February - Already!!

Hello to everyone :)  I am running late (As usual LOL) but I could have sworn it wasn't February until tomorrow!  Anyway, I am here now! 

So onto December's winner and top three.

The winner is;

 

52 - Gail L

and top 3 are;

 

25 - Jackie Wallace

 

90 - Grandma Bonnie

 

94 - Susan Kennedy

 

Please contact me HERE and I will send winning voucher and top three badges :)

 

Now for the February challenge and with Valentine's day nearly upon us what better topic than;

 

Be Mine :)

 

So we want to see any of your crafting projects  whether it's a card, a scrapbook page, something stitched or anything else as long as you have hand crafted it :) 

As usual my fab DT have done some great projects to give you some inspiration - don't forget to pop over to see them and leave them some crafty love :)

 

Paper Daisies

 

 

Valou

 

Jane

 

Wendy

 

 

We are very nearly at the 300 followers mark now so when we do hit it I will sort out some blog candy so don't forget to follow us :)

Hope you all have a great month

 

xxx

 

 

 

January challenge

 

Hello everyone, and a very Happy New Year to you all.  Apologies for the late blog post but as usual my health has other plans for me!  Nevermind, I am up and about at the moment :)

 

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, full of family and friends and lots of crafty pressies! But now, 2014 is here and Christmas feels like it was weeks and weeks ago.  Thanks to all who entered the December challenge and as usual I loved looking through all the entries, great for inspiration and also to see how talented you crafters are! 

 However, as we work a month behind onto the winner for NOVEMBER.

The winner is...

 

23 - Norma

 

And top three are...

 

20 - Donna Mundinger

 

35 - Elizabeth H

 

59 - Angela P

 

If you email me HERE and I will sort out prizes/badges for blogs.  I have been having some problems with my emails not getting through so if anyone has won a top three badge from me who should have please drop me an email and I will send another one out asap :)

 

The January challenge is;  Give Thanks

 

There are always lots of people to thanks after Christmas and lots of things to be thankful for so I would love to see thank you cards or scrap book pages or any other crafty item that you have made to give thanks.  The design team have done some beautiful projects so don't forget to pop over to them and leave some love

Paper Daisies

 

Valou

 

 

Jane

 

 

Wendy

 

 

I hope you've all had a great start to the new year and I am looking forward to the challenges for the year ahead and I would be so happy if you would join us along the way.

I am nearly at 300 followers now so think that a little blog candy might be in order when we get there!

xxx

 

 



Hello everyone - well December is here so Christmas is nearly upon us!!!  I am swamped with orders and have another craft show to do next week so am very nearly hairless LOL. 

First of all I need to do the OCTOBER winners.  The winner of the voucher is;

 

15 - Cathy (Kraftykoolkat)

 

The top three, who can have a top three badge for their blog if they would like one, are;

 

5 - Angela

 

19 - Kym's Crafty Cards

 

45 - J. Atterbury Creations

 

Before we get onto the December challenge I would like to welcome two new design team members :)  I hope you will welcome them and pop over to their blogs to say hello.  So a big welcome to;

 

Jane Savage and Wendy Townsend

Thank you both so much for agreeing to be on the team even though I am the most disorganised person on the planet!  I really look forward to seeing all your fab projects along with Paper daisies and Valou.

 

Onto the December challenge which this month is;

 

Christmas/Winter

 

I know that some of you will have finished all your Christmas cards ages ago so I have added the theme winter to the challenge so anything using Wintry colours or a wintry theme is welcome.  Someone did ask if painted silk can be entered and the answer is yes, as long as you have made your project it can be anything from a card, a scrapbook page, a piece of altered art or mixed media or indeed painted silk - if you've made it and it fits the monthly theme, I want to see it!

 

We have some fab inspiration from the design team this month, so stroll on over to the Ladybug Ladies' blogs and be inspired :)

 

Jane

 

 

Paper Daisies

 

Valou

 

Wendy

 

We all look forward to seeing your entries this month and also hope that you have a great Christmas, but also a peaceful Christmas and the chance to do lots of crafty things ;)

 

 

 



November challenge and winners too :)

Hello everybody and Happy November !!  Well Autumn/Winter seems to have arrived very quickly here in the Midlands in the UK.  It has been so wet and is also rather chilly - still it's great weather for crafting especially as the nights are already so  dark so early!

 

I would just like to say thank you again to all those who were so kind to me over the loss of my dog William, it really means alot when people are so lovely to you even though we have never met in the 'real' world!  On that note I thought you might like to see the new arrival to our family;

 

 

 

This is Bertie - he is an Irish Setter and is now 9 weeks old.  He is in no way a replacement for William but he is helping the healing.

 

Anyway, back to craft and the winners of the September challenge.

So the winner of the voucher to spend online is

 

31 - Ziggy

 

The top three are;

 

47 - Tracey Brossart

 

111 - Gro J

 

117 - Doreen

 

If you would all like to email me HERE I will send either your voucher code or your Top 3 badge if you would like one :)

 

Onto the November challenge which is - Autumn Colours.

 

As usual it can be any crafty project you would like to share whether it's a card, gift box, mixed media art or anything else that you have crafted by hand :) 

So we have a couple of projects by the DT for your inspiration;

 

Paper Daisies

 

 

 

 

 



October challenge

Hello everyone - well I am here just running a little late (as usual!!).

First of all can I say thank you to everyone who entered September's challenge, all 200 of you, even though we only had half of the month due to my delay in setting the challenge!  And on that note, thank you to everyone who sent kind messages about the loss of my beautiful dog William.  He is still very much missed and always will be but I thought I would share a quick piccie of him so you can see him;

William 2003 -2013

Anyway, onto brighter things and this months challenge;

Halloween and/or use your die cuts

I love Halloween but I don't have much call to make cards for it as it isn't that big here in the UK so I have given you the option to do Halloween if you love it or use your die cuts if you don't :) 

The winner will get a £10 voucher to spend online plus a top three will be picked who can have a badge for their blog if they would like one!

Inspiration from the team this month is fab as ever (and if you were interested in being a DT member when I asked a while ago look out for a message in your inbox as I hope to ask people to join the DT over the next couple of days.)

Paper daisies

Valou

Sam

 So we would love it if you could join in with our fun challenge this month.  

Finally I notice we are creeping towards 300 followers so as soon as we hit that number I think we will start a little giveaway including a Gelli plate from Gelli Arts.

Have fun

xxx



September Challenge plus July and August winners

Well hello everyone, I am finally back.  Thanks to everyone for their kind comments but sadly my beloved Irish setter,William, went to sleep on the 4th September and is now free of pain.  I won't maudle on here about it but will post on my own blog about him when I feel a little less raw.

 

So onto the winners for July and August - If the winners will email me HERE with 'challenge winner' in the subject line I will email voucher codes through to you :)

If the top threes would like a Top 3 badge for their blogs, email to the same link above with 'top three badge' in the subject line and I will send a badge through!

 

So Julys winner is;

 

34 - Mian Hahne

 

and top three are;

 

2 - Jane 

 

30 - J Atterbury Creations

 

58 - Rachelle

 

Augusts winner is;

 

78 - Kanda

 

and top three are;

 

35 - Vicky p-r

 

74 - Lyla (11years)

 

92 - Cec

 

Ok, so now onto the September challenge seeing as we still have a couple of weeks left  ;)

 

So this month we'll do  Anything Goes!!! 

 

 So any crafty project you would like to enter, we want to see it.  The winner will get a £10 voucher for the online store .

As usual I have a couple of inspirational ideas from the DT girls ( I know I have a few interested in the DT call but with everything that has gone on I haven't had the chance to go through them yet.  However I plan to look at them this week so hopefully we should have some new members very soon) 

 

Paper Daisies

 

 

Valou

 

So please do join in if you can, I love looking at all your fab entries!  Just add your entry through the linky tool at the bottom.

 

Finally, I have a Gelli Plate from Gelli Arts to give away but am trying to think of a great way to do a competition for it - any ideas anyone?  If so please leave a comment or you could email me HERE

 

Thanks once again to everyone for their kind comments and for bearing with me during what has been a very difficult time.

 

xxx

 

 

 

 

 

 



Late September challenge

Hi everyone, I'm afraid the September challenge will be a few days late. My beloved dog is extremely poorly and I just can't get anything done due to having to sit with him for 24 hours at the moment.

I'm so sorry but I will do a giveaway or prize when I post later in the week.

Thank you for your understanding

xxx