ABC Christmas Challenge

B for Bears and Bunting, Banners, Brads, Buttons, Bows or Blooms!

2012-01-25T07:30:00.005Z

Hi all it's me Samantha Hijacking Dorte's Post

I have some sad News I have to share with you
Lovely Delphine is having to leave us
she is Snowed under at the moment... and need to step out for a while.
We are Really sad to see her go! but wish her a chilled out time!
and we will be keeping an EYE on her blog for updates!

On Behalf of all ofthe ABC Christmas Teamies, please join us in wishing her all the best and
Hmmmm its bad news for us she is leaving and I twisted her arm! LOTS
and she has said she might be back for the odd Guest Design spot!
WE said or 2 or 5 tehehehe I'll Keep Bugging her! Promise!
:0)

After the sad news, I think you all need something
to cheer you up.

Dorte is here with this fortnight's challenge...but before we get on to that, please remember to check the sidebar to see if you are one of the lucky winners of one of our wonderful sonsors' prizes...or were picked in the Top for the 'A is for Anything Christmas Goes' challenge.

B is the letter, and the challenge title
is the longest I've seen in my life of blogging.

Bears with one or more from Bunting, Banners, Brads,
Bling, Buttons, Bows & Blooms Challenge.

We would like to se your Christmas creations with
a bear and one or more of the following b words;
bunting, banners, brads, bling, buttons, bows or blooms.

For this challenge we have to fabulous sponsors;

Our very own Lacey with Stamp and create

and a whopping prize
and
Bugaboo

Challenge Blog: http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/
fabulous Prize

The team was kindly given some images from Bugaboo
stamps to play with for the B challenge.
Thank you!

We are so happy having guest designers
from the Bugaboo team joining us today.

We've done a DT swap with some of the Bugaboo Stamp DT,
Samantha's and Helen's cards are beeing showcased
over on the Bugaboo Blog.

Are you ready for a lot of fabulous and inspirational cards?

Starting with the Bugaboo Stamps DT.

Lori - Christmas Teddy Ornament - Buttons

Sandye - Polar-Bear - Bows & Blooms

And now for the cards from the ABC Christmas Design team.

Samantha - Polar-Bear - Bunting & Bows

Helen - Christmas Teddy 2 Ornaments - Button & Bow

Lorraine- Bunting, Bling & Bows

Lacey- using a Wild Rose Studio design available through Stamp and Create

Dorte - Jesse Bear Angel-big star Bunting,button

Carissa - using a Bear with Brads and Blooms

Heidi - Bunting, Bow, Bling & Brads

Miria - Christmas teddy 2 ornaments
Bear, Buttons, Bow and ... Bell

Carol - Christmas Teddy Tree
Bear with Bunting & Brads

So now it's your turn.

Remember to follow the B theme,
and make a Christmas related project.

Please leave a direct link to your blog post,
it makes life easier for us when we are going to visit you.The challenge runs through Feb 7th at 6pm GMT.

Happy creating!

Dorte and the team.

A for Anything Goes - Half Way

2012-01-18T07:00:00.000Z

Hello stamping friends.

It's Lacey here with some more samples for our

Anything Christmas Goes Challenge!!

We are half way through the challenge.

You can see the original post here.

Céline from Stamp Fairy (one of our sponsors) using Barry Countdown to Christmas

Dora using Chubby Christmas Angel

Anita using Gingerbabies Candycanes

And now the ABC Christmas Challenge Team...

Helen

Miria

Dorte

Samantha

You can enter the challenge here.

A for Anything Goes!

2012-01-11T07:30:00.004Z

Happy New Year!

We hope you had a lovely holiday break. We sure did!
But we are excited to be back with a new year worth of challenges.

It's Lacey's turn to host the challenge but her Internet is down so it's Helen here helping out.

Before we get started on our new challenge, I just want to let you know of a couple of changes we're making...the lucky winners, and Top 3 cards will now be placed in the sidebar. Hopefully this will make sure that nobody misses out on their prizes, by making it easier for you to find out if you've won :0)

There is also now a page where the winners can find their blinkies & badges for their blogs, and a widget in the sidebar to email us to claim the prizes.

