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#30 Carly (who's only 13!)

message from Kris:

Happy Birthday Juelmarie!! Wishing you all the happiness and sweetness to brighten your day, today and every day forward!!!

so, although a little late, please hop on over to Juelmarie's blog and wish her the best birthday ever!! Juelmarie, i'm SO sorry i'm late!!!! Hugs to you girly!!

Challenge #68 -- Anything Goes

2012-02-20T00:05:00.000-08:00

Welcome to this week's challenge which is an Anything Goes challenge. So go ahead and link up your creations. We are sponsor free this week so no prize up for grabs but we will still be choosing our Top 3.

Our designers have some fabulous projects for you this week.

Get crafty!

Challenge #67 Winners

2012-02-19T08:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Sunday everyone! Thanks to all of you who participated in last week's With Love...anything but a card challenge. Although some of you entered cards and would not qualify for this week's sponsored prize, we were so excited to see everyone's great work! Our random winner of the 2 Karber Images of choice from this week's sponsor Karber Stamps

is...#14 Lena

Congratulations Lena! Please check out the Karber shop http://www.karberdigital.com and then email us at lollipopcrafts@gmail.com with your image choices and we'll make sure you get those. Please put Challenge #67 winner in the subject line please!

Now onto our top three this week.....like I said before great entries this week. Our fans are just so talented, it always makes it so hard to choose a top 3!
In no order they are....

#23 Debbie Dabbles

#33 Julie P

Ladies..way to go and make sure you grab your blog badges from the sidebar! Stop by tomorrow for another sweet challenge and some fabulous inspiration from the Lollipop team!

Sponsor Spotlight on Karber Stamps

2012-02-16T00:05:00.000-08:00

Welcome Lollipop Crafts fans! Alanna here bringing you some more information on our lovely sponsor, Karber Stamps. This week's randomly chosen winner will receive 2 digital images of his/her choice. And here's a bit about them.

"KARBER is a company created by Karla Barradas and Berenice Rendon. All began for passion to art and crafts, as friends we decided to join our different talents. In July 2010 that journey would lead us from hobby to a business and “Karber Digital Images” was created. Recently, Karber Digital Images expanded to offer it's customers rubber stamps available through Sparkle Creations Store (http://www.shop-sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/category/karber) and therefore, have changed their name simply to Karber Stamps. Visit Karber Stamps store at http://www.karberdigital.com/ or their blog at http://karbers.blogspot.com/.

And here are some creations using these darling images.

Thanks to all who have played along so far in this week's Love challenge. You all are so creative. Make sure to come back on Sunday for our winner's post to see if you are the winner of the 2 digital images from Karber Stamps or have been chosen as our Top 3 for the week.

Challenge # 67-With Love

2012-02-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

Good Monday Morning everyone! Welcome to another sweet challenge here at Lollipop Crafts. With Valentine's Day tomorrow we still want to share the love and we would love to see some NON CARD creations from you! Tags, boxes, frames, layouts..anything that represents a love theme and is not a card.
This week we are happy to have Karber sponsoring our challenge.

The winner is going to receive 2 images of their choice and make sure you come back on Thursday when Alanna and her team will highlight some of Karber's great images.

Here are some great projects from my team this week to get your mojo flowing

Kris

Please link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation and not just the generic link to your blog. Generic blog links will be disabled or deleted. To get the full URL, click the title of your blog post (which will load a page that has just that post on it), then copy and paste the URL.

Winners for Challenge #66

2012-02-12T12:00:00.000-08:00

WOW, we had 128 entries for our challenge this week. Thanks to all who played along.
First, our randomly chosen winner of this week's prize from Meljen's Designs is #37 Peggy M - the Wired Angel. Please contact Nicole at nicole.anderson@insi and include the subject line Lollipop Crafts Challenge Winner and include the names of your FOUR (4) digi choices (pre-colored images do not apply) in the body of the email to claim their prize.ghtbb.com

Now, onto this week's Top 3. There were so many wonderful entries but we can only have 3 winners.

#112 Loretta

#40 Mary Marsh

#60 Sheryl C

Ladies, please take our Top 3 blinkie from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blogs. Thanks once again to Meljen's Designs for being such a wonderful sponsor and to all of our participants who played along. Make sure to come back tomorrow for another new challenge and sponsor.

Crafty hugs!

A very SPECIAL day!

2012-02-11T02:05:00.000-08:00

Today is a very special day for one of Lollipop Crafts very own Lollipop Girls, who is not only a SWEET teammate, but also an awesome friend and GREAT LEADER!!!!

Happy Birthday Tammy!!!! May all your wishes come true, today, tomorrow and every day forward!!

In celebration of Tammy's birthday, some of the Lollipop Girls created some very sweet and appropriate cards to help Tammy celebrate!

Alanna

And a few words too....

Hey Tammy!!

Wishing you all the best today and always! Happy Birthday!!

xxx

Leanne

Hoping your day is a SPECIAL as you are and full of sweetness!!! XOXO, Kris

Please join us in sending some birthday wishes of your own to Tammy!!!

Happy Birthday Tammy!!!

Sponsor Spotlight

2012-02-09T06:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome everyone to today's sponsor spotlight. I am happy to highlight Meljen's Designs this week.

Now a bit of information for you on our great sponsor!

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!

Our winner this week will be lucky enough to win 4 images of their choice from Meljen's great collection!

to give you a sample here is T team with some great projects featuring Meljen's designs.

Don't forget to enter for your chance to win. You can find the post here

Challenge #66 -- Make a Valentine's Day Card

2012-02-06T00:05:00.000-08:00

Good monring to all our crafty friends out there. Alanna here bringing you this week's challenge which is to make a Valentine's Day card. This is an easy one, right?

It's the first week of the month which means Meljen's Designs is our sponsor. We are so pleased that Meljen's Designs sponsors us each month. This week's randomly chosen winner will receive 4 digi images. Make sure to come back on Thursday when Tammy and her team will have some projects using these darling images.

Here's what our designers have for you this week.

Sony

challenge # 65 Winners

2012-02-05T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hello one and all! Thank you for another wonderfully successful anything goes challenge. It has been great going through your entries this week. Such a plethora of fabulousness! Our top3 this week in no particular order are

#130 Yenni

#54hazel

#225 Lorraine

Way to go ladies! Congratulations. Please grab your badge from the sidebar and wear it proudly. Make sure you join us tomorrow for a brand new challenge!

Challenge #65 Anything Goes

2012-01-30T00:00:00.000-08:00

Here we are with another Monday challenge for you Lollipop Fans! It's a just for fun challenge this week, which means no sponsor and it means ANYTHING GOES! Show us what you are creating this week! Both teams are bringing you some great inspiration to help get those creative juices flowing!

