Wild Orchid Challenge

Week 41–Creature Comforts

2012-01-23T00:00:00.000-08:00

Thank you to all that entered our last challenge – Anything Goes, we had a bumper number of entries and sadly we are still having to delete entries that do not follow our few rules.

The lucky winner of the gorgeous prize from Wild Orchid Crafts is

#74 Karin

And the winner of the Lili of the Valley voucher is

#296 Catharina

Congratulations ladies, please email me to claim your prizes.

And now for our Top 3 – we really struggled with this as there were so many stunning entries so in the end I put all the DT selections into a hat and pulled out these 3.

#47 Michelle Roos
#162 Ruby
#224 Sara

Congratulations ladies, please take the Top 3 badge from the side bar

And now on to this week’s challenge which is

Creature Comforts

We would like to see some sort of creature/insect/animal on your project. Please note that entries not following our rules pinned at the top of the blog will be removed.

And Wild Orchid Crafts have sponsored us with this fab prize!

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And now for some inspiration from the DT

Lena Katrine

Bev

Kim

Elsi

Pops

Anne Kristine

Malin

Loriete

Kylie

Dena

Mindy

Jacque

And now it’s over to you

Week 40–Anything Goes

2012-01-08T23:00:00.000-08:00

Hellooooo peeps, a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to you all! And thank you to all that entered our last challenge – Christmas Friendship. The lucky winner of the gorgeous prize from Wild Orchid Crafts is

#1 djaw

Congratulations, please email me your address so we can post your prize off to you.

And our Top 3 for the last challenge are:

#7 Karien
#58 Claralesfleurs
#6 Lori

Congratulations ladies, please take the banner from the sidebar.

This week our challenge is “Anything Goes” and we have two amazing prizes up for grabs

Lili of the Valley are sponsoring us with a voucher to spend in their store

And Wild Orchid Crafts have sponsored us with this fab prize!

Now if an easy challenge and these gorgeous prizes don’t get the creative juices flowing, what will lol.

Here’s some inspiration from the DT.

Week 39–Christmas Friendship

2011-12-19T00:00:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all you lovely people that entered our Easel Cards challenge, the entries were totally amazing!

First things first! The winner of the delish Floral candy from Wild Orchid Crafts is

Carol H

Congratulations Carol, please email me to claim your prize

Our top 3 this time round are

#43 Debs Designs
#39 Dreamtime
#25 Franz

Congratulations ladies, please take our Top 3 banner from the sidebar

This week our challenge is Christmas Friendship, card or a gift for a friend.

Please remember to be in the draw you must follow our rules. It is such a shame to visit a blog and drool over the most stunning entry only to see that the rules have not been followed and the project is disqualified from the draw. This challenge will run until 8th January so we would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for your amazing support this year and to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

And this week we have another fabulous prize from Wild Orchid Crafts

And here’s some inspiration from the DT

Mindy

Jacque

Lena Katrine

Bev

Kim

Elsi

Pops

Anne Kristine

Malin

Loriete

Kylie

Dena

Week 38–Easel Cards

2011-12-05T00:00:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all you lovely people that entered our Child’s Christmas challenge, the entries were totally amazing!

First things first! The winner of the delish Floral candy from Wild Orchid Crafts is

Kiki

Congratulations Kiki, please email me your address to claim your prize.

And now for our Top 3. There were so many totally stunning entries the DT were fighting over who was going to be top dog lol. So we got very scientific and popped the names in a hat (and there were a LOT of names!!) And the top three are

Sharon
Tara
Iulia

This week our challenge Easel Cards – any shape, any size.

And here’s this week’s gorgeous prize sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts

And here’s some inspiration from the DT

Week 37 A Child’s Christmas

2011-11-21T00:00:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all you lovely people that entered our Brown and Blue challenge, the entries were brilliant, but sadly once again several amazing entries had to be deleted due to not following the challenge rules, and to keep it fair for those that do.

The winner of the Lili of the Valley voucher is

Cazza

The winner of the gorgeous floral prize kindly donated by Wild Orchid Crafts is

Emanuela

Congratulations ladies, please email me your address so we can mail your prize out to you. Please put the name of the prize you have won in the subject line.

And our Top 3, chosen by the DT are

#70 Manuela
#23 Frouwkje
#43 Jayne

This week our challenge is “A Child’s Christmas” so we would like to see something made for a child, either a card, or a gift (or both), a scrapbook page, etc.

And here’s this week’s gorgeous prize sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts

And here’s some inspiration from the DT.

Week 36–Brown and Blue

2011-11-07T00:00:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all you lovely people that entered our Santa Claus, the entries were brilliant, but sadly once again several amazing entries had to be deleted due to not following the challenge rules, and to keep it fair for those that do.

The winner of the gorgeous floral prize kindly donated by Wild Orchid Crafts is

Jolanda

Congratulations Jolanda, please email me your address so we can mail your prize out to you.

And our Top 3, chosen by the DT are

#41 Dobra
#12 Sirpaliina
#51 Jeanette/Tettiz

Huge congratulations ladies, please take our Top 3 banner from the side bar.

This week our challenge is a colour combo – Brown and Blue

And we have two prizes up for grabs this week, a voucher to spend at Lili of the Valley, and with all the new stamps being released this week you will be spoilt for choice!!

and this gorgeous prize from Wild Orchid Crafts.

