October Sketch Challenge

 Hello, Christmas lovers and cardmakers!

The season changed and we welcomed autumn. This means that we can now officialy begin
countdown to Christmas time if you haven't done it yet! :)

Valentina B here with you today.
I kindly invite you to join us in the October challenges at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

It's the first Saturday in the month and this means we start with Sketch Challenge.
I have the honour to prepare the challenges this month.
For my first week I create this sketch:

I hope you will find time, a lot of inspiration here and that you'll enjoy playing along with us.

You can stretch this or use different shapes as long as we can see the basic sketch on your card. 

We can't wait to see you interpret this sketch and
we're looking forward to all the beautiful cards you'll share with us! 

This week our wonderdul guest designer is:

Tadeja

Here are some inspiration from our wonderful Design Team:

AndrejaM

Fabiola

Majda

Gill

Branka

Deborah

Tracy

AndrejaL

Just 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 (7.00pm EDT) to be considered for Winner or Honourable Mentions
• And please turn off word verification to make commenting easier - thank you

The deadline for entry to this challenge is midnight GMT on Friday 9th October 2026 -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States. 

Have fun!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner - september theme challenge

                                     We would like to thank everyone who participated in the 

september theme challenge: number 2027.

You used a wide variety of styles  to create your entries.
It made the choice hard, though; it was fun seeing all the creativity.

We would like to congratulate:

#2 Nataša Bizjak

Nataša, for winning the technique challenge, we would love to invite you to be a 

Guest Designer for an upcoming challenge.
To accept this invitation, please contact us HERE so we can send you the details.

We would also like to give Honourable Mentions to the following
(in submission order):

# 1 Delfina ustvarja

#3 Colien

Congratulations to you all!

We hope you will enjoy displaying our winners' badge on your blog.

You may collect it from the Badges tab at the top of the page here.

September Technique Challenge

 Welcome to the new challenge of  52 Christmas Card Throwdown, 

Majda here again as your September hostess.

I want to thank everyone who has participated in the challenges, I am impressed with your creations!

Now on to the last challenge of the month, which is a Technique Challenge.

It's time for: HOT FOIL OR HOT EMBOSSING.

Ready to add a little holiday sparkle? 

Join our Hot Foil or Hot Embossing Challenge and create a festive card 

that dazzles with beautiful foil shine or elegant embossed textures.

I'm just curious if it's for you too ;) 

Can't wait to see what you will come up with!

Our Guest Designer this week is:

Nataša

My creation:

For more inspiration, here are the creations of the design team: 

AndrejaM

Fabiola

Gill

Branka

Deborah

Just 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

- 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 2nd october 2026

Have fun!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner - september colour challenge

                                         We would like to thank everyone who participated in the 

september colour challenge.

You used a wide variety of styles and themes to create your entries.
It made the choice hard, though; it was fun seeing all the creativity.

We would like to congratulate:

#3 LESLIE  M

Leslie, for winning the colour challenge, we would love to invite you to be a 

Guest Designer for an upcoming challenge.
To accept this invitation, please contact us HERE so we can send you the details.

We would also like to give Honourable Mentions to the following
(in submission order):

#2 Tadeja

#5 Nataša 

#6 Nancy

Congratulations to you all!

We hope you will enjoy displaying our winners' badge on your blog.

You may collect it from the Badges tab at the top of the page here.

September Theme Challenge

 Hello everyone!

Majda again, to welcome you for the third challenge of the month 

on the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

We expect the number 2027 to take center stage as the main design element of the holiday card.

Let the coming year's number shine and make your greeting card stand out 

as you welcome the new year in style.

I can't wait to see what you create.

Our Guest Designer this week is:

Lynda

My creation:

For more inspiration, here are the creations of the design team: 

AndrejaM

fabiola

Branka

Gill

ELFi

AndrejaL

Just 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

- 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 25th September 2026

Have fun!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner - september sketch challenge

 We would like to thank everyone who participated in the 

september sketch challenge.

You used a wide variety of styles and themes to create your entries.
It made the choice hard, though; it was fun seeing all the creativity.

We would like to congratulate:

Whols Tracy

Tracy, for winning the sketch challenge, we would love to invite you to be a 

Guest Designer for an upcoming challenge.

To accept this invitation, please contact us HERE so we can send you the details.

We would also like to give Honourable Mentions 

to Cindy Major.

Congratulations to both of you.

We hope you will enjoy displaying our winners' badge on your blog.

You may collect it from the Badges tab at the top of the page here.

September Colour Challenge

 Hello everyone!

 Majda here with you today to welcome you for the second challenge of the month. 

For this challenge, I have chosen two colours - green and beige,

 that I myself use often 

when creating Christmas cards!

I hope you like it and you'll have a lot of fun :)

Our Guest Designer this week is: 

Urška

My creation:

For more inspiration, here are the creations of the design team: 

Fabiola

AndrejaM

 Gill

Branka

ELFi

Andreja L

Just 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

- 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 18th September 2026

Have fun!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter