Heck of a Challenge

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Fashionable May

Hello everyone ... wow i can't believe we are already in May! Mind you the weather is obviously unaware of that fact lol!
Fingers crossed this will be the month it decides to warm up a bit in the UK !

We have a fab challenge for May .. and we think you will like it.... so without further ado - this months challenge is....

FASHION
you can interpret this in any way you choose

This month we have Sue W as GD .. and of course our 3 new DT - Dewi, Chris and Claire.

and here are their fabulous creations along with the old faithful DT lol...

GD - Sue W

Lisa

Mandy

Dewi

Laurie

we look forward to popping by your blogs and checking out all your fashionable creations ... don't forget you can enter any type of Craft, and you can enter more than once as long as its with a different type of craft each time.

Have fun

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Winner and top 3 April's challenge

Hello everyone ... well its the last day of April.. and although its not been very warm here in the UK its not been too wet like the theme of our challenge last month!

Its time to announce the winner and DT favourites - and we had lots of fun hopping by your blogs to see all your water inspired projects .... so without further ado.. the winner is

No 45 Tracey Boley

with this cute little underwater scene

please email lisa.coe@btinternet.com to arrange your prize

and the DT favourites this month are ........

Chris's Favourite

No 58 Coops

Lisa's Favourite
N0 76 Kimbo
Using a water stamping technique

Kevin's Favourite
49. Jackie Wallace

Dewi's Favotite
20. Pauline C

Mandy's Favourite

Sonia's Favourite

Laurie's Favourite

Carrie's Favourite

Alex's Favourite

Claire's Favourite

please take your DT favourites badge from the side bar to display on your blogs .

Thanks to everyone for entering - hope you will join us tomorrow for another fab challenge

Have a lovely evening

The Heck of a Challenge Gang!

Friday, 12 April 2013

BREAKING NEWS .....

We had quite a few applications for the new DT .. and as we couldn't decide on 2 .. we picked 3 lol

it was a very hard decision and by no means a reflection on anyone's talent ,but in the end we had to narrow it down and we have invited ...

Crafty Chris,

Claire

and

Dewi .

The people who were unsuccesful have been invited to be GD's in the coming months so everyone gets to join in in some way

Thank you to everyone for taking the time to apply .

For our latest challenge - JUST ADD WATER click HERE or scroll down - you have until the end of April to enter .

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Monday, 1 April 2013

Just add water

Good Morning everyone .... Happy April Fool's Day - and Easter Monday ..

Did you all have a good weekend? Not too many Chocolate eggs i hope lol!

We are back today with another challenge .. and this time the theme was set by our old DT member Lisa M

she chose

JUST ADD WATER

so this can be interpreted in any way you choose as long as your project has some connection to water .

You can make a card or any other craft related project . You can enter more than once as long as each project is a different TYPE of Craft.

So without further ado .. here is some inspiration from our DT and our 2 GD this month - Pami and Wendy , i think you will agree they have made beautiful projects and we would like to thank them for being on the team with us this April.

Kevin

Mandy

Sonia

so now its over to you - we cant wait to see your water related projects ..

The prize is a £10 voucher to spend either in our Craft and Hobby store or in our on line shop - every crafts a pound.

Also ... before we go we would like to remind you we have a DT call in progress as we are looking for 2 permanent DT ..

If you can commit to ONE project a month and to comment on 2 out of every ten entries then we would love to hear from you.

Just email lisa.coe@btinternet.com with details about yourself and some examples of your work or a link to your blog .

The DT call will run for 2 weeks till the 7th April.

We are a friendly little team so why not try out .

Have a wonderful April... and Happy Crafting

Sunday, 31 March 2013

Winner and top 3 Spring challenge

Hello Everyone
We would like to wish all out followers a very HAPPY EASTER .Hope you are all having a wonderful time.

We had so many fabulous entries to our last challenge .. and although Spring May have not have sprung just yet your projects were definitely full of the joys of spring.

Luckily we use Random.org to pick our winner as it is just so hard to choose .
So without further ado - our winner this month is
No 47....

Thats Lindsay
with this beautiful card

please email lisa.coe@btinternet.com to arrange for your prize , and take the winners badge from the side bar to display on your blog .

And now onto the DT favourites -

Laurie's Favourite

Sonia's Favourite

Mandy

Kevin's Favourite

Carries Fave

Alex' Fave

Lisa

please take our DT favourites badge to display on your blogs.

Before we go .. don't forget our new challenge tomorrow .. and you still have time to enter our DT call.

Scroll down to the next post for more information.

Enjoy your evening

Lisa and the Heck of a challenge DT

Sunday, 24 March 2013

Want to be in our gang?

Hello everyone ... hope you are all ok and if you are covered in snow that you are wrapped up snug and warm!

Unfortunately we have lost another DT member - Lady E due to family commitments.

We would like to thank her for all her projects since starting the DT and we will miss her .

However , since Lisa M left and also our Dt Celia is on a break we decided we would have another DT call to try and find another couple of permanent DT members .

So if you can commit to ONE project a month and to comment on 2 out of every ten entries then we would love to hear from you.

Just email lisa.coe@btinternet.com with details about yourself and some examples of your work or a link to your blog .

The DT call will run for 2 weeks till the 7th April.

Don't forget to scroll down for our March challenge .

Looking forward to hearing from you

Lisa and the rest of the DT

Friday, 1 March 2013

Spring/Butterflies and Pearls

Good morning everyone... well March is here ... and hopefully Spring has sprung !

and with that in mind our lovely Sonia has chosen this months theme .. which is

SPRING /BUTTERFLIES AND PEARLS

The Prize is a £10 voucher either for the shop.. or for the on line Everycrafts a pound store

Unfortunately Lisa M has had to step down from the DT due to "life" commitments .. but we would like to thank her for he fabulous projects and for being a great team member .We wish her all the best and she knows she is always welcome back!

A couple more of the DT are missing too for various reasons.. so we have 2 GD this month.... Doreen and Lucy. Their projects are fabulous- Thank you girls for helping us out!

So without further ado.. here are the projects from the DT to inspire you

Laurie