And here’s some inspiration from our DT, starting with

Week 35 Santa Claus is coming to town!

2011-10-24T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all you lovely people that entered our sketch challenge, the entries were brilliant. The winner of the gorgeous floral prize kindly donated by Wild Orchid Crafts is

Manuela

Congratulations Manuela, please email me your address to claim your prize

And our top 3 as chosen by the DT are

Natalie
Tettiz
Merete

Huge congratulations ladies, please take our Top 3 banner from the side bar.This week our challenge is

Santa Claus is coming to town!

So we would like to see Santa featured somewhere on your project, either the image, the papers, a charm, a sentiment, anything as long as we can see “Santa”!

Once again those lovely people at Wild Orchid Crafts have come up trumps with a gorgeous prize. Please remember to be in the draw you must follow our rules. It is such a shame to visit a blog and drool over the most stunning entry only to see that the rules have not been followed and the project is disqualified from the draw

And here’s some inspiration from our DT, starting with

MALIN

LORIETE

KYLIE

DENA

MINDY

JACQUE

LENA KATRINE

BEV

KIM

ELSI

POPS

ANNE KRISTINE

Week 34 Christmas Fun

2011-10-10T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all you lovely people that entered our sketch challenge, the entries were brilliant. The winner of the gorgeous floral prize kindly donated by Wild Orchid Crafts is

#18 Marjorie

And the winner of the voucher kindly sponsored by Lili of the Valley is

#44 Anne H

Congratulations ladies, please email me your addresses to claim your prizes. Please put the details of the prize you have won in the subject line.

And our Top 3 for this week are (and they truly are amazing)

#23 Paola
#57 Natalie Z
#6 Kathrin

Huge congratulations ladies, please take our Top 3 banner from the side bar.This week our challenge is Christmas Fun! You can interpret this any way you choose so we do hope you will join in with the “fun”

We have the most gorgeous prize up for grabs, which includes the new Vintage Roses that are now in store at Wild Orchid Crafts. Also in store is bumper size packs of tulips and lilies – 29% off the normal price!!

Please please check out our rules at the top of the blog, once again a lot of entries were deleted last week due to not following them.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT

KIM

Week 33 – Make it Sparkle with Stars

2011-09-26T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks all you lovely people that entered our sketch challenge, the entries were brilliant. The winner of the gorgeous floral prize kindly donated by Wild Orchid Crafts is

#67 Marie cards my MI

Congratulations Marie, please email me your address

And now for our Top 3, chosen by the DT

Julie Price
Leah Ann
Marie (our prize winner!)

Congratulations ladies, your projects were just amazing! Please take our Top 3 banner from the side bar.

We have two fabulous prizes up for grabs this week. Lili of the Valley is sponsoring us with a voucher to spend in their store, and with all the new Christmas stamps out you will be spoilt for choice!

And we have this delish bundle of yumminess from Wild Orchid Crafts. Lots of new colours in the prize – they are now up on the website too, be prepared to DROOL!!

And now on to this week’s challenge which is Make it Sparkle with Stars. Please use glitter, bling, sparkle on your projects and incorporate stars into the design.

Please please check out our rules at the top of the blog, once again a lot of entries were deleted last week due to not following them.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT

POPS

ANNE KRISTINE

MALIN

LORIETE

KYLIE

DENA

BEV

JACQUE

MINDY

LENA KATRINE

KIM

ELSI

Week 32 – A Christmas Sketch

2011-09-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks all you lovely people that entered our Tags challenge, the entries were brilliant. Sadly we had to remove a fair number of entries as they are not following our challenge rules. We don’t have many rules, and it is such a shame to have to remove such fabulous entries so please please do check them out (in this post and also in the sidebar) before entering your projects. Thanks :)

So on to this week’s winner, drawn by random.

# 28. Meretekj

Congratulations! Please email me your address to claim your prize.

And our Top 3 for the last challenge, chosen by the DT are:

#9 Anne Bente
#11 Riva V
#17 Piabau

Congratulations ladies, please take the Top 3 blinkie from the side bar

We have a fabulous prize kindly sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts up for grabs this week

And our challenge this week is a Christmas Sketch, so please follow the sketch with a Christmas theme. You may flip and/or rotate the sketch, as long as we can see the basics of it.

Please remember:
All entries must have at least one WOC product on.
You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges
You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.
NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.
Entries which fail to observe the above will be removed and will not be eligible for the prize.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT

Elsi

Pops

Anne Kristine

Malin

Loriete

Kylie

Dena

Bev

Jacque

Mindy

Lena Katrine

Kim

Week 31 – Tags, Tags, Tags

2011-08-29T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much to all that joined in with ours ketch challenge. We have two prize winners this week and first up is the winner of the £10 voucher kindly sponsored by Lili of the Valley. And that’s you

No. 73 - June

And the winner of the prize kindly sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts is

No. 57 – Eneri (Irene)

Congratulations ladies, please email me to claim your prizes

And now for our Top 3 – chosen by the DT. And they are

No 78 Fran
No. 6 Kylie
No. 67 Karin

Congratulations ladies, please grab the Top 3 Blinkie from the side bar

This week we are sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts with this gorgeous prize – perfect for your Christmas cards!!

