Thursday, 29 December 2011

Challenge 4 Winner

Time to announce the winner of Challenge 4 which was the embossing theme!

The winner of the two digi's from Diane's Digital Designs is:

Number 40

Scatty Jan

Congratulations! Please email me (Ruth) at tiptoptoppers@btinternet.com with your details and I will forward the two digi's from Diane's Digital Designs to you.

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Challenge 5 - Snowflakes

Welcome to another Crimbo Crackers challenge! Thank you to all the entrants for the last challenge - the winner will be announced next Thursday (29 December) so be sure to check back then to see if you are the lucky one!

The theme for this challenge is:

Snowflakes

So either really big ones (like my sample below) or lots of little ones and as long as it is festive or Christmas related then link it up below!

I'm so lucky to have a sponsor for this challenge - Sassy Studio Designs - who are generously offering the winner of this challenge 4 digi's of their choice from the store. To have a look at the store, click on the banner below:

Onto my sample for you! I've used Santa's Helper which is available from the store and a rather large and glittery snowflake. If you want to know more, please go to my blog!


Good luck with the challenge - the rules are below - deadline is Wednesday 4 January 2012 at 12noon GMT. There is only me to comment on your entries so don't be upset if I'm a little tardy - I'll get there in the end!

Entry Rules
Your entry must be Christmas or Festive related
Please follow the set theme and enter any type of craft, not just papercrafting
No backlinking to older posts
You can use any of your stash and you can enter as many other challenges as you want
There is no limit on the number of times you can enter
Please link back to Crimbo Crackers in your post
Link up your actual blog post with the blue frog below
And have FUN!


Add your Snowflake creations here!

1. Jennifer Scull  22. Vixykins  43. darling Ho  
2. pinky  23. Sarah T  44. Dawn  
3. lis-m  24. Bella  45. Sandy S  
4. Miss C  25. Nikki C  46. Jenn Zeeb  
5. Kendra S  26. Elizabeth H.  47. Bettina  
6. Sheryl Hare  27. darling Ho  48. elizabeth h.  
7. Linda Simpson  28. Renee Lynn ONeill  49. Heather P  
8. Candi  29. lis-m  50. Marilyn S  
9. Mags  30. Kym's Crafty Cards  51. Brenda Frame  
10. Rose  31. Sara Ament  52. Heidi  
11. Gale  32. Daniele  53. DianeMoneyGoolsby  
12. Lisbeth K  33. creepy glowbugg  54. Marina  
13. Chelsea  34. Spyder  55. Donna Mundinger  
14. Ruby  35. Nancy in Iowa  56. Helen  
15. linda  36. Lisbeth K  57. Anji78  
16. Angélique  37. Donna  58. Hazel  
17. Lisa Jane  38. Tiggertastic  59. pinky  
18. Marilyn Webb  39. Ellen  60. NanaConnie  
19. Vivi Casale  40. Hazel  61. Cindy F  
20. darling Ho  41. Hazel  
21. Carol  42. Jocelyn K  

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Thursday, 15 December 2011

Challenge 3 Winner

It's time to announce the winner from challenge 3 which was a Santa theme and Dude Time Doodles was the generous sponsor offering a $10 Gift Certificate to spend in the store.

And that lucky winner is:

Number 20

Karen Hasheck


Congratulations! Please email me (Ruth) at tiptoptoppers@btinternet.com with your details and I will arrange for the prize to be forwarded to you.

Challenge 4 - Embossing is still running and you have until Wednesday 21 December at 12noon GMT to get your entries in and please remember it MUST be Christmas or Festive related. Good luck!

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Challenge 4 - Embossing

Time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge! I hope your pile of cards is growing nicely as there is not long to go now! Then again, you could always save them for next year and get a head start!
Thank you to all the entrants for the last challenge - the winner will be announced next Thursday so don't forget to check back to see if you are the lucky winner of a $10 gift certificate from Dude Time Doodles.

Right, onto this challenge and the theme is

Embossing

Either dry or heat or what ever other kind of embossing there is (showing my ignorance here!) and as long as it is Christmas or Festive themed then any type of crafting can be entered.

