D for Distress it! ½ way Reminder

Hi Everyone, It's me Samantha with our ½ way reminder post!

We are getting towards the end of February and some of you are keeping up with the challenge but a lot of you are M.I.A .… Come on just think of that HUGE pile of cards you will have ready for Christmas if you play along each Challenge.

Also a gentle Nudge reminder about Word Verification

Word Verification is a huge headache please help by switching it off! if you don’t know how to check or how to turn it off CLICK HERE

SO then our theme D for Distress it!

The 2 Fabulous Sponsors are:

Sweet Stamp Store

Prize of a $10.00 Gift Certificate to spend in the Sweet Stamp Store.

and

The awesome Karen's doodles

Prize 3 digis from Karen's doodles shop.

Our Special Guest Designer Hazel

side view

Linda From Sweet Stamp Store Design Team

Jerusha From Karen's doodles Design Team

ABC Christmas Challenge Designers

Helen

Miria

and here is mine (Samantha)

Lacey

Over to you we are looking forward to seeing more of your fabulous creations, You can find the original post and Linky HERE.

D for Distress it!

Hi Everyone, It's me Samantha,

Firstly I have some housekeeping that WE really need your HELP!

Please Check your blogs for Word Verification!
Please can you turn it off! Blogger has changed to this new one above and its terrible you can hardly read the words and for me being Dyslexic its a nightmare! Its a real pain to try and figure the letters and so time consuming for the whole of our Design Team, Please help us beat the Word Verification headache by switching it off! if you don’t know how to check or how to turn it off

CLICK HERE

I hope you had fun with our last Challenge C for Charming and you know what We LOVED your creations…. remember to check the sidebar to see if you are one of the lucky winners and there are 3 winners of all the wonderful sponsors' prizes... Also see who Miria chose for her Top 3 picks.

Well did you think that the last Challenge was easy?

Yes?

Well guess what.... So is this challenge for the next fortnight!

I am the Host and I choose......

D for Distress it!

as our Theme.

We have 2 Fabulous Sponsors this time:

Sweet Stamp Store

Prize of a $10.00 Gift Certificate to spend in the Sweet Stamp Store

Sweet Stamps manufactures artistic rubber stamps on cling cushion for use with acrylic blocks. We carry a variety of stamping and paper crafting goodies like our own Shades dye inks, metal embossing plates, embossing folders, cutting & embossing dies (Cheery Lynn, Marianne, Joy! and Nellie's), fine detail embossing powders, specialty cardstock and vellum along with supplies for parchment crafting.

And we have the awesome Karen's doodles

There is a fantastic selection of designs, Digital and Rubber stamps,

and our winner will receive 3 digis from Karen's doodles of their choice.

We have a Very special Guest Designer

Hazel she was our winner a few months ago and the sponsor did not get back to her with her prize :0( Hazel told us not to worry about it and it did not matter!
well we were very sad as the Sponsor let not just us down but her also.
needless to say we wont be asking this sponsor to sponsor again :(
ANYWAY!!!

We have invited her to be our Special Guest this time and I have to say she is a LOVELY lady and your in for a treat! her card and blog is fabulous so stop by her blog make sure you stop by her blog too and check our her inspirational creations.

Hazel is using Santa Christmas

Guest Designers from Sweet Stamps

Bonnie Brown

Joni Mastronardi

Guest Designers from Karen's Doodles

Krista using Skating Girl

Lisa Using Carolers

Our Design Team

Samantha using Bigsby Cookies

Helen

Lorraine

Lacey

Dorte - using Skating Pair

Miria using Old friends

Carol using Santa Kitty

PLEASE NOTE!!We maybe not be able to leave a comment on those blogs that have Word Verification on...but we will still visit, So you will still be in with a chance of winning and being chosen in the Top 3! CLICK HERE for instructions for turning it off... you might not even realise it's on? as its a default setting!

So then lets see your Distress it Christmas cards/projects

W for Winter sports

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

H for Hotspot challenge, Winner and Top 3.

I want to say thank you to all who joined our H is for Hotspot/Spotlight Challenge!

I hope you liked my tutorial and that you will make a lot of hotspot cards in the future.

We all enjoyed visiting your blogs to look and comment on your entries.
You have made some wonderful Hotspot cards.
The technique was new or never tried for a lot of you, but the results amazing!
Well done ladies.


It's time for me, Dorte to pick the winner and the Top 3.


Our sponsor for this challenge is Simon Says Stamp, who is
offering a $ 15 shopping Voucher to spend in the shop.

And the Random winner is.........

That's you 2. Janice

YAY!!!! 

Well done hunny Email us to Claim your prize and Winners blinkie.

Dorte's Top 3

#3 Littleme

15 Carol

#20 Kathleen

Fantastic cards girls please Email us to collect your Top 3 blinkies.

Just over to Samantha to announce the Guest Designers

Ohhh we have had fun what a lovely lot of entries too!

And we have some more surprises too!
Here are the Guest Designers that we have chosen.

 5. Heidi GD 

 17. CarolJenks (GD) 

 

18. miria (GD)  

Fantastic cards girls please Email us to find out about what you need to do!
YAY!! welcome aboard from Samantha, Helen and the Team