Blog Hop Winners!

Well, Hello Peeps - what a hop we had! Some of those creations were totally amazing and made choosing a winner very difficult indeed!

With so many prizes to give away, I have to announce them straaaaaight away! 
I am sure with so many prizes you will forgive me if I just link rather than show a picture of the card of the prize winners from the individual DT blogs!

 Digistamps4Joy Prize: 

$10 to spend in the store  - on Tania's blog

The winner is:  Kate M 

Sammi Stamps Prize

$12 to spend in the store  - Judith has this one

The winner is: Linda Simpson

Flourish with a Bling Prize:

 

$15 dollar to spend in the store - you will find this one on Ina's blog

The winner is: Pia S 

Handmade Harbour prize: 

 6 digis for the winner  - hiding away on CG's blog

The winner is: Divya B

Pickled Potpourri prize: 

 $7 to spend in the store  -  Hilde has charge of this

The winner is:  DesignsByDragonfly

Meljens prize: four digis for the winner  

 

Susan has this one

The winner is: - ~ Barb

Sammy' winner is: Sammy will contact you

Samantha K - Little Pear Tree

 Wynn's winner is: Wynn will contact you

Debi B

Blog Hop Poem winner is: (from Susan, who will contact you)

Vinita Jain 

Now, the overall winners for the blog Hop Challenge and the TOP THREE are still available and here they are:

The Challenge Prize winner is:

Vinita Jain 

This really is an amazing card!

TOP THREE (chosen this time by Judith - sorry only honour and glory for this one)  are:

Number 9: Jenny H

Number 12: Pia

Number 16: Crafting in the Bedroom

Congratulations to all the winners - if you have not already heard from one of the DT, please go to the winners tab at the top of the page and contact Judith regarding your prizes and Ina regarding the DT spots if you are interested. Challenge winner and TOP THREE badges are available from the sidebar for copy/paste into your blogs to celebrate the event! Many thanks to the DT members who also donated a prize for this Hop and also to the generous sponsors for making it all happen and lastly to the wonderful Judith for organising the sponsors!

Wheewwooo!

Now, we are having a much less stressfull Challenge# 23

Make something for Easter 

it could be a card or it could be a scrap book layout, Easter basket, anything.....

Just remember the reason for this season and enjoy...

We have two really generous sponsors for this challenge

Squigglefly

and Bugaboo

A big thank you to both of them

Cannot wait to see what you create - there are already lots of wonderful entries; think it is going to be a bit hard for us next winners's post time!

Winner's Post for Challenge# 21 - Shaped Cards

Welcome back

This week we are still running our   BABY BLOG HOP, which you can find here. Remember, you need to Hop, find the poem and then make a baby card and enter it in the challenge -go on, you're a woman - you can multi-task!  There LOTS and LOTS of prizes to give away too! (see below the Winner's information for more details).

Now, on with the Winners

As usual Hilde picks the Winners  of Challenge# 21

OMG, there were so many great shaped cards, this was really hard to pick

                         We have two very generous sponsors this week (therefore, two                            winners) and they are:

All dressed up, winner gets two images as their prize:

...and the winner is......

All dressed up prize : # 42 :Tip Top

An amazing card, so much detailing, love the flowers in the pot, who wouldn't want to receive a lovely card like that

and 

Milk Coffee, and the winner gets 5 images 

...and the winner is....

Milk Coffee prize : # 29 Lucy G 

Gorgeous colouring, love the look of the card and the simple but yet intricate design...just beautiful.

Would you two ladies please go to the tab at the top of this blog for Winners and contact Judith re your prize and/or being a Guest Designer.  You can also collect the winner's badge from the sidebar and display it to let everyone know how clever you are! Oh, and Congratulations!

Now, someone from the Design Team always gets to choose who the TOP THREE will be and this fortnight it is Tania who is doing that!

My 3 cards are

                                                    18. Grandma Bonnie

That is just too cute isn't it!

                                                           22. Chrissy

Sooooo sweet

                                                            26 Judith

Awe, such a pretty baby's card

Would you three ladies please go to the tab at the top of this blog for Winners and contact Ina about being a Guest Designer if you are interested.  You can also collect the TOP THREE badge from the sidebar and display it to let everyone know how clever you are!

Congratulations!

Now, as I said at the beginning, we are having a BLOG HOP as well as a Challenge this fortnight!

Our theme is - BABIES!

Now, who cannot make a baby card??

REMINDER: To be eligible for the prizes in the blog hop 

you must have an entry in the challenge!

Our wonderful Hilde also has a freebie to give to you to use for the challenge if you want to  - you can find it on the post from last week!