I have a wonderful and generous sponsor for this challenge - Diane's Digital Designs and Diane has graciously offered two digis for the winner and both are shown below as finished items. To view Diane's blog and to snag the wonderful freebies she offers, just click on the image below.
Thank you so much Diane - really appreciated! Diane has also made a card showcasing one of the digi stamps:


And here is mine, showing the other digi stamp that you could win. I've used a Cuttlebug embossing folder and a fair amount of glitter! If you want to know more about how I've made it, please have a look at my blog!

Good luck with the challenge - the rules are below - deadline is Wednesday 21 December at 12noon GMT. There is only me to comment on your entries so don't be upset if I'm a little tardy - I'll get there in the end!

Entry Rules
Your entry must be Christmas or Festive related
Please follow the set theme and enter any type of craft, not just papercrafting
No backlinking to older posts
You can use any of your stash and you can enter as many other challenges as you want
There is no limit on the number of times you can enter
Please link back to Crimbo Crackers in your post
Link up your actual blog post with the blue frog below
And have FUN!

Add your embossing creations here!

1. Wishcraft  24. chris olsen  47. Jennibee  
2. blackdragon  25. Tracey Brossart  48. Debbles Dabbles  
3. Carol  26. Julie B.x  49. Bo  
4. Stargroves (Anne)  27. wendy bickford  50. ♥Jan♥  
5. Bunny  28. Doreen  51. Marjo  
6. Happy Expressions  29. eels  52. Ardilla  
7. Myrto  30. Lovely Linda  53. Ardilla  
8. hilda  31. Lisa Jane  54. Mynnette :)  
9. NanaConnie  32. Mags  55. Natali  
10. Daniele  33. DianeMoneyGoiolsby  56. Hazel  
11. Susan  34. Julie Short  57. Liv Solveig  
12. Sheryl C.  35. chris  58. CROFTY  
13. Sandie  36. Lin - Twisted Witch  59. Hazel  
14. Marilyn Webb  37. Sally J  60. jue  
15. Janice  38. Lou  61. pinky  
16. Gillian  39. Pauline C  62. Sarah T  
17. Dawn Lancaster  40. Debbie Johns  63. Marjo  
18. Dots Dabbles  41. Linda Simpson  64. Hazel  
19. Marjo  42. Scatty Jan  65. chris o  
20. Helen  43. Peggy M - The Wired Angel  66. Sue U  
21. Bettina  44. Avril B  67. NanaConnie  
22. Mags  45. Nicecrane Designs  68. Dawn Lancaster  
23. Christine Craig  46. Suzie McFloozy  

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Thursday, 1 December 2011

Challenge 2 Winner

It's time to announce the winner of Challenge 2 which was the Sparkle theme and was generously sponsored by Jellypark.

Thank you to the Jellypark Design Team who joined me in making samples and showing off the wonderful digi images from Jellypark for the challenge - thanks girls; you are all very fab!

Right, the winner from Challenge 2 is:


Entry 53



Congratulations! Please email me (Ruth) at tiptoptoppers@btinternet.com and I will arrange your prize - two digi's from Jellypark.

Challenge 3 is still running and the theme is Santa.

See you next week for the new challenge!

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Challenge 3 - Santa

Welcome to the Crimbo Crackers challenge 3! And another HUGE thank you to all the entries for challenge 2 - you just beat the standing record which was 233 entries! I am catching up with leaving comments so if I've not yet visited I'll be along very soon!

The winner from challenge 2 which was sponsored by Jellypark will be announced next Thursday so don't forget to drop by to see if you were the lucky winner!

The theme for this challenge is another nice and easy one (see how good I am to you?!) and it is:

Santa

Anything that features a Santa image can be entered.

I'm proud to announce that Crimbo Crackers has another wonderful sponsor - Dude Time Doodles! Perfect for those always difficult to create male themed projects! To visit the store, just click on the banner below:

The store is offering 50% off all last years Christmas images but be quick as the offer ends on 30 November! The winner from this challenge will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in the store - thank you so much Dude Time Doodles!

I'm very fortunate to be on the Dude Time Doodles Design Team so I get to play with all the images and one of my most favourite is Santi Beaches (in the 50% sale!) which I've used here in my sample - doesn't he look cool?! For more details please click on the photo to be taken to my blog.

Good luck with the challenge - the rules are below - deadline is Wednesday 7 December at 12noon GMT. There is only me to comment on your entries so don't be upset if I'm a little tardy - I'll get there in the end!

Entry Rules
Your entry must be Christmas or Festive related
Please follow the set theme and enter any type of craft, not just papercrafting
No backlinking to older posts
You can use any of your stash and you can enter as many other challenges as you want
There is no limit on the number of times you can enter
Please link back to Crimbo Crackers in your post
Link up your actual blog post with the blue frog below
And have FUN!


Add your Santa creations here!

1. MsPlum  18. Marilyn Webb  35. Sally J  
2. Susan  19. NikkiByrne  36. JanR  
3. Scatty Jan  20. Karen Hasheck  37. Scatty Jan  
4. Vanessa M. (Tootsie)  21. Bo  38. Ardilla  
5. Nikki C  22. Tammy  39. Joan V  
6. Fiona  23. Patti  40. Cec  
7. Mel X  24. Donna  41. Marina  
8. Linda Simpson  25. eels  42. Piali  
9. Marjo  26. Toulouse (Donna)  43. Diane Ahlers  
10. miria  27. Susan  44. hilda  
11. wendy bickford  28. Dawn Lancaster (DT)  45. laney  
12. Gero Girl  29. eels  46. Ardilla  
13. Merethe  30. hilda  47. Pauline C  
14. Hazel  31. Tracey V  48. Lori  
15. Bunny  32. NanaConnie  49. Peggy M - The Wired Angel  
16. Mags  33. Made By Mandy  50. Deonna B  
17. Marjo  34. DianeMoneyGoolsby  

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Thursday, 17 November 2011

Challenge 1 Winner

It's time to announce the winner from the very first challenge! I really did not expect the number of entries (233!) nor how difficult it would be to pick a winner. Thank you all so much for making the first challenge such a success!

A random child was used to pick a winner and Samuel was that random child (they come in useful from time to time!) and once he'd realised that a million was not a number between 1 and 233 he picked:


Entry 194


Congratulations! Please email me tiptoptoppers@btinternet.com along with your postal details and I'll arrange for the Funky Hand -Twelve Crafters Crafting cd to be sent to you!


A huge thank you to Anice for sponsoring my very first challenge!



Challenge 2 is still active and its a nice and easy Christmas theme - sparkle - so scroll down and enter!


If the prize is not claimed by 1 December it will be redrawn.

Thursday, 10 November 2011

Challenge 2 - Make It Sparkle

It's time for Crimbo Crackers second challenge! And to be perfectly honest, I am still getting over how many entries there were for my very first challenge!! 233 entries to be precise - thank you!! The winner of the Funky Hand cd Twelve Crafters Crafting will be announced next Thursday so make sure you check back to see if you were the lucky one!

Right, onto challenge 2. Another nice and easy one! The theme this fortnight is:

Make It Sparkle

The more the merrier - so get out your glitter glue, glamour dust, glitter threads, sparkly pens and papers and let me see what you can create! So as long as its Christmas or Festive related then it can be entered! Any type of crafting is accepted not just papercrafting.

I'm so pleased to have Jellypark as a sponsor for this challenge!! Claire imagines and creates the most wonderful characters which are a joy to colour! And the randomly selected winner will get to choose two images from the brand new Jellypark store as a prize!

I asked the Jellypark Design Team if they fancied creating something for the challenge (girls you are the bestest!!) and here are their creations!

If you want to know more about each card then click their name - all the images can be found in the Jellypark store.



And here is mine! If you want to know more about my very sparkly creation (I am still wearing some of the glitter, then click on the image!)


Good luck with the challenge - the rules are below - deadline is Wednesday 23 November at 12noon GMT. There is only me to comment on your entries so don't be upset if I'm a little tardy - I'll get there in the end!

Entry Rules
Your entry must be Christmas or Festive related
Please follow the set theme and enter any type of craft, not just papercrafting
No backlinking to older posts
You can use any of your stash and you can enter as many other challenges as you want
There is no limit on the number of times you can enter
Please link back to Crimbo Crackers in your post
Link up your actual blog post with the blue frog below
And have FUN!

Add your Make It Sparkle creations here!

1. Tracy MacDonald  79. Elizabeth H.  157. Ann Cutts  
2. Lin - Twisted Witch  80. Caroline H.  158. Gerda  
3. Jan ltc  81. Sally J  159. Kevin  
4. Maxine D  82. Dawn Lancaster  160. Colleen Holmes  
5. Cheryl First  83. Maria  161. sharon  
6. Eemeli  84. chris  162. Grace N  
7. Crafty Sunshine  85. Patti  163. Cheryl First  
8. Liz  86. kym pendered  164. Kendra  
9. Lisa Jane  87. Gabi  165. Ruby  
10. Wishcraft  88. Gabi  166. WENDIE H  
11. Where's my table  89. Sherry K  167. Cec  
12. linda  90. Mia  168. Brandi  
13. Stephanie-Emma  91. Scatty Jan  169. Joanna K  
14. Stephanie-Emma  92. Mandy  170. Kathy Curry  
15. Stephanie-Emma  93. Trish Munro  171. Donna  
16. Claire C  94. Daniele  172. Toulouse  
17. jessica  95. Bella  173. Zahreen S (Splashbunny)  
18. Anji78  96. hilda  174. SueT  
19. Lisa (ThePurplePlace)  97. Deloris  175. Gemma  
20. Di  98. Lin - Twisted Witch  176. Hazel  
21. Dragonllew  99. Marilyn Webb  177. Louise F  
22. Julie  100. JANIEL  178. Bella  
23. Leah Ann Gast  101. Katie Tate  179. S I L L I  
24. Anne-Marie  102. lisav  180. janet  
25. Zahreen S (Splashbunny)  103. Tammy  181. Happy Days  
26. donna moore  104. Marjorie  182. Chris  
27. Monica  105. Kate  183. Anne-Marie  
28. Kate  106. Gemma  184. Susie Little  
29. Martina's kaartjes  107. Vicky  185. Rebecca  
30. Jenni  108. *Jellie*  186. Shirley  
31. Gabi  109. Lynn Hayes  187. Anita M  
32. Gabi  110. juelmarie  188. Ardilla  
33. Gabi  111. NanaConnie  189. JanR  
34. IRENE  112. Betty Wright  190. Ann English  
35. Ria  113. Julie Price  191. Claire C  
36. Vee  114. Carol  192. Theresa  
37. lis-m  115. Gemma  193. Julie Price  
38. Amanda  116. NanaConnie  194. Doreen  
39. DesigNeAl  117. Cheryl (Shestamps)  195. An  
40. Birgit  118. Lora  196. lena katrine  
41. Sandie  119. DianeMoneyGoolsby  197. Victoria (5 y.o.)  
42. NikkiByrne  120. Claire M  198. Pat P  
43. Jayne  121. Leanne Elliott  199. Jannys Cards Creations  
44. Kym  122. Tracy NZ  200. Maria B.  
45. Margreet  123. Gerda  201. Maria  
46. miria  124. Tracey V  202. juelmarie  
47. Dawn Frost  125. wendy bickford  203. Lisbeth  
48. NanaConnie  126. Lou  204. Lisbeth  
49. SueLaw  127. Katie Tate  205. chris olsen  
50. Wicked Witch  128. jo  206. Lisa Minckler  
51. Sara I.  129. Made By Mandy  207. Diane Ahlers  
52. Stacie G  130. Made By Mandy  208. wendy bickford  
53. Tracey Brossart  131. Sara I.  209. lalkygirl  
54. Maria B.  132. Linda Simpson  210. lalkygirl  
55. Gale  133. Anita  211. Teri Sherman  
56. Julie Temple  134. Liz  212. Jenn Borjeson  
57. Jenn Zeeb  135. CraftyC  213. sue  
58. Maria B.  136. Jack  214. Joanie  
59. juelmarie  137. Debbie Johns  215. DesigNeAl  
60. Bettina  138. Tracy MacDonald  216. Made By Mandy  
61. Debbie S  139. Tammy L  217. Jenny  
62. Angélique  140. CraftyLadyDP  218. Made By Mandy  
63. Tracey Brossart  141. Claire C  219. Gemma  
64. sally k  142. Shelly Schmidt  220. Mags  
65. Pauline C  143. Olesia  221. Theo 7 years old  
66. Sandie  144. Janny"s Cards Creations  222. Maxine  
67. CraftyC  145. La Vikinga  223. Claudia  
68. Ardilla  146. Sarah K  224. Made By Mandy  
69. chris olsen  147. laney  225. Vixykins  
70. Helen  148. Diane Ahlers  226. Peggy R  
71. Katie Tate  149. CarolH-Gingerbeary8  227. Hazel  
72. Crafting Serenity  150. Candi  228. Hazel  
73. Cheryl First  151. samara  229. Anne-Marie  
74. Margo B  152. Christy Dillman  230. Hazel  
75. Michaela  153. Lawren F  231. Gemma  
76. Val  154. Maria B.  232. Anita M  
77. Sande  155. Kimberly C  233. Tammy Louise  
78. Gemma  156. Debbie S  234. Tine  

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Monday, 7 November 2011

Blog Badge!

