Challenge #24 - Handcrafted Embellishment

Happy Friday stamping friends!! By the time this posts Nikki and I (the owners of Wags 'n Whiskers) will be meeting up at Disney World in Orlando Florida!! Nikki is in the US on vacation and she came down to my house last weekend and now we are heading to Orlando to meet up again this weekend!! We are going to have so much fun and we will be sure to post pictures soon (for a peek at our trip to the beach last weekend, check out my layout end the end of the post).

Here's a picture of Nikki and I taken last weekend :-) See how Nikki is bending down so I don't look so short?! She's so sweet :-) It was so much fun to finally meet face-to-face!!On to the winner of the free stamp of your choice from last week:
#4 Michelle Gaul
Congratulations Michelle!! Please contace me at LaceySoLiving@bellsouth.net with your stamp choice and mailing address.
Here is her wonderful card...The guest for next week's challenge will be: Cheryl Walker
Here is her beautiful card...

This week's challenge is hosted by ubber talented Melanie and her challenge is: Handcrafted Embellishment!!
Get creative and get crafty this week!!

Just remember that you must use a Wags 'n Whiskers stamps to be entered into the drawing for ONE FREE WAGS 'N WHISKERS STAMP OF YOUR CHOICE!!

Also, if you would like to a guest for one of our challenge, make sure to add "DT" after your name when you post your card for this week's challenge.

Here are the awesome cards from the fabulous Design Team!
Our Guest DT this week: Tara

Our Host: Melanie Renata
Sharon
Karen
Tina
Michele
Chris
Jacqui
Jeanette
Lacey

Pictures of Nikki's kids and my kids at the beach
Now it's your turn!! We can wait to see your handmade embellishments!!
Link your card below for your chance to win. If you don't have a blog, you can upload your card to Splitcoast Stampers or PaperCraft Planet.
Happy Stamping!

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - A Good Friend

Happy Friday!! Wow! Apparently Pink and Green was not your favorite color combo!! LOL Hopefully you will enjoy our challenge this week instead.

I'm sorry it took so long to choose the winner. But I have a valid excuse, keep an eye out for a post later about my weekend!!

In the mean time, the random winner of the free stamp from last week's challenge is:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

2
Timestamp: 2010-05-24 11:37:50 UTC

Congratulations Tracy!! Please contace me at LaceySoLiving@bellsouth.net with your stamp choice and mailing address.

Here is Tracy's wonderful card...

The guest for next week's challenge will be: Tara

Here is her beautiful card...
This week we have a fun and easy challenge challenge for you!

Jacqui is our hostess and her challenge is called "Just Good Friends". You can either make a card using one our images with two characters, or you can just make a card for a friend. She is leaving the challenge open to interpetation. Just remember that you must use a Wags 'n Whiskers stamps.

One lucky participant will win ONE FREE WAGS 'N WHISKERS STAMP OF YOUR CHOICE!!
Also, if you would like to a guest for one of our challenge, make sure to add "DT" after your name when you post your card for this week's challenge.

Here are some fantastic cards from the talented Design Team!

Our Guest DT this week: Crystal Irwin

Our Host: Jacqui

Renata Sharon
Melanie
Tina
Michele
Chris
Christa Karen
Jeanette
Lacey
Now it's your turn!! We can wait to see your friendship cards!!
Link your card below for your chance to win. If you don't have a blog, you can upload your card to Splitcoast Stampers or PaperCraft Planet.

Happy Stamping!

Challenge #22 - Pink and Green

Happy Friday!! We hope you all enjoyed the blog hop and release last week!! We all enjoyed having you visit our blogs. And we had so much fun playing with these stamps.
Remember, the complete release is now available!!
Thank you to those who played along with the challenge last week.

The winner of the "Flowers" challenge is:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

4
Timestamp: 2010-05-14 11:57:33 UTC

Congratulations Lisa!! Here is Lisa's beautiful card using "Angel Whispers".Lisa, please email me at LaceySoLiving@bellsouth.net with your stamp choice and your mailing address.
The winner for the Guest DT spot for our next challenge is: Crystal! Check out Crystal's beautiful card using "Puppy Love".
Crystal, please email me at LaceySoLiving@bellsouth.net to find out the challenge theme for next week's challenge.

Now it's time for a new challenge!!

This week we have a color/colour challenge for you!! How about Pink and Green?! What a lovely color combo!
One luck participant will win ONE FREE WAGS 'N WHISKERS STAMP OF YOUR CHOICE!!
But in order to be entered into the drawing, you must use a Wags 'n Whiskers stamp on your project.
Also, if you would like to a guest for one of our challenge, make sure to add "DT" after your name when you post your card for this week's challenge.

Here are some fantastic cards from the talented Design Team (we are so proud to have them on our team)!!

Our Guest DT this week: Poppet

Renata

Sharon
MelanieTina

Michele
Chris
Christa
Karen
Jeanette
Lacey
Now it's your turn!! We can wait to see what lovely Pink and Green cards you come up with!
Link your card below for your chance to win. If you don't have a blog, you can upload your card to Splitcoast Stampers or PaperCraft Planet.
Happy Stamping!

Blog Hop Winners

We hope you enjoyed our blog hop and all the wonderful creations samples our DT & friends had to share!