Sony

Now it's your turn! Happy Crafting!

Challenge #64 Winners

2012-01-29T06:47:00.000-08:00

Happy Sunday and thanks to all who entered last week's Wing It challenge. Fabulous entries as always.

Thanks again to Robyn's Fetish for sponsoring our challenge.

Our random winner this week is #26 Julie P!

Julie please contact Susan susan_paulson@verizon.net with your choice of either 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set. Here's the link to the store http://robynsfetish.com/shop/. Please make sure you put WINNER OF THE LOLLIPOP CRAFTS CHALLENGE in your subject line and be sure to include your contact information. CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations as well to this week's top three (in no order)

#12 Jamilie

#40Margreet

#47Crafty C

Way to go ladies! Please grab your badge from our sidebar for your blogs! Thanks again to everyone and see you back here tomorrow for a new challenge!

Sponsor Spotlight on Robyn's Fetish

2012-01-26T00:05:00.000-08:00

Happy Thursday Lollipop fans! I'm thrilled to tell you a bit more about our sponsor this week, Robyn's Fetish.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is
is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner her choice of 5 digital stamps.

Now for some eye candy using these darling images.

Don't forget that there's still time to play along in this week's challenge, which is to Wing It. And don't forget to come back on Sunday to see if you are one of this week's winners.

challenge #64-Wing it

2012-01-23T07:31:00.000-08:00

Hello all! Another start to another week and that means a brand new challenge. Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish

and Alanna and her team will have all the details as well as some great new projects using Robyn's images for you.
Our challenge this week for you is to Wing It--we want to see projects with wings in it..so fairies, butterflies, insects, etc....
Here is Team T's inspiration for you this week

We would love to see your creations for this week's challenge.

Winners for Challenge #63

2012-01-22T12:00:00.000-08:00

It's time to announce this week's winner of the $5 gift voucher from Digital Delights and this week's Top 3. First off, our Top 3. Winners, please grab the blinkie from the sidebar of our blog and display it proudly on your blogs.

#17 Have a scrap Happy Day

#9 Dori

#29 Fliss

And a big congrats to #33, Sheena B who has won the $5 gift voucher to Digital Delights. Sheena, please email lollipopcrafts@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Thanks to everyone who played along with our no embellishments challenge and a big thanks to Digital Delights for being such a terrific sponsor. Make sure to come back tomorrow for a new challenge with a new sponsor.

Sponsor Spotlight

2012-01-19T07:19:00.000-08:00

Hello to you all. I really hope it is warm where you are right now! Here in my neck of the woods in Alberta Canada it has been a balmy -31C pretty much all week long. Perfect days to stay in and create. This week, we are happy to spotlight our sponsor Digital Delights.

And now a word from our sponsor ;)

Welcome to Digital Delights by Louby Loo, a magical place filled with digital creations from all walks of life. We are your one stop shop for all your digital stamps and digital products which are instantly downloadable. We also have a wide range of digital papers and svg cut files for all your crafting projects. Our low prices reflect our belief that crafting should not only be fun but affordable too!!

Other services include custom blog design and custom watermarks. Why wait for snail mail? Start creating with our instant downloads today!

This week's winner is going to win a fabulous $5 GC from Digital Delights to choose some great images of their own.

In the meantime, here is some inspiration for you with some great DD images

You still have time to get in on this week's NO EMBELLISHMENT challenge so be sure to upload your projects here to qualify to win this week's prize.

Challenge #63 -- No Embellishments

2012-01-16T00:05:00.000-08:00

Alanna here bringing you this week's challenge which might be a tough one for some of you but I'm sure you can find a way. The challenge is to NOT use any embellishments on your card, scrapbook page or project.

Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights. Come back on Thursday where you'll hear more about them and see some samples using their darling images.

Now onto some eye candy from the A team designers.

Winners for Challenge #62

2012-01-15T12:00:00.000-08:00

Good afternoon. I hope you all are enjoying your weekend so far. I'm pleased to announce this week's Top 3. If you are on this list, please grab the blinkie from the sidebar.

#23 Carol

#39 Kym's Crafty Cards

#50 Kerry

And a big thanks to all those who played along this week. We had a great turnout and I hope you'll come back for tomorrow's challenge. Crafty hugs!

Challenge #62 -- Anything NEW goes

2012-01-09T00:05:00.000-08:00

Good morning Lollipop Craft fans. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and the design team is thrilled to be back with you this week.

Our challenge this week is an anything goes challenge with a twist. Use anything NEW on your card or project. Just a couple of items to mention. Both teams are playing along together this week and it is a sponsor free week. Now onto some eye candy from our designers.

Happy 2012!!!

2012-01-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

Lollipop Crafts and it's wonderful designers wish you and yours a
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

May your 2012 yeear be full of happiness, lots of creativity, very healthy and absolutely blessed!!

Cheers and Hugs,
Kim, Kris
Tammy, Alanna
Denise, Julemarie, Mimi
Christy, Cyndi, Leanne, Sony and Joanna

**Challenges will resume on January 9, 2012.

Wishing you....

2011-12-25T00:01:00.000-08:00

From the DT here at Lollipop Crafts, we wish you all a SAFE and Happy Holiday Season!!

May the stockings be hung, the tree lighted bright, presents bring smiles
and Dear Ol' Santa stuffed with cookies and milk...

Merry Christmas one and all, from our families to yours!!!

With LOVE and Blessings,
Kim, Kris,
Alanna, Tammy,
Juelmarie, Sony, Christy, Leanne,
Mimi, Joanna, Denise and Cyndi

Challenge #61-Winners

2011-12-18T07:36:00.000-08:00

Good Morning to you all! Thank you for such a great response to last week's challenge. With the busy holidays it was great that you were still able to take some time to be crafty and to share it with us.

A big thank you to Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps for sponsoring this challenge.

Our random winner of the $10 Stitchy Bear gift certificate is #79 Robin C! Congratulations Robin! Please email us at lollipopcrafts@gmail.com with Challenge #61 winner in the heading and we will arrange to get your prize to you!

Now for the top 3 in no particular order:

#84 Chantal

#42Rebecca

#24Catherine

Congratulations ladies! Don't forget to grab your badge from the sidebar.

On behalf of the lollipop crafts team I want to wish you and yours a very happy holiday season in whatever way you choose to celebrate! We have enjoyed bringing you challenges over this last year and seeing such creativity and beauty in your projects! The team will be taking some time to spend with their families over the holidays and will be back on January 9 2012 with the first challenge of the New Year! We hope to see you there!

Sponsor Spotlight on Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps

2011-12-15T01:05:00.000-08:00

Happy Thursday to you. It's time for our sponsor spotlight on Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps.

