Week 471–Winners & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I’m back to announce our 2 lucky winners and top 5 passionista for last week’s “use 3 of something” challenge.  It was fantastic to see so many of your lovely entries, and as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  We’ll be announcing Jacky’s top 5 passionista in a moment but firstly let’s find out who our 2 lucky winners are!

For last week’s challenge we were lucky enough to have 2 generous sponsors.  Firstly we had Uniko stamps who offered one lucky winner 1 stamp set of their choice (which must be in stock) from their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 16

Glennis

Congratulations Glennis, your card is so much fun.  I love your fab image and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com with your full address and choice of stamp set from Uniko Stamps and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Our second sponsor was Cowling & Wilcox who offered 1 lucky winner a 6 pack of promarkers (mid tones) and again using random.org the lucky winner is:

No. 1

ValeryAnne

Congratulations ValeryAnne, your card is beautiful.  I love your image and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com with your postal address and we will arrange for you to receive your promarkers.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Jacky had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing all your amazing creations.  It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Alison B.

Kanda

Pat Tatum (email entry)

Pöydän kulmalla näpertelijä

ValeryAnne (must be your lucky week)!

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 at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com.

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our current challenge ‘sparkle and shine’ – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 472–sparkle and shine

Good morning lovely crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week. Thank you for your gorgeous entries for last week’s ‘use 3 of something’ challenge; as always it was lovely to see your wonderful creations and the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs. Please remember to come back later as we will be announcing our 2 lucky winners; one of whom will receive the 1 stamp set (which must be in stock) courtesy of Uniko Stamps and one of whom will receive the 6 pack of promarkers (mid tones) courtesy of Cowling & Wilcox. We will also be finding out who Jacky has chosen as her top 5 passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Shelly from Team 1 and she has given you the lovely theme of ‘sparkle and shine’ to inspire you this week.  Shelly would like you to include something sparkly or shiny on your creations this week i.e. glitter paper/card, stickles, sequins, gems.  Such a lovely theme; we hope you like it!  Remember you can enter using any type of creation but as always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers). Please can you help us by stating which products you have used on your creation i.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc. Thanks x x

Our generous sponsor this week is Leann’s World 101 and they are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice from their online store.  Their images are so cute so why not pop over to the store and check them out.  Some of the DT were lucky enough to use images from Leann’s World 101 on their creations this week.

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):

Shelly

(using Leann’s World 101 image ‘rockin Rita’)

Sue

(using Leann’s World 101 image ‘fun with stockings’)

Julie

(using Leann’s World 101 image ‘fun with stockings’)

Lisa

(using Leann’s World 101 image ‘fun with stockings’)

Marie

Not very well this week so no card.

Nic

Another week of wonderful inspiration from the DT!! 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 470–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I’m back to announce our lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “let’s celebrate” challenge.  It was fantastic to see so many of your lovely entries, and as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  We’ll be announcing Nic’s top 5 passionista in a moment but firstly let’s find out who our lucky winner is!

For last week’s challenge we were sponsored by Time for Tea Designs who offered one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice from their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 14

Lilian B.

Congratulations Lilian, your card is gorgeous.  I love the adorable image and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com with your choice of 3 digi images from Time for Tea Designs and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Nic had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing all your amazing creations.  It was a really tough decision this week but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Ileana

Kraftyscot (Donna)

Miranda K

Nick

Sheryl Hare

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 at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com.

Sadly our re-drawn winner for week 468 did not contact us to claim their prize so we have re-drawn yet another winner who will receive the 1 stamp set (must be in stock) from Uniko Stamps.  Using random.org our second re-drawn winner is:

No. 15

Nick

Congratulations Helene, your card is adorable and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com with your choice of 1 stamp set (must be in stock) from Uniko Stamps and we will arrange for it to be sent to you.

