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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Meljen's Designs!

Hello!

Our sponsors are very important to us that's why we are dedicating Tuesdays as a spotlight day for them! Their generosity means the world to us!

Our first sponsor is Meljen's Designs! Thank you so much, Melissa and Nicole! They are offering FOUR digis of choice to one lucky winner this week! Here is a little about Meljen's Designs!


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!

Not only does Melissa have the most adorable, fun, whimsical images, she is also a very nice person! I was one of Meljen's Designs past designers and I must say, I had a GREAT time during my team! I enjoyed every moment of it!

If anyone is interested in the process of producing a digital image, you should really check out Melissa's blog! If you are looking for more ways to win her cute images, be sure to play along their Thursday challenges!

Here are a couple of inspiration using Meljen's Designs.

Kim - Chili Chihuahua

Kris - Cherry Mouse

Just a reminder, this week's challenge is ANYTHING GOES! Easy peasy so you really don't have an excuse! LOL Can't wait to see all your wonderful creations!

Monday, August 2, 2010

A Lollipop Debut ~ Challenge #1

The day is FINALLY here!!! Yippee!!!

The Lollipop Girls are extremely HAPPY to bring you our FIRST challenge here at Lollipop Crafts!!! But wait.... We must not continue without annoucing the CANDY WINNER.... The lucky girl who will be receiving some SWEET treats is....... (insert drum roll please).... comment #38 ~ cgl1539 aka Christi!!! Congrats sweetie!!! please email your info to lollipopcrafts@gmail.com and we will send your prize out to you!!! YAY!!!

Lollipop Crafts is excited to bring you Challenge #1 - ANTHING GOES! What does this mean?! Well, simply said... ANYTHING goes... You don't want to miss out on playing our first challenge ever... There is a SWEET prize to be given to one lucky random player! All you have to do is link your card/creation to this post by Saturday, 8/7/10 at 8pm PST... Wanna know what the prize is?!?! Of course you do!! Our first challenge is sponsored by Meljen's Designs...


Winner will receive 4 digis of choice... How fantastic is that?!? More details to come on our wonderful sponsor.... Please join us tomorrow as we spotlight Meljen's Designs!

Besides the winner of this awesome prize, the TOP 3 creations will also be chosen and announced on Sunday, 8/8/10 so come on out and play along! Need some inspiration to get creative??? Check out what the design team has created for you...



Kris
Kim




Danni - August GDT

Diane

Diane - inside of card

Lisa

Barbara

May I mention that the Lollipop Girls totally rocked this challenge!!!! a huge THANK YOU to Meljen's Designs for allowing the team to create with these wonderful images!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! We all had tons of fun creating with these SWEET and CUTE images!!!





Sunday, August 1, 2010

Welcome Lollipop Girls!!!

Hello! Happy Sunday!
THANK YOU all for applying for our first ever DT call!! We enjoyed looking through all your wonderful creations! We would love for everyone to join our team but realistically, it is not possible. Making a final decision was very difficult for us but it had to be done. So without further ado, I give you our first ever Lollipop Crafts Design Team, THE LOLLIPOP GIRLS!


Hello. My name is Alanna and I have a wonderful husband, Devin, and two school aged children, Reynna and Christopher. My day job is an auditor/CPA so my crafty time is when I get to let loose and have some fun. I've been scrapbooking for just about 10 years now, card making for nearly that long, and blogging for 2 years. I love to share my passion of papercrafting with all those around me and have thoroughly enjoyed "meeting" so many wonderful people who share my passion.


This is Barbara with a big “Howdy” from Texas! I’m thrilled to be here and to share my creations and ideas with everyone! I've been into arts and crafts sense I could run with scissors and my main hobby is scrapbooking. However, I've been making cards for over eight years and my hobby room is overflowing. (Don’t worry, I’m sure I can fit more!) I recently discovered Copic markers and was thrilled at being able to combine two more enjoyable interests of mine - coloring and stamping. Random facts about me: I also love to draw, read, take naps and play with toys – I’m just a kid at heart. :-D I'm a night owl and make most of my cards after everyone goes to bed. As for the rest of the day, like most of us, I'm a headless chicken. Owls and chickens – ‘who’ knew they’d go so well together! I live by the motto “A stamp a day keeps the stress away” and I look forward to creating along side this amazing team! Visit my personal blog too at http://forgottenscraps.blogspot.com/. Ya’ll come back now!


Hi, I'm Diane and I live in Broken Arrow, OK which is basically Tulsa. I am SAHM married to Eric for 12 years and have 2 children. My daughter Kaitlyn is 10 years old and has Down syndrome and a son Austin who is 7. I love to shop - especially bargain shopping, travel and organizing just about anything. Over the past 20 years I have taken classes and enjoyed doing cake decorating, flower arranging, interior design and scrapbooking. I’ve taught classes at a local scrapbook store in the area, I really enjoy teaching. I like doing all kinds of scrapbooking including cards and altered art. I have a blog called Princess Scrap Girl that I use to share my art with those who appreciate the process and also to connect with others who love it as much as I do.