Here's a bit about them.

"Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps. We started this store on April 1st, No fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha. I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...

I've been creating stamps for less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there were much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone... stitchy xoxox"

Up for grabs this week is a $10 gift certificate to the Stitchy Bear store. Play along with us and then come back on Sunday to see if you are this week's randomly chosen winner for this great prize.

Now onto some eye candy from our designers using these fabulous images.

There is still time to play along this week. We'll see you back here on Sunday when we announce this week's Top 3 and the winner of the $10 gift certificate to Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps. And a big thanks to Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps for sponsoring us this week!

Challenge #61- Happy Holidays

2011-12-12T00:00:00.000-08:00

Wow! Can you believe it..Christmas is only a couple of weeks away! I hope you are ready for the holidays...Just a quick reminder that this is the last challenge for 2011...the Lollipop team will be taking a break from December 18th until January 8th in order to spend time with their families. The blog will return on January 9th with all new challenges for you!

Now, onto this week's challenge..the theme is HAPPY HOLIDAYS and we would like to see our holiday themed cards and or projects! I'm sure many of you are still working on some ..I know I am! We are sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps and Alanna and her team will have more on Stitchy Bear and this week's awesome prize on Thursday with the Sponsor Spotlight..

So here's some inspiration from my team to help you get started~!

Winners for Challenge #60

2011-12-11T12:00:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all of those who played along with last week's color challenge. I'm happy to announce this week's winners. First off, our randomly selected winner of 4 digi images from Meljen's Designs is # 13 Pritesh. Pritesh, please email Nicole at nicole.anderson@insightbb.com to claim your prize.

Second, our Top 3 for this week.

#3 Catherine

#8 Laura

#9 Crafty Teacher

Again, we want to give a big thanks to all of this week's participants as well as to our fabulous sponsor, Meljen's Designs. Make sure to come back tomorrow for the last challenge of the year before our holiday break.

Spotlighting Meljen's Designs

2011-12-08T00:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to this week's sponsor spotlight! Today we are highlighting the ever popular Meljen's Designs.

If you aren't familiar already with Meljen's, here's a little information for you...

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 her new store to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

This week's winner will receive 4 digis of their choice as a prize!

Below, my team has some sweet eye candy highlighting some of Mel's great images

Challenge #60 -- A color challenge

2011-12-05T00:05:00.000-08:00

Good morning Lollipop Craft fans. Alanna here bringing you this week's challenge which is a color challenge. Use dark red, chocolate and cream on your project.

It's the first challenge of the month which means Meljen's Designs is our sponsor. You'll hear more about them later in the week.

Here's what our designers from the A team have this week for you.

Challenge #59 B is for .......Winner

2011-12-04T00:00:00.000-08:00

Wow! Thanks to everyone who entered last week's challenge sponsored by the fabulous Karber Stamps

The winner of the 2 Stamps of choice is #31 Catherine. Congratulations! Please check out the Karber store
http://www.karberdigital.com and then email us at lollipopcrafts@gmail.com with your choices and we will arrange to get them to you!
Our top three this week are...

#97 NY Debbie

#11 Lis-M

#97Debbie dolphin

congratulations ladies. Please grab your blinkie from the sidebar! Stay tuned tomorrow for our next great challenge for you!

Sponsor Spotlight on Karber Stamps

2011-12-01T00:05:00.000-08:00

Happy Thursday to you. I'm happy to tell you a bit more about this week's sponsor, Karber Stamps.

KARBER is a company created by Karla Barradas and Berenice Rendon. All began for passion to art and crafts, as friends we decided to join our different talents. In July 2010 that journey would lead us from hobby to a business and “Karber Digital Images” was created. Recently, Karber Digital Images expanded to offer it's customers rubber stamps available through Sparkle Creations Store (http://www.shop-sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/category/karber) and therefore, have changed their name simply to Karber Stamps. Visit Karber Stamps store at http://www.karberdigital.com/ or their blog at http://karbers.blogspot.com/.

This week's randomly chosen winner will win 2 digi images.

Now onto what our designers have for you using Karber's darling images. And we'd also like to thank Ashley for being such a wonderful guest designer for the month of November.

Ashley -- guest designer

There's still plenty of time to join us in this week's challenge which can be seen here. Thanks to those of you who have already played along.

Challenge #59 B is for.........................

2011-11-28T00:00:00.000-08:00

Greetings and Salutations to you all! It's another Monday morning and we are ready to start your week off with a fun new challenge!

This week....we want to see your B's....bling, bows, buttons, blue, brown....etc, whatever you can come up with that starts with B we want to see it! This week our sponsor is Karber Stamps!

Alanna and her team will give you the great info on our sponsor on Thursday along with all the prize information!.....hint hint..think about which of their images you like the best.....:)

My team is happy to bring you some great inspiration to brighten your Monday. Enjoy and we look forward to seeing your great projects this week!

Anything goes challenge has some top 3s....

2011-11-27T12:00:00.000-08:00

Hello Lollipop Crafts Friends!! We sure hope those of you that have celebrated the Thanksgiving weekend has survived it amongst your wonderful family and friends and perhaps so retail therapy!! And for those that have not or do not celebrate Thanksgiving, we sure hope you still took advantage of the great sales happening round the states!!

Thank you so much for participating in our Anything goes challenge this week! It's always fun to see the wonderful creations everyone has been working on. We can't THANK YOU enough for sharing your wonderful talents with us!

Before we get on to our Top 3 picks, just a friendly reminder that Lollipop Crafts will be breaking for the holiday beginning December 18th - January 8, 2012. Challenge blog will resume on January 9th. Don't worry, our FAB team leaders will post reminders on the upcoming challenges.

Alright, time to reveal the Top 3!! Listed in no particular order...

Sally McD - with this CUTE Thank you card

Claudia with this sno-wonderful Snowman. Fantastic detailing!

Lorianna with this beautiful and simple card (love the color combo)

Wonderful creations this week ladies! Please grab our Top 3 badge on the sidebar to display on your blogs and tell your friends that you've made the Top 3 picks at Lollipop Crafts!!

Another round of huge Thank yous to each and every one of you that comes here to play our challenges and support our blog!! We could have not made it this far without you!! Continue to link up each week for our For Fun Challenges as well as our prize sponsored challenges. Top 3 is always picked with each challenge, whether there is a prize or not, so you just never know if your creation will be featured!! Stay tuned for another fun challenge coming your way tomorrow!!

Challenge #58 -- Anything Goes

2011-11-21T00:05:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday to you all. This week's challenge is an easy one, anything goes. There is no sponsor this week so there will be no prize drawing at the end of the week but we will still have our Top 3 next Sunday.