And our challenge this week is Tags, Tags, Tags so you can either make a tag shaped project or use tags on your cards.. You may flip and/or rotate the sketch, as long as we can see the basics of it.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT

Kim

Elsi

Pops

Anne Kristine

Malin

Loriete

Kylie

Dena

Bev

Jacque

Mindy

Lena Katrine

Challenge 30 – A sketch by Dena

2011-08-15T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much to all that joined in with our Beary Special challenge. The winner of the gorgeous prize kindly sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts is

Niki Estes

Congratulatoins Niki, please email me your address to claim your prize.

Our Top 3, chosen by the DT for our last challenge are:

AnitaNosova
Kathy
Lisa
Congratulations ladies, please grab the Top 3 Blinkie from the side bar.

This week we are sponsored by Lili of the Valley and Wild Orchid Crafts, so you have two chances at winning one of the fab prizes

And our challenge this week is Dena’s brilliant sketch. You may flip and/or rotate the sketch, as long as we can see the basics of it.

Please remember:
All entries must have at least one WOC product on.
You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges
You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.
NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.
Entries not following the above will not be eligible for the prize.

Challenge 29 – Beary Special

2011-08-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much to all that joined in with our Xmas in July fun, and also to those that entered our last challenge. The winner of the gorgeous prize kindly sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts is

Diana

Congratulations Diana, please email me with your address to claim your prize.

And our Top 3 for the last challenge are:

Louise
Monia
Bonnie

Congratulations ladies, please grab the Top 3 Blinkie from the side bar.

Our challenge this week is “Beary Special” so we would like to see bears on your creations.

Please remember:
All entries must have at least one WOC product on.
You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges
You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.
NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.
Entries not following the above will not be eligible for the prize.

And what a fab prize it is!

And now some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 28 – We’re One year old!

2011-07-18T00:00:00.000-07:00

That’s right, our challenge blog is a year old – where has the time gone?? So to celebrate we are not only having our regular challenge but we are kicking off our

Christmas in July

with Wild Orchid Crafts and Lili of the Valley bonanza

with oodles of inspiration and prizes so stay tuned all week to the Wild Orchid Crafts Blog and Ideas to Inspire blog. Each day some of the DT and Guest Designers will be showcasing Christmas products from Wild Orchid Crafts and the new Christmas stamps release from Lili of the Valley!!

Before we get on to this week’s challenge we have two winners to announce. First up is the winner of the Lili of the Valley voucher, and the lucky lady is

Ineke

And the winner of the Wild Orchid Crafts prize is

Amanda

Please email me to claim your prizes – please put the name of the prize you have won in the subject line.

And our Top 3 for the last challenge are:

Tracey
Beaconara
Pat Frank

Congratulations ladies, please grab the Top 3 Blinkie from the side bar.

So, because it is our birthday Dena has designed us a a sketch … but this one has twist – it must be a birthday themed project please.

Please remember:
All entries must have at least one WOC product on.
You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges
You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.
NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.
Entries not following the above will not be eligible for the prize.

And what a fab prize it is!

And here’s Dena’s sketch

And to kick off the inspiration we have a fabulous card from our GDT Donalda

CHRISTMAS IN JULY PARTY!!!

2011-07-12T05:33:00.001-07:00

Wild Orchid Crafts has teamed up with Lili of the Valley to host a CHRISTMAS IN JULY PARTY!!! It's never too early to start thinking about Christmas! Starting next Monday, July 18th, we will be showing a week long of stunning Christmas creations made by the Wild Orchid Crafts Team, the Lili of the Valley Team and a few Guest Designers to get those Christmas creative juices flowing on both the Wild Orchid Crafts blog and Ideas to Inspire blog as well as daily on the featured designers blogs! Oh and you will also see lots of sneak peeks of the new Lili of the Valley Christmas release as well as some of the new Christmas goodies soon to be in stock at Wild Orchid Crafts.

You won't want to miss all the surprises we have in store for you. Lots of prizes and fun!

See you there!

Challenge 27 – A Tent Card

2011-07-04T00:00:00.000-07:00

A big thanks to all that entered our last challenge, your cards were amazing! We have a winner, and the lucky person that will receive a delish parcel from Wild Orchid Crafts is

Leah Ann Gast

Congratulations Leah Ann, please email me your address to claim your prize.

And our Top 3 for the last challenge are:

Inger
Paola
Anne H

Congratulations ladies, please take the Top 3 banner from the side bar.

And before we get on to this week’s challenge I just want to wish all our US followers a very Happy 4th July.

This week we have two prizes up for grabs, Lili of the Valley are sponsoring us with a £10 voucher to spend in their store – and with all the new stamps just recently released you will be spoiled for choice!!

and Wild Orchid Crafts is sponsoring us with a fab prize.

Our challenge this week is to make a Tent Card. Our Dena did a tutorial for Just Magnolia a while back, you can find it here. We do hope you will give this a try, it really is such an easy but brilliantly effective card to make and rather addictive too! The challenge runs for 2 weeks and closes on Sunday 17th July

Please remember:
All entries must have at least one WOC product on.
You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges
You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.
NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.
Entries not following the above will not be eligible for the prize.

We have a new Guest Designer for July, we are joined by the uber talented Donalda, who has been passionate about Wild Orchid Crafts for a long long time. As well as this our new DT members are joining in from this week – you are in for a feast for the eyes, these girls have ROCKED this challenge!

