Winners and Top3 Challenge 363 - 12th of May – Birthday.

Evening all!

We hope you have enjoyed last week's challenge, Birthday. It is now time to announce the winners and the Top3 for this challenge.

Here are our winners as chosen by Mr Random.org.

The winner of 3 digital stamps of choice from our Sponsor:Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More is no 14, Jessi

Now for our Top3 this week as chosen by Jo:

To celebrate our 7th birthday, our Top 3 also wins a little prize this week, a prize package we used for another challenge previously:

1. crafty

2. meg

3. carol gill

Congratulations to you all! Please collect the badges for your blog here.

Contact us to claim your prize as we do not have time to chase after our winners due to our other commitments. Please put 'Winner Challenge 363' in your e-mail subject and mention which prize you have won in the body of your e-mail.

Please join us for our current challenge and come back later for the announcement of our Blog Hop winners.

Jo and The CRAFT Team.

Star of the Month April

It's time again to announce our Star of the Month April.

This time our sponsor is

All Dressed Up!

Hi I am Wendy Burns I live in Nottingham UK with my husband and two children who have been the inspiration behind the characters, in particular my daughter who has kept me up-to-date with blogging and trends.  I work predominantly within the textile children’s wear market, fashion and interiors.

I trained as a textile designer and although my work is digital based, I love to retain that hand drawn /sewn feel which I hope comes across in my artwork.

Digital stamps is a new challenge for me and the opportunity to work with the All Dressed Up Team and has been very exciting, in particular the creative way my characters have been given individual personalities by the designers .

All Dressed Up is a newly launched blog with an enthusiastic team who are passionate about stamping.  The coordinators Anne Lise and Bettina along with an amazing design team are also known as The Dressy Girls.

We have a friendly Facebook page, regular blog posts, tutorials, challenges and freebies .The stamps can be purchased from the Etsy shop which is updated on a monthly basis.

We really are friendly bunch and would love to see your creations so please feel free to contact us and visit the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog.

The prize for the Star of the Month is

2 digital stamps of choice from our sponsor All Dressed Up!.

So, now it's time to announce our Star of the Month April.

With this fabulous creation:

Our Star of the Month April is:

Helen

Congratulations, Helen, please contact us to claim your prize and to let us know if you would like to join us as GDT for a month perhaps.

Your badge for your blog is below.

Don't forget to check for the winners of our current challenge later today or later this week!

Jo and The CRAFT Team.

Challenge 364 - 19th of May – Christmas.

Morning all!

Time for our next challenge, this week our challenge is

Christmas.

Anything that fits in with this subject, qualifies for entering into this challenge.

Don't forget, there is a maximum of 5 entries per person and it needs to be new work (so created and posted after this challenge has started). Please also make sure to turn word verification off as this makes leaving a comment on your lovely creations much easier. We do not leave a comment if you have word verification switched on.

Here are the fabulous sponsors for this challenge:

Sponsor 1: Rick St Dennis MFA

Prize is 3 images of choice from Rick St Dennis MFA.

Sponsor 2: DRS Designs

Prize is a store voucher for DRS Designs

And here are the creations of our DT to give you some inspiration.

Aunty Sue

(using 'Star Pixies' by Rick St Dennis MFA)

Brenda

Jean

(using 'Santa with Reindeer' by DRS Designs)

Khristina

(using 'Remembrance Angel' by Rick St Dennis MFA)

Lisa

(using 'Candy Canes' by DRS Designs)

Maggie

(using 'Buddie and his Pet Plant' by Rick St Dennis MFA)

Marlene

(using 'Heart Swag Snowman' by DRS Designs)

Myrna

(using 'Christmas Turtle' by Rick St Dennis MFA)

Rosina

(using 'Remembrance Angel' by Rick St Dennis MFA)

Sheryl

(using 'Christmas Party Hat' by Rick St Dennis MFA)

Susan

(using 'Cowboy Snowman' by DRS Designs)

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 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 within 2 weeks of the winners being announced, you will forfeit your chance for the prize advertised.

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.

Jo and the CRAFT Team.

Our bloghop has now finished!

I hope you have all enjoyed our blog hop this week, this has now finished. Although your comments and love are still very much appreciated, no further entries into the blog hop will be accepted and we will draw our winners at our earliest opportunity, likely this weekend.

Thank you for joining us for our birthday celebrations!

Jo and the CRAFT Team.

Winners and Top3 Challenge 362 - 5th of May – Technique Challenge: Paperpiecing.

Afternoon all!