Both teams are playing along together this week and there are some awesome projects.

Ashley - November Guest Designer

Ashley -- November's guest designer

Winners for Challenge #57

2011-11-20T17:27:00.000-08:00

Sorry to be late in posting this week's winners. But here they are. First off, the winner of the $15 gift certificate to Just Some Lines.

#16 Lisa s

And now for this week's Top 3.

#2 Dora

#10 Hilda

#13 Lorainne A

Thanks so much to all the participants this week and to Just Some Lines for being such a great sponsor. Don't forget to come back tomorrow for next week's challenge.

Sponsor Spotlight - Just Some Lines

2011-11-17T00:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to today's sponsor spotlight on Just Some Lines!

Just Some Lines is a relatively new digital shop where lines bring characters to life. It has approximately 200 digital stamps which were drawn by Jehanne, the owner. Jehanne is a self taught artist and a stay at home mum who enjoys drawing whimsical characters.

This week Jehanne has graciously offered a $15 gift certificate to the Just Some Lines store! Make sure you check out the challenge post to find out how you can win this great prize.

To get you motivated and inspired, here is some great candy from my team this week using some JSL
images...

Leanne

Denise

Juelmarie

Tammy

Christy

Challenge #57 -- Use Embossing and no Designer Paper

2011-11-14T06:49:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday to you all. Alanna here bringing you this week's challenge which is to use embossing, any type, with no designer papers on your project. We've got a great sponsor this week, Just Some Lines, which you'll learn more about later in the week. This week's randomly chosen participant will win a $15 voucher to the store.

Here's what the A team designers have for you this week.

Now it's your turn!

Challenge #56 Winner

2011-11-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

A big thank you to all who played in last week's Fall/Thanksgiving challenge sponsored by Meljen's Designs

The lucky winner of the 4 Digital images of choice is #28 Paula!
To claim your prize, please contact Nicole at nicole.anderson@insightbb.com. Please put Lollipop Challenge winner in your subject line and she will get you sorted!

This week's top 3 in no order are
#11 Maria Matter

#34 GroTjeltviet

#31 Elizabeth H

Congratulation ladies! Please grab your badge from the sidebar and wear it with pride on your blogs!

Great job to everyone who played with us and come back tomorrow for a brand new challenge!

Sponsor Spotlight on Meljen's Designs

2011-11-10T00:05:00.000-08:00

Good morning and a happy Thursday to you. Our spotlight sponsor this week focuses on Meljen's Designs and here's a bit about them.

This week's randomly chosen winner will receive 4 digital images of his/her choice. Now onto some eye candy from some of our designers using these adorable images.

Ashley - November GDT

Thanks to all who have participated this week in our challenge and remember that there's still a couple more days to play along for your chance at being one of our Top 3 for the week or for winning the 4 digital images from Meljen's Designs.

Challenge #56 Thanksgiving/Fall

2011-11-07T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! It's the first Monday of November! Can you believe it already?? Before we know it, Christmas will be here! YIKES!

We are happy to be bringing you a new challenge this week and we welcome our November Guest Designer Ashley as well!
Our Challenge for you this week is Thanksgiving/Fall...so we can't wait to see all your gorgeous creations.
This week's challenge brought to you by the wonderful Meljen's Designs

Alanna and her team will have more for you in the Sponsor Spotlight on Thursday.

My team has brought you some great inspiration pieces this week....

Now it's your turn!

Winners: Anything Goes

2011-11-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

Wow! Thank you to everyone who played along in our anything goes challenge! Fabulous entries by all. Here are this week's top 3 in no particular order

#53 Mary C

#144 Silke Ledlow

#41 Mulle Snuttan

Congratulations ladies! Please grab your badge from the sidebar and wear it proudly.

Make sure you join us tomorrow as we will have a brand new challenge for you!

Meet our November Guest Designer

2011-11-01T17:26:00.001-07:00

We have a GUEST designer joining us here at Lollipop Crafts for November!! Yay!! Please meet....

Ashley Walker

I'm a 40-yr-old mother of one HANDSOME 11-year-old son (bd 9/26/99) and one PRECIOUS 2-year-old son (bd 1/16/09). I've been married to the most wonderful man in the world for 6 1/2 years, and I LOOOOOVE being a Marine wife! My husband has helped me through some very hard times, and I wouldn't be the person I am today without his love and support. He is my rock, my soul mate, and my one true love; without him, I am nothing. He is a gunnery sergeant (active-duty) in the United States Marine Corps (19 1/2 years!), and I am proud and honored to stand beside him as his wife. I've been paper crafting since my oldest was just a few years old, but my style has evolved SOOO much!! My husband and children are my inspiration, and most of my layouts focus on them. I enjoy altering different things, and I've recently gotten into card making and found that I LOOOOVE it!!!!! There are still things I want to learn and techniques I want to try, and I'm always looking for more inspiration!

Welcome Ashley! We hope you have a SWEET time with us and look forward to your creative style!

When you have a moment, please join us in giving Ashely a very warm welcome to the team... You get to see her very first debut creation on Monday! Stick around....

Challenge # 55 Anything Goes

2011-10-31T06:51:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween! We hope that you will have a spook-tacular day today! We are happy to bring you an ANYTHING GOES challenge this week! I'm sure many of you love those ones and we are excited to see what creations you have for us!

We have some great inspiration pieces for you this week to enjoy and I hope you will visit our DT blogs and leave them some spooky wishes!

Sony

A big Thank you

2011-10-30T10:12:00.000-07:00

to our October Guest Designer Linda! It has been a pleasure having her on the team with us and we hope that you will continue to check out her great projects on her blog.

Don't forget to check the post below for our newest winners and to check in with us tomorrow for a new challenge.

Tuesday we announce a new Guest Designer for November...always something going on here!

Happy Crafting everyone!

Challenge #54 Winners

2011-10-30T07:25:00.000-07:00

Good Morning everyone! A big thank you to everyone who participated in last week's embellishment challenge! Fabulous entries and so hard to pick winners for this week.

In no particular order, our top 3 are:

#52 Mandy

#96 Einat

#37 Amelia

Congratulations ladies! Please grab your blinkie from the sidebar and wear it proudly on your blogs.

The winner of the three digi's of choice from our great sponsor Inked Treasures is #43 Judy!.

Congratulations Judy! To claim your prize please contact Ashley from Inked Treasures at ashley@inkedtreasures.com with the Lollipop Crafts Winner in the subject line. Enjoy your prize!

Stay tuned tomorrow for our next challenge!

Sponsor Spotlight on Inked Treasures

2011-10-27T00:05:00.000-07:00

I'm thrilled to introduce you all to our wonderful sponsor this week, Inked Treasures. Here's a bit what it's owner, Ashley, has to say.

