Let's Squash It! Winners and Closing Down

Hello Squashettes!  Gail here to announce the winners of the December challenge Snowflakes and/or Stars.  So many lovely creations for this challenge.  A very big thank you to everyone who played along.  Sadly this was our last challenge, at least for the time being.  So thanks for joining in.

 

  It's time to announce our favourite creations for this theme.  You made it so difficult to pick favourites but here we go.......

 

We were very impressed with

Carol

and her lovely gnomes

and

Jeanne

 

with her fun Christmas jumper 

Congratulations to you both, please grab your badge to flaunt brazenly on your blogs!

Our Challenge Winner is:

Joanne

Gorgeous design and love the colours and bling.

 

 Congratulations Joanne, please grab your Empress Badge. 

 

 

                                           Finally, we have our Random Prize to award...

#15 Pat

Congratulations Pat please take a look in the Prize Vault and email me with your choice of EF and snail mail address at craftynomad at gmail dot com

Once again, thanks to everyone who played along and thank you for your support and participation the past two years.   The blog will remain open as a source of inspiration and who knows, maybe one day in the future we will refuel the roller and get squashy again.

Thanks and goodbye for now.  Hugz

Let's Squash It! Let's Make a Christmas Card Winners

 

Hello Squashettes!  Gail here to announce the winners of the November challenge Let's Make a Christmas card.  So many lovely and varied creations for this challenge.  A very big thank you to everyone who played along. 

 

  So, it's time to announce our favourite creations for this theme.  You made it so difficult to pick favourites but here we go.......

 

We were very impressed with

Vinita Jain

and

Fabiola

Congratulations to you both, please grab your badge to flaunt brazenly on your blogs!

Our Challenge Winner is:

Jeanne

 

 

 Congratulations Jeanne, please grab your Empress Badge. 

 

 

                                           Finally, we have our Random Prize to award...

#31 Sally

Congratulations Sally, please take a look in the Prize Vault and email me with your choice of EF and snail mail address at craftynomad at gmail dot com

Once again, thanks to everyone who played along. 

Pop back on the 10th for the start of the next challenge!

Let's Squash It! Winners for Challenge #25 - Trees and Leaves

 

Hey, Squashettes, welcome to our October Winners post.  Our October Challenge was one chosen to match with the time of year and you guys offered up a truly fabulous mix of Fall, Halloween, Christmas and leafy creations!  A very big thank you to everyone who played along. 

Thanks also to our fabulous guest, Joanne from Ambrosia and Iron who inspired us with her gorgeous gnome card.

So, it's time to announce our favourite creations for this theme, and once again it was oh, so tricky as you guys really smashed it with this theme.

So, here we go...

We were very impressed with

#6 - Guri

and

#9 - Carol

Congratulations to you both, please grab your badge to flaunt brazenly on your blogs!

Our Challenge Winner is:

#19 - Linda

Congratulations Linda, please grab your Empress Badge. Gail and I hope you'll join us as a future guest designer. Please email me at dottypudding(at)aol.com so we can make the arrangements! 

                   Finally, we have our Random Prize to award...

It's you, Kate !

Congratulations Kate, please take a look in the Prize Vault and email me with your choice of EF and snail mail address at dottypudding(at)aol.com. I'll get your prize on it's way as soon as I hear from you!

Once again, thanks to everyone who played along. 

As always, we have a brand new challenge beginning on the 10th of the month, so stay tuned and we'll see you again soon for more squashy fun!

Let's Squash It! September Winners

 

Hey, Squashettes, welcome to our September winners post.  Our September Challenge was Cuz 2 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad and we wanted you to emboss 2/3rds of your card.  We loved all the different solutions to this challenge.  If you haven't pursued the gallery it's well worth a look.

So, here we go...

We were very impressed with

Fabiola's elegant baby card

and

 

SmilynStef with this lovely holiday knit card

Congratulations to you both, please grab your badge and flaunt it brazenly on your blogs!

Our Challenge Winner is:

Cat 

with this stunningly elegant card

Congratulations Cat, please grab your Empress Badge. Gail and I hope you'll join us as a future guest designer. Please email me at craftynomad at gmail dot com so we can make the arrangements! 

                   Finally, we have our Random Prize to award...

It's you #8 - Dawn!

Congratulations to you, Dawn, please take a look in the Prize Vault and email me with your choice of EF and snail mail address at craftynomad at gmail dot com. I'll get your prize on it's way around the world as soon as I hear from you!

Once again, thanks to everyone who played along. 

As always, we have a brand new challenge beginning on the 10th of the month, so stay tuned and we'll see you again soon for more squashy fun!

Let's Squash It! Challenge #23 - Don't be so Square Winners!

Hey, Squashettes, it's Jo here today to share the results of Challenge #23 - where we wanted to see shaped cards and fabulous embossing folder use go hand-in-hand.

Just before we get to the results, I'd like to say a very big thank you to our lovely guest Emma from Trenouth Creations who inspired us with beautiful hexagonal card. 

Thanks, Emma, it was great having you as our guest!

Emma, Gail and I really loved seeing your entries 

and although the gallery was fairly small it was jam packed 

with beautiful creations. You guys really went to town on this one and no mistake!

So, here we go...

We were very impressed with:

What an amazing way to use the theme - 

the embossed brickwork surrounding a beautiful stained glass window is genius.

#8 Tina

We loved how Tina highlighted that beautiful snowflake.

Congratulations to you both, please grab your badge and flaunt it brazenly on your blogs!

Our Challenge Winner is:

#3 - Joanne

Emma summed up beautifully when she said Joanne's choice and colouring of 

that embossing folder makes it 'the star of the show' on her card. 

Congratulations, Joanne, please grab your Empress Badge. Gail and I hope you'll join us as a future guest designer. Please email me at dottypudding (at) aol.com so we can make the arrangements! 

                   Finally, we have our Random Prize to award...

It's you #2 - Robyn!

Congratulations to you, Robyn, please take a look in the Prize Vault and email me with your choice of EF and snail mail address at dottypudding (at) aol.com. I'll get your prize on it's way around the world as soon as I hear from you!

Once again, thanks to Emma for being our guest, and also to everyone who played along. 

As always, we have a brand new challenge beginning on the 10th of the month, so stay tuned and we'll see you again soon for more squashy fun!

Let's Squash It! Challenge #22 - Keep it CAS Winners

Hi there, Squashettes, it's Jo here today to share the results of Challenge #22 - where we asked you to Keep it CAS!

Just before we get to the results, I'd just like to say a very big thank you to our lovely guest Carol from Our Little Inspirations who inspired us with her sweet and simple design for this challenge.

Carol, Gail and I really loved seeing all the entries and , as Carol said, there was such a variety of designs that picking our favourites has been very hard indeed! Thanks so much to everyone who played along.

We were very impressed with:

#20 - Becca

Beautiful colours and layout - who doesn't love a rainbow!

#25 - Lynne in NI

Love that EF and Lynne's beautifully coloured bunny. 

Congratulations to you both, I hope you enjoy your shiny new badge!

Our Challenge Winner is:

#22 - Jenny M.

We all love the drama of Jenny's card and how she used that EF.

Congratulations, Jenny, please grab your Empress Badge, and Gail and I hope you'll join us as a future guest designer. Please email me at dottypudding (at) aol.com so we can make the arrangements! 

                   Finally, we have our Random Prize to award...

It's you #4 - Tina!

Hi Tina, please take a look in the Prize Vault and email me with your choice of EF and your snail mail address at dottypudding (at) aol.com.

Once again, thanks to Carol for being our guest and to everyone who played along with this challenge. As always, we have a brand new challenge beginning on the 10th of the month, so stay tuned and we'll see you again soon for more squashy fun!

Let's Squash It! Winners for Challenge #21

Hi there, Squashettes, it's Jo here today to share the results of Challenge #21 where we asked you to... 

Make it Manly!

Before we get to the results, I'd just like to say a very big thank you to Joanne for being our guest, having been crowned Empress of Squash for our April Challenge. Thanks, Joanne, it's always such a pleasure to have you with us!

I don't know about you but I don't find masculine cards the easiest to create, however our gallery looked fabulous for this challenge and Joanne, Gail and I really loved seeing all the entries. Thanks so much to everyone who played along.

We were very impressed with:

#13 - Robyn

Beautiful colours and layout, and what a fab way to use that EF.

#3 - Linda W

We loved Linda's attention to detail on this very special card.

Congratulations to you both, I hope you enjoy your shiny new badge!

Our Challenge Winner is:

#7 Emma T.

We all loved how Emma used EFs to create this foaming pint!

Congratulations, Emma, please grab your Empress Badge, and Gail and I hope you'll join us as a future guest designer. Please email me at dottypudding (at) aol.com so we can make the arrangements! 

                   Finally, we have our Random Prize to award...

It's you #4 - Viv!

Hi Viv, please take a look in the Prize Vault and email me with your choice of EF and your snail mail address at dottypudding (at) aol.com.

Once again, thanks to Joanne for being our guest and to everyone who played along with this challenge. As always, we have a brand new challenge beginning on July 10th, so stay tuned and we'll see you again soon for more squashy fun!

Let's Squash It! Challenge #20 Winners

 

 

Hello Squashettes!  It's Jo here today to announce the results of Challenge #20! 

We asked you to Squash Those Scraps and one again, you did us proud. 

Yes, a big thank you to all our fabulous participants - we loved seeing your beautiful work in our gallery. Also, thanks so much to Granne for being our muse and inspiration for this challenge - it was great having you as our Empress.

I'm just going to throw in a gentle reminder to check our rules and the challenge requirements to make sure you have it all covered.  If you want to be in the running for the random prize don't forget that we have a link limit. We also ask that you please comment on a couple of other entries to spread a little love around cardland.  

It was super tricky deciding on our runners up and our winner for this challenge as you guys really wowed us with your creativity and ingenuity with your fabulous scrap squashing!

Our two runners up, impressing us with their ability to wield an embossing folder are:

Margreet

A wonderfully stylish trio!

and

Linda

Just look at how the embossing folder pulls 

everything together and makes Linda's card look so quilty and cosy.

Congrats ladies,
We hope you'll wear your badge with pride!

Our top pick and winner of our Empress of Squash award,
(with a chance to guest design for a future challenge) goes to:

Carol L.

Just look at all the detail on this card, 

and that herringbone pattern must have taken ages.

Please grab your badge, Carol and well done on being our Empress of Squash. 

We'd like to invite you to join us for a future challenge, so please could you email me (Jo) at dottypudding(at)aol.com

We also have our random draw prize to award!  

Mr Random says the lucky winner is...

  

Congrats: Linda #8!  

You've gotta love Mr Random - picking one of our Impressive ladies as our random winner.

Linda, please email me at dottypudding (at) aol.com with your address details, and your choice of folder from the prize vault.  Please try and claim your prize by the end of June.

Thanks again for joining Gail, Granne and me for this challenge.  

Our next challenge will start on 10th June, so there's not long to wait.  We have a new guest AND a fabulous new theme, and we very much hope to see you there!