The Squirrel and The Fox

Challenge #12 - Autumn or Leaves

2012-02-26T10:00:00.002+11:00

Hello and welcome to another challenge here at The Squirrel and The Fox - can you believe it's our twelth? How time flies!

As those of you in the Southern Hemisphere are well aware, Summer is drawing to a close here in Australia. In just four short days it will be the start of the new season, the one of gorgeous coloured leaves. So it's only fitting that our challenge this fortnight is

AUTUMN and/or LEAVES

Here we want to see anything inspired by this gorgeous season, or anything with leaves on it. To inspire you, here's what the DT have created using images kindly supplied to us by Bugaboo Stamps.

Lisabee (using Pumpkin Crow)

Helen (using Autumn Sign)

Hilde (using Love Blocks - love conquers)

Jacqui (using Halloween Skelekinz-pumpkin 2)

Linda (using AKV Fall Leaves)

Lisa (using Stella Witch; Call Me Witch)

and me, Tracey (using Ava Latte)

We are so excited to welcome Bugaboo stamps as our newest sponsor. They are kindly offering the winner of our challenge the following prize:

This challenge we also welcome two Guest DT's from Bugaboo, Jackie and Sandye. Here are the fantastic creations they came up with; using Bugaboo stamps of course:

Jackie (using Halloween Skelekinz-pumpkin 2)

Sandye (using AKV Fall Leaves)

After seeing the fabulous DT creations, I'm sure you have a list of Bugaboo stamps are dying to add to your crafty collection. so make sure you enter for your chance to win. If you can't wait, please visit their store via the badge on the right.

Tracey

Winners - Challenge #11

2012-02-25T10:00:00.000+11:00

Welcome to the weekend!

It's time to announce the winners of our "Valentine's Day" challenge. Once again, some absolutely stunning entries.

Random.org has selected our winner and it is:

#44 - Jayne

Congratulations Jayne, you are the lucky winner of a 5 digi images from Robyn's Fetish. You are going to be spoilt for choice with all of the wonderful images available. Please email thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com to find out how to claim your prize and remember to grab your Winner's badge from the side bar.

Our Top Three for this fortnight, also selected using Random.org, are:

#10 - Glenda Atkins

#28 - Marianne

#39 - Donna Polley

Congratulations to all our winners! Our Top Three badge is in the side bar. I hope you'll display it with pride on your blog.

See you tomorrow for our next challenge!

Tracey

Challenge #11 - Valentine's Day

2012-02-12T10:00:00.000+11:00

Love is in the air, everywhere I look around...

Of course, that's because February 14th is Valentine's Day. Whether you celebrate Valentine's Day or not, it's hard to miss the mushy, gushy love vibe.

So this fortnight we'd like to see your creations for

VALENTINE'S DAY

Our sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful Robyn's Fetish, and they are offering a prize of five digital stamps for one lucky winner.

The DT were lucky enough to be given some fabulous images from Robyn's Fetish to work with. Here's what we've created.

Helen (using Hog Wild Over You)

Hilde (using Rose)

Jacqui (using Luv Bear)

Linda (using It's Bearly Love)

Lisa (using Rose_

Lisabee (using Hog Wild Over You)

and me (Tracey -using Hog Wild Over You)

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Tracey

Winners - Challenge #10

2012-02-11T10:00:00.000+11:00

Welcome to the weekend!

It's time to announce the winners of our "Australia and/or Party" challenge.

Random.org has selected our winner and it is:

#4 - Corinne

Corinne, I was thrilled to see your entry using the fabulous new Make It Crafty image. You are the lucky winner of a $15 voucher from Make It Crafty, please email thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com to find out how to claim your prize.

Our Top Three for this fortnight, also selected using Random.org, are:

#7 - Deonna B

#5- Debbie M

#3 - Tammie E

Congratulations to all our winners! Our Winners' and Top Three badges are in the side bar. I hope you'll display them with pride on your blog.

See you tomorrow for our next challenge!

Tracey

Challenge Reminder

2012-02-04T22:16:00.001+11:00

It all seems very quiet here at The Squirrel & The Fox for our Australia/Party challenge. This is just a reminder there's still time to enter for your chance to win the $15 Gift Voucher for Make It Crafty.

Your creation can be anything Australian (think Aussie animals or perhaps our sporting colours of green & gold) OR anything party (think celebratory like balloons or cake). We'd love to see what you come up with.

Talk soon!
Tracey

Challenge #10 - Australian and/or Party

2012-01-29T10:00:00.000+11:00

Hello Everyone and welcome to another challenge here at the The Squirrel and The Fox.

Many of you will know that January 26 is Australia Day, the national holiday for Aussies to celebrate all that's great about this amazing country. It's a time for parties, BBQs and spending time with friends and family, so that's why our challenge this fortnight is:

AUSTRALIA AND/OR PARTY

One of the things that we at The Squirrel and The Fox find great about Australia is our wonderful Aussie sponsor - Make It Crafty. To celebrate Australia Day, Make It Crafty have released a brand new set of Aussie stamps and we at the DT got to use them for our inspiration creations this fortnight. Here's what the team came up with.

Lisabee

Lisa

Hilde

Helen

Jacqui

Linda

and me (Tracey)

Aren't these images amazing?

Make It Crafty are offering our winner a AU$15 voucher to spend in their store, but if you can't wait to see if you are the lucky winner to buy any of these fabulous stamps you can visit Make It Crafty via the badge on the right.

I look forward to seeing your Aussie and/or Party creations!

Tracey
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Winners - Challenge #9

2012-01-28T10:00:00.000+11:00

Hello All,

Can you believe we are almost at the end of January? Where is this year going?

It's time to announce the winners of our "Critters" Challenge and I must say, it's been one of my favourite challenges so far. I love the cute and cuddly, the furry and the fuzzy and you had such a fabulous display in your entries.

Random.org has chosen our winner and it is:

#21 - Debbie

Congratulations Debbie, you have won five digital stamps from Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More! Please email thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com to find out how to claim your prize. Our Winner's Badge is ready and waiting for you in the side bar. I hope you'll display it proudly on your blog.

Our Top Three, in no particular order are:

#76 - Ellie

#79 - Debra

#25 - Alicia

Congratulations Ladies! Please grab your Top 3 badge from the side bar.

We will be back tomorrow with a brand new challenge - I hope to see you then!

Tracey

Challenge #9 - Critters

2012-01-15T10:00:00.000+11:00

Hello crafty bloggers!

It's time for another challenge here at The Squirrel and The Fox and the theme this fortnight is

CRITTERS

Yup, if it's got paws or claws, feathers or fur we want to see your critter creation.

This fortnight we welcome a new sponsor - Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More who are offering our lucky winner their choice of 5 digital stamps. Five! Imagine how much fun you could have choosing them.

Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion. The Squirrel and The Fox DT were given some wonderful images to work with for the challenge, where they have been used I will detail them, so if you want to purchase them you can simply click on the badge to the right and visit the store.

So without further ado - here's what our DT created:

Jacqui (using "A Little Birdie Told Me")

Lisa (using "Over Da Wall Puppy")

Linda (using "A Little Birdie Told Me")

Hilde (using "Sailing, Sailing")

Lisabee

Helen (using "A Little Birdie Told Me")

and me (Tracey - using "Sailing, Sailing")

I hope you'll join us in our challenge and can't wait to see what you come up with.

Tracey

Winners - Challenge #8

2012-01-14T10:00:00.000+11:00

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a brilliant start to the year.

It's time to announce the winners of our first challenge for 2012! I must say that every challenge it gets harder and harder to select our winners, you are such a talented bunch!

The winner of the $5 voucher generously donated by our sponsor Jen's Digis is

#118 Crystal R

Congratulations Crystal! Please email thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com for details on how to claim your prize. Remember also to take your Winner's badge from the side bar. I hope you'll display it proudly on your blog.

And now for our Top Three in no particular order:

#123 - Wendy Bickford

#122 - Peggy R

#25 - Jenni

Congratulations Ladies, please grab your Top 3 badge from the side bar.

As always, you can click on the links of our winners to visit their blogs and see their creations up close.

See you back here tomorrow for a brand new challenge.

Tracey

Challenge #8 - Something New

2012-01-01T10:00:00.000+11:00

Happy New Year and welcome to 2012! We are so happy you're here to visit us, and hope you'll join us for lots of fabulous challenges throughout the year.

It's time for our first challenge of 2012, and this time the theme is:

SOMETHING NEW

That's right, we'd like to see you use something new for your creation this fortnight. It can be anything you like, but you need to specify what it is in your post. Maybe the fat guy in the red suit brought you some new crafty supplies, or maybe you've been shopping... whatever it is, we want to see it in your entry.

Our challenge this fortnight is once again sponsored by Jen's Digis who are offering our lucky winner $5 to spend in their store.

To inspire you as always - here's the work from our DT.

Lisa (using Jen's Digi)

Hilde

Helen

Linda (using Jen's Digi)

Jacqui

Lisabee

and me (Tracey)

To see more work from our fabulous DT, please visit their blogs via the links on the side bar.

We really look forward to seeing your creations. Good luck!

Winners - Challenge #7

2011-12-31T10:00:00.000+11:00

Hello!

It's time to announce the winners of our Christmas challenge, and we are ever so grateful for random.org to narrow down our favourite picks for Top Three, for this was our hardest to judge yet!

The winner of the Make It Crafty $15 voucher is

#138 - Janette G

Congratulations Janette! Please email thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com for details on how to claim your prize. Remember also to take your Winner's badge from the side bar. I hope you'll display it proudly on your blog.

And now for our Top Three in no particular order

#20 - Julie P

#114 - Andrew Llewelyn-Brinsley

#129 - Lou Mac

Congratulations to all our winners, please grab your Top 3 badge from the side bar.

See you back here tomorrow for a brand new challenge (and a brand new year!).

Tracey

Challenge #7 - Christmas

2011-12-11T10:00:00.000+11:00

Everyone ready for a group christmas carol sing-a-long? Ready?

(to the tune of Jingle bells)

Dashing through the bush,

In a rusty Holden ute

Kicking up the dust

esky in the boot

Kelpie by my side

Singing Christmas songs,

It's Summer time

and I am in my singlet, shorts and thongs!

That's right, it's Christmas time in Australia! I'm sure that for non-aussies there was more than enough slang in just one short verse of Aussie Jingle Bells, but to clarify for all those raising their eyebrows in astonishment, Aussie thongs are worn on your feet, we aren't all telling you about our underwear!

So of course the theme for our challenge this time is

CHRISTMAS

and because our next challenge would normally fall on Christmas Eve, we are extending this challenge until Wednesday 28th December. So you have plenty of time to enter.

Make It Crafty are back to sponsor us again, and they are giving our winner a AU$15 voucher to spend in their store. Here's what the DT came up with using some of Make It Crafty's fabulous images.

Hilde

Helen

Jacqui

Linda

Lisa

Lisabee

and me (Tracey)

The Squirrel & The Fox and the DT wish you all the very best for the holiday season.

See you at the end of the year!

Tracey

Winners - Challenge #6

2011-12-10T10:00:00.000+11:00

Well it seems that our last challenge wasn't quite to everyone's tastes , not as many entries this time 'round. But the entries we did get were fabulous - such a wonderful array of purple Jacaranda inspired creations. As usual we called on Mr Random.org to select our winner and that winner is

#2 - Shelby

Congratulations Shelby - you have won a $5 voucher from our wonderful sponsor - Jen's Digis.

Please email thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com for details on how to claim your prize. Remember also to take your Winner's badge from the side bar. I hope you'll display it proudly on your blog.

And now for our Top Three in no particular order

#5 - Krafty Karen

#10 - Lori

#11 - Kingfrog

Congratulations Ladies, please grab your Top 3 badge from the side bar.

See you back here tomorrow for a brand new challenge.

Tracey

Challenge #6 - Jacaranda

2011-11-27T10:00:00.000+11:00

Hello Everyone,

This is a wonderful time of year for many places in Australia for it's when you see the ever amazing and wonderful blooms of the Jacaranda tree. At this time of year, scattered in amongst the native plants and trees, rises a sea of purple blossoms.

Where Linda and I grew up there are some wonderfully established Jacaranda trees. My Mum tells me that they were gifts from the local hospital to new mothers when babies were born. Isn't that just lovely?

So this fortnight we want you to be inspired by the lovely Jacaranda in our photo below. Some say the blooms are purple, some say blue (I say it's a bluey purple) and of course you can use trees or blossoms. Let's see where your creativity takes you. This photo was taken on the grounds of the university I studied at in Sydney.

This challenge is sponsored by Jen's Digis. Jen supplied the DT with a cute little digi as you will see from some of the DT's creations below, and is offering our lucky winner a $5 prize in her store.

Inspiration away!

Helen

Hilde

Lisa

Jacqui

Lisabee

Linda

and me (Tracey)

Happy Crafting!

Tracey

Winners - Challenge #5

2011-11-26T10:00:00.000+11:00

Happy Saturday!

Welcome to all our new followers - we are so happy to have you join us.

Thank you also to all of you who entered our last challenge. It was so nice to see all your fabulous summery creations. The early Summer we were having seems to have done a disappearing act here in Sydney - it's all my fault of course for packing away the winter quilt. As soon as it was packed away in the cupboard the cold weather was back!

Random.org has selected our winner and it is

#9- Anne

Congratulations Anne - you have won a $20 gift certificate from our wonderful sponsor - The Paper Shelter.

Please email me at thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com for details on how to claim your prize. Remember also to take your Winner's badge from the side bar. I hope you'll display it proudly on your blog.

And now for our Top Three in no particular order

#7 - Anita M

#8 - Krafty Karen

#10 - Sharon

Congratulations Ladies, please grab your Top 3 badge from the side bar.

See you back here tomorrow for a brand new challenge.

Tracey

Attention Facebook fans

2011-11-20T20:15:00.001+11:00

Did you know that if you follow The Squirrel and The Fox on Facebook you get some sneaky clues about upcoming challenges?

Like this one...

The Australian town of Grafton, New South Wales is famous for them.

What could our next challenge be? Guessing is half the fun.

Of course there's still time to enter our current Summer Challenge - with a fabulous prize from The Paper Shelter up for grabs for our lucky winner.

Hope to see you soon!

Tracey
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Challenge #5 - Summer

2011-11-13T10:00:00.000+11:00

Well here in the Land Down Under it's Springtime, but given temperatures are already starting to reach 37°C where I live in Sydney (that's a mere 98°F for those unfamiliar with celcius), it sure feels like Summer already.

So it's no surprise that our challenge this fortnight is

SUMMER

This fortnight we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter. The Paper Shelter offered the DT some lovely images to work with. Where they have been used I will list the details, so if you are so inclined you can pop over to The Paper Shelter via their badge on the right and go shopping!

So without further ado, here's what our DT have come up with.

Lisa

(using both Summer Games and Sunny Day)

Hilde

(using Funny Sunflower)

Lisabee

Jacqui

(using Beautiful Mermaid)

Helen

(using Sunny Day)

Linda (using Sunny Day)

and me, Tracey

(using Beautiful Mermaid)

The Paper Shelter is giving our lucky winner the following prize

I look forward to seeing all your fabulous Summery creations. Happy Crafting!

Tracey

Challenge #4 Winners

2011-11-12T10:00:00.000+11:00

Morning everyone.

Another challenge has drawn to a close so that means it's time to announce the winners (always the highlight of my Saturday morning!). We had a fantastic 90 entries into our "Hats or Flowers" challenge and random.org has declared the winner to be

#50 - Jo Davies

Congratulations Jo - you have won a AU$15 gift certificate from our wonderful sponsor - Make it Crafty.

Please email me at thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com for details on how to claim your prize. Remember also to take your Winner's badge from the side bar. I hope you'll display it proudly on your blog.

And now for our Top Three - never an easy decision - thankfully random.org is always on hand to make the final selection for us.

#58 - Maria B

#83- Sathya Kala

#63 - Jenn Zeeb

Congratulations Ladies - your Top Three badge is ready and waiting for you in the side bar.

To see all these amazing creations - please click on the winners' names and visit their blogs. I am sure you will be as impressed with their work as we were.

We will be back tomorrow with a brand new challenge and some more outstanding work from our brilliant Design Team. I hope to see you then.

Tracey

Challenge #4 - Hats or Flowers

2011-10-30T10:02:00.002+11:00

All the Aussies out there in blogland will know exactly what I am talking about when I say "The Race That Stops A Nation", for that's exactly what happens on the first Tuesday in November every year, when the Melbourne Cup is run. In offices, pubs, clubs and schools, the entire nation stops what they are doing to watch the 3200m horse race, and the lucky people in the city of Melbourne even get the day off!

Many people take it all very seriously, with substantial amounts of money being bet on the famous race. Others (myself included) love it as an excuse to drink champagne, have a little flutter with a mystery trifecta or an office 'sweep', and to dress up. Dressing up is such a part of the races that prizes are given out to the best dressed men and women for "Fashion on the Field", and that's why this fortnight's challenge theme is:

HATS OR FLOWERS

Now the DT and I are very excited to share some news with you. Here at The Squirrel and The Fox we have our very first sponsor joining us - Make It Crafty. Not only are Make It Crafty giving our lucky winner a AU$15 prize to spend in their store, they have designed a brand new digi for the occasion - Chantelle at the Races, and this is her official unveiling!

To celebrate the launch of Chantelle at the Races, we have a special guest DT member joining us from the Make It Crafty team. Welcome Debbie - it's fabulous to have you here.

Here is Debbie's card using Chantelle at the Races:

Isn't she stunning??

Here's how the Design Team went with the challenge:

Hilde (using Chantelle at the Races)

Lisa (using Summer Dreams)

Helen (using Chantelle at the Races)

Jacqui (using Chantelle at the Races)

and Jacqui again (using Fifi)

Lisabee (using Summer Dreams)

Linda (using Chantelle at the Races)

Now I am sure you can't wait to get stuck in to your creations using hats or flowers (or both!). I hope you'll join us this fortnight. To buy Chantelle at the Races for yourself, or any other fantastic Make It Crafty image - please click on their badge in the side bar.

We'll see you in two weeks with our lucky winner and Top 3.

Tracey

pssst.......... we have a little secret

2011-10-29T20:42:00.000+11:00

Hello to all our fabulous followers. The Squirrel and The Fox have an exciting news to share with you all........

......but you will have to wait!! Pop back tomorrow for the big announcement!

Linda x

Challenge #3 Winners

2011-10-29T10:01:00.005+11:00

Hello again everyone!

It's time to announce the winners of Challenge #3 - One For The Girls.

I was on holidays for the duration of the challenge so I am only just now getting to visit your blogs and see all your fabulous creations. Once again I am very impressed with the sheer amount of talent out there, and thank you all for playing along with us here at The Squirrel and The Fox. I also want to thank our outstanding DT for continuing to provide such gorgeous DT works to inspire you all, and to welcome all our new followers.

Our winner, chosen by random.org is

#26 - Lynne

Congratulations Lynne, please grab your winners badge from the side bar.

Top 3, narrowed down by our DT and then selected by random.org (there were just too many fabulous works to choose from!)

#115 - Julie Price

#131 - Sirpaliina

#109 - Annika

Congratulations Ladies - Top 3 badge is all yours.

We will be back tomorrow with a brand new challenge and some very exciting news.

See you then!

Tracey

Challenge #3 - One For The Girls

2011-10-16T10:00:00.006+11:00

Now that the weather is starting to warm up here in Australia and jumpers (sweaters) have been relegated to the back of the wardrobe, everywhere you look you can start to see girls in short dresses, with their bronzed skin and open toe shoes, grasping hold of the first signs of Summer with all of their might and declaring Winter well and truly behind them.

So this fortnight we thought it fitting to have our challenge theme be:

"ONE FOR THE GIRLS"

This fortnight we'd like to see all your girly creations. To get those creative juices flowing, here's some inspiration from the DT.

Jacqui

Hilde

Lisabee

Helen

Lisa

Linda

and

Tracey (me)

I love all those different takes on 'girly' our DT came up with and can't wait to see everyone elses.

I do hope you'll join us! We'll see you back here in two weeks with our winners and a brand new challenge.

Tracey

Challenge #2 Winners

2011-10-15T10:00:00.005+11:00

Well another fortnight has sped by and it's already time to announce the winners of

Challenge #2 - Make It Sporty.

The footy fanfare hasn't ended here yet - Australia have made the Rugby World Cup finals. Wish us luck for this weekend, the Wallabies gotta beat those All Blacks.

The winner, drawn by random.org, is

#11 - Calypso

Congratulations! Please grab your winners badge from the side bar.

Top Three in no particular order are:

#3- Crafty Amy

#5 - Jacki R

#12 - Anita M

Our Top Three badge is ready and waiting for you - I hope you'll display it with pride on your blog.

We will be back tomorrow with a brand new challenge. I hope to see you then!

Challenge #2 - Make It Sporty

2011-10-02T10:06:00.000+11:00

Here Down Under it's Spring time, and whilst for some of us it's time to celebrate the end of the cold weather, pack away the blankets and rejoice in the return of all the pretty flowers - for others it's time to don team colours and cheer for the last game of the footy season (that's rugby, not soccer for you non-Aussie speakers) with the Grand Final!

So to celebrate the end of the football season (and the start of the cricket season!) the theme for this challenge is:

"MAKE IT SPORTY"

This fortnight we'd like to see all your sporty creations.

Here's how our DT tackled the challenge (see what I did there?)

Lisa

Jacqui

Hilde

Lisabee

Helen

Linda

Tracey (me)

I am sure you'll agree our new DT members have done a fabulous job - if you would like to see more of their work or just tell them how amazing they are, please visit their blogs via the linkies on the right.

Enjoy! We'll see you back here in two weeks with our winners.

Challenge #1 Winners and a new DT!

2011-10-01T11:56:00.000+10:00

Wow, what an exciting two weeks!!

Linda and I have been absolutely blown away by the amount of entries into our first challenge. In our wildest dreams we could not have imagined over 200 entries - and what a talented bunch you are! It has been such a pleasure seeing all your amazing creations and visiting your blogs. We thank you for playing along with us and hope you had as much fun as we did.

So the winner, chosen by random.org is

#107 – Debs

Congratulations Debs, your winners badge awaits you in the side bar. We hope you’ll display it with pride on your blog.

Our top three, in no particular order are:

44. Micki

84. Jen

109. The Navy Wife

Congratulations Ladies, beautiful work. Please grab you Top 3 badge from the side bar.

I am also excited to announce that after our DT call, we have FIVE new DT members:

Lisa

Hilde

Jacqui

Lisabee

Helen

These ladies applied to be part of our little team during the first challenge, and we were thrilled to have them join us. You will see their gorgeous work as part of our DT inspirations in each challenge post but if you can't wait until then, visit their blogs by clicking on their names above, and you see some of their previous work.

We will be back tomorrow with a brand new challenge – I hope to see you then.

Tracey

Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

2011-09-18T10:12:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone and welcome to our brand new Challenge Blog,

The Squirrel and The Fox

We are so pleased you found us!

Our very first challenge theme is a nice and easy one:

ANYTHING GOES

As we are a new challenge blog, we are also doing a DT Call.

If you are interested in becoming a member of our design team, please email us at thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com with your name, a link to your blog and a little bit about yourself. You don't need to have any previous DT experience, we are just looking for enthusiastic paper crafters that can commit to making one project each fortnight to meet our challenge themes.

To get the party started, here is some inspiration from us, the creators of this board:

Linda

Tracey

We look forward to seeing all your fabulous work and thank you for joining us. We hope you'll become a follower and join us again next time!

Coming Soon!

2011-09-09T11:04:00.000+10:00

Hello and welcome to our brand new Challenge blog

The Squirrel & The Fox

We're not quite ready yet. Just doing some last minute tidying - fluffing the cushions and squirting around some air freshener - in anticipation of flinging open the doors and inviting you all in to play.

Our first challenge goes live Sunday 18th September.

Of course a brand new challenge blog needs a brand new DT.
If you are interested in becoming a member of our design team, please email us at thesquirrelandthefox@hotmail.com with your name, a link to your blog and a little bit about yourself. You don't need to have any previous DT experience, we are just looking for enthusiastic paper crafters that can commit to making one project each fortnight to meet our challenge themes.

See you on the 18th!