Inked Treasures is a new digital(digi) stamp website. Right now there are
3 main animal characters that do fun human activities:
Bella-the bear
Ellie-the elephant
Lenny-the lion

I have always loved coloring images for my cards and scrapbook pages and I
wanted to create a digi stamp line that has fun stamps with larger open
lines. All the Inked Treasures stamps are just begging to be colored,
glittered, glossy accented, flocked and more!!

This week's randomly chosen winner will receive 3 digital images of his/her choice. Now onto some eye candy using these darling images from our designers.

Linda -- Guest Designer

There's still time to play in this week's embellish it challenge. Click here to get started. And remember to check back Sunday to see if you are one of this week's winners!

Challenge #54-Embellish It!

2011-10-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday to you all and welcome to another challenge here at Lollipop Crafts. We have a fun one for you and a personal favorite of mine to be sure~
It's all about the embellishments and we would like to see AT LEAST 3 EMBELLISHMENTS on your projects this week. I'm all about the embellies!!!! Our sponsor this week is the very fun Inked Treasures~!

You will find out more about our great sponsor and this week's prize on Thursday with Alana and her team in the sponsor spotlight!

Now here is some fun inspiration for you from me and the team this week!

Winners for Challenge #53

2011-10-23T12:00:00.000-07:00

It's time to announce our Top 3 for this week along with our randomly chosen prize winner for 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set, from Robyn's Fetish.

Our top 3 in no particular order. Congrats ladies and please grab the blinkie from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blogs.

Jen

Lorraine

Deeanna

#25, Jennifer Scull, you are this week's prize winner. Jennifer, please do the following to claim your prize.
      a. contact susan at: susan_paulson@verizon.net
      b. visit the store at:   http://robynsfetish.com/shop/
      c. choose EITHER 5 Robyn's Fetish digital stamps OR 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set.
      d. type "WINNER OF THE LOLLIPOP CRAFTS CHALLENGE" in the SUBJECT line of the email
      e. type the names of the 5 chosen Robyn's Fetish digital products in the BODY of the email, along with all contact information.

Thanks to all of our participants who made last weeks no sentiments allowed challenge a success. We'd also like to thank Robyn's Fetish for being a terrific sponsor. Come back tomorrow for a new challenge and sponsor.

Sponsor Spotlight: Robyn's Fetish

2011-10-20T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Welcome to Thursday and this week's spotlight on our sponsor Robyn's Fetish!

A bit about our sponsor!

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is
is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set of their choice. A great prize to our lucky winner!

Now..on to some DT inspiration for you using some of Robyn's great images

Don't forget, you still have a few days left to enter our no sentiments allowed challenge to win this great prize!

Challenge #53 -- No sentiments allowed

2011-10-17T00:05:00.000-07:00

Good morning Lollipop fans. Alanna here with this week's challenge which is "no sentiments". Yep, you heard it. Go ahead and create a card where there is no sentiment. We can all use the more generic cards that could be used for any occasion, to have in our stash, right?

Robyn's Fetish is our sponsor once again and you'll hear more about them and see some samples using their cute stamps later in the week with Tammy and her team.

Now onto some fabulous cards from the team.

Linda - Guest Designer

Sony

Challenge #52 Winners

2011-10-16T12:10:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Thank you for your patience in waiting for last week's winners. I was away cropping most of this weekend so this is my first chance to post. Firstly thank you to all our participants in our Critter Challenge and a big thank you as well to Little Miss Muffet Stamps for being a great sponsor!
Our lucky winner of the $10 Gift Certificate to the Little Miss Muffet store is lucky ...

#36 Amy Duff!

Congratulation Amy! Please contact us at lollipopcrafts@gmail.com to arrange for your prize. Please put Challenge #52 Winner in your subject line :)

Let's not forget this week's top 3! A hard choice to be sure but here they are in no order

#19 Mina

#56 Tammie E

#41dj1952 (Debra)

Congratulations to you all and don't forget to grab your blinkie from the sidebar for your blogs! Thanks again to you all and be sure to stop by tomorrow for a brand new challenge!

Spotlight Sponsor on Little Miss Muffet Stamps

2011-10-13T00:05:00.000-07:00

I'm pleased to introduce you all today to Lollipop Craft's newest sponsor, Little Miss Muffet Stamps. One randomly chosen participant this week will win a $10 gift certificate to the store.

Little Miss Muffet Stamps was inspired by a house full of Little Miss Muffets and arachnophobes alike. It isn't too difficult to image how I ended up here since I've been drawing and coloring from the moment I picked up a crayon. Now as I sit in my hobby room I get to share my passion with my own Little Miss Muffets who love to work along side of me.

My motto is still "A stamp a day keeps the stress away" and feel free to visit my gallery at ForgottenScraps.blogspot.com for daily inspiration.

First, here are some samples from the company's owner, Barbara, using these darling images.

And here is what our designers have for you using the Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

Linda -- Guest designer

Mimi

Thanks to all who have played along so far this week. And remember, there's still more than 2 days left for your chance at being chosen as our Top 3 for the week and for your chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

Happy Birthday Kim!!!!!!

2011-10-11T00:05:00.000-07:00

SURPRISE!!!

The Lollipop Girls are invading the blog today to wish our very own Lollipop Crafts Co-Owner, Kim, a very, very sweet HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

In honor of your special day Kim, some of the Lollipop Girls whipped up some special creations to celebrate YOU!!!!

Happy Birthday Kim! ~ Mimi

Happy Birthday Kim!!! Have a wonderful day!! ;) ~ Leanne

Happy Birthday Kim!! ~ Sony

Happy Birthday Kim!! ~ Juelmarie

Happy Birthday Kim! ~ Alanna

Happy Birthday Kim!! ~ Linda - GDT

Happy HAPPY Birthday Kim!! and to many more celebrations for you!! ~ Kris

Kim, we hope your day is filled with everything special just as you are!! Happy, happy Birthday Kim from all of us here at Lollipop Crafts and we wish you many more...

Friends, please stop by Kim's blog and wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY too! and if you do, come back here and let us know!!

Winners for Challenge #51

2011-10-10T06:58:00.000-07:00

Here are our winners for Challenge #51, Halloween. There were a lot of great entries this week and I loved seeing everyone's Halloween creations.

Marilyn Webb

Joyce

Loretta

And our random winner chosen for this week's prize package of 4 digi imagess from Meljen's Designs is #12, Maria Matter. Maria, please contact Nicole at nicole.anderson@insi. ghtbb.com

Thanks to all of our players and to Meljen's Designs for being such a fabulous sponsor. Remember to play along with this week's challenge, posted below, to use critters on your project. See you back here Thursday with more from this week's sponsor.

