Challenge #287 *Things with Wings*

Welcome to our October challenge - the spookiest time of the year and I am very much looking forward to Halloween! 

Our optional theme for this month is 'Things with Wings' so this can be bats or butterflies, or even an aeroplane, depending on what you are creating for. Of course, you can still play anything goes as well. We do not have a sponsor for this challenge but a prize will be sent to a winner (who is in the UK).

This month is a sad one for the DT as the lovely Alex Turner, who ran this blog for a long time, passed away earlier in the year, so we are using this challenge to remember and celebrate her. Here are two "things with wings" cards that Alex created for previous challenges.

Here are the creations from the DT:

Heather

Leona 

"Alex joined the Creative Moments at the start, as I did, and when the founders stepped back took over and ran the challenge with good humour, efficiency and compassion when family and work meant I had to take a crafting sabbatical.  When Alex's health took her away from the challenge we missed her creative input and support. I am sorry I never made it across country to visit her pub.

Marjeta

Tinz

Alex was the owner of this challenge blog when I joined it quite a few years back. She was always very supportive and very relaxed about owning the blog, understanding that all members of the DT also had a life, which would occasionally get in the way of their DT commitments. She was such fun to work with and her work ethic was extraordinary!

We look forward to seeing your creations this month, and if you knew Alex then please feel free to remember her in the comments. Please enter via the link below.

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Winners #285

 The nights are drawing in and we are now in October. We still have several days left on our September challenge. However, it is now time to announce the winners from our August challenge, which had the optional theme of cute.

So Random.org has chosen our random winner, who gets the prize from Polkadoodles.

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: Result:

51
Min: 1, Max: 53
2026-09-29 21:13:21 UTC

51. Jenn Borjeson with her fabulous take on cute, with a little cute spider. Please contact us at creativemomentschallenge@outlook.com to claim your prize, and remember to grab your badge from the left-hand side banner.

Here are the top three in numerical order as chosen by the DT.

15. Annie H with this super cute frog card in the lovely greens and pinks.

22. Silke with these adorable little mice with their lemonade.

42. Helen has created a fabulous sentiment focused card, that still oozes cuteness.

It was incredibly difficult to choose the top three with so many brilliant entries this month.

And, as we still have several days left on the current challenge here is some more design team inspiration.

Tinz

Heather

Check out the post below for details on how to enter.

Challenge 286 *Autumn Colours*

 Welcome to our challenge #286

Our optional twist for this month is Autumn Colours!

We are delighted to have The Coloring Channel as our sponsor again this month (formally Kit and Clowder) and the DT has really enjoyed Alyce's Autumn Leaves tutorial.

The Coloring Channel is the first learning platform built for colourists. It hosts Alyce's 12 years of teaching with over 300+ classes for markers and pencils, rewards to unlock, search exactly what you want, progress tracking and more. Everything you need to make colouring easier and more enjoyable.

Alyce is offering 1 month free access to the channel for one lucky, randomly chosen winner!

Let's take a look at what the DT have been creating with their colouring class:

Heather

Leona 

Marjeta

Tinz

We look forward to seeing your projects and any other creations you make this month.  Please join in the fun using the linky below.  

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But before you go crafting - we have been asked to redraw last months winner:

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max:

Result:

18
Min: 1, Max: 25
2026-09-14 20:31:27 UTC

This is you 18. Pinky

Please contact us at the email address in the side panel, and take you winners badge.

Winners #284

 Well we are now on our way to Autumn with September starting today! The nights are closing in much earlier now - it keeps catching me out for watering the greenhouse, which is at the back of the garden!

Anyway - onto business, and our randomly selected winner from our last challenge #284, with the optional twist of Shimmer and Shine is:

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: Result:

20
Min: 1, Max: 25
2026-08-31 19:36:24 UTC

This is a lovely and unique shaped card from 20. Carol Gill with some lovely shine.

Congratulations - please email us at creativemomentschallenge@outlook.com to claim your prize, and remember to grab your badge from the left-hand side banner..

Now onto the top 3 in numerical order:

13. Pauline C

The design team loved the simple colour scheme, the layout and especially the dragonfly

21. Cynthia O.

This is such a fun card with that little spotlight! Very cute.

23. Sharon

This is so cute and has lots of sparkle and shine

Our current challenge is still live for another 13 days, and here is some DT inspiration.

Heather

Tinz

Do see the post below for information on how to enter :)

Challenge 285 *Make It Cute*

 Welcome to our challenge #285

Our optional twist for this month is Make it Cute!

We are delighted to have Polkadoodles as our sponsor again this month - whose images are a perfect match for our "cute" optional theme.

Lets take a look at what the DT have been creating with their images for this challenge:

Leona using Mouse with flowers

Heather Using Bamboo snack time

Marjeta Using Bella bear gift

Leona using Birthday Mouse

We look forward to seeing your projects and any other creations you make this month.  Please join in the fun using the linky below.  

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Winners #283

 Can you believe it is the 1st August already? I don't want to think about the fact that the days are now getting noticeably shorter! Anyway, let us get on to the announcement of the winners from our *Pastels or Brights* optional theme challenge.

The randomly selected winner of the (if you want it) choice of fluid art magnets/panels, is:

GeneratorMin: Max: 

Result:

17
Min: 1, Max: 46
2026-07-31 19:14:33 UTC

This is 17. Helen with her lovely pastel sympathy card.

Congratulations - please email us at creativemomentschallenge@outlook.com to claim your prize, and remember to grab your badge from the left-hand side banner..

Now onto the top 3 in numerical order:

5. Ans Gilbert

19. Diane H

24. Gerrina

Do take your top three badge from the left hand panel!

Now onto the DT inspiration for our current challenge, which has the optional theme of *Shimmer and Shine*.

Heather using Flamesnort Santa Hat

Check out the post below for more details of our current challenge, and the link up.

Challenge #284 *Shimmer and Shine*

 We are now past mid summer and the evenings are starting to slowly draw in again, but we are also in the time of year when the weather is at its hottest in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, we have the optional theme of shimmer and shine for this month, reminding us of the sun shining off almost anything.

Our lovely sponsor for this month is Love to Color and here are the designs from the DT for inspiration and to showcase some of the images you can get from our sponsor.

Heather using Flamesnort Santa Hat

Marjeta using Flamesnort Santa Hat

Leona using Blossom Moonlighter Wix Moon

Tinz using Glinda Flirty Wings and Zippy

Do join us using the linky below - and pop back on the 1st July to find out who the winners of the last challenge are!

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