November Stash Challenge Winners

What an incredible time we had here at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown for our November Stash Challenge! We were absolutely blown away by the response — we reached our maximum of 50 entries, which is just amazing. Thank you all for your enthusiasm and creativity, and sincere apologies to anyone who tried to link up but missed out once we reached capacity. Your support means the world to us.

This particular stash challenge was all about dusting off your stamps and giving them some well-deserved love. Whether you reached for red rubber, clear, photopolymer, wood-mounted, digi, or acrylic stamps, it was wonderful to see so many classic and well-loved images making their way back onto inked blocks. From crisp, clean impressions to beautifully coloured scenes, the variety and creativity on display were truly inspiring.

With just a few short weeks to go until Christmas, this challenge came at the perfect time. We loved seeing how many of you were getting those final festive cards made, tackling your “must-use” supplies, and turning your stash into something truly special. There’s nothing quite like that cosy, creative feeling of crafting your way through the last-minute Christmas preparations!

As always, choosing a winner and our honourable mentions was no easy task — the Design Team had some very tough decisions to make!

And now… the moment you’ve been waiting for!

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Winner

#37 Deborah Wheeler

Your card truly stood out! We loved how beautifully you combined your stamps into a cohesive and eye-catching design. The patterns, textures, and attention to detail were simply fantastic — a perfect example of creative stamping at its best.

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Honourable Mentions

#6 Lesley G

We loved your stamped Christmas scene and your use of colour.

#24 Pauline C

A wonderfully creative use of stamped imagery, colours and inks — such a joyful design.

#31 Karen

We loved your clever use of old favourites with a modern look. A truly inspiring card!  Beautiful composition and a fantastic way to showcase those treasured stamps.

#41 Trina

A stunning card with great fun and festive vibe — a brilliant example of using your stamp supplies.

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Thank you to everyone who joined in and helped make this challenge such a success. Your creativity and generosity in sharing your work made it a real celebration of crafting.

We hope you’ll join us for the current challenge — we love to see what you create!

Until then, happy crafting!

November Stash Challenge

 

Welcome to the Final Challenge of November 2025 at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! 

Hello, lovely crafters, and welcome to our final challenge of November 2025 here at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

It’s hard to believe how quickly this month has flown by — Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s the perfect time to get those last few handmade cards finished and ready to send. For our final week of November, we’re diving into a Stash Challenge that celebrates one of the most beloved tools in every crafter’s collection…

November’s Stash Challenge: Stamps!

That’s right — this week it’s all about stamps! Whether you’re a fan of traditional red rubber stamps, prefer clear photopolymer, or even love using cling stamps, this challenge is the perfect excuse to pull them out and get inky.

Stamps are at the heart of cardmaking, and there’s no better time than now to give them centre stage. From crisp sentiments and detailed backgrounds to bold focal images, stamping offers endless creative possibilities. So dust off those festive favourites — snowflakes, holly leaves, cosy cottages, and cheerful Santas — and show us your best stamped Christmas designs!

Get Creative with Stamps!

This challenge is all about celebrating the versatility of your stamping stash.
Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• Layer your stamps for extra depth — try background stamping behind your focal image.

• Heat emboss for a bit of sparkle and shine.

• Use different coloured inks for a playful, multi-toned look.

• Try stamp masking to build a scene or cluster of festive images.

• Or go minimalist with a single striking stamp as the star of your design.

Whether you’re using old favourites or trying out a brand-new set, we can’t wait to see how you bring your stamps to life this week!

Inspiration from the Design Team

Our brilliant Design Team has been busy stamping up a storm! From classic Christmas scenes to contemporary designs, they’ve explored all sorts of styles and techniques to show just how versatile stamping can be.

Be sure to check out their creations — they’re full of clever ideas and festive inspiration that are bound to spark your imagination!

Gill

Fabiola

Tracey

Branka

AndrejaM

Majda

ELFi

Valentina B

Andreja L

Join the Fun!

Now it’s your turn to get stamping! Create your Christmas card using stamps as the main feature and share it with us below. Whether your design is clean and simple or full of layers and texture, we can’t wait to see your stamped creations filling the gallery!  

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 5th December 2025 
- that's 7.00 pm EDT for those of you in the States.

Happy crafting, and enjoy the challenge!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

November Stash/Technique Winner

 Hello, dear crafters, Fabiola here, Gill can't post her stash challenge winner , so I will therefore take over and replace her while waiting for her to feel better, thank you for your understanding.

What a fantastic month it’s been! We’re brimming with gratitude for everyone who participated in November’s Ribbon Stash Challenge. It’s always a delight to witness your incredible creativity and the unique ways you interpret our themes. Each entry brought a fresh perspective to the theme, making the judging process a wonderfully challenging experience for our Design Team.

And the Winner Is…

#9 Ans Gilbert

A huge congratulations to our chosen winner! Your stunning card truly captivated the team, and we’re thrilled to invite you to be a guest designer for one of our upcoming challenges. We’re so excited to see what you’ll bring to the table next! Please get in touch with us HERE for all the details.

We’d also like to celebrate our honourable mentions (listed in submission order).  

With so many entries we have 4 honourable mentions this week.

Honourable Mentions

#7 Alenka

#15 Silke

#17 Marjeta

#22 Kathie

A Heartfelt Thank You for Joining Our November Ribbon Stash Challenge! Your creations were brimming with originality and charm, and it’s clear that so much heart went into each one. Don’t forget to grab our winners’ badge from the Badges tab to proudly display your achievement on your blog—we hope it serves as a lovely reminder of your accomplishment.

Thank You to All

To everyone who took part, thank you for making this challenge such a joy to host. Your enthusiasm and talent never cease to amaze us, and we’re so fortunate to have such a vibrant crafting community here at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  

Don't forget, you still have time to enter this week's sketch challenge - do come and join us, we'd love to see what you create.  

Keep those creative sparks flying, and we’ll see you soon for our next challenge!

November Stash Challenge

 Welcome to the Final Challenge of November at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge!

Hello, lovely crafters, and welcome to our last challenge of November at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! With Christmas fast approaching, it’s the perfect time to get those final festive cards ready. So let’s dive into one last stash-busting challenge for this month that will give your holiday cards that special, handmade touch.

I’m Gill, and I’m delighted to host this week’s challenge—a Stash Theme Challenge featuring one of my all-time favourite embellishments: ribbon! Our talented Design Team has been busy creating cards that showcase the many ways ribbon can add texture, colour, and charm to any design, and now it’s your turn to take up the challenge.

November’s Stash Challenge: Ribbon

This week, we’re inviting you to dig into your ribbon stash and make it the star of your card! Ribbon is such a versatile embellishment and can be used in so many different ways—from adding a delicate bow to creating bold, layered borders. Whether you prefer satin, grosgrain, lace, or even sparkly trims, there are endless ways to make ribbon shine. This is the perfect opportunity to put all those little snippets and spools to good use!

Get Creative with Ribbon!

We hope you’ll enjoy experimenting with all the possibilities ribbon offers. Perhaps you’ll add a classic bow for a touch of elegance, create a layered effect by weaving or pleating, or use ribbon to frame a festive sentiment. For a modern look, try adding ribbon tabs or stitching it directly onto your card base. And remember, you can play with all kinds of textures and colours to match the style you love!

Our guest designer this week is:

Joanne

Inspiration from our Designers

To help you get started, our brilliant Design Team has put together some lovely examples showcasing how to use ribbon in unique and festive ways. From beautifully wrapped cards that feel like presents to intricate layering techniques and embellishments, the team has explored a variety of ways to make ribbon the highlight of a design. Have a look at their creations for inspiration, and feel free to mix and match techniques to make something that’s truly your own.

Gill

AndrejaM

Majda

Fabiola

Branka

Valentina B

Tracy

Andreja L

Goga

Join Us!

So, grab your ribbons, bring out your favourite card-making tools, and join us in this week’s stash challenge! We’d love to see how you put your ribbon collection to use, so don’t forget to link your creations on the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog. We’re excited to see all the creative ways you’ll make ribbon the star of your festive cards.

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 6th December 2024 
- that's 7.00 pm EDT for those of you in the States.

Happy crafting, and enjoy the challenge!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

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

#16 Lilly B

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!  

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.

 

Winner - July Stash Challenge

 Hello everyone,

We are here to announce the winner of the July Stash Challenge

It was wonderful seeing all the different washi tapes that people have hidden in their stashes.
Plus all of the great cards that were created with them.

Our Winner of the challenge is

Blažka

Congratulations Blažka on Winning

We would like to invite you to be a Guest Designer.

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

We would also like to give

Honourable Mentions to ...
(in submission order)

#2 Natasa

#6 Zvonka

#7 Erika

#9 Tina

Congratulations to you all!
We hope you will enjoy displaying our winners' badge on your blog.
You may collect it from the Badges tab at the top of the page here.

July Stash Challenge

Hello everyone.
Tracy here again and this time for the 4th week of July
I got to pick between a Stash or Technique Challenge.  

I went with a Stash Challenge as I have just been cleaning through my craft space
and realised how much Washi Tape I have.

Do you have some as well?
 Here is the opportunity to use it on some wonderful creations.

Our wonderful Guest Designer is

Alenka

Thanks for digging into your stash and being a part of the team this week.

And now to see how the Design Team used this crafty item on their cards.

Tracy

fabiola

AndrejaM

Gill

Branka

 

Goga

Majda

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
• And please turn off word verification to make commenting easier - thank you

The deadline for entry to this challenge is midnight GMT on Friday 2th August 2024 -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States.

Have fun!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter