Stampin' for the Weekend

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

Using Barry Angel 1

Clare

Using Barry Angel 1

Karen
Using Barry Angel 2

using Molly October

using Molly October

using Barry angel 2

using Barry Angel 2

Rebekah
Using Molly October

We hope you feel inspired and will join in with us this time!

Thanks for coming byThe SFTW DT

Challenge 24 Out with the old

2012-01-13T09:00:00.000Z

Happy New Year to all of our papercrafting friends.

Firstly can we say a massive goodbye to our fearless leader Jan! She has had to leave us due to family commitments and she will be hugely missed. She has helped to make this blog the success that it is and we will do our best to keep it in good hands, goodbye sweetie and take care!

This week the team has turned the blog over to me, Chris. Awfully trusting soles, they are. So I get to pick the challenge theme and the top three from our last challenge. Picking the theme isn't difficult and I'll get to that shortly but picking the top three is extremely difficult. You all work so hard and make such beautiful cards, if I could pick you all I would but I can't so here, in no particular order are my top three:

1.) #304 An

2.) #148 Karin PeppermintPatty

3.) #110 Kylie

And who were our lucky winners? Well Mr random popped out number 25 thats was Penny for the prize from the pretty little ribbon shop and also number 229 and that was Deonna for the prize from Bugaboo well done ladies please contact us at the e mail in the sidebar to claim your prizes!

A new year is that time for beginnings, to make those resolutions to lose weight, exercise more, make holiday cards early. Some of you have probably made the resolution to use up your stash before you buy any more stuff (crazy, I know but other people do that). So for this week the challenge is

Out with the Old

Use what was in your stash last year, so technically you can use something you got as a Christmas gift but we'd really like to see you use some of that stuff that's been hanging around for awhile. I've got lots of stuff that falls into that category. How about you?

Our wonderful sponsor this wk is the fabulous Lili of the valley who have offered a wonderful gift voucher to spend in their store!

So what have the fabulous DT been making for us...

Chris

Thanks for coming by again, we hope you can join us this time!

Challenge #23 - Anything Goes

2011-12-23T09:00:00.002Z

Hi...well not long to go now until the 'BIG' day is here...lol...I hope that all your Christmas preparations are going well...I have only the food to get now...and I will probably be making my way around the supermarket as you're reading this...lol.

May I just take this opportunity to say a huge Thank You to all of you that have joined in SFTW Challenges for 2011 and me and the DT girls would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Now before I get to the last challenge for 2011 I have to announce the winner of our 'Christmas' challenge....the lucky entry who has won the Simon Says Stamp $20 voucher is.....

No.41 - Craftdee Donna

Congratulations...please email me at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

and now for our Top 3....this is always such a hard job as we had so many gorgeous entries... but here they are

No.336 - Netty

No. 36 - Hilda

No. 229 - Louise

Well done Ladies please help yourself to our Top 3 Banner on the side bar.

Now to the last challenge of the year and just to keep it simple our theme is...

Anything Goes

We have two fabulous sponsors...the first is...

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop is an online store providing quality ribbons, twine, rubber stamps, buttons and embellishments for all of your crafting needs. We aim to provide a fast reliable and friendly service to all of our customers. International customers and small orders are always welcomed. New in stock for this month are paper doilies, dew drops in a range of colours and self adhesive pearls.

and prize is...

50 metres of Divine Bakers twine

and a pack of Doilies.

Our other sponsor is

Bugaboo

Wow such great prizes...and here is a little inspiration from our Talented Design Team

Tracey Using a Bugaboo Image

Gunn Using a Bugaboo Image

Thank you again for your support and we hope to see you again for next year challenges...

Merry Christmas

Hugs

Jan and the SFTW Design Team...xxx

Challenge #22 - Christmas

2011-12-09T09:00:00.001Z

Hi All...Firstly I have to say a huge thank you for all your gorgeous creations for our last challenge it made choosing my Top 3 very hard...but here they are...

No.4 - NY Debbie

No.39 - Marianne

No.54 - Teresa

Well done girls...please help yourself to our Top 3 banner on the side bar.

We had two super sponsors last time and that means we have two winners and I am very pleased to announce the winner of the £10 LOTV voucher is...

No.50 - Julie P

and the winner of the 10 Euro voucher from In2Stamps is...

No.70 - Debbie Johns

Congratulation girls..please email me at the address on the side bar to claim your prizes.

Now...how is your Christmas preparations going??? well...I have just finished my pressie shopping...now I have to think about the Food!!!!...lol...and with all this in mind our Challenge this time is....

Christmas!!!

so we want to see all you special christmas cards/creations you have made for your loved ones...

Our sponsor for this week is the lovely Simon Says Stamp who is giving away $20 voucher to spend in their fab online store

So here is some super inspiration from our fab Design Team...

Karen

Suzie

Tracey

clare

Jan

I do hope you will join in the fun...the SFTW teamies cant wait to see your creations...

Happy Crafting

Hugs

Jan...x

Challenge # 21 - Friends

2011-11-25T09:00:00.004Z

Hello and thanks for joining us for a new challenge here at Stampin' for the weekend.

Before I spill the beans on the new challenge I would like to say a huge thanks to everyone who played along with us last week - I am constantly astounded by your amazing creations and you do all inspire me so "thanks" !

This week I (Suzie) got the excruciating task of picking just 3 of you to recieve the honour of being this weeks top 3 and let me tell you it was a super hard job to whittle you down to 10 let alone 3 ! But I finally did and here they are;

1 # 22 Michelle Roos
2 #14 NY Debbie
3 # 19 Wishcraft

Well done girls - don't forget to grab your badge from the sidebar and wear it with pride on your blog x

And the winner of last weeks prize is.....No21 - Kathleen congratulations!!! just send us an email to the address in the sidebar so we can get your prize organised.

Ok so I won't keep you waiting any longer this weeks challenge is

Friends

Can't wait to see even more of your gorgeous creations - don't forget to add some form of stamping to qualify for the top 3 or win the goodies and no backlinking please.

