April Stash Challenge

Hi, it's Deborah back with you again.  It's the last Saturday in April and that means it's the last time I host our challenge.  I've had a really fun time picking the challenges this month and seeing all your wonderful creations.  This time I've a stash challenge for you.  Now, I'm sure that you, like me, have lots of glitter in your stash - loose glitter, stickles or even glitter paper.  What I'd like to see this week is how you use GLITTER on your project.  

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Pat for being such a fabulous Guest Designer and sharing her gorgeous cards with us.  And now, for some wonderful inspiration from Pat and the team here are our projects:

We have a FABULOUS Guest DT member this month!

It's the super talented

Pat Couder!

Here's her card for this week~

And here's some inspiration from the DT~

Deborah

Mynn

Asha

Fabiola

Louise

Ruth

Patricia

Danielle

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

*Please read the challenge requirements carefully before creating your card. We will never delete any submissions that do not follow our challenge rules; however, only cards that meet the requirements will be considered by the Design Team for our weekly Top Honors and Honorable Mention voting. 

*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. Your card must not have been posted to your blog before the date of this challenge.
 

*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 combine this challenge with up to 10 other challenges.
 

*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 Challenge - winners ....

.... hello all, it's Deborah here and running a bit late too!  It's time to announce the winner of our April Colour challenge.  Sadly there weren't many entries, but I suspect that's because we all got busy with Easter!  Our winner this time is:

Winner - Meg

We really like your snowflake wreath and gorgeous gold bow!

Honourable Mentions go to:

Jasann

Judy V

Rosina

 Lorry

Sue

There's still plenty of time to join in with this week's challenge to make a project based on the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas.  Bye for now.

 

April Theme Challenge

Hi, it's Deborah back with our theme challenge.  I had lots of fun picking this one, and I think it's got lots of potential.  You can go elegant, cute, fun, traditional or modern - whatever you like.  And the theme is The Twelve Days of Christmas.

We have a FABULOUS Guest DT member this month!

It's the super talented

Pat Couder!

Here's her card for this week~

And here's some inspiration from the DT~

Deborah

Mynn

Asha

Louise

Ruth

Patricia

Danielle

Fabiola

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

*Please read the challenge requirements carefully before creating your card. We will never delete any submissions that do not follow our challenge rules; however, only cards that meet the requirements will be considered by the Design Team for our weekly Top Honors and Honorable Mention voting. 

*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. Your card must not have been posted to your blog before the date of this challenge.
 

*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 combine this challenge with up to 10 other challenges.
 

*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 - Winners ....

...  Hi it's Deborah here with you.  I really enjoyed seeing all your gorgeous cards for my sketch challenge, you certainly made it hard for us to pick our winners.  However, we've done it.  Without further ado, congratulations go to:

Top Honours

Judy V 

Honourable Mentions (in order of submission) are:

Rose

Daen'Ys

Myrna

Ellen

Louise

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

If you've not joined in with our April Colour Challenge you have until Friday 18th April, 1.00pm EDT (6.00pm BST).  We are really looking forward to seeing your Christmas/Winter cards.  See you soon.

Deborah x

April Color Challenge

Hello all!  It's Deborah with you again this week, and it's time for our colour challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.  You must pick three or more colours from the graphic.

You may also use white, cream, black, gold or silver as neutrals for your card base, embellishments or inks.  However, the main colours must come from the graphic.  I know that it is sometimes difficult to work out the colours on different PC screens, for reference I've given SU names:

Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, River Rock

Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue

We have a FABULOUS Guest DT member this month!

It's the super talented

Pat Couder!

Here's her card for this week

And here's some inspiration from the DT~

Deborah

Mynn

Fabiola

Asha

Ruth

Louise

Danielle

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

*Please read the challenge requirements carefully before creating your card. We will never delete any submissions that do not follow our challenge rules; however, only cards that meet the requirements will be considered by the Design Team for our weekly Top Honors and Honorable Mention voting. 

*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. Your card must not have been posted to your blog before the date of this challenge.
 

*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 combine this challenge with up to 10 other challenges.
 

*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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Winners - March Pick a Previous challenge

Hello!  It's Patricia here, one last time for now, to announce the winners for our March Pick a Previous challenge.  First, though, I'd like to say that I've enjoyed being your challenge hostess for the month of March, and that you participants have totally ROCKED the challenges this past month!  I do apologize for not getting to comment on as many of your cards as I would have liked.  Thank you so much for joining with us each week!

And now, without further ado, let's congratulate our winners:

TOP HONOR: Lorry

The sweet, simple snowy scene made excellent use of our April 2013 colors!

HONORABLE MENTION

(in order of entry into the challenge)

Judy V

cre8ivecindy

Deepti

Rosina

Please join me in giving a round of applause to our winners!  Winners, we hope you'll collect the appropriate winners' badge from the tab below our blog header, and display it proudly on your blog.

There is still time to take part in our April sketch challenge!  You have until 1:00 p.m. Eastern time/6:00 p.m. GMT Friday, April 11 to link your Christmas or wintry card.  We hope you'll share your artwork with us!

April Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone!  Welcome to 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown, we hope that by joining in with our challenges each week you will build up a stash of Christmas cards and avoid that last minute panic in November or December.  I'm Deborah, and I have the great pleasure of being your host for the month.

It's the first Saturday of the month and that means we have a sketch for you to use.  You are more than welcome to flip the sketch or change it to a square, but we we must still be able to see the sketch in your card.

We have a FABULOUS Guest DT member this month!

Please help us welcome

Pat Couder!

Here's her card for this week~

And here's some inspiration from the DT~

Deborah

Mynn

Asha

Fabiola

Jacqueline

Ruth

Danielle

Patricia

Gill

Louise

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

*Please read the challenge requirements carefully before creating your card. We will never delete any submissions that do not follow our challenge rules; however, only cards that meet the requirements will be considered by the Design Team for our weekly Top Honors and Honorable Mention voting. 

*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. Your card must not have been posted to your blog before the date of this challenge.
 

*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 combine this challenge with up to 10 other challenges.
 

*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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Winners - March stash challenge

Wow!  Our challenge participants shared a lot of fantastic creations using dimensional flowers during our Stash Challenge week!  We enjoyed seeing everyone's beautiful entries!  The Design Team voting results for our Top Honors and Honorable Mention recipients were pretty close, but we've determined our winners.  Please join us in congratulating:

TOP HONOR - Pat

We love how she turned her flower into a snowflake!  Gorgeous and clever!

We also congratulate our Honorable Mentions

(in order of entry into the challenge)

Jennifer H

Ellen Parker

Daen'Ys

Vicky 

Louise G

Well done, everyone!  You may collect your winners' badge from the tab below our blog header.

If you haven't joined in our current Pick a Previous Color challenge, there is still time to get in on the action!  Choose one of our color combinations from the archives tab, make a card with it, and share it via the link on the challenge post.  You have until 6:00 p.m. GMT/1:00 p.m. Eastern time Friday, April 4 to play along with us.  We look forward to seeing what you create with one of our previous color combos!