Phindy's Place Challenge Blog: May 2010

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Winners of Challenge #6 - Masculine Cards

There were some great entries in last week's challenge, thank you to everyone who played along. I think so many of us struggle with cards for men, however Phindy has produced some great images to help us out with them:).

OK on to the winners!

The winner of the Challenge, chosen by Random.org, is entry #4, Mary Ski, with her fun snorkelling card! Congratulations Mary, you win the $8 gift certificate to spend at Phindys Place.

The second and third prize winners, also picked by Random.org, both receive 5% off vouchers to use in the store. They are Kateri with #10 and Anna R - Congratulations to you both!

Now for the Top 3 cards...

In first place, winning a 10% off voucher to use in Phindy's Place Store, it's Tera with her great Father's Day card:

In second place is Ellie and Kerstin is in third place! Congratulations to you both! Both second and third place recieve a 5% discount voucher for Phindy's Store and, of course, your Top 3 banner to proudly display on your blog.

Winners, Phindy will be in touch with your prizes as soon as she returns home. You probably know that Phindy's sister Gerry is gravely ill and Phindy is at her bedside. Thank you for your patience and please keep Gerry, Phindy and their family in your thoughts.

Well done to all and hope you'll join in with our buttons and brads challenge this week.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Challenge #7 - Buttons or brads

It's time for the Phindy's Place Friday Challenge again - we are already at challenge #7! We have a fun and easy challenge for you this week: to include buttons or brads - or both - in your project. Just be sure to use a Phindy's Place image and have fun:). Please call by later and find out who won challenge #6. Unfortunately Phindy's sister Gerry is seriously ill and Phindy is away from home at her bedside. Prizes allocated won't be sent out until Phindy returns home and I apologise for this and thank you for your understanding. I know Phindy is very concerned about this and is keen to deal with this as soon as possible. The shop is functioning fine and download links are sent automatically, so please use it as normal. Most importantly, please keep Phindy, her sister and all her family in her thoughts. Thank you!

The challenge winner, picked by Random.org, will get a $8 Gift Certificate to use in Phindy's store. The second and third prize winners will receive 5% off vouchers to use in the store. And there's more! Each week a Top Three will be picked from the entries and they will be able to display a winner's banner on their blog. As well as the banner, the number 1 entry will get a 10% off voucher for the store and 2nd and 3rd will each get a 5% discount voucher. So with six prizes in all you stand a great chance of winning!

Here is some inspiration from the incredibly talented Design Team:

Ann English

Jane Wetzel

Cindy Royal

Sylvia Blum

Lynda Nielsen

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Winners of Challenge #5 -Christmas in May

Thank you all for entering into the Christmas spirit and playing along with the challenge, we saw some fabulous entries and you got to get ahead on the dreaded Christmas card rush:).

I am really excited that Random.org has picked one of our most loyal supporters to win the $8 gift certificate - hooray it's Kateri with entry #20 - congratulations Katie!!! Here is Katie's pretty penguin card:

The second prize winner picked by Random is Cec and the third prize winners is Mari. Both of these winners will receive 5% off vouchers to use in the store. Well done to you both.

Now we come to the Top Three winners: Mari this is your lucky week, you win this week's challenge and the prize of a winner's banner to display on your blog as well as a 10% discount voucher for the store. Congratulations! Here is Mari's beautiful winter scene, which uses an image that the DT all agreed worked so well for the challenge, despite not being a typical Christmas scene.

In second place is Katie again with a different card this time - entry #5 - and Shelly in 3rd place. You both win a 5% discount voucher to the store.

Can I remind the lucky winners that Phindy is away from home at the moment as her sister is very ill. You will get your prizes when Phindy is home again, thank you for your patience and please keep Phindy's sister Gerry, and all her family, in your thoughts and prayers.

Thanks again for playing and can't wait to see your entries for the latest challenge - masculine, boy or baby boy cards!

Friday, May 21, 2010

Phindy's Friday Challenge #6 - Masculine Card/Project

Welcome to Friday and welcome to another fun challenge at Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog. Thank you so much for those fabulous entries to our super-early Christmas challenge. I'll be announcing the winners later, in the meantime today's challenge to you is to create a masculine card or project using one of Phindy's images. Father's Day is not too far away, you may want to get ahead and have your card made ready, you might be making a card for a boy or even a baby boy, whatever you choose to make we hope you have fun! There are some great images available in Phindy's shop for you to use if you don't already have one.

