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Sunday, December 26, 2010

DT/GDT Call for TEAM 2!

{DT Call is closed}

Hello Lollipop Crafts Fans!!! It's time to choose up members for TEAM 2!!! Do you want to be a Lollipop Girl? If you do, read below to get the info on how you can be chosen for the team!

DT Requirements:

*DT term will be from February 2011 to August 31, 2011. We will break for summer in June and July.*

1. Must be able to participate in the challenges.

2. Commit to posting at least 3 times in a weekly rotation. (DT rotates weekly hosting, more info on this if you are chosen for the team.)

3. You will be creating 1-2 creations each week. (Details will follow to the chosen team)

4. Post challenges/info on your blog as needed.

*Above is the basic requirements for the team. A detailed description of each task will be distributed to the new team. If you have any questions please email us.

This DT call will be open until January 3, 2011 at 10pm PST. Please email lollipopcrafts@gmail.com with your blog address and 1-2 creations (old or new) showing us your creative style.

**Also, if there is a chance you do not make it onto the full-time team, please let us know if you would like to take a Guest spot for one month during this term.**

Let the sweetness roll in and come and try out for Lollipop Crafts Design Team!!!!

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas!

On behalf of the Lollipop Crafts Design Team, we want to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!!! May laughter, love and joy fill your homes as you celebrate!! Be safe, be merry and have lots of fun!!!

Warm wishes....
The Lollipop Girls

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Spotlighting WAG 'N WHISKERS

Hello!

Our sponsor for this last challenge of the year is Wags 'n Whiskers. Here is a little about W'nW.

Wags 'n Whiskers is a rubber and digital stamp company carrying images of kids, pets, and fairies. We just had a release with another set of fun, cute, and sexy fairies that are perfect for all seasons. Each Friday Wags 'n Whiskers has a challenge as well where you can win a free stamp of your choice. Come play along with the fun!


Wag 'n Whiskers is offering a set of LOVE digital stamps to one lucky winner for this challenge!


We do hope you can play along with us!

Monday, December 20, 2010

Challenge #21 - Fancy Folds

Hello! Happy Monday! I am (Kim) your hostess for the final challenge of 2010!
Due to the Holidays, this will be our last challenge of the year! We are extending this challenge to January 15, 2011 so you have a good three weeks to play along with us! This last challenge's theme is

FANCY FOLDS!

Fancy folds are pretty much anything other than a regular square or rectangular card.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Wags 'n Whiskers.


One random winner will receive a set of "LOVE" digital stamps!


We will have more info on our generous sponsor tomorrow so please stay tuned! For now, here are some inspiration from our wonderful team!

Onaija - our awesome GDT

Kim




Sunday, December 19, 2010

Christmas Tags Winners!

Wow!!! Amazing creativity on this week's Christmas Tags challenge! Thank you very much for joining us!! It's very hard for us each week to choose the top 3! Creativity is awesome and you all have a unique touch to your creations!! Wish we could just name you all on the top board, but then of course that would defeat the purpose of featuring entries that stand out. It's a task we try to avoid but it has to be done! Well, let's start with the random winner first! Here we go......

Thank you again to Brandi, owner of Fairy Knoll, for sponsoring us this week with a generous prize!! Random.org has chosen this week's winner and that winner is.......

#1. Tammy L.

Here's her creative Christmas Tags!
Congrats Tammy!!! Please email us at lollipopcrafts@gmail.com with your choice of 5 digis from Fairy Knoll!!

Now on to Christmas Tags top 3 picks.... (in no particular order)




Aren't these just awesomely lovely?! Ladies, please grab the Top 3 badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog!

Again, Thank you very much for joining us this week at Lollipop Crafts!! Come back tomorrow for another fun challenge and an announcement!!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Don't forget.....

There is still time to play in Challenge #20 - Christmas Tags.... Entries must be in by 8 pm PST on Saturday! A random winner will be chosen to win the prize from Fairy Knoll and we will also mention the top 3 on Sunday! Get creative and "TAG" all your Christmas gifts this year!!!

Here's another sample to share with you....
On a sad note, we say good bye this week to our Lollipop Girl Diane, who has stepped down from the team... We will miss you Diane!! Thank you for all that you have done here at Lollipop Crafts and we wish you the best in your next adventures!!!

Here's her tag creation this week!!

Hope this gives you more inspiration to join us!!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Sponsor Spotlight: Fairy Knoll

Did you see the cute Peppermint Patti on Barbara's tag? Or the wonderful Jingle Bells image on Kim and Agnieszka's tags? Well, those are available images that you can get from our sponsor this week! Fairy Knoll!!!
Here's a little about the company owned by Brandi Burns!

"Fairy Knoll is a place where fairies fly and dreams come alive. Fairy Knoll offers digital stamps filled with fantasy and magic - we hope you can visit us soon."

Go ahead and check out the awesome images and come and play along in our Christmas Tag challenge this week! A random winner will be chosen to win 5 digis of choice from Fairy Knoll!! Thank you very much Brandi for your sponsorship and fabulous prize!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Challenge #20 - Christmas Tags

Monday is here and it's time for another challenge here at Lollipop Crafts!!! Thank you to all the wonderful participants in last week's challenge!! It was truly a wonderful tunout! Wow!! It gets harder and harder to choose the Top 3!!

