Hello lovely crafters, and welcome to a brand-new month at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!
I’m Gill, and I’m absolutely delighted to be your host for the month of November. Can you believe how close we are to Christmas now? It’s the perfect time to dust off that glitter, pull out your prettiest papers, and get those festive creative juices flowing!
Whether you’ve been crafting along with us all year or you’re just discovering 52CCT, we’re so happy to have you here. Our wonderful Design Team has been spreading Christmas cheer since January with their stunning cards and fabulous inspiration, and now it’s your turn to join in the fun.
November’s First Challenge: It’s Sketch Week!
We’re kicking off the month with one of my favourite types of challenges — a Sketch Challenge!
If you’ve never tried one before, this is a brilliant place to start. A sketch gives you a layout to follow — a bit like a creative roadmap — but there’s still plenty of room to add your own flair.
You can keep things simple and follow the design closely, or you might fancy flipping it, stretching it, or swapping out the shapes. As long as we can still see the bones of the original sketch, you’re good to go!
Sketch challenges are a wonderful way to spark your imagination. Try out new colour combinations, add a touch of sparkle, or play with different textures — metallic papers, embossed backgrounds, twine, gems… whatever makes your Christmas heart happy!
Our guest designer for this week is
Papierelle
Here are the creations from the Design Team:
Gill
Fabiola
Join Us and Share Your Cards
Don’t forget to share your creations with us — we love seeing how each of you interpret the challenge. Every card is unique, and together we build a gallery full of festive inspiration for crafters everywhere.
So, grab a cuppa, put on a bit of Christmas music (I won’t tell if it’s only November in your heart 😉), and let’s get making!
A quick reminder of the rules:
- This is a CARD challenge - so no 3D projects, tags or ATCs
- Only new projects - no back-linking
- Please link directly to your POST, not to the whole of your blog
- Please show the graphic on your challenge post
- You must link up by Midnight Friday (GMT) to be considered for Winner or Honourable Mentions
- A maximum of 10 challenges, please
- And please turn off word verification in order to make commenting easier - thank you
Deadline for entry to this challenge is midnight GMT on Friday 7th November 2025
- that's 7.00 pm EDT for those of you in the States.
Happy crafting!
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