Anne Kristine

Malin

Loriete

Kylie

Dena

Challenge 26 – Shabby Chic Friendship

2011-06-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

A big thanks to all that entered our last challenge, your cards were amazing! The winner of the last challenge is

Becca Fabiozi

Congratulations Becca, please email me your address to claim your prize (please put WOC challenge in the subject line)

And our Top 3 for the last challenge are:

Anne Bente
Clare Buswell
Carina

Congratulations ladies, please take the Top 3 banner from the side bar.

Now on to this week’s challenge which has been set by Dena – and she’s asking us to make a SHABBY CHIC FRIENDSHIP project. And the winner of this challenge will receive this amazing prize from Wild Orchid Crafts :

4 lengths of silk ribbon (white, pink, pale pink, & red); 4 lengths of organza ribbon (red, silver, yellow & baby blue); 4 lengths of guipure lace; Mixed pack of antique style metal embellishments; 2 packs of small metal corners (silver & gold); Mixed colour pack of 30mm wild roses; 2 packs of classic sweet roses (ivory & 2-tone antique blue)

Please remember:
All entries must have at least one WOC product on.
You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges
You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.
NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.
Entries not following the above will not be eligible for the prize.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT, starting off with our GDT for June – Trudy

Dena

Bev

Jacque

Mindy

Lena Katrine

Kim

Elsi

Pops

Challenge 25 – A Sketch

2011-06-19T00:00:00.000-07:00

Before we get on to last weeks winners and this weeks challenge just a heads up that we have a DT call on the Wild Orchid Crafts Blog and it closes tomorrow so if you have not entered, then do pop across and take a look. We are looking for 3 new members to join the existing team.
We have two winners for last weeks challenge, first up is the winner of the two stamps kindly sponsored by Love to Stamp is

Ellen

And the winner of the prize sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts is

Pat Frank

Congratulations ladies, please email me your addresses to claim your prizes.

And our Top 3 this week are

Cazza
Astrid
Anne H

Congratulations ladies, your cards were amazing! Please grab the top 3 banner from the sidebar.

This week we have a delish prize up for grabs from Wild Orchid Crafts

Our challenge this week is to follow the sketch below. You can flip and/or rotate the sketch just as long as we can see the workings of it.

Please remember:
All entries must have at least one WOC product on.
You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges
You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.
NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.
Entries not following the above will not be eligible for the prize.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT, starting off with our GDT for June – Trudy who has made the most amazing wall hanging following the sketch!

Elsi

Dena

Bev

Jacque

Mindy

Lena Katrine

Kim

New DT members

2011-06-14T05:58:00.000-07:00

Sorry this has taken so long, Paul and Siri were overwhelmed by the amazing response to Wild Orchid Crafts first DT call!!

Before I announce the new members of the team, as a thank you from Paul and Siri, all unsuccessful applicants that have an existing Wild Orchid Crafts account will be offered a 10% discount for six months. All you need to do is contact Wild Orchid Crafts with the email address which you use for your Wild Orchid Crafts account and also state your DT call entry number. You can do this via the contact page on the website.

So, after a lot of thought they have made their decision (and ended up choosing more than the 3 originally planned!!) and the 5 ladies joining the DT are:

Anne Kristine

Pops

Kylie

Loriete
Malin

Congratulations ladies, and welcome to the team!

DT Call

2011-06-12T20:00:00.000-07:00

Wild Orchid Crafts is looking to recruit three talented DT members to join the existing team so if you would like to be considered please pop across to the Wild Orchid Crafts blog to find out more and enter.

The call will close at 8pm GMT on 12th June

Challenge 24 – Embossed Layers

2011-05-23T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for joining us last time for our Mums are Special challenge, there were some truly stunning entries.

Our random winner for the prize is

34. Cyprus Anne

Congratulations!

Please email Bev to claim your prize!

Our top 3 from Mums are Special Sketch are:

Colleen Gainey

Elly P

Andrea Ewen

Congratulations to you all! Please grab the top 3 banner from the sidebar.

We have two prizes up for grabs this time, the usual floral deliciousness from Wild Orchid Crafts

And from Love to Stamp we have this fab prize of two new exclusive stamps to another lucky entrant.

Our challenge this week is Embossed Layers, so please use either dry or heat embossing (or both) and at least 3 layers of paper.

Please remember:
All entries must have at least one WOC product on.
You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges
You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.
NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.
Entries not following the above will not be eligible for the prize.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT, starting off with our GDT for May –

Amelia

Kim

Elsi

Dena

Bev

Jacque

Jacqui

Mindy

Dawny P

Lena Katrine

Challenge 23 – Mums are special sketch

2011-05-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for joining us last time for our sketch challenge, there were some truly stunning entries. This week our winner, picked by Random.org is:

Number 92 – SandraD

Congratulations Sandra, please email me to claim your prize.

And our top 3 for this round are:

Angelica
Kathy
Ellen

Congratulations ladies, please take the Top 3 banner from the side bar.

This week our challenges is a sketch with the theme of Mums are Special. You can flip and/or rotate the sketch as long as we can see the sketch in your project.

