Let's Trim the Tree - Challenge #6

Hi everyone, it's time to Trim the Tree for Challenge #6 - Moves on Hooves! The response to this challenge was amazing - you guys rock.

Before we get to the results, I'll say a very big thank you to my lovely Guest Elves Brenda and Gail. This was a very tricky challenge to 'call' and I was glad of their help with choosing Top Picks and a Winner.

We each chose a Top Pick...

Rosemarie

Ho! Ho! Hilarious!

A. Rose

A fabulously haughty moose and a striking colour combo.

Jules

A truly gorgeous Winter scene.

Our unanimous winner for Challenge #6 is this fabulous creation by

Marcia

We all loved Marcia's adorably grumpy reindeer, 

and her beautiful snowy background.

Please grab your badge, Marcia!

Finally, here's the result of Rudolph's Random Raffle. 

Congratulations to

#7 - KT Fit Kitty

KT, please could you use the contact form in the sidebar to claim your prize.

Thanks again to the fabulous folk at Rubber Dance Stamps for being our sponsor for this challenge.

The current challenge on offer is Delectable Die-cuts; there's a new elf to meet and greet, plus a new prize up for grabs in another Rudolph's Random Raffle so why not drop by and join the fun!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #7 - Delectable Die-cuts

Hi card fans, welcome to another new challenge at The Christmas Kickstart.

I'd just like to thank everyone who play along with follows this blog: I'm overwhelmed by the response to this little challenge. The cards for our Mooves on Hooves Challenge was brilliant and myself, Brenda and Gail were delighted with how many of you linked-up and joined the fun!

Challenge #7 should be another fun challenge as it's 

Delectable Die-cuts!

Who doesn't love a die-cut? They always give such a professional finish to any card and there are sooooo many to choose from!

Our Guest Elf for this challenge is the very lovely  Sally S. from Created by Sally.

Sally will be familiar to many of you who are regular players here at The Christmas Kickstart as she was the winner of our very first challenge with this adorable card. Sally is a former Hero Arts Hostess and a longtime blogging buddy of mine.

Here's a little info about our newest elf:

"Hi, I'm Sally and I live in Dorset near the beautiful coastal town of Lime Regis with my husband, we retired here 3 years ago, my two grown up children Francesca and Tristan have long since flown the nest. I have been crafting most of my life and enjoy sewing, lino cutting and photography. A friend introduced me to cardmaking over 12 years ago and I have never looked back, its such a relaxing hobby. The crafting community is such a friendly place and I love visiting peoples blogs, studying their Instagram pages and entering challenges."

As you can see Sally has a beautiful style and has created a gorgeous card for this challenge making use of a variety of snowflake die-cut shapes. Thanks Sally, this is so pretty.

My card is one I'm quite pleased with as it was quick and simple to make and looks rather cute!

There's another Rudolph's Random Raffle for this challenge and the prize is this sweet Christmas die-cut set from Fuzzy Lemon:

Hope you can join us for our die-cut challenge!

Challenge Rules and Guidelines: 

• Like and/or follow this blog either via Blogger or Bloglovin, or Email. 
• Add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery or blog to the Linky tool. 
• Please mention and link back to this post/blog to let people know about this fun challenge!
• I'd appreciate cards made especially for this challenge, but I understand that we all love challenges and the additional traffic they bring, so please link a card that fits NO MORE THAN 8 CHALLENGES including this. 
• New Challenges will commence fortnightly on a Tuesday. 
• Please enter a max of 3 cards per challenge.
• Preferably no back linking to older projects, please.

Please put your NAME in the CAPTION box of the Linky. Thanks.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #5

Yes, it's time to Trim the Tree again here at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

Before we get to the results for this fun challenge, I'll say a big thank you to lovely Lynne for all her elfy help with this one.

This challenge was such a tricky one to call as your cards were just brilliant: who knew there were so many cute bear images out there!

Top Picks (in no particular order) are:

Bobby

Love the sweet frame surrounding the bear and his tree!

Gail

A cute bear, a beautiful background and a scarf with stamped hearts.

