January Pick a Previous Sketch - Winner

Thank you for playing along with our bonus week
and the Pick a Previous Sketch Challenge.

We loved your creations.

Winner of Pick a Previous Sketch

We actually have joint winners this week - in order of submission they are:

#8 - Valentyna (Flourishtina)

We really like your take on the sketch and the colours are lovely

#11 - Kathy C

A perfectly clean, simple take on this fun sketch!

Honourable Mentions

(in order of submission)

#4 - Meighan

#7 - Meg

It's been a pleasure to be your host for our January challenges.

I've really enjoyed seeing all your wonderful designs.

Congratulations and don't forget to pick up your badge and display it on your blog.

There's still time to take part in the February Sketch Challenge:

Hope you will join us!!
Thanks, Deborah xx

January - Technique winner

Thank you to all of you who played along with our Inlaid Die Technique challenge.

It was lots of fun.  

Winner of the Technique Challenge

#4 - Mandy (paper panda)

We love the clean, simple layout, the pretty paper

and the touch of bling!  Great work!

Honourable Mentions

(in order of submission)

#7 - Jenni

#8 - Katie Sr

#9 - Chris M

#10 - Kathy

Congratulations ladies.  Don't forget to pick up your badges and display them on your blogs.

There's still time to join in with this week's challenge - which is to Pick a Previous Sketch - any sketch from our archive, just tell us which one you're using.

See you on Saturday for our new challenge!!

January Pick a Previous

Good morning folks, it's Deborah here with you again today.
It's a five week month and that's means a bonus week,
our challenge this week is:

Please make sure you check out our sketches archive above
and do tell us in your post which sketch you have chosen.

Here are some works of art from the design team:

Deborah - July 2014

Jacqueline - April 2014

Tanja - June 2014

Fabiola - July 2014

Louise - February 2012

April - July 2014

Julie - July 2013

Gill - April 2014

Patricia - May 2012

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January - Theme Winners

The bells, the bells!

The thumbnail display was so pretty with all the lovely bell themed cards.

Winner of the Theme Challenge

#8 - Loll - Perfectly clean and simple!

Very cute card with the green jingle bells

and Ruldolf's red sparkly nose too!

Honourable Mentions

(in order of submission)

#2 Stamperamentvoll

#4 Brenda

#9 Chris M

#14 Kathy C

#16 Hellie

Many congratulations ladies - we'd love to see you pick up your badges from the top of the page and display them proudly on your blog.

Our challenge this week is a technique which is very popular in Blogland at the moment - it gives the appearance of lots of layers, but in fact your card remains quite flat and thus easy to post!!

 You've still got plenty of time to join the fun!  Can't wait to see what you make.

January Technique Challenge

Hi, it's Deborah here with you again this week.
It's time for our technique challenge - it's very popular at the moment.
It gives the impression of lots of layers, but in fact your card is quite flat!
And the technique I'd like you to use for your project is

Inlaid Dies.

Here's some inspiration from the Team.

Deborah

Tanja

Fabiola

April

Jacqueline

Julie T

Louise

Gill

Patricia

If you're not sure what the inlaid die technique involves, check out this video by

Betsy Veldman (Papertrey Inc).

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January - colour winners ....

... Hi all!  Sorry I'm running late with this post - time has really run away with me this week!  You seemed to like the Shades of Blue challenge last week.  I really liked the thumbnail display - it was so pretty with all the frosty, cool blues. 

Winner of the Colour Challenge

#11 - Susan B - we really like how you kept to just blues!

Love the embossed snowflakes in the background and on the tag.

Lovely work.

Honourable Mentions

(in order of submission)

#4 - Meg

#10 - Kathy C

#15 -  Ceedee

#16 - Evelyn

Congratulations ladies.  Don't forget to pick up your badge from the tab at the top of the blog and display it on your blog.

There's still time to join in with this week's challenge - my theme for you is BELLS!  Have fun.

Deborah x

January Theme Challenge

Good Morning All!  Can you believe it's already the middle of January?
It's Saturday and time for another challenge here at
52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.
This week I've got a theme for you - Bells, the Bells!!

Here are some ideas and inspiration from the Design Team:

Deborah

Jacqueline

Tanja

Fabiola

Louise

April

Julie

Patricia

Gill

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January - Sketch winners ....

... Good morning everyone.  I was so pleased to see so many people playing along with our first challenge of the year.  The sketch was one that could be dressed up or kept really simple - and we had examples of both! 

Winner of Sketch Challenge

#8 - Evelyn - You kept exactly to the sketch - even using a star,

but you dressed up your card beautifully.  Love the embossed background

and sweet little birds!

Honourable Mentions

in order of submission

#1 - Sarah Stone

#3 - Brenda

#9 - Kathy C

#11 - Nelleke

#12 - Brenda

Congratulations to you all.  Please pick up your badge from the tab at the top of the blog and display it on your blog.

There's still plenty of time to join in with this week's challenge - I've got a colour challenge for you - all shades of blue.  Please stick to just blues.

Looking forward to seeing your creations!  Have fun!

January Colour Challenge

Good morning Christmas crafters - it's time for our colour challenge and I've gone for shades of blue.  We are having a real arctic blast of winter here in North America and the view from my window is snow and more snow, with bright blue skies!!!  It was lovely to see so many submission for my sketch challenge - and I hope to see just as many, if not more for the blues!!!! 

Please make sure that you use just the colours provided, 
(you may use black for stamping image outlines).

Here is some Christmassy inspiration from our Design Team:

Deborah

Jacqueline

Tanja

Fabiola

Julie 

April

Louise

Gill

Patricia

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