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Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Challenge 5 - Love & Friendship

vUPDATE: I noticed that I initially left off a couple of the DT's cards as I didn't realise I hadn't added their cards to this post. I just wanted to say I'm really sorry and I've added your cards back onto the post now, how ditzy am I?! Sorry about that!

Hi everyone! Welcome to Challenge 5! Thanks for all your beautiful entries last month, we really enjoyed coming to see what you'd come up with to keep warm!

OK, first of all, the winner of the Smirk stamps, ribbon and alphabet stickers is:


Congratulations Jan! Please email Georgia at: gwelch96@googlemail.com with your home address, so your goodies can be posted out to you!




For this month's challenge, seeing as this is the month of Valentine's Day, we would like to see you incorporating love or friendship into your card/project.

There is an optional extra this month of hearts, to go with the Love & Friendship theme, but remember that the optional extra is not compulsory.





This month, we are being sponsored by our very own Ruth, who owns her own stamping range, which you can view either on her blog, A Passion For Cards, or at her exclusive stamp blog, A Passion For Stamps, where she has a display of all her stamps for sale and cards made by her Design Team. Also, even if you don't win this challenge, check out Ruth's blog as she is currently running a Buy-One-Get-One-Free sale! Be sure to check out Ruth's gorgeous cards on her blog too, her images are so lovely!


Ruth is offering two of her stamps for one lucky winner - good luck!



Finally, our Guest Designer this month is Fern, from My Crafty World. Fern has only just turned twelve and makes absolutely stunning cards - when you see her cards, you will find it hard to believe that she only discovered stamping in 2009 - her work is simply gorgeous and her blog is well worth a look!



Here are our cards for your inspiration:



















Jane




Claire



Donna







Lisa



You have until 8:00pm on Thursday 4th March 2010. Don't forget to tune in again on Friday 5th March to find out the lucky winner of Ruth's prize! :)


Thanks for entering and have fun!




xxxx

Wednesday, 30 December 2009

Challenge 4 - Keeping Warm

Hello! Welcome to Challenge 4 of the Crafty Calendar Challenge. We hope you all had a great Christmas, and Happy New Year today! Here's our first challenge of 2010!

We had our biggest amount of entries yet for the 'Winter Sparkle' challenge - we're guessing that bling and sparkle is pretty popular in blogland! :)


OK, here is the randomly chosen winner of Challenge 3. The winner of the £20.00 gift voucher for Quixotic Paperie is...


Mary from 'My Scrap Happy Life'!

Congratulations Mary! Please email me (Georgia) at: gwelch96@googlemail.com and we can sort out your gift voucher!

For the fourth challenge, the theme is 'Keeping Warm'. January is such a cold, bleak month, so for this challenge, we would like to see warm colours used in your cards and projects, and if you like, images that are associated with keeping warm.
There is an optional extra of 'texture'. To show even more warmth on your creatios, you could add texture to your card/project, such as ribbon, fur, raffia, flowers, feathers, you name it!
But please remember that the optional extra is not compulsory.


This month, I (Georgia) am sponsoring the challenge. I am offering the winner of this challenge two Smirk stamps, some alphabet stickers and two ribbon coils!




Finally, our Guest Designer this month is Marianne, at Marianne's Craftroom!

Marianne, makes a range of such beautiful cards and her blog is a great inspiration for crafters! She has also been Guest Designing at Winter Wonderland Challenge, and Moving Along With The Times, so you can also pop over and view her stunning creations there!





Here are our cards for your inspiration:
















Claire






Liz












Jane




Kim






Laura


You have until 8:00pm on Thursday 4th February 2010 - the winner of Tracy's prize will be announced when Challenge 5 goes live on Friday 5th February 2010.


Thank you for entering, Happy New Year from all of us, and best of luck! :)



xxxx