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Advent calendar giveaway 09

 
It's the season for giving so here is our annual Advent Calendar Giveaway!
We have prizes to be won every day until Christmas day! You have to be in it to win it and it's so easy - all you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me what's your favourite thing about Christmas, or how about leaving a suggestion of things you'd like to see from Elzybells in the future?
A winner will be randomly drawn each day (using random.org) to win the prize for that day - that's 25 chances to win some Elzybells treats!!

If you find your name listed next to any of the prizes below, please email me with your address details! All the prizes will be sent on 4th January. This giveaway is open to participants worldwide.

Please play fair - only ONE comment per person.
A winner is picked daily from ALL the comments left since day one so please do not leave a comment every day. People leaving more than one comment will automatically be disqualified. No correspondance will be entered into.

1st - Retail therapy dinkie set
Winner: Amy, who wrote "My favorite things about Christmas are decorating the tree and making hand-stamped Christmas cards!  Especially with cute EB stamps!"

2nd - Love letter teddy rubber stamp
Winner: Mary Jane D, who wrote "I love Christmas decorations, especially all the lights and spending time with my family.  Thanks for the chance to win a prize."

3rd - £5 elzybells gift voucher
Winner: Lynne Main, who wrote "Christmas is the best time of year for me.  I still feel the anticipation of waiting for Christmas Day even thought it's been a long time since I was a child.  I now have children and grandchildren who make it the most magical time. It's a time to give lovely cards and gifts and to remember the real reason we celebrate Christmas. Thank you for the chance to enter your Advent Calendar candy. Lynne x"

4th - 20-046 Life's a beach clear set
Winner: Tala, who wrote "Hello, wow such a great surprise. Thank you for the chance to win, actually for 25 chances! My favorite thing about christmas is to do craft, cards, home decoration, gifts... and one thing I hate - Christmas Shopping in Down Town. Tala"

5th - Free (worldwide) shipping coupon
Winner: Debra, who wrote: "My favourite thing has to be the look of excitment and anticipation on the children's faces."

6th - Baby package & small packages rubber stamps
Winner: Denise, who wrote "I love the cheerfulness the month of December brings.  I love the lights, decorations and most of all the gift from above, which is why I celebrate Christmas."

7th - Girl swing & Girl thing multi rubber stamps
Winner: andrea tinkler, who wrote: "I just love the whole atmosphere. Its cold outside and warm and safe indoors. I love watching the children play, and we always remember the true meaning of christmas. A special time of year to share with those you love"

8th -  Surfer girl & flip flops rubber stamps
Winner: LouLou, who wrote "Hi Elizabeth and thanks for this funny Advent Calendar! I love to decorate the house and to bake XMas cookies. I also love to make Xmas Cards and this is the first time I will use your lovely stamps.And of course, I love to spend time with my family who is abroad. I would like to have more "kitchen" stamps, and more ladybugs, and some more Teddies, my favorite".

9th - £5 elzybells gift voucher
Winner: alison mckenzie, who wrote "NO WORK - HOORAY!!!!!"

10th - Whipped Cream hybrid inkpad
Winner: Jane, who wrote "I just love all the build up and anticipation to Christmas Day, although it can be a bit stressful at times!"

11th - Set 3 - Funky flowers rubber stamps
Winner: Sally, who wrote "I love the way Christmas touches all your senses, the sights, sounds, smells, etc.  Such a wonderful time to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas!"

12th - Teddy surprise clear set
Winner: Dragonlady, who wrote "wow this is a great idea Elizabeth. My favourite thing about Christmas is watching my daughters dressing the tree. HUgs Ali x"

13th - Easter chick & Large spring wording rubber stamps
Winner: Arianne, who wrote "Thank you for the chance to win these amazing goodies! My favorite thing about Christmas is the lights; I love to come home in the dark with the lights in my tree all lit up. So great to come home to that!"

14th - Keep in touch clear set
Winner: Malie, who wrote "I love laying in the coutch in the arms of my husband, looking at our huge, overloaded christmas tree, dreaming away. (and thinking about the presents onderneath the tree)."

15th - Stardust & moonbeams clear set
Winner: Clare Tayler, who wrote "Hi Elizabeth, My favourite thing about Christmas is the quality time I get to spend with my husband and son. I would love to see some different cute animals! Clare x"

16th - 20-028 Mini tags clear set
Winner: emma, who wrote "I love wrapping up warm and sitting infornt of the fire because it's so cold outside. I also love my christmas dinner and being around the family, it's a nice time of year :) I would like to see some more boy/men themed stamps maybe :) Em xxxx"

17th - A fairytale ending dinkie set
Winner: Fran, who wrote"Christmas is: The sparkling glisten of the frost in the morning but being all cosy inside with the smell of christmas dinner cooking and the warm feeling of having all those you love around you."

18th - Surprise Valentine's clear set (new designs, to be released in January!)
Winner: heather shaw, who wrote "My favourite thing about Christmas is cooking. this year i'm making my dad a special stuffing, chestnut, as he LOVES them!"

19th - Pamper yourself dinkie set
Winner: Simon, who wrote "My favourite thing about Christmas is the snow - we just don`t get any round here. :o/"

20th - Free (worldwide) shipping coupon
Winner: Jane, who wrote "I love spending time with my kids and Family over Xmas as we are always so busy, it is nice to stop everything for a while and enjoy each other's company. I am looking forward to lots more new releases from Elzybells in the New Year! Thanks for the chance to win! Jane x"

21st - 2 surprise Valentine's rubber stamps (new designs, to be released in January!)
Winner: valoudesbois, who wrote "Hello, My favourite thing about Christmas, is the stars in the eye of my children, when we have finished the Christmas Tree !!!!!"

22nd - Sheep celebrations 2 clear set
Winner: Stephanie G, who wrote "my favorite thing about Christmas is all the Christmas songs....just love 'em!"

23rd - £5 elzybells gift voucher
Winner: Victoria Boland, who wrote "The best part of Christmas is going home to my Mam and Dad and eating my Mam's Christmas dinner"

24th - Sugar Candy pigment inkpad
Winner: Gwen Biviano, who wrote "I love having time off work to spend with my family and friends!"

25th - Surprise Valentine's clear set (new designs, to be released in January!)

Winner: andy haddock, who wrote "hiya, I love everything about christmas, kids faces, and especially handmade decorations, we end up with 2 angels on top of the tree, as they have each made one in school over the years."

Please check back to see if you have won anything as with so many winners I won't be able to chase anyone up.

Good luck!!
Elizabeth x

Moxie Fab World Tour

 

 

 

 

 

How do you fancy a chance at winning some Elzybells stamps and **A LOT** of other wonderful card making goodies??

Hop on over to the fabulous Moxie Fab World blog this week for their fun world tour in honour of World Card Making Day this Saturday!

 

There are some fantastic creations being featured all week and you have until midnight on Sunday to enter for the chance to win the lovely goodies - and get this - the more you comment, the better your chances of winning!!

 

So what are you waiting for....??!

 

For more info on World Card Making Day click this link <---

 

hugs,

 

Winners!

First up is the winner for last week's challenge (sorry, this should have been posted yesterday!)

The winner is Lee for this beautiful creation!

 

Lee, please drop me an email and I'll give you your voucher code :)

 

 

 

I have also drawn a winner randomly from all the people who have submitted cards for showcase throughout July. The winner is Jocelyn Knight

Jocelyn, please email me and I will give your voucher code too.

 

 

 

... and now for the spot the difference winner from the Summer release!! There were actually 9 differences between the two pictures but one was particularly tricky! Here they all are (click the image full a large view):

 

 

There were absolutely no differences between the overall colours of each picture (eg, sand, sea and sky). A few people put this down as a difference but I'm afraid this must have been down to your monitors.

