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Monday 31 May 2010

A Sprinkling of Fairy Dust!

Hello and Happy Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK. I hope you all find plenty of time to craft.

We have a super theme here at Sweet Pea Stampers for you to join in with. This week we want to see "A Sprinkling of Fairy Dust" somewhere on your project. A great excuse to get out all your sparkly stash.


Once again we have a wonderful stamp donated by Lynette from Sweet Pea Stamps as a prize. There is also the opportunity to join us as a Guest Designer the following week.


ching-chou kuik's Winter Watcher


The card of the month will be announced next week so this is your last opportunity to be in with a chance of winning the monthly prize of three Sweet Pea stamps.


The winner of the gorgeous stamp and the prize of being our Guest Designer next week is:

True Random Number Generator




Min: 1

Max: 14

Result:

14


Congratulations Jen please email Pascale to claim your prize.
This weeks Guest designers are Vicki and Angie please pop over to there wonderful blogs where you will be filled with inspiration from there wonderful projects. Many Thanks for joining us as Guest Designers we loved having you on the team x



Here are the Amazing Design Team cards. Please try to visit their blogs for some Inspiration. I also want to wish our very own Nicola a very Happy Birthday!!!!!!












Monday 24 May 2010

A Recipe!

We would like to say thanks to everyone who entered last weeks challenge. The cards were beautiful and we really enjoyed visiting all of you. It is so lovely to see so many familiar faces each week.

Again we are sponsored by the very generous Lynette who owns Sweet Pea Stamps. This week the stamp that has been donated to our challenge blog is this beautiful image by Ching Chou Kuik.There is also the opportunity to join us as a GDT so you win two prizes if the Random org choses you.

Dance of the butterfly



The Winner from last week who will also get the opportunity to join us as a Guest Designer and wins the beautiful stamp donated last week is:


ANGIE

Congratulations Angie please can you email Pascale to claim your prize.



This week we have a litte recipe for you all to follow. We would like to see you use:

4 Patterned Papers
2 Ribbons
2 Shapes
1 button

Here are the AMAZING cards from last weeks winners Kym and Vicki (who will be joining us next week too) who won Guest Design Team spots. I am sure you will agree these are stunning cards. Please visit both of these lovely ladies as both their blogs are Inspirational.

Kym










Now here is some inspiration from our extremely talented DT who have brought you some stunning cards. Please pop by and leave them a comment on their blog as each week they produce the most stunning projects and I am sure they would love you to visit and say hi .




Nicola







Monday 17 May 2010

Paperpiecing

We loved all your Pink,Green and Brown entries last week a popular colour combination for sure. Thanks again for taking the time to join in with us here at Sweet Pea Stampers.


This week we want to see some "Paper Piecing" on your projects. So get out all those scraps of paper and use your stamps on them and get creative! We can't wait to see what you come up with!

The prize on offer this week is a guest design spot next week and this beautiful stamp which is available at Sweet Pea Stamps owned by the very lovely and generous Lynette.


©ching chou kuik's Fantasy Easter Ocean




Hop over there to find some beautiful plates of stamps at Amazing prices! Lynette always has a sale on and regular new releases so you never know you may pick up some real bargins. I know there are limited grab bags on offer containing 6 images and 5 sentiments for $10.00 ,why don't you hop over and take a look?

Now for the winners of last weeks three prizes.

1st prize winner is - KYM KREATES - Congratulations you win the beautiful Fly Butterfly stamp and a Guest DT spot for next week.
2nd prize winner is - DOREEN - Congratulations you win three ching chou kuik digi sheets from The Crafty Purple Frog.
3rd prize winner is - VICTORIA ANGELDRUMMER - Congratulations you win a two week GDT spot with us here at Sweet Pea Stampers.

Would all winners kindly email Pascale to find out about claiming their wonderful prizes. Please put Re Sweet Pea Stampers prize in your heading incase it hops into the spam box.

Last week Linda won our prize and the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team member for this week. Here is her wonderful take on our theme of paperpiecing.



Linda






Onto our Wonderful Samples for this weeks theme from the amazing DT.

Pascale






Teri






Nicola


Anne: to follow....!


We are so looking forward to coming to see what you create this week.

Hugs The Sweet Pea Stampers Team x




Monday 10 May 2010

Colour Combination of Pink, Green and Brown

A very Good morning to you all. What a great week we had last week - a huge Thank You to all of those who played along. We were really thrilled to see so many wonderful cards last week and so many great interpretations of the sketch!


The winner of the gorgeous stamp and the opportunity to join us next week as a Guest Designer " A Thousand Years waiting" chosen by Random Org is:



Congratulations!!!!


Please email Pascale with your address so she can get your prize out to you.


This week we have a fantastic line up of prizes. So we hope you will find time to join us this week.


The winner of the 1st prize will get an opportunity to be a Guest Designer next week and this Sweet Pea stamp donated by Lynette from Sweet Pea Stamps :


ching-chou kuiks Fly Butterfly





The winner of the 2nd prize will get 3 digital sheets from The Crafty Purple Frog.




The winner of the 3rdprize is going to be able to join us at a Guest Design Team member for the next two weeks.





Our wonderful Design Team member Marcea has had to leave us due to her studying and family committments. She will be missed heaps. Thanks for all your wonderful inspiration sweetie and Good Luck in all you do.




This week at Sweet Pea stampers we have a wonderful Colour Combination for you to follow. The colours are Pink, Green and Brown and our very lovely and very talented team have put together some wonderful samples to entice you to play:


Nicola










AMY


Teri





So if you missed out last week, we hope you will find a gap in your precious craft time this week to join us here at Sweet Pea Stampers. Everyone who plays along with our themes will be in with a chance to win our card of the month and 3 Sweet Pea images.


Thanks for all the support The Sweet Pea stampers Team xxx




Thursday 6 May 2010

Card of the month winner - April

Good Morning ,please scroll down for this weeks challenge . I am just popping in to make a very special announcement. Our Card of the month winner is Donna .

Congratulations Donna you will win 3 random Sweet Pea images. Please email Pascale to find out how to get your prize.

Don't forget we will be offering the same prize at the end of May. Each week we will offer one Sweet Pea image and the chance to be our Guest Designer for the following week as a prize.

Thanks to you all for joining in with us, Hugs The Sweet Pea Stampers Team x

Monday 3 May 2010

A Beautiful Sketch!

Hi there, I hope everyone in the UK is enjoying their extended weekend. Shame it was not last week when we had the most fantastic weather. Never mind, all the more reason to stay in and craft.



Here at Sweet Pea Stampers we have A Beautiful sketch for you to follow from our very own Anne .


Once again we are sponsored by Lynette from Sweet Pea Stamps. She is offering this wonderful stamp to the winner drawn at random.

Ching Chou Kuik's A Thousand Years Waiting



The winner of the Card of the month and the random 3 Sweet Pea stamps will be announced later in the week so keep an eye out for that one. At the end of May another person will have a chance to win 3 random images from Sweet Pea stamps as the winner of our Card of the Month.

We have some sad news this week as Debbie has had to leave us. We are all really sad that she has left and she will always be welcome back at anytime. Debbie has big family comittments at the moment so we understand her reasons behind her decision completely. Debbie is an amazing crafter who brings to many people, inspiration and joy, in sharing her work. We will all miss you loads Debbie xxx

We will also be giving our random winner each week the opportunity to be the following weeks Guest Design Team member rather than doing a DT call.

Here are our wonderful Design Teams interpretations of the sketch. We are really looking forward to seeing your beautiful creations.

Pascale





Teri



Anne













Thanks for all your support The Sweet Pea Stampers Team xxx