Week 257–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I’m back to announce our lucky winner and the top 5 passionista for last week’s “summer lovin’” challenge.  There were gorgeous entries and the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs.  We’ll be announcing Julie’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 Whiff of Joy stamps and the lucky winner will receive 1 stamp of their choice (must be in stock).  As always, to be fair, we used random.org and he chose:

No. 27

Sandra

Congratulations Sandra.  Your card is so pretty and all your embellishments are just perfect.  Please take a look in the Whiff of Joy stamps shop and then email us with your choice of stamp (must be in stock) and your full address and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Julie had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and wishes she could have chosen you all as her passionista!!  After much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Elin

Lyn

Michelle

Pauline

Teresa

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.

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

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 258–Weddings

Good morning dear crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for your gorgeous entries for last week’s “summer lovin’” challenge.  You all seemed to enjoy the challenge and the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs.  Don’t forget to come back later to find out who Julie has chosen as her top 5 passionista and to find out who the lucky winner of the 1 stamp courtesy of Whiff of Joy stamps will be! 

Before I announce the brand new challenge I would like to welcome you to Shelly’s beautiful new daughter Darcie Alice Hope.  She was born on Monday 7th July 2014 at 9.31pm and weighed 6lb 2oz.  Isn’t she just perfect!  I’m sure you will join us in sending Shelly and Rudy our congratulations on the safe arrival of their new bundle of joy. 

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Donna from Team 2 and she has chosen “weddings”.   As wedding season is fully upon us I’m sure that most of may need a wedding card in the next few weeks!!  Don’t forget you can make anything you want, it doesn’t have to be a card, all creations are welcome.  As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our generous sponsor this week is Polkadoodles and they are offering one lucky winner a prize of these two gorgeous digi images:

 

(you will receive these as 2 separate images)

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

Donna

(using Polkadoodles image ‘bride & groom)

Jane B.

Kelly

(using Polkadoodles image ‘Just Married Wedding Car’)

Lorraine

Lotta

(using Polkadoodles image ‘The Happy Couple’)

Nat

Sue

Andie

See I told you the DT cards were stunning didn’t I!!  We hope you can join in with our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 256–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I’m back to announce our lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “Christmas in July” challenge.  Thank you for all your gorgeous entries, the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs.  We’ll be announcing Lorraine’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 winner will receive a £10.00 voucher.  As always, to be fair, we used random.org and he chose:

No. 22

Michelle

Congratulations Michelle.  I love the cute image and your distressed edges really suit the combination of kraft and patterned papers.  Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Lorraine really enjoyed visiting your blogs and she wishes she could have chosen you all as her favourites.  However after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Annette

Helen

Michelle (must be your lucky week)

Sharon

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.

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

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 257 - Theme

Good morning dear crafters, I hope you all had a brilliant week last week.  Thank you all so much for your fantastic entries for last week’s ‘Christmas in July’ challenge.  There were lots of gorgeous entries and the DT had a fantastic time visiting your blogs and enjoyed seeing your wonderful creations.  You are all obviously very organised and getting your Christmas cards done early!  Don’t forget to come back later to find out who Lorraine has chosen as her top 5 passionista and to find out who the lucky winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of DigiStamp Boutique will be! 

Onto this week’s challenge which has been set by Julie from Team 1 and she has given us the theme of “summer lovin’”.  Julie would like you to use your images that show something that you would do in the summer i.e. sit on the beach, eat an ice cream, play in a paddling pool, the options are endless.  Whatever you use please remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card.  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).

Our generous sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy stamps and Katharina is offering 1 stamp of the winner’s choice (but it must be in stock). 

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

Julie

Lisa

Loopy Lou

Lou

Marie

Nic

Shelly

On Maternity Leave – welcome to baby Darcie!

Eileen

See I told you the DT cards were stunning didn’t I!!  We hope you can join in with our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 255–Winners & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I’m back to announce our 2 lucky winners and the top 5 passionista for last week’s “oh I do like to be beside the seaside” challenge.  There were gorgeous entries and the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs.  We’ll be announcing Eileen’s top 5 passionista in a minute but firstly let’s find out who the lucky winners are!

For last week’s challenge we were lucky enough to have 2 generous sponsors.  Firstly we had Crafty Sentiments Designs who offered 3 digi images of the winners choice and our second sponsor was Letraset who offered a 6 pack of Promarker tones pens.  As always, to be fair, we used random.org and he chose:

Crafty Sentiments Designs winner:

No. 1

Pillan

Congratulations Pillan.  Such a cute card and the image is adorable.  Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Letraset prize:

No. 6

Alvina

Congratulations Alvina.  Such a clever shaped card and your images are so much fun.  Again please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize. 

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Eileen had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and wishes she could have chosen you all as her passionista’s!!  After much deliberation here are my favourite 5:

Annie

Jackie

Nessy

Pauline

Sharon

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.

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

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 256 - Theme

Good morning dear crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Well I have to say I’m a little sad that the World Cup is over; what am I going to do with my evenings now lol!   It was a brilliant final wasn’t it and the best team won – go Germany haha!  Thank you for your gorgeous entries for last week’s “oh I do like to be beside the seaside” challenge.  There weren’t that many entries but the ones we did have were gorgeous and the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs.  Don’t forget to come back later to find out who Eileen has chosen as her top 5 passionista and to find out who the lucky winner of the 3 digis courtesy of Crafty Sentiments Designs  and the winner of the promarkers from Letraset will be! 

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Lorraine from Team 2 and she has chosen “Christmas in July”.   Now it’s never too early to get started on those Christmas cards and I know some of you have been making them all year, so come on get your entries in!  Don’t forget you can make anything you want, it doesn’t have to be a card, all creations are welcome.  As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our generous sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and one 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 created beautiful cards to inspire you (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Lorraine

(using one of the images from the DSB ‘Snowy fun set’)

Lotta

Nat

Sue

(using DSB image ‘Bobbi with stocking’)

Andie

Donna

(using one of the images from the DSB ‘Snowy Fun set’ and a

sentiment from the ‘Christmas greetings set 2’)

Jane B.

Card to follow!

Kelly

(using DSB image from ‘Christmas Edwin & Hetty set’)

See I told you the DT cards were stunning didn’t I!!  We hope you can join in with our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x