May - Sketch

Hello there,

It's Lucinda here hosting the Christmas Card Throwdown for May. We're kicking off with a fantastic sketch challenge - you can use any shape, but we want to see multiple layers on your Christmas/Winter cards. There are so many ways to use this idea, I can't wait to see what you come up with.

To get you started, here are some beautiful inspiration cards from our Design Team:

Myrna Sweet

Fabiola

April

EK

Alison

Lucinda

Patricia

Andreja

Deborah

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You have until Friday 19th May, midnight BST/ 7pm EDT to enter your card to the challenge.

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Winners - April theme challenge

Hello there!  The Design Team enjoyed seeing all the creative ways that our challenge participants used musical notation in their cards for our April theme challenge!  It's time to announce our winners.

After tallying the votes, we had a tie for our Top Honors: 

#14 Marina

 

#24 Andrea

And here are our Honorable Mentions, listed in order of entry into the challenge:

#7 Cimbacreativefun

#19 Robyn Oliver

 #20 Hali

 

#23 Zvonka

 
Congratulations to you all. Please pick up your badges from the tab at the top of the page - we hope you'll be proud to display them on your blogs. 

You still have plenty of time to join in our current technique challenge - shaker cards.  All the details can be found on the original challenge post. 

April technique - you still have time to play

You still have time to join in with our current challenge. (You have an extra week as the play along as there are 5 Saturdays in April).
We have a technique challenge for you:

Here is some more inspiration just in case you need it:

Andreja

April

EK

Find the original post, our inspiration cards and the link-up here. The deadline is midnight (BST) Friday 5th May - that's 7.00pm EST in the States.

April - Technique

Hello there! 

This time we are really happy and excited about our technique challenge of the month! It's time for: SHAKER! We would like to see you make any kind of shaker card (with Christmas theme of course). Can't wait to see what you will come up with!

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:

Fabiola

Myrna

Andreja

EK

Kaja

April

Alison

Lucinda

Deborah

We hope you'll have fun with this technique!  Share your Christmas or wintry card with us using the the linky tool below.  As this is a month with five Saturdays you have an extra week to play along with this challenge. You have until 7:00 p.m. Eastern time/midnight BST Friday, May 5th to link your card.  Happy crafting!

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March Colours - Winners

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our March colour challenge. We updated the traditional colours associated with Christmas with a bit of a modern twist and we absolutely loved what you came up with! Congratulations to all our winners.

 

Top Honour

 

#10 Kristina

 

 

We loved this cute and quirky image and the fabulous colouring!

 

Honourable Mentions:

 

#1 Marjeta

 

 

Look at this cute guy looking smart in his Christmas cardigan! Love that strip of lime green accentuating the design.

 

#2 Birgit

 

 

A beautiful, classic Christmas card.

 

#4 Robyn

 

 

We loved Robyn's elegant Christmas tree!

 

#7 Lili

 

 

Fabulous inlaid details that really complement the colour scheme. Such a striking card!

 

Thanks again! We really enjoyed visiting your blogs. It's not to late to join our most recent challenge here

 

Happy crafting! April x

 

 

April theme challenge - you still have time to play

You still have time to join in with our current challenge.
We have a theme challenge for you:

Here is some more inspiration just in case you need it:

EK

Andreja

Lucinda

Find the original post, our inspiration cards and the link-up here. The deadline is midnight (BST) Friday 14th April - that's 7.00pm EST in the States.

April - Theme

Hello there! I hope that you are ready for our next theme challenge here at Christmas card throwdown! We have a lovely theme prepared: MUSICAL NOTATION. You can make any type of card, but don't forget to follow the theme. :)

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:

Myrna

Fabiola

Alison

Andreja

Kaja

Deborah

April

Patricia

Lucinda

EK

Now that you've seen what the Design Team has made, it's your turn to get creating! We'd love to see what you will come up with! You have until midnight BST on Friday, April 14th to link your card - that's 7.00 Eastern US time.

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