Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Nutty Nutshells Challenge #23

Hi everyone,
We have a great challenge for you, it's School Days. That's right, it's time to send the kiddies back to school so let's make something related to school. You can create anything, as long as you use products that we sell over in the Nutcrafters store. This week's prize will be a full set of Magical Mimi stamps.This is truly an awesome prize!! How cute are these stamps?? And they're only available at Nutcrafters!!


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Here are some lovely samples by our amazing Design Team.


Katie
Colette


Karen

Kathy

Remember you must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafters store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafters and see our selection of stamps.

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of this post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to Sept. 7th (this is a two week challenge).  Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW23 but also leave us a comment here with your link.This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!!

I hope you'll play along with us and enjoy the challenge! Don't forget to check out the Nutcrafters blog for all the details on our Design Team search. Maybe you want to join our team! Good luck!

Hugs, Cathy

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Nutty Nutshells Challenge #22

Wow, we can't believe that we are already up to challenge 22 already, but here we are.  For this challenge, it's free choice.  That's right, it's up to you.  You can create anything with any theme, as long as you use products that we sell over in the Nutcrafters store.  This week's prize is a £10 voucher for our very own store!

To get you warmed up, here are a few cards from the Design Team:

Kathy


Cathy

Karen

Colette
Katie
As you can see, we're a little low on DT cards at the moment - lots of exciting news involving weddings, babies and holidays have meant that some of our team have had to take a little break, so look at for an opportunity to join our Design Team coming in the very near future! 

In the meantime, remember you must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafters store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafters and see our selection of stamps.


All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of this post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to August 24th (this is a two week challenge). This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW22 but also leave us a comment here with your link.

For now though, the winner of the last challenge for the TGF Amazing Duo stamp set is - Linda
 
 
 
Congratulations, email us at let us know your address and we will pop it straight in the post to you!

Happy Crafting! Colette and Katie

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

NUTTY NUTSHELLS CHALLENGE #21

Challenge #21 now and we want you to create anything but a card!!!
This may sound scary to some (I had a few palpatations myself) but there is so much to choose from such as photo frames, tags, bags and charms, the alternatives to a card are endless!

The prize for this week is TGF Amazing Duo stamp set







Our DT have created some amazing sample cards:


Jessica

Kathy


Jamie

Karen

Lynn


In the meantime, remember you must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafters store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafters and see our selection of stamps.

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of this post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to August 10th (this is a two week challenge). This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW21 but also leave us a comment here with your link.

Happy Crafting! Colette and Katie

Wednesday, 14 July 2010

NUTSHELLS CHALLENGE #20

WOW We are up to challenge #20 already and for our last challenge we had such a great turn out, unfortunately there are a few sticking points so before we jump into a new week We just wanted to point out that our MAIN RULE is: You must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafters store to qualify for the prize!!!

Now that's cleared up onto the winner of the mystery stamp prize from our last challenge picked by random number:
Blue Summer House Design

Congratulations Linda please email us at enquiries@nutcrafters.com so we can get your prize sent out.

Challenge #20 is a little different, we want you to use a Mojo Monday sketch to create your card. Since the challenge is open for two weeks, you can use any sketch from the month of July and here is a link to the site http://www.mojomonday.blogspot.com/
The prize for this week is winners choice of 4 digi stamps including singles and sets!

Our DT have created some amazing sample cards:
Kathy

Karen



Jessica


In the meantime, remember you must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafters store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafters and see our selection of stamps.

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of this post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to July 27th (this is a two week challenge). This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW20 but also leave us a comment here with your link.

Happy Crafting! Colette and Katie

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

NUTSHELLS CHALLENGE #19

Who can believe that the first half of the year has already gone! and here we are this week with another fun new challenge and great prize too, first the winner of the £10 gift voucher from our last challenge picked by random number:

Hazel

Congratulations Hazel, please email us at enquiries@nutcrafters.com so we can get your prize sent out.

Challenge #19 is Summertime Fun - Let's celebrate all the festivities of summer for this challenge and create a card or anything that makes you think about summer.

We have a mystery prize this week which will be a selection of stamps from our NEW July releases.

Our DT have created some amazing sample cards with these New stamps:

Jessica

Karen
Kathy
Loz


Lynn


Mandy
In the meantime, remember you must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafters store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafters and see our selection of stamps.

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of this post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to July 13th (this is a two week challenge). This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW18 but also leave us a comment here with your link.

Happy Crafting! Colette and Katie

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

NUTSHELLS CHALLENGE #18

Hi there, we are back on track this week with another fun new challenge and great prize too, first the winner of our brand new Pink Frosting Set from our last challenge picked by random number:

Number 1 Yorkshire Crafters

Congratulations Paula, please email us at enquiries@nutcrafters.com so we can get your prize sent out.

Let's get things back on track with another challenge and a great prize - £10.00 gift voucher to be spent at http://www.nutcrafters.com/

Challenge #18 is to create a Fathers Day card, any style or theme will pass the only condition is that you use a stamp or digi stamp that we sell over at Nutcrafters.com, and we have just released some great NEW Male digi stamps in time for our Dads special day, One of which can be downloaded for FREE until Friday!

Our DT have created some amazing sample cards with these New digis:

Kathy

Karen



Jamie

Mandy




Loz

Lynn
JessicaIn the meantime, remember you must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafters and see our selection of stamps.

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of this post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to June 29th (this is a two week challenge). This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW18 but also leave us a comment here with your link.

Happy Crafting! Colette and Katie

Thursday, 3 June 2010

NUTSHELLS CHALLENGE #17 - SORRY WE'RE LATE!

Hello there,

Don't you just hate 48 hour bugs! They well and truly hit Nutcrafters HQ this week, which is why we are a little late with this week's challenge post - sorry! Whilst I'm fighting fit, Katie is still tucked up in bed not feeling so crafty at the moment. Here's hoping she is well enough for our show at Art Stamps Edinburgh this weekend!

Back to business now though, first the winner of our brand new Wedding Set from last week's challenge: RibenaRuby

Congratulations, please email us at enquiries@nutcrafters.com so we can get your prize sent out.
Let's get things back on track with another challenge and one of my favourite prizes - our very own Pink Frosting Stamp Set.



I like to call Challenge #17 our Almost Free Choice Challenge! There is no theme or sketch to use, that's your free choice, the only condition is that you use a stamp or digistamp that we sell over at Nutcrafters.com.

Our DT have created some amazing sample cards with the very Pink Frosting Stamp Set you could win:

Jamie



Mandy
Loz




Kathy



Karen



In the meantime, remember you must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafters and see our selection of stamps.

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of this post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to June 15th (this is a two week challenge). This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW17 but also leave us a comment here with your link.


Happy Crafting! Colette and Katie