52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Saturday, 15 August 2026

August Theme Challenge

Hello everyone,

Tracy here again, and it is time to share what my theme is for week 3 of August.

This is one of my most fun challenges to set each time I host,
as I love seeing how everyone uses the theme.

This time around, I chose a theme I am familiar with because I live in Australia, where Christmas is celebrated in Summer. So no snow in my part of the world.

I hope that you have fun creating with this theme. If you don't have any products that are this theme exactly, then think about using some of your summer-themed products, add a Christmas-type present and change out the sentiment - and you have a Christmas without snow.

Our Guest designer this week is
Anne

Thank you for being a part of the creative team this week. We love your creation.

Now here is more inspiration from the design team.

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 24th August 2026 -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States.

Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Winner - August Sketch Challenge

Hello Everyone,

It is time for us to announce the winner of the August Sketch Challenge.

To remind everyone, this is the sketch that we used.

We were glad to see 7 entries. Of those entries, we have chosen

#7 Urska

As the winner of our 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 the following entries.

#1 Leslie

#3 Natasha

We would like to thank everyone who created along with our August Sketch. We hope that you will consider creating along with the Colour Challenge, which is still happening until midnight GMT on Friday 14th August 2026 - that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States.

Saturday, 8 August 2026

August Colour Challenge

Hello, everyone!

Welcome to the 2nd Saturday in August; it is time for a Colour Challenge.
I admit I always struggle to set up this challenge and then make the cards.

Here is the combination that I came up with.

I hope that you have fun with this combination.

You can also use a little of the neutrals of Black and White. But only as a complement to the main colours.
Looking forward to seeing how you use these colours on your creations.

Our Guest Designer this week is

Erika

Thank you for being a part of the team this week and for your wonderful creation.

Now it is time for us to show you how we used these colours.

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 14th August 2026 -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States.

Have fun!

Wednesday, 5 August 2026

July Technique Challenge Winner

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone who joined us to create with the July Technique Challenge.

It was wonderful to see your stencilled creations - thank you!

We want to congratulate our WINNER

#8 Urska

Urska, for winning the Technique challenge, we would love to invite you to be a

Guest Designer for an upcoming challenge.

To take up this invite please contact us HERE so we can send you the details.

And we want to give Honourable Mentions to
(in submission order)

#3 Charmaine

#10 Natasa

Congratulations everyone!

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.

Saturday, 1 August 2026

August Sketch Challenge

Hello, everyone!

Welcome to the August Challenges! I am Tracy. I will be setting the challenges this month.
I hope you enjoy playing along with our challenges.
I hope you have time and are inspired to join us.

It's the first Saturday, which means it's time for a Sketch Challenge.

We can't wait to see how you interpret this sketch. We're looking forward to all the

beautiful cards you'll share with us!

And this week our wonderful Guest designer is

Kath

Thank you so much for creating such a wonderful card from my sketch.

Now it's time for the design team and I to show our interpretation of the sketch

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 7th August 2026 -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States.

Have fun!

Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Winner July Theme Challenge

Thank you to everyone who took part in our

July Theme Challenge

It was wonderful to see so many bauble themed cards in our gallery and you gave us a difficult job in selecting the top ones!

Congratulations go to our winner, who is

#5 Shacks Papercrafts

As the winner of our theme 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.

This week's Honourable Mentions are

#10 Brenda B