 

Now, nobody actually got all nine answers correct and as the 9th one was a very tricky one, I have randomly drawn a winner from all those people who guessed the number to be 8 instead.

The winner is....

 

Diane Wood

 

Congraulations Diane, you win the entire Summer release!!

Please email me your address and I will have the stamps shipped asap :)

 

 

I'll be back a little later today with a big shop announcement!!

 

May's winner!!

Here's the winner for May, randomly chosen from all the showcase Sunday entries....

 

Carly Robertson!!

 

Carly, you get £5 to spend in the online shop - please get in touch and I'll let you know your coupon code :)

 

Time to pick a winner....

 

 

Well, I've had a great relaxing bank holiday. Right now I've been baking a chocolate cake and while it's in the oven I thought it'd be a great time to select the blog candy winner for May's release!

So using random.org, the winner selected from all the comments on the release post is........

 

Annelies who wrote:

Great new stamps! My favorite is definitely 'Teddy surprise'! Thanks for a chance to win! Greetings from Belgium, Annelies

 

Congrats Annelies!! Could you please email me your address and I'll have the Teddy Surprise set sent asap!!

 

I also want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their wonderful messages and emails of praise and support lately. I really appreciate you taking the time to do so - the craft industry really is a wonderful place to work in! :D

 

I will have a few more cards to share throughout the week using the new release stamps... but now I'm off to follow that warm, comforting, chocolatety smell that is wafting through the house... have a great evening everyone!

 

Love Elizabeth

xx

blog candy winner

The problem with typepad has been resolved so I can now pick a winner for the koh-i-noor blog candy! Thanks so much for your patience.

 

So without any further ado, the randomly picked winner is......

 

Susie P who wrote:

Wow, great blog candy!  I have loved your tutorials on coloring, very very helpful!

 

 

Well done Susie! Please email me with your address andI'll pop the goodies in the post asap - you will absolutely LOVE them!!

 

 

Friday sketchers

If you fancy winning yourself a few Elzybells stamps hop on over to the Friday Sketchers blog and have a play along with the current sketch challenge! This one is hosted by the one and only, super talented Claudia Rosa, our May's guest designer! (you don't have to use Elzybells stamps to play!).

 

Have a great weekend everyone!!

 

We have a winner!!

Thank you for sharing your favourite stamps and your favourite sneak peek cards. It's been lovely reading your comments :)

 

I used random org to pick a winner and the result was post no. 6 which belongs to Elaine Burnett, who wrote:

 

Such a gorgeous peek at the beautiful cards made with your new collection.. My absolute fav is the Ladybug Fun Teddies stamp... such a versatile image useful for so many occassions :) Once again Elizabeth, your new designs are outstanding!

 

Elaine x

 

Congrats Elaine!! I have your address here so I will be sending you a few of the new stamps including ladybug fun on Monday! I'll also include a few craft magazines and some sweeties :)

 

Have a fantastic weekend everyone. I'm hoping the sun will be shining - it's been glorious here over the last few days but I've been stuck in a chilly warehouse so haven't seen it, boo hoo for me :(

 

warm hugs,

xx

 

I have a winner...

... for the March release blog candy!!

Using random.org I have picked one person from all the comments and the lucky lady is:

Jackie who wrote:

I love the mini messages! Honestly, the new stamps all look super adorable! Love the newly released stamps!

 

Congrats Jackie! Could you please email me with your address details and I'll have your set sent on Monday! :)

 

Have a GREAT weekend everyone!

Elizabeth xx

February Winner!

At the end of every month I randomly pick a person from all those who have played along with the challenges or had a card featured in the weekly showcase - and that person wins a £5 voucher to spend in the online shop!

 

This month's winner is Steph (whose blog is Honey Bootique).

Steph - could you please email me and I'll give you the voucher code :)

 

Pop back for tomorrow's showcase, it's a busy one! :)