I've managed to create a Crimbo Crackers blog badge with special linky thing all in one!!

If you want the badge for your blog then look to the sidebar and copy the code for yourself. You will need to 'select all' within the text box and then add it as an HTML code in your sidebar.

Big thanks to Christy for the code and explanation of what I had to do!!

The boys thought I was a bit crackers in doing the photo shoot but they will be pleased when they see it now its all finished!!

Only a few days left for the current challenge which you can enter below and such a FANTASTIC response - over 200 entries when I last looked! So don't forget to check back on Thursday for a new challenge and a wonderful sponsor prize too!

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Blog Candy Launch Winners!

It's time to announce the three winners of my surprise blog candy!

They are:



Please email me at tiptoptoppers@btinternet.com with your full postal details and I will pop something in the post to you!

Congratulations!

Please make contact by 17 November otherwise the prizes will be redrawn.

PS Apologies if you tried to find this post earlier - I'd set it to publish and then forgot to write it!! Can't blame Blogger for it - all my fault this time!

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

The first Crimbo Crackers challenge is here!! A nice and easy theme for you this fortnight:

Anything Goes

So as long as its Christmas or Festive related then it can be entered! Any type of crafting is accepted not just papercrafting.

I have a very fantastic sponsor for our first challenge and the prize is so special that I can't show it to you!! The prize for one lucky entrant is a copy of the not yet released Funky Hand cd - the fifth cd from the Papercraft Factory series. The cd is set to be launched on Saturday 5 November but you saw it here first! UPDATE!! YOU CAN PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY - CLICK HERE!

Even though I can't show the actual prize, I can show you some of the papers from Twelve Crafters Crafting!

All the papers and digi images you see here are from the cd - for more details on how my Three Wise Kings have been made, pop over to my blog.

And here are all three together!

If you want another way to win a copy of this fantastic Twelve Crafters Crafting cd then check out Anice's blog on Saturday as Funky Hand and the Funkettes are having a blog hop! Each of us will be showcasing one of our Twelve Crafters Crafting samples so you won't want to miss out!

Good luck with the challenge - the rules are below - deadline is Wednesday 9 November at 12noon GMT. There is only me to comment on your entries so don't be upset if I'm a little tardy - I'll get there in the end!

The three winners from the pre launch blog candy will be announced next Thursday - so don't forget to check back to see if you were lucky!

Entry Rules
Your entry must be Christmas or Festive related
Please follow the set theme and enter any type of craft, not just papercrafting
No backlinking to older posts
You can use any of your stash and you can enter as many other challenges as you want
There is no limit on the number of times you can enter
Please link back to Crimbo Crackers in your post
Link up your actual blog post with the blue frog below
And have FUN!


Add your Crimbo Crackers entry below!











































































































































































































































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Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Almost There!

Not long now!! The blog candy has ended but be sure to check back to see who the three lucky commentators were!

First challenge will be launched tomorrow morning at 9am GMT and there is a cracker of a prize on offer!! See what I did there??!!

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Launch Date and Blog Candy!

The launch date for Crimbo Crackers and the first challenge will be

Thursday 27 October

at 9am GMT

And to celebrate I'm offering not one, not two but THREE lucky people who leave a comment on this post a little prize!


All you need to do is leave a comment on this post - it would be lovely if you'd become a follower but its not compulsory!

Blog candy will end on 26 October at 12noon GMT and the winners will be announced on Thursday 3 November. Good luck!

Friday, 30 September 2011

Coming Soon!

Crimbo Crackers is a bi-weekly Christmas themed blog with challenges set alternate Thursdays at 9am GMT.

Sometimes there will be a sponsor and sometimes I will delve into my crafty stash to offer a prize!

Launch date coming very soon!