Another fun Christmas challenge is brought to you today by me, Kris.... Challenge #20 - Christmas Tags! Yes, I want you to TAG it!!! Get creative and make those tags to go on those special gifts you'll be giving out this Christmas....


We are sponsored by Fairy Knoll this week and the prize is 5 Digis of winner's choice.... How FABULOUS is that?! A little about the company will be featured here on the blog tomorrow so don't forget to check that out.... Now, it's time for some DT cretions to get you in the mood.....

Kim

Agnieszka - GDT

Kris
Barbara
Alanna
Aren't these just wonderful!!! The creativity is flowing this week! Now it's your turn to show us your creative Christmas tags!! Rules and details about the challenge can be found on the sidebar.... Don't forget to link up with InLinkz by Saturday 8pm PST....



Sunday, December 12, 2010

Challenge #19 - Winners

A big thanks goes out to all those who participated in our Winter Challenge this week. First off let's get the winner of our challenge this week picked by True Random Number Generator:
Min: 1
Max: 62
Result: 2
Powered by RANDOM.ORG

#2 is Hazel - Congrats Hazel you have won 4 digis of your choice from Meljen's Designs. Please contact Nicole to claim your prize. nicole.anderson@insightbb.com

Now on to our Top 3 for this week. I am so impressed with all of the entries. With so many wonderful winter creations it was very difficult to choose the Top Three but we were able to narrow down and here are the results in order of submission.


#57 Wendy Ramlakhan
These creations are just gorgeous! They all did such a great job on the coloring the images. I love that all of our winners have the Winter theme yet each one is depicted by different colors. Ladies be sure to pick up our "Top 3" badge on our sidebar and display it proudly on your blog for a job well done.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Inspiration - Welcome Winter

You still have time to get your "Winter" themed projects in for our challenge this week.

Here are a couple more cards from our DT to help inspire your creativity.


We've had a great turn out so far for the challenge. Thanks to those ladies who have participated already. There is always room for more. : )

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Sponsor Spotlight - Meljen's Designs

We are sponsored this week by the cute and whimsy Meljen's Designs!!! If you LOVE their adorable images then you just have to come and play along with us this week!! Thank you so much Meljen's for your support and sponsorship! We appreciate all that you do for us here at Lollipop Crafts! Here's a little info on the company... Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

Monday, December 6, 2010

Challenge #19 - Welcome Winter

This week's challenge is his hosted by Diane and she has picked a perfect theme this week... Welcome Winter! We want to see your creations with a winter theme. Here's a perfect Scrapbook page Diane made for the challenge to start us off:

Diane



This week we're sponsored by the fabulous Meljen's Designs owned by Melissa Jenkins. She has generously offered the winner of this week's winner 4 digis of their choice! There will be more about our most generous sponsor tomorrow.


Here's the rest of the great ideas from the design team:
Peggy





Kim



Remember the rules are on the sidebar and the challenge ends Saturday evening. Good luck and we can't wait to see what you make!



Sunday, December 5, 2010

Challenge #18 - Winners

Thanks to those who participate in our last challenge and it was fantastic to see your fun book and reading ideas! There were several that I have never seen before so thanks for sharing! Reading challenges are always so hard but I was pleased at the number who participated anyway. ;D

So on to the best part... the winner of this week's challenge is... Vicki! Congratulations!!


It was hard to narrow down my favorite but in the end, this image appealed to my reading fancy the most. ;D Congratulations Vicki! Be sure to grap the Top Three blinkie and visit ForgottenScraps.blogspot.com to select 3 cards of your choice (plus two backups just in case a card isn't in stock) then contact me:

Here are the top three picks from the team for this challenge listed in submission order:




Ladies, don't forget to grab the Top Three blinkie on our sidebar and display in on your blog for these wonderful creations! Thanks to all those who played along and be sure to check back tomorrow for another great challenge!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Reading Inspiration

Just a reminder about this week's challenge... this my appear to be a tough one but remember the challenge can be anything about a book or story... so let's start seeing some princesses, fairies, holiday characters and so on... practically anything you can tie back to a book or story! See, that simple. ;D

Here's a darling bookmark created by Peggy using an adorable bookworm... to cute!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

December Guest Designer

Today we introduce to you our December Guest Designer.... AGNIESZKA.... Please give her a warm sugary WELCOME to Lollipop Crafts.... Here's a little about who she is...
My name is Agnieszka Marchel. I`m from Poland. I discovered scrapbooking over 1 year ago and I have love it! I`m a wife and mother of two small kids: Jagoda (7), Jan (2). Thanks to scrapbooking I don`t know what boredom is. I must craft everyday. It truly is my passion. Sometimes i make jewelry and ornaments items decoupage technique. I invite you to my blog :http://www.radosnyczas.blogspot.com.

We welcome you to the team Agnieszka!! Super excited to see all the sweetness you bring to us!

If you have a chance, hop on over to her blog and check out her style! You won't be disappointed!! Have a sweetly filled day!!