January Challenge

Happy New Year to one and all !!

Whatever you did last evening I hope you have a great time and are all rearing to go with a new challenge. And that's not all, as we are also having a Blog Hop, so I will deal with the new challenge theme first and them move on to the Hop.

Our challenge theme for January which will run for the the whole month as usual is:

A Winters Tale

We would like you to take inspiration from Queens 1995 hit song title or if you prefer Shakespeare's slant on things, as always how you interpret it is completely your choice. All we ask is that you have fun and of course remember the rules and that you can combine your entry with up to five other challenges.

This months lucky winner will receive this super prize from the lovely guys at Sir Stampalot.............................got you all going there, yes this month it's a surprise, but you know it will be fabulous.........I will tease you and say it includes a set of very special stamps worth £70 that you can't buy anywhere !!

Edited 11/1/11 - Our Hop has now ended but the challenge continues as usual until the end of the month.

Now for the Blog Hop, this is going to be such fun and so many prizes to be won. It starts today and will finish at midnight BST on 10th January.

For those of you who have never joined in a Hop before this is what you need to do:

1) Start from here and leave a comment on this post.
2) Visit all DT blogs and Smudges - nine in total listed below

3) Leave a comment on each.
4) Collect a letter clue from each
5) Use those letters along with the ones already given in the grid below to make two words and mail you answer to me: brenda@ibas.co.uk

Your starting point is here and each blog you visit will tell you where you should have arrived from and where you need to go next, but if you get lost you can come back here and start afresh...........have fun.........

Lorraine
Clare
Francesca
Brenda
Tracy
Smudes
Pinky
Chris
Sally

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There will be a prize up for grabs on each blog you visit and a winner will be selected from all those who leave a comment.......each person on your Hop will have a picture of their prize. And the winner selected from all correct answers mailed to me will get this lovely Martha Stewart round the page punch set.

Now some DT inspiration for this months challenge.......that will run as usual until midday BST on 28th of January, so plenty of time to enter.

First up our January Guest Designer Claire who has created this stunning piece of artwork for us........................

Brenda

Chris

Clare

Francesca

Lorraine

Pinky


Sally


Tracy