Thank You and "Goodbye".

It is hard to believe that it was almost FOUR years ago that I broached the idea of 

re- creating a Kraft based challenge blog.

 I always loved Kraft It Up and I missed it when it closed down.
I asked Amanda Hall what she thought of the idea and with her enthusiasm for the idea,  

Kraft Plus Challenges and Inspiration was born. 

To be honest.. there wouldn't of been a Kraft Plus with out her.
I remain always thankful to Amanda for not only her brilliant graphics (she made my simple ideas look genius! ) but also for her honest opinions, keeping me grounded and also for her friendship.

But now life is taking me in a different direction and, sadly, I must step down as Co-ordinator of K+

Four fantastically enthusiastic ladies will be taking over the helm and I leave K+ in their more than capable hands.
I have been privy to their upcoming challenges and ideas and I can safely say you are 

in for some fun times ahead!
Thank you Paula Perry, Emma Malinowski, Katie Howard and Rachel Rigden 

for stepping up to the plate as the new team that will run K+ . 

I would  like to say a huge thank you to all of the Sponsors who supported Kraft Plus.
Your support was humbling, especially to those in the very beginning, who put their trust in me without even knowing anything  about K+ and what my idea was. They just put their faith me.
For that I will always be grateful. 

Thank you to YOU  the Krafters.
I always love seeing YOUR creations. 

How YOU were inspired by the challenges.
To have my ideas interpreted into layouts, cards etc is hard to explain.. sometimes its overwhelming. 

So thank you for playing along, for sharing, for commenting being our guest designers and for making Kraft Plus Challenges what it is today.. we couldn't of done it without you

And I hope you continue to play along.  

And finally a big thank you to the K+ Girls 

Past and Present.
I have said my personal goodbyes to the present K+ Girls, 

but I would also like to say thank you

to the past K+ Girls. 

Thank you for your friendship. 

A friendship that I am sure will continue on.
Take care of YOU yeah?
No Stress, have fun, and just be you.
Thank you for all you do xx 

Now I am all teary and will say my goodbyes. 

But this is not really a goodbye more of a see you soon.. because
you  will be sure to see me pop in every now and then 

in the Kraft+ Community Group on Facebook. 

So until then.. 

Take care of you
xx

September Challenge: Office Supplies.

Hello Krafters!

It is finally September and Spring! 

This month we want you to rummage through your 

Office Supplies. 
Think paper clips, staples, envelopes, brads, bull clips, note paper, pens, pencils, 

The list goes on!

We welcome all kinds of craft as entries for our challenges, from traditional layout, cards, digital layouts, art journalling and tags etc. but please remember that it is all about the Kraft!!

You can share your K+ creations with us either in our 

Facebook Kraft Plus Community Group 
OR via the inlinkz tool in the sidebar 

The Kraft Plus Design Team 

Each and every month these girls floor me with their creativity and their different interpretations. 

Hi. Here is my take on the Office Supplies criteria. I have used paper clips, fold back clips, staples, masking tape, shipping tags, note paper, string and hole re-enforcers. TFL!

Creating my own transparency with some hole punched confetti and my laminator :) Also used an envelope, paper clip and tags along with a highlighter and a sharpie on grid paper to create the envelope liner and heart accent

My take for the Office Supplies challenge. I have used staples, paper files, pencils, tags, numbers, letters, paperclips. a computer embellishment, a ruler rubon and an ek success binding edge punch. My photo is really old, has lots of fingermarks on it but I still love it and wanted to use it. A day in the office with dad.

 My office supplies include: page ripped from old diary, actual pencils, staples, clip, index cards, envelope. Then I found ruler washi tape, scissors sticker!

Stickers, bulldog clip, note paper, tag and a super cool paper clip 

I've had a lil fun using one of my all time favest, and go to embellishments/office supplies >>> STAPLES :) and some black and white paper clips.

Here is my layout for the office supplies challenge. Supplies used - page divider, notebook paper, graph paper, brads, staples, paper index clips, paper clips x 2 types, postage stamp. I think I have it covered. (I applied alcohol ink to the page divider)

So I've taken a simplistic approach to this challenge and used my most used item at work - a biro, to create my page. I used a speech bubble stencil to create the speech bubbles, and also outlined the title in biro - very carefully! I have also used a stapler to stape the photo on.

Here's my office supplies inspired layout. I've used book paper, writing paper, staples, paper clips & various 'office' related stamps. I had a lot of fun with this one & it was amazing how much I had in my stash that could be used.

I added LOTS of Kraft ‘post it’ notes to make my background for this page and a black envelope too.

Ok. So, stapled banner, hole punch & reinforcers, string, ripped note pad, liquid paper, Sharpie texta, paper clip & post it  note... think that’s all😉

I have used paperclips, staples, notebook paper, index card, date stamp (an office one not a scrapbook one 😂) and some roller liquid paper.

I have used: Re-enforcement rings, alpha stencil, correction tape, highlighter, staples, laminating pouches, sharpie and a notepad.

I think I am in love with EVERY single layout above! 

Kraft Plus Guest Designer 

This month our K+ Guest Designer is a very clever 

Card Maker!
Please Welcome 

Kay Forder 

Kay's Facebook Page

Kay has used a paper clip, tag and envelope

Such a beautiful card Kay!
Thank you for joining us.

And that is it for the September challenge. 

Thank you to all of you who played along with the August Terracotta challenge. 

We urge you to please share your challenge interpretations with us over at the 

K+ Community Group. 

There will be a few changes in store in the future.. stay tuned. :)

Now get going and raid your office supplies, your kids pencil cases, your newsagencies. 

We can't wait to see what you come up with :)