Christmas Kickstart Challenge #90 - Reminder

It never fails to amaze me how quickly the middle of the month rushes to greet us. How can we possibly be half-way through September??? It'll be Christmas before we know it!

This month we're in great company with Jenny from My Paper Epiphany as our elf.

 

Jenny created a stunning card to inspire us all and picked a theme which has really got you guys rocking our challenge as we play:

Embossing Folder Fun!

I, for one was blown away by Jenny's card and knew I wanted to attempt the same technique for myself. I decided to go with a non-traditional colour palette, but I'm not really that thrilled with the result.

Jenny made a tricky technique look so easy and got a great result. You can see my other card for this challenge by heading here. 

Rudolph has a lovely Random Raffle prize on offer for this challenge:

 

I very much hope you'll came and join Jenny and me as we invite you to give your festive embossing folders a workout!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #89

Hi guys, I'm a little behind with the Tree Trimming post for this challenge after a glorious week in Tuscany with the hubby. 

Our elfin muse for August was the lovely Gundi! 

Gundi picked a lovely theme for us and it was obvious from your entries how much you all enjoyed created cards on the theme of Animal Antics. 

A big thank you to everyone who played along - your card were all fabulous and choosing a few to showcase was so, so tricky!

Our Top Picks for this challenge are:

#21 - Linda W

Just look at this cute crew - what a sweet scene, 

and just look at the lovely line of trees in the background. 

#24 - Marcia

Such a lovely colour palette, and we both love how Marcia 

inked the embossing folder pattern.

#30 - Di

I NEED this stamp so much! Great use of that background too.

#32 - Marianne

Isn't this a beauty! Such beautiful colouring and Marianne's sky is wonderful.

Our Winner and Star on the Tree for this week is:

#6 - Lynne

Isn't this just the sweetest! We both loved Lynne's cute card

and that dainty stitch work.

Congratulations to you all, I hope you'll enjoy flaunting your blog badges for all the world to see!

Finally, here's our favourite reindeer guy to announce the winner of his Random Raffle... 

 

# 2 Arlene Rose... It's you!

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

Many thanks again to Gundi for being our elf, and for being my buddy too! We always have fun 'backstage' when we partner up. Thanks also to all of you who played along. Our current challenge is well under way, so why not drop by and join the Embossing Folder Fun!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #90 - Embossing Folder Fun!

 

Welcome to The Christmas Kickstart Challenge for September and I hope the new month is treating you well.

I'm delighted to welcome the very talented Jenny Martin from My Paper Epiphany as our elf for this Challenge.

Hi everyone! My name is Jenny and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I spend a lot of my time at our Beach House in Queenscliff,  where I’m always relaxed and do most of my crafting. I have a wonderful view from my craft room and lot’s of light. When I’m not making cards, I enjoy walking our 2 dogs. My blog is called My Paper Epiphany and my Instagram name is @jenmar59 I am very excited to be Jo’s Elf this month - I love making Christmas Cards!

Here's the card Jenny's created for our challenge...

Isn't it a beauty, and such a great way to use that gorgeous embossing folder. I love how the poinsettia really 'pops' against that dark background. You can find all the details of how Jenny made her card by visiting her blog. 

Just like Jenny, I wanted to let the embossing folder take centre stage. I very nearly added colour, but loved the look of all that white, embossed space.

Rudolph has been shopping for cute stamps and is happy to be offering this cute set from Heffy Doodle as his Random Raffle Prize for September. It's such a pity that this sweet store had to close it's doors. 

 

Jenny and I very much hope you'll break -out your embossing folders and come and play along!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter