Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #42

Tree Trimming is upon us for Challenge #42! This was such a fun challenge as Christmas Kickstart partnered up with Let's Squash It! for a double helping of festive frolics.

Our elf was the lovely Gail and our theme was to use a Christmas Embossing Folder and a Stamp. We had a fabulous number of entries (#59 in total) and while the party wrapped up here at CKC on Monday 25th, things continue at Let's Squash It! until tonight at midnight.

Our Top Picks here at Christmas Kickstart are:

Greta

Just love all the red and white.

Betty

We love how Betty used the embossing folder on her gorgeous stepped card.

Bonnie

Such a beautiful effect with the double snowflake design.

Topping the Tree for this challenge is:

Suze

We both love this beautiful stag against the swirly, snowy embossing folder background.

Congratulations to you all, please grab your badges to impress your friends and family!

                                                                                                                                                                       

 

Mr Cool AKA Rudolph is here with the result of his Random Raffle. 

It you #37 - Shirley Bee

Congratulations, Shirley, please could you contact me at dottypudding@aol.com with your snail mail address so that I can connect you with your prize.

Once again, a big thank you to Gail for being our elf and to everyone who entered this challenge.

There's a new challenge currently running and it's a super fun theme, so please click here to take a look!

Take care and keep safe everyone. 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #43 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

 

Hi there, card makers, welcome to the latest challenge here at Christmas Kickstart. There are only a few weeks left until Christmas so it's a great time to get those Christmas and Holiday cards made if you've not already started!

There's a new elf in dah house and I'm delighted to welcome Liz McGuire from Buttons for Brains!

"Hi everyone, I'm so excited to be a guest elf. It has kick started my Christmas cardmaking! So, here's a little bit bout me. I have been designing and making cards for nearly 20 years now and been blogging about it for 12 of those years over at Buttons For Brains. Along with my cardmaking I like to try my hand at art journaling, memory keeping and mixed media. And, there is my new obsession - planners and stationery. There's just not enough hours in the day!"

I'm a huge fan of Liz's fabulous cards and was thrilled when she agreed to create something for this challenge. Our theme for the next two weeks is:

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #43 - 

'Twas the Night Before Christmas!

We're looking for anything that might happen on Christmas Eve or anything in the poem that inspires you.

Here's what Liz made - isn't her card adorable?

Here's what I made - I couldn't resist a little festive humour.

Here's Rudolph, and he's bagged a rather gorgeous die cut as the prize for his Random Raffle for this challenge

Liz and I hope you'll feel inspired and come and play along.

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 remember to reference a fellow crafter's creations if your card has been inspired by their work.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's trim the Tree for Challenge #41!

 

I'm a little later than planned with the tree trimming post for Challenge #41 so let's jump right in and get this party started.

I'd like to say a big thank you to Arlene Rose for providing the inspiration for this challenge. It's been good to get to know you, Arlene!

Our challenge theme was:

Challenge #41 is Festive Florals

and this proved to be VERY popular as we had 54 beautiful entries.

Our Top Picks are:

Cindy

Lovely watercolouring against the gold heat embossing.

Karen

Such an elegant card.

Sally

Gold and white loveliness.

Topping the Tree for this challenge is this stunning card:

Trina

A gorgeous design and a beautiful colour palette. 

Congratulations to you all, please grab your celebratory badges!

Rudolph found a lovely prize for his Random Raffle: 

and the lucky winner is #53 - Jules

Big congrats, Jules, please could you get in touch with your snail mail address at dottypudding at aol dot com so I can connect you with your prize.

As always, there's a new challenge on offer and you can find it here... and also here as Christmas Kickstart and Let's Squash It! join forces for some embossing festive folder fun and frolics. 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #42 - Use a Christmas Embossing Folder and a Stamp

Hi, welcome to Christmas Kickstart. There's double the fun on offer for this challenge as we join forces with Let's Squash It! That's right, because there's only one thing better than ONE Embossing Folder challenge: TWO embossing folder challenges!

The lovely Gail is our elf for this challenge and it just so happens that we've recently partnered up to start a new challenge blog  called Let's Squash It! where we celebrate the embossing folder in all it's craftin' glory! If you're not familiar with our new venture you can take a look here.

Our theme for Challenge #42 is:

Use a Christmas Embossing Folder and a Stamp

Here's what Gail made:

You can read all about her fun card here.

And here's what I made:

You can read all about how I made my card here.

This challenge will run here until Monday 23rd November, but will continue until the end of the month over at Let's Squash It! There will be winners and prizes on both blogs, so please sign up to the linky on both blogs to double your chances of winning! The rules are slightly different on each blog so please don't forget to check them before you sign up.

As always we have the wonderful Rudolph with a Random Raffle prize and I think you'll love what he has on offer for this challenge:

Hope you'll come and join the fun by linking below and at Let's Squash It!

Challenge Rules and Guidelines for Christmas Kickstart:

• 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 remember to reference a fellow crafter's creations if your card has been inspired by their work.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #40

 Hi there, it's tree trimming time again! 

Challenge #40 had a fabulous turn out and Pops and I were sooooo impressed with all your gorgeous creations! I'd like to say a very big thank you to the lovely Pops Moffat for inspiring us with her beautiful card for this challenge, and for all the lovely behind the scenes chats we've had too! Thanks so much, Pops, and good luck with your new cross stitch adventures. 

We got our heads together and these are our winners for this challenge:

Top Picks

Greta

We loved how Greta used the inspiration picture to inspire her card.

Jules

What a beauty!

Trina

What a fabulous pink sky!

Topping the Tree for this challenge is:

Lindsey

Clean and simple and beautifully pink - what a pretty card.

Congratulations to you all, please grab your blog badges and enjoy the kudos!

Rudolph is here with his Random Raffle Prize winner...

It's you, #37 Conil

Congratulations, please can you contact me with your address at dottypudding@aol.com.

Once again, many thanks to Pops and to everyone who played along in this challenge. Challenge #41 is open and there's a new elf in town! Please come on over and join the fun!