The challenge winner, picked by Random.org, will get a $8 Gift Certificate to use in Phindy's store. The second and third prize winners will receive 5% off vouchers to use in the store. And there's more! Each week a Top Three will be picked from the entries and they will be able to display a winner's banner on their blog. As well as the banner, the number 1 entry will get a 10% off voucher for the store and 2nd and 3rd will each get a 5% discount voucher. So with six prizes in all you stand a great chance of winning!

I need to say one more thing: Phindy's sister Gerry is seriously ill and Phindy is away from home at her bedside. Prizes allocated for last week's challenge will be a little late arriving with you and I apologise for this and thank you for your understanding. The shop is functioning fine and download links are sent automatically, so use it as normal. Most importantly, please keep Phindy, her sister and all her family in her thoughts. Thank you!

Now, without more ado, have a look at the wonderful set of cards for your enjoyment and inspiration, conjured up by the magical DT:

Tammy Maynard

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Winners of Challenge #4 - April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers

Thank you to everyone who entered the challenge this week. The winner of the Challenge, chosen by Random.org, is entry #1, Anita with her mischevious gremlin. Congratulations Anita, you win the $8 gift certificate to spend at Phindys Place.

The second and third prize winners, also picked by Random.org, both receive 5% off vouchers to use in the store. They are Cec and Kateri - Congratulations to you both!

Now for the Top 3 cards...

In first place, winning a 10% off vouchers to use in Phindy's Place Store, it's Southern Scraps with her sparkly Spring Dress Emma card.

In second place is Deonna and Shelley is in third place! Congratulations to you both! Both second and third place recieve a 5% discount voucher for Phindy's Store and, of course, your Top 3 banner to proudly display on your blog.

Well done to all and hope you'll join in with our Christmas in May challenge this week.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Phindy's Friday Challenge #5 - Christmas in Spring

Welcome to Phindy's Friday Challenge, yes it's nearly the weekend again! Thank you to all the lovely entries to last week's Challenge and thank you also to Rhonda, our first Guest to the DT, who chose the theme. Please drop by later to see who won last week's challenge.

We've something a little different for your challenge this week and we hope you'll play along. Every year I get towards Christmas and realise that I have never made enough cards. This week we're helping you get a head start with your Christmas cards or projects. Remember you need to use a Phindy's Place image, but other than that there are no restrictions. Phindy has some gorgeous Christmas images for your cards or tags and the DT has created some wonderful cards with them to inspire you, now we're looking forward to seeing your creations.

DT's projects:
Cindy Royal

Sylvia Blum

Jane Wetzel

Anne Ray

Friday, May 7, 2010

Winners of Challenge #3 - use your favourite Phindy image

Thank you to everyone who shared their favourite Phindy's Place image with us. The winner of the Challenge, chosen by Random.org, is entry #8, a scrumptious card by Ellie: Congratulations Ellie, you win the $8 gift certificate to spend at Phindys Place.

The second and third prize winners, also picked by Random.org, both receive 5% off vouchers to use in the store. They are Christi and Kateri with #11. Congratulations! Challenge winners banners go to all the lucky winners too. I gave the number for Katie's, she's such a keen supporter of the challenge that she's entered more than once, thanks Katie:).

Now for the Top 3 cards...

In first place, winning a 10% off vouchers to use in Phindy's Place Store, it's Deonna with her lovely image for Mother's Day:

In second place is Everien and Sue M is up there again in third place! Congratulations to you both! Both second and third place recieve a 5% discount voucher for Phindy's Store and, of course, your Top 3 banner to proudly display on your blog.

Well done to all and hope you'll play along again this week.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Phindy's Friday Challenge #4 - April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers

Welcome to Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog for another fun challenge! Thank you to all who entered the Favourite Phindy Challenge, please check back later to see who has won. Our challenge this weeks is "April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers". Please feel free to interpret this as you wish. You may want to show the showers, make Phindy's image the "flowery" part of the card or you may just choose to add some flower embellishments or a flowery DP to your project. However you do it, all you need to remember that you MUST use a Phindy's Place image, and, of course, to have fun!

This week I'm really excited to announce that we have our first ever Guest Designer - Rhonda Miller. Rhonda picked out our theme back when we were still having Phindy Challenges over at Papercraft Planet, but the DT and Challenge Blog were launched before there was time to use it. So we're using Rhonda's theme and she has made a beautiful card for you to enjoy. Be sure to check out Rhonda's blog to see more of her lovely work. Here is Rhonda's card: