Passion for ProMarkers

Week 140 - Theme

2012-03-13T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning dear crafters. We hope you had a great week last week. You certainly enjoyed our “for mum/female relative” challenge as there were so many gorgeous entries and as always it was a pleasure to visit your blogs. Denise will definitely have a tough decision later when she has to narrow her favourites down to just 5! Don’t forget to call back later to find out who she has chosen and also to see if you are the lucky winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of Crafty Emma’s store.

Onto this week’s challenge and Gro has set the theme and she has chosen “yellow and pearls”, so we would like to see lots of yellow on your cards and some pearls – simples! Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset pens (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers or metallic markers) and follow the theme.

Our sponsor this week is Crafts and Me and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice. They have so many beautiful digi images you will be spoilt for choice.

The design team have created amazing samples for your inspiration once again this week (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Gorgeous cards again girls. We hope you’ve been inspired and will be able to join in with our challenge this week. We look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your wonderful creations.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 138–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

2012-03-06T20:59:00.001Z

Hello again dear crafters. We hope you’ve had a good day so far, the weather hasn’t been too bad has it, although I think we’re due for a change overnight – never mind we can stay warm indoors and colour with our Letraset pens lol! Anyway enough rambling and onto the reason we’re here. We had such a fantastic amount of entries for last week’s “pastel colours” challenge and it was wonderful to visit your blogs and see your amazing creations. We’ll soon be announcing the lucky top 5 passionista but first here are the details of the lucky winners.

We used random.org as always to make it fair and there were 112 linked entries and 1 email entry and the lucky winner who will receive the 6 digi images from DigiStamp Boutique is:

No. 88

Claire

Congratulations Claire, such a pretty card and the punched borders look fantastic. Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Don’t forget we also had an extra prize courtesy of Letraset of a pack of Limited Edition Spring 2012 Promarkers and the lucky winner is:

No. 6

Janey

Congratulations Jane, such a pretty card and the papers are gorgeous. Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Vix had a really tough decision this week as there were so many gorgeous creations but after much deliberation here are her top 5 passionista for last week:

Congratulation ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs. If you need any help with this please email us.

Don’t forget to check out our new challenge “for mum/female relative” – full details in the post below. Have a wonderful week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 139 - Theme

2012-03-06T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning dear crafters. Well another week has flown by and here we are in the first week of March – what happened to February lol! We hope you had a brilliant week last week and judging by the number of entries last week you are all ready for spring/summer and using your pastel colours. Vix will certainly have a tough job on her hands later when she has to narrow down her favourites to just 5. Don’t forget to check back later to find out who she has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see who the lucky winner of the 6 digi images courtesy of DigiStamp Boutique will be and also the winner of our extra prize of a Limited Edition spring promarkers pack donated by Letraset.

Onto this week’s challenge which has been set by Denise and she has chosen “For Mum/female relative”. As you must know Mother’s Day is fast approaching so Denise thought she’d give you a head start this week, however we are aware that sadly not everyone has a mum to celebrate with so we will also accept a card/project for any female relative you like i.e. sister, auntie, grand-daughter etc. Just remember to use your Letraset pens (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, tria markers, aqua markers and the new metallic markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our sponsor this week is our very own Emma from Crafty Emma’s store who is kindly offering a £10.00 voucher (excl. p&p) to spend in her online store. You will definitely be spoilt for choice as Emma always has lots of lovely goodies in her store.

The design team have created gorgeous samples to inspire you once again this week (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Denise

Gro

Still unwell – but fortunately now on the mend!!

Heidi

Poorly this week – feel better soon!

Stunning creations I’m sure you’ll agree. We cannot wait to see what you create this week and look forward to visiting your blogs.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 137–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

2012-02-28T19:38:00.001Z

Hello again dear crafters. We’re back to share the winner and top 5 for last week’s “black and white” challenge. The entries were gorgeous and it was a pleasure to visit all your blogs. Nic certainly had her work cut out for her this week!!

First we are going to announce the lucky winner who will receive 2 digi stamps courtesy of Tickled Pink Stamps. We used random.org to make it fair and ‘he’ chose:

No. 32

Doreen

Congratulations Doreen. What a pretty image and your colouring is amazing. Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Nic had such a lovely time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations. It was a tough decision but after much deliberation Nic has chosen the following as her favourite 5:

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.

Don’t forget to check out our new challenge “pastel colours” – full details in the post below. Have a wonderful week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 138–Colour challenge

2012-02-28T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning dear crafters. Another week has flown by and we’re here with our last challenge for February! Can you believe that two months of 2012 have already passed us by – where is the time going. Whilst you are pondering that (lol!) we would like to thank you for your gorgeous entries to last week’s “black & white'” challenge. There were some stunning creations and Nic will certainly have hard decision to narrow her favourites down to just 5. Don’t forget to check back later to find out who she has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see if you are our lucky winner of the 2 digi images courtesy of Tickled Pink stamps.

Onto this week’s challenge and Vix has set the theme and she has chosen “pastel colours” so we would like to see all your soft colours – nothing bright and brash allowed this week!! Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers or aqua markers) and follow the theme.

We are spoiling you this week as we have two sponsors for you. Firstly we have DigiStamp Boutique and Sally-Ann is offering one lucky winner 6 digi images of their choice.

Our second sponsor is Letraset and as Vix has chosen the theme of pastel colours they are offering us a pack of Limited Edition Spring 2012 Promarkers.

The design team have created amazing samples for your inspiration once again this week (as always please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Vix

(using colours from the Limited Edition Spring promarkers set)

Denise (image from ‘The Prickles’ set from DSB)

Gro

Still unwell – thinking of you Gro x x

Heidi

Kim (using image from “Daisy” set from DSB)

Lis

Maya

Michele

Nic (using image “Louie & teddy” from DSB)

Stunning cards girls. I’m sure the DT have inspired you to join in the fun this week. We cannot wait to see what you create and visit your blogs.

Could we please ask that if you still have word verification on your blogs that you consider turning it off. As most of you know the new system requires you to copy two words to verify that you’re not a robot – but unfortunately they are so difficult to read that sometimes it can take two or three attempts to get it right. Obviously as you can appreciate this is very time consuming for the DT. We appreciate your help with this.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 136–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

2012-02-21T20:33:00.001Z

Good evening dear crafters. We’re back again to announce the lucky winner of last week’s “distressing” challenge and also to see who Michele has chosen as her top 5 passionista. There were so many gorgeous entries and the design team really enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing your wonderful creations.

Firstly we are going to announce the lucky winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of Joanna Sheen and as always we used random.org to be fair, and that is:

No. 58

Cathy

Congratulations Cathy, such a brilliant card for a boy. The colours and stars look fantastic. Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Michele thoroughly enjoyed looking at all your wonderful cards and after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Doreen (again)

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs. If you need any help with this feel free to email us.

Don’t forget to check out our current challenge “black & white” – full details in the post below. Have a wonderful week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 137–Colour Theme

2012-02-21T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning dear crafters. We hope you’re all eager to start a new challenge with us but before we announce the details we would like to say a big thank you for all your gorgeous “distressing” creations – it was wonderful to see all the different ways to distress your card and papers. Michele will certainly have a difficult decision when choosing her top 5 passionista. Don’t forget to come back later to find out the lucky winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of Joanna Sheen and to see who Michele as chosen as her top 5 passionista.

Now onto this week’s challenge and the lovely Nic has set the theme and she has chosen “black & white”. However we only want you to use these two colours (apart from skin, hair or fur) so no trying to sneak in a 3rd colour!! As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers or tria markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our sponsor this week is Tickled Pink Stamps and one lucky winner will receive 2 digi stamps of their choice from their gorgeous range of images.

The design team have created amazing samples once again this week and we were lucky enough to be given Tickled Pink digi images to use on our samples (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Still unwell – sending healing hugs x x

Stunning cards as always girls. We’re sure you are bound to be inspired to join in the fun and we cannot wait to see what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 135–Winner & Top 5 passionista

2012-02-14T22:47:00.001Z

Hello again crafters. I’m sorry I’m so late with the post tonight but I had a bad headache when I got in from work so had a little nap on the settee and then forgot about the post lol! Anyway better late than never here I am. We had so many gorgeous entries for Maya’s “grey & purple” challenge and the DT had a fantastic time visiting your blogs. It was wonderful to see all the different ways to use such a simple colour scheme with amazing results.

Firstly we are going to announce the lucky winner of the stamp courtesy of Whiff of Joy stamps and we used random.org as always (we had 38 linked entries + 2 email entries) and that is:

No. 8

Sandra P.

Congratulations Sandra, such a pretty card and the embellishments are gorgeous. Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Maya had such a good time looking at all your wonderful entries. After much deliberation here are her top 5 passionista:

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.

Have a wonderful week. Don’t forget to check out our current challenge “distressing” – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 136 - Theme

2012-02-14T09:00:00.002Z

Good morning dear crafters. Thankfully we’ve all survived the near arctic conditions of last week and are now enjoying the balmy temperatures of +6 degrees lol! Perfect weather for crafting! We would like to say a big thank you for all your gorgeous grey & purple creations for last week’s challenge. The DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing all your interpretations of the colour scheme. Don’t forget to check back later to find out who Maya has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see if you are our lucky winner of the stamp courtesy of Whiff of Joy stamps.

This week our challenge has been set by Michele and she has chosen “distressing”, so you can rough up your edges, ink your papers or even tear everything in sight lol! Whatever you decide to do don’t forget you must use your Letraset products i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers or tria markers to qualify for our prize draw.

Our sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen and one lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

The design team have created amazing samples for your inspiration once again this week (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Running late – card will be up later!

Gro

Not very well this week – feel better soon!!

Gorgeous cards as always girls. We hope the DT has inspired you to join in with our challenge this week and we look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 134–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

2012-02-08T10:56:00.001Z

We’re so sorry for keeping you all waiting – we’ve finally got our act together and can now reveal the winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “new beginnings” challenge. We had some gorgeous entries and the DT thoroughly enjoyed visiting all your blogs.

First let’s find out who the lucky winner is of the 6 digi images courtesy of DigiStamp Boutique. We used random.org as always and that is:

No. 29

Lyn

Congratulations Lyn, your card is gorgeous and the rocking horse embellishment is just adorable. Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now on to the top 5 passionista and Lis had such a difficult decision as there were so many wonderful entries to choose from, but after much deliberation here are her top 5:

Christine

Kirsten

Kirsten (again lol!)

Norma

Congratulation ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs. If you need any help with this please feel free to email us.

Don’t forget to check out our new challenge – “grey & purple” – full details in the post below.

Have a great week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Top 5 & winner

2012-02-08T09:27:00.001Z

Sorry for the delay in announcing last week’s winner and top 5 passionista – we are experiencing some technical difficulties but will be back later.

Thanks for understanding.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x

Week 135–Colour Theme

2012-02-07T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning dear crafters. Wow what an eventful weekend we’ve had – a few inches of snow and the country grinds to a halt lol! Seriously I hope you’ve all kept safe and warm and stayed indoors and crafted to your hearts content!! Before we announce the new challenge we would like to say thank you for all your gorgeous entries to last week’s “new beginnings” challenge. The DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and looking at your amazing creations. Don’t forget to check back later to find out who Lis has chosen as her top 5 passionista and to see who the lucky winner of the 6 digi images courtesy of DigiStamp Boutique will be.

Onto this week’s challenge and Maya has set the theme and she has chosen to give us a colour theme to work with – “grey and purple”. You can use skin, hair and fur colours but apart from that we want to see the two chosen colours predominantly on your creations. Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, tria markers or aqua markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy stamps and one lucky winner can choose one stamp of their choice from their wonderful store.

The design team have worked their magic once again and created amazing samples (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Stunning cards, I’m sure you’ll agree. We cannot wait to see what you create and look forward to visiting your blogs.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 133–winner & top 5 passionista

2012-01-31T21:40:00.001Z

Good evening crafters, we apologise for the delay in our post tonight, but time just got away from us!! We’re back to announce the lucky winner and top 5 passionista for last week’s “recycle” challenge. The DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and they saw lots of beautiful entries which shows how you can recycle ordinary household items into something beautiful and creative.

Firstly we are going to announce the lucky winner of the £10.00 gift voucher courtesy of Joanna Sheen and as usual we used random.org (there were 45 linked entries and 2 emailed entries this week) and that is:

No. 40

Natalie

Congratulation Natalie. What a pretty card and the image is so sweet. Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Kim had such a tough decision this week as there were some very clever recycled items used but after much deliberation here are her top 5 passionista:

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs. If you need any help with this please feel free to email us.