Speaking of goodies we have two Fabulous sponsors this time and thats means there will be two winners!!! how fab is that! our first sponsor is

who have a great £10 Voucher up for grabs

and our other sponsor is

and their prize is a 10 Euro Voucher

Here are the DT cards to get your creative mojo pumping - please pop over to their blogs and leave them some love I know they'll appreciate it x

Karen

Chris

Clare

Challenge #20 - A Sketch.....

2011-11-04T09:00:00.001Z

Hello to all of you lovely crafters and welcome to a new challenge week at Stampin' for the weekend. This week it's me, Sabina, hosting the challenge blog. A huge thank you to everyone that participated in our SPOOKY challenge, you are all so talented and there were some amazing creations. I had a really hard time picking just three entries for the TOP 3 but here is the list

no.9 Sarah T.
no.64 Peggy R.
no.133 NY Debbie

Well done ladys! Grab the badge from the sidebar, you've earned it!

And then, last but not least, the winner of last weeks challenge is

No.61 Mary C

Congratulations! Please can you email the link on the side bar to claim your prize.

Then over to this weeks challenge and we have a wonderful sketch for you guys. Feel free to flip and rotate the sketch but please use a stamped or a digi image on your card. And remember that it has to be a new creation so no back linking please.

And the sponsor for this week is the lovely Simon Says Stamp who is giving away $20 voucher to spend in their fab online store

And here is some inspiration from the lovely team, click on their names and have a look around their blogs

Helene

Suzie

Sabina

Clare

Gunn

Challenge 19 21st Oct - Spooky!

2011-10-21T09:00:00.001+01:00

Hey there folks! Welcome back to another challenge here at Stampin for the weekend!

Thanks so much for all those fabulous entries into out colours of Autumn challenge, you guys rock! Thanks also to the wonderful Simon says stamp for their sponsorship.

So who has won the voucher to spend at SSS?.....

It was Number 153 Susan G! well done, please contact us at the e mail in the sidebar to claim your prize!

It was of course super hard to choose a top 3, but this time the badge goes to...

3 Sue C

121 Sara

142 Janiel

Please grab your badges folks!

Our challenge this time is Spooky! As halloween is nearing we want to see some super spooky projects from you! Please note there must be some form of stamping somewhere on your project!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is from the wonderful Janet over at Pink Gem Designs

So what have the fab DT been up to this time for your inspiration? Click on their names to be taken to their blogs for details on their stunning creations...

Karen

clare

Gunn

using sponsor Pink Gem image

Chris V

Thanks so much for joining us again, we do hope you will have fun with this one and good luck!!! Hugs the SFTW team xx

Challenge 18 -7th Oct- Colours of Autumn

2011-10-07T09:00:00.006+01:00

Welcome to another challenge here at Stampin' for the weekend! :o)

Thanks for all your entries in to last weeks challenge which was 'what a cutie'. We had such a lot of great entries, it was really hard to choose the top 3, so i've decided this time that there will be a top 5!!!

They are...

no. 24 - Natalie Z
no. 81 - Loretta Lock
no. 99 - lena katrine
no. 153 - Karita
no. 273 - Renata

Well done!

The overall winner of the challenge who will win the 3 digi's of their choice from our sponsor, Wee Stamps, is: 124 - Marilyn

Congratulations! Please can you email the link on the side bar to claim your prize :o)

Now on to the current challenge which is...

COLOURS OF AUTUMN

So, we want to see all those gorgeous Autumnal colours in your projects please!

The prize for this challenge is a voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store so you can have some guilt free spending hehe!
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Here is some inspiration from our wonderful DT...

Karen

Clare

Kate

Tracey

Rebekah

Chris V

Jan

Joanne

Challenge 17 - What a Cutie!!!

2011-09-23T09:00:00.003+01:00

Hello there! and a big Welcome to another wonderful Stampin' for the weekend challenge.. Im karen (aka Redrottie) here to host my very first challenge with you ..xx

But first of all, a great big thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge 'Tickled Pink'

The team had such pleasure in looking through all of your entries.. it was like walking through a flock of flamingo's wearing rose tinted spectacles...we'd never seen so much pink!!

It was so hard to choose which of you would be in the top three.. but after much deliberation the winners this time are:

No. 28 ........Craftingallday/Teresa

No. 66 ........Deb R

No. 100.......Deeanna

Very well done ladies for your wonderful creations! please take the banner from the side bar to proudly display on your blogs xx

We also have the overall winner who will receive a $20 voucher from Simon says stamp

well done No. 32 Caro

Please email us at the address on the side to claim your prize... xx And now for our New challenge...... What a cutie !! sponsored by 'Wee Stamps'

Who are very kindly offering a prize of 3 digi's of the winners choice.

search out your cutest stamps or digis for this challenge...

all together now .....ahhhhhhhhh how cute!!

This is what our Design Team came up with to inspire you... using 'Wee stamps' images..

Joanne

Challenge 16 - Tickled Pink

2011-09-09T09:00:00.020+01:00

Hello everyone!
Welcome to another Stampin' for the weekend challengeBefore I announce the theme for this week I would like to say thank you for the lovely entries we received for the 'HOLIDAYS' challenge. We all enjoyed checking out your creations!
Our Top 3 has been chosen and they are

76 Teresa
11 Jo Neville
26 Nixe-Moni
Congratulations! Please take the Top 3 banner from the side bar and proudly display on your blog.
We also have our overall winner who will receive 6 digital images of their choice from our fab sponsor Pink Gem Designs.
The winner is 122 - Nadell
Well done! Please email us at the address on the side to claim your prize.
Now... on to the new challenge... and it is

TICKLED PINK
Yes, pink, pink and lots more pink
Our very kind sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful

who will be offering the lucky winner a $20 voucher to spend in their wonderful store.
And here is some inspiration from our lovely Design TeamKate

Clare

Karen

We hope you will join us this week and look forward to seeing your creations.
Happy Crafting!!

Challenge 15 - Holidays

2011-08-19T09:00:00.003+01:00

Morning,
it's time for me (Helene) to host the challenge here at Stampin for the Weekend and I will start by announcing the top 3 for our Spots and Dots challenge:
7. Angella
84. xtglx
144. Rose C
Grats girls, please take the top 3 banner from our sidebar.
And the winner of the £20 voucher from Simon says Stamp is:
61 - Sandra
Congratulations..please email us at the address on the side to claim your prize. Now, over to the theme for this fortnight which is:

Holiday's
and sponsor this time is

Pink Gem

and the prize is 6 digi's of the winners choice!!
Below is what the DT came up with, enjoy!
Joanne

Suzie

Helene

Karen

Heidi-Mari

Tracey

Kate

Rebekah using sponsor image and sentiment

Gunn

clare

Challenge 14 - Aug 5th - Spots & Dots

2011-08-05T09:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning and welcome to this weeks Challenge...but first before I tell you what it is ...I have to say a huge thank you for all your lovely entries for our last challenge...Our lovely Heidi-Mari had the task of choosing our Top 3 and here they are

12- Bella
59 - Tracy
138 - Anneka

Well done girls..please help yourself to our Top 3 Banner on the side bar.

I am very pleased to annouce that the winner is

108 - Karen Tallon

Congratualtions...please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

Now on to the new challenge.... this week we want to see SPOTS....and DOTS..

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Simon Says Stamp

Who are offering the winner a $20 voucher to use in their amazing online store.

I hope you'll get inspriation from our fabulous design team

Joanne

Karen

Helene

Clare

Kate

Sabina

Gunn

Challenge 13 - Paws for Thought

2011-07-22T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hello folks.
this challenge is hosted by me- Gunn. First of all I have to say that I am really impressed over the amount of entries for The Wings and Things. Lots of wings and things goinig on out there. Thank you- everyone who participed in this challenge, we really appreciate it.

And when it comes to find my Top 3, I had a really difficult time, there are so many favorites and it is hard to choose only 3. I been looking true all entries and some even twice- so here they are- mine Top3

# 2 Mindy Baxter

# 17 Andrea W

#139 Ellen

You done a great job, so please grab your Top3 banner from the side bar

And the winner of our last challenge, choosen by random is:

215 - Dawn Frost

Congratulations...please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

Now it is time for our new challenge and this one is all about...........

Paws for Thought...Animals...cats dogs..anything with 4 legs!!!

And the prize for this one is one of our SFTW Candy Boxes.

So enjoy and have real fun. I guess there are lots of animals out there to make a card of. But remember you are just allowed to have ONE entry for this challenge, so please keep that in mind when you post.

Here is the cards from the design team, aren`t they great. I have a small dog at home, but for my card I wanted to use this fun cat from PB, I love his boxers :-)

Tracey

Joanne

Heidi-Mari

Chris V

Sabina

Challenge 12 - Wings and Things

2011-07-08T18:36:00.008+01:00

Hi...Yes it's time for another Challenge at Stampin' for the Weekend. But first I have to say a big thank you for all your fabulous entries for our last challenge - Favourite Things.

We were blown away by so many entries and it was so hard to chose our Top 3 but here they are

50 - Karen
140 - Fiona L
274 - Evi

Well done girls..please help yourself to our Top 3 Banner on the side bar.

I will be announce the winner of our SFTW Candy a little later

So now on to the weeks challenge...

Wings and Things

We want to see anything from Butterflies to gorgeous Fairies on you creations...

Our Sponsor this week is

Who is kindly offering a prize of $20 to spend in their fabulous online store.

Here is some inspiration from our lovely Design Team

Kate

Challenge 11 - June 24th My Favourite Things

2011-06-24T09:00:00.002+01:00

Hi! Chris here. This is my first week to host the Stamping for the Weekend challenge and have I got a great one for your stamping pleasure. You'll have no excuses for missing this one.

Before I get to the challenge let's see the winner and top 3 from our last challenge. It's very difficult to pick just three, you guys are all so talented that you should all be in the top 3 but even with the new math I can't make that work so in no particular order at all here are my three favorites.
Andrea W #34
Sharon #33
Artesania #48

If you have a chance pop on over and leave them some love, you know how much you like to get comments. The winner chosen at random is

45. Brigitte

Congratulations...please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

And now onto this week's challenge...

Our challenge is "My Favorite Things". You pick the theme, the colors and the sketch whatever you'd like just tell us what your favorite things are.

You all must know the Julie Andrew's song from "the Sound of Music" that goes "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens..." . Now that you've got the tune in your head why not learn the crafter's version it goes like this:

Dew drops on card stock and glue dots on chip board
Bright patterned papers and embossing folders
Kraft paper panels dressed up with bling
These are a few of my favorite things.

Use your very favorite things in your creations

Prize - SFTW Candy Box

Joanne
My Favourite Things... Ummm, well I think this card covers the necessities...

Kate
Favourite things: DPs, kraft card blanks, CC's oh my words, MS punch, stickles, glitter thread, ribbon, gems and buttons.

Karen

my favorite things - pastels, lace border punches, Kort and Godt pearls, flowers and birds and of course Tim Holtz

Sharon

My Favourite things: Stickles glitter glue, Gel Pen for border, Faux brads, Die Cuts and Copics, Prisma and Polychromo pencils.

Helene

My favourite things: the colour combination brown and cream, TH dies, vintage paper flowers

Chris V

My favorite things are paper piecing, die-cuts, bling, baker's twine and charms.

Suzie

My favorite things are these gorgeous colours, butterflies, bunting and pearls - yummy girliness !

Jan

My Favorite things...Tilda...Pastel Colours ..Gingham DP's...WOC Flowers...favorite MS border and corner punch..Stickles and of course loads of pearls and bling...

