Wednesday 31 January 2018

Winners - January Theme Challenge


Thank you to everyone who participated in our January Theme Challenge.
We had many beautiful entries, making it a tough decision,
but the Design Team has selected the following as our winners.  
Please join us in giving a round of applause to...


WINNER

#10 Mavricne ideje
We love her Fairy and homemade background looks fantastic.




HONORABLE MENTIONS
 (listed in order of submission)


#5 Rosi
Lovely Fairy. Great job with the colouring and we like the embossing around the image. 


#11 MAGIC ART
A really beautiful and magical card and adorable Fairy.


#13 Susan B
She made the perfect background for such a magical image of the Fairy.


#18 Moje drobtinice
This is beautifully framed and the shimmer is the perfect touch for a lovely Fairy.



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Saturday 27 January 2018

January - Technique


Good Morning!
Andreja here with last challenge of the month at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. This week we have a Technique challenge called PAPER PIECING. We want to see pieces of paper on your cards.



 Here is some inspiration from the team:


Andreja


Gill













Deadline for entry to this challenge is midnight GMT on Friday 2nd Febrary - that's 7.00 pm EDT for those in the States.

Have fun!






Wednesday 24 January 2018

Winners - January Colour Challenge


Thank you to everyone who participated in our January colour challenge.
We had many beautiful entries, making it a tough decision,
but the Design Team has selected the following as our winners.  
Please join us in giving a round of applause to...


WINNER

#4 Jane Willis
This card is seriously cute! We love how she played with the colors.




HONORABLE MENTIONS
 (listed in order of submission)


#3 Marjeta B

 
Gorgeous card. We like this scene that she created. 


#5 KatheD

The wood grain on the red is lovely and that circle die is great. 


#7 Kristina

She made such a stylish card. We like the background.


#12 Mijn Creaties

Beautiful image and the colours are just perfect.



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Saturday 20 January 2018

January - Theme


Morning All, Andreja here.
The third Saturday of each month at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is either a theme or recipe challenge. I decided to go for a theme this month and I want to see FAIRIES on your cards.


 Here is some inspiration from the team:


Andreja


Fabiola



Gill


Lucinda


Alison


EK



Myrna


Deadline for entry to this challenge is midnight GMT on Friday, 26th January -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States.

Have fun!




Wednesday 17 January 2018

Winners - January sketch challenge


A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our January sketch challenge.
We had many beautiful entries, making it a tough decision,
but the Design Team has selected the following as our winners.  
Please join us in giving a round of applause to...


WINNER

#18 Hali

We like the beautiful skies and cute little bear. The colours are very pretty. 



HONORABLE MENTIONS
 (listed in order of submission)

#8 Jane Willis
 We like this white on white layered card. It is simply stunning!


#11 Christine Dring
 Juggling snowman is very jolly. We like the sentiment, too.


#17 Moje drobtinice
Card is beautiful and Santa so lovely.


#19 Kristina
Beautiful card. We like the embossing and her colour choices.



Congratulations to you all!  We hope you'll enjoy displaying our winners' badge on your blog.  You may collect it from the Badges tab at the top of the page here.




Saturday 13 January 2018

January - Colours


Good morning, Andreja here with you today.  
It is time for our monthly colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 



I have been thinking a lot about what colors to choose, then I chose the traditional colors and we want to see BROWN, RED and CREAM and only those colours on your card.


Here is some inspiration from the Design Team:




Myrna



Alison
Deadline for entry to this challenge is midnight GMT on Friday 19th January - that's 7.00pm EDT for those of us in the States. 


Have fun!





Friday 12 January 2018

Winners - December - Pick a Previous Challenge


A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our challenges in the year 2017. We appreciate those of you who join in every challenge and those of you who pop in now and then.

It is always very hard to choose, especially now because we had a lot of entries, but the Design Team has selected the following as our winners for our December Pick a Previous Challenge.  
Please join us in giving a round of applause to...


WINNER
#73 Coffin Cards
Gorgeous card. The colours are beautiful and the gold makes it very elegant.




HONORABLE MENTIONS
 (listed in order of submission)


#18 Maura
We like this wonderful night scene and how the moon shining on those trees and houses.


#7 Majda
Absolutely gorgeous. We like the colors and design of this lovely cards. 


#5 Hester
Such a sweet group of penguins all wrapped up, combined with a very pretty colour scheme. 


#53 Lili
A truly charming card. She made a wonderful vintage feel and chose pretty image. 


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Come back tomorrow, because we have a new challenge!