It's time to start back at the beginning of the alphabet, so this challenge is:

A for Anything Christmas!

We have 3 lovely sponsors this week so there are more chances to win!

Simon Says Stamp with a fab $15 voucher excluding postage.

Stamp Fairy

$10 Gift Certificate

Ribbon Girl

Mini Christmas Ribbon Kit WOW!

AWESOME prizes hu!!

We have some guest designers joining us for this challenge from the Ribbon Girl and Stamp Fairy DTs...so there's lots of inspiration for you:

Guest Designers:

Mary - Ribbon Girl

Andrea - Ribbon Girl

Stamp Fairy

Annette - Barry throughout the year (Jan)

Jackie - Molly throughout the year (Dec)

Jess - Barry Countdown to Christmas 1

And now for the cards from the ABC Christmas girls:

Samantha - Barry Countdown To Christmas

Helen - Barry Countdown to Christmas

Lorraine

Lacey
Dorte - George Candycanes

Delphine - Lenny Christmas Scenes

Carissa

Heidi

Miria - Molly winter

Carol - Button Christmas

Wow - I'm sure you're all feeling inspired to get started on this year's Christmas cards now...remember it's never too early! lol

This challenge closes on Wednesday 24th January at 6pm.
Leave us a direct link to your entry below...and always...make sure that your item follows a Christmas theme.
Have fun!

New Year...New Look!

2012-01-01T11:45:00.000Z

Happy New Year to all our lovely ABC Christmas Challengers!

Wishing you & yours a happy & healthy 2012!

The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed that we have a new blog header. It was created by our lovely Samantha, using photos of of each DT member's favourite ABC Christmas Challenge card of last year...thanks hunny we love it!

She's made us an 'Email Us' blinkie'...which you will find in the sidebar...should you need to contact us.

That's not all...she's made new blinkies for the lucky winners & Top 3 picks of this year's challenges, and she's made you all a shiny new blinkie for your blogs:

Copy the code from text box below, then add it to your blog by pasting it into an html gadget :0)

I've also placed this in the sidebar for you to grab and place on your blogs to help us spread the word, and get even more people prepared for Christmas this year!

There'll be a few other changes happening soon too...we do like to keep you on your toes! lol
Our winners & Top 3 picks will now be published in our sidebar...right at the top...so that hopefully you'll be able to find them more easily. We will also be placing the Winner's and Top 3 blinkies here on the blog, so that you can grab them for your blogs if you get lucky!

So, if one of your New Year's reolutions is to get ahead for this Christmas, don't pack away your Christmas craft stash...join in our fortnightly challenges, and we'll help take the stress out of Christmas crafting! Our first challenge this year will begin on January 11th...but before we kick off another tour through the alphabet, there's still time to join in with our last challenge of 2011...Z is for Zingy Colours...which runs until 6pm on January 10th.

Z for Zingy Colours - More Inspiration

2011-12-28T07:30:00.006Z

It's Helen here...I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones :0)

We're all Christmas crazy here at the ABC Christmas Challenge and I'm back to show you some more inspiration for our final challenge of 2011...where our theme is:

'Z is for Zingy Colours!'

I found this funny photo for some inspiration:

Lol...rainbow coloured turkeys!

We have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge...firstly our lovely Lacey & her store, Stamp & Create:

The prize from Lacey is a $20 voucher to spend at Stamp & Create!

Our other sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps:

Bugaboo Challenge Blog

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 of their fabulous digis!

Delphine

Helen

Miria

Samantha

This challenge is running until January 10th 2012...so there's plenty of time left for you to join in...it's never too early to start preparing for next Christmas! ;0)

Click here for even more zingy inspiration, and the linky for your entries.

Have a wonderful day

2011-12-24T22:05:00.003Z

Happy Christmas

xxx

Z is for Zingy Colours!

