Winners - January Stash

Oops!  I'm running a bit late with this post.  Thank you to all those who played along with my Foiling/Gilding stash/technique challenge last week.  It was very much a challenge, but those of you who played created wonderful cards.  Without further ado:

WINNER

#2 - Sharon

This ornament is simply fabulous with lots of shimmer from the foiling.

Love the crisp layout.  Beautiful work.

HONOURABLE MENTION

#6 - Netta

This is a wonderful angel with all shades of gold in the gilding flakes.

Absolutely beautiful.

Congratulations to you both - pick up badges from the tab at the top of the page and display them on your blog.

Thanks to everyone who played along with my challenges in January, you got off to a good start on building this year's stash.  And before I go, a quick reminder of April's first challenge in February. She had a super sketch for you to use.  Make is clean and simple, distressed, layered, elegant - the choice is yours.  We look forward to seeing your cards.

Winners - January Theme

I did enjoy seeing all your lovely cards for my Christmas Candles/Lanterns theme last week - the thumbnail display was very pretty.  As always, you guys made it very hard to pick a winner. Indeed, it was so hard, that we actually had a three-way tie for the top spot.  So, without further ado, here are the winners:

WINNERS

(in order of submission)

#4 - Marina

This is such a cute Christmas card.  One layer too!

Love the mice choristers around the Christmas lantern.

#11 - Sharon

We really like the candle and stand, and the lovely halo behind the candle.

Clean, simple and just beautiful!

#15 - Andreja

There is so much detail on this card.  

The Christmas lantern is so beautiful and we love the pine detail too!

As we had three joint winners, there are no Honourable Mentions this week.

Before I go, I'd like to remind you that there's still time to take part in this week's challenge. I've picked FOILING/GILDING and at the time of writing, it looks like it's a real challenge too! There are only three cards on thumbnail.  Come on!  Give it a go - it really is very easy and looks so lovely. If you don't have foil/gilding flakes in your stash - I'm perfectly happy to accept the use of foil peeloffs!!!

You've got until midnight (GMT) Friday 5th February to join in!

January Stash

Morning, it's Deborah here with my last challenge of the month at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. This week is either a Stash or Technique challenge.  I think this is a stash challenge, as I'm sure we all have foils and/or gilding flakes somewhere in our stash.  However, it could equally well be a technique!  I want to see foils or gilding on your cards.

There are a several ways to use foils and gilding flakes, and I've added some videos at the end of this post showing how to apply gilding flakes using glue and double sided adhesives.  Here's some inspiration from the team:

Deborah

Kaja

Julie T

Fabiola

                                         

April

Jacqueline

Patricia



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Winners - January Colours

Sorry this is a bit late!  I think the shades of orange was a challenge - but the thumbnail display did look so pretty.  Here are the winners:

WINNERS

#9 - Andreja

Such a lovely jolly group of snowmen.

Love the embossed orange snowflake background.

#10 - Lucinda

Such pretty shades of orange - super tutorial on how to make the background too.

Such an elegant card.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#4 - Kath

This is a really fun Christmas tree!

#8 - Sharon

A really beautiful image and looks wonderful in orange.

Congratulations to you all - thanks for playing with my very non-traditional colours.  Please pick up your badges from the tab above and display them on your blogs.

Before I go, just time for a quick reminder about this week's theme challenge where I'd like to see your cards with Christmas Candles/Lanterns.

January Theme

Morning All, it's Deborah here with you today.  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 - I want to see Christmas Candles/Lanterns on your cards:

This really is open to all sorts of interpretations - clean, simple, modern, vintage, traditional - the choice is yours.  Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:

Deborah

April



Kaja

Fabiola

Jacqueline

Julie T

Patricia

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Winners - January Sketch

Last week's sketch was something of a challenge but then, that's what this is for, to challenge ourselves.  It was great to see all the lovely interpretations of the sketch from CAS one-layer right through to many layers - they were all just fab!  However, we do have to have some winners and they are as follows.

WINNER

#9 - Nancy

This lovely die cut tree echoes the sketch beautifully!

Love the red, black and white colours too.   Great work!

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

(in order of submission)

#2 - Jasann

Lots of texture here, love the mixed media look.

Love the cool winter colours.  So festive too!

#12 - Lucinda

No stamping involved - it's all beautiful design papers.

Love the pretty wreath and that little bird is adorable.  Nicely done!

Congratulations to you all.  Please pick up your badges from the tab at the top of the page and display them on your blogs!

Now, there's still plenty of time to join in with this week's colour challenge.  It's totally non-traditional - but the possibilities are just endless.  

Have fun!

January Colours

Hi, it's Deborah here with you again today.  It's time for our monthly colour challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  I had lots of fun picking this week's colours.  I decided to go for something very different - I've picked shades of orange.  You can go light, you can go dark - but I want to see your Christmas/winter themed cards in orange!!

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team:

Deborah

Kaja

Fabiola

Julie T

Jacqueline

April

Patricia

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January Sketch Challenge

Hello and Good Morning.  It's Deborah here, and it's my pleasure to host this month's challenges at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  Each month we have a set pattern of challenges to inspire you to create your Christmas cards well ahead of the season, the schedule is:

• Sketch
• Colours
• Theme/Recipe
• Stash/Technique
• Pick a Previous - if there's a fifth Saturday in the month

We introduced our new Design Team members last week and now that we are all getting back into our normal everyday routine, it's time to build the Christmas Card stash.  So, without further ado, here's our sketch:

I think this is quite versatile - you can make a one-layer card, keep it clean & simple, or make it shabby and distressed or have lots of layers, but we must be able to see the basic sketch in your creation.  Here's some inspiration from the team:

Kaja

Fabiola

Jacqueline

April


Julie T



Deborah

Patricia

Just a quick reminder of the rules:

• This is a CARD challenge - so no 3D projects, tags or ATCs
• Only new projects - no backlinking
• 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

Have fun!!!

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