Christmas Kickstart Challenge #63 - Reminder

They say 'better late than never'! yes, I'm finally here with the reminder post for the current challenge at Christmas Kickstart!

It was my birthday on Thursday and hubby surprised me with a few days at a lovely hotel in the country. I thought my posts were set to auto-post, but it turns out I was totally wrong!  

  Our theme for this month is 

Challenge #63 - Pawfectly Pawsome Christmas

Thankfully, my brilliant elf, Diane, was on the ball and posted this gorgeous card on her blog to keep things rolling. Thankyou, Di, I'm so sorry to have totally messed up.

Here's what I made. I was inspired by the way Di used DP on her first card for our challenge and so used the same technique on mine.

Rudolph's Random Raffle has a lovely prize on offer in the form of this gorgeous stamp set from Creative Expressions. The images are quite large and even nicer than they look in this picture.

Di and I both very much hope you'll come and play along with our fun challenge! You have until June 30th to create your Pawesome cards.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #63 - Pawfectly Pawsome Christmas

 

I'm delighted to welcome back the lovely Di as our elf for this month! We had such a blast together when we played Christmas Snippets in November that I just had to invite Di back to inspire us all once again! Thanks so much, Di, it's great to have you here again. 

Our theme for this month is 

Challenge #63 - Pawfectly Pawsome Christmas

We'd love to see anything with PAWS on your Christmas cards, please. Dogs, cats, mice, foxes, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, bears and even weasels: are all welcome!

Here's what Di made for our challenge - isn't that little pooch adorable?

To find out how Di made her sweet card, please head here to her blog.

And here's my offering - unsurprisingly, I went the feline route for my card!

The details can be found on my blog.

Rudolph has been busying hunting for a prize for his Random Raffle... and has done us proud with this gorgeous stamp set from Creative Expressions. The images are quite large and even nicer than they look in this picture.

Di and I both very much hope you'll come and play along with our fun, new challenge!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #62

 

It's Tree Trimming time for Challenge #62, and I must begin by thanking Arlene for being such a star in her role as elf as we played Mini Slimline. This was a lovely challenge, and a new format for me and I really appreciated all the help, support and encouragement which Arlene provided. Thank you so much, Arlene.

 

While we didn't break any records in numbers of cards entered for this challenge the standard was very high and the cards in the gallery were gorgeous. Thank you to everyone who played along.

Our Top Picks are as follows

#2 - Linda

A magical little scene.

#23 - Cat

Such an elegant card.

#18 - Michelle B

Beautiful colouring and such a fun image.

Our Winner for this challenge 

#4 - Trina

We couldn't resist this little pup in his blue plaid sock - just perfect in mini-slimline.

Congratulations to you all, please grab your blog badges - we hope you enjoy them. 

Finally, Rudolf is here to announce that 

#15 - Arlene Rose 

is the winner of his random raffle prize for this challenge!

Congratulations to you, Arlene, please email me at dottypudding (at) aol.com with your snail mail address so I can connect you with your prize!

Once again, many thanks to elf Arlene and to everyone who played along.

A new challenge opens tomorrow and an elf makes a return visit... I wonder who it will be? 

Guesses in the comments please...