(just right click and save as)

There is a prize for the Challenge winner as well and our normal TOP THREE awards. You do not have to go in the BLOG HOP as well as the Challenge, but what else have you to do with your time? Of course you will enter both!! However, you do have to be a member of this blog to be eligible for the Challenge and also the Blog Hop prizes.

NOW, OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS

Sponsors: Digistamps4Joy Prize: 

$10 to spend in the store  - on Tania's blog

Sami Stamps Prize:

 

$12 to spend in the store  - Judith has this one

Flourish with a Bling Prize:

 

$15 dollar to spend in the store - you will find this one on Ina's blog

Handmade Harbour prize: 

six digis for the winner  - hiding away on CG's blog

Pickled Potpourri prize: 

 $7 to spend in the store  - Hilde has charge of this

Meljens prize: four digis for the winner   

Susan has this on her blog to give away

Sammy and Wynn are both donating a prize to give away from their own blogs - isn't that kind of them! 

There are a few entries in both the hop and the challenge - but we would love to see more and to see how smart our readers and followers are! So get hopping! You might get a fabulous prize!

Challenge #20 Winner's!

Good Morning Peeps!

What a lovely day it is here! I know, I know, I know - we are in autumn, but for us that is usually the best weather for the year. Blue skies, sunny and warm. Hope you're experiencing a great day too!

On to the winners for our Challenge #20 - remember we have one winner who gets the stated prize from the sponsor and then there are the Top Three picked by a DT member for that challenge who will also win the honour and glory but not a prize. However, if either the winner or the Top Three wish to be our Guest Designers, you need to contact Ina (see the tab above for Winners)

Challenge #20 is a

CARD Challenge: Use a freebie

We had some great entries and I picked up several new freebies myself as a result! 
Great challenge Hilde.

This Challenge has been sponsored by Hilde herself

 a surprise gift as we have chosen to go sponsor free

The winner is:

Number 19: Amelia!

Hilde says: 

 I love all the elements of the card, the vintage look is just gorgeous as are the colours and choice of images.....

Congratulations Amelia - please contact Judith through the winner's tab above and copy/paste the Winners badge into your blog to let everyone know your good fortune!

Our Top Three this time (chosen by Susan and only in the order they were posted) are:

1. J Atterbury Creations

The paper pieced dress, the attention to detail, the beautiful colouring.....all impressed

6 Leanne

Leanne show's that you don't need a big image to make a great card; this was her first go at vintage too - way to go Leanne!


16 Glenda Akins

I know I am a sucker for green, but this card is just so joyous and happy! And THAT flower! Beautiful!

Well done ladies! Beautiful work - don't forget to copy/paste the Top Three badge into your blog and wallow in the glory that will shine on you!

Now, our current challenge is

...make a shaped card...

You can make it any shape or any size.....but not just plain square or rectangle...

There are some wonderful creations from the Dragonflies - you can find out all the details from their blog posts by going here!

We have two very generous sponsors this week (therefore, two winners) and they are:

All dressed up, winner gets two images as their prize

and 

Milk Coffee, and the winner gets 5 images 

Why not work outside the square (or rectangle for that matter) and make a shaped card for our challenge?  You still have a week to get it in!

Heads Up for our next challenge! It's a HOP!

Winners and Top Three for Challenge# 19

Last fortnight Challenge #19 was asking you to:

Alter a tin or jar -  in the theme of Vintage

Seems as if you found it a bit difficult to fit this one in but

as Hilde said to the team "Hi girls, well it was expected in a way as it was a real 'challenge'. But I am so glad that we did have some brave ones take part..."

Our sponsor for this challenge was:

From being a bit of a ‘doodler’ her whole life, Margy Kieser saw a gap in 2010 and bought Digistamps4Joy from the previous owner, and can now earn a little money with her doodles! Margy has 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren, and lives in sunny South Africa. Together with another SA artist (Jen) and a fabulous Design team, Digistamps4Joy is now a well known online digistamp store, and is still the only online shop for digistamps in South Africa. With nearly 1,000 digis to choose from, you will find unique, cute, humorous, or serious images to play with. DS4J gives away 1 freebie on the first Friday of every month, as well as 1 digi to a randomly drawn winner in our Monday Facebook challenge. Our Blog showcases the newest digis released every Sunday, and bi-weekly challenges are held.

Digistamps4Joy is proud to sponsor this challenge, and is offering a prize of $10 worth of DS4J digis to the challenge winner.

So, who could this be?

No: 4 Mrs A

A repurposed Bourbon (whisky?) bottle - isn't that soooo pretty!

Comment by Hilde: What a beautiful way to re use a bottle, just gorgeous, love the colours and all the embellishments, I would happily have this in my house

Congratulations Mrs A - remember, there are new rules about the prize winners from now on: 

NEW Rules for Guest Designers...
A slight change : Starting from this challenge, Winners and 
Top 3 have the chance to become our Guest Designer if they so choose....
So if you are a winner, you must contact us within the week for the details...... Our contact details are at the top tab and please put Guest Designer in the subject line...thanks. 
 Ina has put her hand up to be the Guest Designer Coordinator and if you choose to be a GD she will be in contact with you.

