June Winners

My oh my, what a lot of entries in June and such wonderful creations, myself and the DT have really enjoyed visiting your blogs and looking at all the talent out there. And of course you set us another very difficult task of selecting our winners.

But as always we have to narrow the numbers down to just four and this month I am pleased to announce that these are:

First place and winner of all those yummy punches is:

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Issy

I was amused when I just read your post again Issy and you said you don't use your punches enough.......your' gonna have real problems now then ? Please e.mail me with your postal addy: brenda@ibas.co.uk

And the following lucky crafters have been selected as this months Top 3. You can display our special logo on your blogs, well done all of you:

2) Farrah

3) Anna

4) Silvie

Pop back tomorrow when I will be posting our new July challenge and details of the fabulous prize that will be on offer..........some really great stash that has only just hit the craft world.

Challenge rules

Good morning all your crafters out there.

Much as I hate having to do it, I am afraid there is a need to remind people of our challenge rules. They have been on our sidebar since day one, but in your eagerness to win our fabby prizes, some of you are forgetting to read them.

I know they are a pain in the rear, but it's only fair to your fellow entrants that you take a moment to read them before adding your entry. Quite understandably, some peeps have been getting rather upset that some of you are not following the rules and with such great prizes on offer we do have a duty to make sure everyone plays it by the book.

When someone does not follow the rules I try and send a discreet e.mail, but where there is no mail link all I can do is leave a comment and I am seriously looking like I'm turning into the Challenge Police which is not a nice place to be at all. So to make sure there is no doubt, here are the main ones:

• You can combine your entry into Stampalot Challenge with a maximum of five other challenges - that's six in total.

• You can enter more than once, but you can only enter one card and each additional entry must be a different type of project- e.g: a l/o, or box or some other craft item you have created.

• You must include a link in your entry post back to Stampalot Challenge - lots of your links just go to your own blogs or there is non at all. If you don't know how to do it, please mail me, I am always happy to help where I can.

Checking out each entry to make sure it complies with the rules takes lots of time, but if you all take just a few moments to check the rules before you post your entry, life will be a lot easier for us all.

In future, any entries that we consider do not comply with the rules will be removed from Mr Linky immediately and will not be eligible for the prize on offer or our Top 3 that month.

Where possible I will send you a message to explain but this is not guaranteed. This does not mean you are prevented from doing a new entry that does comply with the rules.

June challenge

Good morning all you crafters out there and welcome to a brand new Stampalot Challenge. Yet again you wowed us with all your fabulous work in May, so a huge thank you goes out to each and every one of you for helping us make our new challenge such a success.

Before I tell you about this months challenge can I remind everyone that we do have a few rules on the sidebar and especially that you can combine your Stampalot entry with a maximum of five other challenges. Nobody likes rules, but we hate to get to your blogs and find a super piece of work that can't be included because it has been combined with a long list of other challenges. And most of all I so dislike having to be the the baddie to tell peeps that they are not eligible for the prize on offer.

Nasties over and on to June's challenge and this month we are going all punchy with the theme:

"Punch it"

With all the gorgeous punches available now we are sure you will have great fun with this one and we are really looking forward to seeing how you use your punches on your projects, be it borders, flowers, or something completely new. As usual your project can be anything you have created yourself and for any occasions, the only requirement is that we see some punched elements on your work.

And of course we have another fabulous prize for this months lucky winner.......these Stampalot guys are pretty darn good you know...... and as the theme is all about punches, what better prize that this amazing array of all things punchy - ** Two Martha Stewart Around the Page sets ** Three of the fabulous EK Success Paper Shaper sets which have not only the punch but matching stamps and ink pads all included ** A fabby Prove Craft tool set........and it's pink ** Plus a whole load of corner, stitchy and other punches. I had a quick add up as I went along and got to £201, so a pretty amazing prize.

I think the DT have had their own little competition going on to see who can use the most punched and it's been a bit like stop the difference as they all came up with the artwork for this month. You can click on their names to go to their blogs to see how they created their work.

Brenda

A simple border

Chris

Casting shadows

Clare

Classical elegance

Francesca

Oh so sweet
Lorraine

Tilda in blue

Pinky

Girls night out

Sally

All distressed

Tracy

Floral frenzy

May winner and Top 3

Hello everyone, time to announce the lucky winner of those fab Tim Holtz goodies.

It's clear from all your wonderful entries you have really enjoyed this months challenge and made it oh so difficult for us all selecting our favourites and I can tell you it was a very close run thing this month. But we do have a winner:

First Place: Lina (entry no 4)

Congratulations Lina, please mail me brenda@ibas.co.uk so we can get your wonderful prize in the post to you.

And this months Top 3:

2nd Place............Kayla (entry no 75)

3rd Place...........Lesley (entry no 148)

4th Place............Inger (entry no 110)

Well done all of you, please take the Top 3 logo and display on your blogs.

