Challenge 68 and winners of 67

Hi Susan here....


A BIG thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge - Happy Birthday', the quality of design and work was outstanding.
I have entered all into the Random Generator and below are the winners....


The winner of the £10 gift certificate from Joanna Sheen is #91 Allisa
The winner of my guest spot here at LC's is #126 Catherine


CONGRATULATIONS, please contact me, Susan, details in the sidebar and I will arrange your prize and guest spot.


Please note....You will have until the end of the current challenge to contact me for your prize, due to time constraints we cannot contact you....it would be a shame to miss out on your prize!


Our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is the marvellous Cropstop.com who will be offering a $15.00 gift certificate to spend in their store.

If you're passionate about paper-crafting whether it be scrapbooking your memories, making cards or altered art, Cropstop is your one-stop solution. We offer an extensive selection of dies, embossing folders, inks, stamps and punches by all the popular manufacturers and  the Cropstop die and embossing folder storage solutions Pocketz Pages* to keep everything organized. Our selection of embellishments and adhesives is continually expanding and we are excited to be the hold of the colorful Ribbon Candy*.
Cropstop ships internationally as well as domestic. Our personalized customer service is only one of our strengths. Call or come visit us at www.Cropstop.com and see what's new in the world of paper-crafting.




Right let us get on with our new challenge.....due to the time of the year and everyone is thinking about sun, sea, sand and holidays we have decided the theme for this challenge should reflect that, so......


'At the Beach'

We want to see on your creations anything to do with the beach, we would like you to reflect the sun, sea and sand infact anything to do with holidays at the beach!!
You can produce tags, cards, bookmarks, 3D items, scrapbook pages anything as long as the beach theme is followed throughout your design.

Do you need inspiration for this challenge, then look no further....my fabulous design team have again out-done themselves and produced some amazing creations for you. Call across to their individual blogs and read how they made their creations and don't forget to leave them some love.

Barbara: Using Splashing funtime Ollie

Glenda: Using one of her own images

and Happy Birthday Sentiment

Helen: Using Splashing Funtime Ollie Duck

Jo: Using Melody Mermaid

Julie: Using Can I go again, Paulo Bear

Sandra: Using Melody Mermaid

Sue: Using Melody Mermaid

Susan: Using Splashin Funtime Ollie Duck

Tracy Mo: Using Melody

"A few things to remember"

Please link your designs to the Inlinkz below, also NO backlinking to older posts, we love you see your new designs.

Please feel free to join in any other challenges with your design, best of all have fun!

Don't have a blog...no problems....email me, Susan, contact details in the sidebar, I will then add your creation to the challenge.

Happy crafting and good luck
Susan and my fabulous design team
xxx

Challenge 67 and winners of 66

Hi Susan here...

Well for everyone here in Britain I hope you enjoyed all the festivities for the Jubilee, shame about the weather but that's the British summertime for you!
Thank you to everyone who joined in the last challenge 'for the man/boy in our lives', so many clever people out in blogland, your designs were so inspirational, and I am so glad that it is the job of the Random Generator to find winners, because I would never be able to!
Anyway, I have put the numbers through the generator and it has come up with the following fabulous winners....

The winner of the $15.00 gift certificate from Cropstop.com is #39 Viv
The winner of my guest spot is #152 Dots Dabbles


CONGRATULATIONS....contact me, Susan, details in the sidebar and I will sort out your prize and guest spot details for you.

Please note, it is up to yourselves to contact me for your prizes, time restraints mean that I cannot contact you. You have until the end of the current challenge it would be a shame to miss out on your prizes.

Our sponsor for this challenge is the fabulous Joanna Sheen 
who is offering the winner £10.00 gift certificate.




And so it's now time for the new challenge....
I have decided to make this challenge a really easy one for everyone, the theme is....

'Happy Birthday'

Yes...that's it, as easy as that, you can make a card, scrapbook page, 3D item, tag, bookmark the choice is yours, it can be for male or female, child or adult etc... As long as it's a birthday theme that is fine with us.


If you need inspiration for this challenge then look no further than my very talented design team....they have produced some amazing work below for you to take a look at.
We also have two guests this time, the winner of our guest spot and also a young lady of 10 years, who is very talented as you will see.
Please call across to their individual blogs and take a look at their work, don't forget to leave them some love while you're there.

GUEST Designer Shruti using Elaina

Barbara: Using Happy Birthday Sentiment

Chrizette: Using Roxi

Glenda: Using Cassidy 
and Happy Birthday Sentiment

Helen: Using Roxi

Jo: Using How do you sentiment

Julie: Using an image of her own

Sandra: This is the first creation using Ladybug Flowers

The second one from Sandra is using Roses

Sue: Using Ladybug flower

Susan: Using Happy Birthday Sentiment

Tracy Mo: Using Ellie blowing bubbles

My special junior guest Rebecca Using Cassidy

"A few things to remember"

Please link your design to the Inlinkz below and not your blog, also NO backlinking to older posts, we like to see your new designs.

Please feel free to join in any other challenges with your creation, but most of all Have Fun.

Don't have a blog....don't worry...send me, Susan, details in the sidebar, your creation and I will join it to the challenge.

Best of luck, happy crafting...

Love Susan and my talented design team

xxxx

This is an email entry by Jo Panzera  

Challenge 66 and winners of 65

Hi Susan here....

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge 'Black and White plus one other colour', I think this challenge was a little difficult to understand for quite a few but the standard of your designs was amazing.

I have used the Random Generator again to make things fair for levels of experience.

The winner of the 5 digi images from Fairy Dust Crafts is #28 Hannelie

The winner of my guest spot is #42 Shruti

CONGRATULATIONS....please contact me, Susan, details in the sidebar and I will arrange your prize and guest spot details.

Please remember to contact me before the end of this challenge for your prizes, we cannot contact you individually due to time constraints and it would be a shame not to collect your prizes.

I have some sad news today, NanaConnie one of my very talented Design Team has decided to step down due to work commitments. I have loved everyone of NanaConnies creations that she designed for the blog and I am going to miss her, but I would like to wish her all the very fondest of wishes for a bright and shiny future in her new job. Don't forget us and come back to visit often!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Cropstop.com

We are very lucky to a this special sponsor, and we are sure you will be impressed by what they have to offer at their store, we are!

The winner of this challenge will receive a $15.00 gift certificate.

 Cropstop.com

If you’re passionate about paper-crafting whether it be scrapbooking your memories, making cards or altered art, CropStop is your one-stop solution. We offer an extensive selection of dies, embossing folders, inks, stamps and punches by all the popular manufacturers and the CropStop die and embossing folder storage solutions Pocketz Pages™ to keep everything organized.  Our selection of embellishments and adhesives is continually expanding and we are excited to be the home of the colorful Ribbon Candy™. 

CropStop ships internationally as well as domestic. Our personalized customer service is only one of our strengths. Call or come visit us at www.CropStop.com and see what’s new in the world of paper-crafting.   

Now let's get onto our new challenge...

Here in England Fathers Day is coming soon this month so we have decided that the men/boys in our lives must be celebrated, not just for Fathers day but also for birthdays or for anything special that needs them to be shown how we feel about them. So for this challenge we are going to be thinking about the men in our lives, whether they are our Father, brother, son, boyfriend, husband or just a friend, our theme this time is.....

'For the man/boy in our lives'

You can make whatever you want for this challenge, card, tag, bookmark, 3D item, scrapbook page you decide.....as long as it has a male theme that will be acceptable. It can be for any occasion you want it to be for.

If you need any help with inspiration for this challenge then look no further....below my design team have outdone themselves again and have produced some fabulous work, check them out at their individual blogs and leave them some love while you're there, we all love having comments left about our work.

GUEST Designer Carol Using Slugs and Snails Sentiment

Barbara: Using Golfer Max

Chrizette: Using JT

Glenda: Using JT

Helen: Using Footie Ali

Jo: Using Footie Ali

Julie: Using Golfer Max

NanaConnie: Using Monkeying Around

This is NanaConnies last creation for us

Sandra: Using JT

Sue: Using Little Devil

Susan: Using Footie Ali

Tracy Mo: Using Dino

"A few things to remember"

Please link your creation to the Inlinkz below and not your blog, no backlinking to older posts, we want to see your new creations.

Please feel free to join in any other challenges with your entry, but most of all 'Have Fun'.

Don't have a blog....don't worry, email me, Susan, contact details in the sidebar, with a photo of your creation and I will add it to the challenge.

Best of luck..happy crafting
Love Susan and my talented design team.
xxx

Challenge 65 and winners of 64....

Hi Susan here....

A massive thank you for all who entered our last challenge 'Lace and/or ribbon', the quality and standard of the entries was amazing, I have said it before but there are some very talented people out in blogland!!

I am just so glad that I put my trust in the Random Generator because I would have found it so hard to pick one winner let alone two!!

Anyway here we go what you are all waiting for the chosen winners are....

The lucky winner of the $15.00 gift certificate from Cropstop.com is #4 Viv

The lucky winner of my special guest spot is #31 Carol

CONGRATULATIONS to you both. Please contact me, Susan, details in the sidebar, and I will arrange your prize and guest spot details.

Please remember to contact me before the end of this challenge, we can't contact you individually because of time restraints, and it would be a shame if you didn't collect your prize!!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Fairy Dust Crafts

The lucky winner will receive 5 digi images of their choice from the store.

Now on to our new challenge....

This is a really good challenge, one that might prove a challenge to some but easy for others....the theme is

'Black and White plus one other colour'

This simply means that the main colour of your creation must be black and white.....but we want to see ONE other colour on your card, tag, bookmark, scrapbook page etc. and nothing else......your creation will only be acceptable with one more colour added to it other than black and white.

If you are in any doubt about what to do take a look at the fabulous creations below from my amazing design team, their designs will inspire you for this challenge I am sure!

Don't forget to call across to their blogs and leave them some love.

GUEST Designer Laine Using
Ellie Blowing Bubbles

Barbara: Using Precious Friend Sentiment and Ladybug Flower

Chrizette: Using Biker Chic Chloe

Glenda: Using Roxy

Helen: Using Bug 1

Jo: Using Baby Ladybug

Julie: Using one of her own images and Precious Friend Sentiment

NanaConnie: Using Ballerina Trio

Sandra: Using Roses

Sue: Using Baby flying ant

Susan: Using DIY Butterfly and The Gift Sentiment

Tracy Mo: Using Ching Lan

"A few things to remember"

Please link your creation and not your blog to the Inlinkz below, no linking to older posts please, we love to see your new creations.

Feel free to join in any other challenge with your entry, but most of all have fun!

Don't have a blog......don't worry, just email me, Susan, contact details in the sidebar and I will add your entry to the challenge.

Best of luck...happy crafting

Love Susan and my talented design team.

xxx