Tuesday 25 June 2013

Week 203–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

I’m sorry for the late post this evening……I got engrossed in the tennis and forgot the time!  I love Wimbledon and it seems the weather is playing ball (sorry couldn’t resist) so far!

We’re back to announce the lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “floral fantasy” challenge.   The DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing all your amazing creations.  We’ll be announcing Eileen’s top 5 passionista in a minute but firstly let’s find out who the lucky winner is!

Last week’s challenge was sponsored by DigiStamp Boutique and the lucky winner will receive 6 digi images of their choice.  As always we used random.org to be fair (there were 60 linked entries and 1 email entry) and he chose:

pfp winner week 203

No. 51

Carol

Congratulations Carol, your card is gorgeous.  The brightly coloured flowers and red gingham look so pretty together.  Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Eileen really enjoyed visiting your blogs and with so many gorgeous entries it wasn’t an easy task to narrow it down to just 5.  However after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Dora

Christine

(lots more photos on her blog)

Eva

Wenche

Wendy

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us.

Top 5 Passionista Blinkie

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our current challenge “name that tune” – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 204 - Theme

Good morning dear crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for all your gorgeous entries to last week’s “floral fantasy” challenge.  The DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and seeing your wonderful creations.  Obviously flowers are some of your favourite embellishments judging by your beautiful cards.  Don’t forget to check back later to find out who Eileen has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see if you are the lucky winner of the 6 digi images courtesy of DigiStamp Boutique

Before we announce the new challenge we would like to let you know that we have 2 new members joining the PFP family. 

** KELLY ** will be joining Team 2 in a couple of weeks time

and

**MARIE ** will be joining Team 1 from next week’s challenge

I’m sure you will join us in welcoming our newbies and look forward to seeing their creations for us.

Onto this week’s challenge which has been set by Cathy from Team 2 and she has chosen “name that tune”.  Cathy would like to see all your cards inspired by a song – please can you let us know which song has inspired your card in your post.  Don’t forget, as always, to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo stamps and they are offering 1 lucky winner 7 digi images of their choice from their store.

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The design team have worked their magic once again this week and you are going to be amazed by their gorgeous ‘song inspired’ cards (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Cathy

(her song is “say a little prayer” by Aretha Franklin)

Cathy  Say a little prayer

Frida

(her song is “pretty woman” by Roy Orbison)

Jane B.

(her song is “jump” by the Pointer Sisters)

Jen

No card this week – lucky girl has been to Istanbul!

Nat

(her song is “kiss that frog” by Peter Gabriel)

Sue

(her song is “love is in the air” by John Paul Young)

Andie

(her song is “umbrella” by Rihanna)

Umbrella - Rhianna

Gorgeous cards, I’m sure you’ll agree.  We hope you can join in with our challenge and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Week 202–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again crafters, we’re back to announce the lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “inspired by a fairy tale” challenge.   The DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing all your amazing creations.  We’ll be announcing Andie’s top 5 passionista in a minute but firstly let’s find out who the lucky winner is!

Last week’s challenge was sponsored by Bearly Mine Designs and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.  As always we used random.org to be fair and he chose:

pfp winner week 202

No. 30

Wendy

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Congratulations Wendy.  Such a pretty card and your colour scheme is just perfect.  Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Andie really enjoyed visiting your blogs and after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Clare

Eve

Hazel

Marlene

Michelle

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us.

Top 5 Passionista Blinkie

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our current challenge “floral fantasy (5 or more flowers)” – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 203 - Theme

Good morning dear crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Before we announce the details of the brand new challenge we would like to say a big thank you for all your gorgeous entries to last week’s “inspired by a fairy tale” challenge.  The DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and seeing your wonderful creations.  Don’t forget to check back later to find out who Andie has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see if you are the lucky winner of the £10 voucher courtesy of Bearly Mine Designs

Onto this week’s challenge which has been set by Eileen from Team 1 and she has chosen “floral fantasy (use at least 5 flowers)”.  A nice easy one for you this week –you can use fabric flowers, die-cut flowers, doodled flowers, punched flowers etc but there must be at least 5 to qualify for this week’s prize.  Don’t forget, as always, to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our generous sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and one lucky winner will receive 6 digi images of their choice. 

DigiStamp Boutique logo

The design team have worked their magic once again this week and created amazing cards for your inspiration (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Eileen

Julie

Lisa

(using DSB image Rosie from “off to school Rosie & Dan” set)

Loopy Lou

(using DSB image from “black floral set”)

Lou

(using DSB image from “Rosie collection 1”)

Nic

(using DSB image “Abi & pony”)

Shelly

(using DSB image “sketchy daisy”)

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Vicky

(using DSB image “Bella on swing”)

Gorgeous cards, I’m sure you’ll agree.  We hope you can join in with our challenge and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Week 201–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again crafters, we’re back to announce the lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “all that glitters” challenge.   The DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing all your amazing creations.  We’ll be announcing Vicky’s top 5 passionista in a minute but firstly let’s find out who the lucky winner is!

Last week’s challenge was sponsored by Letraset and the lucky winner will receive a Flex Marker collectors set of pens.  As always we used random.org to be fair and he chose:

pfp winner week 201

No. 41

Wenche

Congratulations Wenche, your card is so beautiful and I love the monochrome colour scheme.  Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize. 

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Vicky really enjoyed visiting your blogs and with so many gorgeous entries it wasn’t an easy task to narrow it down to just 5.  However after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Kelly

Laney

Lorraine

Lozzy

Marianne

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us.

Top 5 Passionista Blinkie

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our current challenge “inspired by a fairy tale” – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 202 - Theme

Good morning dear crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Before we announce the details of the brand new challenge we would like to say a big thank you for all your gorgeous entries to last week’s “all that glitters” challenge.  The DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and seeing your wonderful creations and it was lovely to see so many entries once again.  Don’t forget to check back later to find out who Vicky has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see if you are the lucky winner of the Flex Marker Collectors set courtesy of Letraset.  

Onto this week’s challenge which has been set by Andie from Team 2 and she has chosen “inspired by a fairy-tale”.  Definitely a challenge to get your thinking caps on for this week.  We will accept anything as long as it is related to a fairy-tale (if you are still unsure here is the Wikipedia definition of fairy tale).  Don’t forget you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our generous sponsor this week is Bearly Mine Designs and one lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

Bearly Mine Designs shop badge 

The design team have worked their magic once again this week and created amazing cards for your inspiration (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Andie

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Cathy

Frida

Jane B. 

Jen

happily_ever_after_jun-13

Nat

Pinky

Sue

Gorgeous cards, I’m sure you’ll agree.  We hope you can join in with our challenge and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Sadly we are saying goodbye after this challenge to Pinky, I’m sure you will join us in wishing her well.   Thank you for all your wonderful creations for us at PFP, we’ll miss you x x

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Week 200–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again crafters, we’re back to announce the lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “add ribbon, lace or twine” challenge.   The DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing all your amazing creations.  We were delighted to see 120+ entries and and it was lovely to see how much you all love your ribbon, lace and twine.  We’ll be announcing Sue’s top 5 passionista in a minute but firstly let’s find out who the lucky winner is!

Last week’s challenge was sponsored by Clearly Besotted Stamps and the lucky winner will receive 1 stamp of their choice.  As always we used random.org to be fair and he chose:

pfp winner week 200

No. 39

Dawn

Congratulations Dawn, your card is gorgeous and I love the way you’ve used your ribbon and twine together.  Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize. 

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Sue really enjoyed visiting your blogs and with so many entries it wasn’t an easy task to narrow it down to just 5.  However after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Dips

Gry

Karen Elise

(check out her blog for pics of the inside of her stationary box!)

Maria

Wendy

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us.

Top 5 Passionista Blinkie

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our current challenge “all that glitters” – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x