Tuesday 29 December 2009

Sketch # 31

Hi peeps xxx

Well, we all survived the big day and hopefully you got loads of giftage from the man in the red suit :) We are very nearly at the end of the year and 2010 is approaching fast!!!


Thank you to everyone who took part in last week's challenge - your thank you cards were just gorgeous xxx

So we need a winner for the £10 voucher and that is ....

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

49
Timestamp: 2009-12-29 14:34:14 UTC


It's Susie and you can see her card here. If you e-mail me chick I' ll sort out with Tracy about your prize :)


This week, as it's the last challenge of the month, it's time for our featured sponsor,

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And there is a whopping $25 up for grabs thanks to the very wonderful Heidi - thank you so much chick xxx

So what's the challenge?
Well regulars will know that it's sketch time and this week it's ..............




..... this one here !!!!

And we have a new guest design team for you, chosen by Mr Random Thing, and they are Carmen and Victoria. Welcome girlies and we hope that you enjoy your stay with us.

So without further ado, it's time to check out the team cards.


Carmen (GDT)
Victoria (GDT)


Victoria did 2 for us xxx



Donna

















Sharon



Dawny P



So those are our last cards of 2009 and we do hope you like them.

As always, if you get a spare sec, check out our individual blogs and see what else we've been up to.

And finally, it just remains for us to wish each and ever one of you a

very happy new year.
We hope yours is peaceful and full of craftyness xxx

Hugs to all xxxx


Tuesday 22 December 2009

Thank You xxx

Hi peeps xxx

Well, we are very nearly at the end of the year - one more challenge to go and the big day is approaching fast!!! Thank you to everyone who took part in last week's challenge - as always some fab work and some great takes on the old sketch xx

This week we do have a sponsor but it's a bit different cos it's me - I'm sponsoring the challenge. And the prize up for grabs is a voucher to spend with Tracy over at Dies to Die For to the value of

£10.00

So in keeping with the theme this week, our challenge is

Thank You

We'll all need 'em soon (hopefully) so we want to see your thank you cards. That's it - as the meerkat says, simples!!!

So here are our cards which we hope will inspire you.


Debi





Jill







We hope you like our cards and as always, do nip over an check out our individual blogs and see what else we've all been up to if you get a sec.

And all that remains for us to say is have a
very happy Christmas
and we'll see you next week. Hopefully good old Santa will struggle down the chimney or up your path with tons of crafty stashy prezzies for you all.



Huggiest of Christmas hugs to all xxx

Tuesday 15 December 2009

Sketch #30

Hi everyone.

It's so nice to be back in the land of Blog after my enforced absence and I must apologise for being late with thise post!!

Huge thanks to the wonderful Steph for getting it all sorted for me the last few weeks - I so appreciate her help xxxx

I'm catching up slowwwwwly but I am getting there so please bear with me until I'm properly sorted again lovely chicksters xxx

OK well last week there were some gorgeous non red and green cards and big thanks to everyone who took part. So from all of that fabulousness we need a winner and it is .....

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
22
Timestamp: 2009-12-15 16:15:40 UTC

.... it's AndreaM :)
Well done chick and if you e-mail me I will arrange to get your prize sorted.

Regarding the new GDT, I will be in contact with the peeps that Mr Random Thingie chose and we will announce them next week - once again thank you for bearing with me here xxxx

So onto this week.
We do have a sponsor for you but because of my techie probs, I am waiting for the pic to come over but if you keep checking back, it will be on here very soon (and thanks for your patience!!).

We also have another sketch for you and it's this one here ....

As always, please feel free to put your own interpretation on the sketch and you can resize and flip and rotate, but you must still be able to see the basic sketch there in your card :)

And without further ado, here are the team cards which I'm sure you will agree are just gorgeous.

Enjoy xxx



Jill




Dawny P

Steph


So that's what we did with the sketch and now it's over to you lovelies xxx

Have a great week - 25th will soon be here - and see you next Tuesday.

Don't forget to check out our individual blogs to see what we've all been up to, and also keep checking back here for the sponsor details - they will be on here soon.

Hugs to all xxx

Tuesday 8 December 2009

Red and Green must not be seen!


Hi everyone!
Just to let you know, Dawny's not here this week - she has a poorly PC! She sends her apologies and will be back at the helm and sharing her fab cards again very soon! :)
Thanks so much to all those who entered this weeks challenge - there were so many lovely cards!
I've used Random.org to pick a winner and this week it's number 51....
....thats Cassie! :)
If you could please email either Dawny or Steph, we'll get your details forwarded on for your prize! :)
Onto this weeks challenge! This week Dawny has set a Red and Green must not be seen challenge - so no red or green this week please! :)
The team have used images from this weeks sponsor,
they have some fab images so do go and check them out!
And the DT have done some lovely cards for this week too:
Do check out the individual blogs too if you get chance! :)

Steph



Mandy


Kim


Lorraine


Donna


Jill



Sharon


As usual please enter your details and a link to your card in the Mr. Linky below! (Mr. Linky may be added shortly, if he's not here though please add a link in the comments section! Thanks! :)

Guest Designers will be arranged once Dawny is back with us! :) Thanks everyone!

Tuesday 1 December 2009

Sketch #29

Hi everyone and hope all is well xxx

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last week - you seemed to enjoy the challenge and we had loads of entries, all of them fabulous :)

And from of all that fabulousness, we need a winner

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:40
Timestamp: 2009-12-01 12:50:21 UTC


Yes 'tis you Katie Tate, and if you e-mail me your details, I'lll pass them on to Heidi so you can go and choose your prize. Major thanks once again Heidi for sponsoring us xxxx.

And we are delighted to welcome a new sponsor to Papertake and this week it is the lovely Kimmie from


Here's a little bit about Kimmie and her gorgeous stamps -

"Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is a brand new Canadian stamp company which just opened in October! They feature images from artists Crissy Armstrong, Annie Rodrigue and Jean Grant and are both whimsical and quirky! You can find these deeply etched, unmounted rubber stamps online at their website or at many fine retailers all over the world!"

Kraftin' Kimmie is offering up a bundle of KKStamps for the winner of this week's challenge!!

So, we have another sketch for you this week and it is ....


....... this one here.

As always, please feel free to flip, rotate, re-size and generally do your own thing with the sketch and as long as we can still see the basic layout, then that will be fab xxx

This week, as well as our Guest Designer Lorraine, we are also joined by Kimmie, Tara and Andrea from Kraftin Kimmie.

And we have a bit of an annoucement girlies cos from next week, Lorraine has agreed to join us full time - well we couldn't let her go could we cos her work is just gorge - and we are so pleased to have her on board.

We are also going to be choosing our future guest designers every month from our challenge entrants, as it seems only fair that the girls who participate in our challenges should have a chance to join us.

So if you fancy having a go, just put GD after your name on Mr Linky and we will choose our next GDT from this weeks entries.

So enought waffle from me, let's have a look at the cardage -

Kim (Kraftin' Kimmie)


Tara (Kraftin' Kimmie)



Andrea (Kraftin' Kimmie)




Dawny P

So those are our cards and now it's over to you.

Don't forget to check out our individual blogs if you get a sec and catch up with what's been happening with us all.

Have a fab week and hugs to all xxx





Tuesday 24 November 2009

Christmas Crackers


Hi everyone and hope all is well xxx

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last week and as always there were some wonderful pieces of work and fabulous takes on the sketch.

And from of all that fabulousness, we need a winner

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:46
Timestamp: 2009-11-24 12:32:13 UTC

Well done Sue McClelland - you are our winner :)

EDITED - ooops, I forgot that this week we are having 2 winners, so our other lucky girlie is -

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:58
Timestamp: 2009-11-24 17:22:57 UTC

And well done Bella cos it's you,- and if you e-mail me YOUR details I'll pass them on to Peggy as well. Sorry about that peeps xxx

Big thank yous to Peggy for her sponsorship xxxx

And we have another fabulous sponsor this week and it's the turn of our featured sponsor, Heidi at ...

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And Heidi is offering a whopping $25 to spend in her store, and that's the full amount as she pays your shipping costs. As always, huge thank yous Heidi xxx


So what's our challenge?
Well as it's nearly the big day, we thought we'd like to see your fave Christmas cards this week so it's a bit of an open challenge, and it is

Christmas Crackers.

As always our fabulous girlies have weaved their seasonal magic, so without further ado, here's the cards peeps.

Lorraine (GDT)


Saskia (GDT)





Debi



Dawny P



So those are our faves and now it's ho ho ho-ver to you (sorry!!)

If you get a sec, don't forget to check out our individual blogs and see what else we've all been up to.

Have a great week and see you next Tuesday xxx