Monday, January 25, 2010

Challenge 74 Winner & Top 5

Challenge 74 sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads
and the winner of 5 digi images
chosen at random is...


Jodi
Mummy to 4


Congratulations Jodi can you e-mail me (Donna) at the address in the sidebar by Sunday 31st January and I will arrange for you to receive your prize! If the prize is not claimed by 31st January another winner will be chosen!

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The Top 5 are


Claire

Catherine

Jane

PetraB

Violet


Congratulations ladies, you can now add the Top 5 badge to your blog!

Challenge 75...Matching Set

Good morning everyone...we say this every week and we truly mean it...a huge thank you to everyone who entered last weeks challenge...we had some amazing entries and we are so pleased you all enjoyed Kathrins sketch! Don't forget to pop back later to see who has won the 5 digi images offered by last weeks sponsor Di's Digi Stamps and to see who has been chosen for the Top 5!

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...and now on to this weeks challenge which is...

***A MATCHING SET***

This weeks theme has been set by Liza and she wants us to create a matching set...there are so many different options you could choose for this theme but a couple of examples could be a card and tag...card and gift bag/box...or maybe a matching set of notelet cards! What a great opportunity to let your creative juices flow and and create a wonderful gift for someone! If you are in need of any inspiration...the design team have created some fantastic matching sets and you can find out how they made their projects by clicking on their name in the sidebar which will take you out to their individual blogs...they would love for you to visit them and leave a lovely comment!

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For this weeks challenge we are sponsored by In Style Stamps


In Style Stamps have realised that there are many people who love to create digitally now-a-days and so they now offer Digi downloads for sale in their store as well as Rubber stamps. Their images are one of a kind and you will not find them anywhere else on the web!

They are offering one lucky winner the opportunity to win
4 Digi Images to be chosen from their store


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We have another guest designer joining us for the next few weeks...her name is Catherine and she enters our challenges regularly and creates some amazingly pretty cards...Cupcake was one of the first challenges she ever participated in and we are delighted to welcome her to the design team for the next few weeks!

Guest Designer...Catherine Lavoine

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Liza Carruthers

Denise Morgans

Donna Barber

Kathrin Donhauser-Ruth

Shelly Luton-Olson

Tammy Wark

Victoria Rogers



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 and back link to the challenge blog then your link entered with Mr Linky will be removed and 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 posts!


Monday, January 18, 2010

Challenge 73 Winner & Top 5

Challenge 73 sponsored by Stretch N Bubbles
and the winner of 4 Digi Images
chosen at random is...

Chris Olsen
Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Congratulations Chris can you e-mail me (Donna) at the address in the sidebar by Sunday 24th January and I will forward your details onto Alison at Stretch N Bubbles and she will contact you to arrange for you to claim your prize! If the prize is not claimed by 24th January another winner will be chosen!

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Here are The Top 5 Winners
who also receive a free digi image from Stretch N Bubbles

Girls...please email me at the address in the sidebar and I'll forward your details on to Alison and she will arrange for you to receive your free digi


Juls

Kari

Louise

Michele

Nicole


Congratulations ladies, you can now add the Top 5 badge to your blog!

Challenge 74...Sketch

Good morning everyone...we had a record number of entries for last weeks going girly challenge and judging by all the beautiful cards and projects on your blogs you really do enjoy making all things girly! Thank you to everyone who entered...you really rocked the challenge! Don't forget to pop back later to see who has won 4 digi images from last weeks sponsor Stretch N Bubbles and to see who has been chosen for the Top 5...remember that each of the Top 5 will win a digi image too!

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Now it's time to move onto this weeks challenge which is...

***A SKETCH***


Kathrin has designed a cracking sketch for us this week and the design team really enjoyed working with it...you can rotate or flip the sketch but we must still be able to see the original design on your project! The design team have used images from this weeks sponsor and if you want to find out how they have made their cards you can click on their name above their card...or in the sidebar...to go directly to their individual blogs...they would love for you to visit them and leave a lovely comment!

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We are sponsored this week by Di's Digi Downloads

Di started her digi site about a year ago and the first characters she created were her children's favourite cuddly toys...'Cookie' and 'Kaboodle' and she has gone on to create some really wonderful characters! Di joins us as guest designer this week and the image on her card is 'Shy Daisy' If you want to view all of Di's characters you can pop over to her digi site by clicking here! Thanks for sponsoring us this week Di....the design team thoroughly enjoyed working with your images!

Guest Designer - Di of Di's Digi Downloads


***Di is offering one lucky winner
the chance to win these 5 digi images***


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Have fun with this week's sketch...here are the DT cards






Liza Carruthers

Shelly Luton-Olson

Tammy

Victoria Rogers


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 then your link entered with Mr Linky will be removed and 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 posts!



Monday, January 11, 2010

Challenge 72 Winner & Top 5

Challenge 72 sponsored by Simon Says Stamps
and the winner of the $20 Gift Voucher
chosen at random is...

Tracy
Country Mouse

Congratulations Tracy can you e-mail me (Donna) at the address in the sidebar by Sunday 17th January and I will email you with details on how to claim your prize! If the prize is not claimed by 17th January another winner will be chosen!