It's time to announce the winners from the Blog Hop and Spread the Word candies...

The winners of the Blog Hop - 2 new release stamps each:

From Melanies's Blog: Sammibug

From Chris's Blog: - Crystal

From Jacqui's Blog: - Rosie

From Debbie's (Crafting Fairy's) Blog: Deb - Crafty card-i higgins

And the winner of the Spread the Word contest is (whole release):

Mette

Here are your random numbers:

21

Timestamp: 2010-05-11 19:11:44 UTC

Please email me at nichola.fairbairn@googlemail.com with your address details and stamp choices.

Thanks for playing! Remember you there is still plenty of time to join in our current challenge. Click here for details.

Fun in the Sun Blog Hop

The Fun in the Sun Blog Hop starts here :-) Below are the links to all of the blogs in order in case you get lost on your way.

Make sure to leave comments during the Hop because there will be prizes!! Four blogs will be hosting candy...but you won't know which one...so leave a comment on all of them!!

Four lucky winners will get their choice of two (2) stamps from this release!!!

At 12pm GMT/7am EST, the stamps will go live! After 7am, click on the "Buy Here Blinkie" on the top right side bar to be linked to the new releases.

All of the images for this release are IN STOCK and ready to be shipped.

As always there will be an "I Want it All" packages available where you will receive a great discount if you buy the full Fun in the Sun release (9 images).

It's time to start hopping!! Thank you to our wonderful designers and friends for all your amazing creations!!! We know you are going to love them!

Christa

Michele

Nikki

Jeanette

Debbie

Lacey

Renata

Joy

Chris

Melanie

Lisa Jane

Mina

Sharon

Jacqui

Tina

Karen

Then come back here to let us know which ones are your favourite designs!!!

The blog hop will remain open all weekend and will close on Monday 12pm GMT/7amEST. Don't forget there is also still time to help us Spread the word and be entered into the drawing to win the full release - 9 stamps here!!!

The winners will be posted after the Blog Hop closes.

Have fun!

Fun in the Sun Sneak Peeks - Day 2

Today is Day 2 of the Wags 'n Whiskers "Fun in the Sun" sneak peeks!
This release is full of fun and whimsical stamps of summer-time activities. There's everything from building sandcastles, traveling, and even a little hot rodding!
Go check out the 2nd round of awesome Design Diva creations!!
Debbie
Christa
Jacqui
Melanie
Renata
Jeanette
Chris
Michele
Karen
Sharon
Tina
Lacey

Begining at 12:01am EST/5:01am GMT early Friday morning, the blog hop will begin!! There will be lots of prizes, so make sure to hop along!!
Fun in the Sun will be released on Friday, 7th May at 7amEST/12:00pmGMT.
If you haven't already please help us spread the word by grabbing the blinkie/badge on this post. Be sure to leave your details to be entered into the drawing to win the full release!!!
Also our current challenge will remain open until next Friday, 14th May so still plenty of time to play along!
Hugs,

Fun in the Sun - Sneak Peaks Day 1

Are you ready for some Sneak Peeks?!

We are so thrilled to be able to share our latest release with you!

We have 9 fun Summer themed stamps designed by our talented artist Cris de Lara. Cris has done a fabulous job bringing our kids to life in these cute designs!

The below wonderful Design Divas have sneak peeks to show you today.... We are so excited to also announce that Christa will be staying with us on the team as a permanent designer :-)

Jeanette

Chris

Michele

Karen

Sharon

Tina

Nikki

Lacey

Christa

Jacqui

Melanie

Renata

Make sure to check back tomorrow, too for even more sneak peeks!! Fun in the Sun will be released this Friday, 7th May at 7amEST/12:00pmGMT.

If you haven't already please help us spread the word by grabbing the blinkie/badge on our earlier post. Be sure to leave your details to be entered into the drawing to win the full release!!!

Also our current challenge will remain open until next Friday, 14th May so still plenty of time to play along!

Hugs,

Get ready for a new release!!

That's right!!
On Friday, we will have a new release complete with a Blog Hop and prizes!!
The sneak peeks will begin on Wednesday. We will post a list of Design Divas who will have a sneak peek each day!
Then on Friday at 12:01am EST/5:01 GMT, the blog hop will begin! There will be prizes along the hop!!
At 7:00amEST/12:00pm GMT on Friday May 7th, the stamps will be available for purchase.
To make sure you don't miss out on any of the fun, you may want to become a follower of this blog if you aren't already!

Now, how would you like to win the WHOLE NEW RELEASE?!
Grab the blinkie code (or just the still banner below) and post this on your blog!
Then link your blog back here.
One lucky blogger will win the whole release!!

Winner of Challenge 20 - Brenda S

Congratulations Brenda you are our lucky winner of Challenge 20 using Bree's fabulous sketch. I love what you did with the sketch and the little starfish. Fantastic colouring of Water Babe.

Also the lucky gal joining us next Challenge as guest is Pops. Wow, your A Good Book card is a beauty! We can't wait for you to play along with us :-)

Don't forget that if you would like to join us as a guest please leave the word DT after your entries.

Please contact me nichola.fairbairn@googlemail.com