Saturday 21 December 2019

December - Pick a Previous 2019 Challenge - you still have time to play


There is still time to play along with our current Pick a Previous challenge 
and we would love to see what you make.
Join us for the last challenge of 2019!






Here is some extra inspiration from the New Design Team Members


A.Rose


AndrejaM
Januar theme challange: Silent night.


Becca
June 8, 2019 color challenge of gray, white, pink, and kraft


Majda
March theme challenge: Gingebread man


And some inspiration from the other members of the team

Tracy
March Colour Challenge - Gold and White


Find the original post, our inspiration cards and the link-up HERE.


Deadline for entry to this challenge is midnight GMT on Friday 27th of  December  -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those of you in the States. 


Have fun!



Wednesday 18 December 2019

Winners-November Technique Challenge

Thank you everyone for playing along with our Watercolor Challenge. There was so many entries to choose from!  All were so different and so unique.  It was hard to narrow it down and so many were so close in votes.  
The Design Team has finally chosen so give a round of applause to the following top 3....

Winner goes to

Congratulations Vicky!
We would like to invite you to be a guest designer.
Please contact us here so we can send you the details.


Now the Honorable Mentions are as follows..





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

Saturday 7 December 2019

December - Pick a Previous 2019 Challenge


Hello everyone, Myrna here. For the whole month of December, our challenge is to Pick a previous 52CCT challenge in 2019. There are lots of challenges available. You can view all the previous challenges by simply clicking on Challenge Archives at the top of the page.
Join us for the last challenge of 2019!


Please add a link to the challenge which you have chosen from this year!
We look forward to seeing your creativity!




Our guest designer this week's challenge is:

 I picked technique from January: heat embossing



Here is some inspiration from the Design Team:


Goga
I picked colours from March white and gold


 I picked the watercoloring from November



Tracy
I picked the Sketch from our June Challenge


Myrna
 I picked the Nutcracker Theme Challenge 
nutcracker


Fabiola
winter tree february 2019


Andreja
I picked Theme "Gingerbread Men" from March




Alison
Embossing folder background - March  (or Ribbon - July)


Rosi
I picked the "Snarky" theme  from April.


Lucinda
I picked the purple and white colour challenge from November


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
  • A maximum of 10 challenges, please
  • And please turn off word verification in order to make commenting easier - thank you


Deadline for entry to this challenge is midnight GMT on Friday 27th of  December  -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those of you in the States. 

Have fun!



You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

Saturday 30 November 2019

New Design Team Members


Good morning! 

 Today we are pleased to welcome the NEW Ladies in


The new Ladies are:
A.Rose, AndrejaM, Becca and Majda.
Let the Ladies introduce themselves:



A.Rose
From the age of two, I have always had an instrument of art in my hand. It started with crayons and never stopped. I was signed up to art school after graduation from nursing school but met my hubby and that led me down a different path. I have been rubber stamping for over 45 years. Back then I was only able to find stamps and ink pads in the local drug store. I had my youngest, born with Down’s Syndrome, and stayed home where I began teaching online. After my boys were in school I started working in craft and stamp stores, sadly all now closed. I have been teaching card crafting as well as other crafts for 12 years in the library system. I love to share my “talents” that God gave me with others.



AndrejaM
I am the perfect mix of loving creative mom and meticulous innovative dad who taught me to look at things and situations from at least two points of view. I live on the outskirts of the Barje National park in the heart of Slovenia. My days are full of such and other surprises prepared by my wonderful teenage daughter, a very unique puppy and a wonderful partner who supports my imagination and hobbies. I create always and everywhere, but I prefer to start with white paper and leave my marks on it with various techniques and colors. That's why card making is my happy place.




Becca
Hi!, I'm Becca, a teacher, crafter, and blogger living in the USA heartland. Balancing the demands can be crazy at times but I love being creative. Since age 9, I've tried many different artistic and crafting mediums through school, 4-H club, YMCA classes, and supportive parents throughout childhood and teenage years. As an adult, I've loved expanding these into interior decorating and home décor. Wallpapering was even tackled multiple times! My greatest creative achievement has been constructing and sewing my wedding dress almost 24 years ago!! For the past 10 years, card-making has been my major paper-crafting format. I dabble in the others but love making cards to send to family and friends.



Majda
Hello, I am Majda and I live in Slovenia. I have been passionate about arts and crafts my whole life. I did not discover cardmaking until late 2015 and love every moment of it. It has been an amazing journey and I’m happy to be sharing it with you. So here I am, addicted to making cards which inspired me to try new techniques and styles of cards. Welcome to my creative corner!



We are so pleased to welcome them all to the Design Team.

Wednesday 27 November 2019

Winners - November Theme Challenge

Thanks so much for playing with us last week
for our Sweet Treats challenge. We only had a few entries but as usual they were inventive and fun. 
It's time to reveal our winner and top honours

Winner
ElizStewart

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - November Theme Challenge

Congratulations     
We would like to invite you to be our guest designer. Please contact us here if you would like to join in

Honourable Mentions
(in order of submission)

Valérie




Caroline

Sherri T




Congratulations to you all!  Please grab your winner badge and proudly display it on your blog! You may collect it from the Badges tab at the top of the page here.



You still have time to play in our current challenge. In fact you have an extra week:


This challenge closes on Friday 6th December at midnight GMT.

Saturday 23 November 2019

November Technique Challenge

Hello and welcome to the last challenge in November!
I am Netta and your hostess for this challenge,
In the card world, we are nearing the time when the cards are mailed out so I hope you have been working hard to get them done. 

Gill has chosen our technique this month and it will be all about watercoloring.  Anything will work...watercolor markers, watercolor crayons, watercolor paint...whatever you have on hand!  Come show us your watercolor style!




Our guest designer this week is Martina
.  Make sure you check out her blog as well as the Design Team's blogs as well to find out the how's and tips.
Here is her creation for the Watercolor challenge...



Here is the Design Team's creation....




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
  • A maximum of 10 challenges please
  • And please turn off word verification in order to make commenting easier - thank you

The team will be taking one week off so you get two weeks to try out this technique challenge.  
Deadline for entry into this challenge is midnight GMT on Friday 6th December 2019 - that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States.

Have fun!


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

Wednesday 20 November 2019

Winner November Color Challenge

Thanks so much for playing with us last week
with our color challenge
It's time to reveal our winner and top honor

Winner
Andreja


Congrats  Andreja    
We would like to invite you to be our guest designer. Please contact us here if you would like to join in

Honorable Mention
(in order of submition)

Ursula
Ursula

Jen


Eliz
52 Christmas Card Throwdown November Color Challenge


Congratulations to you all!  Please grab your winner badge and proudly display it on your blog! You may collect it from the Badges tab at the top of the page here.