Happy New Year and a new challenge!

Happy New Year everyone !!!

I hope you all had a great night or like me a quiet night in LOL.  Well 2012 has gone and we are onto 2013 - that went soo fast.  I am hoping for a better year this year, particularly healthwise as I have lots of plans for workshops and classes so need to stay as well as I can .

Has anyone made any new years resolutions?  I have made a couple; to blog much more regularly, both here and on my other BLOG and also on Facebook too - it would be great if you'd pop over there and let me know what your new years resolutions are!

Thank you so much for all of your December entries, it  really is great to see so many people joining in with our challenges, the only trouble being that it is so incredibly difficult to choose a top three, if this carries on I may have to make it a top 5 and even then it would be a struggle LOL.  Don't forget to check back in a couple of days to see who the winners are, remember that there will be a winner of a £15 voucher, a winner of a £10 voucher and also the top three so you don't want to miss out if you get chosen!!!

Anyway, onto the first challenge for the new year which is;

Anything but a card (or for those of you who really want to make a card, make it a shaped one!)

The prize will be a £10.00 gift voucher to spend ONLINE

Also, this month I am looking for one or possibly 2 new design team members.  I'm afraid I can't offer lots of free product to you and I am really disorganised (LOL) but you do get to inspire the many people that come on here to take part in the challenges, this means that your blog gets a little publicity too ;o)  Anyway if you are interested in a 6 month term (perhaps longer) starting in March please add 'DT' after your name in your link!

So onto the fab design team inspiration;

Eileen

Sharon

Sue

Gaynor

Sam

I think you'll agree that these are fabulous so pop across and share some love ;o)  But most of all please join in with our challenge this month, especially as the post Christmas blues can hit some people quite hard so this is a great way to make you smile!

December Winners (at last!!)

Well I am here with the December winners - I could have sworn I had done this but the post isn't there, so I must have dreamt it!!!  Anyway, I'm here now and have some winners for the December challenge!  

The winner of the £15.00 voucher for the shop is;

71 Rachel Fisher

The winner of the £10 voucher is;

48 Sassyraggedy

If you could email me HERE and pop December winner in the subject line I will email you your voucher codes.

The top three were as usual almost impossible to choose so I kind of took a pin and stuck it in (not literally obviously  as it wouldn't stick in the computer screen lol)

So here we go;

21  Papersniffer  (this made me chuckle)

30 Tanya J

72 Linda B

If any of you three lovely ladies would like a Top 3 badge for your blog just email me HERE and pop top three in the subject line and I'll send it through to you ;o)

Again apologies for being late with the post and don't forget there is a DT call with this months challenge so don't forget to give it a go and pop DT after your name in the linky.

Challenge 4 - Christmas and/or Winter.

Hi everyone, well it is now December (where did the year go??)and with Christmas creeping up on us, it is time for a new challenge ;o)  First of all though thank you so much to all those who have entered the November challenge - there were so many beautiful projects.  Apologies that I haven't commented, I have looked at each one but I have had three weeks of being really poorly.  Looking through them all though was a great way to cheer up :o)  The winner and top three will be chosen over the weekend and I will pop them on here on Monday ;o)  Please make sure you check back to see if you've won!

So onto our theme for the December challenge which is;

Christmas and/or Winter

I know that many of us have been making Christmas cards for months so I thought I'd put Winter in there as well for those of us who really don't want to make any more Christmas cards LOL.

The prize for the winner (picked by random number generator) will be a £15.00 voucher to spend online at Ladybug Crafts . (and as it's Christmas I might pick a second winner who will receive a £10 voucher to spend online ;o))  There will also be a top 3 chosen and they can have a top 3 blinkie to display on their blog if they want to :o) 

As usual the design team have done some fab cards to inspire you;

Eileen

Gaynor

Sharon

Sue

 

Vick

 

 

I hope you will join us all for our December challenge and join in the festive cheer ;o) Remember there are 2 chances to win this month and we really enjoy looking through all the great artworks that you produce (great for inspiration when your mojo goes wandering !)

Winner of the parrot stamp

Hello, I thought I had better pop in and just let you know the winner of the La Blanche Laughing parrot stamp so I can get in the post so he arrives by Christmas ;o)

 

So the winner is;

 

 

 

Scrappymo

 

Please email me HERE and I will send it to you ;o)

 

xxx

 

 



Little Christmas giveaway

Hi everyone - well Christmas is very nearly upon us and so I thought I had better give away a little Christmas gift to someone ;o)  So I have a beautiful La Blanche stamp to give to somebody - 

I just love this cockatoo!!  So if you would like to give this stamp a home all you need to do is leave a comment at the bottom of this post.

Also on my personal blog HERE  there is another chance to win a different set of stamps for Christmas - all you need to do is leave a comment there too.

I will choose the winner(s) next weekend so they will hopefully get their stamp as an extra Christmas gift ;o)

Don't forget to enter this months challenge too at the top of this blog  where there are 2 chances this month to win a voucher to spend on something crafty online

xxx

Winner for challenge 3

Hi everyone, I'm back with the winner for our challenge 3 ;o)

So, the winner picked by Random number generator is;

Number 17 Maria S

Please email me HERE and I will forward your £15 voucher code onto you ;o)  (If you could put blog challenge winner in the subject line that would help ;o))

Now for the top three - how hard is choosing just 3!!!  That's why I'm late I kept going through them all but couldn't decide LOL.  Anyway, after lots of looking I have chosen;

Number 24 Liz

Number 66 Beverly Cole

Number 73 Mixamatoasties

If any of you lovely ladies would like a Top 3 badge to display on your blog please email me HERE and I will forward one on to you (If you could pop 'Top 3 badge' in the subject line that would be great !)

Don't forget to enter our December challenge HERE for another chance to win - there are 2 vouchers up for grabs this month just because it's Christmas ;o)

xxx

Challenge 3 - Monochrome/tonal

Hello everyone - where did October go?  I can't believe it's time for our next challenge.  Many thanks to all those who entered our October challenge - there were some fab entries again, so hard to choose!!!  The winner will be announced by Saturday under this post so make sure you check back to see if you're the lucky one ;o)  Anyway on we go with the November challenge, which is;

Monochrome/tonal

You can choose any range of colours from greyscale, to teals, to purples or any other colour range you fancy ;o)  Don't forget it can be any craft project, so don't think you are restricted to making a card - we want to see what you can do :o)  The prize this month is a £15.00 voucher to spend online at
 Ladybug Crafts  The winner will be chosen by random number generator and there will be a top three chosen by the design team - they will receive a top three blinkie to display on their blog if they would like to ;o)

We have some fab entries again from our Design team this week to inspire you;

Eileen

Gaynor

Sharon

Sue

 

Vick

 

 

 

I hope you will join us this month - we can't wait to see what you all make.  I just love going through all the entries and being inspired by everyone's makes ;o)  

Have fun xxx