The ABC Challenge

H for Happy Birthday

2012-01-15T08:59:00.001Z

Welcome to another fun challenge with the ABC team!!! Many thanks to everyone who played along with the "G for Green" challenge! We had some wonderful Recycled and Green creations this time. Picking and choosing our favorites is something we all find hard... but we did manage to narrow it down so without further ado here are our Top 3 and GDT for February:

39. Bonnie (GDT)
52. merit en annemarie
10. Andie

Well done!!! Please grab our Top 3 Banner on the side bar and Bonnie if you could contact (abcdesignteam1@optusnet.com.au) for details on GDT :-)

Now for this week's winners
No 8. Kimx ... In 2 Stamps Prize
No 63. Sally McD ... Bugaboo Prize

Great job!!!
Please contact us at (abcdesignteam1@optusnet.com.au) to claim your prize. Our challenge for you this time is

- "H for Happy Birthday" -

We would like to see your Birthday creations - Cards, Gifts ,Invitations, anything you like. If it has a Birthday theme then we would like to see it. We have a wonderful sponsor this time Stamp and Create

So why not join in the fun for a chance at a terrific prize

Here are the wonderful creations from the ABC DT:

Sabina

Leah

Jenn

Julie

Patty Sue 2

Distressed Miss

Lin

Cinzia

Shanna

Angélique

G For Green

2012-01-01T09:00:00.004Z

Happy New Year and welcome to another fun challenge with the ABC team!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends . We would like to wish you a very Happy New Year and we look forward to some great Challenges over the next few months.

Many thanks to everyone who played along with the "F for Frosty" challenge! This time of year can be very hectic so we really appreciate you taking the time to join in with us.

Picking and choosing our favorites is something we all find hard... but we did manage to narrow it down so without further ado here are our Top 3:

38. Bonnie O'Claire

50. Jovita

9. Annie

Well done!!! Please grab our Top 3 Banner on the side bar :-)

Now for the winner of the LOTV prize ... No 46 Dora
Great job.
please contact us (abcdesignteam1@aol.com) to claim your prize.
Our challenge for you this time is

- "G for Green" -

Use the colour green or a recycled item or both in your creation. I'm sure you all have some empty chocolate boxes left from Christmas celebrations of some cute packaging that you put aside' just in case' well now is the time to use it.
We want to see some Green themes.

We have 2 wonderful sponsors for this challenge Bugaboo and In 2 Stamps

Our GDT for January Cinzia
This

To This!

Amy from Bugaboo DT

Min from Bugaboo DT

And the wonderful creations from the ABC DT:

Jenn

ABC Challenge - F for.......

2011-12-15T09:00:00.000Z

It's Shanna here to welcome you to another ABC challenge!!! Christmas is only 10 days away!!!!! Hope everyone is having fun enjoying different festivities, getting the fun shopping done, and grocery list ready. I am nervous and excited, as this is my first post writing for a challenge ever. So let's jump on in and get started.

First of all, many thanks to everyone who played along with the "E for Embossing" challenge! I know I find using my embossing folders a bit difficult with all the pretty papers out there and easier to use embossing powders, but everyone did awesome!

Picking and choosing our favorites is something we all find hard... but we got the top 3:

No.45 - Karita
No.58 - Marina
No.39 - Sipalina

Well done!!! Please grab our Top 3 Banner on the side bar :-)

Now for the winner of the Ribbon Girl prize is...........

No. 70 - Lesley
Great job.

please contact us (abcdesignteam1@aol.com) to claim your prize.

- "F for Frosty" -

Use snowy scenes, snowflakes, a snowman, or anything you can think of to get your frosty fun out.
We want to see some FROSTY themes.

Our sponsor for this challenge is LOTV

So check out what the team has made and and join us in this fun challenge.

GDT Keely

ABC Challenge - E for.........

2011-12-01T09:00:00.001Z

Can you believe it? We're into December already and there is only 25 more days until Christmas! Wow!
Hopefully our challenges have helped just a bit with getting some of those holiday cards done. We so enjoyed visiting you for the last D is for Dazzle challenge and look forward to visiting this time around as well!

With all that shine in our eyes we had a hard time deciding our Top 3 for that challenge but thank you all for your participation! So our winners...which can help themselves to the winning badge on the sidebar, are

1. Guest Designer for January ~Cinzia
please contact us at (abcdesignteam1@aol.com) for more details about your guest spot
2. Rose
3. and we had a tie with Suzie and Pam

We had the toughest time deciding! LOL!

