Embellishment Challenge #1

Well, we're back yet again with another fun Christmas challenge for our crafty followers and loyal friends--thank you so much! We couldn't do this without YOU!

This week we're looking for embellishments. We'd like to see RHINESTONES--and you need to use at least three!!! And they must sparkle. Because sparkle is a necessity on a holiday card! ;D

Here's your inspiration for this week's challenge~

And here are our cards--please click on our names to go to our personal blogs to see more about each card and to leave some comment love. We appreciate it when we hear from you! :)

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Please link up your projects below, and follow the following rules:

*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.

January Color Challenge Honorable Mentions & Top Honor

Well, what another fabulous week we've had here at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown! We're overwhelmed by the participation--thank you! I also want to let you know how hard this was--I really had a hard time choosing this week! Now, onto the meat of the matter! ;)

This week's Honorable Mentions (in numerical order)

#2 Totty

#4 Coldwaters

#5 Clare

#8 Victoria

#15 Craftilicious

This week's Top Honor

#9 Kim x
With this ADORABLE Rudolph! :)

Congratulations to all! Please feel free to display the appropriate badges on your blog sidebar! We cannot wait to see what you've come up with this week! :)

Theme Challenge #1

We're so glad to see you again, crafters! We're overwhelmed by the support we've been receiving and appreciate each of you who have passed along the word to friends about our little challenge. We're hoping to make it a huge success, but we know we cannot do it without all of YOU! :)

This week we have a theme challenge--the theme is Christmas flowers. Roses, poinsettias, anything floral that goes along with Christmas!

Here's a little inspiration for you~

And here are Jacqueline and my cards--click on our names to visit our blogs. We love seeing you there, too, and we love each sweet word of encouragement you leave for us!

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Please link up your projects below, and follow the following rules:

*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.

January Sketch Honorable Mentions & Top Honor

Thank you to all who participated in our first sketch challenge!!!  Below you'll find pictures of those who won Honorable Mention and Top Honor for this challenge--if you're one of them, please feel free to display the appropriate badge on your blog!  Congratulations, ladies!

Hope to see everyone link up again this week--you never know!  You could be and HM or TH next time!!! :)

Honorable Mentions~

#6 Madaboutpooh

#8 Deborah 

#11 Vickie

#14 GIBMISS

#15 Mags

Top Honor~

#9 Holly

Color Challenge #1

Hello again, crafty friends! Welcome to our first color challenge--and hopefully you like it! I've chosen to do black, white, & a SPLASH of red.

Here's your inspiration/challenge~

I personally LOVE black and white with a splash of color--I feel that it really looks elegant and so I am so excited to see what you all come up with!

Here is what the two of us have come up with--please click on our names to go to our blogs and leave a comment--we read each one and they make our day! :)

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Please link up your projects below, and follow the following rules:

*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.

Top Honor and Honorable Mentions

The Top 5 Honorable Mentions this week go to

Sally

Lacey Stephens

Deborah Frings

Victoria

Craftilicious

Top Honor 

Claire C

Congratulations ladies please feel free to copy and paste the appropriate buttons from the side bar.

Sketch Challenge #1

Welcome again, one and all! We are so happy to be up and running--and we appreciate all of you who helped to make our first challenge a success! :)

This week is the first week that we will be starting our rotation--it's a sketch week!

Here's the sketch we'd like you to follow~

Feel free to flip it, use different shapes, etc., but make sure to have a Christmas theme! We are really looking forward to seeing what you all create! Oh, what's that? You'd like to see what Jacqueline & I (Mynnette) have created? Well, of course! :) Please click on our names to visit our blogs and read more about our cards--we love hearing from you!

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Please link up your projects below, and follow the following rules:

*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.

Our First Challenge!

Hello and welcome to the very first 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge.
Mynnette and I (Jacqueline) are looking forward to you joining us every week in our countdown to Christmas 2012.
We are exclusively Christmas and reckon that if you start now you could have 52 Christmas cards made ready for next year!
You will see in our side bar that we have a set pattern for our challenges and this week we are staring with something nice and easy for you:
ANYTHING GOES!
Please make sure that you have a link to our blog in your post and we'd really like it if you displayed our button on your blog.
Please only link your blog post and not your whole blog, and please - no back links.
To be considered for an Honourable Mention please follow these rules and link your entry in the Linky below by 6.00pm Friday January 6th .
Here are our cards to inspire you this week - click on our names to visit our blogs.

Mynnette's Card

Jacqueline's Card

Nearly Time

Hi there - Mynnette and I are working hard behind the scenes as our first challenge goes live on 

Saturday December 31st.

We are really hoping that you will join us then and Mynnette has designed a special blog button in the side bar for you to grab and display on your blogs.

Don't forget to come back on Saturday - it's the 5th week in December so the theme will be 'Anything Goes' - a nice easy one to start with.

Bye for now - Jacqueline.

Coming Soon .............

Yes - coming soon a *NEW* Christmas challenge every week. 

Get a head start on your Christmas Crafting, create a card a week and be super organised for Christmas 2012.

Stay tuned for more details.