Just a little note, after some thought and lots of emails and comments, we are going to keep the top 5,
hugs Vicky x

T is for

Welcome back this week. We had lots of wonderful entries last week, you seemed to all love the S is for Sparkle challenge. Please check yesterday's post to find out whom has won the brilliant new manga stamps from Secret Crafter and also the top 5 as choosen by Vicky, one of whom will be invited to guest design with us for the two challenges following this one. From this week we will be choosing only the guest designer rather than a top 5 as people aren't claiming the blinkies. If this changes, we will reintroduce them.

We are lucky this week to be sponsored by Whimsey Stamps , whom are offering this wonderful $15 gift certificate
Some of our design team have used images from the new release to show you how wonderful they are. The theme is

T is for Thank You.

Now some sad news relating to the design team Samantha, Helen and Lorraine have all stepped down from the challenge due to other committments and wanting to spend more time with family and friends. We wish them all the best for the future. Fiona in case you are wondering is taking a 6 month break due to pregnancy.

We have a new member of the design team Donna, whom I hope you will make feel welcome and we still have the lovely Anne guest designing with us. This is her last week, thank you so much for all your hard work.

We are going to start choosing a person to join us as a guest designer every challenge to last for 2 challenges. If you do not wish to be considered for this please let us know on your posting that you don't.

On to the design teams work with the theme of Thank You.

Anne our guest designer

Cathy

Donna

Jan

Jane

Jennifer

Sandie

Vicky

And as it was so successful last time we have stuck with Inlinkz

S is for Sparkle Winners

Here is my top well it is 7 not 5 as I loved all of these and could not decide which ones to cross of the list

Angelwood - http://angelwoodcrafts.blogspot.com/2010/04/shy-nickie-treasure-box.html

Rowena - http://craftypagan.blogspot.com/2010/04/let-them-eat-cake.html

Kate - http://downrightcrafty.blogspot.com/2010/04/sweet-pea-combo-card.html

Hanna - http://hannashobbyblogg.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-card-love-is-in-air-award-fran-hege.html

Chris - http://sketchingstamper.blogspot.com/2010/04/princess-tilda.html

April Rose - http://aprilsroses.blogspot.com/2010/04/sparkly-princess.html

Sharon - http://cardsngreetings.blogspot.com/2010/04/burnt-orange-with-nostalgia.html

Out of these I would like to invite - Rowena to guest design with us. We would also like Hanna to contact us to if she would like to guest design for us school work allowing.

to be our guest designer for the next 2 challenges following this one.

The winner of the two stamps offered by Wendy of Secret Crafter is -
True Random Number Generator

Min: 1
Max: 334 (this includes the 3 on the comments section)
Result: 307

well done Rosette - http://craftingmagic.blogspot.com/2010/04/mos-digital-pencil-dt-meets-4.html

Thank you to everyone whom took part x

Vicky x

ps the winner of the R challenge has still not claimed please do so by friday or we will redraw, thanks.

S is for

Thank you for all your interpretation of red for the last challenge. Do pop back later to see who has won the prize from Stretch and Bubble, and who the top 5 are.

On to this week's theme, which is

Sparkle

We want to see lots of sparkle on your cards. It can be glitter, glimmer mist, glamour dust, anything really that sparkles.

We have a fabulous Sponsor this time ... Wendy from The Secret Crafter. She has a fab online shop and is a regular sponsor for the ABC challenge.

She is offering 2 of her fab Manga stamps, exclusive to the Secret Crafter, Jake with Kitten and Shy Mollie.

Before we have a peek at the gorgeous DT cards, can I remind you that in order to qualify for the prize and top 5 you need to have lots of sparkle, not just a bit.

We are joined this time by our fabulous Guest Designer, Anne.

Jen

Sandie
Cathy

You can find a tutorial for how the papers for this card were made using glimmer mists on the ABC Tutorial Blog.
HelenJan
Jane
Lorraine
Samantha
Vicky

We look forward to seeing lots of sparkle.

We are trying Inlinkz as Mr Linky keeps failing on us. If you are under 14 and entering please add your age as we will try and make sure we visit your blog, thanks.

Top 5 and Winner for R is

We really enjoyed visiting all your blogs and seeing your R cards.

It was a tough choice but here is the top 5:

20 - Susie Sugar (http://sassydesignsbysusie.blogspot.com/2010/04/young-at-heart.html)

28 - Sheila (http://doubtfiresmusings.blogspot.com/2010/04/just-magnolia-monthly-challenge.html)

40 - Deanne Burton (http://a-scrapaddict.blogspot.com/2010/04/oh-what-beautiful-morning.html)

41 - Gini Cagle (http://ginicagle.blogspot.com/2010/04/have-blessed-easter-from-beary-scrap.html)

50 - Georgia Mac (http://georgiamacdonald.blogspot.com/2010/04/glorious-day.html)


And the winner of the Stretch and Bubbles digi images is

True Random Number Generator

Min: 1
Max: 137
Result: 117
Powered by RANDOM.ORG

well done The Crafty Den


Please contact us at the email addy on the sidebar by Sunday evening, or will will re-draw the prize.


I would also like to say thank you to Wendy from

as when she heard about the sponsor for Q closing her shop has kindly offered to send one of the Jake and Mollie stamps to the two winners in replacement of the original prize offered.

Please see post below for this weeks challenge on the letter S.

Q prize not claimed

We put the top 5 in a hat as the prize has not been claimed as of this date and time and Beverley Gotthardt was choosen please contact us in the next 48 hours to claim your prize please x