Hello! My name is Kim. I am happily married to a wonderful, caring husband and I am very blessed to have two very adorable little ones. I love all things crafty: scrapbooking, card making, stamping, crocheting, jewelry making, etc. I have been blogging and stamping/card making since early last year and I am loving it! I have come across lots and lots of talented crafters out there and I am learning something new everyday! Everyone’s amazing creations inspire me to create more and more each day! I hope I inspire everyone as well!



Hiya!!! The name is Krista but everyone calls me Kris (i prefer it too)... I'm currently a SAHM with 2 little girls and a little boy on the way... Born and raised on the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii =D... Because of the Aloha spirit here and the sun and beaches, I really don't see myself moving off this rock, LOL... I enjoy crafting, reading a good book, traveling and MOST of all, spending time with family... Family is a big part of who I am and it is the foundation of my existence... I've been crafting for 10+ years doing all sorts of craft things, from scrapbooking, party favors, lei making to my current obsession ~ card making... I started my blog, http://klusivekreations.blogspot.com/ a year ago and I've been enjoying meeting new people and developing many friendships... I'm a past designer for Flutter by Wednesdays and Whimsical Wednesdays - The Diedrich Dare and very thankful to have experienced and serve on those teams... My life does get a little crazy at times, but i do LOVE every moment of it!! My goal is to share my creativity with you and be inspired by your creations as well... So come along and take a spin with me!!!


Hi guys, I am Lisa G and I have had a blog called http://gobeagirl.blogspot.com/ since last August. We live in the middle of Washington State in a great town called Moses Lake. It is considered the desert part of this wonderful state and it's not wrong. I am a full time Pharmacy Tech, a Wife and a Mother to two wonderful children. We have a 13 year old Son and a 12 year old Daughter. They are a year and one day apart...lol... I have always loved crafting but I got into scrapbooking in 1998 when I needed a present for my Grandmother. My husband, Jerry suggested I make her a scrapbook as I have always been into taking pictures. What can I say I was hooked! I taught Cricut classes for the local scrapbook store until she had to close last April. That was when I discovered Copic Markers! I have been addicted ever since... I go into stamps because I ran out of things to color. lol...I enjoyed it so much that I decided to start my blog. What can I say I have met so many wonderful people since I started stamping and blogging. I can not wait to see where this adventure takes me. When I am not working you can find me in our pool with the kids and Jerry or sitting at my desk making a card with my Copics.

We will announce our August Designer on Thursday, so please stay tuned! Our Guest Designers are very special to us so we want her/him/them to be spotlighted for a day!

Also, our first challenge is tomorrow! We hope you can all play along with us! Thank you all for your support!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Lollipop Candy?!?!


What's this you ask?!?! Well, to celebrate our new blog, we want to share some yummy sweetness with everyone! Of course we all would love to win and indulge in some sugary sweets right?!
Here's how you could be entered to win this yummy prize!
1. Become a follower of this blog (if you're not a follower already)
2. Post about Lollipop Crafts/Candy giveaway on YOUR blog with a link back here, to let your friends know that we're new in town and getting ready to sweeten up the day!
3. Optional: Mention our DT call on your blog if you'd like or you can just direct them here
4. Leave a comment on this post
5. This candy is open until August 1st 10pm PST and the winner will be revealed on our debut challenge post on August 2nd
Come on!! We know you want to play along for a yummy treat!!!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Design Team Call!!

7/14/10 - ETA: We just realized we didn't give eveyone enough time to apply! We lost track of days! LOL The correct deadline to apply is JULY 27, 2010!

Hello Friends!!! Hope the day is going by as SWEET as can be!! This new blog is inspired by two friends who have a passion for all things crafty.... To keep ourselves on our toes with crafts, we decided to put together our own little blog to have challenges and inspire you with the essentials of crafting. Our intention is to provide you with fun challenges every Monday and keep you entertained with daily informative, inspirational posts. Can it get any SWEETER than this??!!

Now, we are not complete until we have a team of ready to craft Design Team members. So yes, before we launch our debut on August 2nd, we are looking for four Lollipop Girls!

DT Requirements:

1. Must be able to participate in the challenges.

2. Commit to posting at least once a week. DT will be on a rotating weekly schedule. More details will follow if you are chosen for the team.

3. Commit to at least a 6 month term. There may be a chance you are asked if you would like to stay on longer.

What you get from us:

At this time, there are no PERKS for joining the team. This blog was created to keep us in the mood of crafting and share ideas as a group. We may look for sponsors once everything is settled, but for now, we are in it for FUN!

This call is open until July 20th at 10 pm PST. Please email lollipopcrafts@gmail.com with your blog address and tell us what strengths you are able to provide to the blog and fellow team members.

The official roster of DT members will be contacted and announced on the blog on August 1st!