Winner of Six Cards on the 6th!

Hello everyone! Jennifer here. Sorry it has taken me a little while to post the winner of the Six on the 6th Card Series that we held for the last five months of 2013. I am currently packing to move house and am feeling overwhelmed by boxes and junk (but very much looking forward to moving on Friday!).

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in with the series. It was so fabulous to see everyone's cards and I know I'll be checking back for inspiration when I start planning my 2014 Christmas cards! 

Without further adeiu, the winner of a pizza box stuffed with stash was...

Nanny Jane!

Congratulations Jane! Please email Sarah at sarah(at)sjpapercrafts(dot)co(dot)uk telling her your mailing address so she can send the prize out to you!

Here's some of my favourite cards that were linked up during the series:

From left to right, starting top left, these cards were created by: Becky, Frances, Jenny, Jacky, Jane, Ruth, Nikki, Louise, and Lisa-Jane.

Thank you so much ladies! Lots of wonderful ideas and different styles to see!

Look out for some new exciting things that will be happening during 2014 here on the SJ Crafts blog! Along with our usual fabulous DT inspiration of course!

If you need inspiration for some everyday cards for this year then make sure you check out Louise's posts Part One and Part Two, which are full of gorgeous cards along common themes to get her through the year!

Jennifer x

Projects that WOW! ... And A Giveaway for a Class Place!

Design Team member Jennifer Grace is running her first ever online class - it starts next week on Monday the 10th of June!

 

Here's what Jennifer says about the class:

Projects that WOW!’ is about making your projects stand out from the crowd. What makes you pause and look closer at a scrapbook page when you are flicking through your own albums, or looking at other people’s layouts in magazines? Which cards jump out at you from Pinterest or from envelopes when you open them? What details of paper-crafted home décor or jewellery make you stop and say ‘wow!’? It’s time to learn some of these techniques or styles and put them to use!

Class participants will receive 15 prompts (lessons) with ideas to jazz up their papercrafting! There will be over 90 project samples (scrapbooking, cardmaking, and others), from both Jennifer and a selection of Guest Contributors from around the world.
There's also going to be challenges with prizes, lots of which are some of the latest goodiess to arrive in the SJ Crafts shop!

The class runs live from Monday the 10th to Friday the 28th of June. All the prompts will still be available after the class ends - so you don't have to worry about 'keeping up'!

For more details go check out the post at Jennifer's blog HERE, where you can also sign up for the class for £10!!
There's also a chance to WIN a class place by leaving a comment there (that giveaway closes Thursday 6th June in the evening).

BUT there is another way to WIN a place on the class!!
Jennifer is kindly giving away a class place to one of you right here on the S J Crafts Blog!!

To be in with a chance, firstly leave a comment on this blog post, telling us whether you've ever taken an online class before AND then click on the Rafflecopter widget and enter your details - there are ways to earn extra entries too ... like being a follower of this blog!!
If you win the class place and you'd already signed up for the class then you'll be refunded the cost of the class place.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The giveaway closes on Sunday the 9th of June at 12am GMT - so get your entries in by Saturday night.The winner will be contacted by email on Sunday so they can join the class on Monday!

If you have any questions you can email Jennifer at jennifergrace@hotmail.co.uk.

June is going to be an exciting month!

 

A Giveaway (For National Scrapbooking Day)

Hello and a very Happy National Scrapbooking Day to you!!

Today is the day when papercrafters all around the world celebrate their love for pretty paper, inks, paints and embellishments!!

We are celebrating at S J Crafts with challenges, giveaways, special offers and fun happening both here on the blog and on our Facebook Page. Hopefully you will get some time to indulge in this wonderful hobby of ours and join in with some of the fun but if you're not around today (I know how manic life can get!) don't worry as most of the challenges and giveaways will remain open for at least a few days to give you time to catch up!

We kicked off yesterday with a sketch challenge with the chance for one lucky entry to win a £10 voucher.

 

Today we are getting things started with a fantastic GIVEAWAY!!!

To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is pop over to the S J Crafts Facebook Page and "Like" our page. Then simply leave a comment on the Giveaway post on the facebook page. Yes, that's it! Easy!!

 

One "liker" who has also left a comment on the Giveaway facebook post will be chosen at random to win the Photo Freedom Bundle of 5 double sided papers, sticker sheet and pack of photo sleeves!!

 

Click here for S J Crafts Facebook Page!!

 

The Giveaway will close at 10pm (BST) Tuesday 7th May!

 

Good Luck!!

 

I'll be back soon with more fun for NSD!!!

 

Winners of Challenge 10 & 11 AND the Future of our Challenges

Hi Everyone!
It's Jenny here with the winners for Challenge 10 & 11!
Huge apologies for the long delay in announcing the winners of the last two challenges .... real life got in the way for a while.

First up Challenge 10

Our winner of a £5 voucher to spend in the S J Crafts Shop!, selected using random.org is.....

 

No 10!!

 

 

Thats Anne Marie Lewis !!!  Well Done! 

 

Please e mail sarah at sj papercrafts (dot) co (dot) uk to claim your prize!       

 

Then onto .... Challenge 11

 

Our winner of a Mystery Christmas themed prize!!, selected using random.org is.....

No 37!!

Thats Fiona L !!! Well Done!

Please e mail sarah at sj papercrafts (dot) co (dot) uk and with your address details to send you your prize!  

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The Future of S J Crafts Challenges!

You may have noticed there has not been a challenge this month.
After a lot of thought we have decided not to run the challenges for 2013.
However there will be ad hoc competitions and challenges from time to time with prizes to be won!
And Giveaways too!!
We know how much you like to win stuff!!

These will be both on our Facebook page and right here on this blog!

If you've not already joined our Facebook page ... you can find us on this link:

S J Crafts on Facebook

We'd love you to "like" our page to keep up to date with all our news!

A huge thank you to everyone who entered our challenges in 2012!!
 

Have a great day!

Giveaway Winners!

A huge thank you to everyone who entered the Giveway to win a 12 x 12 collection kit from the shop!!

I used a random number generator to pick one comment from all those eligible and I am happy to announce the winner of the kit is:

Sandra

Sandra's comment was "This is my first visit to your blog. I am very impressed with your DT member's use of the collection and how much she managed to get out of it! I had a little look back at the older posts to catch up. I think I would like the chance to use the same kit that she used if I was lucky enough to win!"

As you know there was also the chance to win a second prize for sharing the giveaway on your own blog ..... 

The winner of the pack of 12 x 12 sheets of paper (various designs & manufacturers) is:

Jim Jams

Congratulations to both Sandra and Jim Jams - if you could both please drop me an e mail to sarah@sjpapercrafts.co.uk with your address details, I'll get your goodies sent off to you!

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Don't forget tomorrow is the day the new monthly challenge goes live so don't forget to pop back and see what our new theme is!!

Not ONE But TWO GIVEAWAYs!!!

All this week, DT member, Louise has been showing you the five layouts she made with just 1 Echo Park collection kit!

If you missed them, there was this layout documenting her son's love for pigs and this one which featured multiple photos and lots of journalling and this post with two more layouts and the final post with a fifth layout. 

Louise has three young boys, who often feature in her scrapbook pages, mini books and crafty projects. She takes amazing photographs and tells fabulous stories of her busy family life. She regularly posts her layouts, creative projects, photos and stories on her blog Boys, Bugs and Beautiful Buttons - do pop by and say "Hi"!!

So .... the Giveaway!!! 

As we have been focusing on 12 x 12 collection kits this week, I have ONE kit to give away to ONE lucky winner! 

What do you have to do to win??

Easy .... first of all become a follower of this blog (if you're not already) and then visit the S J Crafts Shop and take a look at the kits available and then come back here and leave a comment on this post telling me which collection kit you would like to win. 

One comment will be picked at random to win a collection kit! 

(where possible this will be the kit you have picked and put in your comment but if it is out of stock you will be offered an alternative kit!)

But that's not all .....

I also have a selection of twelve 12 x 12 papers (different designs, different manufacturers but all beautiful!!) to give away to one person who also mentions this giveaway on their blog, either in your sidebar or within a post. You must include a link to this post and leave a comment on this post to be eligible for entry into the draw for papers!

 

Both winners will be picked at random on Monday 15th October from all those eligible!!

The giveaways will close at 10pm on Friday 12th October so make sure you've entered by then and both are open internationally!

Please remember to "follow" this blog and leave your comment!!

Good Luck!

A Blog event - This weekend!!

Many of you will already know of Jennifer and the amazing work she creates as a member of our design team! 

This weekend, she is hosting her own fabulous blog event!

The fun kicks off this coming Friday with posts every hour from 4pm-10pm and then from 10am-10pm on Saturday and Sunday (BST) including a blog hop, tips, tutorials, challenges and lots of GIVEAWAYS! 

See more info over on her blog here!! 

You don't want to miss it!!

Give Away Winner!!

Firstly huge apologies it has taken a while to draw the winner of my giveaway!

Now, I know there are fancy systems like the Random Generator or whatever it's called for selecting winners but I much prefer the old fashioned method of picking a piece of paper out of the bowl, unfold it and see whose name is written on it!

So, this afternoon I wrote all the names on slips of paper and asked my daughter to choose one!

And the winner is .......

Lisa-Jane !!!

You win all of this! Well Done!

I will be back soon to announce the brand new S J Crafts Design Team.

I had a tough time choosing from all the applicants but got there in the end!