2009 Round Up and some New Year Candy!

***For the winner of last week's Favourite Five candy, please check HERE.***

I've seen some lovely posts out there in blogland this week - people rounding off the year with a look back at their favourite creations.  In a little twist on that theme, I'd like to share my personal favourites from the Quixotic Challenges DT so far.

Stick with me, as there will be some yummy candy up for grabs at the end of the post!

 

 

Aren't they yummy?  Here's to a fabulous and creative 2010!  The Design Team and I would like to wish each and every one of you a fantastic New Year, whatever you may be doing!

Now the bit you've been waiting for!  Our Happy New Year candy is a MYSTERY GIFT PACK with a value of approximately £40!  

What do you have to do to be in with a chance of winning the prize?

Create a post on your own blog with the following:

1. Details of this candy and a link to this blog.
2. Your own favourite card of 2009 (from your personal creations).

Then pop back here and enter your name and a link to your blog post in Mr. Linky below!  That's it!

Limited to one entry per person.  Links must go directly to your blog post, not just to the main page of your blog.  Entries must be in by Midnight GMT on Tuesday 5th January 2010.

See you in the New Year!

Email Entries for Challenge #7

We have received some lovely email entries for Quixotic Challenge #7: Lace.

Hilary:

Sheila:

Thank you both!

Remember, there is still time to join in with the latest challenge as the deadline is Midnight GMT on Tuesday 5th January!  Check out the challenge and enter HERE.

Favourite Five Christmas Candy Winner

Thank you to everyone who checked in with us over Christmas and shared their Favourite Five lists.  Seems like a lot of you share our tastes!  Martha Stewart punches appeared on quite a few lists.

Our winner, as selected using random.org is....

*** BEV ***

Bev said...

Oh dear, just 5 lol.
1. My Minds Eye papers
2. Bo Bunny papers
3. Magnolia papers (there's a theme going on here lol)
4. Nestibilities
5. Martha Stewart punches

Congratulations Bev!  Drop me an email at quixoticcreations@googlemail.com with your address details and your MS Punch Set will be winging its way to you!

Favourite Five Christmas Candy!

The Design Team and I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!  We've had lots of fun during the latter half of 2009, and are very much looking forward to all the crafty fun in store for 2010!

We have a little Christmas Candy to share today, so make sure you read on to find out how to win!

I thought it might be fun to do a little post highlighting some of our favourite crafty stash from 2009, and to find out about your favourites too!  So, here are some Favourite Five lists from myself and the Design Team (and this was actually a tough task for me, I am terrible at narrowing things down to a small list)!

Elaine Hughes

• My Mind's Eye Papers
• The Greeting Farm Stamps
• Paper Makeup Stamps
• Bazzill Basics Jewel Templates
• Shimmerz Paints

Judy Laing

• My Mind's Eye Papers
• Miss Anya stamps
• Crochet ribbon
• Martha Stewart Border punches
• Prima flowers

Kim Dellow

• Paper MakeUp stamps
• Prima Gem Centres
• Bow-Easy Template
• Alterable shapes
• Cosmo Cricket Papers

Martine McKnight

• The Greeting Farm Stamps 
• Basic Grey Pads 
• Half Pearls 
• Prima Flowers 
• Stickles

Rowena Barnard

• Bazill Basics Tulle
• Martha Stewart Punches
• My Mind's Eye Papers
• Shimmerz
• Decorative Pins

Seems like My Mind's Eye, Martha Stewart, The Greeting Farm and Shimmerz are getting the most love from us at the moment!  

How about you?  What's hot in your craft rooms?  Leave us a comment with your five favourite products from 2009, and you will be entered in our Christmas candy draw to win...

A Martha Stewart Punch Around The Page "Snowfall" punch set!

You have until Midnight GMT on Tuesday 29th December to enter, and the winner will be drawn using random.org and announced here on Wednesday 30th December.

So, get your thinking caps on and let us have your Favourite Five lists!

Quixotic Challenge #7: Lace

Thank you again to everyone who participated in our last challenge, we were seeing stars all over the place!  We hope you will enjoy this week's challenge just as much!

This month's prize is a mystery gift pack from Quixotic Paperie.  

The lucky winner will receive a gift package filled with goodies with a total value of approx. £20.

Before entering, please check out the simple challenge guidelines posted in the sidebar.


You may enter one project in each challenge.  All entries over the course of the month will be entered into the prize draw on the first Wednesday in January!  So, if you enter one project each week, you will have multiple chances to win!


NOTE: This month is a little different, as we will be taking a two week break over Christmas to recharge our crafty batteries, and so this week's challenge will be your last chance to enter for the prize draw!  But do check back on the 23rd and 30th December as there will be some yummy bonus Christmas candy up for grabs on those days!  

This week's challenge will be open until Midnight GMT on 5th January!

This week's challenge has been set by Carole, I hope you have fun with it!

*** Lace ***

We would like you to create a project that features lace in some way.

This could be a card, a tag, an altered item, a scrapbook page, anything you fancy!

Simple as that!  Just use some lace!  There are all sorts of possibilities!

Here are the gorgeous Design Team creations for this week!

Hope they inspire you to have a play yourselves.  Do pay them all a visit and let them know what you think!

Carole - Stardust Gems & Ribbon

Elaine - Quixotic Cards

Judy - Judy's Crafty Moments

Kim - Crafty Makes

Martine - The Craft Table

Rowena - CraftyPagan Designs

  

Many of the products used by the Design Team can be found at www.quixoticpaperie.co.uk

Please see their individual blogs for details.

