November Sketch Challenge Winners

Hi there!  We had so many lovely entries for the first challenge of November, 

the Design Team found it very difficult to call!

The voting was so close, but we do have a winner ...

 

WINNER

#1 - Le Scrap de Vava

These cute little reindeer and pretty colour choice follow the sketch beautifully.

Gorgeous!

And the HONOURABLE MENTIONS

in order of submission...

#7 - Janice Melton

Lovely, traditional pattern and colours.

Great dimensional snowflakes - so pretty and festive.

#13 - LeAnne Pugliese

Great stamping and lovely colour choice - very pretty.

#14 - Lucinda Creates

 

Great masking technique used here - fab dropped shadows too.

Love the wee houses - they make such a pretty scene.   

#16 - Andreja

These adorable Santas just make you smile.

#19 - Robyn Oliver

 A really classy look, from the stamped images,
to the paper background.

Well done everyone - your beautiful work blew us away! You may pick up your badges from the tab at the top of the page and display them on your blogs!

And, there's still plenty of time to join in with this week's colour challenge - suitable for modern and traditional designs alike.

We can't wait to see what you make - have fun!

November Colours

Hello and welcome to the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge!  

It's the second week of November, so by now your stash of Christmas cards should be building.

The talented ladies on the Design Team are here to inspire you.

I'm Gill and this week I have a colour challenge:

The fresh green colour contrasts beautifully with rich red, and will look good with both modern and traditional designs - I hope you have fun using them. 

Here are some examples from the team:

Gill
 

Fabiola

April

 Deborah

Patricia



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October pick a previous Winners

Hello there,

First I would like to thank everyone who participated in our last challenge. All of your entries were awesome!

Here is our winner:

#2 Robyn

Your card is just perfect. You followed the sketch in detail. Really stunning card! Congrats!

And I shouldn't forget to point out our honourable mentions:

#11 Katerina

#17 !neke

#18 Foley's friend

#23 Myrna

#26 Lucinda

Thank you for sharing all your lovely cards with us and don't forget to get your badge! :)

I hope you will join us again in this weeks challenge.

Happy crafting!

November Sketch

Hello and welcome to the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge!  

We're now in November, which means Christmas is just around the corner.  

Do you need some inspiration for your cards this year?  Well you've come to the right place.  

I'm Gill and it's my turn to set the challenges this month. 

This week, I have a sketch for you to follow:

This triptych layout is classic - you can keep it clean & simple, or go all out with lots of layers, but we must be able to see the basic sketch in your creation.  

Here's some inspiration from the team:

Gill

Fabiola

April

 Deborah



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You've got until midnight GMT (7.00pm EDT) on Friday 11th November to play along with us.

Have fun!!

Thanks to everyone who applied to join our Design Team. We are going through all the submissions and will let the successful applicants know as soon as possible.

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October Technique Winners

Yes, I said winners! This week we had so many fabulous submissions using both dry and heat embossing. We actually ended up with a three way tie and the winners are:

WINNERS

(in order of submission)

#12 - Chris

Lovely use of two embossed patterns to create the sunburst behind the angel!

#26 - Deidre

Love the shimmer of the silver embossed sentiment.

#29 - Rosina

Cute little scene with snow falling - embossed in the background and die cut too!

Congratulations ladies - do pick up your badge from the tab at the top of the page.

Before I go - just a quick reminder of our current challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - 52CCT43-16 - we want you to create a card using a previous sketch!

You've got until midnight (GMT) on Friday 4th to play along - that's 8.00pm EDT (our clocks haven't gone back yet!). Have fun!

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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October Theme winner

Hello there,

There was soooo many gorgeous cards in theme challenge, so we had a really hard decision to make!

Are you ready to see who won? :)

Our winner:

#27 Brigit

This card is just too cute to be true! Congrats Brigit :)

Here are our lovely honourable mentions:

#5 Lorraine

#32 Zora

#36 Mavrične ideje

#45 Helen

#51 Andreja

Thank you for sharing all your lovely cards with us and congratulations. :)

I hope you will join us again in this weeks challenge.

Happy crafting!

October Technique Challenge and DT CALL

Good morning! A quick reminder about our Design Team call - details below:

DESIGN TEAM CALL

Before we get to our challenge details, you'll have noticed that we are looking to add some new members to our Design Team in 2017. The challenges this month are:

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

If you wish to be considered for the DT, you must take 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 that our challenge is for CARDS only - no tags, bags or gifts.  Please note that you need to have a blog if you wish to be considered for the DT.

We will contact successful applicants during November. The new DT members will join the team in January 2017 with a revamped 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge.

And now I'll return you to our regular posts.

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Hello there,
It's time to reveal our new challenge. Do you like techniques or is it something you don't fancy? Let me know in the comments below. I would love to know! :)
Hope you will find this technique suits you and that you will join us!

Let's see what the team have created to share with you today:

Kaja

(If you can't see it well: the sentiment and the top of the ornaments are embossed in clear on black :) You can see it better if you zoom in the picture)

Fabiola

April



Deborah

Patricia

(the red berries are heat embossed; the red panels are dry embossed)

We're looking forward to seeing what you can do with this technique!  You have until midnight British Summer Time/7:00 p.m. Eastern time Friday 28th October to link your card.  Happy crafting!

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