Here’s the wonderful prize supplied by Wild Orchid Crafts.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT, starting off with our GDT for May – Amelia

Challenge 22 – White plus 2 with a twist

2011-04-25T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for joining us last time for our sketch challenge, there were some truly stunning entries, but sadly a lot of amazing entries were deleted or disqualified for not following the rules. Please please check them out, there are not many and we really don’t want to see anyone’s entry removed.

All entries must have at least one WOC product on.
You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges
You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.
NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.
Entries not following the above will be removed from the Linky list.

On to this week’s winner of the prize kindly sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts. And that would be you

Carol (Granny)

Congratulations! Please email Bev to claim your prize.

And our top 3 for this round are:

Pojjo
Clara
Lou

Congratulations ladies, please take the Top 3 banner from the side bar.

This week our challenges is White + 2 colours with a twist – please use/feature roses on your project either as an embellishment or on the papers/image. We are looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

As always Wild Orchid Crafts have supplied a fabulous prize for the lucky winner

And here’s some inspiration from the DT, starting off with our lovely GDT Pops

NEW RULES TO FOLLOW

2011-04-18T07:06:00.000-07:00

We would love you to enter our challenges but can you please check out the new rules before entering, as already this week quite a lot of gorgeous entries have had to be removed for not following them.

Please note that from this challenge all entries must have at least one WOC product on.

You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges

You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.

NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.

Entries not following the above will be removed from the Linky list.

Thanks

Challenge 21 - Wings

2011-04-11T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for joining us last time for our sketch challenge, there were some truly stunning entries!! The winner of the challenge and fab prize kindly donated by Wild Orchid Crafts is:

Narrin (Esther)

Congratulations! Please email Bev to claim your prize.

And our top 3 for this round are:
Karina
Ruby
Ellen

Congratulations ladies, please take the Top 3 banner from the side bar.

This week our challenges is WINGS, you can interpret this in any way you choose and we are looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Please note we have a few new rules that you need to follow to enter our challenges:-

Please note that from this challenge all entries must have at least one WOC product on.

You can combine our challenge with no more than 2 other challenges

You must link back here to the Wild Orchid Challenge blog.

NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.

Entries not following the above will be removed from the Linky list.

As always we are sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts with this amazing prize!

Here’s some inspiration from the DT starting off with our GDT for May – Pops.

Mindy

Dawny P

Lena Katrine

Kim

Elsi

Dena

Bev

Jacque

Jacqui

Challenge 20 – A Sketch

2011-03-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for all the amazing entries we had for our last challenge. The winner of the fabulous candy supplied by Wild Orchid Crafts is:

Kristine (Lost in Kreativity)

Congratulations, please email me to claim your prize.

Next up is our Top 3, and they are:

Lori AKA Lo Lo
Anita
Norma

We would also like to announce that our Guest Designer for April is none other than the lovely POPS. Congratulations Pops, can’t wait to see what fabulous creations you come up with :)

Wild Orchid Crafts have sponsored the challenge this time with a fab prize of flowers and lace

And our challenge for this fortnight is a sketch designed by Bev.

You don’t have to use Wild Orchid Crafts products to enter, but if you do that would be wonderful. You can combine our challenge with any other challenges of your choice and as long as you follow the theme for this challenge and you link back to Wild Orchid Challenge blog you will qualify to be in the draw for the fab prize. NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 10th April

Here’s some inspiration from the DT, starting off with Isabelle’s card our GDT for March. Thanks so much for all your amazing creations Isabelle.

Challenge 19 – Dieing to punch it out

2011-03-14T01:00:00.000-07:00

Oh My Word!!! 1012 entries for our last challenge, and what amazing entries they were. The work and ideas just blew us all away and we wish we could have chosen a lot more than one winner I tell ya! The winner of the fabulous candy supplied by Wild Orchid Crafts is:

Maria Therese

Congratulations, please email me to claim your prize.

Next up is our Top 3, and they are:

Joy
Ellen
Tanya-Flower

Congratulations ladies, your entries were fantastic! Please take the Top 3 blinkie from the side bar.

Wild Orchid Crafts have sponsored the challenge this time with a fab prize of flowers.

And our challenge for this fortnight is DIEING TO PUNCH IT OUT – so we would like to see die cuts and/or punching on your projects please.

You don’t have to use Wild Orchid Crafts products to enter, but if you do that would be wonderful. You can combine our challenge with any other challenges of your choice and as long as you follow the theme for this challenge and you link back to Wild Orchid Challenge blog you will qualify to be in the draw for the fab prize. NO back linking, new projects/cards only please.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 27th March

Here’s some inspiration from the DT starting off with our fabulous Guest Designer for March – Isabelle

Isn’t this just amazing!!! If you would like to be in with a chance of being our GDT then all you need to do is enter our challenges and you never know, it just could be you!

Challenge 18 – Anything Goes

2011-02-28T00:00:00.000-08:00

Thanks so much for joining us for our sketch challenge. We had another brilliant number of entries and some truly amazing cards! The winner of the fabulous candy supplied by Wild Orchid Crafts is:

Line A

Congratulations, please email me to claim your prize.

Next up is our Top 3, and they are:

Stacy
JulieP
Bente

Congratulations ladies, your entries were fantastic! Please take the Top 3 blinkie from the side bar.

Wild Orchid Crafts have sponsored the challenge this time with a fab prize of flowers, rhinestones and lace. Just gorgeous!

And our challenge for this fortnight is ANYTHING GOES

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 13th March

Challenge 17 – a sketch

2011-02-14T00:00:00.000-08:00

Thanks so much for joining us for our Love is challenge. We had another brilliant number of entries and some truly amazing cards! The winner of the fabulous candy supplied by Wild Orchid Crafts is:

Aussie Loz

Congratulations, please email me to claim your prize.

Next up is our Top 3, and they are:

Annica
Angelica
Kylie

Congratulations ladies, your entries were fantastic! Please take the Top 3 blinkie from the side bar.

Wild Orchid Crafts have sponsored the challenge this time with a fab prize of flowers and new lace.

And our challenge for this fortnight is a sketch designed by Bev.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 27th February

Here’s the sketch and DT cards

Dena

Bev

Jacque

Jacqui

Mindy

Dawny P

Kathy

Lena Katrine

Kim

Elsi

Challenge 16 – Love is ….

2011-01-31T00:00:00.000-08:00

Christine Craig

And the winner of the Lili of the Valley voucher is

Ellen

Congratulations ladies, please email me to claim your prize.

Next up is our Top 3, and they are:

Claralesfleurs
Jodie from Oz
Nanda

Congratulations ladies, your entries were fantastic! Please take the Top 3 blinkie from the side bar.

Wild Orchid Crafts have sponsored the challenge this time with a fab prize of their lovely blooms

Our challenge this week is “Love is” , so this could be something for a loved one, your sweetheart, a friend, something you love etc.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 13th February

The DT have come up with some brilliant ideas to inspire you

Elsi

Dena

Bev

Jacque

Jacqui

Mindy

Dawny P

Kathy

Lena Katrine

Kim

Challenge 15 – Lets get Sentimental

2011-01-17T00:00:00.000-08:00

Amelia

Not only has Amelia won this weeks challenge but her card was also picked as one of the top 3! Congratulations , please email me to claim your prize.

Next up is our Top 3, and they are:

Moni
Amelia
Sandie

Congratulations ladies, your entries were fantastic! Please take the Top 3 blinkie from the side bar.

Before we get on to the challenge there’s a couple of new products now on sale at Wild Orchid Crafts –

Trellis Roses in 35mm and 40mm sizes plus new vintage colour Poppies AND …….SEAM BINDING in a selection of 27 different colours. Which brings me to this challenge’s prize. The lucky winner will receive 27 bundles (5 metres each) of seam binding one in every colour on the website plus a selection of gorgeous blooms. Now how’s that for a prize!!!

We are also being sponsored by Lili of the Valley this week, and they are offering a £10 voucher to spend in their store.

So you have two chances to win a prize. Our challenge this week is “Let’s get Sentimental” so we would like to see a sentiment on your creation.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 30th January.

Here’s some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 14 – A sketch by Bev

2011-01-03T00:00:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! We hope 2011 is happy, peaceful and prosperous for you all.

Thanks so much for joining us for the colour combo challenge. We had another brilliant number of entries and some truly amazing cards! The winner of the fabulous candy supplied by Wild Orchid Crafts is:

Jami

Congratulations Jami, please email me to claim your prize.

Next up is our Top 3, and they are:

Bettina
RubyM
Annika

Congratulations ladies, your entries were fantastic! Please take the Top 3 blinkie from the side bar.

Before we get on to the challenge there’s a couple of new products now on sale at Wild Orchid Crafts – they are now stocking self adhesive rhinestones and also hip rosebuds.

The prize for this challenge is kindly sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts is another fab selection of embellishments and flowers.

And our challenge for this fortnight is a sketch designed by Bev.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 16th January.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT.

Please turn off comment verification if you want the DT to leave you a comment. There are step by step instructions in the side bar on how to turn it off and enable moderation (which allows you to screen the comments left). Thanks.

Challenge 13 – A colour combo of Pink, White and Silver

2010-12-12T08:00:00.000-08:00

Thanks so much for joining us for a Victorian/Old Fashioned Christmas last challenge. We had another brilliant number of entries and some truly amazing cards! The winner of the fabulous candy supplied by Wild Orchid Crafts is Astrid. Congratulations Astrid, please email me to claim your prize.

We also have our top 3 entries from the last challenge and they are

Simone
Izadory
Yogi

Congratulations ladies, your entries were fantastic! Please take the Top 3 blinkie from the side bar.

This week our challenge is to use the colours Pink, White andelish prize

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 2nd January 2011 (this challenge is running for 3 weeks)

Here’s some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 11 – An Old Fashioned Christmas

2010-11-29T00:00:00.000-08:00

We had another great challenge with all the gorgeous Blue Christmas project. Thanks so much for your support. Before we go to this weeks challenge we have to announce the winner of the yummy Wild Orchid Crafts candy. And the lucky winner is:

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2010-11-28 22:23:22 UTC

That’s you Andie

Congratulations Andie, please email me to claim your prize.

Also we have our top 3 entries from the last challenge and they are:

Tanja
Anne H
Mo

Congratulations ladies, please can you pick up the Top 3 blinkie in the side-bar.

This week we are sponsored as always by Wild Orchid Crafts with this scrummy prize

This weeks challenge is an OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS AND/OR VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 28th November

Here’s some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 10 – Blue Christmas

2010-11-15T00:00:00.000-08:00

What a fantastic number of entries we had last week, over 400!! Loads and loads of Christmas cards made and this week we have another excuse to get a few more made, but before we go to this weeks challenge we have to announce the winner of the yummy Wild Orchid Crafts candy. And the lucky winner is:

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2010-11-14 20:30:35 UTC

277. Denise Lynn

That’s you Denise. Congratulations honey, please email us to claim your prize.

Also we have our top 3 entries from the last challenge and they are:

Lisette
Annette
Nicky

Congratulations ladies, please can you pick up the Top 3 blinkie in the side-bar.

We also have a new DT member, the fabulous Jacque!! Welcome on board sweetie.

Also, we had a new flower launch yesterday, Small Flat Gardenias and we also have some candy up for grabs on the Wild Orchid Crafts Blog so pop across to enter.

This week we are sponsored as always by Wild Orchid Crafts with this scrummy prize

This weeks challenge is BLUE CHRISTMAS, so your creation must be predominantly blue please.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 28th November

Here’s some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 9 - Classic Christmas

2010-11-01T01:00:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness, your pastel creations last week were amazing! Thanks so much for all the fabulous entries. The winner of the Pastels challenge is Saril. Congratulations, please email us to claim your prize.

Here are your random numbers:
56
Timestamp: 2010-10-31 22:23:29 UTC

56. saril

We also have our top 3, shortlisted by the DT then given over to Random.org to get to the final 3 as we loved so many of the entries again this week. And they are:

Iruha
Mo
Inkymits

Congratulations ladies, please can you pick up the Top 3 blinkie in the side-bar.

This week we have two prizes up for grabs, Lili of the Valley is sponsoring a fab prize – 4 stamps of your choice!!

And Wild Orchid Crafts are sponsoring this prize

Our challenge this week is “A Classic Christmas”, so we would love to see Christmas creations done in the classic Christmas colours of red and green (with gold if you like)

Please note that entries that do not follow the challenge will not be eligible for the prize draw so please use the Christmas colours of red green and/or gold to qualify.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 14th November

Here’s some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 8 - Pastels

2010-10-18T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much to all that entered our Stitch it up challenge last week. Our winner of the fabulous prize sponsored as always by Wild Orchid Crafts is Little K Smith

76. Little K Smith

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2010-10-17 21:37:17 UTC

Congratulations Kelly, please email us to claim your prize

We also have our top 3, shortlisted by the DT then given over to Random.org to get to the final 3 as we loved so many of the entries again this week. And they are:

Chris Olsen
Linda Coughlin
Mona Evy

Congratulations ladies, please can you pick up the Top 3 blinkie in the side-bar.

This week our challenge is PASTEL COLOURS. And here’s the fabulous prize up for grabs!

Please link your card or project (not your blog) using Inlinkz by 8pm UK time Sunday 31st October.

Here’s some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 7 – Stitch it up

2010-10-04T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for your support again last week, wow there were some truly amazing entries! Our winner of the fabulous prize sponsored as always by Wild Orchid Crafts is Samantha B.

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2010-10-03 21:42:35 UTC

We also have our top 3, shortlisted by the DT then given over to Random.org to get to the final 3 as we loved so many of the entries again this week. The Top 3 for challenge 6 are:

129. Sharon Caudle - http://grammashouseofcards.blogspot.com

357. Annika http://anothermessycrafter.blogspot.com

65. Sally Atkins http://cardsforallreasons.blogspot.com

Congratulations ladies, please can you pick up the Top 3 blinkie in the side-bar.

This week the challenge is Stitch it up!! So we want to see some stitching on your card – real or faux so for those without sewing machines (or don’t want real stitching) you can doodle some stitching on your project. And here’s the fabulous prize up for grabs!

Please link your card or project (not your blog) in Mr Linky 8pm UK time Sunday 10th October.

Here’s some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 6 – Ribbons and Bows

2010-09-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for your support again last week, wow there were some truly amazing entries! Our winner of the fabulous prize sponsored as always by Wild Orchid Crafts is Anne Marie

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2010-09-19 21:33:32 UTC

We also have our top 3, shortlisted by the DT then given over to Random.org to get to the final 3 as we loved so many of the entries again this week. The Top 3 for challenge 5 are

Inger Harding
Gry-Beate
Michaela

Congratulations ladies, please can you pick up the Top 3 blinkie in the side-bar.

This week the challenge is to use Ribbons and Bows on your creations. And here’s the fabulous prize up for grabs!

Please link your card or project (not your blog) in Mr Linky 8pm UK time Sunday 3rd October.

Here’s some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 5 – Pearls and Pins

2010-09-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

We had another fantastic challenge, over 500 entries again. We are all blown away by the amazing support you are showing our lil’ challenge blog, thanks so much.

We have two winners this week (sorry my computer was playing up so graphics this week)

Here are your random numbers:

393	164

Timestamp: 2010-09-05 20:20:13 UTC

First up is the winner of the Lili of the Valley stamps, and that is 393. libeeti

The second prize kindly sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts has been won by 164. Stacie

Congratulations ladies, please email me to claim your prizes. Please put the prize you have won in the subject line.

Our top 3 entries for challenge 4 are:

Elsie
Niki Estes
Tara

Congratulations ladies, please can you pick up the Top 3 blinkie in the side-bar.

We have been sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts with this fabulous prize.