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Here are The Top 5 Winners

Janice Melton

Kate

Merete

Stephanie S

Twisted Witch

Congratulations ladies, you can now add the Top 5 badge to your blog!

Challenge 73...Going Girly

Good morning everyone...well that's the first week of January done and dusted and we are already moving onto our second challenge of the year...my how times flies! We have had a huge amount of snow here in the UK this week and although it has made the countryside look very pretty it has caused chaos on the roads and made sure that a lot of the schools remain closed!

Thank you to everyone who entered last weeks challenge to make a baby card...we had an amazing amount of entries and there were so many different styles and cute images...we really enjoyed visiting your blogs to see your creations! Don't forget to pop back later to see who has won the $20 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp and also to see who Denise has chosen for the Top 5 winners!

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Now it's time to move onto this weeks challenge which is...

***GOING GIRLY***

Another really easy theme for you this week...all you need to do is make a really girly card...or any project of your choice...we would love to see you going mad with your ribbons...flowers...charms and glitter...the more girly...the better! The design team have made some gorgeously girly cards this week and if you want to find out how they made them you can click on their name above their creation or in the sidebar to go directly to their individual blogs...they would love for you to visit them and leave a lovely comment!

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We are sponsored this week by Alison at Stretch 'N' Bubbles


They are a digi stamp company and they have some gorgeous images available on their blog...here is a little bit about Alison and how she was inspired to start Stretch 'N' Bubbles...

I have been crafting all my life. Ever since I can remember I have made/created things..I really started “Scrapbooking/Card making” in 1996 when my dear friend Lisa Bearnson introduced me to her new magazine Creating Keepsakes.. after that I was HOOKED! I do both scrapbooking and card making, I enjoy each for different but similar reasons. I love to create, design, and do anything with my hands. I have never taken any kind of art class (though I should have) but I have just started my love for Digi Stamps.

I have found I have a special place in my heart for drawing, and if I can share them in the process. I am happy to do that! I have a wonderful husband who I love and cherish. He is AMAZING! We have two beautiful children. Stretch who is 9 years old and Bubbles who is 15 months old… that’s where I got my blog name. The names came from my dad Poppie who gives each of the grandchildren “magic names” after they are born so those are their magic names and we love them! I hope to inspire you with some of my designs.

Stretch 'N' Bubbles are offering 1 lucky winner the chance to win 4 Digi Images which can be chosen from the Stretch 'N' Bubbles blog PLUS they are also offering a free digi image to each of our top 5 winners!

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Kathrin Donhauser-Ruth



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 then your link entered with Mr Linky will be removed and 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 posts!


Monday, January 4, 2010

Challenge 71 Winner & Top 5

Challenge 71 sponsored by Kathrin
and the winner of the set of 4 personalised stamps
chosen at random is...


JanJay
Jan's Cards, Crafts & Musings

Congratulations Jan can you e-mail me (Donna) at the address in the sidebar by Sunday 10th January and I will forward your details onto Kathrin so that she can arrange for you to recieve your prize! If the prize is not claimed by 10th January another winner will be chosen!

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It was incredibly difficult to pick the top 5 this week...we had so many stunning entries but we finally made a decision...so here goes...

The Top 5 are

Chris

Di

Janet

Juls

Pattie G

Congratulations ladies, you can now add the Top 5 badge to your blog!

Challenge 72...Baby Card

Good morning everyone! A Happy New Year to you all and we hope that you had a fab time over the Christmas holidays and that you got some new crafting goodies to play with! Hopefully you are all ready and raring to go for our first challenge of 2010!

Thank you to everyone who entered our celebration challenge over the Christmas holidays...we were totally wowed with the number of entries we received and some of you entered more than once...brilliant! Don't forget to pop back later to find out who won the set of 4 personalised stamps that our very own Kathrin donated for sponsorship and also to see who the Top 5 winners are!

We are very sad to announce that Caryn has left the Cupcake design team...for those of you that know Caryn has 5 young children and on top of working full-time she was finding it increasingly difficult to keep on top on her design team commitments. We would like to thank Caryn for all the beautiful projects she created for Cupcake and we will really miss having her on the team! Good luck Caryn...we hope you will come back and join in the occasional challenge if you can!

Now the happy news...Shelly was invited to join us a guest designer for December and we have been so impressed with her beautiful cards we have asked her to join us permanently and she said yes! YAY! Welcome aboard Shelly, we are so looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful creations each week!

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Now it's time to move onto this weeks challenge which is...

***A Baby Card***

This is a nice easy challenge to help get you back into the swing of things if you have not done any crafting over the Christmas holidays and you will see from the creations below that the DT have provided some fantastic inspiration this week.

If you want to find out how they made their cards you can click on their name above their creation or in the sidebar to go directly to their individual blogs!


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We are pleased to welcome back our regular monthly sponsor Simon Says Stamp...they have an incredible selection of crafting goodies in their online store and they stock lots of scrummy goodies that can't be purchased here in the UK!

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Simon Says Stamp are offering one lucky winner the opportunity to win a
$20 Gift Voucher & Free Shipping!


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Shelly Luton-Olson





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 then your link entered with Mr Linky will be removed and 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 posts!