Double Embossing

Ever heard of Double Embossing?  It's where you use both types of embossing--both heat and dry!  Yep, you guessed it!  This week....

...we'd like to see some~

And here's some inspiration from the DT~

Mynnette

Asha

Louise

Deborah

Patricia

Danielle

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.

*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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Winner of Colour Challenge .....

.... Sorry I'm a bit late with this post.  You rocked the colour challenge, so much so that we actually have a tie for the Top Honours!  The winning cards are:

#15 - Carol N

#2 - Judy V

They are both fabulous cards, don't forget to grab your winner's badge and display it on your blog.

And now to our Honourable Mentions in order of entry they are:

#4 Pam Korte

#7 Silvia

#9 Monika

# 19 DaenYs

Once again, don't forget to grab your badge and display it proudly on your blog.  Congratulations to you all!

Don't forget there's still time to join in with this week's challenge to use the recipe that Mynnette set:

Monochromatic, CAS, ribbon and a gem

That's all for now.

A January Recipe

How's your week been, friends?  I hope it's been going well!  It's time for another fun challenge here at 52CCT and this week we've got a recipe for your crafting pleasure!

Here it is~

And some DT inspiration~

Mynnette

Louise

Asha

Danielle

Deborah

Jacqueline

Patricia

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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Winner, Winner - First Challenge of 2014

Oh my did you all have fun with our sketch this past week!  Some of your were even inspired to create several cards using that great format.   We sure had fun looking at all your beautiful entries and you definitely made it difficult for us to choose the Winner of our First Challenge of 2014. We had an absolutely dead-heat tie with two lovely cards - so this week we have 2 winners! 

Please join me in congratulating the 2 ladies sharing the TOP HONOURS spotlight. 

Raise the roof for (in order of entry)

#8 Laura Mackie

#20 Tinie

Super job ladies - please grab your winner's badge and display it proudly!

Now on to our HONOURABLE MENTIONS (in numerical order of entry):
#1 Carol N
#2 Judy V
#9 Pam
#13 Ellen Parker
#29 Daen'Ys

Congrats - you all rocked this challenge. Can't wait to see what you do with our current color challenge!



January Color Challenge

Hi again, to all our friends!  We're so excited to see you guys starting early on your holiday cards--we love seeing them every single week!  We've got another new challenge coming at you--it's a color challenge this week!  And it's non-traditional colors this time around!

Here are the colors~

And some DT inspiration~

Mynnette

Danielle

Louise

Jacqueline

Deborah

Patricia

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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Happy 2014! First Challenge of the New Year.

Hello, all!  Welcome to another year here at 52CCT!  We've got a new look, some new DT members and some fabulous new challenges coming your way!

Here's the first challenge of the year~

And some inspiration from the DT~

Mynnette

Patricia

 
Danielle

 
Ruth

Deborah

Jacqueline

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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Happy New Year! Winners from 2013 December Challenge

Happy New Year! Whoot Whoot!  Hope each and every one of you had a blessed Christmas holiday and that as you look back on 2013 there were many good memories to keep.  We are looking forward to a new year of challenges at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown -  stay tuned soon for that later in the week when our first challenge of 2014 goes live.  But for now.... let's announce the Honors from our last Challenge of 2013.

Our WINNER of the DECEMBER TWO WEEK Challenge (Pick A Previous Challenge) is 

SUE #18

Well done Sue - Congrats!  Such lovely depth and gorgeous glow around the candles.

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

Sandie #1

Sue #2

Judy VanZandt #5

Karen P#22

Marie Flayer #27

Congratulations to all of you for your absolutely beautiful Christmas creations!  Thanks for playing with us in 2013 - hope to see you back in 2014 soon! 

Pick A Previous Theme Winners

WoW!You blew us away with all your fantastic entries for my last challenge of November -our Previous Theme challenge, lovely to see so many entries but SO hard to chose a winner.  So hard in fact we didn't ......we chose two! Two regular challengers will share the top spot this week for their fabulous and very different cards.

Toni at FHC

for her fun Father Christmas face

and

Kylie

for her scrummy candy canes

Well done ladies, you both deserve Top Honours this week

We have four others who get an Honourable Mention, so, in no particular order, we say a very big well done to

Asha

Judy

Pat

Vicky

That's it from me (Louise) for 2013, apart from commenting on your cards for our current challenge, which runs for another week yet, so plenty of time to get yours done.  The challenge is Any Previous Challenge from 52 CCT. Wishing you all a very happy holiday season and see you in 2014!

December Two Week Challenge

Hi, friends!  Since Christmas is coming and we're all getting busy, we've decided to just have ONE two week challenge here at 52 CCT to end our crafting year!  Our challenge for the next two weeks is ANY PAST 2013 CHALLENGE GOES!  So, choose your favorite and link up with us!  Winners will be announced hopefully before Christmas, but if not, they'll be added to the first post of the New Year!

One more thing before we show you the DT inspiration--we're looking for a few new crafters to join us!  If you are interested in being on our DT, please add "DT" to the end of your name when you enter!  We will let you know if you've been chosen by December 30th, 2013 and your term will start in February of 2014.  GOOD LUCK to all those who enter!

And now some DT inspiration~

Mynnette

Using the "Red, Kraft, White" color scheme

Jacqueline

August 2013- Holly

Ruth

Jan 2013 - Purple, Metallic Silver & White Colour Combo

Sarah

April 2013 - Santa Claus/Father Christmas

Deborah

March 2013 - Christmas Animals

Louise
April 2013 -Santa and October 2013 Bling It Up

Patricia
July 2013 - sketch and October 2013 - colors (no red or green)

Danielle

October 2013 Sketch Challenge. Color and Theme challenges from 2012.

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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November Technique Challenge Top Picks

Guess some of you didn't want to get messy last week! We only had a few entries for the Acrylic Block Print Background, but the standard of those entries was extremely high, making it incredibly difficult to chose an overall winner.  Every DT member had a different choice for the top spot it seemed. As hostess for the month the casting vote came down to me and so our top pick goes to....

Top Honor

Helen

..for these beautiful embossed trees on the chilly sky background.  Well done, Helen, please take the winners' badge from the side bar if you would like it

It only seems fair that the remaining cards, which were all amazing, should also get a mention and so we have 6 Honorable mentions this week. In numerical order we say well done to..

Ellen

Marie

Judy

Daen 'Ys

Fabiola

Viji

Don't forget we have the current challenge still running, where we are asking you to pick a previous theme from our past challenges, and I see that this has inspired quite a lot of you to enter already!