Jules 

Beautiful paper choice, a gorgeous image and so much attention to detail.

Our Top Pick this week is Lindsey!

A super sweet image, lovely colouring and a lovely sense of balance and proportion.

                                   

Finally, Rudolph has dropped by to announce the winner of this sweet stamp set.

It's you, Marina!

Please get in touch via the contact box in the sidebar.

Challenge #6 is currently underway, so why not play along? We have a great prize on offer from Rubber Dance Art Stamps.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #6 - Moves on Hooves!

Wow, guys, what an amazing response to Challenge #5 - judging those gorgeous bear cards is going to be tough!

It's time for another Christmas Kickstart Challenge and for this challenge our theme is:

Moves on Hooves!

That's right, any animal that has hooves can appear on your card. I'm obviously thinking stags, fawns, reindeer (again!), but also alpacas, llamas, horses, cows, sheep, goats...

For this challenge we have not one but two fabulous Guest Elves.

First off, let's welcome Brenda, winner of Rudolph's Random Raffle from Challenge #3.

 

Brenda is married with two grown children and four grandchildren. She loves to sew, quilt, scrapbook, and stamp and is looking forward to retirement in a few years to have more time to do all of those things!

Christmas is Brenda's favorite time of year and she loves decorating, buying gifts, baking cookies and making Christmas cards.  Brenda says "I try to work on Christmas cards all year round, so they are all ready to mail by early December." 

Our second guest is Gail, and you'll find her blog Crafty Nomad here. 

"Hi, my name is Gail aka ionabunny.  I am British and trained as a scientist, but moved to Norway in 2005 where I keep rabbits and chickens and grow my own vegetables. I also craft with paper and glass.  I call my style simple, but seldom clean.  I enjoy mixed media and mixed techniques and trying anything new.  I am honored to be a guest elf here at CKC.  Just call me Twinkletoes Bunnyslippers."   

Now that we've met our elves let's take a look at their cards:

Brenda's card is a beautifully traditional take on the theme:

Gail's card features a cute Rudolph in an equally cute sweater!

My offering for this challenge was great fun to make: I do love a nice, fluffy Christmas Llama, don't you!

For this challenge I'm delighted that we have a sponsor (kindly arranged by Gail) and an adorable hoofed animal stamp as a prize. A big thank you to Rubber Dance Art Stamps for this prize which will be drawn by a Rudolph's Random Raffle.

I really hope that you'll join Brenda, Gail and myself for this fun challenge and grow that Christmas card stash!

Challenge Rules and Guidelines: 

• Like and/or follow this blog either via Blogger or Bloglovin, or Email. 
• Add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery or blog to the Linky tool. 
• Please mention and link back to this post/blog to let people know about this fun challenge!
• I'd appreciate cards made especially for this challenge, but I understand that we all love challenges and the additional traffic they bring, so please link a card that fits NO MORE THAN 8 CHALLENGES including this. 
• New Challenges will commence fortnightly on a Tuesday. 
• Please enter a max of 3 cards per challenge.
• Preferably no back linking to older projects, please.

Please put your NAME in the CAPTION box of the Linky. Thanks.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's Trim the Tree - Challenge #4

Hi everyone, it's time to Trim the Tree again here at Christmas Kickstart.

Before I do, I'd really like to say a very big thank you to Julie from Always with a Heart for being a brilliant Guest Elf for this challenge. Thanks, Julie, your creativity and support was much appreciated.

This challenge was a bit of a slow burner, but we did finally get fifteen gorgeous entries all featuring that all important heart.

Myself and Julie had a hard time picking our favourites, but here (in no particular order) are our Top Picks:

Sally

A gorgeous image, beautiful colouring and a sweet way to include the hearts.

Greta

CAS perfection!

Bobby

A beautifully balanced card and a sweet image.

Our winner this week is:

Cat

Great little characters and a fantastic backdrop too!

Congratulations to you all, please grab your blog badges.

Once again, thanks to Julie for her agreeing to do her 'Elfy thing', and to everyone who played along for this challenge.

If you'd like to check out the current challenge, you'll find it here.

Have a happy day!