And our winner for the awesome prize of 7 free digi stamps from Bugaboo is....

#111 Tineke! Congrats! Please contact us to claim your prize!

We have a wonderful sponsor with some great candy, something we all love to use! We thank The Ribbon Girl for being with us and for offering such a generous candy to our blog followers.
Please do check out the store and see what other goodness they offer!

Okay...ready for our new challenge....

E for Embossing

Embossing is one of the most basic but best details you can add into your projects. So pull out those folders, that heat gun...dry or wet, we can't wait to see it!

For inspiration here is what our GDT for December and DT has done...

ABC Challenge - D for Dazzle....

2011-11-15T09:00:00.002Z

Hi Scrappy Ladies!!

It's Sabina here to welcome you to another ABC challenge!!
This is my first post here at ABC, and I'm a bit thrilled.... ;-)

First of all, many thanks to all participants for coming to play with us in the "C for crochet" challenge!! We have seen so many amazing creations from so many talented girls.... it's great!!!
It was really difficult for us to choose ... but in the end we got the top 3:

Keeley ..... Guest Designer for December.....
Alberto
Susie Little

Well done!!! Be free to grab our Top 3 Banner on the side bar :-)
And Keeley please contact us (abcdesignteam1@aol.com) for details of your GDT spot for December.

And now..... drum roll..... the winner of our great prize of 25$ certificate from our sponsor Stamp and Create is

.........

.....

No. 22 Jerusha

Congratulations!!!!
Please email us (abcdesignteam1@aol.com) to claim your prizes.

And now it's time for the the new challenge!!! Today it's turn of....

D... for Dazzle!!

Yes... we want to see lot of sparkling and blinkies projects!!

This time we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps

and they have a great prize of

And now, for a little bit of inspiration, our beautiful DT cards and our Guest Designer for November together with two fab cards from the Bugaboo Desgn team

Melissa (Bugaboo Design Team)

Tammy (Bugaboo Design Team)

Guest Designer Nixe-Moni

We look forward to seeing your creations.

Happy Crafting!!!!
ABC Girls

ABC Challenge - C for Crochet Flowers

2011-11-01T09:00:00.003Z

Hi everyone...
first of all a huge thanks for all the beautiful cards and projects you shared with us last challenge... girls, you're amazing!!!!so many marvelous creation, it was quite hard to chose the Top 3 for "B for BOO!" Challenge, but here it is:

Stempelkobold
Donalda
Sirpaliina

they are so talented girls, aren't they? congratulations and don't forget to grab your Top 3 Banner on the sidebar.

And now the lucky winner for "B for BOO!" Challenge:

No.10 Julia

congratulations girl, please email us to claim your prize.

It's time for a new challenge here at ABC... this fortnight the theme is....

"C for Crochet Flowers"

isn't it a great challenge? Crochet flowers are romantic, vintage and elegant, but they have also a country chic feeling... so many ways to use them and we're looking forward to seeing your beautiful creation, so don't hesitate and join us...

this time we are sponsored by Stamp and Create:

Stampand create also have Weekly Candy every Monday and currently have many designs in their clearence/sale section that are up to 50% off.

and now, for a little bit of inspiration, our DT beautiful cards and our Guest Designer for November:

B for Boo

2011-10-15T09:00:00.002+01:00

A big "HI!" there!

Wow.... thank you all so very, very much for all the love and support we received for our "A for Anything Goes"-challenge. It feels so good to be back in the challenge world and with a welcome like we had, it couldn't be any better!

First, let us tell you, the Top 3 was a really hard decision, it was very difficult narrowing it down to only 3 people. But without further ado here are our Top 3 for our A is for Anything Goes Challenge:

1st place - 161 - Nixe Moni GDT

2nd - 51 - Charis

3rd - 212 - Marjorie

Well done girls...please help yourself to our Top 3 Banner on the side bar. And Nixe Moni please contact us for details of your GDT spot for November.

And now to our winners of the special re launch 'A' for Anything Goes Challenge...We had two prizes up for grabs so the winner of the fabulous £20 voucher from Lili of the Valley is

No.110 Mel S

and the winner of the voucher from In2 Stamps is

No. 356 Clare

Congratulations girls...please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prizes.

