Your Favourite Die/Punch Winners & Top 10!

Merry Christmas everyone...I hope you all had a fabulous day yesterday! It's Helen here with the winners and top 10 from our last challenge...Y is for Your Favourite Die/Punch. Wow we had such a lot of lovely entries...I'm so pleased we use Random.Org to choose the our winners! The two lucky winners are:

Firstly, the $10 gift certificate from the Stamp Fairy:

The lucky winner is:

  #42 - kathleen barrett
Congratulations!


And the $15 gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp:

The lucky winner is:

#182 - Pauline C

Congratulations!

Please email us to claim your prize before Tuesday 8th January, or your prize will be redrawn, or wosre still lost. You can find the winner's blinkies/badges here to download.

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As there were so many wonderful entries, I've chosen a Top 10...well it is Christmas!

#1 - Sue Bearhouse

#18 - Kate

#22 - Liz

#44 - Tracey Brossart

#64 - Viv

#71 - Julie P

#158 - abigael

#166 - Sonia

#190 - Anne H

#198 - Sylvia Blum

Congratulations ladies! Don't forget to grab the Top 10 Blinkie/Badge from this page.

Dorte will be along soon with our next challenge...

Y is for Your Favourite Die/Punch - Midway Reminder

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

'Y is for Your Favourite Punch and/or Die'

We have two amazing sponsors for this challenge:

Stamp Fairy

"Stamp Fairy officially launched on November 5th 2010. Gerda Burghardt, artist and owner, creates cute and whimsical digital images for the young and old, inspired by her life, love and 4 cute cats. You will find adorable teddies bears, young boys and girls, fuzzy little bunnies and whimsical critters. Stamp Fairy has new releases along with a free image every Friday and Guest Designers each month. Please visit the store and browse StampFairy’s wonderful images. We hope StampFairy’s images inspire YOUR creativity."

And the prize from the Stamp Fairy:

There's also a 50% sale on at the moment so pop over there to grab a bargain...

and

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

A $15 voucher to spend in her store 

Once again, we are joined by some lovely guest designers from the Stamp Fairy Design Team. 

Jackie using 'Mimi Christmas 1'
Favourite Punch - Inverted Corner Punch

Katrin using 'Tommy Here Comes Santa' 
Favourite Die - Fancy Rectangle

And from the ABC Christmas girlies:

Annette using 'Jake Wintertime 2'
Favourite Dies - Memory Box 'Corner Bow' & Nesties 'Lacey Circles'
Love this card...looks even better on my mantlepiece! :0)

Samantha 
Favourite Dies - Nesties Circles & Memory Box 'Frosty Border'

 Lacey
Favourite Dies/Punches - Magnolia 'Angel Wing' and Lamp Post dies & Star Border Punch

 Dorte
 Favourite Dies -  Memory Box 'Snowflake Corner' & Magnolia 'Spruce' Dies

 Helen
Favourite Die - Nestie 'Circles' 

Carissa using George Wintertime 3 

Favorite Die - Memory Box Frostyville Border

Bettina using Jake wintertime 1 5 and these punches/dies:

Marvy corner punch

Memory box Bianca snowflake die

Whiff of joy: Bells festoon

Tonic Studio: Simplicity doily circle die, can also be bought here

Martha Stewart: Aspen snowflakes punch around the page set

 Ok...so not long to go now until the BIG day...if you've still got cards/presents/decorations to make, why not get out your favourite dies/punches and join us...the linky for your entries is on this post.

Y is for Your Favourite Punch/Die

Hello everyone, it's Helen here with a brand new challenge for you, but before I get on to that, I have some sad news...our lovely DT member Kelly is leaving us. On behalf of the other DT girls, I'd like to say a BIG thank you to Kelly for all of her fabulous cards and projects - we've loved having you on our happy little team, and wish you all the best...we'll no doubt see you around in blogland!

Ok, so we're nearly at the end of another run through the alphabet, and have reached the letter Y...a bit of a  tricky one...the theme we have picked is:

'Y is for Your Favourite Punch and/or Die'

We have two amazing sponsors for this challenge:

Stamp Fairy

"Stamp Fairy officially launched on November 5th 2010. Gerda Burghardt, artist and owner, creates cute and whimsical digital images for the young and old, inspired by her life, love and 4 cute cats. You will find adorable teddies bears, young boys and girls, fuzzy little bunnies and whimsical critters. Stamp Fairy has new releases along with a free image every Friday and Guest Designers each month. Please visit the store and browse StampFairy’s wonderful images. We hope StampFairy’s images inspire YOUR creativity."

