Saturday, 30 August 2014

August Pick a Previous Challenge

Hi! and welcome to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge! We're so glad you could join us.

My name is Gill, and it's my final week as hostess. I've really enjoyed designing new challenges for you each week and seeing your wonderful cards and creative talent fulfilling the brief.  I would like to say a big thank you for joining us to share your wonderful creations - you are all amazing! 


So, before I hand over to our new hostess - the amazingly talented Asha
for my final challenge, I would like you to pick a previous sketch

You can choose from any of the previous sketch challenges - there's a handy list to choose from in our archive file. You can change up the shapes, rotate the layout, make any shape of card you like - as long as you follow the basic sketch layout, we would love to see it. Don't forget to let us know which sketch you have selected.  

So, the choice is yours - pick your favourite, or maybe a sketch challenge you've missed previously, and show us what you come up with ...


And to help you, here's some inspiration from the Design Team ...

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 Honours and Honourable 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 Honour or Honourable 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.

Sorry for the delay - Linky in place now!

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

August Theme Challenge - Winners

It's time to announce the winner and honourable mentions of last week's theme challenge. 


Thank you for joining us - we really enjoyed looking at all your lovely entries.

The cards chosen by the Design Team this week are... 



Top Honour 


with this beautiful card ...




And, in no particular order, Honourable Mentions go to...






Well done everyone. You may download your winner's badge to proudly display on your blog.

Also, there is still time to enter our current challenge, so we do hope you will join us.

Saturday, 23 August 2014

August Stash Challenge

Hi there and welcome to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge.  I'm Gill, and I'm here with you again this week, where it's now time for a stash challenge... 


Christmas is a time to sparkle and shine, so this week I want you to show us some magical Christmas sparkle, using whatever glitter, glitz and bling you have in your crafty stash.  It's your opportunity to use all those gorgeous festive glitters and sparkles, to add that special touch to your cards.

And to give you inspiration, here are some ideas from the Design Team ...

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.

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Wednesday, 20 August 2014

August Colour Challenge - Winners

It's time to announce the winner and honourable mentions of last week's gold and silver colour challenge. 


Thank you for all your fabulous entries - there were some beauties!  

The cards chosen by the Design Team this week are... (drum roll please ...)



Top Honour 


with this fabulous beauty ...



In no particular order, Honourable Mentions go to...









Well done everyone. Don't forget to download your winner's badge to proudly display on your blog!

Also, there is still plenty of time to enter our current challenge, a theme of mistletoe and wine. 

We do hope you will join us.

Saturday, 16 August 2014

August Theme Challenge

Edit: this post was written and scheduled before recent events.

Hi and welcome to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge, where I'm playing hostess again, and this week I have a theme for you to follow...  


I'm crazy about Christmas and love all things Christmas!  I think I inherited this from my mum - she made Christmas magical and truly the most wonderful time of the year.  For this week's inspiration, we would like you to make a card with mistletoe and wine as your theme, be it images, colours, embellishments and more, it's up to you! 

And to help you, here are some ideas from the Design Team ...

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.

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