Friday, September 25, 2026

Challenge 86 - Anything Goes/Fairies

  Hello and welcome back to the challenge blog!

A big thank you to everyone who took part in our last challenge - we really appreciate you joining in.

Don't forget to come back here on 10 October to see who is the winner from last month's challenge.

CHALLENGES ARE CHANGING!

We are very excited that our challenges are changing from this month!

Going forward we will have a random winner from each challenge and their prize will be the opportunity to ask Star Stampz creator Sarah to design a digi stamp based on a theme or idea of their choice!  Plus they will of course also get that digi stamp.

Example requests could include things like flowers and ribbons, a boy fishing. a tea party or perhaps a fairy tale.

We hope you like this idea!

Also from next month all our challenges will be ANYTHING GOES with no optional theme.

Back to this month, our theme is:

ANYTHING GOES/FAIRIES

And here is some inspiration from our Design Team:

Annie using Mushroom Fairy

Gina using Flower Fairy - Snapdragon

Maria using Flower Fairy - Sunflower

Samantha  using Flower Fairy - Sunflower


Great cards - thank you ladies!

Please link up your cards below remembering to link to your post not your whole blog.

Our rules are in the sidebar - please make sure you follow them so you are eligible for our winner's prize of three digi stamps of your choice.  Our challenges end at 12 noon GMT on the 24th of each month and as I mentioned above, the results will be published on the 10th of the month.

Helen and the Star Stampz Team x 

Monday, September 14, 2026

Winner and Top 3 From Challenge 84

  Welcome back to the Star Stampz Challenge Blog!!

We're back today with the announcement of the winner and top 3 from Challenge 84.

Our theme for Challenge 84 was  Anything Goes/Christmas in July and we had some fabulous entries - your support is much appreciated.

First of all our winner chosen by random.org is:

#9 - Aunty Sue

Congratulations!  Please e-mail me (Helen) at madebyhelenblog@yahoo.com and let me know which 3 images you would like from the Star Stampz Etsy Shop - please include links in your e-mail.  

And now let's see who Annie has chosen as the top 3 from Challenge 83:

#3 - Yvonne

#5 - Wendy

#9 - Aunty Sue

I would like to invite you all to be Guest Designers for a future challenge.  If you would like to take up this invitation, please e-mail me (address above) and we will get everything set up.

Don't forget to join us for our current challenge here.

Helen and the Star Stampz Team x

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Challenge 85 - Anything Goes/Water Water Everywhere

  Hello and welcome back to the challenge blog!

A big thank you to everyone who took part in our last challenge - we really appreciate you joining in.

Don't forget to come back here on 10 September to see who is the winner and top 3 was from last month's challenge.

All our challenges are now 'anything goes' with an optional theme for you to follow.  Our Design Team will use the optional theme but you can choose whether to or not.

Our optional theme this month is:

ANYTHING GOES/WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

We are joined today by Guest Designer Tina who has made this beautiful card:

Tina has used Spring Rain

Head over to her blog here for more information about her card.

And here is some inspiration from our Design Team:

Annie using Shipwrecked

Deanne using Little Seedling

Gina using Spring Rain

Maria using Little Mermaid Chibi

Samantha  using Beach Days


Great cards - thank you ladies!

Please link up your cards below remembering to link to your post not your whole blog.

Our rules are in the sidebar - please make sure you follow them so you are eligible for our winner's prize of three digi stamps of your choice.  Our challenges end at 12 noon GMT on the 24th of each month and as I mentioned above, the results will be published on the 10th of the month.

Helen and the Star Stampz Team x 


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Monday, August 10, 2026

Winner and Top 3 From Challenge 83

 Welcome back to the Star Stampz Challenge Blog!!

We're back today with the announcement of the winner and top 3 from Challenge 83.

Our theme for Challenge 83 was  Anything Goes/Summer and we had some fabulous entries - your support is much appreciated.

First of all our winner chosen by random.org is:

#2 - Kathy K

Congratulations!  Please e-mail me (Helen) at madebyhelenblog@yahoo.com and let me know which 3 images you would like from the Star Stampz Etsy Shop - please include links in your e-mail.  

And now let's see who I've chosen as the top 3 from Challenge 83:

#5 - Tatiana

#11 - Silke

#13 - Astrid

I would like to invite you all to be Guest Designers for a future challenge.  If you would like to take up this invitation, please e-mail me (address above) and we will get everything set up.

