April Embellishment Challenge

Wow, where has the month gone?  It's Deborah here with you again - I've had such fun this week looking at all the wonderful cards made featuring Santa Claus - you've made it really tough to pick the winners. 

As it's the last week of the month we have a technique/embellishment challenge for you.  We would like you to use punches to make your card/project.

And here are our punched creations:

Deborah

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Danielle

Louise

Sarah

Ruth

Patricia

It's been my pleasure and privilege to host the challenge for April - thanks for your continued support.  And I really am looking forward to seeing your punched delights!

Deborah x

Please make sure to follow these rules when you play along with us here at 52CCT! :)

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.
*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog
*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.
*Please make sure NOT to back link.
*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honorable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.
*You are free to enter this challenge and 10 others only.
*We'd really appreciate it if you'd turn off word verification so that we can comment more easily! We know a lot of you do this for safety, but it takes a very long time to comment when verification is activated, and you may lose your comments from us...just sayin'. ;)

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April Colour Winners ....

.... Hi, it's Deborah here with you to announce the winners of last week's colour challenge.  These were our colours:

I have to admit that I love non-traditional colours for Christmas cards.  We had a few cards that didn't stick exactly to our colours, but all were lovely.  So without further ado, the unanimous winner of the colour challenge is:

Top Honour

Rocky

We really liked the soft snow scene and the sparkle on the fabulous reindeer!  Don't forget to grab your winner's badge and display it on your blog.  And now for our Honourable Mentions:

Honourable Mentions

Numerical Order

#1 Anita

# 2 Meg

#4 Susan B

#9 Daen'Ys

#10 Patti Corriere

Congratulations to you all - don't forget to pick up your badges and display them on your blogs.

We're well into this week's challenge to make a project featuring the Big Guy - Santa Claus or Father Christmas, whatever you call him, we're looking forward to seeing your creations.

Well, that's all for now - you've still got plenty of time to join in with this week's challenge.  I'll be back again on Saturday with the last challenge of the month!  See you soon.

Deborah x

April Theme Challenge

Hi - Deborah with you again this week.  I had fun checking out your cards with our non-traditional colour scheme last week.  This week we have a theme challenge and we want you to feature the Big Guy - Santa Claus or Father Christmas!  Whatever you call him - we'd like to see your creations:

Here are some jolly creations by the DT to get you started:

Deborah

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Danielle

Louise

Ruth

Patricia

Sarah

I don't know about you, but I'm finding that this year seems to be flying by!  It's already the middle of April and before you know it - we'll be at the end of the year!  Join us and play along - you'll have so lots of cards ready in plenty of time!  Looking forward to seeing your projects!

Please make sure to follow these rules when you play along with us here at 52CCT! :)

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.
*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog
*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.
*Please make sure NOT to back link.
*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honorable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.
*You are free to enter this challenge and 10 others only.
*We'd really appreciate it if you'd turn off word verification so that we can comment more easily! We know a lot of you do this for safety, but it takes a very long time to comment when verification is activated, and you may lose your comments from us...just sayin'. ;)

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April Sketch Top Honour and Honourable Mentions ....

...  Thank you to all those who entered this challenge - we all enjoyed viewing your work, but it didn't half make it tough to pick a winner and  honourable mentions!!  I really enjoyed the variety of styles - from modern and contemporary to more vintage and traditional.  Our winner for the April Sketch is the modern and simple Christmas tree by DaenY's - we all loved it!

Top Honour

DaenY's 

 

 
Our honourable mentions are as follows - and it was just as hard to pick only five!!

Honourable Mentions

(numerical order)

#9      Karola
#18    Fabiola
#16    Kathy K
#17    Dragonllew
# 2     Meg

All you winners, please don't forget to collect your badges and display them proudly on your blog!

This week we have a colour challenge for you to play along with - non traditional in navy, light blue and white.  We've had such lovely entries so far and there's plenty of time to join the fun!   It's never too early to start working on your Christmas cards - just think how many you'll have ready for December!!

I'll be back on Saturday with our next challenge for you.
Deborah x

April Color Challenge

Hi, it's Deborah with you again this week.  We had so many fabulous entries to our sketch challenge last week - I've had such fun visiting all of you.  It's going to be tough picking out our winner and honourable mentions!!!

Moving onto this week - we have a colour challenge - it's fabulous!  I like using slightly non-traditional colours on Christmas cards - our colours are Dark Blue, Light Blue and White. Here is the colour scheme for this week's challenge:

Check out the colourful inspiration from the DT:

Deborah

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Louise

Danielle

Ruth

Sarah

Patricia

It's never too early to make a start on your Christmas cards - and the weather in Michigan is certainly helping me to stay in Christmas mode!  Still cold!

Please make sure to follow these rules when you play along with us here at 52CCT! :)

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.
*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog
*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.
*Please make sure NOT to back link.
*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honourable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.
*You are free to enter this challenge and 10 others only.
*We'd really appreciate it if you'd turn off word verification so that we can comment more easily! We know a lot of you do this for safety, but it takes a very long time to comment when verification is activated, and you may lose your comments from us...just sayin'. ;)

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(Almost) Anything Goes March Honors

Well, we did catch a few people out this time, firstly as our challenge for Anything Goes means anything BUT a card, tag or ATC, and secondly, the technology gremlin invaded and cut off Mr Linky a day too early! Apologies if either of the above affected you.
Enough said about that, we had some jaw-dropping entries and quite an array of wonderful Christmas time projects. I love these challenges as you can really get creative and many of you did just that. Our winner  of the top spot this week is....

Top Honor

Rocky

with her amazing, very original, Christmas nativity mobile, featuring that gorgeous 3D star

Honorable Mentions

in no particular order

Suzie's stunning shimmery bauble

Brenda's delicious Hot Chocolate Gift pack

Daen 'Ys' elegant beaded ornament

Anita's intricate bird cage tree decoration

Margaret's wonderful tiny 'pizza' gift box

Well done Ladies, don't forget to grab your winners' badge.

This week's sketch is in full swing, with a fabulous design from Deborah, check it out and get your entry in now.  We love visiting all your blogs and leaving comments. It has been great fun, hosting the challenges for the month of March and this really is me, Louise, signing off now, Happy Crafting!

April Sketch Challenge

Hello, good morning!!  It's Deborah here - I'm very pleased to be hosting this month's challenges.  Can't believe it's already April!!  Has spring finally arrived with you?  The last few days here in Michigan have been lovely, with sunshine and temperatures getting into the 50s!  The birds know that spring is here - they've been singing so loudly!  So it's been a bit harder to make a Christmas card this week, but so worth while as I intend to have most of my cards made by December.

Thanks to Louise for hosting our challenges last month - there were so many gorgeous submissions, I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did..  

As it's the first week of the month we have a sketch to share with you - can't wait to see what you make with this one.

Here's some inspiration from the team:

Deborah

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Louise

Ruth

Danielle

Sarah

Patricia

Please make sure to follow these rules when you play along with us here at 52CCT! :)

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.
*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog
*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.
*Please make sure NOT to back link.
*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honorable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.
*You are free to enter this challenge and 10 others only.
*We'd really appreciate it if you'd turn off word verification so that we can comment more easily! We know a lot of you do this for safety, but it takes a very long time to comment when verification is activated, and you may lose your comments from us...just sayin'. ;)

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Ribbons and Bows Honorable Mentions

Hello, Louise here for almost the last time. I do hope that you all had a very Happy Easter time. When there's a special weekend and everyone is on holiday you can easily forget which day it is!
Luckily, I just remembered in time to post the winners from last week's Ribbons and Bows challenge. We loved the way you creatively used ribbons and bows in your cards, in many different styles, and the one that the DT have chosen as their top honor this week is

Top Honour

Rocky

We loved the way that Rocky weaved her ribbons to make such a beautiful focal point for her card.

Honorable Mentions

in numerical order

#2 Meg

#5 Patti

#7 Allisa

#8 Fabiola

#18 Vicky

Well done Ladies, don't forget to take your winners' badge and display it proudly on your blog! 

A quick reminder that our Anything Goes challenge is in full swing (anything BUT a card, tag or ATC), and we'd love to see any Christmas creations you have made.  On Saturday a whole new month of challenges will start again and this time your hostess will be Deborah. I know she's got some fantastic challenges to get you thinking and crafting so we are all looking forward to that.  I will be back next Wednesday to post the winners from Anything Goes, 'till then Happy Crafting!