October - Theme

Welcome everybody,

the new challenge of

Christmas Card Throwdown

starts with fun ...

I'm Fabiola and

I will be your hostess all the month of October

so come play with us!

For the next 15 days

the theme is:

winter sports...

You have the ice skates, skis, sled etc.

burst and surprise us for this challenge.

Our team had fun preparing this theme

so do not forget to admire the wonderful creations.

Fabiola

Andreja

April

EK

Alison

Gill

Lucinda

Myrna

You've got until midnight GMT (7.00pm EDT) on Friday 20th October to play along with us.

Have fun!!

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An InLinkz Link-up

Winners - September Sketch Challenge

Hi, Andreja here with you today.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in our September Sketch Challenge. We very much enjoyed seeing all your wonderful cards. Congratulations to all!

The Design Team have chosen:

Winner

#15   Nancy

We love the layers of white and grey tones and the soft mint greens. And a gorgeous poinsettia. She such a pretty take of our sketch. 

Honourable mentions

 (in order of submission)

 #7  Lili

This ribbon is very pretty and a perfect accent for the card. A great take of our sketch.

#8   Maja

The kraft with the glitter is a perfect pretty background for this beautiful pink poinsettia.  

#9   Mojca

The poinsettia is very beautiful and we like it in gold. The background is beautiful, too.

#17  Rosina

Beautiful and elegant card with gorgeous red poinsettia. We love the traditional colors.

#19  Marjeta

This is very sweet and a clever use of the sketch. We love the sweet scene she created.

Congratulations everyone.
Please display your winners badges on your blogs. 

We look forward to seeing your entries to our current challenge.

September Colours - you've still got time to play

Hello everyone,

There is still plenty of time to join in with our September colour challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown.

These are the lovely colours we are asking you to use:

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

April

Andreja

Fabiola

Lucinda

Find the original post, our inspiration cards and the link-up here. The deadline is midnight (BST) Friday 6th October - that's 7.00pm EST in the States.

September - Colours

Good morning! It's Andreja here with you today.
Welcome to our colour challenge here at Christmas Card Throwdown - CCT18. Following our usual format we have some colours for you to use on your Christmas cards. We want to see PINK, RED and GREEN and ONLY those colours on your card.

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:

Gill

EK

Myrna

Fabiola

Lucinda

Alison



April



Andreja



You've got a bit longer to play along with this challenge, submission deadline is midnight (BST) on Friday 6th October, that's 7.00pm EDT in the States.

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An InLinkz Link-up

September Sketch - you've still got time to play

There is still plenty of time to join in with our September sketch challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown.

There are the sketch we are asking you to use:

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

Andreja

Lucinda

Find the original post, our inspiration cards and the link-up here. The deadline is midnight (BST) Friday 15th September - that's 7.00pm EST in the States.

Winners - August Technique Challenge

EK here, and I am so excited to share the August Technique Challenge Winners.

The votes were all over the place this time and the design team voted for so many different looks that it was hard to pick winners...but we finally came up with this list!

The design team have chosen:

Winner

#4 Ria

Not only were we all in love with the embossing inside the snowglobe, but we also were loving the colors of this amazing card!

Honourable mentions

 (in order of submission)

 #5 Birgit
These penguins were just too cute for words, and those embossed layers were perfect for this challenge!

#11 Nancy

Everything about this card is perfect, from the Christmas poinsettias to the white heat embossing. 

#13 Rosina

We were loving these Christmas paper trees and that snowy dry embossed background! 

#26 Crafting Junky
This friendly snowman looks just perfect in front of that embossed snowy background!

#34 Maria Giselle

Sometimes less is more, and in the case of this card that simple embossed background was perfect for this shaker card!

Congratulations everyone. Please display your winners badges on  your blogs. 

We look forward to seeing your entries to our current 

September - Sketch

Good morning! Andreja here with you today.
Welcome to our sketch challenge here at Christmas Card Throwdown - CCT17. We are looking forward to seeing your festive take on our sketch! Don't forget you can flip the design and use an element of a different shape, but we should still be able to recognise the original sketch in your lovely card.

We can't wait to see what you come up with this sketch!

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:

Andreja

April

 Alison

Fabiola

Lucinda

EK

Gill

Myrna

You've got until midnight GMT (7.00pm EDT) on Friday 15th September to play along with us.

Have fun!!

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An InLinkz Link-up

August Theme Winner

EK here, and I am so sorry that the winners are being posted late.  My oldest thought breaking his nose would be a fun thing to do this week, and needless to say that has meant lots of extra doctor appointment right before school began!  But without further ado, your winners...

Thank you for all your creative entries to our August Theme challenge.

The design team have chosen:

Winner

Deanne

We all just loved the super cute flamingo and the great pinks and greens of this card!

Honourable mentions

 (in order of submission)

#7 Kristina
We all were just loving this super cute Snow'sand'man and the cool ocean feel.

#2 Foley

These palm trees are just too cute for words! 

#12 Marjeta

We just loved how Santa was colored in this card and the vacation form the cold he seems to be getting. 

#13 EpieThis collection of papers was just too great to resist.

#14 Zvonka

This flip flops and Christmas Papers were perfect for our theme.

Congratulations everyone. Please display your winners badges on  your blogs. 

We look forward to seeing your entries to our current colour challenge.