Don't forget to join us for our current challenge here.

Helen and the Star Stampz Team x

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Challenge 84 - Anything Goes/Christmas in July

 Hello and welcome back to the challenge blog!

A big thank you to everyone who took part in our last challenge - we really appreciate you joining in.

Don't forget to come back here on 10 August to see who is the winner and top 3 was from last month's challenge.

All our challenges are now 'anything goes' with an optional theme for you to follow.  Our Design Team will use the optional theme but you can choose whether to or not.

Our optional theme this month is:

ANYTHING GOES/CHRISTMAS IN JULY

And here is some inspiration from our Design Team:

Annie using Santa's Letter

Deanne using Cup of Cocoa

Gina using Cinderella

Maria using Snowflake Fairy

Samantha  using Christmas Tangle


Great cards - thank you ladies!

Please link up your cards below remembering to link to your post not your whole blog.

Our rules are in the sidebar - please make sure you follow them so you are eligible for our winner's prize of three digi stamps of your choice.  Our challenges end at 12 noon GMT on the 24th of each month and as I mentioned above, the results will be published on the 10th of the month.

Helen and the Star Stampz Team x 


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Friday, July 10, 2026

Winner and Top 3 From Challenge 82

 Welcome back to the Star Stampz Challenge Blog!!

We're back today with the announcement of the winner and top 3 from Challenge 82.

Our theme for Challenge 82 was anything goes/sports and hobbies and we had some fabulous entries - your support is much appreciated.

First of all our winner chosen by random.org is:

#9 - Silke

Congratulations!  Please e-mail me (Helen) at madebyhelenblog@yahoo.com and let me know which 3 images you would like from the Star Stampz Etsy Shop - please include links in your e-mail.  

And now let's see who Maria has chosen as the top 3 from Challenge 82:

#3 - Paper Whims

#6 - Astrid

#9 - Silke

I would like to invite you all to be Guest Designers for a future challenge.  If you would like to take up this invitation, please e-mail me (address above) and we will get everything set up.

Don't forget to join us for our current challenge here.

Helen and the Star Stampz Team x

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Challenge 83 - Anything Goes/Summer

Hello and welcome back to the challenge blog!

A big thank you to everyone who took part in our last challenge - we really appreciate you joining in.

Don't forget to come back here on 10 July to see who is the winner and top 3 was from last month's challenge.

All our challenges are now 'anything goes' with an optional theme for you to follow.  Our Design Team will use the optional theme but you can choose whether to or not.

Our optional theme this month is:

ANYTHING GOES/SUMMER

We have Jenn joining us this month as a Guest Designer and she has made this beautiful card:


Jenn has used My Sweet Sunflower which is available here in the shop.

For more details about Jenn's card and to leave her a comment, please head over to her blog here.

And here is some inspiration from our Design Team:

Annie using Beach Days

Deanne using Whale of a Tale

Gina using Dennis

Maria using Beach Days

Samantha  using Sunflower Smiles


Great cards - thank you ladies!

Please link up your cards below remembering to link to your post not your whole blog.

Our rules are in the sidebar - please make sure you follow them so you are eligible for our winner's prize of three digi stamps of your choice.  Our challenges end at 12 noon GMT on the 24th of each month and as I mentioned above, the results will be published on the 10th of the month.

Helen and the Star Stampz Team x 



You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner and Top 3 From Challenge 81

 Welcome back to the Star Stampz Challenge Blog!!

We're back today with the announcement of the winner and top 3 from Challenge 81.  Apologies for the delay in publishing the results but the shop was unavailable for a while and I wanted to make sure it was back and running before I published this post.

Our theme for Challenge 81 was anything goes/seeing double and we had some fabulous entries - your support is much appreciated.

First of all our winner chosen by random.org is:

#5 - Paper Whims

Congratulations!  Please e-mail me (Helen) at madebyhelenblog@yahoo.com and let me know which 3 images you would like from the Star Stampz Etsy Shop - please include links in your e-mail.  

Everyone else who entered is in our Top 3 for the challenge!

I would like to invite you all to be Guest Designers for a future challenge.  If you would like to take up this invitation, please e-mail me (address above) and we will get everything set up.

Don't forget to join us for our current challenge here.

Helen and the Star Stampz Team x