September Winners

Hi there!

Today I'm a bit late!

It's a public holiday in my region and I slept in =P

Anyway, I want to take the opportunity to thank everybody that joins our monthly challenge will all those amazing projects.

You are our inspiration!

And now, I will present you our random winner of this month is:

3. Margaret A using Rose

Congratulations Margaret you have won three images from the shop.

And now for the Top 3 selected by our DT, in numerical order we have:

2. Elena F using Pumpking Costume

4. Las Cositas de Exter using Surfing

5. Mayumi using Renato's Gift

And you three, lovely ladies, have also won an image from Alicia's shop.

Please grab your badges from the sidebar and email Alicia 

at digis(at)aliciabel(dot)com to claim your price. 

And now, if you also want to have the chance to win some cute digis,

come and join our current challenge.

The rule is simple: Anything Goes with an Aliciabel image.

Hope you like this

Alicia, Aurora and the DT

Challenge 11: Anything Goes or Scary but Cute

Hi there!

Time flies past!

We are already in autumn and presenting Challenge 11.

Very soon it's going to be the first anniversary of the presentation of our DT

and we are going to throw in a partty!

Can you guess??

Yes, it will be a Halloween party!!

But for now, we are going to present the current challenge

with the theme Anything Goes or Scary but Cute, if you prefer.

Today we have a Guest Designer.

For some of us she is a friend, a teacher, and example to follow on.
An internationally recognized crafter,
she is a great colourer and the only certified Copic Instructor in Spain.
And we are very happy to have her with us here today.
I leave you with her project and a presentation on her own words.

Cristina Valenzuela using Mary and her Cauldron

Hello!
 I'm Cristina Valenzuela.
 I live near Barcelona, I have a 6 year old daughter
and I try to give colour to all the days of my life.
It is a pleasure for me to be Guest Designer in Aliciabel Challenge Blog
because her stamps are adorable.
Thank you so much for letting  me be here!

Today we also want to introduce the New Member of our Design Team,
We knew her though her entries in our challenges and we loved them.
So much that, finally, we decided to asked her if she would like to join us.
 And we were so lucky that she accepted!
Here there is her project and a presentation on her own words.

Vannessa Hasty using Lily Munster

I'm Vannessa and just turned the big 4-0 this summer, which made me realise that being 40 is no big deal at all. You're as old as you feel! I am a primary school teacher during the day, teaching a lively class of 7-8 year olds but I love it. I live with my partner of 18 years and our very spoilt cat Tallulah.

I started card making about 9 years ago now as something to keep me occupied during the long summer holidays and started with a very cheap £5 set from eBay but I soon got hooked and that £5 has been multiplied several times over! I love to colour with my Copics and you will notice I love my layers and embellishments on my cards too. Also if I can get away with it, a fair amount of pink creeps into my cards as well LOL

I discovered AliciaBel stamps a while ago when I found their first challenge whilst blog hopping around the internet and just had to buy a few images there and then! I was so incredibly excited when Aurora asked me to join the team and even more excited that Hallowe'en is the theme for my first DT project as it's my favourite celebration. Love anything creepy and spooky! Hugs, Vannessa x

Thank you Vannessa for joining us.

And now, I will leave you with the rest of the projects that our Dream Team 

has made for your inspiration.

Virginia using Surprise 

Beatriz using Dora the Protecting Witch

Maria using Sally

Aurora using Berta Barton

Hope yoy liked this and decide to join us.

Have a nice weeked.

Alicia, Aurora and the DT.

An InLinkz Link-up

September - Inspiration and Tutorial

Hi there!

It is inspiration day here at Aliciabel Challenge Blog and 

we are here with some new projects designed specially for you!

And today also I made a mini tutorial on how to decorate your projects with stitching. 

But before, let me remind you that there is still time to join our monthly challenge,

Anything Goes with Aliciabel images.

So, first awesome project:

Elena using Button label

And my project using Faery Godmother

And now, I was asked by a friend to make a tutorial on how to stitch on paper.

So, I took some pictures and here they are, for you all.

So, here you can see my tag and a paper piercing tool. 

I normally use it on some scrap soft cardboard, the type you use for packaging, 

but there is thick foam sheets specifically designed for this purpose.

First, pierce holes onto the card in the place where you want the stitching to go.

If you don't have a piercing tool, you could just use a needle to do it.

And then, just stitch around with a needle and a thread of your choice.

And this is how the stitched tag looks like.

Once I started building the tag, I thought I could also stitch my sentiment in it. 

So, I used a pencil to write it.

Then, I pricked along it with the piercing tool.

And I stitched it with a darker thread.

Hope you liked this and felt inspired.

Have a nice weekend.

Alicia, Aurora and the DT.

September - New release & Freebie!

Hi there!

Today we are here to showcase the new gorgeous fall faeries on Aliciabel.com

and... this month's freebie!

Remember that it will be available only for 3 days.

But don't worry if you miss it! 

You will be still able to find her on the shop at the normal price.

Hope you enjoy colouring them

and share your creations in our current challenge.

And now, here you have, our DT samples. 

Enjoy!

Using Thoughtful Faery

Virginia 

Maria

Using Fall Faery

Elena

Beatriz

  

Using Selfie of a Faery

Aurora

Using the Freebie, The Fairy Firefly

Alicia

Hope you like it.

Alicia, Aurora and the DT.

Summer Winners

Hi there!

Thanks to everybody who joined our summer challenge.

Your entries were awesome. 

Mr. Randon has decided that the winner for Challenge #9 was:

#9: Granmargarets using Little Little Mermaid

Margaret you have won three images from the shop.

And your card was so cute!

And now for the Top 3 selected by our DT, in numerical order we have:

#3: Esther using Spring Mermaid

#8: Vannessa using Surfing 

#12: Cristina using Surfing 

And you three, lovely ladies, have also won an image from Alicia's shop.

Please grab your badges from the sidebar and email Alicia 

at digis(at)aliciabel(dot)com to claim your price. 

And now, if you also want to have the chance to win some cute digis,

come and join our current challenge.

The rule is simple: Anything Goes with an Aliciabel image.

Hope you like this

Alicia, Aurora and the DT

Challenge 10: Anything Goes or Shabby Chic

Hi there!

We are back!

Hope you all enjoyed the break as much as we did 

and that your return to the routine is being smooth and peaceful.

To help you with it, we have brought you the sweetest challenge inspiration that we could think of 

Shabby Chic,

but remember that if you prefer it you can always play Anything Goes.

This are the projects that our team has prepared for you today.

Beatriz using Violeta Volantes

Maria using Elegant Bride

Ang using Flower Label

Virginia using Feather fans

Hope you like it and decide to join us.

Have a nice weekend.

Alicia, Aurora and the Dream Team ;)

An InLinkz Link-up

August Inspiration

Hi there!

I can't believe is nearly the end of August. 

Summer holiday are nearly over and everybody is getting ready to go back to school.

However, there is a bright side! We are back with some more inspiration for you, new challenges, new images and lots and lots of fun.

Today in this inspiration post, we wanted to showcase this fantastic work by 

Cristina Gonzalez

She altered this beautiful box using My little Vamp, but then have a look on what she put on the inside!!

Lots of boxes with lots of Aliciabel digis, and they are boxes to store embellishments!

So gorgeous!!

Thank you Cristina for sharing this wonderful project with us!

And now, look at the beautiful projects that our DT made for your inspiration.

Ang using Cinderella

Beatriz using Prince Charming

Maria using Susi's Gift

Alicia using Elvira

I hope you like this!

And remember there is still time to join our current challenge.

Cheers,

Alicia, Aurora and the DT