Just Add Ink Challenge

The Helping Hudson team would like to say a huge huge thank you to the wonderful girls at Just Add Ink for their generous support.  They've gotten behind the efforts to help Hudson in so many ways - from donating wonderful tutorials, helping to spread the word, and setting challenges too.

Who are Just Add Ink? 
"The Just Add Ink Design Team is a group of Stampin' Up!® Demonstrators who love to get creative and share what they love with a variety of paper craft challenges.

The goal is to inspire, create and share the fun! 
They set a new challenge each Friday.  The challenge ends on Wednesday and on Thursday the winners are announced, and awarded the Just Add Ink Top 5 badge to wear on their blog."

Their current challenge (Just Add Ink #30) is an extra special one put together for our little Hudson.  

It is .....

Just Add ... Wheels

Stamp images, punches, Stampin-Around wheels - if it's circular it fits the criteria!

You can see the gorgeous gorgeous examples from the JAI Design Team on this post:  Just Add Ink # 30

You'll also find all the details about how to enter and can see the beautiful 'wheeled' creations people have entered so far.  Mr Linky will close for this challenge on Wednesday 18th August.

There's a prize from our Stampin' Up Australia prize box for this one too.  The JAI girls will draw a winner from the top 5 picks for this challenge.  A nice added incentive to get those inks out!

If you've got some creating time before then - put that thinking cap on and see what wheel inspired creations you can come up with.

And remember - if you are looking for some fabulous challenges to take part in, or some ideas to get your inspiration recharged - Just Add Ink is a wonderful site to help you get that creative energy happening.

Have a browse around - there's also a My Space section where we get a tour around the craft space of different people.  (I LOVE looking at people's craft nooks.)  And some wonderful tutorials.  And much much more.

Thank you Just Add Ink for your continued support.  Much appreciated.

Day Thirteen Giveaway *WINNER*

Well, it seems we're either at one end of the spectrum or the other, when it comes to crafting in silence or with background noise!  What a great variety of responses we got; it was really interesting reading all 58 comments.


The randomly drawn number for Day Thirteen's prize is number 41, who is .....



** LYNDA M. **



Congratulations Lynda!  Please email us at helpinghudson@josi.com.au, with your full name and address, by noon (AEST) on Monday 16th August, to claim your prize.

Remember, winners, if you don't claim your prize it will go into a random draw on 25th August.

Thanks everyone for joining in the fun.  We still have at least 9 more prizes to give away, so keep trying your luck!

Day Fourteen Giveaway Question

Every day the Helping Hudson team will be asking you to comment on a question.

At the end of each day a winner will be selected randomly to receive a small prize of Stampin' Up! Australia products.

This may include things such as ribbon, ink pads or rub ons.

You must include your name in the comment to be eligible for the prize.

Entries will close at midnight and the winner will be announced at noon tomorrow.

Entry is free, but the winner will only have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Unclaimed prizes will be given away in a random draw of all entrants on the 25th.

Today's question is:

What was your worst crafting disaster?

We look forward to reading your answer, and please remember to come back tomorrow

for the next question and to find out who won.

As per Stampin' Up! Australia rules, only Australian residents are eligible for prizes.

While we cannot ship prizes overseas, any daily giveaway winners outside Australia have the option of nominating an Australian resident to donate their prize to. :-)

Day Twelve Giveaway *WINNER*

This announcement was to be made at midday, but circumstances conspired against us ... sorry, everyone.  Better late than never, though, hey?! 

The winner, drawn at random, of Day Twelve's giveaway ("Who is your favourite person to craft with?") is lucky number 50 ....... just scraping in before the midnight deadline ..........



**  MICHELLE  S. **



Congratulations, Michelle - you've won a fun little Stampin' Up! prize!!  Please email us at helpinghudson@josi.com.au, with your full name and postal address.


NB:  Winners must claim prizes within 48 hours of the announcement.  Any unclaimed prizes will be awarded, in a random draw of all entrants' names from over the 3-week period, on 25th August.


Have fun with today's question, everyone!  You never know - you could be our next winner!

Contributor Profile: Delys Cram

From WA this morning, we're now over to New Zealand for the next of our contributor profiles. 

Delys Cram donated three tutorials - a wonderful festive Christmas Cracker for our Christmas Bundle, and 2 great scrapbooking tutorials - This Old House and a Watefall Mini Album. 

Thank you so much Delys.

Let's find out a little more shall we ....

