New Christmas Cards All Year Round Challenge - Snowmen

 

We're back today with a new challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round challenge blog:

This month our theme is:

So we're looking for some sort of snow person on your designs!  For more details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

Here's another view of my card:

To make my card I used:

- Snowman Holding Heart digi stamp from White Spruce Studio available here

- Promarkers

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- stitched, scalloped die from Stampin' Up

- paper and card from Craft Creations

New Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge - 11 Pipers Piping or Holiday Song/Carol

 

There's a new challenge today on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog:

And this time we want to see either 11 Pipers Piping (from the 12 Days of Christmas song) or a project inspired by a holiday song or carol.  For more details about the challenge and to see the projects from the rest of the team, have a look at the blog here.

To make my card I used:

- Cosy Reindeer digi stamp set from Pink Gem Designs available here

- Promarkers

- cross stitch die from Lawn Fawn

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- Mossy Meadow card from Stampin' Up

- other card from Craft Creations

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - anything Christmas goes

Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge- anything goes

Passion for Markers - embellish it

New Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge - Anything Goes/Snow Buddies

We've got a new challenge today on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge and this month we have an anything goes theme with the optional theme of snow buddies.

Take a look on the challenge blog here for all the details and lots of inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

To make my card I used:

- Penny Black Arctic Antics stamp set

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - anything festive
Pearly Sparkles Challenge - bunnies, birds and/or bears
Shopping Our Stash Challenge - under the sun, moon and stars

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Reminder - Garland/Leaves/Christmas Flowers

Here's a little reminder about our current challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog.  This month's theme is 'garland/leaves/Christmas flowers'.

Have a look here on the challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration.

Here's the prize on offer for this month's winner:

 

To make my card I used a topper and paper from an issue of Making Cards magazine from the end of last year.

My sentiment is an outline sticker and the strip across the middle of the card is a piece of washi tape on red paper.

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Reminder - Christmas Ornaments

It's time for a reminder about our current challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round and this month we're looking for Christmas ornaments - either on a card or an actual ornament.

The prize on offer for the winner is:

I used a Crafter's Companion die to make my card - I cut it in blue and silver and then inlaid the silver pieces into the blue die cut.

The patterned paper is from a Crafter's Companion giveaway pad from a magazine and the other card, paper and gems are from Craft Creations.

Christmas Crafts All Year Long Challenge Reminder - Family and Friends

It's time for our reminder post on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round - our theme this month is family and friends.  Have a look here on the challenge blog for more details and lots of inspiration.

The prize on offer for this month's winner is:

To make my card I've used:

- Signs of Santa stamp set from Stampin' Up

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Unicorn Challenge Blog - spots and/or stripes
Crafter's Castle Challenge - anything goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Reminder - Under the Mistletoe

 It's time for our mid-challenge reminder on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog and this month our theme is 'under the mistletoe'.

Have a look here on the challenge for all the details and lots of great inspiration.

The prize on offer for this month's winner is:

To make my card I used:

- Whimsy Stamps Under the Mistletoe digi stamp available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment from Lili of the Valley

- patterned paper from Stampin Up

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Reminder - Carols and Songs

Our challenge theme this month on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog is carols and songs. 

Have a look here for the post from the start of the month and here for the mid-month reminder post with lots of great inspiration in both!

And here is the prize on offer for the lucky winner:

To make my card I used:

- Carolling Cuties stamp set from Hunkydory For the Love of Stamps

- Promarkers to colour my stamped image

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes

Colour Crazy Challenge - anything goes

As You Like It Challenge - favourite birthday or Christmas (definitely Christmas - I love Christmas colours and I have so many cute digis and stamps!)

Lemon Shortbread Challenge - anything goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge - Let It Snow

We've reached the mid-way point in the current challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'let it snow'.

Take a look here at the original post and here at the reminder post for more details and lots of great inspiration.

And here's the prize on offer for this month's lucky winner:

To make my card I used:

- pre-coloured topper from Making Cards magazine

- paper and card from Craft Creations

- gems and snowflake from Dovecraft

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Reminder - Anything Goes

It's time for our mid-challenge post on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog and this month we've got an anything goes theme.

You can find all the details about the challenge in the original post here and the mid-challenge post here.

And this is the prize on offer for this month's winner:

My card is part of a batch I made for my Mum to give to the members of the French group she teaches. 

To make my card I used:

- sentiment stamp from Dovecraft

- pudding stamp from Stampin' Up

- Promarkers to colour the image

- paper, card and gems from Craft Creations

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Gingerbread

The theme for this month's challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog is 'gingerbread'.

You can find the original post with all the details from the beginning of the month here and the reminder post with lots more inspiration here.

The prize on offer for this month's winner is:

To make my card I used:

- one of the images the Pink Gem Designs 'Ginger Set' available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from Simply Cards and Papercraft

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

- ribbon from Dovecraft

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Craft Rocket Challenges - Christmas is coming

Fabrika Fantasy - Christmas or winter

Crafting With An Attitude - anything goes

Digi Doodle Studios - Christmas/winter

Crafter's Castle Challenge - anything goes/holidays

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Santa, Elf or Fairy

This month on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge we'd like your creations to feature Santa, an elf or a fairy!

Take a look here at the chllenge blog for all the details and lots of great inspiration.

And here's the prize on offer for the winner:

For my card I used:

- Starry Eyed Santa available here from the We Are 3 Digital Shop

- Christmas Greetings digi sentiments set available here from the We Are 3 Digital Shop

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Reminder - Hot/Warm Colours

It's time for a reminder of this month's challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog and this month we want to see hot/warm colours.

Take a look here on the challenge blog for all the details and to see lots of inspiration.

The prize on offer for this month's winner is:

And here's what I used to make my card:

- Jolly Santa stamp set from Cuddly Buddly available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from Craftwork Cards

- other paper, card, gems and outline sticker sentiment from Craft Creations

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - anything goes 

Love to Craft Challenge - anything goes
A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge - anything goes
Crafter's Castle Challenge - anything goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Challenge Reminder

It's the middle of the month so that means it's time for a reminder about this month's challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog.

This month we want to see a tree or trees of some sort on your project.  You can find all the details and lots of inspiration here on the challenge blog.

And the prize on offer for this month's winner is:

Here's what I used to make my card:

- Winter Friends digi stamp from LeAnn's World 101 available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

The Merry Christmas Chllenge - anything goes

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - lots of layers

Di's Digi Challenge - Christmas in July

I Love Promarkers - Christmas in July

Sweet Stampers Challenge - Christmas in July

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Non-Traditional Colours

It's time for some mid-month inspiration on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog:

This month we're looking for creations using non-traditional Christmas colours - you can find all the details here on the challenge blog plus see lots of great inspiration. 

The prize on offer for this month's winner is:

And to make my card I've used:

- Dinkies 'Star of Wonder' stamp from Little Claire Designs available here

- Promarkers to colour stamped image

- silver card from Lime Tree Crafts

- patterned paper and clear gems from Craft Creations

- small snowflake punch

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Reminder - Anything Goes

The middle of the month means that it's time for a reminder about the current challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge and for May, our theme is 'anything goes'.

Have a look here for all the details.

The prize on offer for the winner is:

For my card I've used a set from Hunkydory called 'Christmas Cuties' combined with a sentiment from Uniko.  The image was coloured with Promarkers and the paper is from Craft Creations.

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Reminder - Use Flowers

Today I'm sharing a card as part of the mid-month challenge reminder on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge - this month we want you to 'use flowers' on your creations.

All the details about the challenge can be found here in the post from the start of the month and there's more inspiration here in today's challenge reminder post.

The prize on offer for this month's challenge winner is:

For my card I've used a digi stamp set from Imagine That Digistamp called 'Poinsettia' - you can find the set here on their website.

I coloured the digistamp with Promarkers and used some paper from Craft Creations.

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Reminder - Use Mainly Red

This month's theme at Christmas Crafts All Year Round is to 'use mainly red'.  All the details are here in the post from the start of the month and here in the reminder post published today.

The prize on offer for the challenge winner is:

 

There's no stamping on my card - a bit of a change for me!!

I've used a Memory Box 'Merry Christmas' die and paper from Craft Creations and Stampin' Up.

I've finished the card with some gems and red Card Candi.

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Thank You

The theme for this month's challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge is 'thank you'.  Have a look here on the post from the start of the month for more details and here for the mid-challenge reminder.

The prize on offer for this month's winner is:

For my card I've used a stamp from Dreamerland coloured with Promarkers.

I embossed the white card with a Crafts Too folder and die cut a hole in it - the frame was made using the die used to cut the whole and the next one up in size.  I then raised this up from the image using foam pads.

The card and paper I've used is from Craft Creations.

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Candies, Cookies or Gingerbread

It's time to share some mid-challenge inspiration on the Christmas Cards All Year Round Challenge Blog and this month we want to see 'candies, cookies or gingerbread'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here in the post from the beginning of the month.

The prize on offer for this month's winner is:

For my card I've used a digi stamp from Digital Delights called 'Gingerbread Slippy' - you can find him here on the website.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and used paper from an old First Edition pad and from Craft Creations.