The Bead Smitten July Challenge

AKA - To clay or not to clay Bird be the challenge!

I'm sure I've mentioned before the wonderful bunch of ladies that are the Bead Smitten! Our lovely little (115 strong) facebook beaders groups for Smitten Customers. Every so often I set the ladies a little challenge, a pack of pretties to create with what they will! You may have read my blog a while back about our fabulous Earring Challenge. Well this time the challenge was a cracker with 2 choices of pack both including an exquisitely made polymer clay component from the ever wonderful Pippa Chandler.

Here are the two packs which our ladies were able to pick from....

 Cool leaf

Bluebird

Needless to say all the ladies who took part in this challenge excelled themselves, there really were some breathtaking entries and I was rather overwhelmed with the workmanship and imagination that went into the designs. In no particular order here are the 29 stunning entries. There was a prize up for grabs for the top 3 designs which were voted for and by the group. You will see a collage of the winners at the bottom.

Prepare to be impressed.....

Catherynne Henderson

 Debbie Sullivan

 Tracy Collins

 Christine Gray

 Sharon Kamil

 Claire Lockwood

 Eileen Mather

 Helen Bowen

 Sheila Garrett

 Julie Sumner

 Jan Williams

 Leigh Thow

 Suhana Hussain

 Lucy (RB) Haslam

 Karen Howard

 Charlotte Rosser

 Ellen Lambrix

 Emily Smith

 Debi Riley

 Sam Grainger

 Lindsay Philipson

 Isabel Platten

 Janine Lucas

 Glenys Gibson

 Tanya Elliott

 Bernadette Hamilton

 Ailsa Jackson

 Rebecca Anderson

 Gillian Snape

Seriously......How stunning were they!

Now I guess you would like to know how we all voted? 

Here you go then the three oh so worthy winners...

From left to right 

In 1st place Charlotte Rosser - 2nd Lucy Haslam - 3rd Janine Lucas

The next Beads Smitten Challenge is already in the pipeline so keep an eye on the blog to find out all about it. In the mean time if you would like to have a go at one of the Smitten challenge packs follow the link below to take you to the website where you can peruse our range :) Challenge Packs