2011-12-21T07:30:00.006Z

WOWEE!!! It's Helen here...sorry to shout...but boy, did you all enjoy our last challenge...or what?! We had a record 508 entries! Guess you're all as excited about Christmas as us! :0)

Please don't forget to check this post to see if you're one of the lucky winners, or were chosen as part of the Top 3 10!

To make it easier to find the winners and Top 3, from January, we'll be posting them in the sidebar..we hate it when we have to redraw winners, or people lose out altogether on their prizes!
We'll making a few other changes too...Samantha has made us some wonderful new blinkies and banners, and also a new header for our blog...so we'll be having a little makeover in the New Year...and we have some fabulous new sponsors lined up for next year's challenges...I can't wait! lol

But before we can start to think about next year, we should get on with the final ABC Christmas Challenge of 2011...where our theme is:

'Z is for Zingy Colours!'

I found this funny photo for some inspiration:

Lol...rainbow coloured turkeys!

Our Challenge this time is going to run for 3 weeks so you have lots of time to play
and we have lots of time to get all the fabby challenges and blog ready for you for 2012...

We have two wonderful sposors for this challenge...firstly our lovely Lacey & her store, Stamp & Create:

The prize from Lacey is a $20 voucher to spend at Stamp & Create!

Our other sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps:

Bugaboo Challenge Blog

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 of their fabulous digis!

We've done a DT swap with some of the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps DT...so I'll be showing you a couple of their cards for this challenge, and Heidi's &Dorte's projects are being showcased over on the Bugaboo Blog.

Are you ready for some inspiration???

Starting with the Bugaboo Stamps DT:

Marilyn Webb

Tammy Miller

And now for the ABC Christmas Girls:

Carissa
Using 'Snowman Polka Scarf' from Bugaboo Stamps

Carol
Using 'Udderly Amazing' from Bugaboo Stamps

Dorte

Using 'JJ Calendar Months - January' from Bugaboo Stamps

Heidi
Using 'Knobbly Knees Christmas - Joy' from Bugaboo Stamps

Helen

Lacey

Image Coming Soon!

Lols

Miria
Using 'Winter Birds - Snowman' from Bugaboo Stamps

Samantha
Using 'Cupcake Ornaments' from Bugaboo Stamps

Now it's over to you...I'm sure you must be needing a last minute little something...or maybe somethings!...why not use some Zingy Colours and join in our challenge?!
This challenge will run for 3 weeks until 6pm on January 10th 2012...so even if you don't want to blog your project before the big day in case the recipient sees it...or maybe you want to get a head start on next Christmas!...there's plenty of time for you play along!

Please leave a direct link to your item with the linky below...and don't forget it must be Christmas themed!

Winner and top 10 from the Yippee Challenge

2011-12-21T07:00:00.003Z

Thank You to everyone who joined in with our 'Y' for YIPPEE Challenge , we had over 500 entries !! woo hoo !!

It was impossible to choose a top 3 so this week we have a top 10 to announce but first lets see who the lucky winners of the fabulous prizes from our lovely sponsors are ,,,,,

The lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp offered one lucky entrant

A $15 voucher to spend in her store (excludes shipping)

the winner of this voucher is
160 ,,,, Celine - Prize Claimed

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gave one lucky entrant a choice of 3 digi images

the winner of this prize is ,,
308 ,,,,,, Hazel- Prize Claimed

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has a fantastic selection of designs, Digital and Rubber stamps

Our winner will receive 3 digi stamps of their choice.

the winner of this prize is

53 ,,,, Dawn B - Prize Claimed

Congratulations Ladies :-) Please email us for details of how you can claim your prizes and your blinkies :-)

Choosing a top 3 was impossible so for this week we have a top 10 !! Woo Hoo !!

Please visit their blogs to see their gorgeous creations and leave some love :-)

17 Chrissy

25 Sally J

39 Kevin

50 Heidy

143 Julia

198 Kat

213 Jan R

276 Mary D

404 Jude

503 Meretekj

Congratulations to all :-)

Here is a special blinkie to add to your blog :-)

We will be back soon with the 'Z' for ,,.,,,,,, oops ,, nearly spilled the beans then ,,,, :-)

Merry Christmas to All

Y is for Yippee! More Inspiration

2011-12-14T07:30:00.001Z

Wowee - we have over 300 entries already...which I think must be a record for our challenge!

It's Helen here, with some more inspiration for our current challenge, where the theme is:

'Yippee - it's almost Christmas!'

(Anything Christmas goes)

We have a few FABULOUS sponsors this time!!

The lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky entrant

A $15 voucher to spend in her store (excludes shipping)

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who will give one lucky entrant a choice of 3 digi images

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has a fantastic selection of designs, Digital and Rubber stamps

Our winner will receive 3 digi stamps of their choice.

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We are joined again by one of Karen's Doodles designers:

Ginny

And from our regular DT:

You can find even more inspiration, and the linky for your entry on this post.

Y is for YIPEEE !!! Christmas is almost here !!! :-)

2011-12-07T08:00:00.037Z

Hi all and welcome to the penultimate challenge of the alphabet !! Only one more left after this !! IF you had been joining us for all the challenges then you will have at least 24 cards ready to post !! Woo Hoo !! :-)

The challenge for the next 2 weeks is ,,,,
Y for YIPPEE !!! :-)
Christmas is just a few days away and we know that everyone is very busy with preparations,, trimming the tree, baking cakes and pies etc etc ,,, so this time we have made it very easy for you to join in,, Anything Christmassy Goes !
We have a few FABULOUS sponsors this week !!
The lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky entrant
A $15 voucher to spend in her store (excludes shipping)

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who will give one lucky entrant a choice of 3 digi images
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has a fantastic selection of designs, Digital and Rubber stamps
Our winner will receive 3 digi stamps of their choice.
A warm welcome to Karens Doodles Designers
Shelby

and
Jerusha

and now for some inspiration from the ABC Design Team
Samantha

Helen

Lorraine

Lacey (just a sneak peek of a project for a later date)Dorte

Delphine

Carissa

Heidi

Miria

Carol

So now it's your turn !! Get out your glitter and glue, papers and crayons and join in :-)
Happy Crafting !!
Luv
Lols and the DT x x x

X for Xerox, Winners and top 3.

2011-12-07T07:30:00.000Z

It's Dorte here. Time to pick winners and top 3 from the

X for Xerox Challenge.

We had two lovely sponsores for the X challenge.
First up Digital Delights.

The prize from Digital Delights is
3 digital images.

And the lucky winner is

8 Maarit - Prize Claimed

Our second sponsor ....Bugaboo Stamps

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 free digis
of the winners choise.

The lucky winner is

22 Beth - Prize Claimed

Congratulations Crafters, please email us to claim
your prizes and blinkies.

Now for the X for Xerox top 3 in numerical order:

3. Laura W

13 Janice

18 Anne - Opps! sorry Anne we added the wrong photo!
tehhehee!! that's what happens when we get all excited about CHRISTMAS!! tehheehe :0)

Congratulations, Ladies. Please email us to claim your blinkies.

We'll be back soon with Y for Y..........?

Hope to be seeing you.
xxx

X is for Xerox, a mid-way reminder

2011-11-30T08:30:00.011Z

It's Dorte here back with some more inspiration from

my teamies for our current ABC Christmas Challenge.

X is for Xerox!

We want you to Xerox or CASE a card made by one
of the DT for any ABC Christmas Challenge in 2011.

You can Xerox

1.Layout
2.Papers
3.Image
or
4.Technique

Please show us a photo- or a link to the card you have Xerox'ed-
so we can see where and from whom your inspiration came.

For sponsor information and prizes, please take a look here.

Now on to my teamies beautiful cards.

Samantha's card

Samantha has CASEd Helens M for Monochrome card.

Mira's card.

Miria has used Samantha's fab layout from this card
from the M for Monochrome challenge.

Helen's card

Helen's inspiration came from Lol's I for Indigo and Ice challenge.

You can find more inspiration from the DT and the linky
for your entry on this post.

X for Xerox.

2011-11-23T08:00:00.000Z

Hi Crafters, Dorte here.

I'm going to guide you through this fortnight's challenge.

We don't have so many letters left!

(Except those of us using the Scandinavian alphabet,
we have Æ,Ø and Å also.
Strange letters for most of you, they don't count here!)

So today's letter is

X for Xerox!

It's not as hard as it sounds, I promise.

We want you to xerox one of our cards.

In other words CASE a card made by one of the
DT for any ABC Christmas Challenge in 2011.

Take inspiration from the layout, use the same technique,
or colours, or papers or the same image if you have it.

In the sidebar to the right you can
easily find links to all of this year's challenges.

In other words, what you have to do is to look through this year's challenges
and find a DT card you want to CASE.

When writing your post, we would like you to give
us a link to or a photo of the card you have xerox'ed,
so we can see where, and from whom your inspiration came.

Once again we have two fabulous sponsors

Digital Delights has an awesome selection of
digital images, papers and more.

and one random winner will receive 3 digital images of their choice.

Bugaboo Stamps with their funny and cute characters.

One lucky random winner can pick 7 free images.

Time to show you what we have Xerox'ed for this challenge.
I hope we can give you some inspiration.

We are so lucky having visitors from the Bugaboo DT.
Warm welcome to Cely and Jen joining in as Guest Designers.

I think they will appreciate some lovely words from you all.

Cely Smith

Cely has used Dorte's card for the H for Hotspot challenge as her inspiration.

Jen Leeflang
Jen's ard is based on Hedi's W for Winter Sport card.

And from the ABC Christmas Design Team:

Carissa xeroxed this card made by Lols
for the B for Black and White challenge.

Carol has used the layout from Samantha's V for Vintage.

Delphine's card is based on Carissa's Q for Quote card.

Dorte used Helen's layout from G for Girly.

Heidi CASE'd Lacey's N for No Nonsense card.

Helen made a card similiar to Carissa's A for Anything Goes.

Lacey xeroxing Heidi's W for Wintersport card.

Lols card is based on Carissa's C for Clean & Simple.

Miria using Helen's W Winter Sports as a guide.

Samantha have used elements from Delphine's I for Indingo challenge.

Now it's your turn.
Make a cup of coffee or tea, and browse through this year's challenges so far.

There is a wonderful selection of cards.
I'll bet you can find one or more to CASE.

We look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Remember your project has to be Christmas related.

The challenge runs trough Dec 6th at 6pm GMT.

Dorte and the team.

W is for Winter Sport Winners and Top 3

2011-11-23T07:00:00.005Z

Its time to pick the winner and Top 5 for our last Challenge Winter Sports.

We had a lot of lovely cards Sadly some did not qualify for the prizes but even those cards were awesome!

Sorry we had to delete some too!

Its only fair to the people that are following the rules and theme.

So then to the winners:

11 Jenni wins - Simon Says Stamp $15 Voucher - PRIZE CLAIMED

71 Katina wins - Stamp Fairy prize of 3 Digital images - PRIZE CLAIMED

Congratulations Ladies, please email us to claim your prize and blinkies.

And Now for the Top 5 this time we have…

44 Jane Allen

Congratulations, Ladies!! Please email us to claim your blinkies!

See you later for this fortnights challenge :0)

hugs Samantha and the Girls

W is for Winter Sports – Midway reminder

2011-11-16T07:00:00.002Z

Hi Everyone… well we are ½ way through our winter sports challenge and we have quite a few lovely entries so far,

You can enter the challenge HERE.

This is such a great challenge with lots of possibilities!
Here are some more creations for us and the Stamp Fairy DT for your inspiration...
Stamp Fairy Team

Sharon from Stamp Fairy

Chris from Stamp Fairy

Annette from Stamp Fairy

Gerda from Stamp Fairy

And now for our selection for you…
Helen

Heidi

Samantha

Miria

Now it's your turn!!!
You can find all of the information about the fabulous sponsors for this challenge, as well as the linky for your entry on this post.
Have fun and we look forward to seeing your creations
hugs Samantha :0)

W for Winter sports

2011-11-09T07:30:00.003Z

Hello Everyone wow we are really dashing through the letters now!
And we find ourselves at W this fortnight
It's me Samantha your host this time and I have some Awesome inspiration for you!
The Challenge theme I have chosen is W for Winter sports ie Skiing, Skating, Sledding,and as always our challenge is Christmas projects.

We have 2 brilliant sponsors this week ,,,

we have the fabulous Simon Says Stamp with a yummi $15 voucher

Some of our Designers have used stamps and lovely items that can be found at Simon Says Stamp.

We also have the brilliant Stamp Fairy - with a great 3 digital images of the winner's choice.

Gerda from stamp fairy has kindly given our Designers these below cute images
Barry Winter and the lovely Clementine Winter to get creative with.

I hope you're ready for the Designer's warm and fuzzy inspiration
cause they have blown me away!

We have the lovely Hazel as a Guest Designer this week she was our Unused Stash winner Guest Designer winner.

How lovely is her card!

We are also very lucky to have some of the girls from Stamp Fairy
they just had to come and play too.. YAY!

Celine

Deanne

Dora

Jess

Karen

And now our Team

ABC Design Team

Its me! Samantha

Helen

Lorraine

Lacey

Dorte

Heidi

Miria

Delphine

Carissa

Are you inspired?
I know I am! tehheee!

Please Don't forget to come back on the 16th November also to see

our ½ way inspiration post there will be lots more lovely inspiration on that post too!

So now its your turn and you have until the 22nd Nov 6pm GMT

Have fun!

Samantha and the team

V is for Vintage Winner and Top 5

2011-11-09T07:00:00.002Z

It's Lacey here! Time to pick the winner and Top 5 from the V is for Vintage Challenge.

Oh, my! There were so many lovely entries!!

We have two sponsors for the Vintage Challenge:

The Ribbon Reels is offering this lovely prize of yummy ribbon and lace...

Congratulations, Alli D.

And Crafty Emma's Store

With a £10 Voucher for her store.

Congratulations, Leah Ann Gast! - Prize claimed

Ladies, please email us to claim your prize and blinkies.

Well, I couldn't stop at a Top 3 - there were just too many lovely entries.

Therefore, this week, we will have a Top 5...

#3 Tina46

#6 Joan

#52 Kathrin aka Kruemel

#127 Marlies

#137 Meretekj

Congratulations, Ladies!! Please email us to claim your blinkies!

V is for Vintage mid-way

2011-11-02T07:00:00.000Z

Hello stamping friends!!

It's Lacey again, and I'm back with a mid-way Challenge post!

We are half way through the V is for Vintage Challenge.

You can enter the challenge here.

We're so excited with all of the wonderful Vintage entries we have seen so far!!

Such a fun challenge! And so many gorgeous cards! :-)

A few of the awesome Design Team have created more Vintage cards for your inspiration...

Samantha

Helen

Miria

Dorte
Lacey

Now it's your turn!!!

You can find all of the information about the fabulous sponsors for this challenge, as well as the linky for your entry on this post.

V is for Vintage

2011-10-26T07:01:00.003+01:00

Hello stamping friends!!

It's Lacey here and it's my turn to host the new challenge.

I can't believe we are already on V!!

V is for:

Vintage Christmas

We have two lovely sponsors this week:

The Ribbon Reel

Vintage Christmas yummi ribbon and lace Prize

And...

The lovely Emma at Crafty Emma's Store who is offering a £10 voucher to spend in her store.

I LOVE the look of Vintage cards. And I love making them.

I'm not sure why I don't make them more often!!

Now check out the wonderful inspiration from the fabulous Design Team...

