Mega Christmas challenge (part 2)!

Hello again, we hope you are all coping with the dreadful weather we’re having at the moment.  It’s perfect weather for staying indoors so we’re sure your all organised for the festivities and your cards are written and all your presents are wrapped and under the tree (but if you’re anything like us you still have your cards to write and lots of presents to buy lol!).  We hope that if you do have to venture out you take extra special care and wrap up warm. 

We’re back to share team 2’s inspiration for you as we are half way into our Mega Christmas challenge. You are certainly keeping us busy – we cannot believe how many entries we have had already – but don’t forget you can enter as many times as you like, so keep ‘em coming! 

Please can we ask that you continue to add your entries to the original post here as it will make life easier for us when choosing our lucky winners if they are all in one place.  Don’t worry though if you accidently leave them on this post, we will be checking!

Here is a reminder of the prizes up for grabs:

Letraset are generously offering a set of 40 promarkers in specific craft colours stored in two promarker wallets – fab eh!

Simon Says Stamp are generously offering 3 x $10.00 gift certificates to their online store!

Just Tracy’s are generously offering a variety of prizes including 3 promarkers, a memento ink pad, 10 sheets of suitable smooth white paper and a stamp from their own range

Whiff of Joy Stamps are generously offering 1 stamp of winner’s choice

Some Odd Girls are offering 3 digi images of the winner’s choice

if that wasn’t enough - they are also offering a 25% discount to everyone on any order placed on their site during the challenge period using code PRO25 (excluding sale items)!!

Here are the gorgeous samples from design team 2 (and unfortunately their last DT cards for 6 months sob!):

Andie

Anja

Debs

Denise 

Emma

Julie

Sue C 

Tracy

and Ida from team 1 made a sample by mistake so we’re sharing that too!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  We hope Santa brings you lots of lovely crafting goodies!!  Thank you for all your continued support during 2010 and we hope you will join in again when our new challenges begin on 4th January 2011. 

Hugs, Denise, Gina & All the Design Team

Special challenge & blog hop winners!

We are super excited to be back to announce the lucky winners of our special challenge and blog hop.  You certainly enjoyed the “old and new” theme so much and we have to say we were blown away by the beautiful entries we had.  You definitely kept us busy over the last two weeks lol! 

We won’t keep you in suspense any longer. 

The lucky winner of the full set of aqua markers, courtesy of Letraset is:

** JEANETTE **

The lucky winner of the Basic Grey paper pad, courtesy of The Secret Crafter, is:

** SALLY **

The lucky winner of the 12 pack of aqua markers, courtesy of Crafty Emma’s store, is:

** JACKY **

The lucky winner of the 6 digi images, courtesy of DigiStamp Boutique, is:

** KATHLEEN **

The “mystery word” winner who will receive a promarker rubber stamping set, courtesy of Letraset, is:

** SAMANTHA **

We are also going to announce the winners of the DT’s candy, who will each receive a 5 pack of promarkers, courtesy of Letraset:

Andie’s winner – Lisbeth

Anja’s winner – Jasmine

Caryn’s winner – Samantha

Debs’ winner – Sammy

Denise’s winner – Heidi

Emma’s winner – Louise

Gina’s winner – Debby

Gro’s winner – Lavender Rose

Ida’s winner – Susie Lou

Julie’s winner – Dawn

Michele’s winner – Lizzy

Nic’s winner – Tracey

Sarah’s winner – Marion

Sue C’s winner – Anne

Tracy’s winner – Netty 

Vix’s winner – Suzi

Congratulations to all our winners.  Please can you email us your details and we can arrange for your prizes to be sent to you.  Thanks for all your support during our blog hop and don’t forget if you weren’t lucky enough to win a prize this time we now have our Mega Christmas challenge running with lots more lovely prizes up for grabs. 

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 80 – Mega Christmas challenge!

Good morning crafters, we hope you are surviving the very cold weather we’re having at the moment.  It’s definitely the perfect weather for staying indoors and crafting!!  If unfortunately you do have to venture outside make sure you wrap up warm and take care on the icy roads and pavements!

We would like to stay a massive thank you for all your support for our blog hop and special challenge over the past 2 weeks.  It has been wonderful to visit all your blogs and see the fantastic talent and creativity around in blogland!  You certainly made it a blog hop to remember.  Please check back later this evening to find out if you are one of our lucky winners.  As we stated at the start of the challenge we unfortunately won’t be choosing any top 5 passionista as we will be too busy sorting out all the prize winners – I’m sure you’ll understand. 

Following on from our blog hop & special challenge we now have a Mega Christmas challenge for you which will last until January 4th 2011.  I’m sure you’ll agree that the design team deserve a little break to catch up on their last minute gifts and cards.  However to make up for the lack of challenges we again have some magnificent prizes up for grabs. 

Our theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is a nice easy one “anything goes”, just remember to use your promarkers or aqua markers to be eligible for our prizes.  Don’t forget you can enter as many times as you like and combine with any other challenges. 

So now for the exciting bit – the prizes! 

Letraset are generously offering a set of 40 promarkers in specific craft colours stored in two promarker wallets – fab eh!

Simon Says Stamp are generously offering 3 x $10.00 gift certificates to their online store!

Just Tracy’s are generously offering a variety of prizes including 3 promarkers, a memento ink pad, 10 sheets of suitable smooth white paper and a stamp from their own range

 

Whiff of Joy Stamps are generously offering 1 stamp of winner’s choice

Some Odd Girls are offering 3 digi images of the winner’s choice

if that wasn’t enough - they are also offering a 25% discount to everyone on any order placed on their site during the challenge period using code PRO25 (excluding sale items)!!

We have asked both design teams to share some inspiration with you but as it such a long challenge we will be posting the inspiration from team 1 today and then in two week’s time we will be posting inspiration from team 2.  So here are the gorgeous cards from team 1:

Caryn

Gro

Ida

Michele

Nic 

Sarah

Vix

Wow we’re sure you’ll agree that their cards are stunning.  Although the DT cards are predominately Christmas don’t forget the challenge is “anything goes” so it’s entirely up to you what you make.  If you are already super organised (unlike us) you can make birthday, baby or even your thank you cards! 

So to re-cap the challenge will run until 4th January 2011 and you can enter as many times as you like, as long as you use your promarkers or aqua markers.

We can’t wait to see your creations and look forward to visiting your blogs. 

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

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