Week 473–Mega Christmas challenge

Good morning dear crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week. The DT really enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing you fabulous creations for our “sparkle and shine” challenge.  Don't forget to check back later to find out who the lucky winner of the 2 digi images courtesy of Leann’s World 101 will be and also to see who Shelly has chosen as her top 5 Passionista.

This week we are launching our very special “Mega Christmas challenge” which runs for a whole month and ends on 1st January 2019!  I’m sure you’ll agree that both design teams have worked extremely hard once again this year and they deserve a little break to catch up on their last minute gifts and cards.  However to make up for the lack of challenges we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs!

Our very simple theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is “hip to be square”.  We would like to see your square cards/creations for this challenge.  You are welcome to make Christmas creations but as the challenge will still be running after the ‘BIG’ day you can of course make any type of creation as long as you follow the theme.  As time is precious for our DT at this time of year we are limiting the number of entries you can make to just 3 for this month long challenge.  Please remember to be eligible for our prizes you must use your promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, metallic or aqua markers.  Please can you help us by stating which Letraset products you have used on your creation i.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc.  Thanks x x

So now for the exciting bit – the prizes!

Uniko Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 1 stamp set (must be in stock)

Di's Digi Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner a $12.00 gift voucher

Dr Digi's House of Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

Lacy Sunshine are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

Cowling & Wilcox are offering 1 lucky winner a 6 pack of promarkers (metallic) & a 3 pack of neon markers

The Paper Shelter are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

A Day For Daisies are offering 1 lucky winner a $12.00 gift voucher

Dies to Die For are offering 1 lucky winner a £15.00 gift voucher

Wow we are sure you’ll agree our sponsors have been super generous once again this year!

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 2 today and then in two week’s time we will be posting inspiration from Team 1. So here are the gorgeous cards from team 2 (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Elaine

Jacky

Karen

Kitty

Linda

Lorraine C. 

Nat

Donna

No card, still recuperating.

Wow we’re sure you’ll agree that their cards are stunning.

So to re-cap the challenge will run until 1st January 2019 and you can enter a maximum of 3 times.  Unfortunately during the Mega Christmas challenge we will not be choosing a top 5 passionista but this will re-commence for the first challenge in 2019.

We cannot wait to see your creations and look forward to visiting your blogs. We’ll be back on 18th December to share Team 1’s gorgeous selection of cards, so don’t forget to stop by for more wonderful inspiration.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 452–Winner &Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends, I’m back to announce our lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “hip to be square” 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 Lisa’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 Uniko stamps who offered one lucky winner one stamp set (which must be in stock) from their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 14

Helen

Congratulations, Helen your card is so pretty.  I love the image and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us at promarkerchallenge@gmx.com and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

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

Krafted Kards

Marlene

N-Eva

Teresa

Wendy F.

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 ‘vibrant colours’ – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 452 - hip to be square

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 ‘add a sentiment’ 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 The Paper Shelter and we will also be finding out who I have chosen (on behalf of Donna) as my top 5 passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Lisa from Team 1, and she has given us a theme of ‘hip to be square’ this week. Lisa loves square cards so she has given us the super easy theme this week of simply making a square card. If you want to be teachers pet you can also incorporate some squares on your layout too! We can’t wait to see what you make. Remember you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card 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 Uniko stamps and they are offering one lucky winner 1 stamp set (which must be in stock) from their online store. Their stamps are gorgeous so why not pop over to their store and check them out.

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):

Lisa

Marie

Nic

Shelly

Sue

Hazel

Julie

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 358–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

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

For last week’s challenge we were sponsored by Letraset who offered one lucky winner a Winsor & Newton 6 pack of Brushmarkers (skin tones set 1).  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 35

Tip Top

Congratulations Ruth, your card is super cute.  The image is so much fun and your colouring is perfect.  Please email us with your full address and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Lisa had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and she could have chosen you all as her passionista!!  However after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Andrea Norris

Jayne

Lisa

Nick

Pirjo

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.

Unfortunately last week’s winner did not contact us to claim her prize so we have re-drawn another winner who will receive the 2 digi images courtesy of All Dressed Up stamps.  Again using random.org the re-drawn winner is:

No. 31

Zoechaos

Congratulations Zoe, such an elegant card and the lime colours are gorgeous.  Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your images.

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to enter our brand new challenge ‘hip to be square’ – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 358–hip to be square

Good morning dear crafters, I hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for all your gorgeous entries for last week’s ‘my favourite things’ challenge.  It was a very popular theme and it was really lovely to see all your wonderful entries and as always 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 2 digi images courtesy of All Dressed Up stamps.  We will also be finding out who Karen has chosen as her top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Lisa from Team 1, and she has given us a brilliant theme of ‘hip to be square’.  Lisa loves square cards so she has given us the super easy theme this week of simply making a square card.  If you want to be teachers pet you can also incorporate some squares on your layout too!   We can’t wait to see what you make.  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.  Please can you help us by stating which Letraset products you have used on your creation i.e. ‘coloured with promarkers’ etc.  Thanks x x

Our generous sponsor this week is Letraset who are offering one lucky winner a prize of a Winsor & Newton Brushmarker 6 pen set (skin tones set 1). 

                                               

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):

Lisa

Marie

Nic

Shelly

Taking a short break.

Ali

Eileen

Hazel

Julie

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