Second week of our special challenge & blog hop!

Hi everyone, we hope you are all surviving the bitterly cold weather we’re having at the moment.  Most parts of the country seem to have seen a little snow over the weekend – we’re sure you’ll agree that it’s perfect weather for crafting!!

We just wanted to remind you that the special challenge and blog hop is running for another week so you have until 7th December to get all your entries in.  Judging by the entries we’ve had already you all seem to be loving the “old & new” theme of our challenge. 

Don’t forget you can enter as many times as you like (as long as you use your promarkers or aqua markers) and make a new card/project each time, so the more chances you’ll have to win our fantastic prizes.  If you are taking part in the blog hop please leave a separate comment for the “mystery” word and then we can keep it hidden until the challenge ends!!

Here is a reminder of the wonderful prizes you can win courtesy of our very generous sponsors:

Letraset are offering a full set of Aqua Markers to one lucky winner *woohoo*.

Wendy at The Secret Crafter is offering a Basic Grey ‘Oliver’ paper pad

Emma at Crafty Emma’s Store is offering a 12 pack of Aqua Markers

Sally-Ann from DigiStamp Boutique is offering 6 digi images from her shop

As well as all these gorgeous prizes the design team members are giving away promarker prizes (courtesy of Letraset) on their personal blogs. Whilst taking part in the blog hop just leave them a little comment and your name will be placed in the draw (so as you can see lots of chances to win a prize).

We hope you will have lots of fun again this week and can’t wait to see your creations. 

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 78–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again everyone, we hope you have got over the shock of our special challenge and blog hop and are raring to go lol! We are here again to announce the winner of last week’s challenge and to let you know who Sue C has chosen as her top 5 passionista. We have to say that you all seemed to love the “stitching & distressing” challenge judging by all the gorgeous entries we had and Sue C definitely had a tough time narrowing them down to just 5.

Firstly we are going to announce the lucky winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of Stampeezee and that is:

Lynn

Congratulations Lynn, please can you email us to claim your prize.

Now onto Sue C’s top 5 passionista:

Bella

Christine

Heidi

Kate

Kathleen

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

Don’t forget to check out the new tutorial on the Weekend Workshop on Friday for more helpful hints and tips on how to make the most of your promarkers and aqua markers.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 79 – a special challenge!

Good morning crafters, we have a special challenge and blog hop for you for the next two weeks. We are celebrating the return of our design team 1 and saying adieu to design team 2. We couldn’t let this pass without a little celebration could we? Before we announce all the details (and this is going to be a long post) we would like to say a big thank you for all your gorgeous entries for Sue C’s “stitching and distressing” challenge, which proved to be very popular. Check back later to find out the lucky winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of Stampeezee and to see who Sue C has chosen as her top 5 passionista.

Ok I hope you all have a cuppa and a biscuit ‘cos we have lots to share with you this week.

Unfortunately some of our old design team members are unable to return so we have some new faces to introduce:

Gro

Nic (Coops)

Vix

We hope you will make them feel welcome, as they are all a little nervous, but as you will see their work is gorgeous.

Our challenge theme for the next two weeks is “old & new” i.e. a brand new stamp/digi with old papers etc. Please can you tell us your old and new items in your post. Don’t forget to use your promarkers or aqua markers to be included in our prize draw.

We have lots of lovely sponsors for this challenge, so definitely worth trying your luck!

Letraset are offering a full set of Aqua Markers to one lucky winner *woohoo*.

Wendy at The Secret Crafter is offering a Basic Grey ‘Oliver’ paper pad

Emma at Crafty Emma’s Store is offering a 12 pack of Aqua Markers

Sally-Ann from DigiStamp Boutique is offering 6 digi images from her shop

As well as all these gorgeous prizes the design team members are giving away promarker prizes (courtesy of Letraset) on their personal blogs. Whilst taking part in the blog hop just leave them a little comment and your name will be placed in the draw (so as you can see lots of chances to win a prize).

We decided to ask both design teams to make a card for our blog hop challenge. Here are their gorgeous samples (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Andie – new papers & lace, old image

Anja – new image, old papers

Caryn – new snowflake charm, old image

Debs – new papers, old stamp

Denise – new image & papers, old sentiment, pearls & ric-rac ribbon

Emma – new image, old papers

Gina – new image & charm, old papers

Gro – new magnolia tag, old image

Ida

Julie – new image & die cut, old tag

Michele – new image, old papers & lace

Nic – new image & pearl shimmer mist,

old embossing folder & fantasy film/acetate

Sarah – new cuttlebug folder, old image

Sue C – new image, old sentiment stamp

Tracy – new image, old digi papers

Vix – new image, old ancient corner adorner (used across centre of card)

During the blog hop we also have a “mystery” phrase for you to collect and we will also be drawing a random winner from all the correct answers. At the end of the blog hop come back to the challenge blog and leave your answer. We would love you to enter a card for our challenge and leave the mystery phrase but its not essential, you don’t have to enter our challenge to be eligible for the mystery phrase prize. You can enter as many times as you like (more chances to win) but it must be with a new card/project and newly blogged – no back-linking please.

As we’ve mentioned this challenge will last for two weeks and ends at 9am on 7th December 2010, so plenty of time to complete the blog hop and make your card (or cards). Unfortunately we will not be choosing a top 5 passionista for the blog hop challenge as we will be busy sorting out all our prize winners.

We really hope you enjoy our blog hop and look forward to seeing all your gorgeous cards.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

PLEASE NOTE - Leave the mystery phrase in the comments box and if you are making a card as well you can leave 2 comments, one for your card and one for the phrase and you get another chance of winning :) xxx

Week 77 – Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again, we’re back to announce the winner of last week’s “colours of old photographs” challenge and also to find out who Julie has chosen as her top 5 passionista.  Julie definitely had such a difficult decision as the entries we had were gorgeous and she could have picked them all if allowed!

Firstly we are announcing the lucky winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of The Secret Crafter and that person is:

Kaylou

 

Congratulations Kaylou, please email us to claim your prize. 

So after much deliberation here are Julie’s Top 5 Passionista for last week:

Asa

Jane

Lisa

Meesh

Nic

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

Don’t forget to check out the new tutorial on the Weekend Workshop on Friday.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 78 - Theme

Good morning everyone.  We hope you’ve had another good week and are raring to go with our new challenge.  Wow wasn’t it really frosty yesterday, I had to clear the car windscreen before I could drive off – but at least it’s better than all the rain we had last week lol!  Enough waffling and let’s get on with what you really came here for!  We had lots of gorgeous cards for Julie’s ‘colours of old photographs’ challenge last week and even though it was a tricky one you all rose to the occasion.  Please call back later to find out who Julie has chosen as her top 5 passionista.  We will also be announcing the winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of The Secret Crafter. 

Onto this week’s challenge which has been set by Sue C and she has chosen “stitching and distressing” (your stitching can be real or faux it’s entirely up to you).  Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your promarkers or aqua markers.

Our sponsor this week is Stampeezee and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

The design team have worked their magic once again this week and have come up with gorgeous samples for your inspiration (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Sue C

Tracy

Andie

Anja

Debs

Denise

Emma

Julie

Michele

We hope you have been inspired by our design team cards and we can’t wait to see what you create. 

We have a brand new tutorial on the Weekend Workshop on Friday so we hope you can stop by. 

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x