And the prize from the Stamp Fairy:

There's also a 50% sale on at the moment so pop over there to grab a bargain...

and

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

A $15 voucher to spend in her store 

So now for some inspiration...we are delighted to welcome Gerda, the artist of the Stamp Fairy images, as one of our guest designers this week, along with Celine from the Stamp Fairy Design Team. 

Here are their adorable cards:

Gerda: Stamp Fairy Artist using Barry Winter 3
Favourite dies : Lil'Inker Bow Die, MFT Snowflake Die

Celine: Stamp Fairy Designer using Mimi Christmas
Favourite Dies/Punches = Punch around the page Poinsettia, Magnolia Heart Swirl Die & Spellbinders Labels 2

And our regular Design Team:

Samantha Using Mimi Winter 1
Favourites: Memory box Frosty Border, snowflake corner, Martha Stewart snowflake punch and EK success double crochet edge punch, and spellbinders square nestie die.

Helen
Favourites: Cuttlebug 'Ice Crystal' die & EK Success 'Scalloped Diamonds' punch

Lorraine
Favourites: Simon Says Stamp 'Curvy Snowflake' die

Lacey
Favourites: Olive Branch from CC Designs,Tab 1 Die from Whimsy Dies, Cloud & Flag Die from Magnolia, and Starlight Lace DooHickey from Magnoli

Dorte
Favourites: 'Frosty Border' from Memory Box;
Martha Stewart 'Cherish' Punch; Snowflake' die from Marianne Designs

Carissa
Favourites:- Spellbinders circles & my new Magnolia doohickey poinsettia.

Miria 
Favourites: Sizzix Snowflake

Wilma using Stampfairy Patches Christmas
Favourites: Memory box Corner Bow

Annette using Stampfairy's Jake Wintertime 2

Favourites: Whiff of Joy Heart banner, Cottage Cutz Paw &Nesties Labels 3

So now it's over to you...get out those punches and dies, and get Christmas crafting! Leave us a link to your project with the linky below so that we can come and check it out! This challenge will end at 6pm on Christmas Day!

'W' for WRAPPING

Hi all Lorraine here
Welcome to a new challenge, but before we get to that we would like to thank you for all of your fabulous Vibrant creations for the last challenge ! Please check the post below to see if you were a winner or in the top 5 ! :-)

Did you know that it is only 40 days before Santa comes down the chimney !! I am sure that most of you will be well under way with cards but have you thought about the wrapping and packaging of gifts ?? NO !! Well have we got THE challenge for you !!

'W'for WRAPPING !!

   so make some wrapping paper, a gift box or bag. You could also make a card using an image that is wrapping Christmas gifts if you prefer :-)

EDIT by Samantha PLEASE make sure you follow the theme or your entry will have to be deleted its only fair to the entrants that do follow the theme!

We have 2 fabulous sponsors for this challenge

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

A $15 voucher to spend in her store

and

The Stamping Boutique

 will be giving a choice of  3 digi stamps

Some words about The Stamping Boutique:
I'm Tracey Malnofski, the artist and owner of The Stamping Boutique.

My team and I are very happy to sponsor ABC Christmas Challenge. My store has been open since September 2009.I am currently a stamp artist for Unity Stamp Co. and I've worked for InStyleStamps, Squigglefly, and TheDigiShack in the past. I'm a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in my community. I have quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but I love them all. I'm truly blessed.

"The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. We not only provide wonderful digital images in our store, but also several lines of red rubber images. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality,as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.

Please visit our blogs for more details on our creations :-)

Samantha 
has made a box using a penny Black stamp
from Simon Says Stamp

Helen 
 has made parcel wrapping and a tag
using Holly Berry Digital Stamp.

Lorraine 
used a Silhouette Cameo to make this quick and easy pillow box

and then made a matching card ,,,

Lacey

Dorte 
has made this Cute bag recycling a brown paper bag
 

Miria 
made a vintage style mini-bag using TH Stampers Anonymous from
Simon Says Stamp

Bettina 
has made a cute box using this digital stamp
Candy Land Winterland

Kelly

Wilma 
has decorated this cute bag using this digital stamp
Snowman-Bring it on!!!

Annette 
has made this lovely cute box using her Cricut

Now it's your turn! Please add a link to your creation with the linky below - this challenge ends at 6pm GMT on Tuesday 27th November.