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.

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!

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!

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!

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

Julie Temple

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!

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!

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

Scatty Jan

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.

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.

Tracey

Mel

Jennifer

Lisa

Suzie

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!

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!

Blog Candy Launch Winners!

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

They are:

Just By Lee

Rose Petal

Kym's Crafty Cards

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!

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!

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??!!

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!

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!