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!