Week 758 - Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends; we hope you’ve had a great day so far.  We’re back to announce our lucky Winner and Top 5 Passionista for last week’s ‘for a child' challenge.  Thank you so much for the lovely entries; as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’ll be announcing Sarah'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 All Dressed Up Stamps and they offered one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice from their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 22

Melanie H.

Congratulations Melanie what a fun card. The images are so cute and your colouring is fantastic. Please email us at [email protected] with you choice of images and we will arrange for them to be sent to you. We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Sarah had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations. It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Chrissyxx

Gail K.

Julie Beech

Marjeta Gomboc 

Melanie H. (must be your lucky week)!

Congratulations everyone, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs. If you need any help with this please email us at [email protected].

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to join in with our current 'make it masculine' challenge - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 758 - for a child

Good morning lovely crafters, we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for all your gorgeous entries into last week’s ‘include a flower’ challenge.  It was lovely to have you join us and as always the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and seeing your beautiful creations.  Please remember to come back later as we will be announcing our winner of the 2 images courtesy of Leann's World 101 and also revealing who Linda has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.  

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Sarah from Team 1, and she has given us the fantastic theme of ‘for a child'. Sarah doesn’t mind what you make this week as long as it's suitable for a child (or baby); it can be for any occasion you choose.  Such a brilliant theme, don't you agree and we can’t wait to see what you make.  Just remember your entry must include a hand-coloured image to be eligible for the prize draw; so grab your markers and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is All Dressed Up Stamps and they are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice from their online store.  All of the DT have used images from All Dressed Up stamps  on their creations this week.

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):

Sarah

(using ADU image 'birthday girl')

Sue

(using ADU image 'it's snowing')

Lisa

(using ADU image 'puddle ducks')

Lorraine

On an extended break 

Marie

(using ADU image 'puddle ducks')

Marlene

(using ADU image 'toad stall')

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.

Stay safe and sending our love to you all.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 746 - Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends; we hope you’ve had a great day so far.  We’re back to announce our lucky Winner and Top 5 Passionista for last week’s ‘use a die' challenge.  Thank you so much for the lovely entries we had; as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’ll be announcing Sarah'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 Dies to Die For  and they offered one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in  their online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 7

Jane Savage

Congratulations Jane, what a beautiful tag. The image is adorable and your colouring is fantastic. Please email us at [email protected] and we will arrange for your voucher code to be sent to you. We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Sarah had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations. It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Aimeslee

Jane Savage (must be your lucky week!)

Jm

Katrina Bufton

Poydan Kulmalla Napertelija

Congratulations everyone, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us at [email protected].

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to join in with our current 'favourite colours' challenge - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 746 - use a die

Good morning lovely crafters; we hope you all had a fantastic week last week.  Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week's 'add a number' challenge.  It was lovely to have you join us and as always the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and seeing your beautiful creations.  Don’t forget to pop back later to find out who won the 3 digi images courtesy of The Paper Shelter and also who Linda has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Sarah from Team 1, and she has given us the theme of ‘use a die'.  Sarah doesn’t mind what you make this week as long as you include a die cut panel or shape on your creation.  There are so many lovely dies around so we cannot wait to see all your gorgeous entries. Such a brilliant theme, don't you agree; we can’t wait to see what you make. Don't forget you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card but whatever you make please remember you must include a hand coloured image to be eligible for our prize draw.  So come on, grab your markers, and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Dies to Die For and they are offering one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in their online store.  

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):

Sarah

Lisa

(no card this week)

Lorraine

Marie

Marlene

(no card - is on her holiday)

Sue

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.

Stay safe and sending our love to you all.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 733 - Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends; we hope you’ve had a great day so far.  We’re back to announce our lucky Winner and Top 5 Passionista for last week’s ‘monochrome' challenge.  Thank you for all your lovely entries; as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’ll be announcing Sarah'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 Dies to Die For and Tracy offered one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher in spend in her online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 11

Hazel (Didos)

Congratulations Hazel, what an fab CAS card.  Your snowman is so cute and your colouring is fantastic.  We have a new email address so please contact us at [email protected] and we will arrange for your voucher code to be sent to you.  We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Sarah had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations.  It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Chrissyxx

Eve

Hazel (Didos) - must be your lucky week!

Katrina Bufton

Lolo

Congratulations everyone, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us at [email protected].

Unfortunately we have had to redraw another winner for Week 729. As always we used random.org.  

For the Polkadoodles prize of 3 digi images - the lucky re-drawn winner is:

No. 6

Bettascrap

Congratulations Betta, your fun fold card is beautiful and the image is so sweet. Please email us (address above) and let us know which images you would like from Polkadoodles and we will arrange for them to be sent to you.  

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to join in with our current challenge ‘use a die’ - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 733 - monochrome

Good morning lovely crafters; we hope you all had a fantastic week last week and your Easter weekend was fun.  Thank you for your gorgeous entries into last week's 'use 3 of anything' challenge.  It was lovely to have you join us and as always the DT had a brilliant time visiting your blogs and seeing your beautiful creations.  Don’t forget to pop back later to find out who won the 2 digi images courtesy of Leann's World 101 and also who Linda has chosen as her Top 5 Passionista.

Onto the new challenge, which has been set by Sarah from Team 1, and she has given us the theme of ‘monochrome (for those of you unsure what that means the definition is ‘a photograph or picture developed or executed in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour’).  So in other words Sarah would like you to create something using predominantly hues of one colour.  You can of course use skin/hair colours and neutral colours but we want your creation to be basically shades of one colour.  Don't forget you can enter using any type of creation, it doesn’t have to be a card but whatever you make please remember you must include a hand coloured image to be eligible for our prize draw.  So come on, grab your markers, and have fun!

Our generous sponsor this week is Dies to Die For and Tracy is offering one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in her online store.   

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):

Sarah

Lisa

Lorraine

Marie

Marlene

Sue 

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.

Stay safe and sending our love to you all.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x

Week 721 - Winner & Top 5 Passionista

Hello again friends; we hope you’ve had a great day so far.  We’re back to announce our lucky Winner and Top 5 Passionista for last week’s ‘use a stencil’ challenge.  Thank you for all your lovely entries; as always the DT had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  I’ll be announcing Sarah'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 Di's Digi Stamps and Di offered one lucky winner a £6.00 voucher to spend in her online store.  As always we used random.org and he chose:

No. 5

Chris

Congratulations Chris, what a sweet card.  Your image is adorable and your stencilled clouds look fab.  Please email us at [email protected] with your choice of images and we will arrange for them to be sent to you.  We hope you will proudly display our winners badge on your blog:

Now onto the Top 5 Passionista and Sarah had a wonderful time visiting your blogs and seeing your amazing creations.  It was a really tough decision but after much deliberation here are her favourite 5:

Lorraine Lowe

Melanie H.

MeSi

Renske Neutel

Wendy Waldorf

Congratulations everyone, you can now proudly display the top 5 passionista blinkie on your blogs.  If you need any help with this please email us at [email protected].

We hope you all have a wonderful week and find some time to join in with our current challenge ‘dots and/or stripes’ - full details in the post below.

Stay safe and keep on crafting.

Hugs, Denise, Gina and DT x x