Don’t forget to check out our new challenge “new beginnings” – full details in the post below. Have a wonderful week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 134 - Theme

2012-01-31T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning dear crafters. We’re sure you’ve had a crafty week and are now ready for a brand new challenge!. We hope you’ve managed to miss all the snow we’ve had over the last few days, but wherever you are in the country it is rather chilly isn’t it!! Before we announce the details of the new challenge we would like to say a big thank you for all your gorgeous and clever recycling last week. Kim will certainly have a tough job when she has to choose her top 5 passionista. Call back later to find out the lucky winner of the £10.00 voucher courtesy of Joanna Sheen and also to find out who Kim has chosen as her top 5 passionista.

Ok, onto this week’s challenge,which has been set by the lovely Lis and she has chosen “new beginnings” i.e. new baby, new home, wedding etc. Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (such as promarkers, aqua markers, flex markers or tria markers).

Our sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and Sally-Ann is offering one lucky winner the amazing prize of 6 digi images of their choice:

The design team have done a wonderful job once again this week (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

No card this week!

Gorgeous cards as always, I’m sure you’ll agree. We hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 132–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

2012-01-24T21:33:00.001Z

Hello again dear crafters. We’re back to announce the lucky winner of last week’s “humour” challenge and also to let you know who Heidi has chosen as her top 5 passionista. The DT had a fab time looking at all your cards and had a bit of a chuckle, so you definitely brightened our week!

Firstly we are going to announce the winner, who will receive 4 digi images of their choice from Pink Gem Designs and as usual we used random.org and that is:

No. 16

Jacky

Congratulations Jacky, such a fun card and the sentiment is fantastic. Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Heidi really enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing your wonderful creations. You certainly made her job tough this week but after much deliberation here are her fave top 5:

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie. If you need any help with this please email us.

Have a wonderful week and don’t forget to check out this week’s challenge “recycle something” – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 133 - Theme

2012-01-24T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning dear crafters. We hope you had a wonderful week last week and are raring to go once again! Well the week’s are certainly flying by but at least that means it’s time for a brand new challenge. All the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous and amusing cards for Heidi’s “humour” challenge. Don’t forget to check back later to find out who Heidi has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see if you are the lucky winner of the 4 digi images courtesy of Pink Gem designs.

Onto this week’s challenge which has been set by the lovely Kim and she has chosen “recycle something” i.e. use something on your cards that was intended for another purpose such as buttons off your clothes, ribbons, cardboard packaging etc. Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, tria markers or aqua markers) and of course follow this week’s theme.

Our sponsor this week is the lovely Joanna Sheen and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store. Don’t forget your money goes a little bit further as there is always free P&P in Joanna’s store!!

The design team have created amazing samples to inspire you once again this week (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Kim

Lis (cardboard packaging & kraft office file)

Maya (button from old shirt, home-made twine from string in kitchen drawers)

Michele

Nic (backing card out of a new duvet set - the bit that shows the pic of the duvet on the bed)

Vix (charm from daughter’s jeans)

Denise (ribbon from packaging and tag from t-shirt)

Gro (tag from jeans)

Heidi

Wow they’ve all done an amazing job this week and we’re sure you’re bound to be inspired. So off you go and raid your cupboards/drawers/wardrobes for any bits that can be re-used on your cards. We cannot wait to see what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 131–Winner & Top 5 Passionista

2012-01-17T19:05:00.001Z

Good evening dear crafters. We hope you’ve all kept warm today in the freezing temperatures – it’s the perfect weather for staying indoors with your pens and colouring to your hearts content lol!

We’re back to announce the lucky winner of last week’s “inspired by a song” challenge and also to find out who Gro has chosen as her top 5 passionista. We had a wonderful response to the challenge and it was wonderful to see all your song inspired creations.

Firstly we are going to announce the lucky winner of the Promarker Stamping Kit courtesy of Letraset and as always we used random.org to choose our winner (there were 113 linked entries and 1 email entry) and that is:

No. 16

Claire

Congratulations Claire, what a beautiful card and such a brilliant song to choose! Also winning a challenge on your very first challenge card – way to go! Maybe you should buy a lottery ticket this week lol! Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Gro was blown away by the number of entries to her challenge. You all certainly love your music as much as your crafting!! Gro had a fabulous time looking at all your creations and after much thought here are her top 5 passionista:

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.

Don’t forget to check out our new challenge “humour” – full details in the post below. Have a great week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 132 - Theme

2012-01-17T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning dear crafters. We hope you had a great week last week and are ready for a new challenge. Before we announce the details we would like to say a huge thanks for all your gorgeous “inspired by a song” creations……you certainly kept the DT entertained all week and we were singing along to most of your songs lol! Don’t forget to check back later to find out who Gro has chosen as her top 5 passionista and also to see if you are the lucky winner of the Promarker Stamping Kit courtesy of Letraset.

Onto this week’s challenge and Heidi has set the theme and she has chosen “humour” so she wants to see all your funny images and/or sentiments, basically something to tickle the DT! Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers or tria markers) and follow this week’s theme.

Our sponsor this week is the lovely Janet from Pink Gem Designs who is offering one lucky winner 4 digi images of their choice.

The design team have worked their magic once again this week and have created gorgeous (and hilarious) cards for your inspiration (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Will be up later!

Wow amazing creations once again this week girls. We hope you’ve been inspired to join in with our challenge and we cannot wait to see what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 130–Winner & Top 5

2012-01-10T21:39:00.001Z

Good evening dear crafters. We’re sorry for the late post this evening, but it’s better late than never I suppose lol! We had so many gorgeous entries to our “thank you” theme last week and the DT really enjoyed visiting your blogs and seeing your beautiful creations. Denise certainly had a tough decision to narrow her favourites down to just 5!

Firstly we are going to announce the lucky winner of the Letraset Promarker Stamping Kit and as usual we used random.org to choose for us. (we had 58 linked entries + 1 email entry). The lucky winner is:

No.11

Marianne

Congratulations Marianne, such a pretty card and the die-cutting looks amazing. Please email us and we will arrange for you to receive your prize.

Now onto the top 5 passionista and Denise had such a lovely time visiting all your blogs and drooling over your beautiful creations. It was such a difficult decision but after much deliberation here are her top 5 passionista:

Congratulations ladies, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs. If you need any help with this please feel free to email us.

Unfortunately 3 of our winners did not contact us for prizes from the Mega Christmas challenge so we have re-drawn new winners.

So the re-drawn lucky winner of the 2 x digis from Tickled Pink stamps (from the Lil Lolita, Lil Lad and Lil Pinkette ranges) is:

** JANICE **

The re-drawn lucky winner of the 4 x digis from Bugaboo Stamps is:

** HAZEL **

and the re-drawn lucky winner of one of the packs of promarker fine liner pens from Joanna Sheen is:

** LISA **

Congratulations to the 3 new winners. As always you have 1 week to contact us to claim your prize.

We hope you can join in with our challenge this week which is “inspired by a song” – full details in the post below. Have a wonderful week.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 131 - Theme

2012-01-10T09:00:00.002Z

Good morning dear crafters. We hope you had a good week last week and are ready for a brand new challenge! All the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing “thank you” creations and Denise will certainly have a tough time choosing her top 5 passionista. Don’t forget to check back later to find out if you are one of the lucky 5 and also to find out the winner of the Promarker stamping kit courtesy of Letraset.

This week the lovely Gro has set the theme and she has chosen “inspired by a song”, so a fairly simple theme for you again this week! Please can you let us know what song inspired you (just in case it isn’t obvious to us!). Don’t forget you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers or tria markers) to be eligible for our prize draw.

We are sponsored once again this week by Letraset and we have another Promarker Stamping Kit up for grabs.

The design team have done an amazing job as always (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Gro

(inspired by “Happy New Year” by Abba)

(inspired by “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” by the Beatles)

Michele

(inspired by “Gypsy” by Fleetwood Mac)

Nic

(inspired by “Why does it always rain on me” by Travis)

Vix

(inspired by “Girls just wanna have fun” by Cyndi Lauper)

Denise

(inspired by “Rockstar” by Nickelback)

Fantastic cards once again this week girls! We hope you can take some inspiration from the DT cards this week and join in with the fun. We cannot wait to see what songs inspire you!

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Mega Christmas challenge–winners!

2012-01-03T20:10:00.001Z

Good evening dear crafters – this is the moment you’ve all been waiting for……..the announcement of the lucky winners of our Mega Christmas challenge. As there are so many winners we won’t be choosing our top 5 passionista for this challenge – as you can understand we had lots of entries and it was a busy time of year for our DT, but we are back to normal this week.