Gemma

Favourite things: Butterflies and glitter

My favorite thing are: Pearls, Glitter, Lace, Ribbon, Flowers, Pins, polkadots, light color pink with maroon!

Rebekah
My Faves - Pink & Green colour combo, Hanglars, Flowers, Butterflies and cheesecloth.

Tracey

Some of my favorite things: Flowers, beads, gems, charms, pretty girly images.

Gunn

My favorite things are TH dies and papers, copics and great images for coloring.

Well I hope that we have given you some inspiration and that you will join us and show us your favourite things
hugs
Chris

Challenge #10 - Lemon & Lime

2011-06-10T10:00:00.003+01:00

Good morning girlies, Clare here and how are you all today? I hope you are having a fabulous week and perhaps catching a few rays of sunshine wherever you are.

Before I talk about this weeks new challenge I would like to say a huge thank you to each and everyone of you who managed to enter our challenge last week. After our much needed break it was amazing to see so many of you showing your support again so huge hugs to you all!

The winner of our Recipe Challenge is

#8. An

Congratulations An, please contact us so we can arrange your prize.

Today marks a new challenge here at Stampin for The Weekend
and this week we have a zingy colour combination for you

Lemon & Lime

I just love this colour way and I'm sure you will to!

Once again we have a fantastic prize up for grabs and we are sponsored by the most amazing Simon Says Stamp

Please check out my fellow dt's mouth watering projects this week, they are oozing with inspiration

Suzie

Clare

Kate

Karen

Sharon

Helene

Chris V

Tracey

Gunn

amazing don't ya think?

hugs Clare x

We're Back with Challenge #9 - Blue Buttons & Bling

2011-05-20T09:00:00.002+01:00

Hi all..yes we are back...us girls had a nice little break and we are now rearing to go with this weeks challenge...but first I am very pleased to announce that we have added 4 new lovely's to our team.....Suzie, Sharon, Karen and Gemma... who will bring even more inspiration to you...welcome aboard girls...we are very pleased to have you.

Now this weeks challenge is a recipe..

Blue, Buttons and Bling...

so we would love to see your creations using those elements.

Our prize this week is the Stampin' for the Weekend Candy Box and as usual we will be choosing our Top 3 creations.

So now for some inspiration from our new fab Team...

Gunn

Joanne

Helene

Suzie

Karen

Kate

Sharon

Jan

Chris Veneruso

Clare

Tracey

Gemma

Sabina

Heidi-Mari

I hope you will join in the fun ...we cant wait to see your creations..
Happy Crafting
Hugs
Jan...xxx

Challenge #8 Winner and Top 3

2011-05-06T09:00:00.000+01:00

Oh wow..wasnt the wedding wonderful?...it was certainly inspiring if your wonderful creations were anything to go by!..Thank you all for your entries...we had a great time looking at them and I am very pleased to announce that the winner is

No.23 Teresa

Congratulations ....Teresa..please email me at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

As ever it was such a hard job to chose the Top 3...and after a lot of deliberation here they are

No.20 Carol H
No.88 Little K Smith
No.100 Netty

Well done girls...please help yourself to our Top 3 Banner on the side bar.

Now... Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge is having a little break this week so our next challenge will be on 20th May. We will be back with our usual fabulous DT together with some new members and I for one cant wait!
See you all soon
Happy Crafting
Hugs
Jan..xx

Challenge #8 - Wedding

2011-04-22T09:00:00.002+01:00

A happy hello to all our wonderful SFTW challenge buddies, it is my (Rebekah's) turn to host the challenge!

Thanks so much for coming by to join us again and for all the wonderful entries we had to our EASTER challenge.

There can only be one winner though and that is

224 - Lisbeth B

Congratulations please e mail us in the sidebar to claim your prize!

It was a hard decision to choose a top 3 with so many fabulous entries but I have chosen

185 Laurie

247 Debbie

305 Chris Olsen

Well done ladies! Please grab our top 3 badge for your blogs.

On to the challenge for the next 2 weeks and we figured with the impending royal wedding due to happen on 29th April in the UK we would go for a

A WEDDING THEME.

We will allow wedding cards or wedding anniversary cards for our challenge but would like to remind you to please use a stamped image of some sort on your creations.

The prize for this week is our SFTW Candy Box

Lets see what fabulous creations the DT have made for this challenge...

Chris

We hope you can join in this time with us, we look forward to seeing your wonderful creations and good luck to Kate and Wills on their big day!

Challenge # 7 - EASTER

2011-04-08T09:00:00.006+01:00

Hello and a big hug to all you SFTW followers... Well it's me Joanne again... I'm standing in for Marianne as she is on holiday - what a lucky girl...

First of all I would just like to announce that we have a new memeber to our Design Team and I would like to wish Margaret a very warm welcome and you'll be seeing her lovely creations on our next Challenge.

Thank you to all of you who entered our last challenge 'for Mum / Mother's Day' and I would just like to say that there were some fantastic submissions and I am pleased to announce that the winner is..

No 92 Carlyann

.... Congratulations hun...please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

My Top 3 cards are...

No. 30 Joanna K

No. 36 Tasha

No. 81 Caro

Well done girls... please help yourselves to our Top 3 Banner on the side bar!!!

Well moving onto our theme for this weeks challenge, which is to make a card or project for

Easter

Please note that all entries for our challenges, whether it being a card or a project must have a stamped image somewhere on it in order to qualify.

Our very kind sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful

who will be offering the lucky winner a $20 voucher to spend in their wonderful store.

So whether it be eggs, chicks or bunnies have a go and enjoy being creative Here is what some of the Design Team have come up with...

Joanne

Marianne

Helene

Heidi-Mari Card 1

Heidi-Mari Card 2

Rebekah

Sabina

Jan

Clare

We do hope you will join in the easter fun..we look forward to seeing your creations.. Hugs Joanne..xx

Challenge #6 - For Mum/Mothers Day

2011-03-18T09:00:00.002Z

Hi all, Jan here...well what can I say?...Wow !!...over 300 entries for our Springtime challenge...and yes it' definitely on its way...my garden is filled with daffodils..its my favorite flower as it always blooms for my birthday which is next week...anyway..thank you all for taking part. I am very pleased to announce that the winner is:

114 Kittirin

Congratulations..please email me at the address in the side bar to claim your prize..

Boy! it was tough choosing my Top 3 but here they are
78 Berni
184 Teri
153 Heike

Well done girls - stunning creations please help yourself to our Top 3 banner on the side bar.

Now onto our next Challenge. On 3rd April this year its Mothering Sunday here in the UK so we would like to see your card or projects just for your MUM. This is 3 week challenge so you have plenty of time to enter and our prize will be our special Stampin' for the Weekend Candy Box.

Our fantastic Design Team have come up with some beautiful creations to inspire you...

Heidi-Mari (gift box)

Tracey

Chris

Jan

I do hope you will join us this time....me and the girls on the Design Team look forward to seeing your creations...
Happy Crafting
Hugs
Jan..xx

Winner of Challenge #4 - Monochrome

2011-03-10T19:08:00.000Z

Hi everyone! Apologies for keeping you all waiting. Our winner for the monochromatic challenge, who gets the special SFTW Candy is

Here are your random numbers:

101 - stempelomi

Timestamp: 2011-03-10 18:57:40 UTC

Congratulations Stempelomi, please contact us, using the email address on the sidebar, to arrange for your prize to be sent to you.

Challenge #5 - Springtime

2011-03-04T09:00:00.002Z

Hello everyone! Yes, it's Stampin' for the Weekend challenge time again!

My name is Kate and this is my first time writing the challenge so i'm very excited :o)

I hope you all enjoyed last weeks 'Monochrome' theme, it's one that is tricker than you first think isn't it! We loved seeing all your creations so thanks for taking part :o)

It was very difficult picking the top 3 ... I could have picked a top 30, nevermind just 3!

Here are are the results and please wear our top 3 blinkie on your blog with pride! :o)

No. 85 - **Leonie**

No. 94 - Yennie Natalia

No. 187 - Robyn B

The overall winner of the monochrome challenge who wins the SFTW candy prize will be drawn later, so remember to check back to see if your name is the lucky one!

Now, on to the new challenge we have for you...

This time we have a SPRING theme - we would love to see creations of any kind, whether it be a card, a scrapbook page or even an altered item, that incorporates SPRING.

Remember though, in order to take part you must use a stamped image somewhere on your project.

The prize for this challenge is a $20 store voucher from our regular and wonderful sponsor

Their store is full of fabulous goodies! If you haven't visited their site before, I recommend you do!

As always, our brilliant DT ladies have come up with some great inspiration for you all which you can see below :o)

Helene

Kate

Marianne

Berni

Clare

Jan

All that is left to say is happy crafting everyone and we look forward to your entries!! :o)
Hugs
Kate.x

The Winner and a Gentle reminder....

2011-02-25T17:47:00.002Z

Hi all...I'm pleased to announce that the winner of Challenge #3 - Vallentines. is

Gemma

Congratulations hun...please email me at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

Well..thank you all for you fabulous enties for our current Challenge MONOCHROME...and may I just remind you that we are looking for creations just made in shades of one colour...like shades of Pink or Grey...etc.,

Hope you all have a great weekend....
Until next time
Hugs
Jan...x

Challenge #4 - Monochrome...

2011-02-18T09:00:00.000Z

Hello everyone! Welcome to challenge #4 here at Stampin for the Weekend! I’m Heidi-Mari from a very warm South Africa, and it’s my turn to host the challenge (so please bear with me - it’s a first for me!)

Before we get started with the new challenge, I would like to say a BIG thank you to everyone who joined our previous challenge (St Valentines' Day) - we got over 400 entries - WOW!

The Winner will be announce a bit later today.

This is the top three I picked (was SO hard to choose ONLY three, because there where so many stunning creations) they are........

82 Tracy Nz

271 Nadine

370 Marianne Schut

Congratulations to you girls !

Please help yourself with the top three blinkie on the side!

Now onto the next challenge........

Monochrome!!!

We would like to see you make a card/project in one monochrome - (which is varying tones of only one colour.)

The Prize this week will be The Surprise SFTW Candy!

I also have some sad news...our lovely Yvonne has decided to step down from our Design Team due to other commitments, we will miss her madly but we wish her well in all her new ventures..and some good news... SFTW are very pleased to introduce our new member of the Design Team - Clare we are very happy to have her on board.

Here are some stunning inspirations from the DT’s.

Chris v - easily amused

Clare

I hope you can join us for this challenge!

Have fun

Heidi-Mari and the SFTW team!

Challenge #3 - St Valentines Day

2011-02-04T09:00:00.004Z

Hello and a big hug to all you SFTW followers... Just like to wish our teamie 'Sandie' a Happy Birthday for Sunday!!! Well it's my turn (Joanne) to write the post for this weeks fantastic challenge (oooh itchin!!), but first of all I would just like to say a big TY to you all for all the fantastic entries to our last challenge and the winner is....

No 17 - Squirrel

Congratulations...please email us at the address on the side bar to claim our Stampin' for the Weekend suprise Prize.

My Top 3 cards are...
64 Kylie
67 Heidy (saucy mare)
101 Angela Mireles

Well done girls..please help yourselves to our Top 3 Banner on the side bar!!!

Well moving onto our theme for this weeks challenge, which is to make a card or project for

St Valentines' Day

I know all you girls out there will have lots of fun with this one!!!

Our Sponsor this week is

who are very kindly offering the winner a $20 voucher to spend in their online store

If you need some inspiration check out some of the fabulous cards that the DT have made...

Jan

Kate

Marianne

Well I hope that you will join us this week..we look forward to seeing you creations
Happy Crafting
Joanne

Challenge #2 - Getting Warmed Up

2011-01-21T09:30:00.001Z

Hello to you all. It is the 3rd Friday of the month and time for a new challenge.This time it is me, Gunn, that is hosting this challenge.

