Allsorts challenge blog: 2023

Saturday, 1 April 2023

Weeks 722/723 🌷

Hello and welcome everyone! Ellie here today bringing you a new optional theme and I hope many of you will join in with us! This time our challenge runs for 2 weeks to cover the Easter holiday so you have lots of time to join in with us!

Before I get to the challenge I wanted to remind you that the winners post for challenges 717, 718, 719, 720 and 721 went up yesterday, as well as Dena's Top 5 for last week's challenge so don't forget to take a look at the last two posts below if you shared in any of those challenges.

For the next two weeks our theme is..............

Anything Goes with option of "In the Spring Garden".

We would love to see anything you may find in a spring garden, spring flowers, animals, bugs and birds, a garden scene, garden work, maybe an enchanted garden with gnomes or fairies... so many options!! We also welcome all other entries for our Anything Goes option so do share all your new crafty makes with us for a chance to be entered into the prize drawing or to be in my top 5.

We have a new assortment of prizes for challenges 722, 723, 724 and 725 from

Oakwood, AALL and Create, Stamp Addicts, Ruth Hamilton Design and Aldridge Crafts.

You can find out more about these companies by visiting our lovely patrons page. A peek at the prizes is in the photo below.

Lots of wonderful spring garden inspiration from the design team. As always you can find out more about each project by visiting the links above the projects. We'd love to hear from you!

Brenda

Using AAL and Create Crocus, Mans Best Friend and Blooming Poppies

Dena

Ellie

Liz

Using Ruth Hamilton Designs Primula

Lolo

Lorraine

Lynn

Mervi

Sarah

As this is a two week challenge, I will be back on Friday April 14th with my Top picks. Can't wait to see what you'll share with us!

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Friday, 31 March 2023

Top 5 picks week 721

Good evening to you all, Dena here with my top picks, my thanks for sharing some wonderful creations which included some fabulous takes on my Rain option, I really enjoyed looking at each and every one of them.

A reminder that our winners for all five March challenges have been announced so please do check out the post below to see if you were one of the lucky numbers drawn.

So in order of entry here is me selection....

No 8 Lynda

No 25 Birgit

No 44 Elly

No 53 Jenny

No 67 Pam

Please collect our Top 5 badge to display on your own blogs.

Ellie will be along tomorrow with our new challenge.

March winners

Hello everyone, it's time to announce our March winners and what a super month it's been with so many lovely entries over the month, thank you all. A reminder of our prizes and wonderful Patrons this month....

Prizes from Oakwood, Highlight Crafts, AALL and Create and Craft Stash, these links take you to their individual websites and you can read more about each on our Patrons’ page here. As this weeks challenge straddles two months, winners will be announced on 31st March.

Random Org., has selected the following entry numbers:

Weeks 717 no 27 Trijntji and 90 Carol P,

Week 718 no 48 Lorraine A and ~~no 6 Pa~~t,

Week 719, ~~no 55 Jenny~~ and no 16 Sylvia,

Week 720, no ~~14 Alice~~ and no 19 Jean

Week 721, no 58 Carol and no 42 Tina

Well done to you all, please mail me to claim your prizes by Friday 7th April, I will need your full name and postal addresses so I can send them.

Ellie will be along tomorrow with a new challenge so looks forward to seeing you all then.

Saturday, 25 March 2023

Week 721 ☔️

Good morning, Dena here with this weeks new challenge and my chosen theme of....

**Anything Goes with the option of Rain**

It's the time of year when we get Spring sunshine along with lots of unexpected rain showers so I hope you will share your takes on the option.

Prizes fromOakwood, Highlight Crafts, AALL and Create and Craft Stash, these links take you to their individual websites and you can read more about each on our Patrons’ page here.Winners will be announced on Friday 31st March.

A varied take on the Rain theme from the Design Team to set you on your way....

Brenda

Dena

Ellie

Liz

Lolo

On a break

Lorraine

Lynn

Mervi

Sarah

Friday, 24 March 2023

Perfect Pastels Top 5

Afternoon, Brenda here to announce the Top 5 from my A/G with the option of Perfect Pastels theme, some lovely entries along with some pretty pastel options, thank you all for sharing your creativity. A reminder that this weeks winners along with all those for our March challenges will be announced on 31st March.

The final five in order of entry are....

Entry no 4 Cebelica

Entry no 16 Fabiola

Entry no 27 Lia

Entry no 35 Carol G

Entry no 55 Pat

Entry 71 Bridget

Lovely work, please collect our badge to display on your own blogs.

Dena will have a new challenge for you tomorrow.

Saturday, 18 March 2023

Week 720 🌸

Good morning, Brenda here with our new challenge theme and this week I have chosen one with a Spring edge to it....

**Anything Goes with the option of Perfect Pastels**

Pastel colours say Spring to me so I hope we will see lots of soft pastel colours on your creations, here's a colour palette to get you in the mood....

Moving onto this months prizes and a reminder that winners will be announced on Friday 31st March.

They come from Oakwood, Highlight Crafts, AALL and Create and Craft Stash, these links take you to their individual websites and you can read more about each on our Patrons’ page here.