And now it's time to reveal the next challenge.It's

"B for Boo!"

So think Halloween, Spooky, etc.

This time we are sponsored by The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

And the prize is:

And here are the DT creations to inspire you:

ABC Challenge - Anything Goes - We're Back!

2011-10-01T08:00:00.008+01:00

Welcome back to ABC Challenges!!…Yes we have been away..but we're are now back with a great new team ...exciting challenges and fabulous sponsors…We hope you will all join us again and have some fun…

Before I announce our brand new challenge...I just want to say a huge thank you to all of you that applied to join our new DT...it was so hard to choose and we wish we could have had you all...lol...

OK...Our very first challenge is…..

A for Anything Goes….a nice easy one for you all ….

and to get our first challenge off to a great start we have two sponsors so there will be two winners..how fab is that!!

Our first sponsor is...

and they are offering a special prize of a £20 voucher to spend in their online store…all those lovely stamps to choose from...you‘ll be spoilt for choice!!

and our second sponsor is

In2stamps is a Belgian rubber stamp company owned by Wendy and started back in late 2009. We are proud and delighted to be offering really adorable stamps that are being illustrated in a stunning way by some very talented illustrators.

All our stamps are being manufactured as untrimmed, unmounted deeply etched red rubber stamps which means that they will give you a lifetime of crafting pleasure.

We gladly invite you to discover our complete range at the In2stamps online store http://www.in2stamps.com/ We ship to crafters all over the world and you can check our store locator to see if theirs a retail store near you selling our stamps.

And if you are looking for inspirational ideas made with our stamps, then our inspirational blog in2stamps blog is the place to be.

We wish everyone lots of crafting fun with the challenge.

who are offering a prize of

Oh my word...even more cute images to choose from!!

We have a great Guest Designer this week...the lovely BEV who I'm sure you all know... here is her gorgeous creation

GDT - Bev

We look forward to seeing your creations.
Happy Crafting!
ABC Girls

Come and Meet our New Design Team....

2011-09-29T23:59:00.001+01:00

Hi...well its a bit of a last minute post as we have been so busy getting ready for our 'relaunch' on Saturday. I would like to say a huge thank you to all of you that applied to join our new team...we had a very hard time to choose but finally here they are...

Please come and say hi and we hope to see you again on Saturday for our first brand new Challenge!

Happy Crafting

ABC Design Team

ABC DT Call...

2011-09-20T17:21:00.002+01:00

.....Is now closed. Thank you to all who have expressed an interest to join us... We will be announcing the new team shortly.

Don't forget ABC will be relaunched on Saturday 1st October. with a great challenge...so watch this space...

ABC DT CALL - REMINDER

2011-09-10T12:20:00.002+01:00

Hi Guys..just to remind you that ABC Challenges will be back with a bang on 1st October and the DT call is still open...but you only have till Thursday 15th Sept to apply... please see the DT requirements HERE

Look forward to hearing from you.

DT Callout

2011-08-22T20:39:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone! ABC Challenges will be back this coming October with a brand new Design Team, brand new sponsors and brand new challenges!!

We are seeking up to 10 Design Team members who are passionate about crafting and can commit to 3mths on our team. All paper crafters are welcome to apply. We are not just card makers. If you're a scrapbooker or someone who loves to create off-the-page projects we would love to hear from you too.

The Requirements:

You should have an active blog, and be prepared to use sponsor images when necessary
You should be able to take clear photos showing your card/projects.
You will be expected to blog two projects per month and post to the challenge blog on a rota basis
You will be expected to comment on allocated numbers
You will need to be pro active in supporting your team members.

To Apply:
Email us at abcchallenges@gmail.com, by Sept 15th 2011, attaching of 3 projects which you feel reflects your style. Include a direct link to your blog and tell us a little bit about yourself.

ABC Will Be Back.........

2011-08-12T00:08:00.000+01:00

I think everyone who has followed ABC challenges over the past 3yrs can relate to the sadness felt when we learned that Vicki had decided to close it's doors after all her hard work getting the blog going and keeping it going. So many challenge blogs have started up since then but ABC was/is one of the originals and I know it is held dear to our hearts. Therefore we could not sit back and watch it fade into Blogger history.

ABC Challenges will be back with a bang, under new management, on Saturday, October 1st and we hope you can join in the celebrations with us.

There will be a DT call next week

Watch this space.......