First of all, thanks to all of you that participated in our last challenge. Your are so talented, I had a good time visiting your blogs and watch all the entries.

So our winner for New and Blue is chosen by random org. and here she is:

#31 Julye

congratulations Julye, please contact us so that you can claim your prize.

My Top3 is:

# 42 Brenda Brown
# 117 Gry Heidi
#142 nnalorac

Congrats girls. Our Top3 banner is in the sidebar, so feel free to grab it and post it on your blogs.

So for this challenge you can use your own interpretation of the title. Could be an image or warm colours...something to warm us up while its so cold...brrrr!!

For this challenge we have a very special prize.

The Stampin' for the Weekend Surprise Prize!!

We thought this would be a fun thing to do so do play along if you want to be in with a chance of winning a package filled with goodies - you won't be diappointed *wink, wink*

So join us and have fun while crafting. Here is our inspiraton to you for this challenge....

Annika

Helene

Jan - Hot Chocolate & Marshmallows...

Challenge 1 for 2011 - New & Blue....

2011-01-07T09:15:00.002Z

Welcome to a new year of challenges at Stampin for the Weekend. We all hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that you are ready for new, creative work. You amazed us during 2010, let's see if 2011 can beat that =).

It is my (Helene's) turn to host the challenge this time and let's start by announcing the result of the last challenge - Christmas;
Winner chosen by random.org is nr 137 shelley

Congratulations Shelly..please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.
and my Top 3 is

nr. 24 Iren
nr 110 Hanna Nilsson
nr 290 Renata

Grats girls!!! please please help yourselves to our Top 3 banner on the side bar.

And now as the title suggests, the theme for this fortnight's challenge is NEW & BLUE. It can be a new baby, new home..new stash... but no wedding please :)

We are sponsored by

who are very kindly offering the winner a $20 voucher to spend in their online store

Our design team, as always, has created some inspirational work for you

Helene

Kate

Marianne

(New hat)

Heidi-Mari

(New Friendship)

Joanne
(New Friendship)

Gunn
(New Stamp)

Sabina
(new home)

Rebekah
(new stamp)

Diane

Jan
New Stash!

Our New Designer Berni

I hope that you will join us this week and we look forward to seeing your lovely creations.
Hugs
Helene.

The Winners of the DT call....

2011-01-06T18:06:00.003Z

Hi...firstly I have to thank you all for your fantastic entries for our Christmas Challenge..we will be announcing the winner and the Top 3 in our next Challenge tomorrow. As you know we were also looking for two more design team members... we had a lot of interest and wish that you could choose you all...lol...

I am very pleased to introduce the two lucky ladies that are to join us....

Congratulations Chris and Berni..welcome to the team!!

Winner of Challenge 52 - Recipe

2010-12-21T20:50:00.002Z

Hi all..sorry its late...here is the winner of our last Challenge

No.3 Sharon

Congratulations Sharon please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

Please scroll down for our current Challenge - 'Christmas'

Challenge #53 - Christmas

2010-12-17T09:00:00.000Z

Hello to you all and welcome to this year's last challenge at Stampin' For The Weekend! I'm Annika and it's my first time to write a post here so I'm pretty nervous and totally relying on your willingness to overlook my weird English! :)

Big huge thank you to all who participated in our last challenge - I have loved every single one of them and was REALLY tortured trying to pick my TOP 3 but here goes in no particular order:
Natasha - absolutely stunning colouring and perfect layering and stitching!
Anne H - a tag so cute I'd be saving it long after the present is forgotten :)
Sharon - a card I could eat! Seriously! Delish chocolatey colours, very creative layout and oh that sparkle...

The winner for the draw will be announced later today.

Now to our new challenge - and it couldn't be much more relaxed! It's CHRISTMAS: make a card, gift, home decor or altered item with a Christmas theme. Perfect for these last minute project since the holidays are almost upon us!

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Crafts and me.

We also have a special prize - a 6month Design Team spot! We are Looking for 2 new members to join us starting in January ...so if you would like to be considered then please put 'DT' next to your name when you link your entry. This is open until 31st December and we will announce the two new members on New Years Day.

And here's what our wonderful design team came up with to inspire you:

Sandie

Gunn

Annika

Our next challenge is going to be on January 7th. It's time to wind down a little and spend time with friends and family...maybe neglecting our crafts desks a little. So you have plenty of time to link your Christmas projects here.

Looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations!

On behalf of myself and our team let me wish you the most wonderful Christmas time and happy-happy-happy New Year!! Have fun!

Hugs
Annika

Challenge 52 - Recipe

2010-12-03T09:00:00.003Z

Hello and welcome back to Stampin’ for the Weekend Challenge. We had some fabulous entries for our last challenge and have to say a big thank you to all who joined us.

The winner will be announced a little later today.

Edit - Our winner is No.314 - Maureen W

Congratulations Maureen please email me at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

We don't have Top 3 this week as we had so many gorgeous entries we simply couldn't chose… but I do have some news for you…SFTW have had a bit of a refurbishment, we have increased our DT and would like to introduce to you our new girls…

Marianne
Sabine
Rebekah
Yvonne

Welcome to the team girls…Sandie, me and the rest of the team are really looking forward to working with you.

So on to this weeks challenge - we have a recipe for you….

Two Circles
Two Squares
Plus buttons and bling

Our sponsor this time is the fabulous Simon Says Stamp

who are very kindly offering the winner a $20 voucher to spend in their store.

Now as we have such a large team we have split the talented ladies into two teams so this week its Team A who have made stunning creations to inspire you …and here they are….

Kate

Helene

Marianne

Jan

Close up

Sabine

Looking forward to seeing your creations....
Happy crafting
Jan & Sandie..x..

