52 Christmas Card Throwdown: Technique

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Saturday, 24 October 2026

October Technique Challenge

Hello, Christmas lovers and cardmakers!

Valentina B here with you as an October hostess.
We are already in the last trimester of the year 2026 and
I welcome you at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown with the last challenge of this month.

First I want to say thank you all who participated in our challenges this month
and to all wonderful designers in our design team who prepared amazing inspirations.

I would like to inspire your creativity with the technique challenge.
It's time to create: MINI SCENE WITH SHAPED DIES

I believe that with creating cards, we are also storytelleres.
Create your own fairy tale with a Christmas card.

I can't wait to see your interpretation on holiday cards with mini scenes in shapes.
You can use whatever shapes you want to tell your story but if you need inspiration,
you can watch a short video clip that inspired me.

The only rule and important thing is to enjoy and have fun! :)
We're looking forward to all the beautiful cards you'll share with us!

This week our wonderful guest designer is:

Helen

Here are some inspiration from our wonderful Design Team:

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 6th November 2026 -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States.

Have fun!

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Winner - september technique challenge

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the

september technique challenge: HOT FOIL OR HOT EMBOSSING.

You used a wide variety of styles to create your entries.
It made the choice hard, though; it was fun seeing all the creativity.

We would like to congratulate:

#2 Helen

Helen, for winning the technique challenge, we would love to invite you to be a

Guest Designer for an upcoming challenge.
To accept this invitation, please contact us HERE so we can send you the details.

We would also like to give Honourable Mentions to the following
(in submission order):

#1 Becca Yahrling

#5 Urška

#6 Tadeja

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.

Saturday, 26 September 2026

September Technique Challenge

Welcome to the new challenge of 52 Christmas Card Throwdown,

Majda here again as your September hostess.

I want to thank everyone who has participated in the challenges, I am impressed with your creations!

Now on to the last challenge of the month, which is a Technique Challenge.

It's time for: HOT FOIL OR HOT EMBOSSING.

Ready to add a little holiday sparkle?

Join our Hot Foil or Hot Embossing Challenge and create a festive card

that dazzles with beautiful foil shine or elegant embossed textures.

I'm just curious if it's for you too ;)

Can't wait to see what you will come up with!

Our Guest Designer this week is:

Nataša

My creation:

For more inspiration, here are the creations of the design team:

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 (GMT) to be considered for Winner or Honourable Mentions

- 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 2nd october 2026

Have fun!

Wednesday, 9 September 2026

WINNER - August Technique Challenge

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the

August Technique Challenge of Fractured Cards.

You used a wide variety of styles and themes to create your entries.
It made the choice hard, though; it was fun seeing all the creativity.

We would like to congratulate

Tadeja

Tadeja, for winning the technique challenge, we would love to invite you to be a

Guest Designer for an upcoming challenge.
To accept this invitation, please contact us HERE so we can send you the details.

We would also like to give Honourable Mentions to the following
(in submission order)

#1 Brenda

#5 Rosi

#12 Urska

#14 Andrea

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.

PS. As I sign off from my hosting duties for the year, I would love to thank everyone who has participated in the challenges I chose for my month. I have loved seeing all of your wonderful designs using my suggestions. Happy Crafting - Tracy B

Saturday, 22 August 2026

August Technique Challenge

Hello everyone, Tracy again.

It is time for me to set my last challenge as Host. Before I get into that, I want to thank everyone who has joined in on the challenges I have set. It has been wonderful to see what you have created.

For the week 4 challenge, I got to choose between a Technique and a Stash item to highlight; I chose ...

Here is a YouTube video that shows a birthday card and the technique.

video LINK

This card looks complicated but is very easy once you have seen the technique. There are many ways that this can be interpreted. Scrap patterned paper can be used, and not just a square either. The design team and I look forward to seeing what you create and share with us.

Our Guest Designer this week is
Donna

Now this is what the design team did with this technique

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 4th September 2026 -
that's 7.00pm EDT for those in the States.

Have fun!