Saturday 9 November 2024

November Colour Challenge

 Welcome to Week Two of November's 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge!

Hello, crafty friends, and welcome back to another week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! We’re well into November, which means Christmas is fast approaching, and your handmade card collection should be growing nicely. If you’re looking for more festive inspiration, you’re in the right place!

I’m Gill, and I’m excited to host this week’s challenge—a fun Colour Challenge! The ladies on the Design Team have been hard at work, crafting beautiful cards to help spark your creativity, and now it’s your turn to dive in and create something special.

November’s Colour Challenge: 


This week, we’re focusing on a twist of the classic Christmas colour combination: pink, fresh green and white. These colours complement each other beautifully and can be used in all kinds of designs—whether you prefer sleek, modern styles or something a little more traditional. From wreaths and holly to bold graphic patterns, the possibilities with this palette are endless.

Get Creative with Colour!

I hope you’ll enjoy working with these festive colours. Whether you go for a simple, clean look or layer up with plenty of details, we can’t wait to see how you incorporate these shades into your cards. Feel free to add metallics, neutrals, or textures to make your design pop. This is your chance to get creative and play with colour in your own unique way.

Inspiration from our Designers

To help get you started, our talented Design Team has put together some stunning examples that showcase how fresh green and rich red can be used in different ways. Whether it’s intricate die-cut elements, fun stamping techniques, or clever layouts, the team has lots of ideas for you to explore.

















Share Your Cards

We’re excited to see how you’ll use this week’s colour challenge in your Christmas card designs! Be sure to share your creations with us—we love seeing the variety of styles and ideas that you come up with each week.

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 (GMT) 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 15th November 2024 
- that's 7.00 pm EDT for those of you in the States.

Happy crafting, and here’s to another week of Christmas creativity!


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Wednesday 6 November 2024

Winner October Technique Challenge

 Hello and a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our October Tehnique challenge.

We were amazed with your beautiful entries. 
Please join us in giving a round of applause to... 


WINNER



Congratulations Lilly!

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


HONORABLE MENTIONS
 (listed in order of submission)

#7 Julene



#10 Erika


#16 Donna




Congratulations to you all!  
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You may collect it from the Badges tab at the top of the page here.

 

Saturday 2 November 2024

November Sketch Challenge

Hello, and welcome to a brand-new month at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! I’m Gill, and I’m excited to be setting the challenges for November. With Christmas just around the corner, there’s no better time to get creative and make those festive cards! Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or just getting started, we hope you’ll join us and share your wonderful creations.

At 52CCT, we’ve been celebrating Christmas all year long, thanks to the amazing ladies on our Design Team. They’ve been hard at work, bringing you inspiration week after week with beautiful, Christmas-themed cards to help get you into the festive spirit. Now, as we kick off November, we’re looking forward to seeing what you come up with for your seasonal cards.

November’s First Challenge: Sketch Week!

As always, the first challenge of the month is a sketch challenge! This is a great way to jump-start your creativity. You can follow the provided layout as closely as you like, or get a bit playful with it. Whether you flip the sketch, stretch it to fit a different size, or swap out the shapes, we just ask that the basic design of the sketch remains visible in your card.

Sketch challenges are a fantastic opportunity to make a design your own while still following a structured template. You can experiment with different colours, patterns, and embellishments to create something truly unique—and we can’t wait to see how you interpret the sketch!


Our guest designer for this week is

Alenka



Here are the creations from the Design Team:














Join Us and Share Your Cards

Remember, we’re counting down to Christmas, and what better way to get in the holiday spirit than by crafting some beautiful handmade cards? It’s the perfect opportunity to showcase your creativity and spread a little holiday cheer through your designs.

We can’t wait to see your take on this month’s challenges. Be sure to share your cards with us—we love seeing what you create!

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 (GMT) 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 8th November 2024 
- that's 7.00 pm EDT for those of you in the States.

Happy crafting and Merry Christmas (in advance)!


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday 30 October 2024

Winner Theme Challenge

         Hello and a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our October Theme Challenge.

We had many beautiful entries and as always it was hard to make a decision,
the design team finally chose the following winners.    
Please join us in giving a round of applause to ...


WINNER


Congratulations Caroline!

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


HONORABLE MENTIONS
 (listed in order of submission)




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 26 October 2024

October Technique Challenge


 Welcome to the new challenge of  52 Christmas Card Throwdown, 

Majda here again as your October hostess.
I want to thank everyone who has participated in the challenges, I am impressed with your creations!

Now on to the last challenge of the month, which is a Technique Challenge.
It's time for: RECYCLING! 
My wish is that you search your creative corner and find cutouts, pieces of paper, 
scraps of prints or even recycle an already made Christmas card.
I will be happy if you add a photo of the material used.
Can't wait to see what you will come up with!



Our guest designer this week is:






And here are the recycling creations from the design team.





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 (GMT) 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 1st November 2024.


Have fun!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday 23 October 2024

Winner October Colour Challenge

 Hello and a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our October Colour Challenge.

We had many beautiful entries and as always it was hard to make a decision,
the design team finally chose the following winners.    
Please join us in giving a round of applause to ...


WINNER



Congratulations Alenka!

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


HONORABLE MENTIONS
 (listed in order of submission)





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.