Challenge 71 and Winners of Challenge 70

Hello everybody and welcome to our latest challenge!

Before I give you details of this challenge, I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge, all the Christmas card entries were fabulous, we loved looking at them all :)

Please scroll further down this post 
for the winners of last times challenge.

The theme of this fortnights challenge is

Add a Sentiment

Here are details of this challenge's wonderful sponsor... 

Pink Gem Designs

Pink Gem Designs is based in Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire UK and began trading in November 2008 to design cute and whimsical craft stamps in  clear polymer.  As digi products became more popular Pink Gem Designs also started to produce digital stamps and other digital products such as downloadable papers, clip art etc. 

If you are our lucky winner of this challenge, you will receive the following fabulous prize... 2 "SINGLE" digi stamps of your choice (NO sets or personalised watermarks or sentiments).  Click HERE to be taken to their web-store and for more inspiration, take a look at their Challenge Blog and Facebook page.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize,

please enter your creation using Inlinkz below.

Don't forget you can enter up to 3 times

  GUEST DESIGNER SPOT

We are joined this fortnight by fabulously talented members of Pink Gem's Design team.   We would like to say 'Welcome and Thanks' to you all for making these lovely cards for our challenge, so glad you have joined us...

Christine using A Beary Merry Xmas  card Topper kit

 Marianne using Penguins with snowman topper

 Pamela using Flapper Emma  card topper kit

Shirley using Teepee, Tribal Fox and Tribal Bear

 Here is the DT inspiration from our talented ladies, 
take a look and then please do join us :) 

We would like to say "THANKS" to Janet from Pink Gem Designs for kindly supplying all the digital stamps/toppers used on the DT cards

Tanya

Having a break

Ela using Penguin with Lantern 


Helen using ChristMoose Jumper

Lisa using Relaxing Dave

Wendy using Penguin Door Hanger

Melanie using Ella

Laura using Holly Ollie Pink Card Topper
 

Diane Louise
Will be added very shortly

So here are the winners of last times challenge (Christmas)   :)

Our randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from Lacy Sunshine is....

No 108, Kali   **CLAIMED**

Congratulations, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog8@gmail.com  to claim your prize
and receive your winners badge.

On your email, in the subject line, can you put the words
'Winner of Challenge 70, Lacy Sunshine'

(Don't forget, you have 14 days to claim)

and now for the Top 3 favourites, as chosen by Geesje... Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge from the tab at the top of the page.

Nr 105 Bea

I love the shaped card from the Christmas tree and the colours you did use.

Nr 166 Christine

The white card with the colour digi from House Mouse is very nice. Love it.

Nr 201 Nicolette

This is a very nice Christmas card in unusual colours. 

Have fun crafting this fortnight.

Love
Diane Louise & Team 1 Ladies xxx

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Challenge 70 and Winners of Challenge 69

Good morning and welcome, 

Thanks for your 'cute' entries for last times challenge. It was lovely to see your lovely entries and we enjoyed visiting your blogs.  

Please scroll further down this post 

for the winners of last times challenge.

Now onto our new challenge for this fortnight at Crafty Friends...
The theme of this challenge is

CHRISTMAS

You can make anything you like, maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home decor. You can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the theme for this fortnight. 

Our wonderful sponsor for today's challenge is 

Lacy Sunshine

We would like to say "THANKS" to Heather

for kindly supplying all the Lacy Sunshine digital stamps used on the DT cards.

If you are our lucky winner of this challenge, you will receive the following fabulous prize... 3 digital stamps of your choice from Lacy Sunshine's store

Here is the link to Lacy Sunshine store - it is really worth a visit.  They sell a large selection of gorgeous digital stamps.  For more inspiration, take a look at their Blog and Facebook page.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize,
please enter your creation using Inlinkz below.

Don't forget you can enter up to 3 times

...and here is inspiration from Team 2... If you want to take a closer look at the DT's beautiful cards or leave them a comment, just click on the name above their card and it will take you straight to their own personal blogs.

Diane Louise using Hollyanna Ethereal Enchantress

Geesje


Grietje using using Hollyanna Ethereal Enchantress


Ine using Sammi Boo Caroling


Linda using Sammi Boo Caroling


Petra using Sprucie and Lil Pine under the Mistletoe

Here are the lucky winners from Challenge 69 (Theme - Cute)....

Our randomly picked winner who will receive a prize 
from 'All Dressed Up' is Number 39, Deonna B 

Congratulations, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog8@gmail.com  to claim your prize
and receive your winners badge.

On your email, in the subject line, can you put the words
'Winner of Challenge 69  All Dressed Up'

(Don't forget, you have 14 days to claim)

and now for the Top 3 favourites, as chosen by Melanie.  Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge from the tab at the top of the page.  Melanie says... There had been a lot of wonderful cards entered in this challenge, so it had been hard to chose just a Top 3!

# 106 Jackie Cornfield

An absolutely cute Christmas card. That completely white card with only the coloured image looks just amazing!

#121 Irene M

Love this red and white Christmas card with this absolutely cute image  

-  I LOVE penguins...

#72 Larissa

A wonderfully coloured image. I like this CAS-style of this card.

Have fun crafting this fortnight

Crafty Hugs

Diane Louise and Team 2 Ladies xx

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