We hope you have enjoyed last week's challenge, Technique Challenge: Paperpiecing. It is now time to announce the winners and the Top3 for this challenge.

Here are our winners as chosen by Mr Random.org.

The winner of a $12 voucher our Sponsor 1: Di's Digistamps

is no 12 , Jenni

The winner of 2 images of choice from our Sponsor 2: The Stamping Boutique is no 10 , Claire

The winner receives 1 extra image if an image from either The Stamping Boutique or from Glitterbabe has been used.

The winner of a $10 voucher for our Sponsor 3: Sweet n Sassy is no 16, Elena

Now for our Top3 this week as chosen by Maggie:



1. Jane 

2. Julye 

3. Claire

Congratulations to you all! Please collect the badges for your blog here.

Contact us to claim your prize as we do not have time to chase after our winners due to our other commitments. Please put 'Winner Challenge 362' in your e-mail subject and mention which prize you have won in the body of your e-mail.

Please join us for our current challenge.

Jo and The CRAFT Team.

Challenge 363 - 12th of May – Birthday, our annual Blog Hop.

Happy Birthday To Us

Happy Birthday To Us

Happy Birthday Dear CRAFT Challenge

Happy Birthday To Us!

Can you believe it? CRAFT Challenge is already 7 years old. Originally started by Tracy from Just Tracy Crafts and with a DT mostly recruited from Trimcraft forum members (Hence the term CRAFT Challenge, which stood for Crafters Residing Are Friendly Trimmies. Or if you wished alternative meaning of Can't Remember A Flipping Thing) on the 4^th of May 2009.

We have now grown to be a large team of Design Team Members from all around the world, supplemented with lots of Guest Designers who join us for a month at a time.

We have always welcomed all kinds of craft, not just paper craft (unless specifically stated so in the challenge at the time) and are happy to have such a large group of faithful followers.

So, how are we going to celebrate this milestone?

Well, how else can we celebrate than to have our yearly Blogaversary Blog Hop?

Let me please introduce our sponsors for this blog hop to you:

How can you get to win any of the prizes provided by our sponsors?

That is easy! Just follow the route on our blog hop (you can also find that in our side banner), Our Blog Hop lasts for the duration of this challenge, which means a closing time of Wednesday 6pm GMT on the 18^th of May 2016.

And here are our little rules for this challenge/blog hop:

What can you win on our challenge blog?

The winner of the winning sentence wins the special pack by Trimgym's Digital Stamps and Images.

The start and finish of this blog hop are here at the CRAFT Challenge Blog.

The sponsor on this blog is  Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More, who will provide the prize for the winner of the challenge just like on other weeks.

The prize is 3 digital stamps of choice from Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More. 

And here are the creations by our DT to help you on your way.

Aunty Sue

(using 'Perfect Together' by All Dressed Up!)

(using 'Frazzled Monday Mornings Big Eyed Girl' by Oddball Art)

Brenda

(using 'Niki bday 5' by Melonheadz Doodles)

Helen

(using 'Vintage School Girl 3' by A Day for Daisies)

Jean

(using Bunny with Parasol, Robyns Fetish'' by )

Khristina

(using 'Benson Bear' by CRAFTY SENTIMENTS)

Lisa

(using 'Blunder Woman' by Doctor Digi House of Stamps)

Maggie

(using 'Captain Colin' by Digital Delights)

Marlene

(using 'Spring Rain' by Star Stampz)

Myrna

(using Bugaboo Stamps Gus Birthday - Old Fart)

(using A Day for Daisies - Balloon Frog)

(using Melonheadz - Nikki Bday 2)

Rosina

(using 'Birthday Turtle' by The Stamping Boutique)

Sheryl

(using 'Bobblehead Greetings 'I didn't forget'' by Bugaboo Stamps)

(using 'Reggie' Tux' by Lacy Sunshine Stamps)

Susan

(using 'Lisella' by Nikki Burnette)

And now for our Blog Hop route:

CRAFT Challenge Blog (you are here at the start of the hop)

Aunty Sue

Brenda

Helen

Jean

Khristina

Lisa

Maggie

Marlene

Myrna

Rosina

Sheryl

Susan

CRAFT Challenge Blog (you are here at the end of the hop)

And here is the 'words' to be collected on this blog:

Your next stop is Aunty Sue's blog if you have just started this blog hop, otherwise order your letters and make a sentence/phrase with this. If it is correct you will next be entered in our draw to win the prize advertised above. Enjoy the rest of your hop! Don't forget to add your project to Inlinkz below to be in with a chance of winning the prize from Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More or to be in with a chance to end up in our Top3.

Jo and the CRAFT Team.