October Technique Challenge Winners

Hello!  We saw so many wonderful examples of fancy folds this past week - what great inspiration!  I really loved learning about some folds that I haven't seen before and plan to try some of them.

Going to keep this post short and sweet and get right to announcing the WINNERS of the October Technique Challenge - Fancy Folds.  Here we go....

Our TOP HONOURS this week goes to:

#8 - Kylie

Congrats Kylie - what a fabulous wreath on your gorgeous fancy fold card.  Please grab your winners badge and display it proudly!! 

And our HONOURABLE MENTIONS go to (in numerical order of entry):

#6 Ellen Parker

#7 Judy VanZandt

#11 fabiola

#13 Paula Bee

#16 Heather Mills

Wonderful, wonderful cards from all of you you - congrats!  Please get your badges for your blogs - you definitely earned them :o)

Don't forget that we have a new challenge going on - a great sketch by our November hostess Louise.  It's a great one - I hope you'll check it out!

October Recipe Challenge Winners

Hello. Time to announce our top picks from the October Recipe Challenge - Bling it Up! We saw lots of lovely bling this past challenge and enjoyed visiting your blogs to see your lovely creations.  As happens from time to time we have a tie for our TOP HONOURS - that's the case this week.  Let's get to the announcements as I'm sure you're all anxious to see.

Our TOP HONOURS for the Bling it Up challenge go to:

#7 - Debbie S

and

#16 - Judy VanZandt

Congrats ladies - such wonderful blingy creations! Please grab your winners badge and display proudly on your blogs.  Your cards were gorgeous!

And now for our HONOURABLE MENTIONS (listed in numerical order of entry):

#11 - Regan

#21 - Robyn Oliver 

#27 - Vickie ODell

#29 - Rocky

#30 -Fabiola

Fabulous job everyone - you've earned those badges for your beautiful cards!! Thanks so much for playing along last week. 

Don't forget that we have another challenge going on right now - Fancy Folds.  Hope you see your entries in our gallery. Happy rest of the week! 

October Technique Challenge #22

Hello - wow where has this month gone?  Here it is the last week of October and my last week of hosting the monthly challenges at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.  I've had such a fun month and have really enjoyed your fabulous entries.  Thanks for playing along!!  Here's what we have in store for you this week to try:

52CCT Technique Challenge #22 is to make a card that has a fancy fold.  I recently discovered a couple of new folds and really enjoy making them.  If you've been wanting to give this a try - now's a perfect time to get started. 

A couple of our DT members are already pros at this :o) - take a look at our lovely creations to get you inspired.

Danielle



Mynnette

Ruth

Ruth - card #2

Jacqueline

Deborah

Sarah

Patricia 

Louise

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*You are free to enter this challenge and 10 others only.

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October Color Challenge Winners

Oh My Goodness - I just have to say that the entries in our October Color Challenge just blew our sox off!  You really rocked the NO Red or Green challenge with your non-traditional Christmas card creations - and we LOVED it!!

So let's get to announcing our winners for Color Challenge #22.

  

TOP HONOR goes to ...

#15 - Bonnie

 

And our HONORABLE MENTIONS (in numerical order of entry) are:

#1 - Lindsey

#2 - Sue

#13 - JoAnn B

#29 - Vicky

#36 - Helen

 

Congrats to all of you - the honors are well deserved!  Remember to grab your winners badges and display them proudly! 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you will find time to join our current challenge - Bling it Up! 

October Recipe Challenge #22

Hello!  Hope that this third week of October is treating each of you very well!  My month of hosting the challenges is going so wonderfully - thank you all for continuing to play along and support us. We love to see your wonderful Christmas creations and you continue to give us new ideas as well. This week's challenge is a recipe challenge - or more specifically...BLING!! 

Ooohhh I just can't wait to see what you come up with.  For the record... Bling it Up! means more than one pearl or rhinestone, or sequin - it means several of them.  Pearls and rhinestones are my favorite embellishment to use on cards. You could also use a bit of glitter if you like to make your beautiful Christmas card "Blingy".  So enough chit-chat from me let's see what the DT members have done shall we?

Danielle

Mynnette

Louise

Deborah

Ruth

Sarah

Patricia

Jacqueline

Please make sure to follow these rules when you play along with us here at 52CCT! :)

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.

*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog

*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.

*Please make sure NOT to back link.

*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honorable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.

*You are free to enter this challenge and 10 others only.

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October Sketch Challenge Winners

Wow - can I just say that we really LOVED all the entries from the October Sketch Challenge last week?  Thank you so much for playing along with us and sharing your fabulous creative talents. 

Without further pause let's get to the Winners Announcements. 

TOP HONOR goes to #5 - Allisa 

 

 

Now for our HONORABLE MENTIONS (in numerical order of entry):
#1 - Meg
#3 - Judy VanZandt
#7 - DaenY's
#10 - KatheD
#11 - Brenda B
  

Such gorgeous work! Congrats to all of you! Grab your winners badges and display them proudly. 

 

Don't forget that our current challenge is still going on - Color Challenge #22 - No Red Or Green. Hope you will be joining us this week! 

October Color Challenge #22

Time for another fun challenge this week at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.  We LOVED seeing  your cards last week using my sketch!!  This week is a color challenge.  I kind of switched it up a bit this time when picking my colors for you - instead of telling you what colors to use, I'm telling you what colors not to use.  Take a look:

My favorite Christmas cards seem to be those that use non-traditional colors.  With that in mind I decided to let you decided what colors to use that don't include the traditional red and green.  We can't wait to see what you come up with this week!  Here's some fabulous inspiration from the DT members:

Danielle

Mynnette

Louise

Deborah

Ruth

Patricia

Jacqueline

Sarah

Please make sure to follow these rules when you play along with us here at 52CCT! :)

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.

*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog

*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.

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*You are free to enter this challenge and 10 others only.

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October Sketch Challenge #22

Hello, Danielle here to start off a new month of challenges at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.  How's your stash of Christmas cards coming along?  If you've been playing along with us each week you are in pretty good shape I would imagine.  If you are just getting starting, we are so happy that you've found our challenge and want to play along.  The first week of each month we design a sketch for you to try.  Here's what I came up with:

Sketches are a great way to put a framework around your ideas.  Think of it as a jumping off point for your inspiration.  You can make the doily in the middle any shape, you can flip the sketch, you can make a square card - as long as we can still see the bones of the sketch, you're good to go. This sketch is a great way to showcase some of your designer paper stash (I know lots of us have one :o) ). 

So let's see what the DT members have come up with to share with and inspire you this week.   

Danielle

Ruth

 
Mynnette

Deborah

Sarah

Louise

Please make sure to follow these rules when you play along with us here at 52CCT! :)

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.

*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog

*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.

*Please make sure NOT to back link.

*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honorable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.

*You are free to enter this challenge and 10 others only.

*We'd really appreciate it if you'd turn off word verification so that we can comment more easily! We know a lot of you do this for safety, but it takes a very long time to comment when verification is activated, and you may lose your comments from us...just sayin'. ;)

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