist of each of these hints:

The correct answers (which most of you submitted!) are as follows:

1 – Sunny Day by Camila Designs
2 – Cosmic Glow by by AH Designs
3 – Live and Learn by AH Designs
4 – Summer Evenings By Catherine Designs
5 – Get The News! Alpha – by Amanda R Designs
6 – Hushabye Street by Crissy Armstrong (Pink Ellie Designs)
7 – Thankful-Brushes by Karla Dudley Designs
8 – Antique Dreams by Camila Designs
9 – Spanish Garden by by AH Designs
10 – Fly High Butterfly by Amanda R
11 – Zen Attitude by Catherine Designs
12 – {He’s} Adorable by Crissy Armstrong (Pink Ellie Designs)
13 – Asian Artistry Kit by Emiko Designs
14 – Bitter Sweet- Papers Karla Dudley Designs

And by random drawing, the winner is….

Treasure Hunt Winner!

Treasure Hunt Winner!

#4 – Daniela Teixeira [dst212]! Congratulations, Daniela! I will be emailing your $10 gift certificate soon!

Cheers!
Amy Hutchinson

Last Day of Our Grand Opening Celebrations!

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Category : Announcements, Challenges

Today is the last day of our storewide sale, the free collab kit with $10 purchase, and the lottery ticket grab bag! Be sure to grab everything before it ends!

Challenge #4

Our last challenge for this month is all about being happy! Our collab kit, Happy Hour, (free with a $10 purchase in our store) is a reflection of love, family, friends, fun, entertaining, and celebrating. So we would like you to scrap a picture that screams ‘fun’, ‘love’, ‘family’ or ‘celebration’.

  • Use the Happy Hour kit to scrap your picture
  • Use at least 3 papers form the kit
  • Use at least one of the wordart form the kit
  • You may use additional elements and paper.

Please post your layouts in our Challenges Gallery by September 30th. Include “challenge 4″ somewhere in your description. Our team will pick one winner to win a $25 gift certificate to After Five Designs! We can’t wait to see what you create!

New Kit and a Treasure Hunt!

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Category : Challenges, New Products

Camila Designs has a new kit in the store today! It’s called Antique Dreams and it’s just lovely! The perfect kit for vintage or nostalgic layouts.

Camila is also offering a free gift with purchase: this coordinating alpha!

Grab it now, before our sale ends on Friday!

Challenge #3!

Catherine has designed a fun challenge for you all today – a treasure hunt!

The rules :
1. Write the number of the image, the name of the designer you think has made that kit, and the name of the kit
2. Send your answer to catherine@afterfivedesigns.com before Friday 26th, 11:59pm Eastern Time.

Hurry! The deadline is approaching fast. Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to After Five Designs!

Today’s freebie is being offered by Emiko Designs. Jen has designed this lovely quickpage from her Asian Artistry Kit to make your scrapping easy:

Emiko Designs

Emiko Designs

Download Here and enjoy!

Remember….only 2 days left of our storewide sale!

Cheers!
Amy Hutchinson

Challenge #2!

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Category : Artists, Challenges

Today’s challenge is an easy one, but one that everybody loves! It’s a Scraplift Challenge! The rules are easy:

#1-Choose a layout in our gallery that you love (can be ANY layout).
#2-Scraplift the layout using different product than the original. Make sure you abide by the 75% A5D product rule!
#3-Post your layout in the Challenges Gallery. Please give credit to the original layout, and put “challenge 2″ somewhere in your description so that we know which challenge it is for.

That’s it! Winner will receive a $10 gift card :) at the end of the month. Can’t wait to see your lifts!

Since I’m in the mood to babble a bit today, and show off some of my amazing designers’ products (and no, I’m not biased. They ARE amazing!), I would like to do another layout showcase. Hope you all don’t mind looking at some beautiful art created with Amanda’s designs!

layout by Kitty:

layout by _she:

layout by Hanazana:

layout by colleen:

layout by Kristen:

All these layouts were created with Amanda’s Sweet Little Monsters Kit. I just love this kit! It’s so fun, colorful, and versatile. And those monsters! How cute are they?

Isn’t that last layout fabulous? Amanda and Kristen are offering it as today’s freebie, so now you all can have a page just like it!

Amanda R Designs

Amanda R Designs

Download the quickpage here!

Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

Cheers!

Amy Hutchinson