Our new challenge will be posted at 8am tomorrow, I know you are going to love the theme as much as the prize and myself and the team look forward to seeing all your new creations.

May Challenge

Good Morning everyone, It's May Day and it really is beginning to feel like Spring is with us and Summer on it's way.

I can't begin to tell you how thrilled myself, the Design Team and all the Stampalot guys were to see so many of you joining in our first challenge. At the risk of repeating myself I want to thank you all again and say we really hope that you will all be joining us again this month.

So why do we have in store for you this month ? An awesome prize of course, but first the theme and I'll put my hands up and confess that I might have had the teeny tiniest influence on this one, but it's very seasonal and gives us all the perfect opportunity to celebrate this wonderful time of year and get out all those pretty embellishments and crafty stash and get creative.........and our May theme is:

"Butterflies and Blossoms"

And now the fabulous prize that Sir Stampalot is so generously providing and will have all us TH groupies drooling and on our knees..........oh my am I excited about this one........ just take a look at this first part of the prize:

Yes that's his very own original signature on the inside cover of his brilliantly inspirational book A Compendium of Curiosities (back right in the picture below) as witnessed by Andy and Janice when he signed it at CHA in January. Although that's only a fraction of the prize, to my mind it's priceless. I know the book is now available to purchase in the UK, but not with that authentic signature. And the rest of the fabulous prize with an estimated retail value of circa £200 comprises of all things Tim Holtz, a fantastic array of goodies to keep any crafter busy for hours. Also included but not in the picture is one of the new Tattered Florals dies which is on back order from the States:

This beautiful frame made by Andy and Janice at a class they attended in the States run by none other that Tim himself has flowers created using the Tattered Florals die. You can see more pictures of it on Smudges, the Stampalot blog.

So after all that excitement, time to showcase the work the DT have come up with this month. They have really enjoyed this one as their wonderful artwork shows, they have all provided details on their personal blogs of how they made their creations so please click on their names to find out more.

Brenda

Rapunzel's roses

Chris

Under the Magnolia tree

Clare

Elegant Flutterby

Francesca

Smell the roses

Lorraine

Lovely Lilacs

Pinky

Glimmering Glory

Sally

Hues of Hero

Tracy

Pretty in Pink

Edited 5th May 2010: A polite reminder that one of our rules listed on the sidebar is that entries to our challenge can be combined with up to five others. Quite a few peeps have combined with more than this which means they are not eligible for the prize, so please check this our before linking your work. We really would hate for anyone to miss out on this one.

April prize winner and Top 3

Well, what can I say, you really have come up with some wonderful artwork during April and astounded us with the diversity of your creations. It goes without saying that you set us a really hard task selecting our winner and Top 3.

But decisions have to be made and here is the winner of our Fantasy theme and that fabulous Cricut Create machine:

1st place - Claire C

Well done Claire, a wonderful piece of Fantasty artwork. Please e.mail me: brenda@ibas.co.uk with your full name and postal addy so I can arrange for your prize to be shipped to you.

And the three runners up and this months Top 3 are:

2nd place - Sarah A

3rd place - Donna

4th place - Angie

Congratulations to all three of you, please take our special logo and display on your blogs with pride.

And don't forget, our new challenge will be posted tomorrow morning, it's one we are sure you will all enjoy, so look forward to seeing you all again in May.........the prize is awesome, I'm so excited about it and know you will be as well.

Stampalot challenge April

Good Morning and very warm welcome to you all from everyone at the Stampalot Challenge.

The day we have all been eagerly awaiting has finally arrived, it's seemed forever coming and we really have all been bursting at the seams for the chance to share all our excitement with you.

Over the coming months we have some fantastic themes lined up for you, along with some fabulous prizes from Sir Stampalot. Our challenges will each run for a month and we hope the information on the sidebar will help you familiarise yourself with how our challenge works.

So enough of my faffing, you all want to know the theme and what you could win. Our first theme is:

"Fantasy"

It is entirely up to you what you create and how you interpret the theme and we are so looking forward to visiting you all and seeing your wonderful creations.

Sir Stampalot have been so generous with the winners prize.........pinch yourself first because the prize is:

A Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter

PLUS a Pooh Font Cartridge

How awesome is that and if the opportunity to win that doesn't get your creative juices flowing, then I don't know what will. Plus we will also be selecting our Top 3 who will be able to display our special logo.

The oh so talented.......and did I say excited.......Design Team have come up with some awesome projects so please do go and visit them and see how they have been created and show your appreciation for all their hard work.

Brenda
Daydreaming in a fantasy world

Chris
Scenes of the garden by night

Clare

Floating on fairy dreams

Francesca

Grown up faeries really do exist

Lorraine

Mythical mystery lands

Pinky

Ethereal beauty

Sally

Nautical fantasy legends

Tracy

Ultimate fairy wishes

Cover of Tracy's sketch folder

Please don't forget when you have finished your fantastic creations to add a direct link with Mr Linky to that project. Good Luck everyone!