The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #109 - Reminder

 

Hi there, it's mid-month reminder time as we play along with guest elf Gail from Crafty Nomad.

This month our challenge is:

Challenge #109 - Brimming with Style

We're all about hat-wearing this month. You can ink-up your favourite behatted stamp images OR perhaps add a hat to a none-hat-wearing image or die cut to make things extra fun.

Here's what Gail created to get us started for this challenge. You can drop by at Gail's blog and read all the details of how she made her card.  

I just fell in love with Gail's layout and colour combo for this one. My 'Inspired by...' card is pretty much a CaSE of her creation as I loved the three trees in the background, the placement of the sentiment and the bear's pink hat and scarf. 

Here's Rudolph with yet another lovely Random Raffle Prize. Don't forget to read the Challenge Guidelines in order to go into the draw. 

Gail and I can't wait to see your creations for this challenge!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #108

After a busy few days, I've finally found a few minutes to Trim the Tree for Challenge #108.

Our elf for this challenge was the lovely Wendy from Cartai. Thanks so much, Wendy, it was great fun getting to know you and I loved the card you made to inspire everyone. We had an amazing 31 entries for this challenge - none too shabby for March!

Choosing just a few cards to showcase is always difficult, but here's a few of your creations that really 'spoke' to Wendy and me this month.

Our Top Picks for this challenge are:

#23 - On the Corner of the Table

We love this sweet composition of a thoughtful fox in the snow.

#11 - Di

Such a lovely card with a very pretty sentiment and lovely layering.

#31 - Becca

Just so much fun, and perfect for the challenge.

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

#24 - Linby

Just take a while to look at all the loveliness going on in Lin's collage card.

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

Here's the result of Rudolph's Random Raffle 

for March 2026

 

# 8 - Brenda... It's you!

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

Thanks again to our guest elf Wendy, and also to everyone who created a card for our theme. There are so many of you who've made this a regular part of your crafting calendar and I can't tell you how grateful I am to have you play along each month. Just think how happy you'll be come Christmas and you have all those lovely cards made and ready to send!

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #109 - Brimming with Style

 

Welcome back, I hope you all had a good Easter. Hey, turns out it's time for a brand new challenge here at The Christmas Kickstart and I'm tickled pink to welcome back my dear friend Gail from Crafty Nomad.

This month our challenge is:

Challenge #109 - Brimming with Style

We'd love to see people and/or critters in hats, please. You can ink-up your favourite behatted stamp images OR why not add a hat to a none-hat-wearing image or die cut to make things extra festive!

Here's what Gail created to get us in the crafty zone! Isn't that bear just the cutest? Please drop by at Gail's blog and leave her some love. 

Here's what I made. I've had this cute stamp set for a while and decided now was this little guy's moment to shine! Isn't he fun!

Here's Rudolph with yet another lovely Random Raffle Prize. Don't forget to read the Challenge Guidelines in order to go into the draw. 

Gail and I can't wait to see your creations for this challenge!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter