Wow it's Challenge 200.... yes really 200.... CELEBRATE WITH A TOUCH OF VINTAGE

Many thanks for all your lovely Easter offerings... they were all spectacular.

The winner will be announced lower down the post.

This week I celebrate my 200th challenge... yes really.... I started this blog off  'just for fun' to see if it would work... and thanks to all of you here I am still blogging each week.

For many weeks there was only little old me....then I decided to move with the times and get myself a Design Team... and boy oh boy what a fabulous set of crafters I have been lucky enough to work with... so thanks to all my DT members both old and new.

There are so many challenge blogs out there nowadays so I am very appreciative of all you lovely folks who enter week after week... you make me feel so happy and blessed.

There is some blog candy on offer this week to say thanks for all the fab entries over the years.... but only to those who actually enter the challenge of course.

'And what is the challenge - get on with it ??' I hear you say....well CELEBRATE
with a touch of VINTAGE is the answer.
Now for the exciting bit....

Another of my blogging and personal friends the lovely Hels had her 200th challenge last week... I was lucky enough to be her first Guest Designer all those weeks ago so I asked her to be mine for my 200th... Am I lucky or what? as Hels she said yes...woo hoo I am so honoured and delighted as she is the most talented designer I know.
It is also Hel's 200th challenge this week as well so do check out her blog too.

So get your thinking caps on, enter the challenge and maybe win the goodies below which include a fab set of Lindsay Mason clear stamps, Distress Inks from the Master himself, cards, decoupage, stickers, pens, butterflies and some super glitter glue (perfect for glittering your Christmas baubles) and maybe some other bits I may decide to throw in for good luck.

Now for those of you who have been living on another planet and don't know HELS here is a bit of info for you - but where have you been????

About Hels:

'Hels has been crafting in one form or another since she was a little girl when she used to cover herself, her Grandma and every available surface with glitter and cotton wool. She really got bitten by the papercrafting bug back in 2003 when she took up cardmaking and scrapbooking. A chance meeting with Tim Holtz in 2007 made Hels realise that her true passion lays with anything inky and stampy. She created her blog, the aptly named Ink On My Fingers (pinkleart.blogspot.com) in September 2007, and she shares snippets from her daily life along with tips, techniques, tutorials and artwork. She has been published in several craft magazines and is currently on the Craft Stamper Design Team. Hels is a Certified Ranger Educator and has been teaching workshops for the last three years and she is also a regular demonstrator at the Alexandra Palace craft show. More recently, Hels has brought her art and passion for crafting to Create & Craft TV with the wonderful Studio 490 range, that, in Hels’ own words is “the best range of crafty stash in the world”  (she even put on a Jeremy Clarkson voice when she said that!)'

Now check out Hels wonderful DT work of art and check her blog too and also the fab creations by the rest of my DT.

CAROLINE









CLAIRE






ELIZABETH






JENNY






JEN





LESLEY







Thanks to all who have made this Challenge blog work out so well... you know who you are... both old friends and new - some folks have never missed a week and thanks also Hels for your fab work of art.

Finally the winner of Joanna's voucher last week is


number 23

well done
Stargroves (Anne) that is you

Please do email me before the 18th April to claim your prize.