Just realized I haven’t posted the new challenge yesterday. I’ve been running like crazy lately since I have so many things to do for work (it’s the finals season at school) plus we are moving to our new home.

Anyway, many of you missed the deadline of the last challenge. I am so sorry! So I decided to make it last longer. I hope this will help many of you to participate.

This week we are traveling to London! Get inspired by the photo and post your projects below. Don’t forget to come back and vote. (There is a countdown next to the submission button so you know how much time you have left).

And the winners of the 2nd “Around the World” challenge are:

I admit those were my favorites too!

Monika Reeck has made such a beautiful card, I love those tulips and the small house in the background! Monika is very talented, she is a member in a number of DT and her cards are just adorable. I wasn’t familiar with her work but I’ll be visiting her blog in a regular basis! Check it out here!

Vera has made such an elegant card! I love all the details on this card, the background and the Stardust Stickles. And it required a lot of time and patience to do all that cutting. Check Vera’s lovely blog and her inspiring cards here.

Nancy‘s card is a masterpiece! Have you seen how she made the grass? As Virginia said it’s so Van Gough-like! And that windmill ? Did you know she googled for this sketch, resized it, printed and painted it?! Nancy you are so creative! Nancy is one of my blog friends and I’ve been a follower of her blog for months. Check Nancy’s blog here.

I would like to thank all the talented girls that submitted their projects! It’s amazing how many different ideas can come up from the same photo!

Another Thursday, another challenge! And today we’ll travel all the way to Mexico!

There are no restrictions on this challenge just get inspired (e.g by the colors, the shapes or the culture of the country). Check the countdown next to the submission button to find out when submissions are closed and when voting will start.
Top 3 winners will be featured on my blog next Friday. I hope you’ll enjoy the “trip” to Mexico

Thank you all so much for participating on my first “Around the World” Challenge! All the submissions were great! I would also like to thank you all for voting and testing the Inlinkz voting tool.

#1 Winner is Tina. Congratulations! your card is so sunny and warm! It makes me want to travel now! I didn’t know Tina’s work up to now. I visited her Flickr gallery and her blog. She is very talented. I already have some favorites from her cards. Check this and this! Tina you are the lucky winner of the $25 gift certificate from www.twopeasinabucket.com. I’ll contact you by email.

The rest of the winners were already blog friends of mine.

#2 Winner is Yes!Virginia… Her card is so Greece! Love these embossed white houses. She has captured the feeling, the colors and the shapes of the inspiration photo! What can you say about this talented lady? Every card she makes is better than the other. Here is her Flickr gallery and her blog. Not only she is talented but is has a really warm heart. I’m sending you lot’s of hugs.

#3 Winner is Donna Mikasa. When I first saw this card I was amazed! So clever to pick up the shape of the church and make it an umbrella! And the colors? So blue … just like Greece’s sea and sky! Have you ever seen her cards? I admire her coloring technique. I wish I was living next to you Donna so I could come and watch you while you are coloring. She has the talent to make great color combinations and copics are a second nature to her! Her cards are the cutest. Check her Flickr gallery and her blog.

A big THANK YOU to all my blog readers for making this challenge possible. I hope you’ll find this week’s photo as inspiring!

As if nothing happens on my blog (Digital Wednesday & Weekend video) I decided to have another weekly happening! Hooray for that!!! So I am starting a challenge called “Around the world”. And what is more exciting?! I’ll introduce a new Inlinkz tool: Voting! This is a BETA testing of the tool which will be available just after the challenge to anyone. Here is what to do:

• Each Thursday I’ll post a photo from some place around the world.
• You make a card/scrapbook page/paper craft inspired by the photo. No restrictions! Just get inspired by the colors on the photo, or by the shapes you see, or even by the general feeling or the culture of that place! It’s up to you.
• Post your project on your blog/gallery and then submit it here
• The submissions will last for 5 days (there is a countdown just next to the submit button so no matter your timezone you know how much time you have left).
• When submissions are over all the projects will be available for voting. A little star will be shown just above each submission.
• All you’ll have to do is click on the star of your favorite project .  (Inlinkz voting totally rocks). Now readers pick the winner not the blog owner! Isn’t that cool?!
• You can vote just one card (not your own) but you can tell all your blog-friends to vote as well
• The voting will last for 2 days. You will be notified by email when the voting is starting!
• The top 3 winners will be featured on my blog and the 1st winner wins a $25 gift certificate from twopeasinabucket!

If you have any questions just drop me a comment on this post and I’ll answer ASAP.

Here is this week’s “Around the World Challenge”. Feel free to copy this image and post it on your blog so anyone can join.