We won’t keep you in suspense any longer and shall get right on with the winner’s. Please note you only have one week to contact us – if we don’t hear from any winners we will re-draw another winner as we don’t have the time to chase up anyone that doesn’t contact us – sorry!

Ok now for the lucky people. We used random.org to make it fair (as there are so many winners we don’t have the space to show the result but you can trust us – honest!).

Letraset are offering 1 amazing prize of 3 new packs of promarkers (metallics set, contemporary xmas set, modern xmas set)

** WINNER IS No. 198 – HILDE **

Whiff of Joy Stamps are generously offering 1 stamp from their sentiment collection

** WINNER IS No. 58 – LORRAINE B. **

Pink Gem Designs are generously offering 4 digi images of winner’s choice

** WINNER IS No. 107 – SAMMIBUG **

Joanna Sheen are generously offering 6 packs of promarker fine liner sets

** 6 WINNERS ARE (who will receive 1 set each) **

No. 283 - H@NN@

No. 132 - LISA JANE

No. 204 – KARI

No. 130 – CRAFTY AMY

No. 190 – DOREEN

No. 245 - GILLY

DigiStamp Boutique are generously offering 6 digi images of winner's choice

** WINNER IS No. 38 – CARLYANN **

Saturated Canary digis are generously offering 2 digis of winner’s choice

** WINNER IS No. 101 – MARIANNE’S CRAFTROOM **

bugaboo stamps are generously offering 7 digis (which we are going to split into 2 prizes)

** 2 X WINNERS ARE **

No. 52 – SUZIE McFLOOZY (4 digis)

No. 165 - SUZI (3 digis)

Tickled Pink stamps are generously offering 2 digis of winner’s choice (from Lil Lolita, Lil Lad and Lil Pinkette ranges)

** WINNER IS No. 46 – LISA S. **

Crafts & Me are generously offering 6 digis of winner's choice

** WINNER IS No. 254 – JO **

Congratulations everyone, I think there are some happy people tonight lol! Please can you email us to claim your prizes and we will arrange for you to receive them ASAP.

Many thanks for taking part in our Mega Christmas challenge and we hope you will continue to play along with our challenges in 2012.

Don’t forget to check out our current challenge which is “thank you” – full details in the post below.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 130 - Theme

2012-01-03T09:00:00.001Z

Good morning dear crafters. Well that last month certainly whizzed by didn’t it!! We hope you all enjoyed your festivities over Christmas and New Year but are now raring to go with a brand new year of challenges! We have to say we have been blown away by the amount of gorgeous entries we received to our Mega Christmas challenge and it was wonderful for both our design teams to visit your blogs and see your fantastic creations. Don’t forget to check back later to find out if you are one of our lucky winners (and there will be quite a few) when we announce them later this evening.

Our theme this week has been chosen by Denise and she has chosen “thank you” and I’m sure like us you still have some thank you cards to make for all the lovely goodies you received at Christmas. As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers or tria markers and of course follow the challenge above.

Our sponsor this week is Letraset, without whom this little challenge blog would not exist lol, and the prize on offer this week is a Promarker Stamping Kit.

It is with sadness that we say goodbye to Design Team 2 for 6 months but we are also delighted to welcome back Design Team 1 to share their amazing talent with you. As you know we have two new members who, even though they shared some of their creations during the Mega Christmas challenge, are beginning their term here as full time members of the team today, so please take a moment to welcome Lis and Kimberly.

The design team have done a wonderful job and have created the following cards for your inspiration (please click on their names to visit their personal blogs):

Unwell – get well soon Maya x x

Michele

No card this week!

Nic

Vix

Stunning cards to start off the new year, I’m sure you’ll agree. We hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Hugs, Denise, Gina & DT x x

Week 129–Midway reminder for our Mega Christmas challenge

2011-12-20T09:00:00.000Z

Good morning crafters. Wow where did the last two weeks disappear to? We cannot believe it’s only 5 days until the BIG day – we’re sure you are all super organised and are now sitting back and relaxing waiting for the day to arrive (yeah fat chance of that lol!).

Well we are now half way through our Mega Christmas challenge and we have to say we are stunned by all your gorgeous cards. The theme is “celebrations” and don’t forget you still have until 3rd January 2012 to enter our challenge, although there is a maximum of 3 entries per person.

Before we show you the wonderful creations by Team 1 here is a quick reminder of the prizes up for grabs: