April Sketch Challenge

Hello, good morning!!  It's Deborah here - I'm very pleased to be hosting this month's challenges.  Can't believe it's already April!!  Has spring finally arrived with you?  The last few days here in Michigan have been lovely, with sunshine and temperatures getting into the 50s!  The birds know that spring is here - they've been singing so loudly!  So it's been a bit harder to make a Christmas card this week, but so worth while as I intend to have most of my cards made by December.

Thanks to Louise for hosting our challenges last month - there were so many gorgeous submissions, I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did..  

As it's the first week of the month we have a sketch to share with you - can't wait to see what you make with this one.

Here's some inspiration from the team:

Deborah

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Louise

Ruth

Danielle

Sarah

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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Ribbons and Bows Honorable Mentions

Hello, Louise here for almost the last time. I do hope that you all had a very Happy Easter time. When there's a special weekend and everyone is on holiday you can easily forget which day it is!
Luckily, I just remembered in time to post the winners from last week's Ribbons and Bows challenge. We loved the way you creatively used ribbons and bows in your cards, in many different styles, and the one that the DT have chosen as their top honor this week is

Top Honour

Rocky

We loved the way that Rocky weaved her ribbons to make such a beautiful focal point for her card.

Honorable Mentions

in numerical order

#2 Meg

#5 Patti

#7 Allisa

#8 Fabiola

#18 Vicky

Well done Ladies, don't forget to take your winners' badge and display it proudly on your blog! 

A quick reminder that our Anything Goes challenge is in full swing (anything BUT a card, tag or ATC), and we'd love to see any Christmas creations you have made.  On Saturday a whole new month of challenges will start again and this time your hostess will be Deborah. I know she's got some fantastic challenges to get you thinking and crafting so we are all looking forward to that.  I will be back next Wednesday to post the winners from Anything Goes, 'till then Happy Crafting!

March ANYTHING BUT a CARD, ATC or TAG GOES! Challenge

Hello and welcome back to 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown where it seems like Christmas every day. Is it just me (Louise) or is this year flying by? I have had a brilliant time hosting these last 4 weeks, first I get to choose the challenges and look at all the amazing entries and then I get to post the winners- how good is that! I am so lucky as I get to host an extra week here because March has an extra Saturday. It's the very last challenge for the month and since it's a 5th week, it means ANYTHING {but a card, ATC, or tag} GOES!!!

Don't forget, we will be posting the top 5 from last week's embellishment challenge on Wednesday so do pop back for a look then.

 

And some inspiration from the DT~

Mynnette

Ruth 

Jacqueline

Louise

Deborah

Patricia

Sarah

Danielle

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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March Theme Honors

Thank you for all your animal themed Christmas cards, I was  a little worried after our shaky start with the 'no birds' rule, but  we saw lots of different animals in festive spirit, not only reindeer, and they were all beautiful and perfect for the challenge.
How do you choose between mice and bears, reindeer and dogs, cats and hedgehogs? Well, we had to, and our top honor was a clear winner this week, with an extraordinarily adorable, mousey holiday card..

Top Honor

Emma

Voting was very close for all the others and I can now reveal our...

Honorable Mentions

In numerical order

#3 Meg

#4 Sue B

#6 Marybeth

#11 Brenda

#13 Rocky

Don't forget, this week's challenge is in full swing and we would love to see lots more cards with beautiful ribbons and bows. We always leave comments on your entries so please keep your cards coming and keep us busy! There will also be a new challenge on Saturday and, as it is the extra 5th Saturday in March, it will be something a little bit different -so check back here then. Until then, happy crafting!

March Embellishment Challenge

Hello and welcome back to 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown where it seems like Christmas every day. Is it just me (Louise) or is March  flying by?  After all those amazing Christmas Animals last week (and apologies for any penguin confusion!) I thought we would go a bit more towards tradition and femininity this week with a challenge featuring ribbons and bows.  There are so many gorgeous ribbons out there and we want to see them all! 
Don't forget, we will be posting the top 5 from last week's challenge on Wednesday so do pop back for a look then.

 

And some inspiration from the DT~

Mynnette

Jacqueline

Louise

Ruth

Deborah

Sarah

Danielle

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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March Colour Challenge Winners

It's midway through the week and it is my pleasure to be allowed to announce the winners of last weeks colour challenge here at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.

This was your starting point and we were thrilled by your entries. They all were elegant and classy as we expected, lots of gold heat embossing, ribbons and dry embossing,beautiful stamping...i fact, every week you make our job harder and harder, but there has to be a winner and this weeks Top Honor goes to

TOP HONOR

Julia

Of course we have five more fabulous entries that we call our.....

HONORABLE MENTIONS

in numerical order

# 4 Leslie

#7 Heather Mills

# 9 Kylie

#14 Viji

# 18 Rocky

Don't forget our current challenge where we are hoping to see your cards featuring our four-legged friends, furry, cute, wild or humble, any animal on a Christmas card will be considered for next weeks Top Honors, and we're waiting to see them and leave you a comment!

March Theme Week

Hello everyone  and welcome to another wonderful week here at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown!  Thank you to everyone who entered our colour challenge last week.  Black, gold and white is such a classic combination and we had so many beautifully elegant cards we will really have a hard choice picking our top 5, but check here on Wednesday and we'll have all the winners.

Back to today where it's THEME week and this week we've gone wild as our theme is....

Animals!!!

We'd LOVE to see all your amazing Christmas/holiday animal creations-camels, donkeys, sheep, reindeer or even non-traditional animals -lions, tigers-whatever animal you think of, we'd LOVE to see your creativity!  Just one thing--NO BIRDS this week, so if you want to be considered for the top picks make sure you feature a furry not feathery friend! Sorry!

Here's some inspiration from the DT~

Louise

Jacqueline

Deborah

Ruth

Danielle

Patricia

Sarah

Mynnette

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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March Sketch Top Honor and honorable Mentions

Thanks to all of you who entered the sketch challenge, we loved  seeing your cards but it made our job so hard, because they were all fabulous. This was my first ever sketch design so, for me (Louise), it was especially exciting to see each new entry and what you had done to make the sketch your own. I honestly can say I loved every one! But... there has to be a winner and this week it was the simplicity and fabulous colour combo that caught the DTs' eyes..

Top Honor this week goes to

Daen 'Ys

Of course we have five fabulous....

Honorable Mentions

(in numerical order)

#3 Kylie

#5 Yvonne

#6 Natalie

#9 Patti

#15 Brenda

Winners don't forget to grab your badges to display proudly on your blogs, and well done to everyone. 

This week we are looking for your creations in Black Gold and White, so if you haven't put your entry in yet, what's keeping you?? We are lovin' all the cards that we've seen so far and look forward to leaving comments on your blogs, so keep us busy and enter yours soon! 

I'll be back on Saturday with the next challenge too!

March Colour Challenge

Wow! Thank you for all your fantastic entries for our sketch challenge last week- it's going to be very hard to chose our Top Honor and Honorable Mentions, check back here on Wednesday to see who's won!
  If you've only just found our challenge blog 'Welcome'. We are here to help you create all your cards in plenty of time for the Christmas holidays.  Each week we give you either a sketch, a colour combo, a theme,recipe, technique or embellishment as your starting point.  Then it's 'over to you'  We love looking at all your creations so please keep them coming!

This week we have the traditional and elegant combination of 

White, Gold and Black.

 

 Here are the cards from the DT~

Mynnette

Louise

Ruth

Jacqueline

Sarah

Deborah

Patricia

Danielle

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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February Felt Challenge Top Honor and Honorable Mentions

Oh boy, oh boy...I must admit that you had me worried at first that my felt challenge was going to be too much of a challenge.  But then all of a sudden so many of you came through and I was totally blown away by the creativity I saw on each of your cards - nice job everyone!!  Okay - so let's get to the announcement of the winners as you've had to wait a bit to find out.  Our TOP HONOR for the February Felt Challenge goes to #3 Brenda B for her absolutely fabulous hand-cut felt creation.

And our HONORABLE MENTIONS who provided us with something to ooh and awe over in very different ways (in numerical order of entry) were:

#1 Meg

#5 Sandy J

#6 Rocky

#7 Karen A

#12 Fabiola

 

Winners don't forget to grab your badges to display proudly on your blogs :o) 

Congrats to you all and thank you for indulging me this past month - it was a lot of fun for me.  Your bravery (for attempting this challenge) and talent has absolutely astounded me this time around.  This month Louise is our hostess and she has some great challenges as well that I hope you will play along with us.