January Blog Challenge

Can't believe we are in 2012 already!!!  Hope you had a good Christmas and a Happy New Year.

It is time for our next challenge.  This months challenge is "Distress".  Create a card, altered item, scrapbook page, tag - let your imagination run wild

The prize this month is 4 bottles of Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Tea Dye, Weathered Wood, Pine Needles and Worn Lipstick.

Good luck and can't wait to see all your entries.

As usual the rules are:

- post your entry on your blog with photos and details

- post information about this challenge & prize on your blog and please link back to this post

- leave a comment directly under this post and your name will be entered into that months prize draw!

- you can enter as many times as you wish but we would like to see creations that would be submitted

to no more than THREE other challenges


For all your scrapbooking and cardmaking supplies

"A few of my favourite things" Celebration Candy

This post will remain at the top until Monday the 25th of October, please scroll further down to catch up on all the latest news from Samuel Taylors.


Hello Everyone, it's Katy here from the Embsay branch of Samuel Taylors. I'm very excited to share with you our very first candy giveaway in celebration of Samuel Taylors new blog. It's named "A few of my favourite things" because that's just what it is! I did enjoy putting this together for one lucky winner, hope you like it?
Click on the photo to have a closer peek!

It consists of the following......
8x lovely 12x12 Echo Park 'Everybody loves Christmas' papers
1x sweet 6x6 Jack and Jill Prima paper pack
1x adorable Mistletoe and Mice stamp by Stampavie
2x Card candy by Craftworkcards
1x In bloom embossing folder... new in our Embsay store this week!
2x assorted bags of punched shapes
A metre of yummy pom pom ribbon
1x cute Swinging Emmylou stamp by Kraftin' Kimmie
A pack of doilies

So what do you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this?
1. We would love you to leave us a comment here telling us a few of your favourite crafty things right now.
2. Please become a follower of our new blog here
3. Please share a photo and details of our candy on your blog and pop a link on your sidebar.
4. If you dont have a blog please leave your name and a way of contacting you... maybe join us on Facebook and share the news about our candy...


Here is a little inspiration for you...

and more...

This candy will be open till Monday 25th of October, to UK residents. Good luck everyone!