Hello everyone, Carol here hosting the April challenge.  This challenge runs from 10th April to 4th May and we are covering two alphabet letters this time. The Christmas/December/Winter holidays themes this time round are: 'H is for Hats' and 'I is for Inky' I have a little prize for the randomly chosen winner:-          Die'sire Create a Card Decorative Bauble 2-piece die set. Design Team Inspiration Helen 'H is for Hats' 'I is for Inky' Carol 'H is for Hats' 'I for Inky' Lynda 'H is for Hats' and 'I is for Inky'  H ..read more

Hello, Lynda/Loopyloo here to announce the lucky winner and top three of last month's challenge. The themes were: 'E for Embossing' 'F for Faux' 'G for Gingerbread' The randomly drawn winner of the two Gerda  Steiner stamp sets is: #18 - Bonnie Please to claim your prize! My top 3 are: #1 - Lia A gorgeous embossed background with that pop of the red snowflake. #21 - Sharon Of course - that cute coloured image, but the stitching detail on the patchwork background really stands out. #35 - Aimeslee A very cute scene, and the embossing on ..read more

 Hello everyone, Lynda/Loopyloo here hosting the March challenge.  This challenge runs from 13th March to 6th April and we are covering three letters of the alphabet. The Christmas/December/Winter holidays themes this time round are: 'E is for Embossing' and 'F is for Faux' and  'G is for Gingerbread' There is a prize for a random winner - a couple of stamp sets: Here is the inspiration from the Design team: Lynda 'G is for Gingerbread' Helen 'E is for Embossing' 'F is for Faux (Stitching)'   'G is for Gingerbread' Carol 'E is ..read more

 Hello, Mummylade here to announce the lucky winner and top three of last month's challenge. The themes were: 'C for Cats' AND 'D for Dogs' The prize for the lucky winner was a gift card to Powerpoppy, one of my favourite digistamp designers.  The lucky winner is: 25. Lorraine B Please me to claim your prize. Unclaimed prizes may be redrawn or worse still lost.  ***** And my Top 3: #5 - Meghan #11 - Cornelia #23 - Pöydän kulmalla näpertelijä   Congratulations Everyone! You ..read more

  Hi all, Helene (Mummylade) here to present the February challenge, running from today until Saturday the 9th of March.  The themes are: 'C is for Cats' & 'D is for Dogs' And a lucky winner will get a $10 gift card to one of my favourite digistamp shops:  We are predominantly a Christmas challenge, but we would like to extend a very warm welcome to cards made for other December/Winter Holidays. To get you started, take a look at what the marvellous design team has created: Helen 'C is for Cats' 'D is for Dogs' Carol 'C is for Cats' 'D is for Dogs'   ..read more

 Hello! It's Helen here...I'm announcing the lucky winner and top three of last month's challenge. The themes were: 'A is for Anything Christmas' AND 'B is for Berries' The prize for the lucky winner was this cute robin stamp set and 6x6 Christmas themed paper pad: The lucky winner is: #41 - Helen ***** And my Top 3: #26 - Vicky #103 - ArtMBR #164 - Kath Congratulations Everyone! Please  to claim your prize. Unclaimed prizes may be redrawn or worse still lost.  You can find the page for gra ..read more

 The original winner of the prize for last month's challenge (December Y & Z) has asked me to redraw the prize, so I have fired up the Random Number Generator, and it has selected: #30 - Annie H Congratulations Annie! Please  to claim your prize. Unclaimed prizes may be redrawn or worse still lost.  You can find the page for grabbing your blinkie or banner  at the top of our blog. Don't forget to scroll down for our current challenge ..read more

 Happy New Year Everyone! It's Helen here welcoming you to our first challenge of 2024, and the beginning of our fifteenth (!!!) trip through the alphabet! We hope that you will join us this year in our bid to be prepared for next Christmas! Perhaps you were lucky enough to receive some new Christmas craft bits in your stocking...or snapped up some bargains in the post-Christmas sales...perhaps one of your New Year's resolutions is to have your Christmas cards ready in plenty of time this year...or maybe you just haven't tidied away your Christmas stash away after making l ..read more

Hello! It's Helen here...I'm announcing the lucky winner and top three of last month's challenge. The themes were: 'Y is Your Choice' AND 'Z is for Zebra' The prize for the lucky winner was this 'Cozy Christmas' 6x6 paper pad & Hero Arts 'Cozy Moments' stamp set: And the lucky winner is: #41 - Trina ***** And my Top 10: #3 - Lorraine A #39 - Pauline C #59 - Meghan #86 - Elaine L-P #139 - LeslieT #154 - Silke #165 - Paperesse #183 - Trina #191 - Susan Sudbury #242 - Irene Congratulations Every ..read more

 It's Helen here with the last ABC Christmas Challenge of the year, but before I get on to this month's themes...don't forget to check the post below to see if you were a lucky winner of our last challenge! This month we have two lovely themes for you: 'Y is for Your Choice' (We know you're busy, so 'Anything Goes') & 'Z is for Zebra' (Black & White and/or Stripes) The prize for the lucky winner is a 'Cozy Christmas' 6x6 paper pad & Hero Arts 'Cozy Moments' stamp set: And now it's time for some inspiration from our Design Team: Helen 'Y is for Your Choice ..read more