December Pick a Previous Challenge Winners

Hello everyone, Myrna here. We had a great turnout at this past week's challenge with51 entries.
We enjoyed everyone's take on our monthly pick a previous 2017 challenge Challenge.
 Once again the cards were fabulous!

Winner

Cathymac

Congratulations Cathy, we would like to invite you to be a guest designer.

 Please contact us here so we can send you the details.

Honourable MENTIONS

In order of submission

Jolanda


Paper Profusion


Lisa Lynn


Kathy


Zvonka

Well done to you all, what a great selection of cards!

  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.

December - Pick a Previous 2017 Challenge

Hello everyone, Myrna here. For the whole month of December, our challenge is to pick a previous challenge from 2017. There are lots of challenge available including pick a challenge from 2017. 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 2018!

We look forward to seeing your creativity!

Our guest designer this week's challenge is:

Toni

October 2017 ~ Winter Sports

Here is some inspiration from the Design Team:


Myrna

Andreja

April 2017 - Shaker


Alison

August 2017 - Embossed impressions


Fabiola

July 2017-rainbow

EK

February 2017- Drinks

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 28th of  December  -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those of you in the States. 

Have fun!

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Winners - December - Pick a Previous Challenge

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our challenges in the year 2017. We appreciate those of you who join in every challenge and those of you who pop in now and then.

It is always very hard to choose, especially now because we had a lot of entries, but the Design Team has selected the following as our winners for our December Pick a Previous Challenge.  

Please join us in giving a round of applause to...

WINNER
#73 Coffin Cards

Gorgeous card. The colours are beautiful and the gold makes it very elegant.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

 (listed in order of submission)

#18 Maura

We like this wonderful night scene and how the moon shining on those trees and houses.


#7 Majda

Absolutely gorgeous. We like the colors and design of this lovely cards. 


#5 Hester

Such a sweet group of penguins all wrapped up, combined with a very pretty colour scheme. 


#53 Lili

A truly charming card. She made a wonderful vintage feel and chose pretty image. 

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.

Come back tomorrow, because we have a new challenge!

December - Pick a Previous Challenge from 2012 or 2013

And for our final challenge of 2017, we would like you to pick a previous challenge. 

You can choose from any of the challenges set in 2012 or 2013,

so you have lots and lots to choose from! 

In a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens,

the Ghost of Christmas Past is the first of 3 spirits to visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve ...

let's hope this Ghost of Christmas Past will fill you

with awe, inspiration and wonder!

We are sorry to be saying goodbye to April at the end of this challenge. After three years she has decided to step down from the design team. We'd like to say a huge thank you for her dedication, fun cards and hours spent commenting on the entries. We'll miss you.

Lucinda - April 2012 Snowflakes

April - March 2012 Christmas Animals/Birds

Alison

August 2013 - Holly

Andreja

 "emboss resist" Septembr 2013

EK  

'no red or green' color challenge from October 2013

Fabiola
march 2013
christmas animals

Gill 

October 2012 - die cuts

This time of year is always very busy, so we'll be running this challenge for the whole month. So, if you've got a card that's special and you want to keep it as a surprise, you can upload it after Christmas day. Deadline for submission is midnight (GMT) on Friday 29th December, that's 7.00pm in the States. Have fun!

A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! 

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December - Pick a Previous 2016 Challenge

Good Morning. We have made it to December and, if you've been playing along each week, you have at least 47 cards in your stash. There are only 21 days until Christmas, but it's not too late to make a few more cards if you need them. We are also aware that this month can be a bit stressful, so we're only going to have one challenge for the whole month and the theme is:

PICK A PREVIOUS

2016

CHALLENGE

You pick the challenge that you enjoyed the most, or try one that you missed. You'll find all our colours, sketches, themes, techniques, stash challenges in the tabs above. Just make sure you pick a 2016 challenge and tell us which one you've used.

We are running this challenge for the whole of December, so if there's a special card that you want to keep as a surprise, you can upload it after 25th December.

The challenge deadline is midnight (GMT) Wednesday 28th December (that's 7.00 EDT for those of us in the States). We will announce the winners for the December challenge on Wednesday 4th January.

We would like to thank everyone who applied to join our Design Team. It's been a really hard decision and I know that many of you are very keen to find out who will be joining the Design Team. We will be announcing all our new Design Team members on 17th December. Do pop back then to say hello and welcome them to the team.

And now, here's some Christmas inspiration based on our 2016 challenges from the Design Team:

April  (April theme challenge)


Kaja (September sketch challenge)

Fabiola (May 28) die and/or punch


Deborah - (16th January - Colours - Shades of Orange)

Gill - (June - Theme - Christmas Landscapes)

Patricia (October sketch challenge)

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October Pick a Previous and DT CALL

Hi! We've reached the end of October and we have an extra Saturday, so it's a Pick a Previous challenge this week. But before that, a quick reminder of our DT Call:

DESIGN TEAM CALL

Our challenges this month were:

• Week 1 - Sketch
• Week 2 - Colours
• Week 3 - Theme
• Week 4 - Technique
• Week 5 - Pick a Previous

To be considered for the Design Team, you must have taken part in AT LEAST THREE of the FIVE challenges this month. Simply add the letters, DT, after your name on your entry submission. Please remember we're a CARDS only challenge!

Successful applicants will be contacted during November. New DT members will join the team in January 2017 with a revamped 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge.

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Hello there,

As you can see we have 5 weeks in October so we have a special task for you. Pick a previous sketch (you can find all of them if you click on the 'sketches archive' button on the top) and show us what you have created with it! Don't forget to mention which one you have chosen. Can't wait to see it! :)

Let's see what the Design Team have created:

Kaja - July 2013

April - October 2015



Deborah - October 2016

Fabiola - October 2014

Patricia - January 2015

Gill  - July 2016

You've got until midnight GMT (8.00pm EDT) on Friday 4th November to play along with us. Have fun!!

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July - Pick a Previous

We have reached the end of the month and because it's the fifth Saturday we have a special

'Pick a Previous' Challenge - take a look

Take a look HERE and choose a past sketch making sure that it's from this year. Please include a picture of the sketch and the month it was from in your blog post - thank you.

Here's what the dt have done..

Kaja - May 2016

Patricia - February 2016

Deborah - February 2016

April - March 2016

Fabiola, july 2016

We're looking forward to seeing which sketch you choose!  You have until 7:00 p.m. Eastern time/midnight BST Friday 5th August to join in our challenge.  Happy crafting!

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