To enter the challenge, please add your name and a link to your creation in Mr. Linky below.  The link can be to a post on your blog or to an online gallery, as long as the link goes directly to your creation and not simply to your blog or gallery.  The creation must also be a new one, please do not link to old posts or old gallery uploads.

Email submissions are also welcome, please send them to quixoticcreations@googlemail.com with the subject: "Quixotic Challenges Email Entry".

Email Entries for Challenge #6

We received two fabulous email entries for Challenge #6:

One from Sheila:

One from Hilary:

Thank you both!

Quixotic Challenge #6: Seeing Stars

Thank you to everyone for the fantastic response to our fifth challenge.  Seems you all love using charms!  We hope you will enjoy this week's challenge just as much!

This month's prize is a mystery gift pack from Quixotic Paperie.  

The lucky winner will receive a gift package filled with goodies with a total value of approx. £20.

Before entering, please check out the simple challenge guidelines posted in the sidebar.


You may enter one project in each challenge.  All entries over the course of the month will be entered into the prize draw on the first Wednesday in January!  So, if you enter one project each week, you will have multiple chances to win!


NOTE: This month is a little different, as we will be taking a two week break over Christmas to recharge our crafty batteries, and so next week's challenge will be your last chance to enter for the prize draw!  But do check back on the 23rd and 30th December as there will be some yummy bonus Christmas candy up for grabs on those days!  


This week's challenge has been set by yours truly, I hope you have fun with it!

*** Seeing Stars ***

We would like you to create a project that features stars in some way.

This could be a card, a tag, an altered item, a scrapbook page, anything you fancy!

Simple as that!  Use star shapes in the form of die cuts or embellishments on your design, or create a star shaped project, maybe use an image that features stars.  There are all sorts of possibilities!


Here are the gorgeous Design Team creations for this week!  We're looking a little sparse this week - the pressures of the holiday season are definitely being felt!  


Hope they inspire you to have a play yourselves.  Do pay them all a visit and let them know what you think!  

Carole - Stardust Gems & Ribbon

Elaine - Quixotic Cards

Kim - Crafty Makes

Rowena - CraftyPagan Designs

Many of the products used by the Design Team can be found at www.quixoticpaperie.co.uk

Please see their individual blogs for details.

To enter the challenge, please add your name and a link to your creation in Mr. Linky below.  The link can be to a post on your blog or to an online gallery, as long as the link goes directly to your creation and not simply to your blog or gallery.  The creation must also be a new one, please do not link to old posts or old gallery uploads.

Email submissions are also welcome, please send them to quixoticcreations@googlemail.com with the subject: "Quixotic Challenges Email Entry".

Email Entries for Challenge #5

Sheila sent in another wonderful card for our fifth challenge!

Sheila has used one of my favourites - the gorgeous Siku & Shiya image by Mo Manning, recently released in stamp form by Stampavie and available HERE at Quixotic Paperie!

Thank you Sheila!

EDIT:  I'm not sure how, but I completely missed this lovely email entry from Cheryl (which was sent well before the challenge was up!).  So sorry Cheryl!

Quixotic Challenge #5: Be Charming

A big thank you to everyone who has played along with us over the last month.  We hope to see you all joining in again this month as we have more fun challenges and another fabulous prize up for grabs!

This month's prize is a mystery gift pack from Quixotic Paperie.  

The lucky winner will receive a gift package filled with goodies with a total value of approx. £20.

Before entering, please check out the simple challenge guidelines posted in the sidebar.

You may enter one project in each challenge.  All entries over the course of the month will be entered into the prize draw on the first Wednesday in January!  So, if you enter one project each week, you will have multiple chances to win!

This week's challenge has been set by the lovely Martine.

*** Be Charming ***

We would like you to create a project that features a charm in some way.

This could be a card, a tag, an altered item, a scrapbook page, anything you fancy!

Simple as that!  Get rummaging through those charms, or if you're lacking some, check out the fantastic selection over at Quixotic Paperie.

Here are the fabulous Design Team creations for this week!  Hope they inspire you to have a play yourselves.  Do pay them all a visit and let them know what you think!

Carole - Stardust Gems & Ribbon

Judy - Judy's Crafty Moments

Kim - Crafty Makes

Martine - The Craft Table

Rowena - CraftyPagan Designs

Many of the products used by the Design Team can be found at www.quixoticpaperie.co.uk

Please see their individual blogs for details.

To enter the challenge, please add your name and a link to your creation in Mr. Linky below.  The link can be to a post on your blog or to an online gallery, as long as the link goes directly to your creation and not simply to your blog or gallery.  The creation must also be a new one, please do not link to old posts or old gallery uploads.

Email submissions are also welcome, please send them to quixoticcreations@googlemail.com with the subject: "Quixotic Challenges Email Entry".

Quixotic Challenge - First Prize Draw Results

Morning folks! It's time for the first Quixotic Challenges Prize Draw! Can't quite believe it is already the start of December.

The drawing for the prize has been done using the random number generator at http://www.random.org/

And our winner is...

HAZEL

Congratulations Hazel! Please drop me an email at quixoticcreations@googlemail.com to claim your prize!

I will be back at around 1pm (GMT) with the new challenge and some gorgeous DT creations!

Email Entries for Challenge #4

Sheila sent in another fab entry for Challenge #4:

Thank you Sheila!