This week the challenge is to use Pins and Pearls on your creations.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) in Mr Linky 8pm UK time Sunday 19th September.

Here’s some inspiration from the DT

Please turn off comment verification if you want the DT to leave you a comment, Due to the sheer numbers of entries, it is impossible to get through all the entries when we have comment verification to content with. There are step by step instructions in the side bar on how to turn it off and enable moderation (which allows you to screen the comments left).

Please link your card through Mr Linky and not in the comments box. Please link your BLOG POST and not just your blog to save us having to hunt for your entry. Entries that are not linked to the actual post will unfortunately not qualify to be in the draw for the prize.

Challenge 4 – Make it Sparkle

2010-08-23T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for the brilliant support we received for our last challenge, over 550 entries!!! And what entries they were! We had such a job narrowing down the top 3 that we landed up resorting to Mr Random to select the Top 3 for this week. And they are:

Iris
Lori
Michelle

Congratulations ladies, please can you pick up the Top 3 blinkie in the side-bar.

Our randomly selected winner of Challenge 3’s prize chock full of floral deliciousness is Lorraine. Congratulations, please email us to claim your prize

This week we have a two fab prizes up for grabs, not only is Wild Orchid Crafts going to sponsor us with a fabulous floral prize, we also have Lili of the Valley as one of our regular sponsors and they have supplied 4 stamps from the new Christmas release. So we will have two winners from the entries this challenge.

Prize 1

Prize 2

This week the challenge is Make it Sparkle, so we want to see lots of sparkles on your creations.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) in Mr Linky 8pm UK time Sunday 5th September.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT

Challenge 3 – One for the Girls

2010-08-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks once again for the fabulous support we received for the last challenge, your lace creations were simply stunning! As always the winner is drawn by Random.org and the lucky lady is Idelangle. Congratulations, please email us your address to claim your prize.

Our top 3 from last weeks challenges voted for by the DT are:

Lina

Grethe

Pauline

Congratulations ladies, please take the Top 3 Banner from the side bar to display on your blogs.

This week the challenge is One for the Girls, so we want to see all your girlie creations.

Paul and Siri have put up another fabulous prize for this challenge, oodles of droolworthy embellies for you.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) in Mr Linky 8pm UK time Sunday 22nd August.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT

Is on holiday, lucky lady!

Challenge 2 - Lovely Lace

2010-07-26T00:00:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness!! Thank you all so much for the amazing support we received for our first challenge, with well over 550 entries we are totally blown away! I am so glad the winner of the challenge is drawn by Random.org, we would never have been able to pick just one winner. So, the winner of the fabulous prize supplied by Wild Orchid Crafts is Sarah S of Sarah's Blogging Bits. Congratulations Sarah, please email us to claim your prize.

Now then, we really struggled to pick just the top 3 from last weeks entries, so we have have the top 5 for this week. There were so many amazing entries that were nominated by the DT, and we managed to narrow it down to these 5 entries:

Sandie
Anne
Melly
Olga
Iris

Congratulations ladies, please take the Top 3 Banner from the side bar to display on your blogs.

This week the challenge is Lovely Lace, so we want to see all your lacy creations. We would love to see fabric lace on your work but punched, stamped or paper lace is acceptable too.

Paul and Siri have put up another fabulous prize for this challenge, oodles of droolworthy embellies for you.

Please link your card or project (not your blog) in Mr Linky 8pm UK time Sunday 8th August.

And here’s some inspiration from the DT

Is on holiday, lucky lady!

Dena

Bev

Jacqui

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Wild Orchid Challenge

Week 41–Creature Comforts

Week 40–Anything Goes

Week 39–Christmas Friendship

Week 38–Easel Cards

Week 37 A Child’s Christmas

Week 36–Brown and Blue

Week 35 Santa Claus is coming to town!

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NatalieTettiz Merete

Santa Claus is coming to town!

Week 34 Christmas Fun

Week 33 – Make it Sparkle with Stars

Week 32 – A Christmas Sketch

Week 31 – Tags, Tags, Tags

Challenge 30 – A sketch by Dena

Challenge 29 – Beary Special

Challenge 28 – We’re One year old!

CHRISTMAS IN JULY PARTY!!!

Challenge 27 – A Tent Card

Challenge 26 – Shabby Chic Friendship

Challenge 25 – A Sketch

New DT members

DT Call

Challenge 24 – Embossed Layers

Challenge 23 – Mums are special sketch

Challenge 22 – White plus 2 with a twist

NEW RULES TO FOLLOW

Challenge 21 - Wings

Challenge 20 – A Sketch

Challenge 19 – Dieing to punch it out

Challenge 18 – Anything Goes

Challenge 17 – a sketch

Challenge 16 – Love is ….

Challenge 15 – Lets get Sentimental

Challenge 14 – A sketch by Bev

Challenge 13 – A colour combo of Pink, White and Silver

Challenge 11 – An Old Fashioned Christmas

Challenge 10 – Blue Christmas

Challenge 9 - Classic Christmas

Challenge 8 - Pastels

Challenge 7 – Stitch it up

Challenge 6 – Ribbons and Bows

Random Integer Generator

Challenge 5 – Pearls and Pins

Challenge 4 – Make it Sparkle

Challenge 3 – One for the Girls

Challenge 2 - Lovely Lace

Natalie
Tettiz
Merete