Passion for Markers: April 2011

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Week 96–Winner and Top 5 passionista

Good evening everyone, we hope you’ve all had a wonderful day. We’re back to announce the lucky winner of last week’s challenge and also to let you know who Nic has chosen as her top 5 passionista. We loved seeing all your beautiful “white on white” cards and you definitely excelled yourselves!

First the lucky winner of the 6 digi images courtesy of DigiStamp Boutique:

Christine

Congratulations Christine, please can you email us and we’ll arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Nic had such a difficult job narrowing her choices down to just 5, as she was blown away by all the beautiful entries. After much deliberation here are her top 5 passionista for last week:

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

We hope you all have a wonderful week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 97 - Theme

Good morning dear crafters. We hope you all enjoyed the Easter bank holiday weekend and didn’t eat too many chocolate eggs (yeah right lol!). At least we’ve got a nice shorter working week this week! You are certainly seemed to love Nic’s ‘white on white’ theme last week and you all excelled yourselves by creating beautiful and elegant cards. Don’t forget to check back later to find out who Nic 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.

Onto this week’s challenge, which has been set by Sarah and she has chosen “pre-historic”. Now take a deep breath it’s not as bad as it sounds lol! Sarah wants you to dig out all your dinosaur images this week and get creating. Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your promarkers or aqua markers.

We have a brand new sponsor joining us this week – Crafter’s Companion, who are offering a £20.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store. They do so many gorgeous stamps that the winner will be spoilt for choice, and they are perfect for using with your promarkers lol!

The design team have created gorgeous samples once again this week, but unfortunately Sarah and Michele have been unable to submit cards this week. Please click on their names to visit their personal blogs:

See, it’s not that difficult!! I’m sure the design team cards have inspired you to get your dinosaur images out and start colouring. We can’t wait to see what you create.

We hope you all have a great week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Week 95–winner & top 5 passionista

Good evening everyone, we’re back to announce the lucky winner for last week’s ‘handmade embellishments’ challenge and also to find out who Michele has chosen as her top 5 passionista. You certainly enjoyed Michele’s challenge and we saw lots of gorgeous handmade flowers. The design team picked up lots of ideas from all your cards!

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

Laney

Congratulations Laney, please email us your details and we’ll pass them onto Joanna Sheen to arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Michele loved seeing all your cards last week and had a tough decision but after much thought here are her top 5 passionista:

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.

Have a wonderful week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 96 - Theme

Good morning, we hope you are all enjoying the lovely sunny weather we’re having at the moment. We’re back with a brand new challenge for you but before we announce the details we would like to thank you for all your gorgeous creations for last week’s ‘handmade embellishments’ challenge. You are such a clever lot and the design team loved seeing all your beautiful embellishments. Don’t forget to check back later to find out who Michele has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see who is the lucky winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of Joanna Sheen.

Onto this week’s challenge which has been set by Nic and she has chosen “white on white”. So we want to see an all white background with a coloured image. To be eligible for our prize draw you must use your promarkers or aqua markers.

Our sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and the lucky winner will receive 6 digi images of their choice from their online store. You will definitely be spoilt for choice as Sally-Ann has so many super cute images to choose from.

The design team have created amazingly gorgeous work this week, and I’m sure they will inspire you to try your hand at creating a white on white card (don’t forget to click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Wow what stunning cards I’m sure you’ll agree. We hope you will be able to join in our challenge this week and we look forward to visiting your blogs.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Week 94–winner and top 5 passionista

Good evening everyone, don’t be shocked but I have actually remembered to do the post on time this week lol!. I hope you are all having a brilliant week so far. We are back again to announce the lucky winner for last week’s challenge and also to let you know who Maya has chosen as her top 5 passionista. We loved seeing all your pretty yellow & pink creations last week and you are certainly loved using this colour combo too judging by the all the beautiful work you entered.

Firstly we are going to announce the lucky winner of the stamping kit courtesy of Letraset and that is:

Emma

Congratulations Emma, please email us your details and we’ll arrange for your prize to be sent out to you.

Now onto Maya’s top 5 passionista. Maya had such a difficult decision but after much deliberation here are the lucky top 5:

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.

Have a wonderful week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 95 - Theme

Good morning lovely crafters, wow what fantastic weekend weather we had, definitely something to smile about. I hope you all made the most of it but also squeezed in a bit of crafting too lol! We really enjoyed seeing all your gorgeous pink & yellow creations last week and I think the sunshine made using those colours much easier!! Please call back later to find out who Maya has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see who the lucky winner of the stamping kit courtesy of Letraset will be.

Onto this week’s challenge which has been set by Michele and she has chosen “make your own embellishments” (which to those that know Michele well will come as no surprise as she loves to make her own gorgeous flowers lol!). Now we want to see lots of love handmade flowers, buttons etc so get your crafty thinking caps on. Please can you let us know in your posts what your handmade item is just in case it’s not obvious to us. Don’t forget to be eligible for the prize draw you must use your promarkers or aqua markers.

Our sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store. You will certainly be spoilt for choice as there are lots of lovely goodies including promarkers!

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

Wow I’m sure you’ll agree their cards are gorgeous, as always. We can’t wait to see your handmade embellishments this week and look forward to visiting your blogs.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Week 93–Winner and Top 5 Passionista

Hello everyone, I’m really sorry for the delay in announcing last week’s winner and top 5 passionista. I wasn’t feeling too great last night and spent most of it in bed – hope you will forgive me lol! Anyway I won’t waste any more of your time and will just get on with it.

The lucky winner of the 3 digis from Some Odd Girl stamps is:

Cathy

Congratulations Cathy, please email us with your details and I’ll arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Ida had such a brilliant time looking at all your cute bugs and found it such a tough decision choosing just 5. After much deliberation here are the lucky top 5 for last week:

Bea