"Hi I am Delys Cram and I’m from the sunny Bay of Plenty in New Zealand ...Whakatane to be exact. I’m a sharemilker/dairy farmer , Mum of two – Rhys(16) and Jennifer (13)- and I am wife to Dave (23 years). I won’t mention my age as once you hit 40 it doesn’t really matter does it?

I started scrapbooking 9 years ago and was self taught until I started going to classes in 2004. I found Stampin’ Up! in 2008 and fell in love with the coordinating products. Even though I wasn’t much of a card maker, I was soon converted. I had been teaching scrapbooking for a few years previous so this was the natural progression to be able to sell the product and teach papercrafting. My passion remains around teaching and inspiring others on my blog and in my classes.

I have been fortunate enough to be published many times and being on New Zealands’ only papercraft magazine, The Up2Scrap Elite Team in 2008/2009. I am currently on the Just Add Ink design Team (Aus) and the Stampaholic 10/20/30 minute Design Team (US). I enjoy lots of laughs with these girls and cherish the friendships made. This friendship extends to my class ladies and to my wider team, but especially to my small team (Del InkQuents) who share my SU passion.

It’s all about sharing ideas for me and I will continue to share freely of my time and creations which is why I am happy to help The Helping Hudson cause today. "

Delys Cram

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

You can visit Delys at her blog:   Little Scraps Of Paper

Email:   cramfamily@farmside.co.nz

Contributor Profile: Gayatri Murali

Time for a contributor profile.

The talented Gayatri Murali contributed three tutorials to the Helping Hudson project - a gorgeous picnic basket for our popular Bags, Boxes and Gifts Bundle, a terrific wallet for our Masculine Projects - just perfect for tucking a gift card into, and also a bleaching technique tutorial for our Bonus Bundle. 

Thank you Gayatri.

Let's find out some more ......

"Hi, My name is Gayatri Murali.

I live with my husband and 2 children in Western Australia in the Goldfields town of Kalgoorlie.

I have been an arty person since childhood. I have made stuffed toys, tin embossing wall art, tin carving wall art, jewellery making and sketching since school days. But I first started scrap booking about 5 years ago. I used to make scrapbooks of my children’s development and achievements and send home to my parents and in-laws.

I then became a card maker couple of years ago. Initially, I used the scraps from the scrapbook page to make it. My handwriting was so bad that I started looking for sentiment stamps. This is when I saw Stampin’ Up! stamps. I became a demonstrator a year go.

As a hobby demonstrator, most of my cards and 3D items I make are for personal use. I love the idea of creating something new and gifting them to family and friends. I also take classes for school kids at school during the school term. I enjoy seeing them make things and take pride for it. Creating is therapeutic and I have made lots of friends along the way too.


I hope you enjoying creating projects using my tutorials."

Gayatri Murali

You can visit Gayatri at her blog:  Scrapawayg3      
Email: scrapawayg3@gmail.com     Phone: 0417 129 090

Day Thirteen Giveaway Question

Every day the Helping Hudson team will be asking you to comment on a question.

At the end of each day a winner will be selected randomly to receive a small prize of Stampin' Up! Australia products.

This may include things such as ribbon, ink pads or rub ons.

You must include your name in the comment to be eligible for the prize.

Entries will close at midnight and the winner will be announced at noon tomorrow.

Entry is free, but the winner will only have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Unclaimed prizes will be given away in a random draw of all entrants on the 25th.

Today's question is:

Do you like crafting with the TV/radio/IPod on or nothing?

We look forward to reading your answer, and please remember to come back tomorrow

for the next question and to find out who won.

As per Stampin' Up! Australia rules, only Australian residents are eligible for prizes.

While we cannot ship prizes overseas, any daily giveaway winners outside Australia have the option of nominating an Australian resident to donate their prize to. :-)

Contributor Profile: Nicole Derendorf

My favourite time of day again - time to meet another wonderful tutorial contributor. 
This time it is Nicole Derendorf who has been so generous.  She's donated tutorials for an invitation and fancy box for our Kids' Birthday Bundle, a stunning luminary for our Christmas Bundle and 4 handy product tip tutorials for our Bonus Bundle.  Thanks so much Nicole!

Here's a little more ....

"Nicole has been a Stampin Up! Demonstrator for nearly three years and lives in Victor Harbor, South Australia. She is a transplanted Canadian, having moved to Australia in search of a better climate and adventure about 3 years ago. She is a mum to two children, a boy aged 5, and a girl, aged 8. She works as a nurse part-time at the local hospital. She has been happily married to her best friend for 11 years.

She loves to stamp and scrapbook at every opportunity, and loves to volunteer in the kids' classrooms in her spare time.

Her favourite stamping techniques are Watercolouring, Heat Embossing and Scrapbooking. Her favourite Stampin' Up! colour combination at the moment is Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive."


Nicole Derendorf

You can visit Nicole at her blog:  Stamping Down Under

Email: mailto:branicinoz@gmail.com      Mobile: 0419 836 104

Contributor Profile: Anna Sutherland

Time to introduce another of our tutorial contributors - Anna Sutherland from New Zealand. 
Anna donated a tutorial for a wonderful suit and tie card. 
You can find it in the Masculine Projects Bundle.

Here's Anna to tell us a little about herself:

"Hi, my name is Anna Sutherland and I live in Invercargill, New Zealand.  I am delighted to share with you my passion for papercraft.  I started scrapbooking and cardmaking just over 5 years ago while pregnant with my first son and ever since I haven’t been able to get enough of it!
It is for that reason I joined the Stampin’ Up! Family in June 2008."
Anna Sutherland

Visit Anna at her blog:  Funky Fresh and Fun 

Day Eleven Giveaway *WINNER*

The randomly-drawn winner of Day Eleven's question, about where you find inspiration when your mojo escape you, is ....... comment number 28, who is .....



**  PATRICE **



Congratulations, Patrice, and thanks everyone, for participating every day.  Keep it up - there are lots more giveaways to come!

Patrice, please email us at helpinghudson@josi.com.au, with your full name and postal address, so we can send out your prize.

Any prizes not claimed within 48 hours of the announcement will go into a random draw of all entrants on 25th August.

Contributor Profile: Gretchen Barron

This morning we'd like to thank Gretchen Barron for her absolutely amazing tutorial. 

It is for Santa and His Helpers and you can find it in our Christmas Bundle.  They are just the cutest creations! 

Gretchen has included over 70 step by step photos along with her fabulous instructions.  I can't wait to give these a go.

Over to Gretchen to tell us a little more about herself: 

"Hi - my name is Gretchen Barron and I've been a stamping and scrapbooking enthusiast for more than 15 years! My love for this art really took about 3 years ago when I became a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Soon after I began my blog, Inspiration in Action. I love expressing my creativity through stamped art and love it even more when I can share my ideas and projects with others.
I am an ordained minister and also a single mom, so my best stamping time is often in the wee hours of the morning. That's MY time when the creativity flows in my studio!
I'm honored to have been asked to help with this special project to help out Hudson and his family and hope you will enjoy creating Santa and His Sidekicks! Blessings, Gretchen "


Visit Gretchen at her fabulous blog:  Inspiration In Action

Gretchen Barron,
Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
Decatur, Illinois

www.stampinwithgretchen.stampinup.net
gbarron56@comcast.net

Day Twelve Giveaway Question

Every day the Helping Hudson team will be asking you to comment on a question.

At the end of each day a winner will be selected randomly to receive a small prize of Stampin' Up! Australia products.

This may include things such as ribbon, ink pads or rub ons.

You must include your name in the comment to be eligible for the prize.

Entries will close at midnight and the winner will be announced at noon tomorrow.

Entry is free, but the winner will only have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Unclaimed prizes will be given away in a random draw of all entrants on the 25th.

Today's question is:

Who is your favourite person to craft with?

We look forward to reading your answer, and please remember to come back tomorrow

for the next question and to find out who won.

As per Stampin' Up! Australia rules, only Australian residents are eligible for prizes.

While we cannot ship prizes overseas, any daily giveaway winners outside Australia have the option of nominating an Australian resident to donate their prize to. :-)

Contributor Profile: Judy May

Time to hear from another of our generous tutorial contributors.  The lovely Judy May contributed several tutorials to our cause - instructions for a fabulous fridge calendar for our Bags, Boxes and Gifts Bundle, two lovely gift baskets for our Kids' Birthday Package (one for boys and one for girls) plus a handy tutorial on using Heat and Stick Powder for our Bonus Bundle. 

Here's Judy to tell us a little about herself:

"I’ve been stamping and making cards since the early 1990’s, interspersed with other crafts such as quilting, cross stitch, embroidery, doll and bear making.
I found Stampin’ Up! products about 2 years ago and it was a match made in heaven! I love the quality of the products and the ability to easily match card stock, designer papers and accessories. Through this association I have met some lovely people and made new friends and gained the confidence to start my blog.
I joined as a hobby Demonstrator in May 2009 and now enjoy sharing my creations and love of Stampin’ Up! products with others. You can join me on my creative journey at my blog:  Just Judy Designs and I look forward to chatting with you."


Judy May

Canterbury, Melbourne

Phone: 0438 797 858

Contributor Profile: Kristine Thompson

Let's find out some more about Kristine Thompson.  

She donated 3 wonderful tutorials to our packages - A festive invitation for our Christmas Bundle, a rather nifty Magic Colour Card for our Kids' Bundle and a Billiards Card for our Punch Art Bundle. 

Kristine also helped out with tutorial formatting and proofreading and we're very grateful for her support.

Over to Kristine to tell us a little more:

"My name is Kristine Thompson and I am a single mother to three very beautiful and very active children. I have been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator for a year now and enjoy every day of it. I actually kind of accidently fell into this role. I went to a SU workshop a couple of years ago, thinking that it was just another of those scrapbooking parties only to find that I was immediately addicted to rubber stamps and ink pads. It took a while for my little hobby to lift off, but a year later I became a demonstrator just to fuel and pay for my addiction of stamping. Little did I know that it would take off the way it did and that I could make a small business out of it. I now hold regular classes at my house in Bayswater North every month and I love putting together my workshops. One of the main things that I have loved and cherished as a demonstrator is the friendships that I have made. Both with my customers and the many talented demonstrators I have been fortunate enough to meet."


Kristine Thompson

You can visit Kristine at her blog:  Ink Spot Creations

Bayswater North

Phone: (03) 8740 3202 or 0401 664 813   Email: kristine1976@optusnet.com.au

Contributor Profile: Kylie Bertucci

Today we're finding out a little more about Kylie Bertucci who donated 2 cute animal tutorials to our Punch Art Collection.  (I'm always amazed at what a few simple punches in creative hands can lead to!) 

Kylie has been a wonderful positive supporter of the site and we thank her for that too. 

Here's Kylie to tell us more:

"I have been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator since May 2009 and I am having so much fun. I have met the most amazing women who are so inspiring. I also love anything craft and to be able to have such great quality products to work with is fantastic. I run classes from home in the Werribee area every Tuesday morning and Thursday night. I would love to see you at one of my classes."

Kylie Bertucci

You can visit Kylie at her blog:  StampinKylie

Phone: 0425 803 910                       Email: kyliebertucci@hotmail.com

Day Ten Giveaway *WINNER*

Wow - we had 61 responses to the question "Are you a messy crafter, or do you keep your craft space tidy?" It's fantastic to see so many people continuing to take part in our daily giveaways.


The winner for Day Ten, drawn at random, is lucky number 1 ........




** ALISHA WATSON!! ** (A glitch in Blogger has prevented us from making this a big, blue, statement - hope you're still excited!)



We'll get your prize out to you, Alisha, since we have your address already - thank you!


Please come back and answer today's question, everyone, to have the chance to win a little something. We love reading your answers!

Day Eleven Giveaway Question

Every day the Helping Hudson team will be asking you to comment on a question.

At the end of each day a winner will be selected randomly to receive a small prize of Stampin' Up! Australia products.

This may include things such as ribbon, ink pads or rub ons.

You must include your name in the comment to be eligible for the prize.

Entries will close at midnight and the winner will be announced at noon tomorrow.

Entry is free, but the winner will only have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Unclaimed prizes will be given away in a random draw of all entrants on the 25th.

Today's question is:

Where do you find inspiration when you lose your mojo?

We look forward to reading your answer, and please remember to come back tomorrow

for the next question and to find out who won.

As per Stampin' Up! Australia rules, only Australian residents are eligible for prizes.

While we cannot ship prizes overseas, any daily giveaway winners outside Australia have the option of nominating an Australian resident to donate their prize to. :-)

TIME AGAIN FOR A PERSONAL "THANK YOU" OR THREE

As we proceed into the second week of this fantastic "Helping Hudson" effort, we are absolutely blown away by how overwhelmingly GOOD people are.

We'd like to take a moment to thank you all, once again, for everything you have done, and are doing, to help us help gorgeous little Hudson.

One person who deserves a special mention is Kirsty Boote, from Victoria. Kirsty has only just signed up as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, as part of the wider team of most of us on the "Helping Hudson" team. We have yet to meet you Kirsty - but look out, when we do, there are big hugs coming your way! When Kirsty read Tina's story, about what we are hoping to achieve for Hudson, she personally donated $500 to our cause. Kirsty, your generosity is incredible, and we would like you to know that we are extremely grateful.

A WONDERFUL family in Western Australia, who wish to remain anonymous, have made a huge donation to "Helping Hudson", after reading about his needs. We are very, very grateful to these beautiful people - thank you!!

We have, in recent days, received another equally generous donation, but no name was attached to the payment that was made into the Helping Hudson bank account. We really would like to be able to thank the person(s) who made this payment so, if it was not intended to be anonymous, please do step forward and let us know who you are. We can be contacted privately at helpinghudson@josi.com.au



Heartfelt thanks, from the entire "Helping Hudson" team xx

Day Nine Giveaway *WINNER*

We have a winner, drawn at random, from the 58 comments received, telling us your favourite stamping technique!

Our winner for today's prize, along with the BONUS U-Stamp Pass, is lucky comment number 55, from .......



** GEMMA **


Congratulations to you, Gemma!  Thanks everyone for taking part - you never know your luck, so please keep commenting on the 'question of the day'.

Gemma, please email us at helpinghudson@josi.com.au, with your full name and address, so we can get your prize out to you.  You will then be contacted separately by Kathryn Mangelsdorf, who is generously donating the U-Stamp Pass.

Everyone, please note that any prizes not claimed within 48 hours will form part of a random prize draw on 25th August.

Sample Tutorial: A Free Gift For You

We'd like to thank everyone who has supported the Helping Hudson project - whether that's by donating a tutorial, or purchasing some, taking part in our challenges or helping us spread the word, helping behind the scenes or visiting and helping to create the warm fun atmosphere. We're so grateful to everyone.

We have a little gift for you to say thanks - a sample tutorial. This one was put together by the talented and VERY hard working Genna Gifford who has been the driving force behind this project.

The tutorial is for a nifty technique: Stamping Reversed Images.
We hope you enjoy it.

You can download it here: DOWNLOAD FREE TUTORIAL

If you love this one, spread the word - let your fellow crafters know there's a free gift waiting here for them.

If you love this one and you'd like some more, remember you can find our 6 Tutorial Packages on this page: Tutorial Information. Each package has 10 tutorials and each package is just $10.

Thanks again for all your wonderful support.

Day Ten Giveaway Question

Every day the Helping Hudson team will be asking you to comment on a question.

At the end of each day a winner will be selected randomly to receive a small prize of Stampin' Up! Australia products.

This may include things such as ribbon, ink pads or rub ons.

You must include your name in the comment to be eligible for the prize.

Entries will close at midnight and the winner will be announced at noon tomorrow.

Entry is free, but the winner will only have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Unclaimed prizes will be given away in a random draw of all entrants on the 25th.

Today's question is:

Are you a messy crafter, or do you keep your craft space tidy?

We look forward to reading your answer, and please remember to come back tomorrow

for the next question and to find out who won.

As per Stampin' Up! Australia rules, only Australian residents are eligible for prizes.

While we cannot ship prizes overseas, any daily giveaway winners outside Australia have the option of nominating an Australian resident to donate their prize to. :-)

Contributor Profile: Danielle Daws

Let's find out more about another of our wonderful tutorial contributors. 

Danielle Daws has donated a tutorial for our Masculine Tutorial Package - a terrific set of four cards in a matching folder using the Cheers To You stamp set and a fabulous colour combo.

Here's Danielle to tell us more:

"I live in Hobart, Tasmania with my wonderful husband Brian and our beautiful 3 year old daughter Olivia. My husband and I moved from Sydney to Tasmania a few years before we were married and we haven't looked back. It's such a beautiful place to live! I was a High School Drama and English teacher before becoming a stay at home mum... and an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!



I joined Stampin' Up! in February 2009 after attending one workshop - and I didn't even complete the make and take! I joined as a hobby demonstrator, and it's become so much more of a passion than I realised it would be. In the past six months I've been a guest designer for UStamp and launched Just Add Ink with Amanda Reddicliffe - I'm enormously proud of our site!
And it goes without saying that I'm thrilled to be onboard with Helping Hudson!"

Danielle Daws

Visit Danielle at her blog:  http://www.danielledaws.blogspot.com/
and don't forget to check out the fabulous challenge site:  Just Add Ink

Email: danielleharvey77@hotmail.com

Day Eight Giveaway *WINNER*

Thanks, everyone, for keeping the excitement going with our daily giveaways!  We're into Week 2 of our 3-week fundraiser now, and really appreciate your continued support.  We hope you're having fun with it, too!

The random generator has chosen a winner for Day Eight's "favourite Stampin' Up! colour" question.  The winner is, number 21, who is  ....................


** HEATHER SHERRY **


Heather, we have a 'little something' to send out to you, so please email helpinghudson@josi.com.au, with your address.

Remember, everyone, if you are announced as the winner of a daily giveaway, you have 48 hours to contact us, to claim your prize.  Any unclaimed prizes will be given away in a random draw on 25th August.

Day Nine Giveaway Question - And A Bonus

Every day the Helping Hudson team will be asking you to comment on a question.

At the end of each day a winner will be selected randomly to receive a small prize of Stampin' Up! Australia products.

This may include things such as ribbon, ink pads or rub ons.

You must include your name in the comment to be eligible for the prize.

Entries will close at midnight and the winner will be announced at noon tomorrow.

Entry is free, but the winner will only have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Unclaimed prizes will be given away in a random draw of all entrants on the 25th.

Today's question is:

What is your favourite stamping technique?

We look forward to reading your answer, and please remember to come back tomorrow

for the next question and to find out who won.

As per Stampin' Up! Australia rules, only Australian residents are eligible for prizes.

While we cannot ship prizes overseas, any daily giveaway winners outside Australia have the option of nominating an Australian resident to donate their prize to. :-)

***Bonus Giveaway***

Today's winner will also receive a bonus prize: 

a FREE pass to the next round of UStamp!

Find out more about UStamp here.

Thank you to Kathryn Mangelsdorf for her generous donation of the pass.

ANYONE worldwide can use the UStamp pass - we are not restricted to

Australian residents only.

Week 2: Challenge 6 - 3D Item

CHALLENGE 6

For our final Week 2 Challenge the very clever Johanna Sherry has designed an octagonal 3D template for your inspiration.  You can use this template in any way you wish to make a project for this challenge.

Here is the template.  Click here to download a full size PDF of the template.

Here's is Johanna's sample:

Let your imagination run wild - we can't wait to see how you adapt this template.

The Helping Hudson team look forward to seeing your challenge entries.

Remember to head over to the Challenges Page to check entry and eligibility conditions.

Entries that don't comply will not be eligible for prizes.

You have until midnight on the 14th to get your entry in.

Good Luck!

Week 2: Challenge 5 - Sketch

CHALLENGE 5

In our second week of Helping Hudson challenges we have another sketch for you to create with. Johanna Sherry has designed this fantastic sketch to inspire you.

Here is a card sample created by Johanna.

Johanna's inspiration for this card came from a tutorial on creating scallop borders which was donated to the Helping Hudson fundraiser by the very talented and generous Amanda Reddicliffe.  You can find this tutorial in our bonus bundle, which you get FREE when you purchase four or more of our other tutorial bundles.  You can find Amanda's blog here, and information on our tutorial bundles here.

Remember to head over to the Challenges Page to check entry and eligibility conditions, and to make your Paypal donation .

Entries that don't comply will not be eligible for prizes.

The Helping Hudson team look forward to seeing your challenge entries.
You have until midnight on the 14th to get your entry in.

Good Luck!

Week 2: Challenge 4 - Colour

CHALLENGE 4

You all did such a wonderful job with the last colour challenge, so we thought we'd go with another colour challenge this week.  Let's see what you can do with this colour combination:

If you don't have these exact colours, feel free to substitute similar colours.

Here's a card made by Tina Gillespie using the combination.

The Helping Hudson team look forward to seeing your challenge entries.

Remember to head over to the Challenges Page to check entry and eligibility conditions.

Entries that don't comply will not be eligible for prizes.
You have until midnight on the 14th to get your entry in.

Good Luck!

Week 1 Technique Challenge Winner

We had 29 fantastic entries in the Rock 'n' Roll technique challenge, all so different! We loved looking at the ways you all interpreted this technique.

Now, I can hear you saying "wella, wella, wella uh, tell me more, tell me more", so I will tell you the winner now (she may have guessed already! lol).  Our winner is:

***Sarah Klass***

Here is Sarah's bright funky card:

You can visit Sarah at her blog here.

Sarah will need to email her postal address to helpinghudson@josi.com.au before noon on Wednesday 11th August to claim her prize. Sarah will also get this badge to display on her blog, designed by Simon Sherry:

Thank you so much for entering our challenges. We can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Week 1 Sketch Challenge Winner

Well, the sketch set by Genna Gifford certainly got everyone inspired to create!  We loved looking at all the entries and found it very difficult to choose only 1 to receive a prize.

We have chosen our winner:

***Susan Joyce***

Here is Susan's lovely card:

You can visit Susan at her blog here.

Susan will need to email her postal address to helpinghudson@josi.com.au before noon on Wednesday 11th August to claim her prize. Susan will also get this badge to display on her blog, designed by Simon Sherry:

Thank you so much for entering our challenges.  We can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Week 1 Colour Challenge Winner

Oh my, what an incredible bunch of entries we had for the Week 1 Colour Challenge at Helping Hudson.  It certainly made the job of selecting a winner very difficult!  The Helping Hudson Team would like to thank everyone who supported our fundraiser by entering our challenges.  We are so humbled that you think Hudson is a worthy cause.

We would love to give everyone a prize but there can be only 1 winner and this week the colour challenge winner is:

***Melissa Davies***

Congratulations Melissa!

Here is Melissa's beautiful card:

You can check out her blog by clicking here.

Melissa will need to email her postal address to helpinghudson@josi.com.au before noon on Wednesday 11th August to claim her prize.  Melissa will also get this badge to display on her blog, designed by Simon Sherry:

Thanks to everyone again, and don't forget to come back at 7pm tonight for the next round of challenges.

Day Seven Giveaway *WINNER*

Thanks, everyone, for sharing your wonderful early memories of crafting with us!  What a great trip down memory lane.

The random generator has drawn Day Seven's winner ..... comment number 10, from .....



** LISA H **


Congratulations, Lisa, and thank you for taking part!  Don't forget to email us at helpinghudson@josi.com.au, with your full name and address, so we can post your prize out to you.


Any daily giveaway prizes not claimed within 48 hours will be pooled to go into a random draw on 25th August.  All daily participants will then have a second chance to win.  Good luck everyone - keep entering the daily draw!

StampAMemory Challenge

The Helping Hudson team would like to say a big thank you to the girls over at StampAMemory for their support for our project.  StampAMemory is a fabulous website to visit if you are looking for some inspiration for ways to use your Stampin' Up products in your scrapbooking.

There are also regular challenges and this time round their challenge is themed for the Helping Hudson cause.

Here's Nikki from StampAMemory to tell you more.

"Hi its the SAM team here with news of another exciting scrapbooking challenge being hosted by the StampAMemory site in conjunction with Helping Hudson - A Wheely Good Cause.

It was my turn this month to set the challenge and of course I just had to involve a wheel or two didn’t I! So the challenge is ... To scrapbook a page about wheels, maybe your first set of wheels, your child’s first bike, your child’s first car, that favourite pair of roller skates or skateboard ....

Once you’ve created your page hop on over to StampAMemory Challenge #13 post and follow the instructions to upload your page via Mr Linky or email one of the Design Team members and we will upload it for you.

Closing date is the 20th of August with the winner being announced here at Helping Hudson and on the Stampamemory site on the 22nd of August.

There is no charge to enter and yes, there are prizes.   A bundle of goodies from the Stampin’ Up! prize basket.

So what are you waiting for ... Let’s get scrapping and help Hudson at the same time."

Day Eight Giveaway Question

Every day the Helping Hudson team will be asking you to comment on a question.

At the end of each day a winner will be selected randomly to receive a small prize of Stampin' Up! Australia products.

This may include things such as ribbon, ink pads or rub ons.

You must include your name in the comment to be eligible for the prize.

Entries will close at midnight and the winner will be announced at noon tomorrow.

Entry is free, but the winner will only have 48 hours to claim their prize.

Unclaimed prizes will be given away in a random draw of all entrants on the 25th.

Today's question is:

What is your favourite Stampin' Up! colour?

We look forward to reading your answer, and please remember to come back tomorrow

for the next question and to find out who won.

As per Stampin' Up! Australia rules, only Australian residents are eligible for prizes.

While we cannot ship prizes overseas, any daily giveaway winners outside Australia have the option of nominating an Australian resident to donate their prize to. :-)