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CMC Copic Challenge Group (or other alcohol markers)

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a fun bi-monthly challenge group to test out your Copic, ProMarker, or other Alcohol Marker skills and win prizes!! Pencil artists welcome too!

Location: GROUPS
Members: 511
Latest Activity: Jun 26, 2014

Bi-Monthly Challenges

This is a chance for you to test out all those NEW & IMPROVED Copic, ProMarker or other alcohol marker skills you have, share with others, challenge yourself and WIN some awesome prizes!!

Everyone is WELCOME to join this group no matter your skill level! You do not have to take a class here at CMC to join our challenge group! It's all about having fun with your Markers!!

Each month I or a fun Sponsor Company will host a challenge and I will pick a challenge group member on occasion to host as well so we get a good mix of ideas! The only requirement is that you USE Alcohol Markers and/or Colored Pencils!!

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NEW CHALLENGE #95 will run thru July 11th!

Your challenge this time is all about

~FRIENDS~

We want to see you use your Copics, ProMarkers, other alcohol markers or Colored Pencils!!

Color any image it must FRIEND THEMED or made for a FRIEND!!

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CHALLENGE RULES

-Use any image you want BUT MAKE SURE YOU LINK BACK TO THE CMC CHALLENGE in your blog post!!

-ALL PROJECTS MUST BE NEW & NOT BACK-LINKED!!

-Image MUST be colored with Copics, ProMarkers, other alcohol markers or Colored Pencils!

-NO more than 3 projects may be entered

UPLOAD YOUR ENTRIES to the Photo Gallery and TAG them with the word FRIEND14 so they can be seen easily!

**IF you post your project in your blog MAKE SURE TO LINK BACK TO THE CMC CHALLENGE **

Entries MUST be tagged and uploaded to the photo gallery by July 11th at 8:00 pm EST!

PLEASE ALSO PUT YOUR PROJECT IN THE LINK SYSTEM BELOW THE PRIZE INFO AS WELL SO WE CAN SEE THEM ALL!

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Our Fabulous Sponsor this challenge is

THE DOODLE GARDEN

THE PRIZE THIS CHALLENGE IS:

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Check out the DT's FUN inspiration projects!

ENTER YOUR PROJECTS BELOW by July 11th by 8 pm EST! Thanks!

An InLinkz Link-up

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THIS IS THE LAST CMC CHALLENGE FOR AWHILE!

Thank you to everyone who has played along with us, supported us and had fun with us the past 4 years!

I love you all for your friendship, support of the site and of course seeing your beautiful work.

And thank you to all of our fabulous sponsors over the past 4 years with wonderful support and prizes for everyone!

And a BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE for my CMC DT (past & present), they have been the best, most talented, non-drama, family like team I've ever known. So proud to have had them on my team and to call them friends!!

Thank you all & keep on happy crafting & coloring!

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WINNERS! WINNERS! WINNERS!

GAIL of "LACEY LASSEY"

You won a $10 GC to Digi Stamps For Joy

please email Tina at Tina Gilliland at mystudioart@aol.com for prize details!

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NEWS:

-Apply for a spot on the NEW CMC Challenge DT! See CMC DT TAB above for details and information!

-Check out my CMC On the Road Class Locations and Info at www.cmcroad.com!

ALL Past Challenge Cards (slideshows by Pat St. Martin)

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Comment by Cathy Preissing on March 26, 2014 at 10:24am: Lovely work, Ladies! I am so impressed with your entries to our "Show Me Some Skin" challenge.

Comment by Marie Gamber on March 25, 2014 at 5:12pm: We have a lot of gorgeous cards in our challenge! Wow! What a fun challenge! :D Thank you Jen and thank you for your fabulous images!

You can still post some of your wonderful coloring here! it is always such a treat to see! :D

Comment by Charlene Short on March 21, 2014 at 9:07am: We have lot of cards already for the skin challenge...you are going to make it hard to pick a winner!

Jen it was a pleasure to play with your cuties!

Comment by Patricia St Martin on March 18, 2014 at 3:36pm: Thanks Jen, Loved working with your image.

Comment by Jen Leeflang on March 16, 2014 at 2:19am: What an awesome theme for a challenge, and I would like to say thanks so much to the DT for showcasing my silly scribbles (the Digistamps 4 Joy images) so beautifully. I LOVE seeing how other crafters interpret my drawings. I guess it will be pointless for me to enter this challenge then? LOL! Love to you all!

Comment by Charlene Short on March 15, 2014 at 9:37am: Congrats to the winners and our guest designer very well deserved! Ok ladies what are you waiting for lets show some skin!

Comment by Marie Gamber on March 11, 2014 at 7:31pm: We have some fabulous cards in our challenge already! Beautiful job! There is still time for more! Bring it on! :D

Comment by Charlene Short on March 6, 2014 at 4:49pm: Some super cute cards up already ladies! Keep them coming.

Comment by Carol Mathrick on March 5, 2014 at 2:37am: Loving all the red

Comment by Charlene Short on March 3, 2014 at 11:50am: Congrats Beth and Danielle! Wow we already have some great entries for the Reds challenge...I know you are all going to knock this challenge out of the park!