Challenge 51 - Winter - Nov 19th

2010-11-19T09:00:00.000Z

Hi...thank you all for your fab entries for our last challenge..A Sketch with a Twist...we had a lovely time looking at your lovely creations...what a talented lot you are...lol.. I'm very pleased to announce that the winner of the Simon Says Stamp voucher is...

Rainy

Congratulations Rainy please email me at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

It was so hard to choose our Top 3 this week...but here they are
3 - Coops
22 - Anjacardz
8 - Cazro

Well done girls..please help yourselves to out Top 3 banner on the side bar.

Now for this weeks challenge we would like to see a WINTER themed card/project. Our sponsors this week is

Toodles and Binks

who are very kindly offering the winner two of their fab stamps and an embellishment pack.

So here are our fab design team creations...

Jan

Di's card

Annika

Helene

Kate

To be in with a chance of the prize...you will need to enter your creation by 9.00pm Thursday 2nd December... we hope you will join us.
Happy crafting
Jan & Sandie...xx

Winner of Challenge #49

2010-11-10T20:50:00.000Z

Hi everyone! Apologies for the delay in announcing the winner of challenge #49, our Halloween/Fall challenge. Jan is having internet issues and blogger is proving difficult to get into.

Anyway.. I am please to announce that the winner is ...

341. Alanna

with this wonderful card

Congratulations Alana, please contact us using the link on the side bar and we will arrange to have your prize sent to you.

Challenge #50 - Sketch with a Twist...

2010-11-06T07:38:00.001Z

Hi all...sorry we're a bit late with this weeks Challenge..I had major PC problems and then Mr Bloggy decided not to come out and play...grrrr...anyway here we are at last..... this week Sandie has a fab sketch for you and we have given it a little twist...there must be a butterfly somewhere on your creations...

Our Sponsor this week is the fabulous...

who are very kindly offering a $25 Voucher to the winner to spend in their store.

Now talking of winners... (thanks to Mr Bloggy!!!)...I'll be announcing the winner of our last Challenge a bit later... but thank you all for your fab entries..we had a great time looking at at all your creations...

Our Top 3 for our last Challenge is...

47 Nixe-Moni
115 Debs R
180 Nanda

Well done girls..please help yourselves to our Top 3 banner from the side bar...

Ok..here is the Sketch...

and here are the Design Teams creations that we hope will inspire you to join us this week...

Sandie

Joanne

Annika

Jan

DI

Mummylade

Heidi-Mari

Kate

Tracey

Gunn

Have a great weekend
Happy Crafting
Jan & Sandie..xxx

Challenge #49 Halloween/Fall

2010-10-15T09:00:00.007+01:00

Hi again...well what a wonderful response we had to the 'Autumnal Colours' challenge we were overwhelmed by all your entries... thank you all for joining us and showing us your fabulous creations...I have pleasure in announcing that the winner of the Simon Says Stamp! voucher is

No.102 Colleen Holmes

Congratulations Colleen please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.

Now I know I say this every week but with so many gorgeous cards I had real trouble choosing this weeks Top 3....but here they are

3 Deanna C
231 Liza Haines
312 Pat P

Well done girls..such lovely cards...please help yourself to our Top 3 Banner on the side bar...

Now on to this weeks Challenge...
Halloween/Fall

Well Halloween is nearly upon us and the leaves are falling from the trees so we would like to see your creations celebrating this time of year...it could be a trick or treat creation or it could be about harvesting.

Our Sponsor this week is

KLM Digi Stamps (KLM Designs) was started by a Mother & Daughter team. Kathryn (owner of KLM Digi Stamps) and Sue (Company’s artist) started designing digi stamps for their own creations. After much response & excitement to their designs they formed KLM Digi Stamps.

KLM carry’s a large selection of designs from clowns, which are the company’s signature design to digi sentiments. All images are delivered ZIP format. Each image file contains JPEG and PNG format files. Images can be resized, reversed and altered to your likings.

They are very kindly offering a $10 voucher to the winner.

Now to get your mojo working here is some inspiration from our fab Design Team....

Annika

Joanne - Takeaway Carton

Sandie
{images by KLM Designs}

Kate - gift bag

Well we hope they have got your ideas flowing and we look forward to seeing your creations...
Have Fun
Jan & Sandie..xx

Challenge 48 - Autumn Inspiration

2010-10-01T09:00:00.014+01:00

Thank you everyone for joining us in our last Challenge as usual the entries were all stunning and we had a really hard job choosing our top 3 this week. So before we get to this weeks challenge I am pleased to announce the winner….

Congratulations… Avril B

Please email me at the address on the side bar to claim your prize..

It was so hard to choose the Winners of our Top 3 but in the end we managed to get it down to just the 3 here they are
1. Marianne
2. Linda McClain
3. Alicia
Well done ladies please help yourself to our lovely Top 3 Banner.

Now on to this weeks challenge….

Use the colours of Autumn to inspire you.

Our Sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp

who are offering a $25 voucher to the lucky winner
.
And to inspire you our lovely DT have come up with some beautiful creations..

Kate

Helene

Jan

Tracey

Gunn

Annika

Joanne

Happy craftingJan & Sandie..xx

Challenge 47 - Tag It!

2010-09-17T09:00:00.005+01:00

Hi... well what a fabulous response we had to our last challenge.. Shabby or Vintage..looks like that it was very popular with you all...and what talented crafters you are...such lovely creations...thank you all for joining in...and am pleased to announce the winner of the

$25 Voucher is....

235 - WENCHE

Congratulations...WENCHE

Please email me at that the address on the side bar to claim your prize...

and now for the TOP 3...

Ellen (210)
Meretekj
Lisa S

Well done ladies..such lovely creations....please help yourself to our Top 3 banner on the side bar....

Now this week our theme is - TAG IT!
We would like you to use a tag on your project.

Our fabulous Sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs who is offering a prize of 4 digi images to the lucky winner...

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

Our Design Team were very lucky to get to use some Meljens images to play with and here is what they have come up with to inspire you..
Di
Annika

Kate

Gunn

Jan

Fiona

Arent they cute!!... lol...we hope that you will join us this week and as always we look forward to seeing your fab creations..
Happy Crafting
Jan & Sandie...xx

Challenge #46 - Shabby or Vintage

2010-09-03T09:00:00.002+01:00

Oh wow!...now before I go into the details for this weeks challenge I just have a say a huge thank you to all of you who joined in our last challenge...'Anything Goes'..what a response!!!.. very nearly 700 entries..were we looking at a record???..well maybe..lol....while its lovely to have so much interest... our rules clearly states only one entry ...as that keeps it all fair and square for the lovely prizes that our fabulous sponsors offer...so please next time do read our rules :-) Ok using the random thingy thing...lol.... am very pleased to announce the winner is......

No.61 Adina Medina

Congratulations Adina

please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prize.....

Now as you all can imagine...it was a nightmare choosing the Top 3..and yes I did go through all the entries and after a lot of deliberating with Sandie...we have come up with you 3

No.668 Debra James

No.388 Iren

No117 Cat Spicer

Well done girls...please help yourselves to our Top 3 banner on the side bar...to wear with pride on you blogs...

So now on to this weeks Challenge ...

Shabby or Vintage...

this is Sandie's particular favorite...lol... want to see your creations in either theme....

We are very lucky to have

as our sponsors again this week

who are very kindly offering a $25 Voucher to the winner to spend in their store.

Here are the delicious creations form the Design Team....

Annika

Kate

Helene

Heidi-Mari

Tracey

Jan

Gunn

Joanne

Well I hope you will all join in this week....we certainly will be looking forward to seeing your creations...please remember..only one entry per blog...many thanks

until next time...

Happy crafting

Hugs

Jan & Sandie xxx

Stampin' for the Weekend - Challenge 45 - Anything Goes

2010-08-20T09:00:00.001+01:00

Hi again...well doesn't time fly...it nearly the end of August..where did the summer go??..lol...we had a fab response to our Back to School Challenge and and I'm very pleased to announce that the winner of the Simon Says Stamp! voucher is

#8 Scrappy

Congratulations Scrappy..please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prize...

now to our Top 3...the ladies that can proudly display our Top 3 banner on their blogs are...

No.23 Beth aka BR-T
No.59 Lynne Phelps
No.67 Deb Neeman

So on to our next challenge... we have a very easy one this time...its..

Anything Goes

So we would like to see all your fabulous creations..anything you fancy..but it must have a stamped or digi image...Sir Stampalot is our sponsor this week and there will be a fab prize for the winner.

Here is some inspiration for you from our fab design team...

Altered box - Kate

Recipe card - Heléne

Gift Bag - Heidi-Mari

A birthday card - Gunn

Di - A Just for you card.

A Pendant

(the pendant is triple embossed & then I stamped a butterfly into it)

Jan A Christmas Card

We hope you will join us and have some fun..and we look forward to seeing your creations...
Happy Crafting!!
Jan & Sandie...xx

Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge # 44 - Back to School

2010-08-06T09:00:00.003+01:00

Hello and welcome back to Stampin' for the Weekend...we had a great response to our last challenge it was great seeing all your lovely creations using our recipe...what a talented lot of crafters you are..lol...anyway on to our winners..there are two this time thanks to our wonderful sponsors..Peachy Keen and Meljens Designs so we are very pleased to anounce that the winner of the Peachy Keen prize is....

No.72 Chris V

And the winner of the Meljens Designs prize is...

No. 43 Cathy

Congratulations ladies...please email us at the address on the side bar to claim your prizes...

Now as ever it is always tough trying to choose the Top 3..but after a lot of delibrating...here they are...

1. Jane Middleton
14. Teri Sherman
49. Chris Olsen

Well done ladies ..please help yourself to our Top 3 banner on the side bar.

So now on to this weeks Challenge...

Back to School

Yes its nearly time for our little darlings to return to school albeit it new ones or old ones... for the first timers...awwwww...bless them..they do look very cute in their school uniforms dont they...anyway we would like to see your creations with this theme.
Our fabulous sponsor this week is
Simon says Stamp!

who has a $25 shopping voucher for the lucky winner.

Needing some inspiration?..then just look at what our fabulous Design Team came up with...

Annika

Jan

Sandie

Gunn

Kate

Helene

Joanne

Tracey

Well we hope they gave you food for thought and we all look forward to seeing what you come up with this time

Happy crafting..

Jan & Sandie...xx

Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge #43 - Recipe

2010-07-16T09:00:00.002+01:00

Welcome back to Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge...hope you are all well and have been enjoying the summer weather...This week we have a extra special recipe challenge for you but before we get to that we have some sad news...our lovely Amy is leaving us to concentrate on other projects and its with a heavy heart that we say goodbye...but we all wish you well hun and hope you wont be a stranger and still join in the fun when you can...

We had a good response to our last challenge which was a sketch with a theme of - Christmas in July - although some of you chose not to use the sketch..the creations were still fabulous...so I'm happy to announce that the winner of the Simon Says Stamp prize is....

No.18 Lynne

Congratulations Lynne... please email us at our address on the side bar to claim the fab prize.

I had a tough time picking the Top 5 again this week..but here they are

No.3 Kelly Becker

No.9 Caroline

No.25 Jude

Congratulations girls...please help yourselves to our Top 3 banner on the side bar..

Now on to our Extra Special Recipe Challenge...we would like to see...

3 DP's...2 Flowers..1 Ribbon and an added extra of Gems or Charms...

We have 2 fantastic sponsors this week so there will be 2 prizes...how fab it that???

Our first sponsor is

Peachy Keen Stamps and they are offering the first winner a gift certificate to spend in the store of $25

and our other fabulous sponsor is

Meljen's Designs who is offering the 2nd winner 4 digi images of their choice...

Our gorgeous girls on the design team were very lucky and we got to use some of the delicious images from both sponsors and here they are ...

AMY

Annika

Jan

Kate

~Tracey~

Our young Designer Heidi-Mari