Lacey

Samantha

Helen

Lorraine

Dorte

Delphine

Carissa

Heidi

Miria

Carol

Now it's your turn!!

The challenge runs through Nov 8th at 6pm GMT

U for Unused Stash - Winners & Top 5

2011-10-26T07:00:00.001+01:00

Wowwee - did you all love our 'U is for Unused Stash' challenge or what?!?!?!
I think it's safe to say that crafty blogland is full of hoarders of stash!!!
But, it was great to see you all using that precious...forgotten about...or new stash...you really kept us all busy commenting!!!

Ok...so on to the lucky winners...we had two fabulous sponsors for this challenge...first up Simon Says Stamp:

The prize is a $15 gift certificate to spend in the amazing Simon Says Stamp store!

The lucky winner of the Simon Says Stamp prize is:

#46 - Gillian - Claimed

And our second sponsor...Bugaboo Stamps!

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 free digis of the winner's choice...wowee!!!

The lucky winner of the Bugaboo Stamps prize is:

#203 - Karen - Claimed

Congratulations girls! Please email us to claim your prizes & blinkies.

So...now for our ~~Top 3~~...oops...I mean Top 5...there were so many wonderful entries I couldn't choose just 3!

In numerical order:

#3 - Bonnie O'Clair

#55 - Tracey Brossart

#109 - Nixe-Moni

#154 - teresa kline

#172 - Ellen

Congratulations ladies! Please email us for your Top 5 blinkie.

And...if that wasn't enough...I have a guest designer to announce:

#176 - kbrandy4

Congratulations Hazel - we loved all 3 of your entries...you had nearly as much unused stash as us! lol
Please email us so that we can get everything sorted for your Guest Designer spot.

Phew...what a long post! We'll be back soon with a fabulous new challenge for you :0)

U is for Unused Stash - More Inspiration

2011-10-19T07:30:00.001+01:00

It's Helen here, back with some more inspiration or our current ABC Christmas challenge:

'U is for Unused Stash'

We want to you use something that you haven't used before on your projects this time...it can be something you've been saving for a special card...you know...only taking it out occasionally to admire/stroke...or something you've just bought...there are lots of lovely new Christmas collections being released at the moment...or maybe there's something in your stash that you have for absolutely ages but have never got around to using...now is your chance!

We have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge...as it's our first challenge of the month, we have Simon Says Stamp:

The prize is a $15 gift certificate to spend in the amazing Simon Says Stamp store!

And...if that's not enough...we are excited to welcome a new sponsor to our challenges...Bugaboo Stamps!

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 free digis of the winner's choice...wowee!!!

Guest Designer - Jessica

Here's her 'unused stash':

And her lovely cheerfully coloured card:

And from the ABC Christmas DT:

Delphine

Here's her 'unused stash':

And her gorgeous card using 'Knobbly Knees - Christmas Joy' by Bugaboo Stamps:

Dorte

Here's her 'unused stash':

And her super cute card using 'Deacon Christmas - elf presents' by Bugaboo Stamps:

Helen

Here's my 'unused stash':

And my card:

Miria

Here's her 'unused stash':

And her really fun card using 'Kobbly Knees - Christmas Joy' by Bugaboo Stamps:

Samantha

Here's her 'unused stash':

And her adorable card using 'Deacon Christmas - candy cane' by Bugaboo Stamps:

Lacey (unused stash - new Magnolia stamp)

Judging by the number of entries so far...over 100 so far!...it would seem that you are as big a bunch of hoarders as we are! lol Thank you so much for coming to play with us this time...remember, there's no limit on the number of entries per person, and you're welcome to combine our challenge with as many as you like. So, if you've got some more unused stash lurking in your craft room, join us again and make another card...it's another one on the pile...and another chance at winning one of the fabulous prizes on offer! :0)

Don't forget, if you show us a photo of your 'unused stash' add 'GD' after your name in the linky, and you might win a Guest Designer spot on one of our future challenges! :0)

You can find the linky for your card...and even more inspiration on this post.