Hi everyone - lovely to see so many entries for our latest challenge...keep them coming!

Thought I would just pop by with another competition you might be interested in if you like the Jellypark images. iTunes have just released my new children's book app in their app store to download to an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch - I am so excited!! We are running a competition on facebook to win one of my original watercolour paintings so I thought I would let you know in case anybody wanted to enter.

Here is the painting you can win...

...and just click here to enter the competition

You will need to have a facebook account and 'like' the Paper Dreams' page and 'share' the link you see on there - good luck!

Claire xx

Girlie Girl Challenge

Are you ready for a brand new challenge? Thought you were! First we must announce and congratulate our winner from the last challenge:

8. Lisabee 

1. wendy bickford 

3. Hazel 

Well done and thank you to everyone who took part. If you can choose the stamp you would like from the Jellypark Store Lisabee, we will send it to you straight away!

So we need you to find your girlie side now ladies, this next challenge is the 'Girlie Girl' challenge - we want to see all the pretty you can muster!! The Design Team needed no prompting and as you will see below, they got all pink and girlie and made the prettiest cards. 

Georgia Ehrmann

Lisa Sumpter

Gaynor Greaves

Ruth Cunliffe

Suzie McFloozy

To join in with our challenge - and I hope you do :o) -  just follow the rules listed down the right hand side and you will be in with a chance to win a digital stamp from the Jellypark Store - look forward to seeing your creations!

Claire x

New Jellypark digi stamps - fairy and mermaid

It's Friday and that time of month to show off some new stamps! We have 2 new images for you... First we are very excited to have a new charity stamp released this week, where all proceeds raised are for the Jellypark charity of 2012 which is Little Havens children's hospice. We are delighted that we have been selling lots of these stamps and thank you all for your support for the brilliant charity. 

As you might know, we let the winner of the Jellypark Juniors (our under 16 challenge blog) choose the image we release each month and this time Abby asked for a fairy sitting on a tree branch. So it is a big thank you to Abby for the inspiration and I hope you like the new cute picture to craft with! 

 We also have a standard digi stamp release, a mermaid which the Design Team have weaved their magic on. I always can't wait to open up the image folder the ladies pop their photos in, such fun to see what they make and this week was a real treat - look at these fab designs and just click on each designers name to pop to their blog and read more...

Lisa West

Our guest designer for May!

Kenzie Pearce

Jerusha Borden

Mel Harding

Ruth Cunliffe

Tracey Vincent

Zoe Stupples

Aren't these mermaids simply beautiful?

Jellypark Papercraft Challenge - 'Little Bunny Foo Foo'

Before we get down to business, a word about our Jennifer. Jennifer usually runs this challenge blog and our rather fab Jellypark DT and bloomin' brilliantly she does it too. Well as many of you will know, Jennifer has recently been diagnosed with cancer and she is right in the middle of a gruelling set of chemo treatments. All of us at Jellypark send a HUGE hug to her and if you have a moment please pop over to her blog and leave a message - it would be lovely if we could fill it up with all your good wishes to show her how much we are all missing her at the moment xx

Right, challenge time! We are still eating our Easter chocolate here so thought we would carry on celebrating Spring with a bunny theme for you - just create a papercraft project that includes a bunny/rabbit, simple! If you are unsure of the rules just have a look down the right hand column, don't forget we have quite a few bunny digital stamps in the Jellypark shop which you could use :o)

Need some inspiration? Well our Jellypark DT have got some BEAUTIFUL design ideas here for you...

Kenzie Pearce

Jerusha Borden

Mel Harding

Ruth Cunliffe

Tracey Vincent

We have two guest designers for this challenge - a very warm Jellypark welcome to

Jacqy

and

Helen

Ok, now it's your turn to get crafting and share with us your bunny projects - can't wait to see them all!!

Jellypark digital stamp release - New Baby Tags

 Spring has sprung! Well is has here in England - real April weather sunny one minute and showers the next, we have buds on the trees and we can shake off winter and look forward to new beginnings. Because I took my boys off for a little break in the school holidays and our Jennifer has been feeling wiped out by her rotten old chemo treatment we didn't have a release or a challenge last time 

- did you miss us?!! 

 We have just one stamp being released this week - that's me being rather disorganised and still in holiday mode I am afraid. It fits in with Spring and the feeling of new beginnings as it's a cute baby one, perfect for welcoming new little people into our lives!

You don't need me to tell you that the Jellypark Design Team worked their magic as usual once they got their hands on this stamp - just take a look...

Lisa Sumpter

Ruth Cunliffe

Georgia Ehrmann

Gaynor Greaves

Suzie McFloozy

Right folks, now it's your turn, would love to see what you all make with this one so send us your photos!

 Have fun crafting, 

 Claire x

Meet the New Spring Design Team! :)

Thank you to everyone who played along in our last challenge. so many fun entries and variations on the weather challenge. :)

The Top 3 are:

1. Shirley AC
2. Marina
3. Zehra

Please take the badge on the side bar for your blogs. Shirley, please chose a digi from the Jellypark store and send your choice to Claire at jellypark at live.co.uk.

We are taking a break from challenges and new releases this fortnight so that we can introduce you to the new DT and guest designers. Please check back on April 20 for all kinds of fun new digis and a great challenge. :)

You will find that most of our former team members are returning. We are adding a few new members as well as some guests. Now, let's meet the newbies!

