Wednesday 23 February 2011

Simon Says ,,,,, Coffee and Cream :-) + DT Call

We had an amazing lot of entries to our Make Your Own Embellishment challenge and I know myself and the DT are keen to have a go at several of them !! THANK YOU for all your fabulous entries and we will be back soon with a lucky winner !! :-)

Before moving on to this weeks challenge we would like to welcome Dawny P aka Pink Piggy to the team !! Woo Hoo !! I am sure you all know Dawny and how fabulous her cards are :-) We are thrilled to have you join us Dawny :-) xx

ALSO we are welcoming Cathy aka Ellieskeepers Creations as a Designer in the Spotlight !! Cathy has agreed to join us for a month, I am sure you will all know Cathy's blog too ,, fantastic talent !! :-) We are thrilled to have you back with us Cathy :-) xx

Please pop over to their blogs to leave a comment :-)

Now for the challenge ,,,,the theme for the next week is ,,,,,,,

COFFEE AND CREAM
a nice easy one ,,, just make sure you add some brown and cream to your creation :-)

This week most of the DT have used Whiff Of Joy stamps, if you have them we would love to see you use them, but it isn't a requirement to join in :-)

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !! and with all the fab new goodies arriving daily HOT from the CHA there is masses to choose from !! See the NEWEST stuff on the All New Just In Page

For fabulous tutorials and the chance to win some fabby blog candy you really need to keep a close eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too :-) ,,,,, hint !!


Now for some inspiration from the team :-)


Designer in the Spotlight CATHY










HEATHER



CHRISTINE














MANDY










KATHY




So now it's your turn !! We look forward to seeing what creations you make !!:-)

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We are looking for a new designer to join our fab team :-) If you are interested in being considered please add DT after your name on your entry :-) Good Luck !!



Winner of the Make you own Embellishment Challenge

Thanks for all your entries to our Make your own Embellishments Challenge :-) Who is the lucky winner ,,,,,,,,

Here are your random numbers:

188

Timestamp: 2011-02-23 10:00:56 UTC


The lucky girl this week is Crafty Chris ,,,,, ! Congratulations Chris :-) please email us so we can explain how you can claim your prize :-)

luv
Lols and the DT :-) x x x

Wednesday 16 February 2011

Simon Says......Make Your Own Embellishment !

Wow, thank you so much to everyone who joined in with our "Anything But a Card" challenge last week. We saw an amazing aray of fantastic projects !

This week, our challenge is
MAKE YOUR OWN EMBELLISHMENT !


As usual our lovely boss Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 spree to her Simon Says Stamp store. New goodies are arriving everyday in the store so there is no better time to take part and be in with a chance of winning our fantastic prize !!!


Here are our fabulous Design Team's creations to inspire you







LOLS





CHRIS


JO






MANDY




DOMI

















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Thanks for your co-operation with this :-) xx

Jo and the Simon Says Challenge DT x





Tuesday 15 February 2011

Winner of the Anything But a Card Challenge :-)

Thank you for all your fabulous entries to the Anything But a Card Challenge,, you are a talented lot !!! We had a wonderful time seeing all your creations !! :-)

Pressing the button ,,, who is the lucky winner of the $50 voucher ???? ,,,,

Here are your random numbers:

135

Timestamp: 2011-02-16 11:01:22 UTC

Congratulations Crystal D :-) You have won !!!! :-) Please email us so we can explain how you can claim your prize !! :-)

luv
Lols and the DT x x x

Wednesday 9 February 2011

Simon Says ,,,,,, Anything But a Card :-)

Good Morning everyone, we hope you are all well and ready for our new challenge.

Firstly I'd like to introduce you to a new member of our team
Kathy Racoosin who is also a designer for Penny Black. You probably all know her but just in case you don't her blog is here........The Daily Marker..........pay her a visit and see her wonderful creations.

Wow - you certainly felt the 'Love in the Air' last week - we had an amazing amount of entries and it was fabulous to see your wonderful 'takes' on the love theme.

This week we would like to see ANYTHING BUT A CARD and the Design Team are featuring Tim Holtz so if you have any Tim Holtz products we would love to see them.

As usual our lovely boss Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 spree to her Simon Says Stamp store and with all the goodies arriving soon from the CHA there will be loads of brand new goodies to choose from too !!!




Tim Holtz made this tag at the CHA as a demo using Distress Stain, his new Papillon stamp set,an ideology Plaquette and a Pen Nib the Ribbon is from Tim's ideology range too.




Here are our fabulous Design Teams creations to inspire you


( TH Grunge board, TH Sizzix Alterations "Heart Wings", Distress Ink, Rock Candy Distress Stickles, Penny Black Background stamp)




(Lost and Found Paper Stack, Tag, Distress Inks, Die Cut Grungeboard, Mask, Stamps, Game Spinners, Film Strip Ribbon)

(Tim Holtz Retro Grunge DP, Grunge paper, sentiment stamp)












( Tim Holtz Stamp,X-RAY, Distress Inks, Tag)



Tim Holtz Fabulous Flourishes stamps, Distress Inks Idealogoy crown, flower and leaves.






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Thanks for your co-operation whith this :-) xx

Cristiana's email entry





We have just received this lovely email entry from Cristiana :-) Thank you,, it is a beautiful Valentine wall decoration :-)

Please leave comments for Cristiana on this post :-)

luv
Lols and the DT xx

Tuesday 8 February 2011

almost 600 entries !!!!! :-)

Hi all :-) We have almost reached 600 entries this week !!!! Wooo Hooo !!! thank you for all your entries, if you have made a 'LOVE' card/creation in the past week and haven't linked it ,,, what are you waiting for !!! :-) YOU might be the lucky winner of a $50 spree to the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store !!

thanks so much to you all for joining in :-)

luv
Lols and the DT :-) x x x

Winner of the Love is in the Air Challenge :-)

Oh WOW !!! we had an amazing 623 entries last week ,,, we hope you all join us again this time too for our Anything But a Card Challenge ,,,, treat yourself and make somrething for YOU !! :-)

OK ,,,, I have just pressed the button ,,,,,

Here are your random numbers:

235

Timestamp: 2011-02-09 15:05:43 UTC



the lucky winner is Liz from Buttons for Brains :-) Congratulations !! Please email us so we can explain how you claim your prize :-)


luv

Lols and the DT :-) x x x