CRAFT Challenge 154, Celebration and *Blogaversary Blog Hop*

Morning all,

This week is a special week. We are 3 years old this week! So, Happy Birthday to us!!

Our challenge this week is 'Celebration'. So, any project fitting this subject will be eligible for a prize.


We also have our blog hop this week and you can choose to do one or more of the following this week:

1. Take part in our challenge
2. Add your name to Inlinkz on the DT and GDT blogs to be in with winning a prize on their blogs.
3. Complete the blog hop (adding your name to Inlinkz on your way), collect all letters and form the sentence it forms and leave a comment at the end of our challenge post with your answer.

We have a lot of sponsors this week, with lost of prizes to be won.

• A prize for the winner of our 'Celebration' challenge this week.
• A prize for the randomly chosen winner on each (G)DT member's blog.
• A prize for the randomly chosen comment with the correctly formed sentence from the collected letters along the way.

To ensure all is done fairly, we will enable comment moderation this week to keep all answers behind, so there can be no cheating. 


Our blog hop finishes at 6pm GMT on Wednesday the 16th of May 2012! All winners from the blog hop will be announced in the weekend of the 19th.


Our sponsors this week for the challenge:

Sponsor 1: The Stamping Boutique

The Prize for winner 1 is 5 images of choice

Sponsor 2: Stitchy Bear Stamps

The prize for winner 2 is a $10 USD Gift Voucher good on the three creators below within the StitchyBear Digital Stamps Shop.

Sponsor 3: Trimgym's Digital Stamps and Images 

 

The prize for winner 3 is 3 digistamps or 1 paper pack of the winners choice from my blog.

Our sponsor for the overall winner of the blog hop is:

Pink Gem Designs

The prize for our overall blog hop winner is: 

3 single digis or 1 digistampset of choice

Our blog hop route:

Elke

Sue

Nikki

Tigerlover

Liam and Owen

Jenny

Coops 

Carol

Sylvia

Sharon

Sheryl

Jeanette

Alison

Jo

CRAFT Challenge

So, now it is time to get you some inspiration for this challenge. This is your first and last stop on the blog hop. Your second stop will be Elke, if you get lost along the way, just come back here to find your way again.

Here are the creations by our Guest Designers this week:

Alison

(using 'Party Hardy' from Saturated Canary)

Coops:

Jenny

 

Mel from Crimson Cloud:

And from our Design Team:

Aunty Sue:

(using a diecut from Crimson Cloud and 'Ellies Birthday' by Saturated Canary) 

Carol:

(using 'Patriotic Bear' from Meljen's Designs)

Elke:
(using 'Silhoute Butterfly' by Bugaboo Digi Stamps)

Jeanette:

(using 'Beach Hut' by The Crafty Pad Stamp Designs)

Jo – (me):

(using 'Ice Cream Cutie' by My Heart Pieces)

(using 'Santa and his Reindeer' by The Stamping Boutique)

(using 'Baptism and sentiment' by Trimgym's Digital Stamps and Images 

and 'Heaven Sent' by Designed to Delight)

Liam:
(using 'Mothers' Day Ryan' by eyeCandie Creations)

Nikki:

(using 'Sleeping Baby' by Digi Doodle Shop)





Owen:
(using 'Flower Pot Treat' by eyeCandie Creations)

Sharon S:

(using 'Holiday Aurora Honey' by Sassy Studio Designs)

Sheryl:

(using 'Party Hardy' from Saturated Canary)


(using 'Lady Jane' by Stitchy Bear Stamps)

Sylvia:

(using 'Keep Calm Owl' by Pink Gem Designs)

Tigerlover:

(using 'Cross with Rose' by Trimgym's Digital Stamps and Images)

So, now it's up to you again, we would love to come and visit your creations again. If you are 15 or younger, please include your age again in your name, collect a special badge here and contact us for a little prize from Jo (2 digistamps, 1 easel card sheet or a paperpack).

Don't forget to contact us to claim your prize if you have won one of our challenges or to collect your badge if you made our Top 3 here! We only will respond to people who get in touch with us and will not go looking for you! (Sorry, a bit too busy to do that). If prizes have not been claimed by 8pm GMT the day prior to the next challenge going life (so for our current winners, see post below, next week).

Have fun with our challenge and good luck!

If you don't see Inlinkz below, please refresh your page, your browser may not have fully loaded this page.

Now you have been here for the second time, here are your last 2 letters

and

(I know, officially not a letter, lol)

Don't forget to enter your sentence in our comment section, to be in with a chance to win our overall blog hop prize from Pink Gem Designs

3 single digis or 1 digistampset of choice

We do hope you will be able to join us for our birthday celebrations, have fun!

NB. Our blog hop is now closed. No further entries will be counted for the draw which will be done this weekend, keep your eyes peeled for this.

Jo and the CRAFT Team.