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Saturday, 12 September 2020

Week 589 - 'I Love.......' Belated Birthday Celebrations

Good Morning everyone, Lynn here, and I am thrilled to be hosting the challenge this week as we celebrate (a little belatedly) our 11th Birthday challenge.

Because it's our Birthday we have some special prizes on offer, all winners will be chosen by random.org, so you just need to be in it to try and win it! Remember you can enter a maximum of 3 times, so lots of chances to win these lovely prizes.

Arteza Real Brush Pens set of 96

Pinksy Doodles, Maker of digital images and cutting files for card making and craft projects. Look out for the makes the DT did with the digital papers. The winner of this prize can choose five items from the sponsors store.

Foundation Champagne (470026) – Tattered Lace

Tattered Lace foundations Champagne dies

Studio Light layering stamp set

In addition to those prizes, because we are a little late in celebrating we want to do it in style. So, some of the DT are offering extra prizes that they are donating themselves on their blogs too! Just visit the individual DT blogs to find out more.

Now for the theme..............

I Love......

just make something that incorporates something you love. It could be a theme, it could be a technique, it is entirely up to you. Just show us what you love. Let's see what the DT love as your inspiration. Because it's Birthday week we are giving you lots of ideas this week.

Brenda

"I love" - Inks, Flowers, Bold Colours and a bit of grunge

Using papers from Pinksy Doodles

Ellie

"I love" - Cats, Cute Animals, Colouring, Stencils

Helene

"I love" - The shabby chic look, Butterflies, Foamiran Flowers, Lace and the colour
blue

Kath

"I love" - Paper Piecing'

Using papers from Pinksy Doodles

Lynn

"I love"- Fashion, Art Deco and New York

Using papers from Pinksy Doodles

Mervi

"I love" retro, funny images

Tracy Mouse

"I Love" - Mice & Scenes

Using papers from Pinksy Doodles

Wendy

"I Love" - Lace, Notebooks, Shabby Chic

Using papers from Pinksy Doodles

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Friday, 11 September 2020

Winner and Top 5 for our Hand Coloured Image Challenge

Hello everyone, it's time to announce our winner and my top 5 from our "Something hand colored" challenge. Thank you all so much for joining us and sharing your creativity with us! It was wonderful seeing so many of you joining in!

First up we have our prize winner who will receive this beautiful stamp from Chocolate Baroque:

Allsorts challenge blog: Allsorts 581/582 - Flowers all Over

Chocolate Baroque is a small independent art and craft company, based in the historic market town of Barnard Castle in County Durham in the North-East of England and is owned and run by Lesley Wharton.

And the winner is...........................

Meg

Congratulations! Please be sure to email Brenda (info on the side bar) by Thursday September 17th to claim your prize! You may also grab the winner's logo from our side bar to place on your own side bar.

There were so many wonderful entries, and selecting a top 5 is never easy but something that has to be done and here they are in order of entry.

28 Sandra

31 Hilary

115 Cobie

131 Karin

138 Bernadet

Congratulations! You may pick up your Top 5 logo from our side bar to place on your own blogs!

Lynn will be here tomorrow morning with a new theme and remember it's also our belated 11th Birthday Celebration with lots of prizes! We would love to see all of you then!

Saturday, 5 September 2020

Week 588 - Use a hand coloured image

Hello and welcome to a new theme here at Allsorts challenge! Ellie here today and I hope you will join in the fun this week!

Before I tell you about this week's challenge, I wanted to let you know about our upcoming belated Birthday Celebrations scheduled for NEXT SATURDAY. We hope you'll join us then too for lots of prizes and feel free to share this logo below on your blogs so your blogging friends can join us too!

I'm making it easy for everyone this week and selected the theme of.....................

Include a Hand Coloured Image.

Any coloring medium, any image!

Our prize this week comes from Chocolate Baroque and the lucky winner will receive this beautiful stamp below.

Wednesday 9th September will see an exciting new release of stamps in a Hochanda One Day Special launching at 5pm.

The design team has been busy creating some wonderful inspiration for you. As always you can find out more about each creation by clicking on the names above the projects.

Brenda
Using Chocolate Baroque Floral Clock Butterfly

Ellie

Helene

Kath

Lynn

Mervi

Tracy Mouse

Using Chocolate Baroque Harlequin Rose

Wendy

Happy creating!! We can't wait to see what you will share with us this week!

Friday, 4 September 2020

Winner and Top Five - Going around in Circles challenge

Hi, Kath here to announce the winner and our top 5 for our challenge 587 - Going around in circles.

The winner of the stamp drawn by Random Org is...

No 66 - Sarah Wills

Sarah please contact Brenda (her details are in our side bar) by Thursday 10th of September to claim your prize. Please take our winner logo from our side bar.

Now for our top five picks, in order of entry.

No 11 - Jane Willis