Gaynor Greaves

I am 44 years old, married with one grown up Daughter and 2 mad lurchers, I live in Sheffield in the UK. I work part time on the Intensive care unit at my local hospital which i enjoy immensely. I have been crafting since I was little but I mainly knitted and did cross stitch when I got older, I got into making cards in 2006 and I have been addicted ever since. I love stamping and Digi stamps have become a favourite because of their flexibility. I love to make all types of cards and nothing fazes me, you don't learn anything if you don't make any mistakes.


Kenzie Pearce

I have 2 children and a dog who are my world, work part time, and have a great life and living it as best we can. I'm a fairly new crafter hoping to learn from some great crafters, have been making scrapbooks a while.


Zoe Stupples

I'm a craft loving mummy to my lil dude Ryan 5 and my gorgeous lil princess Abigail who is 3 and my 7 month old baby. When I am not running around after them you will find me in my little corner with my beloved stamps and copics!!


Sue Berker - April 6 Guest Designer

My name is Sue Berker. I am 68 years old and have been married to the most awesome guy ever for ten years. Together we have five kids and 3 grandkids. We do a bit of traveling around the United States but our best trips have included our family visits. I have been an avid papercrafter for about eight years. It all began with being introduced to the stamping world by a Stampin'Up! demonstrator. During those eight years I became a Stampin'Up! demonstrator for four years and then was blessed to be on two Design Teams. I lean more towards the CAS style of stamping. I also enjoy scrapbooking but don't seem to find the time anymore for it.I want to thank Jellypark for the pleasure of being a guest designer.


Jacqy Weber - April 20 Guest Designer

I am married to my best friend and childhood sweetheart, Gary, for 44 years. Our grown kids are Donna and Gary. We are very lucky to have a son-in-law, Greg, who we love very much. then , of course, we have 3 absolutely wonderful, talented and loveable grandkids, Matt, Mandi and Hannah. They are 3 of the best blessings we could have ever been given. As you can see, my family is the center of my universe. They complete me in so many ways.

When I'm not hanging out with my awesome family I am very involved in our Church. Love almost all crafts. Mysteries(especially cozy mysteries) are my favorite books to read. I knit for charity. Always loved scrapbooking which I am now hooked on. Since I received my cricut for Mother's Day you can usually find me in my craftroom creating with my cricut.


Lisa West - May Guest Designer

I'm married and I'm a stay at home mum to a wonderful 2 year old little boy. I love my family and friends and all the usual things but my crafting is my relaxation, hobby and addiction all rolled into one. I was lucky enough to be a runner up in two UK craft magazines Yearly competitons in 2011, which has really boosted my own confidence in my crafting abilities.


Suzi McKenzie - June Guest Designer

I'm Suzi McKenzie AKA Mrs Weyremaster, I live in Aberdeen, Scotland with my adorable hubby Stewart and our 2 cats. I've been colouring images since i could hold a crayon, and it's one of my favourite things to do. I love papercrafting as it gives me the opportunity to be creative, and share my interests with others. I started card making when i was preparing for my wedding, and could not find stationary i liked. I've been card making ever since, and discovered craft blogs and forums soon after, and have been lucky enough to make lots of crafty friends all over the world. My style is fairly simple, a little weird and wacky, and i love to use strong colours.

Please give everyone a happy Jellypark welcome! We are so excited to have each one of them here with us! :)

What's the Weather? Challenge

Spring is in the Air and so is a new challenge..... funny how these 2 go together! ;)

Here at Jellypark Friday Friends Challenges we want to celebrate all kinds of weather! but first we are going to announce the winners of the fun Craft challenge:

1 . Tine
2 . ineke da cruz
3 . NanaConnie

Thank you so much to everyone who played along! Would our Top 3 winners please grab the badge on the right side bar for your blog? and Tine, please send Claire an email at jellypark at live.co.uk with your choice of a digital image from the Jellypark store.

As I mentioned in the previous post, this is the end of our winter DT term. This team has worked so hard to bring your wonderful projects to inspire your creativity. if you get a moment, please pop by their blogs to tell them how much you appreciate all they have done. :)

Springtime brings with it all kinds of wild and wacky weather. So our challenge is for you to create a papercraft project that reflects the weather somehow. It could be through your image, diecuts, designer paper, embellies, whatever floats your little boat! But we want to see something about the weather when we look at your project.

Remember the few rules that we have - make sure it's new and family friendly, limit yourself to 2 entries please, and link your individual blog post to here while mentioning Jellypark Friday Friends. the complete list of rules is over on the side bar. you are welcome to use any images or stamps you would like, but a Jellypark image will get you an extra entry into the chance for Top 3. One winner will receive their choice of a digital image from the Jellypark store! :)

psssssst....... here's a little secret for you...... Claire has a few freebies here in the store that would be PERFECT for this challenge! and don't forget the Little Haven fundraising images, too!

Dorcas, Guest Designer

Georgia Ehrmann

Jen Leeflang

Lisa Sumpter

Mel Harding

Ruth Cunliffe

Tracey Vincent

Fairy Dust and Ice Cream - Just what Everyone Needs! :)

Welcome to another fabby release at Jellypark! Claire ALWAYS knows just the images we are needing for our papercraft projects, and this release is no different. Warmer weather is right here at our front door, so let's get those inks & papers ready! :)

Ice Cream Van

Fairy Mum and Girl

Of course the fantastic Design Team has created some wonderful projects to inspire you. Sadly our Winter Term is coming to an end, so please stop by their blogs to tell them how much you appreciate all of their creativity and hard work. :)

Heide Dronchi

Jenn Borjeson

Jerusha Borden

Ruth Cunliffe

Suzie McFloozy