Well done to our November winner

Last month I announced that I would be doing a different kind of blog giveaway based on asking each DT member to pick their favourite comment from the month.  I would then put the list into the random number generator choose one person to win a £20 gift certificate.

So the girls duly sent me their choices and the outcome was actually unanimous - they had all chosen comments by the same person!

So I'm delighted to announce that Paula (PEP) is this month's voucher winner!!

Congratulations Paula - we all really appreciate you taking the time to leave such thoughtful and detailed comments.  You win £20.00 to spend on stamps of your choice from the Chocolate Baroque stamp range (clear or rubber).  I will be in touch with the details.

We are going to continue with this, so please take a moment when you read any of our blog posts to just leave a little word or two of praise or encouragement - it really helps the girls to feel valued and stimulates them to keep on exercising those creative muscles to bring you fresh inspiration.  Who knows, it could be you winning the voucher at the end of December!

Announcing Winners!

hi everyone

I don't know where the last month has gone, but it's high time I announced the winners from this post back at the end of August.

So without further ado ... our winners are:

Shona  1 September 2013 06:54

I just came here from Shirley's amazing blog, which is one of my absolute favorites. Her work with your stamps is so fabulous, and I just drooled over her cards using the new Halloween stamps. I love witch images, but that winged mouse is too cute for words!

 Congratulations Shona - you win a Bewitched Moonlight set

 

veronica  2 September 2013 19:30

Halloween ones are lovely, especially the candlestick, but the words would be so useful

Congratulations Veronica - you win the Nevermore set

Sandra 30 August 2013 12:54

Loving all the new stamps! I think the large word stamps would make super, elegant Christmas cards. Thanks for the chance to win some.

Well done Sandra, you win the Christmas words set.

I know we have some of you registered on our website already, but it makes it easier if you can just quickly send an email to us and confirm your full postal address.

Have fun ladies and don't forget to let us see any artwork you create with your winning stamps!

We have our winners ...

We have our winners courtesy of random.org - congratulations to you both.



First up, the winner of Fancy Flowers is Sunnyfae.  From her blog, I gather she has just started stamping this year and already she is creating some lovely artwork. Hope you enjoy your stamps Sunnyfae.

sunnyfae 28 June 2013 18:56

As always the stamps are stunning. I could think of so many uses for them.

Secondly it's LizM - you win the Poppy Meadow set Liz.  Looks like the lucky fairy really was smiling on you this time - enjoy!

LizM 29 June 2013 10:16

You've done it again!!! More FABULOUS flowers! I really love the Poppy Meadows - I do love a Poppy.....almost as much as I love a tree - ha ha. The Fancy Flowers are really cool, too.....I do think I need these stamps, honestly.
Looking forward to seeing how the Design Team use them...so inspirational.
Thanks for the chance, Glenda...hoping for the lucky fairy to smile on me.
all the best,  Liz M x

Can you both get in touch (click here for our contact page) to confirm your postal details and we'll get your freebies out to you asap.

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

Stamp of the Week: The Rose Tree (plus winners announced for February giveaway)

What do all these lovely cards have in common?

 

They all feature stamps from this week's Stamp of the Week - the lovely Rose Tree.

It is on offer for just one week, so take advantage while you can!

Now, in other news, I have winners to announce ...

First up, winner of the Woodland Fantasy stamp set is Andrew - congratulations Andrew!

Andrews Stamping Pad 1 February 2013 07:41

Love the way you have used the stamps with the pan pastels.Fantastic samples .

Then we have the Spring is in the Air winner -  well done to Gerrina!

Gerrina 7 February 2013 10:15

Again some great stamps! The ATC's are beautiful! But then; I love snowdrops... that meens some saving is in order to buy them! Greetings, Gerrina

And finally, it's Elaine's lucky day with a win of Spring Foliage.

Elaine 12 February 2013 15:03

Love the spring with the new greens and bright flowers - just what we need to brighten these dull days. Great artwork and I love that catkin- very efective!!

Well done everyone - can  you please get in touch with me (sales@chocolatebaroque.com)  as soon as you can and let me have your postal address so I know where to send your prize. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Winners!

I have two lucky winners to announce today.

Firstly, the winner of the Steampunk Butterfly stamp set is Jaime who is getting an early Christmas pressie!

