Challenge #30 - Something with a tail

Thursday 29 July 2010
Good Morning Bloggers and Crafters!!!

It's me Carly here, posting for our lovely Vee as she's got a few internet problems (hope it fixes soon hun!!) hehe!!

We have a lovely challenge for you this week!!! Vee's picked the theme:
SOMETHING WITH A TAIL!!

We are proud to welcome back our Two lovely sponsors this week:


Prize One -
Your Choice of TEN Digi's from Digistamp Boutique!
Sally-Ann from Digistamp Boutique! Now i'm sure you've all seen her fabulous work???!? NO?! Well head on over to her Digi shop! there's a digi for everything her work is fantastic and at such a low price too! Sally-Ann is regular monthly sponsor to us at Charisma! wooo hooo!!!
Sally-Ann has also kindly donated us DT Gals some images to play with too!!! check our creations!!!

Prize Two -Bunny Zoe Craft


Nikki has donated these two fabulous stamps for this weeks winner!! how cool is that!!! hey and i really reccomend you pop over to her shop!! she's got a fab sale on at the moment!!!! :-)
There HUGE Summer SALE is underway so grab yourself a bargain!
Also for a limited time only 25% off ALL Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps, In2Stamps, Stampavie and Distress Inks/Pads/Stickles.

Here is our DT inspiration for you this week!

Carlyann


Faye

Joanne
Vee


Allison


Jan


Tasha (On DT Holiday)

Carol

Martha

Thanks for stopping by and we really hope you join us and have some fun with your bling!Please use Mr Inlinkz for your entry and remember your link must be direct to your entry and not to your blog. You have until next Wednesday 7.30pm to get your entries in.



Winners & Top 3 Challenge #29

Good Morning all!

What another fantastic challenge week we've had at charisma!!! we've absolutly loved seeing all your shaped creations!!!

Without further ado, the the winner this week is:

Prize one:


NO: 19 Trisha Mc

Congratulations hunni!!! please contact us at charismachallenges@live.co.uk by 6pm sunday GMT London time to collect your prize!!!

AND! (We couldn't just choose one!!! hehe)
THE WINNERS OF OUR GDT SLOTS OF AUGUST IS:::

JENNIFER LYNNE

&

TINA

&

AMY DUFF



Congratulations!!! Please contact us to arrange your GDT slot at charismachallenges@live.co.uk.

Here are the top 3 I picked for last week, in no particular order are:

NO: 92 - Chris Olsen

NO: 110 - Tracy Payne

NO: 18 - Ginger

Well done!!!

Don't forget ya top 3 badge!!!
Thank you all once again for playing along - remember to come back shortly to find out this weeks challenge!

Challenge #29 Anything But Square!

Thursday 22 July 2010
Good morning all!
How are we today???

We were absolutly blown away by the amount of pink lovers last week!!! hehe!!

Now then before this week's challenge, if anyone would like to be a GDT for us for the whole month of August, as we can't get hold of the lady who was meant to be, please put GDT next to your names in mr inlinkz!!

This week the challenge ahead is...........

ANYTHING BUT SQUARE

We are proud to welcome a new sponsor to our Challenges:


Whimsy Stamps is a family owned business and online store located in the United States. We carry a line of whimsical and fun rubber stamps made from deeply etched red rubber and mounted on EZ mount foam. We also have a digital stamp collection with new releases on the 1st of each month. We've recently added an online gallery for our DT and registered users where you can find lots of samples using our stamps. We also have an inspirations blog with daily postings and product info and our featured stamper Saturdays!

We are joined by our lovely GDT

Suzie
Here is our DT inspiration for you this week!

Carlyann
(Currently away for 4 weeks due to her wedding soon)

Faye

Joanne

Vee


Allison


Carol

Jan


Tasha




Martha (On DT Holiday)

Thanks for stopping by and we really hope you join us and have some fun with your bling!Please use Mr Inlinkz for your entry and remember your link must be direct to your entry and not to your blog. You have until next Wednesday 7.30pm to get your entries in.

And don't forget we're on the look out for GDT's see the link on the right hand side!!!

Winners & Top 3 Challenge #28

Good Morning all!

WOW!! You certainly love the colour PINK!! Just like me!! hehe!! thank you to everyone who took part my pink challenge last week!!!

Without further ado, the two winners this week are:

Prize one from:
£10 Online Digi voucher goes to:


NO: 138 Denise P

Prize Two:

5 Digi's of your choice goes to:


No:200 - Vixykins

Congratulations!!! Please contact us to arrange your prize at charismachallenges@live.co.uk. You have till Sunday 6pm GMT London time to claim your prize!

Now what a toughy time i had trying to pick the top 3 with all that pink ness out there!!
Here are the top 3 I picked for last week, in no particular order are:

No: 55 Lisa C

No: 82: Risa

No:198 Cheryl Walker


Don't forget ya top 3 badge!!!
Thank you all once again for playing along - remember to come back shortly to find out this weeks challenge!

Challenge #28 PINK Week!!!

Thursday 15 July 2010
Good morning all!

What a lovely challenge we had last week!!! was absolutly lovely to see all your Birdie Creations!!

Now in honor of ME! (Carlyann) haha!! just kidding!

well i've had to pick a really easy theme this week!!
all i would like to see is your creation must be........


PINK!!!

We have two fantastic sponsors this week!!!
Have kindly donated a £10 voucher for digital downloads!!! They have some fantastic downloads pop by and have a look here!


We'd also like to give a huge big welcome to our new monthly sponsor!

Melissa from
PINK CAT STUDIO!!!
We are so thrilled to be able to work with some of Pink Cat Studio's fantastic Digi's too! One lucky lady or guy!! hehe will win 5 Digital Stamps of there choice!! how fab is that!!

Pink Cat Studio is all about offering fun and whimsical stamps to inspire your creativity. They have a huge selection of super cute digi and rubber stamps to choose from and they add more each week. Owner and artist Melissa started PCS in 2005 and over the years nothing has excited and inspired her more than to see your creations with her stamps. Melissa’s goal is to continue to delight & surprise you with her designs. Stop by the studio today and get in on the fun!

We are joined by the fantastic Suzie who is our Guest DT for July!
Here's her creation:


And also this week we are joined by the lovely Karen
(whom i became friends with on Facebook! I'm always scouting round for potential GDT's!!)
Here's her wonderful Creation:

Here's out talented Design Teams work!!

Carlyann
(Using Pink Cat Studio Lili with flowers)

Faye

Carol


Joanne

Vee (On DT Holiday!!)

Allison


Jan

Tasha - Using Lily Valentine Ballerina


Martha

Thanks for stopping by and we really hope you join us!!!!

Please use Mr Inlinkz for your entry and remember your link must be direct to your entry and not to your blog. You have until next Wednesday 7.30pm to get your entries in.


AND!!!

We are on the look out for GDT's see HERE for more Deet's!

Winners & Top 3 Challenge 27

Good Morning all!

Wow! what another fabulous response we had for Jan's Watch the birdie themed week! ! thank you all so so much for joining in with our challenge this last week!
You all gave so many people such an inspiration on using metal within your creations!

Without further ado, the two winners this week are:


$15 Soft Pencil Voucher goes too -
NO: 67 - RUTH (TIPTOP)!!!


2 Stunning Stamps from The Pixie Cottage goes too -
NO: 40 - RENATA!!



Congratulations!!! Please contact us to arrange your prize at charismachallenges@live.co.uk. You have till Sunday 6pm GMT London time to claim your prize!

Here are the top 3 Jan picked for last week, in no particular order are:

27 - Debs at Freckles Place
10 - Toriko Stamparadise
15 - Annika - Another Messy Crafter

Don't forget ya top 3 badge!!!
Thank you all once again for playing along - remember to come back shortly to find out this weeks challenge!

Carlyann's Wedding Candy! NOW CLOSED

Candy Winner has been annouced on
Carly's blog Click here to visit!

Week 27 - Watch The Birdie

Thursday 8 July 2010
Good morning,

it's me, Jan setting the challenge this week!!

but before I do I have some very sad news that Leanne is leaving Charisma, she's been with Carly since the beginning and we're all really sad she's leaving - we'll all miss you tons Leanne.

On a cheerier note though we're thrilled to welcome a new member to the DT - so a huge hello & welcome to Carol, her amazing work can be seen here

So onto our challenge this week, which is "Watch the Birdie" you can enter a card, scrap page, 3d item, anything you like as long as it fits in with our theme.

We're spoiling you again this week with two sponsors

Our first sponsor is Softpencil who gave us some gorgeous images to work with:


and the prize is - $15 Voucher to spend in store

And here's a little bit about Softpencil:

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.
My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists.
I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"

Our second sponsor this week is The Pixie Cottage Stamps:


And here's a little bit about them:

The Pixie cottage stamps offer a wide variety of styles and sizes of red rubber cling-mounted stamps. There is something for everyone at The Pixie Cottage, we have many talented illustrators who constantly supply us with darling images.
Michelle has very kindly donated the following two stamps for one lucky winner


We are joined by our fantastic Guest DT for July!

Suzie (GDT):

And here are our wonderful Design Team.....

Carol:



Faye:


Joanne:


Allison:


Jan:

Leanne's last Challenge card -sob sob!!

Martha
Carlyann (On the sick from her op)
Tasha & Vee (On DT Hol)

Thanks for stopping by and we really hope you will join us!

Please use Mr Inlinkz for your entry and remember your link must be direct to your entry and not to your blog. You have until next Wednesday 7.30pm to get your entries in.