Winner and top 5 for the recycling challenge

Morning,
checking out your blogs this week was sheer joy, so many lovely projects and so much inspiration for me. I must say I pity the ribbon manufacturers slightly cause recycling ribbon seems very popular among crafters =).

But now over to the winner and top 5 for the challenge. First my pick of brilliant recyclers:

Great idea to use left-over keys... I have loads all over the house =)

A scrap paper basket - brilliant!!

This is a true recycler! Everything is recycled - and in a beautiful way!

This is also a very recycled creation, stamping on the back of a christmas card - me likey!!

And home made orchids - wow!

Well done ladies, I'm really impressed! Please take a top 5 badge and display it with pride!

And for the Aquamarker winner, chosen by random: Shaz
Congratulations to you, please send a mail to brenda@ibas.co.uk for your prize.

Winner of my man/boys theme at last

Hello all and I am here with yet another apology.......

My lovely generous son passed on whatever lurgy he had to me, wasn't that nice of him? And I have to say poor wee man no wonder he was so upset and clingy what a rotten cold it turned out to be! Not just the runny nose but a throat that felt like it was on fire and a banging headache. I spent all last weekend on the sofa with a blanket feeling very sorry for myself. Even at the beginning of the week I felt lousy and the PC was bringing on headaches.

As such I have still not been able to get round the rest of the entries so for this week only I am just picking a winner and no top 5. I apologise to everyone that I didn't get round to, I am sure your cards were all super and I am sorry to have missed seeing them all. Thankyou all for entering.

So without further ado....the winner picked by the random genrator thingy (my usual random number picker is at school lol) is 107 which is Tina with this cutie card......

Well done Tina!! I will be in touch soon with info on how to claim your prize :o)

Week 88 - Saving nature

Morning all,

I know you have all come across things that weren't really designed as crafting items and thought "hmm, maybe I can use that for something, I'll save it for later". Well, now is the time to dig that stuff out and join this week's recycling challenge.

And... we are thrilled to have Letraset as a new regular sponsor.

Letraset are offering a set of the fabulous new Aquamarkers. AquaMarkers are a dual tipped water based, pigmented ink marker with the advantage of being water soluble. They can be easily blended, even when dried, giving the effects of water-colour paint but with the convenience of a marker. The water colour quality of the markers makes an ideal accompaniment to an artist's tool box, providing a clean and convenient alternative to water colour paints.

The DT have all used Aquamarkers on their work this week to demonstrate the fabulous colours and blending versatility of the pens.

So, dig through your drawers and see what you find and don't forget to write WHAT you recycled =).

It's the final week that Polkadoodles are joining us at our Guest Deisnger and this week Miria has created a lovely card using scraps of Polkadoodle papers, a clothes label and some recycled buttons.

HeleneI started with a paper bag I got when I bought some ribbon, and turned it into a frame and while I was on a roll I cut out some flowers too. The white doily I found under the glass in a hotel bathroom =).

Brenda

(Red ribbon re-cycled from Christmas wrapping and Aqumarkers used directly onto stamps)

Debs
Recycled a gift card holder received at Christmas

Emma
Ribbon tabs recylcled form a chocolate box

Fleur
Tube from kitchen roll ~ flattened to make a wallet.
Image coloured with AquaMarkers

Kirsten

Ribbon Recycled from Xmas present,
Image coloured with Aqua-markers & Promarkes

Apologies.....

Morning all!! I am here to apologise for the fact that the winner and top 5 will not be announced today.

My littlest monkey, Alfie, who is just a year old has been a bit poorly this week so between sleepless nights and clingy days where I have had him hanging off me all day I have not had the chance to get round everyone yet. He is starting to feel a bit better so I should have some time over the weekend to fly by everyone and should be back on Monday with the relevant info.

Enjoy the new theme later when it's announced, I think you're going to love it :o)

Amanda xx

Week 87 - Male/boy

Welcome to week 87 at Allsorts. A big thankyou to everyone who joined in Kirsten's Teal blue and brown theme, the entries were super. Remember to check and see if you are the winner or if you made the top 5.

This week I, Amanda, challenge you to make a card/project for someone of the male of the species! I have to admit that I sometimes struggle with cards for men and boys so it was a particular challenge for me :o)

This week we are delighted to welcome a new sponsor ~ (click on the banner to go to the shop)

Kristy Dalman, Owner of Some Odd Girl:

“Some Odd Girl is the place to find fun and quirky digis that I know you will love! Some Odd Girl was inspired by two great friends who are such dolls! They took one of my pencil drawings and made it into red rubber and that act of generosity spiraled into what you see today. I am a married FTWM of 2 who has a hubby who not only loves me but supports my crafting and my site as my IT guy. What more could a girl want? I am an artist born who started out with pencils then acrylics and now scrapbook and am a cardmaker. I design things that I love and hope you have as much fun with our stamps as we do! Don't forget about our monthly freebies and SOG Points program

The lucky winner will receive three images of their choice.

We are so looking forward to visiting your blogs to see your male inspired projects.

We are pleased to welcome this weeks Guest Designer for Polkadoodles .......Enfys, whose lovely creation has been made using the Not for Girls CD

Amanda



Brenda

Debs



Emma

Fleur

Helene

Kirsten

Allsorts top 5 week 86

Morning all and thank you to everyone who took part in this weeks Teal blue & Brown challenge.

So many fabulous entries this week and it was so hard to choose the top 5.

In no paticular order they are

Chrissie

 Janiel

Nicki

Marlena

Kylie

Thanks you ladies you can now take the top 5 blinkie fron the blog, hope you can all join in for Amanda's next challenge.

Allsorts challenge week 86

Welcome to week 86 at allsorts

Thank you for all your fabulous fancy fold projects for Emma's challenge last week. Don't forget to pop back and see her choice of top 5 and the winner of the prize.

This week i Kirsten have a colour challenge for you

Teal Blue & Brown

We are pleased to welcome this weeks Guest Designer for Polkadoodles .......Claire, whose lovely creation has been made using the Limited Edition Sundae of Seasons CD

Kirsten

Amanda



Brenda

Debs

Emma

Fleur

Helene

Winnwr of Fancy folds Challenge and top 5

Well I saw some inspirational folds this week and I hope the challenge managed to stir up some creativity as it certainly looked like it did....

The winner of the surprise super secret Polkadoodles surprise is

Random generator no

32

Sarah W

Congratulations hun if you email me at

metalicbutterfly@hotmail.co.uk

i'll arrange for your prize to be sent to you....

now for my top 5 in no particular order

Lorraine W

Marja

Marianne

Anne H

Susan

Congrats Ladies please take the top 5 badge from the side bar and wear on your blogs with pride!!

dont forget to check back to see what Kirsten has in store for us this week