Allsorts challenge blog

Saturday, 14 February 2026

Challenge 843

Good morning, it's Val here with a new challenge and I have chosen....

Embossing

or Anything Goes

It can be any type of embossing, there are so many beautiful embossing folders available which crafters use to great effect with both simple and more detailed techniques, or it can be wet embossing using ink and powders, the occasion can be any you choose. All we ask is that you remember to include name/makes of the focal elements of your entry so they are eligible.

Our prize is this lovely Lisa Horton Rambling Woodgrain Rose embossing folder and coordinating stencils.

The Design Team have a lovely selection of different styles of embossing to inspire you and we are so pleased to have Lorraine with us as our Guest Designer, thank you for joining us Lorraine.

Dry embossing

Val

Dry embossing

Brenda

Dry embossing using Lisa Horton Sunflower and Roses bundle

Wet embossing detail white EP

Christine

Donna

Dry embossing

Ellie

Dry embossing

Gail

Dry embossing

Helen

Dry embossing

Liz

Dry embossing using Lisa Horton Padded Quilt embossing folder

Lynn

Lynne

Sarah

Dry embossing

We look forward to seeing all your entries, I will be back on 27th with my Top 7 selection. Winners from this challenge and the previous one will be announced the same day.

Friday, 13 February 2026

Challenge 842 Top 7

Hello everyone, it's Donna back to announce my Top 7 and what a difficult task it's been, you've spoilt us with some stunning entries, thank you all.

So here are my final choices....

No 8 Lesley

No 10 Carol

No 45 Jenn

No 48 Anke

No 81 Chris

No 98 Rosi

No 118 Debbie

And from that list the crafter selected to join us as a Guest Designer for challenge 845 on 14th March is Debbie, please mail us before Friday 20th February to learn more about our theme for that challenge.

Well done to you all, please collect our badge to display on your own blogs. Winners from this challenge will be announced on 27th.

Val will be along tomorrow with a new challenge and hope to see you all for her challenge.

Saturday, 31 January 2026

Challenge 842

Good morning and welcome to our new challenge at Allsorts, it's Donna here and my chosen theme for you is....

Create your own Background

or Anything Goes

The choice of occasion is down to you and there's so many background options, inking, stamping, stencilling, gelli plate, paper techinques to name a few and to go with the theme we have a collection of lovely AALL and Create background stamps to be won.

Don't forget to include details of focal products used on your entries to be eligible for Top 7 selection and prizes.

The Design Team have some wonderful ideas for backgrounds which we hope will inspire you to join us. First up is our Guest Designer Di who has done some herringbone paper weaving to great effect....

Donna

Using AALL & Create Glide and Cascading Dots

Brenda

ATC using AALL and Create Floral Confetti and Enchanting Larking

Christine

Using AALL & Create Crocus 624

Ellie

Using AALL & Create Crisp Tulips Stencil

Gail

Helen

Liz

Lynn

Lynne

Sarah

Using AALL & Create Washi Flowerdancing

Val

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Friday, 30 January 2026

For Boys or Men/AG Top 7

Hello everyone, it's time to announce my Top 7 including Guest Designer pick. Thank you all so much for sharing your creativity with us. It was great to see so many of you followed my optional theme too but we loved seeing all of your entries. Choosing favorites is never easy but I finally managed and here they are listed in the order of entry:

No. 18 Valerija

No. 40 Caroline

No. 46 Deborah Wheeler

No. 54 The Crafty Den

No. 57 Ionabunny

No. 68 Sarn

No. 84 Shaz

Congratulations to each one of you on your well deserved recognition. You may pick up your Top 7 logo from our sidebar.

I would like to invite No. 40 Caroline to be our Guest Designer for challenge 844 starting on February 28th. Please mail us so we can tell you all about the theme for that challenge, if you are interested in joining us.

Hope to see you all back here tomorrow morning when Donna will introduce her optional theme.

January winners

After a busy January which saw some super entries we are back to announce the winners as selected by Random Org:

Challenge ~~840 no 49 Avril~~

Challenge 841 no 82 Deborah (8/2 not claimed, re-drawn) and ~~no 83 Marianne~~

Congratulations to you all, please mail us by Friday 6th February with your full names and postal address, prizes unclaimed by that date will be forfeited. Overseas winners, before claiming please read our rules and prizes pages and consider the information before claiming as we cannot help after prizes are shipped.

Well done to you all, don't forget to collect our winners badge to display on your own blogs.

Ellies Top 7 will be announced later today so do pop back and check if you are one of the lucky ones selected.

Saturday, 17 January 2026

Challenge 841 👨🏻‍🦰

Hello everyone, Ellie here, it's my turn to host this challenge and I hope you will join us! For my optional theme I selected:

****For Boys or Men****

(or Anything Goes)

We love to see all your entries whether you follow the optional theme or not, so please do share with us. As always, you may share up to 5 new projects and you have about 2 weeks to do so.

Please remember to familiarise yourself with our rules, as we still see a few entries which we have to mark ineligible, usually failing to include product details, so a quick read might help to ensure you are not one of those.

Our prizes for this challenge are two beautiful A5 stamp sets from Sweet Poppy (see below).

Please read: When prizes are posted outside the UK they are always of a size to fit an envelope (never a parcel) and marked as a gift on the UK Customs form. However the risk of fees being applied in the Country of delivery is increasing. Please consider this when claiming as we are unable to help should you be faced with a Customs charge.

Our design team and guest designer have some wonderful inspiration for you. As always, you can find out more about each project by visiting the links above each project.We're so excited to have Kath as our guest designer for this challenge. Thank you, Kath for joining us!

Kath