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our current challenge ‘use 3 of something’ – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 471–use 3 of something

Good morning lovely crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for all your gorgeous entries for last week’s ‘let’s celebrate’ challenge.  As always it was lovely to see your wonderful creations and the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs. Please remember to come back later as we will be announcing the lucky winner of the 3 digi images courtesy of Time for Tea Designs and we will also be finding out who Nic has chosen as her top 5 passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has be chosen by Jacky from Team 2 and she has given us a theme of ‘use 3 of something’.   As the title suggests Jacky would like you to create something using 3 of the same things such as 3 papers, 3 images, 3 of one type of embellishment, 3 colours etc.  Please let us know what your 3 things are in your post.  Such a great challenge don’t you think!  Remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card.  As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.  Please can you help us by stating which products you have used on your creation I.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc.  Thanks x x

This week we are lucky enough to have 2 sponsor prizes up for grabs!!

Our first generous sponsor is Uniko Stamps who are offering one lucky winner 1 stamp set of their choice (which must be in stock) from their online store.  Their clear stamps and stencils are beautiful so pop over and check them out. 

Our second generous sponsor is Cowling & Wilcox and they are offering one lucky winner a 6 pack of promarkers in mid tones. 

Cowling & Wilcox Ltd. was born in London in 1960 and has been going strong supplying the very best art products for nearly 60 years. To this day, they maintain their original concept of providing specialist fine and graphic art materials at exceptional prices, and they’re devoted to upholding this mission statement as they expand and evolve into the future.  Check out their website for some amazing deals.  They also have Winsor & Newton products available at fantastic prices.

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):

Jacky (3 papers and 3 gems)

Karen (3 stamped flowers)

Kitty (3 papers)

Card open:

Linda (3 fish in bucket, 3 red pearls, 3 blue pearls)

Lorraine C. (3 images)

Nat (3 stars)

Donna

No card – still recuperating.

Elaine (3 snowflakes)

Another week of wonderful inspiration from the DT!! 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 469–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I apologise for being so late with my post tonight but my hubby is in hospital and by the time I visit him, come home, have food etc I am running so far behind.  Anyway enough excuses I’m back to announce our lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “autumn or autumn colours” challenge.  It was fantastic to see your lovely entries, and as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’ll be announcing Elaine’s top 5 passionista in a moment but firstly let’s find out who our lucky winner is!

For last week’s challenge we were sponsored by The Paper Shelter who offered one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice from their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 3

Krafted Kards

Congratulations Gloria, your card is beautiful.  I love your adorable image and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com with your choice of 3 digi images and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Elaine had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing all your amazing creations.  It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Carol Gill

Irene M.

Krafted Kards (must be your lucky week!)

Loreal Blondi

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 at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com.

Unfortunately our winner for week 468 did not contact us to claim their prize so we have re-drawn another winner who will receive the 1 stamp set (must be in stock) from Uniko Stamps.  Using random.org our re-drawn winner is:

No. 28

CraftyNatalie

Congratulations Natalie, your card is adorable and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com with your choice of 1 stamp set (must be in stock) from Uniko Stamps and we will arrange for it to be sent to you.

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our current challenge ‘let’s celebrate’ – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 470–let’s celebrate!

Good morning lovely crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week. Thank you for your gorgeous entries for last week’s ‘autumn/autumn colours’ challenge; as always it was lovely to see your wonderful creations and the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs. Please remember to come back later as we will be announcing our lucky winner who will receive the 3 digi images courtesy of The Paper Shelter and we will also be finding out who Elaine has chosen as her top 5 passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Nic from Team 1 and she has given you the lovely theme of ‘let’s celebrate’ to inspire you this week.  Nic would simply like you to create something for any kind of celebration i.e. birthday, new baby, wedding, Easter, Christmas etc.  A nice open theme this week so let’s see lots of entries!  Remember you can enter using any type of creation but as always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers or metallic markers). Please can you help us by stating which products you have used on your creation i.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc. Thanks x x

Our generous sponsor this week is Time for Tea Designs and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice from their online store.  Their stamps are so gorgeous so why not pop over to the store and check them out.  Some of the DT were lucky enough to use images from Time for Tea Designs on their creations this week.

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):

Nic

Shelly

(using Time for Tea Designs image ‘happy new year raise a glass’)

Sue

(using Time for Tea Designs image ‘catching snowflakes’)

Julie

Lisa

(using Time for Tea Designs image ‘happy new year raise a glass’)

Marie

Another week of wonderful inspiration from the DT!! 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