So, Mrs A, please contact Judith for your prize information, and if you wish to be a Guest Designer also, contact Ina - you will find this information at the top tab called Winners/Contact Details.  You can also copy/paste your winners badge from the side bar and brag a little! And perhaps get another bourbon bottle completed to make a matching pair?

Now, for the Top Three - our Teamie Wynn had the task of selecting these three this fortnight: remember, these are not in any order and I have added Wynn's comments.  Sorry, no prizes ladies but you can copy/paste the Top Three badge from the sidebar and share with your readers!

Kym's Crafty Cards 

So pretty. Fab colour and I loved the sentiment

Sarah JW 

Altering the jar to a pin cushion was an inspiring idea.

Rea 

Lots of details especially loved the cute bow and arrow and pretty heart.

Congratulations to all three of you and remember, please contact Ina if you are interested in being a Guest Designer for our blog by going to the Winners tab at the top of the page.

So, now we know who are winners from the last challenge are it is time to move on to the new challenge and see what fun Hilde has created for us this time!

CARD Challenge#20: Use a freebie

Our new challenge is a fun one for you: it is to

 use a freebie digi 

 and provide the link to it in your blog

There are so many wonderful blogs that provide freebies, and if you are not sure just check the Free Digital Stamps blog ..... they share links every day on freebies that are available on the net.

This is also an opportunity to say thanks to the Digi Artists that love sharing their talents for free.

There is no Sponsor for this Challenge #20 either: however, the winner for this challenge will receive a 

surprise gift 

 I can reveal it's a stamp or an embossing folder ....

There you are - time to go and create and enter the challenge - don't forget to be a follower if you are not already, and to link back to your post for your free digital card rather than your blog. It is part of the Challenge that you make a card only and also link to the freebie image: any entry that does not do this will not be considered for the prize or Top Three. 

Winners Post for Challenge #18

Hello Peeps!

Well, February already! Tempus Fugit and all that (time flees!) 

Time to announce the winners for our first Challenge in 2014, which was asking you to create a card. 

Theme: Anything goes 

We don't have a sponsor for this challenge by our own choice, but Susan (that's me) has donated a wonderful embossing folder from Stampin' Up as the winners prize. 

Winner is: # 83: J . Atterbury Creations

So many different and beautiful embellishments

Congratulations Jo Ann - can you contact Hilde please at craftingwithdragonflies@gmail.com

Please feel free to copy/paste the winner's badge too from the side bar here into your blog. 

Sammy had the very difficult job of picking the TOP THREE this challenge: here is what she said

Here's my favourites so far, though I could have easily doubled that amount... So many gorgeous ones.

1  - Avril Watson 

Great embellies

50  - Jane Savage 

Beautiful coloring

66  - Jessie L. 

Gorgeous ribbon

Congratulations ladies and please help yourself to the TOP THREE badge on the side-bar and tell everyone you were chosen!

REMINDER: NEW Rules for Guest Designers

Starting from the next challenge, Challenge #19 Winners and T

op 3 have the chance to become a Guest Designer for us if they so choose. 

So, if you are a winner of any kind, you must contact us within the week for the details. Our contact details are at the top tab and please put Guest Designer in the subject line...thanks. 

Now, what are we doing this week? 

This fortnight Challenge #19 is asking you to:

Alter a tin or jar -  in the theme of Vintage

Just a reminder to please, please read our rules, and you must be a follower to take part in our challenges....

For this challenge we would love to see the before and after pic: this is part of the requirement to have a valid entry.....so please be aware of this...

Our sponsor for this challenge is :

From being a bit of a ‘doodler’ her whole life, Margy Kieser saw a gap in 2010 and bought Digistamps4Joy from the previous owner, and can now earn a little money with her doodles! Margy has 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren, and lives in sunny South Africa. Together with another SA artist (Jen) and a fabulous Design team, Digistamps4Joy is now a well known online digistamp store, and is still the only online shop for digistamps in South Africa. With nearly 1,000 digis to choose from, you will find unique, cute, humorous, or serious images to play with. DS4J gives away 1 freebie on the first Friday of every month, as well as 1 digi to a randomly drawn winner in our Monday Facebook challenge. Our Blog showcases the newest digis released every Sunday, and bi-weekly challenges are held.

Digistamps4Joy is proud to sponsor this challenge, and is offering a prize of $10 worth of DS4J digis to the challenge winner.

We look forward to seeing what you come up with - there are already some stunning ideas entered and you have seven more days to create and upload your own idea!