Allsorts challenge blog: February 2025

Friday, 28 February 2025

Challenge 817 ~ Shades of Blue - Top 7

Good evening, it's Liz here with my Top 7 for the Shades of Blue/Anything Goes Challenge. There were so many beautiful entries to choose from, with many of you choosing to use the Shades of Blue option. It wasn't an easy decision, but here are my Top 7.

No 4 Eve

No 9 Sarn

No 48 Margreet

No 55 Deb Horst

No 67 Cynthia O

No 74 Bunny Hoyle

No 78 Denise Bryant

Congratulations to you all. Please collect your Top 7 badge from the sidebar to display on your own blogs. Helen will be back in the morning with a new Allsorts Challenge.

Challenge 816 and 817 winners

Good afternoon, it's time to announce our winners again after a month of beautiful cards and creativity, our thanks to each and every one of you for joining us.

But before we have an announcement which has been prompted by yet more increases in postal rates and changes to Customs requirement specifically USA and Australia. So we are very reluctantly no longer shipping physical prizes to those destinations. We are so very sorry about this but hope you will understand and we of course hope you will still join in and share your lovely creations as all entries are eligible for Top 7 selection.

The lucky winners as selected by Random Org:

Week 816 (A&C) no 155 Susan, ~~no 68 Valerija~~ and no 45 Ellen

Challenge 817 (Lavinia) ~~no 112 Tina and no 23 Hilary~~

Congratulations everyone, please mail me by Friday 7th March with your full name and postal address. Any prize unclaimed by that date will either be re-drawn and new winners notified direct or returned to the prize box.

Winners outside the UK: Prizes are always sent as gifts, but Customs fees may be added in your own Country, this is out of out control so by claiming your prize you are accepting responsibility for any fees and we cannot assist should this happen.

Pop back later to see Liz's Top 7 choices.

Saturday, 15 February 2025

Challenge 817 🔷🩵

Good morning, it's Liz here with a new theme for this fortnight's Allsorts Challenge. I've chosen the theme of.....

SHADES OF BLUE

It would be lovely to see our challenge blog flooded with creations in shades of blue. Will you use blue inks, blue die cuts, blue embellishments or perhaps you have some blue patterned papers just waiting to be used. If blue is not your colour, there is always the theme of Anything Goes. Please remember a short explanation of products used is required to be eligible for prizes and top picks.

Two prizes of Lavinia Stamps and stencil (photos not to scale). Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

We start our inspiration with our Guest Designer Carol, thank you so much for joining us for this challenge....

Liz

Using Lavina Fairytale and Feather Leaf stencil

Brenda

Using Lavinia Herbs and Delights collection, Tree of Courage and Hill House

Using stamps from Lavinia Herbs and Delights and Stickers Stencils and Labels Bundle

Christine

Using Lavinia Fantasea, Forest Moss and Bullrushes

Donna

Ellie

Using Lavinia Fairy Shops 1, Three Dancing Fairies, Spiral of Spells, Mini Stars, Feather Leaf stencil

Gail

Helen

Lynn

Lynne

Sarah

Val

Friday, 14 February 2025

Challenge 816/Romance and Music Top 7

Hello everyone, Gail back with my Top 7, wow what a busy, busy challenge it's been, a huge thank you to all who joined in.

So many fabulous entries meant choosing just seven was so difficult but here they are in order of entry....

No 9 Tee

No 35 Leslie

No 55 Bunny

No 96 Carol

107 Vicki

144 Wendy

160 Elle-Jeanne

Well done to you all, please collect your badge to display on your own blogs.

Don'r forget to note the 28th February in your diaries, that's the date prizes from this challenge will be announced. Liz will be back tomorrow with a new challenge.

Saturday, 1 February 2025

Challenge 816 🎼💕

Morning everyone, Gail here with a new challenge, along with the usual Anything Goes I've chosen the theme of....

Romance and/or Music

It's coming up to Valentines Day so the perfect opportunity to share those makes with us. Alternately for an Engagement, Anniversary or Wedding, or maybe Music is your thing so along with Anything Goes there are endless possibilities.

We have three lovely prizes of stamps and stencils (winners will receive random selection from those below) from AALL and Create (February winners will be announced on Friday 28th).