Jaime Smith 30 November 2012 18:53

Another brilliant steampunk set - that rose is lovely, I'm so glad it did get included! Steampunk, very definitely, but without the focus on cogs/watches that seems to overwhelm a lot of things. This is definitely going on my wish list for the new year (can't afford it before then or I'd be mugging the postman tomorrow!)

And secondly, the winner of our Christmas Sentiments set is Paula.

Paula (PEP)30 November 2012 18:12

Goodness - there are such different & useful images on this Stamp of the Month set. That rose is quite something & I'm not surprised the DT have had fun with these. That big butterfly is a real gem. super selection of sentiments for Christmas too. Amazing that you managed to get them done for this year.
Thanks for doing a giveaway too & looking forward to seeing who the new addition is.
Paula (PEP)

Well done ladies - we have both of your details on file already so watch your letterbox for your prizes.

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day that Harlequin Christmas is our Stamp of the Week so there's still time to take advantage of the special price and free download that we are offering with it.  I'll be back later today with a new Stamp of the Week.

Important message from Glenda - Giveaway Winners, please claim your prizes!

Hi everyone

We have now caught up with ourselves and all of your pre-orders for clear stamps have shipped - yay!  Adrian has been an absolute star and is now busy with a couple of big trade orders before topping up our website stock.  We do have stock of all the sets (at the time of writing this), but some are quite low so please use the waitlist feature - it really helps us to plan the production schedule.

So after a mammoth week of printing, packing, picking and posting, I thought I'd better catch up with all the giveways and get some prizes out.

Thank you to all of you who leave comments.  Please check to see if you are one of our lucky winners and if you are, can you send me an email and confirm your postal address.  Please can you claim your prize by Friday 5th October 2012.

1. Clear Stamp Winners

Clare *Littlebear*6 September 2012 13:51

They are all gorgeous, but I think my favourite is Lily Pad.
Clare x

 

mamapez56 September 2012 19:41

These all look good though I don't do Halloween. I love the oriental set. All 'create a scene' stamps do it for me. I also much prefer working with clear stamps so this is a good move for me. Kate

 

JanetV6 September 2012 13:38

Hi Glenda
Fantastic stamps as always and the packaging is a great idea.

Love Janet V

2. Cut 'n' Dry Pack Winner

The lucky winner of the Cut 'n' Dry twin pack is

The Good Fairy6 September 2012 20:45

The more I see these stamps, the more I like them and not all of them are strictly halloween so they will get more than one outing a year.

3. AquaMarker Winner

 The lucky winner of the AquaMarker Landscape painting set is

Joan6 September 2012 17:58

yes, please. I'd love to try the aquamarkers, then I would have to get some of the lovely new stamps to use them with!!

4. Essential Card Pack Winner

 The lucky winner of the Essential Card Pack is

Jeanne8 September 2012 09:38

I think your instructions were so clear (as are these lovely stamps! - sorry about the pun!) that you made it easy for us to create a scene. It makes me look at all the stamps in a new way. Thanks for the inspiration. Lucky you getting all the new stamps to work with!
Jeannie E.

And finally - I'm way behind doing this one from the beginning of the month - the launch kinda overtook our lives for a while!

5. Pears & Baubles Winner

Karen3 September 2012 22:35

Another gorgeous set of stamps.......love those pears; would look really great done with gilding flakes but make fab cards on the kraft card.

Karen :o)

Surprise for Liz!

At the start of the month when we launched our Christmas stamps, I did make a passing reference at the end of the post to a giveaway.  I may have been too subtle because not many people responded, but we do have a winner.

Congratulations to Liz who wins one of the new Christmas stamp sets.

liz 19 August 2012 16:59

 

Hi Christmas is not a good time for me - my husband left me with three very small children and I could never afford much for presents. However now I've got grandchildren and a good job, I am trying hard to make it special again. I used to love Christmas when I was young with the presents round the tree and the excitement of what was in them. I was always the 'postman' and my children and grandchildren have carried on the tradition. I think tradition is the best thing about Christmas - that and giving. x

Hope our little prize makes the run up to Christmas a bit more fun too Liz.  Please can you get in touch with your details and we'll get your prize out to you.

 

Steampunkery Winner

Just a quick post to announce the winner of our Steampunkery giveaway is ....


Gill who left a comment on Judith's hinged ATC post on June 16th.

Congratulations Gill - please can you get in touch to let us know where to ship your stamps.

New stamps are being launched tomorrow, but due to a slight run in with Blogger's draft mode being more like daft mode, you might know that already!

Wait til you see them though - I'm biased of course, but they are beautiful....

Sunny Sunflower winner

I'm on the ball today and I'm delighted to announce the winner of our Sunny Sunflower stamps.  When her name came up I was delighted because she's a very worthy winner.

It's Margaret Iddon!!!

Margaret is hosting the Chocolate Baroque AlphaTag swap over on the Chocolate Baroque Forum and she is doing such a great job of managing the swap and photographing all the tags.  So much so, that I created a page here on this blog to show off the monthly collage photos she puts together of all the tags received.  You can see the tab at the top or click here to go take a look.

If you want to see each of the tags in more detail, you will need to sign up to the Forum.  It's completely free and once signed up, you can become a member of the 'Alpha Tag Swap' group.  The swap is closed to new members, but you can still see the photos and read the discussions as people share how they made their tags.

Congratulations Margaret - I will get your stamp set out to you today!

PS: We have more new stamps launching today!  Long story, but we had a real problem with the master plate for this one and had to delay the launch, but there are two sets and I think you're going to love them ...

PPS: I won't be blogging about them until next week, so make sure you are on our email list to be the first to see them (and find out about the Stamp of the Month offer).

PPPS: ... think steampunk ....!

Lace and Haberdashery Winners announced!

Did you think I'd forgotten.  Well things just kept conspiring to keep me away from my computer this week, so the 'weekend' has overrun slightly.

By random number generator, I'm delighted to announce our two winners who are:

Aquarius who wins the Lace Fragments set

Aquarius Apr 19, 2012 05:51 AM

These stamps really are 'ab fab' and as you say so on trend. Just love your little 'Etsy labels' too they would grace any hand crafted article.

and Sue's Crafty corner who wins the Haberdashery set

Sue's Crafty Corner Apr 19, 2012 03:23 AM

Oh wow, these are gorgeous. They have just found their way to the top of my wish list. Can't wait to see what the design team have made with them.

Sue x

Well done ladies - please can you contact us to just confirm your address and we'll get your stamps sent out pronto!

Three lucky blog winners - are you one of them?

Well I did try to post this announcement last Friday, but Blogger bloggered me about so much I gave up in disgust. Sorry Blogger, but every now and then, something weird happens and the text and images were dancing and jumping up and down on the screen - enough to make my eyes ache.

Things seem to be back to normal now, so here goes with the winners. I used a random number generator and in no particular order, our winners are:

Dots Dabbles who wins Easter Traditions

Dots Dabbles Mar 17, 2012 03:20 AM I have been eyeing that cross off for ages...I first thought that you must have used alcohol inks on this card. It is a stunning card, love everything about it! Dot x

Glennis who wins Elegant Spring Flowers

Glennis Mar 17, 2012 11:15 PM The new stamps are amazing and as regards to your question on the last set, I think you should keep it in - it looks very useful, and I just love the flourish

and Paula who wins Elegant Crocus

Paula (PEP)Mar 17, 2012 03:44 AM These are real beauties of floral/script stamps with gorgeous stylized variations included. I've been hankering after a crocus stamp.........how ever did you know?? My mum was an ordained minister so I'm thrilled to see the traditional Easter stamps. I've loved Art Nouveau for a long time & though I have that little Birthday Swirls set I can see how useful it is - one of the very few large Happy Birthday stamps with some elegance where the Greeting can actually form the focus of the design. Paula (PEP)

Well done ladies - please can you contact me with your details and I will get your prize sent out to you.

Punky Romance Winner

I am WAY behind here, but only because we had a rush of orders to deal with and that's a good reason to be busy so I'm not complaining.  Things have settled down now, so I'm catching up with a very overdue job - picking a lucky winner of our latest stamp set, Punky Romance.

I have picked randomly from our followers and the lucky person is: Suzanne Czosek!  Congratulations Suzanne, please can you get in touch and we'll get your stamp set sent out to you.

We have new stamps coming out soon, so watch this space for more glorious artwork coming up.

Birdcage and Honey Bee winners plus another chance to win!

Thanks to everyone for your lovely comments on the Pretty Birdcage and Honey Bee stamps.  I have picked two winners completely at random from the comments and come up with:

Honey Bee goes to Shirls's Cards

and

Pretty Birdcage goes to Gini



Congratulations ladies, please can you get in touch and we'll get your stamps sent out.  Gini, I have your details already, so I'll put yours in the post today.

Now, if you're feeling like you never win anything, we have our final stamp set of 2011 just out.  It's called Punky Romance and it looks like this:

Perfect for Valentine's Day, anniversaries and weddings, but of course it has lots of versatility for Steampunk fans and is by no means limited to purely romantic kind of cards. 

So I am giving you all another chance to be a winner, but this time I am going to pick a winner from our followers.  If you are not already a follower of this blog, you have two ways to become one.  If you look on the right hand side of the page you will see lots of tiny photos of people with a blue button above that says 'Join this site'.  Click on that button and follow the instructions to become a follower.  There are various accounts that you may already have that you can use, or simply create a new Google account and use that.

The second way of following is for Facebook users.  You can use Networked Blogs which you will find right at the bottom of the side bar on the right.

I will add together the followers from both widgets and pick a winner at random.  You have until January 4th 2012 as we are taking a break over the holidays.

Over the holidays, the girls will be blogging some artwork with this set and there's more to come with Honey Bee and Pretty Birdcage too.

So all that remains is for me to thank you all for your support this year and wish you all the very best for Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Hope Santa brings you lots of crafting goodies!

A Random Blog Winner

I mentioned a while ago that I might do a random giveaway and I have gone through all the comments since we launched Music Fanfare and The Art of Chess, put the names into the random number cruncher and come up with a winner.

And that winner is ...

Marja's Stamp Addiction

Marja - I can't understand Dutch, but the pics on your blog are just gorgeous.  Can you get in touch with me please and send me your address so I can send a little something to you.

Next week we are launching our main Christmas collection - be prepared to have your stamping tastebuds tickled pink!

Home Sweet Home Winner

Well it took me quite a while to 'harvest' all the comments from all the blogs, but once I had done that, the random number pixie gave me the magic number and I'm delighted to tell you that the winner of the Home Sweet Home stamp set is

Julie W from Julie's Crafty Space.

Congratulations Julie, could you get in touch so we know where to send your prize - click here for our Contact Us page.

Seems like a lot of you really like the Home Sweet Home stamps, so it will be interesting to see if you like what's coming next .... Steampunk Christmas!

Watch out for that next week.

We have a lucky winner!

Well, I gathered up ALL the comments left on this blog and on my own (some people have had problems with Blogger and couldn't comment here) and did the random number thing to pick a winner.  There is one lucky lady who I think is going to be very happy ...

And that lady is .....


JEAN STRAW!

Congratulations Jean, I'll be in touch with you about your prize.  Jean has a blog called My Crafty Corner - why don't you pop over and visit, I'm sure she'd be delighted to have you visit her.

Big thank you to everyone who left a comment, it is much appreciated by all of us and please keep checking back as we have more wonderful DT artwork coming up.  You never know when the random prize pixie will strike ...

I'll leave you with a card I made with the Fantastic Florals, chalk inks and Derwent Pastel Pencils ...

We have our winners

Well I've just been round all the DT blogs and collected in all the comments you have left, plus those you left here too.  I pasted them all into a spreadsheet and called the random number generator into play.

Thank you all so much for your comments and for all the lovely good wishes you have sent our way.  We are two weeks into our new venture and it's just fantastic to be back.  There will be new stamps released every month, so stay tuned for May's new releases coming at the end of this month.

So our lucky winners are:

Firstly it's Suzee!

Suzee Murphy said...

Opulence personified Judith ! .....

Second winner is Paula

Paula said...

Your use of the various blues in this made me think of a peacock & I love the way you've used the different inks to create depth.
Paula (PEP)

And thirdly it's Aquarius

Aquarius said...

Another great card with that stamp set. Thanks for the explanation - I think I've followed it but time will tell when I have a go!!

Well done to all of you - can you send me an email with your address to sales[at]chocolatebaroque[dot]com and I'll get your prize in the post to you on Monday.

Thanks for taking part everyone, and you never know, it might be you next time!