February Color Challenge

Hello! Hope wherever you might be you are staying warm and cozy this weekend.  Seems as if we have storms and snow from one end of the United States all the way to the other.  A perfect time to craft and stay out of the cold and off the icy roads - wouldn't you agree?  And if you are in that part of the world that is experiencing the other end of the temperature spectrum - hope you are staying in and cool. Whatever your weather, making Christmas cards is always a perfect excuse for crafting :o).

You really rocked our sketch challenge last week - check back on Wednesday when we announce our winners.

On to the new challenge this week.  Our February hostess, Jacqueline, has chosen a really fun mix of colors to challenge you.

Here are the colors~

Please note that you must use the yellow (gold) in addition to the 3 other colors of your choice. 

Once again our DT has made some gorgeous creations to share with you. 
Take a look:

Fabiola

Asha

Mynnette

Deborah

Gill

 Danielle

Patricia

Louise

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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Winners: Double Embossing

Hi, all!  Thank you to everyone who played along with our DOUBLE EMBOSSING challenge--the entries were all so gorgeous!  It was really hard for us to narrow it down, but we've done it and we have some winners to announce!

Top Honor goes to~

#21 Pat Couder 

(Sorry for the mis-spell in the original post!)

Congrats!  Grab your badge from the tab up top and display it proudly on your blog!

And now, Honorable Mentions~

(In numerical order.)

#1 Sue

#3 Judy V.

#8 Liz

#15 Bonnie

#17 Brenda L.

Congratulations to you all!  Grab you badge from the tab up top--very well done!

That's all for now--join in our current challenge, a sketch, HERE for the next couple of days!  HUGS and merry stamping to you all!  :)

February Sketch Challenge

Good morning and welcome to a brand new month at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown. This month it's my (Jacqueline's) turn to host the challenges and as always we kick off with a sketch. Please feel free to rotate it, flip it or use different shapes - just make sure that we recognise it as our sketch!

Here's the sketch~

And inspiration from the DT~
Jacqueline

Asha

Fabiola

Mynnette

Louise

Deborah

Gill

Patricia

Danielle ( a 2-fer this week)

  

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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Recipe Winners

It's time for winner, everyone!  We had some super amazingly awesome and fabulous entries for our last challenge, so it was totally hard, but we've narrowed it down!

Top Honor Goes To~

#20 Vicky

Congrats, Vicky!  Grab your badge--very well deserved!

Honorable Mentions are~

(Numerical Order)

#3 Anni

#9 Ellen Parker

#14 Sue

#17 M.Letizia

#18 Pat

#19 Rocky

Congrats to you all!  Go and grab your badge!

We hope you join us within the next few days for a chance to win this week's challenge--it's Double Embossing!  HUGS and merry stamping to you all! :)

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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