Challenge #52 Critters

2011-10-10T00:05:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to a new challenge here at Lollipop Crafts..to our Canadian friends HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
My team and I are happy to bring you this week's challenge Critters, which is being sponsored by

Little Miss Muffet Stamps. You will hear more about our great sponsor on Thursday when Alanna and her team bring you the spotlight!

For this week's challenge we would like to see some kind of Critter on your projects, it can be an embellishment, an image, the DP, whatever you would like!

To get the ideas flowing we have some great inspiration pieces for you from the team this week!
We also want to thank Linda for being our Guest Designer this month! I've enjoyed her creations thus far and I hope you have as well.

Spotlighting Meljen's Designs

2011-10-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Thursday everyone! We are one day closer to the weekend! Woohoo! Tammy here with this week's sponsor spotlight on Meljen's Designs!

In case you aren't familiar with our great sponsor here is a bit of info for you!

Our prize from Meljen's this week is 4 digis of the winner's choice! A great prize to be sure... Now on to the fun part..some eye candy from my team this week highlighting some of Meljen's awesome digis!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to enter the Halloween challenge here! Thank you to all of you who have already submitted for the challenge!

Top 3 for the Anything Goes Challenge

2011-10-03T07:33:00.000-07:00

Alanna here bringing you our Top 3 winners from last week's anything goes challenge. My apologies for being so tardy. There were so many wonderful entries and a big thank you to all who played along with us.

Now, here are our Top 3, in no particular order.

Kym's Crafty Cards

Cindy

Patti

Thanks again to everyone who played along and for our Top 3 winners, please grab the badge on the sidebar and display it proudly on your blogs.

And remember to play along with this week's Halloween challenge, posted below!

Challenge #51 - Halloween

2011-10-03T00:00:00.000-07:00

{A little late on Challenge #50 Top 3. We appreciate your patience and that will be up soon. Thank you!}

Can you believe we are in OCTOBER already?!? My, my, how time flies when you're having FUN! You all are having some FUN right?!?

This marks the first challenge of the month and you know what that means!! Meljen's Designs is our FANTABULOUS monthly sponsor!! Meljen's Designs offer you cute whimsy images both in digi and rubber form, but for this cahllenge, ONE LUCKY PLAYER will win their choice of 4 DIGI IMAGES!! That's 4 CUTE digis to add to your collection!! Is that AWESOME or what?! Be sure to check back Thursday, here on the blog for a spotlight on Meljen's and some eye candy from the T Team! Oh, and take notice that the Meljen's link now takes you to the new store, however, Meljen's images are also still available at Whimsy Stamps.

What's the challenge?! Challenge #51 - HALLOWEEN! We are giving you a head start on creating those wonderful Halloween projects. Create anything with the Halloween theme. It can be spooky, cutesy, ghoulish, tricks or treats, just make sure you have some type of Halloween element on your creation. Get creative and join us. Challenge runs until Saturday, October 8th and your creation must be linked up with InLinkz by 8:00 pm PST below. Rules on playing along with the challenges may also be found on the sidebar.

Now onto some SPOOKTACULAR creations from the A Team....

Linda - GDT

Mimi

Cyndi

Joanna

Now that you've been "TREATed" it's time for you to pull out your "TRICKS" and play with us!!

October Guest Designer

2011-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Happy October everyone! It's the first of the month and we are revealing our GUEST DESIGNER!! She'll be joining our wonderful design team this month with her creative style. Please give a warm sugary WELCOME to LINDA SIMPSON!!!! Let's get to know her a little better...

Hello
My name is Linda Simpson and I live in the UK. I have been crafting nearly all my life but eventually got into paper crafting nearly 9 years ago now like many of you crafters out there have also. I love stamping, decoupage, using my distress inks and getting mucky paws and have recently got into using acrylic paints in my crafting, unfortunately I haven’t done a lot of this since I have been so busy doing other things. I set up my own blog in May of this year and I can’t tell you how blown away I am by how many visitors I get and the lovely comments too. I am honoured to be the Guest DT for the month of October and I hope you like my designs for the challenges ahead. I look forward to seeing what creations you come up with for these fabulous challenges.

Happy Crafting my Blogging Friends.

Welcome to the team Linda!! We look forward to all your creative projects and hope you will have a great time with us!!

Please visit her blog and check out her beautiful creations. Her first assignment will be featured on Monday and throughout the month of October so stay tuned!

September Birthday Celebrations

2011-09-30T02:07:00.001-07:00

Whoa, I'm not sure how i let these slip by... i'm usually very on it but the last few months have flown right past me... i hope these ladies will except my apologies...

Please help me send heartfelt wishes to our September babies.... Leanne and Joanna... Happy Birthday and we wish you many more to come!! We aren't late right? We are getting a head start on next year!!

So sorry sweeties!!! Hope you'll forgive!!! =D We do hope all your birthday wishes have come true and that your specials days were super special as your are!! Big hugs to both of you!!!

Challenge #50 -- Anything Goes

2011-09-26T00:00:00.000-07:00

Good morning. Alanna here bringing you this week's challenge which is an easy one -- anything goes. This week, there is no sponsor but we hope you'll play along anyway. Both teams have some great cards for you this week.

Winner of the Anything But a Card Challenge

2011-09-25T09:13:00.000-07:00

Thank you for all the great entries into last week's challenge! So hard to choose winners! Our top 3 are:

#1 Cheryl Walker

#40 kbrandy4

#32Jennifer Scull

congratulations ladies, make sure you grab your badge from the side bar!

The random winner of the great prize from Robyn's Fetish is #46 Karen C.

Congrats Karen...please email lollipopcrafts@gmail.com with the subject line of Challenge #49 winner and we will instruct you on how to claim your prize.

A big thank you to everyone who participated in our challenge and a big shout out to Robyn's fetish

for being our great sponsor this week! A new one starts up tomorrow so make sure you stop on by!

Sponsor Spotlight -- Robyn's Fetish

2011-09-22T00:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome! Today, we are spotlighting this week's sponsor, Robyn's Fetish. Here's a bit about them.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is
is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Winner will receive 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set of their choice.

Now onto some eye candy.

There's still time to enter this week's challenge and have a chance at being chosen a Top 3 pick for the week and to win digi images from Robyn's Fetish. Thanks to all who have submitted entries so far this week.

challenge #49-Anything But a Card

2011-09-19T00:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday everyone! We hope your week is starting out great! Welcome to a new challenge. This week we are challenging you to create a project that is anything but a card..you can do a tag, a layout, a 3D project, something altered..etc.
This week we are being sponsored by Robyn's Fetish

Robyn is giving away a great prize of 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1digital paper set to the lucky winner!

We have some great eye candy for you this week from Team T....

Kim

Okay, now it's time for you to get crafty and show us your great projects. Don't forget to stop by on Thursday when we'll bring you our spotlight on Robyn's Fetish!

Winner for Eyelets and brads challenge

2011-09-18T12:00:00.000-07:00

I'm pleased to announce this week's winners. First, we have our Top 3. There were so many wonderful entries and it was a tough decision but here goes.

#36 Ciska

#32 Scrappy

#22 Lacey Stephens

And a big congrats to #12 Carola, *schoki*, this week's winner of 5 digi images OR 3 clear stamp images from Di's Digi Downloads. Please email lollipopcrafts@gmail.com to arrange your prize.

Thanks again to Di's Digi Downloads for being such an awesome sponsor. Winners, please grab your badge from the blog sidebar and display it proudly on your blogs.

Okay then, that's all I have for today. Make sure to stop by tomorrow for a brand new challenge. Crafty hugs!

Sponsor Spotlight- Di's Digi Downloads

2011-09-15T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hey there everyone! Happy Thursday! We hope you are having a great week. We have had some great entries so far into this week's Brads/Eyelets challenge. Those of you that haven't entered yet, we hope you will do so soon. You still have a few days left to enter to win the great prize sponsored by this week's sponsor

Di's Digi Downloads

We wanted to share a little about our great sponsor with you and highlight some of her awesome images. Here is Di's own telling of her great site....

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I know work as a medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started card making about 4 years ago when I bought my daughter a card making kit which we did together, but i'm afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like minded people. I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so i started to draw myself.

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images and it's just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful work of art. Long may it continue!

We are so happy to have Di sponsoring us this week and our lucky winner will receive 5 digi images or 3 clear stamp images of his or her choice! A SWEET prize to be sure. Now we wanted to give you a bit of eye candy and my team has put together some great project to highlight Di's images.

Use Eyelets or Brads

2011-09-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

Good morning. Alanna here bringing you this week's challenge which is to use eyelets or brads on your project. We've all got them in our stash and now is the time to bust them out. Our sponsor this week is Di's Digi Downloads.

This week's winner will receive his or her choice of 5 digi images or 3 clear stamp images. What a great prize! Come back on Thursday to learn more about our sponsor and see some art from the T team using these great images.

Kim

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you'll get a chance to play along with us this week.

Challenge #47 Winners

2011-09-11T12:38:00.000-07:00

Hello and thank you to those of you who participated in our DOUBLE TEAM challenge last week. A special thank you to Meljen's Designs for their sponsorship!

Our random winner is Crystal with this entered creation

Please email us at lollipopcrafts@gmail.com to claim your prize

And congratulations to

Karen C

Wifey Cookie

Ladies you made the top 3 so please grab your badge from the sidebar and wear it proudly.

Thank you for participating in this week's challenge and hope to see you again as we bring you a new one tomorrow.

Sponsor Spotlight -- Meljen's Designs

2011-09-08T00:00:00.000-07:00

Now onto some eye candy from some of our designers using some fabulous images from Meljen's Designs.

If you haven't had a chance to play along with us yet this week, there's still time. And then check back on Sunday to see if you are the winner of 4 images from Meljen's Designs.

Challenge #47-Double Team

2011-09-05T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Tammy here and we are so excited to be bringing you this new challenge, the debut of our new team members. You are in for some SWEET inspiration this week. Our sponsor this week is the ever fantastic and fun Meljen's Designs!

Make sure you check in later this week as Alanna and the rest of the team will be sharing more on Meljen's! This week the winner will be receiving 4 images of their choice.

Our theme for you this week is DOUBLE TEAM. We would like you to use

2 stamps/images (sentiments count as 1), 2 patterned/designer paper, 2 of the same embellishments (may use more than 1 type in multiples of 2) and 2 ribbons (same or different).

I know that you are going to create some awesome projects this week and to help get your mojo flowing here are some inspiration pieces for you from the Lollipop team this week.

Krista

We are looking forward to seeing all your great creations so don't forget to link up below!

Winners challenge #42

2011-09-04T12:55:00.000-07:00

Hello lollipop fans. THANK YOU very much for joining us! You are very creativity!

Now on top3 picks:

#24 Crystal B.

#15 Beth aka BR-T

#14 Samantha

Ladies, please grab the TOP3 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!

Are you READY to see some NEW faces?

2011-09-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends!!! Today is going to be such a SUGAR RUSH as we INTRODUCE to you some new LOLLIPOPS that will be sharing with you their FLAVORS of creativity, here at Lollipop Crafts!! WHOOP-WHOOP!! Just like a true food critique, we've been on a search for some new flavors over the summer, tasting their styles, reading into their personalities and looking at their creative formations. We THANK all the applicants and ENCOURAGE to try out for the next DT call. Wish we could have given a spot to everyone! So without further adieu, today we introduce to you the 5 NEW Lollipop Girls that will be joining Alanna, Tammy, Mimi, Juelmarie and Denise (our creative DT2 designers that will be moving over to DT3)...

Meet the SWEET Lollipop Girls and stop on over to their blogs and wish them a WARM, SUGARY WELCOME.....

My name is Christy Dillman and I live in a small town 30 miles north of Kansas City, MO. I have a wonderful hubby and 2 very active boys-15 and 6. I started my adventure as a scrapbooker, but quickly became a card maker and love to alter items in addition to a number of other projects. I am Copic certified and love using my Copic markers with digital images! I hope to be able to inspire people with my projects and love to surf blogland to learn new techiniques. I have extensive design team experience and am currently designing for Kaboodle Doodles, Sunday Sketch & Stamp, Cooking It Up with Katie, The Crazy Challenge, and am the Design Team Coordinator for The Stamping Boutique.

If you ask my girlfriends where you will find me they will tell you if I am not buried under my crafting supplies or a mountain of cards, I must be at the baseball fields as hubby coaches oldest son's competitive team. I have also taken up running after losing 50 lbs over the fall, so I try to hit the pavement once a month for a 5K race and in April completed my first 1/2 marathon. I am very honored and excited to be a DT member of Lollipop Crafts and look forward to sharing my projects with you!

Leanne

Aloha everyone! I'm Leanne, but you can call me Lilo. I live in sunny Los Angeles, CA. I've always loved crafts and making things. I started out with drawing as a little kid. When I got older, I tried my hand at scrapbooking, but found out it was too stressful and I didn't have enough patience nor energy for it. When my good friend, Renate, introduced me to cardmaking, I loved it! I have added other projects than just cardmaking, but I think cardmaking is my first love. It's something that I enjoy a lot, besides volleyball which is my second love. I am so happy to be a part of the Lollipop Team and look forward to fun challenges, great inspirations and wonderful new friends. Mahalo!!
:)

My name is Cyndi and I was born and raised on Oahu,HI. I got into paper crafts in August 2009 after graduating from college. I had more time on my hands and found this addicting hobby through surfing the web!! Since then, it has definitely become a passion and I love being inspired by all the wonderful crafters out there! Growing up as a kid, I always loved crafts/art. I remember I hardly watched television, you would also see me drawing or coloring! In high school, I took sewing lessons for a few years and made my own prom dresses! I'm very thankful and excited to be on this team! (My very first DT!)

Sonia (Sony)
Hello, Hola!!
My name is Sonia N. Rivera (call me Sony), born on the beautiful island PUERTO RICO, living with my husband Jaime.
I have one son of 26 years (married, no children) and a daughter of 25 years (she live with me).
Also we have a pet... a dog call "Nacho".
Before I starting on Scrapbook (started between 2003-2004) I was making parchment cards for many years but one day searching parchment paper I found Vellum Paper so my paper craft life change.
I'm a scrapbooker but after I began the scrapbooking I learn how to create different types of cards... now I make more cards than layouts. I like to used rubber and clear stamps but I love use digital stamping.
Love scrapbook, cards, crafts and photography... my passions that make me feel RELAX.
I am so excited to be on the Lollipop design team.. I can't wait to work with a great group of ladies
Visit my personal blog: sonia-studio60.blogspot.com

Joanna

I'm a master of Germanistik, german teacher and city guide for german tourist :-) , I was living for about 18 years in German and 4 years in Afrika. Since 8 years I'm in Poland again with my husband Antoni, my Mama and my No 1 in my live - my son Marek ( 11 years) and of course - 3 cats :-))) Since 1 year I made my cards and I love this very much - bevor I was painting but card making is more practical, because this need not so much space :-)))))

We here at Lollipop Crafts send a SWEET hug to each of these girls as they join us for the new term that begins today until March 2012. You'll LOVE their creative sweetness as much as we do. The first official assignment begins with Monday's challenge, so be sure you come back here and check it out! Can't wait until then, go and visit their personal blogs now!!

A bittersweet farewell...

2011-08-31T06:00:00.000-07:00

Wow!! Can you believe we are at the end of August? The end of summer?? The end of a WONDERFUL 2nd term here at Lollipop Crafts??? My, we seem to loose track of time when we're having fun!!

Today, i'm so sad to write up this post!! And i'm even sadder to say that 2 amazing designers will be ending their term here today.... Please help us send warm hugs and well wishes to Zulma and Agnes as they begin their new adventures!!

Zulma and Agnes, you ladies have brought lots of talent and beautiful creations to Lollipop Crafts!! We THANK YOU both for sharing your creative styles with us and for the friendship! It has been wonderful to get to know you better! We wish you well with many blessings and hope in your creative adventures, you come back here and share with us again!!

Also a big THANK YOU to our August Guest Designer, Maria, for your AWESOME creations this month! We hope you had fun sharing some time with us and hope you continue to join our challenges. Thank you!!

Well fans, send these Lollipop Girls some love and let them know how wonderful they are!

New changes become effective as of tomorrow the 1st as we begin a new term. DT3, and you'll want to stop by tomorrow to take a peek at who will be joining us!! Until then.....

Challengee #46 - Recycle it!

2011-08-29T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Lollipop Fans! Agnes is here. I have a new challenge. Create a Card/Project using something recycled. For example: ribbon from a present, container, jar, tin, etc.

Take a look of our talented DT ladies projects:

Maria -- Guest Designer

Kris

There is no sponsor this week but we hope you still join in the fun. Get your "recycled" creations in by Saturday, September 3rd and YOU may be featured here on Sunday as Lollipop Crafts Top 3!!

Winners of the Make it Masculine Challenge

2011-08-28T16:29:00.000-07:00

First off, a big thanks to all the participants in our make it masculine challenge. There were so many wonderful cards and projects, which makes it tough to narrow choices for a Top 3.

Here are the Top 3 for this week. Ladies, please grab the blinkie on the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

Elaine

Liz Marsden

Scrappy

Now, here's the winner of the 3 digital stamps from Digital Delights. Random number generator chose #13, Netty. Netty, please email lollipopcrafts@gmail.com to claim your prize. Thanks again to Digital Delights for being such a great sponsor.

Thanks again to all our players and make sure to check back tomorrow for a new challenge! And have a great rest of the weekend.

Sponsor Spotlight -- Digital Delights

2011-08-25T01:00:00.000-07:00

I'm happy to tell you more about our fabulous sponsor this week, Digital Delights. They have the cutest images and I know our winner will be thrilled to be able to select 3 images of choice from their great selection of digital images.

Some of our designers have projects using these darling images.

There is still time to play in this week's challenge, make it masculine, for your chance to be chosen as one of our Top 3 plus for the chance to win this week's prize package from Digital Delights.

Challenge #45 -- Make it Masculine

2011-08-22T00:00:00.000-07:00

Good morning Lollipop Fans. Alanna here bringing you this week's challenge, which is to make it masculine. We all know these cards and projects can be more difficult so hopefully this challenge will inspire you to make something for a man or boy in your life.

We are sponsored this week by Digital Delights. Tune back later in the week for more info on them. Winner will receive 3 images of his/her choice.

Now onto the eye candy from our design team.

Maria -- Guest Designer

Zulma

Kris

Thanks for playing along this week and happy crafting.

Challenge # 44 WINNERS.....

2011-08-21T07:45:00.000-07:00

Hello! It's time to announce the winners for Challenge # 44 "RECIPE". Thanks to Robin's Fetish for sponsoring this challege and thanks ladies for sharing your creations with us.

Here is the Top Three in no particular order:

Frances R.

Gro T.

Karen C.

Congratulations ladies!!!!, you can grab the Top Three badge on the side bar and display proudly on your blog.

And the winner of the 5 digi images from our sponsor Robin's Fetish is......

Camilla

Congratulations Camilla!!!!! Please contact lollipopcrafts@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Please come back tomorrow to see challenge # 45 here at Lollipop Crafts.

Bye

Sponsor Spotlight! Robin's Fetish

2011-08-18T00:05:00.000-07:00

Hello again! Zulma here with Thursday Sponsor Spotlight at Lollipop Crafts. Today we are going to show some info from our sponsor for this week.

COMPANY NAME: Robyn's Fetish - Digital Stamps and More

COMPANY OWNER: Robyn Weinrib

COMPANY SITE:

PRIZE FOR WINNER: Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set of their choice.

Here are some proyects from our DT ladies

Zulma

Kris