Cupcake 207... Flowers

Cooooey! Happy Bank Holiday Monday if you're getting one today. If not, Happy Monday. Either way... time for a Cupcake!

Wowsers. You totally rocked Delphine's Black and White Challenge last week. Your creations were simply stunning. Thanks so much for joining us.

The end of the month also means time to thank Amanda and Ellen, our wonderful Guest Cupcakes this August. Haven't they made the most scrummy of projects to help tantalise us all? Thank you Amanda and Ellen.

And now, let's get this show on the road. Louise has chosen:

... Flowers ...

Now pay attention peeps! Your image needs to include some kind of flower. We will not be accepting entries that simply have floral paper or some flower embellies! ;)

You have until 8pm, GMT on Sunday 02 September to place your entry for this Challenge. Enjoy!

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Mr Random has chosen the lucky Winners from our last sponsored Challenge, and we've chosen our Cupcake Cuties too.

So, here goes:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Winner

chosen at random;

Sandra T
Sandicats World

Congratulations Sandra, you win a £10 Gift Voucher to spend in the Bunny Zoe's store. Please could you e-mail me by Sunday 02 September, so I can arrange for you to receive your voucher details?

Crafts 4 Eternity Winner

chosen at random;

Tracy
Tracy's Crafty Blog

Congratulations Tracy, you win your choice of three Digital Images from Crafts 4 Eternity. Please could you e-mail me your choices by Sunday 02 September, so I can arrange for you to receive your prize?

Our Cupcake Cuties are;

Sonia Kertznus
Tracey T
Liz Buttons for Brains
Flo-Louise
Catherine

Congratulations girls, you can pick up the Cupcake Cutie badge below... we hope you will display it on your Blogs with pride!

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We have two fabulous sponsors generously offering stash this week:



eyeCandie Creations are a new face here at Cupcake and we're delighted they're joining us. eyeCandie Creations aim is to bring Kawaii Stamps to the world of crafting. Now, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, you have a good excuse to hop over and check it out! ;)

eyeCandie Creations are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, four Digi Images of their choice from the store.

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Aside from delicious paper stacks and the extensive line in fab dies, Marianne Design also has a cute range of stamps, including Don and Daisy. In fact, Don and Daisy have their very own Blog, where you can keep up to date with all the news, including new images and get inspiration from the Design Team. There are even free images to be had! Check out the full range of Marianne goodies here.

Marianne design are kindly offering a mystery parcel of Marianne goodies, to one lucky winner, chosen at random.

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The Cupcakes have created some fabulous projects to inspire you! Please pop over to their personal Blogs if you'd like more info about their work, or if you could just leave a little luuuuuurve!

Amanda
Ellen

Faye
Helen
Jane
Liza
Louise
Maarit
A Few things to remember...

Please leave a link to your blog post and not just your blog
Make sure that 'Cupcake Crafts' are linked in your post... if you don't mention us in your posting you will not be eligible for any prize(s) offered by our sponsors
Please only link to new entries - it isn't fair to backlink to older post

Thank you.

Cupcake 206... Black and White

Good morning to you, it's lovely to see you. Time for a Cupcake...

Well, what delicious creations you entered into our Photo Inspiration Challenge last week. Thanks so much for making our birthday so special at Cupcake, it was lovely to see you all making the time to play with us.

Thanks also to all of our Special Guests last week. You rocked our theme and gave your time so generously.

If you're looking to see who created what in our Guess the Cupcake Competition, well, that's in the post under this one.

But after every party comes the time when we must get back into our normal routine, so without further ado, let's talk about this week's Challenge, which has been chosen by Delphine:

... Black and White ...

Nice and easy peeps. We'd like you to use black and white, and only black and white, on your projects. You are welcome to use skintones and hair colours if that suits you more than a completely monotone image, but everything else must be black and white please.

You have until 8pm, GMT on Sunday 26 August to place your entry for this Challenge. Enjoy!

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Mr Random has chosen the lucky Winner from our Birthday Challenge, there's a reminder about our Guess the Cupcake Winner and we've chosen our Cupcake Cuties too.

So, here goes:

The Great Cake Off Photo Inspiration Winner

chosen at random;

Kelly Hermitage
Kellys Kards

Congratulations Kelly, you win prizes from Di's Digi Downloads, My Mum's Craft Shop, The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop and Wild Rose Studio. Please could you e-mail me by Sunday 26 August, so I can arrange for you to receive your stash? I will need your full name and postal address, along with your choice of the two stamps you'd like from Wild Rose Studio.

Guess the Cupcake Competition Winner

chosen at random;

KandA
KandA Creative Moments Blog

Congratulations Andrea, you win the pack of Aqua Markers, La La Land Crafts Marci with Cat Rubber Stamp, Prima Marketing Doodle Deux Paper Pad and Seam Binding. Please could you e-mail me your full name and postal address, by Sunday 26 August, so I can arrange for you to receive your prize?

Our Cupcake Cuties are;

Rebecca
Lola
Amanda R
Ria
Evy

Congratulations girls, you can pick up the Cupcake Cutie badge below... we hope you will display it on your Blogs with pride!

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We have two sponsors generously offering prizes this week:



We are delighted Bunny Zoe's Crafts are joining us again. Just look at all the naughty new arrivals you can get your mitts on...

Pre-Order Magnolia Australia Collection
New Prima Paper Pads
New Prima Wooden Buttons
New Morehead Whimsical Stamp Sets
CC Designs August Releases
New My Minds Eye Paper Pads
New Teresa Collins Paper Pads
Pre-Order Saturated Canary Rubber Stamps
Whiff of Joy Tea Party and Restocks
Whimsy Inspiration Magazine

Well worth a looksie, don't you think?! ;)

Bunny Zoe's Crafts are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, a £10 Gift Voucher to spend in store.

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We're also delighted to welcome a new face to Cupcake:



Crafts 4 Eternity is an Aladin's Cave of crafting treasure. They also have their own range of cutesome Digital Images. If you've not been before, it's worth a visit.

Crafts 4 Eternity are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, three Digital Images of their choice.

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The Cupcakes have created some fabulous projects to inspire you! Please pop over to their personal Blogs if you'd like more info about their work, or if you could just leave a little luuuuuurve!

Amanda
Delphine
Faye
Sari
Shelly
A Few things to remember...

Please leave a link to your blog post and not just your blog
Make sure that 'Cupcake Crafts' are linked in your post... if you don't mention us in your posting you will not be eligible for any prize(s) offered by our sponsors
Please only link to new entries - it isn't fair to backlink to older post

Thank you.

Guess the Cupcake... Who did it!

I know... You don't normally see us on a Sunday evening!

Thanks so much for all your fabulous entries for our Great Cake Off Photo Inspiration Challenge. We'll be back in the morning with our usual post but, in the meantime, I thought you might like to know 'who did it' in our Guess the Cupcake Competition...

1. Jane
2. Sari
3. Donna
4. Helen
5. Shelly
6. Maarit
7. Delphine
So, did you get it right? Did you figure out that Liza was the red herring?

Well, Kanda did! (KandA Creative Moments Blog.) Congratulations Andrea. Please could you e-mail me your full name and postal address and I'll get your stash sent out to you.

Have a great evening :)

Guess The Cupcake Competition

If you're looking for our Birthday Challenge, it's in the post under this one... Please link all your Challenge creations to Inlinkz, on that post, not this one...

We have a bit of a birthday treat for you Peeps. How do you fancy a chance to win this stash?

As it's all about four this week, there are four little prizes for one lucky winner, chosen at random:

Pack of Set 1 Aqua Markers
Prima Marketing Doodle Deux Paper Pad
La La Land Crafts Marci with Cat Rubber Stamp
Four lengths of Seam Binding

What do you need to do? Good question...

Seven of The Cupcakes have made a fabulous creation using The Great Cake Off Photo Inspiration. But oh look, I've forgotten to put a name by each sample. Silly me!

You just need to leave a comment, matching all of the samples to each rightful Cupcake on this post. Simples.

To give you a head start, here are eight Cupcakes... one of them didn't make anything, and is a red herring, but the other seven did:

Delphine
Donna
Helen
Jane
Liza
Maarit
Sari
Shelly

The Guess The Cupcake Competition will close at 4pm, GMT on Saturday 18 August 2012. Any comments left after that will not be included in the draw. A winner will be selected from all the comments that have the right answer...

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Cupcake 205... The Great Cake Off Photo Inspiration

Good morning! It's all to play for this week, because it's Cupcake's fourth birthday...

Happy Birthday Cupcake!

Firstly, we must give a massive big thank you to everyone that makes Cupcake happen, week on week; Sponsors, Cupcakes, Guest Cupcakes, and all the people that join the fun. :)

A big shout out also, to everyone that played with our Bunting Challenge last week, we loved seeing your fantabulous creations.

Before we tell you about this week's Challenge, there's something else a little bit special going down. Because Cupcake wouldn't be the fun it is without you, we wanted to make this week, about you...

So, The Cupcakes have taken the week off, and we've invited nine Birthday Guest Cupcakes to join us, laydees that have caught our eye, because they play so often. Please give a warm, cakey type welcome to Birgit, Catherine, Catherine, Cathy, Janet, Kelly, Liz, Marion and Wedgie.

The Cupcakes didn't manage to get completely out of The Factory though. Stop by tomorrow, as we'll be having a Guess the Cupcake Competition.

Now, this week's Challenge:

... The Great Cake Off Photo Inspiration ...

Simples really, just use this photo as your inspiration...

You have until 8pm, GMT on Sunday 19 August to place your entry for this Challenge. Enjoy!

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Mr Random has chosen Winners from our last sponsored Challenge and we've chosen our Cupcake Cuties too.

So, here goes:

Saturated Canary Winner

chosen at random;

Henriette
Henriette's Blog

Congratulations Henriette, you win two images from Saturated Canary. Please could you e-mail me your choices by Sunday 19 August, so I can arrange for you to receive your images? If the prize is not claimed by then, another winner will be chosen.

Simon Says Stamp Winner

chosen at random;

Karen C
Home of the Busy Honeybee

Congratulations Karen, you win a $20 Gift Certificate from Simon Says Stamp. Please could you e-mail me by Sunday 19 August, so I can arrange for you to receive your prize? If the prize is not claimed by then, another winner will be chosen.

Our Cupcake Cuties are;

Tracey T
Maria Matter
Fleur
Damaris V
Ann

Congratulations girls, you can pick up the Cupcake Cutie badge below... we hope you will display it on your Blogs with pride!

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As it's our fourth birthday, we have some gorgeous stash from four, yes, four generous sponsors.

But pay attention... because there won't be four winners this week... One lucky winner, chosen at random, takes ALL THIS:

Di creates the most adorable images. I'm sure you'll love pretty much most of the store when you take a look!

Di's Digi Downloads are kindly offering a $10 Gift Certificate to spend in store.

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My Mum's Craft Shop is a treasure trove of crafting goodies. You can find all your favourite stamps, dies, paper pads, inks and embellishments there. Visit with caution!

My Mum's Craft Shop are kindly offering a £10 Gift Voucher to spend in store.

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This month at the Pretty little Ribbon Shop the sale continues with further reductions and more items added regularly. New in stock is a very pretty range of guipure lace and pearl string in some lovely colours. They also have their usual range of quality ribbons, twine and embellishments. As always they offer free postage for orders over £25.

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop are kindly offering this pretty stash:


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Have you seen the scrummy stamps that have been released at Wild Rose Studio lately? Is your wishlist as long as mine?!

Wild Rose Studio are kindly offering two stamps of the winner's choice.

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The Birthday Guest Cupcakes have created some fabulous projects to inspire you! Be sure to pop over to their personal Blogs to leave some well deserved luuuurvin'!

Birgit
Catherine Carter
Catherine La Chic
Cathy
Janet O'Brien
Kelly Lloyd
Liz Buttons for Brains
Marion
Wedgie
A Few things to remember...

Please leave a link to your blog post and not just your blog
Make sure that 'Cupcake Crafts' are linked in your post... if you don't mention us in your posting you will not be eligible for any prize(s) offered by our sponsors
Please only link to new entries - it isn't fair to backlink to older post

Thank you.