Week 8 - Challenge ~ Shaped Cards

I just had a chance to go through all the entries for last weeks sketch challenge and all I can say is WOW! I just love to see everyone's amazing talent! Our random winner from last week is Country Rose - aka, Barb! Check out this beautiful card she made:

Awesome job, Barb - thanks so much for playing along! Be sure to send us your address so we can send you your goodies!

This week, Maria gave us a cool new challenge - shaped cards! Anyone can play along - just make sure to leave a comment here with a link to your card. If you upload to splitcoast, use "MDC" as your keyword. We will pick one card at random to be showcased at the top of next week's entry!

The design team had a lot of fun with the challenge - check out their awesome designs!

Maria Levine - Ria Creations

By Lynda Benden - Stamp Act

By Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner

By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs

Linda Boucher - MDC Linda's Page

Tamara McKlveen - MDC Tamara's Page

Hope you all enjoy your week - be sure to check out the store for the last week of our Basic Grey sale!

Week 7 - Maria's Sketch Challenge

Hello & thanks for stopping by Mothers & Daughters Creations! First, a big thank you to all who played in last week's challenge!

We would like to Congratulate Stacy!! Stacy's card was randomly selected as last weeks pick of the crop!! Take a look at Stacy's beautiful card:

This week, we welcome our August challenge host, Maria Levine. Maria has put together a super fun sketch for all of you to try. To participate, post your project to your blog or gallery and then leave us a link in the comments section here, so we can come check it out. If you upload to SCS, use keyword "MDC". Remember, there is no time limit. Feel free to participate whenever
you can.

Here are this week's samples:

Card by Maria Levine - Ria Creations

Card by Cindy Haffer - Cindy Haffner's Corner

Card by Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs

Card by Lynda Benden - Stamp Act

Card by Linda Boucher - MDC Linda's Page

Card by Tamara McKlveen - MDC Tamara's Page

Don't forget, if you post in splitcoast, use keyword MDC so we can all see your creation!

And, it's another PRIZE week - woo hoo! This week, if you play along with our sketch challenge and post a link to your creation here, you can win this super cute clear stamp set from Memory Box:

Thanks to everyone for your continued support - have a great week!

Week 6 - Outlines Stamps or Paper Piecing

Happy Thursday everyone! We are finally enjoying some mild weather here in Virginia - such a nice break from the super hot August we usually have! To begin, we'd like to congratulate last weeks winner of the stickles pack, Pammy Jo! Here's the card she entered in last weeks Stickles challenge:

Thanks to everyone who played! Pammy Jo, just email us your mailing information so we can get you your prize!








This week, our hostess Maria Levine challenged the MDC team to use Outline stamps! Outline stamps are designed for specific purposes. Some Outlines stamps are designed to be stamped multiple times and then cut apart and layered with pop dots - sort of a complex system of paper piecing. Others are designed to have special places to add bling or stickles. Of course, everyone might not have an Outlines stamp, and we want everyone to play, so if you don't have an Outlines stamp, you can paper piece a stamped image! We will randomly select one person's card to be displayed at the top of our challenge next week! Check out our design team samples:


Card by Maria Levine - Ria Creations




















Card by Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner




















Card by Lynda Benden - Stamp Act




















Card by Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs
























Card by Linda Boucher - MDC Linda's Page

Card by Tamara McKlveen - MDC Tamara's Page



















This card was made using four different Outlines stamps - check out the open view of the heart stamp below - this stamp is made to fold and close, so that your greeting can be inside!



If you upload your card to splitcoast, use key word MDC so we can see your creations - and don't forget to link to us in a comment here! Thanks for everyone's support - can't wait to see what you come up with this week!











Thanks for stopping by Mothers Daughters Creations!

Week 5 - Stickles!

Wow, it seems like summer is flying by so quickly! Here we are already at our fifth challenge - I'm so excited! The month of August brings of another design challenge hostess - Maria Levine! You can check out her beautiful work at her blog, riacreations. For our first challenge this month, Maria challenged us to use Stickles! As always, we want to encourage everyone to play, so if you don't happen to have stickles, see what you can do with your own glitter! Maria made this adorable little gift holder which actually has some stickles tucked away right inside! How cute is that?? I can't wait to see what other challenges Maria has in store for us! Check out what the other designers did with the stickles challenge:

Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner

















I love the beautiful background paper - Cindy always has a way of pulling together a wonderful mix of products and showcasing them all beautifully!

Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Treat Designs




















How sweet - what an adorable bunny! Jennifer always adds such beautiful detail - love the double knotted ribbon and the stitching!

Lynda Benden - Stamp Act
















Isn't this lovely - Lynda's easy elegance is always such a pleasure to see!

Linda Boucher - MDC Linda's Page




















I thought this card turned out so summery! I think I need to go get some lemonade!

Tamara McKlveen - MDC Tamara's Page



















I had a lot of fun this week finally getting to use this wheelbarrow stamp from Outlines; I want to keep playing with it - there are so many ways it could be embellished!

Thanks so much to all our designers for their hard work and for sharing their talent with us!

I think we should have another prize package!! Since this is Stickles week, it seems only fitting that we should give away some Stickles!! Make your own creation using Stickles (or glitter) and link it to this post - you could win this package of Stickles:
















And even if you don't win, you can still get some Stickles - we carry all the colors over at the store, so be sure to check it out! Hope you all have a wonderful week!