Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #112

It's Tree Trimming time again here at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge. I had the sweetest elf for company in July as I welcommed Lynn from Crafty Linby. Lynn was so lovely during our month together and even sent me an e-card when she discovered I'd gone down with Covid mid-month. Thanks so much, Lynn, it's been great getting to know you!

Our chosen theme was Challenge #112 - Grace Us with Your Presents! and we had some fabulous entries for this challenge. You guys really rocked this challenge and no mistake. Thank goodness Lynn was on hand to help with the Top Picks and Winner choices. My Covid-addled brain would have coped alone!

Our Top Picks for this challenge are:

#7 - Chrissy

Chrissy's card made us both chuckle. 

Love the colour combo and the embellishments too.

#29 - Linda

Fairly swooning over Linda's card! The gifts in the side car, the blending, the colours...

#32 - Gail

Isn't this just an amazing make? 

The colours, that background, the shadow on Santa.

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

#38 - Leslie

Breathtakingly beautiful and full of fun!

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

Before I wrap up this post (see what I did there?), there's just time for Rudolph to announce the WINNER of his Random Raffle.

 

#28 - Becca... It's you!

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

Huge thanks to everyone who played along with this challenge, and to Lynn for being a dream date and a brilliant elf. 

There's a shiny, new Challenge on offer so why not drop by and join the fun!

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #112 Reminder - Grace Us with Your Presents

 

Let's welcome back our July elfin muse: it's Lynn AKA Linby from Crafty Linby.

Challenge #112 - Grace Us with Your Presents!

Lynn picked a fab theme and so we'd like to see gifts and presents galore this month on your cards. 

In the previous post I mentioned that Lynn had kindly made a second card to inspire us, and here it is:

Isn't this just a beauty! I love the colours, the DP, the star border and the sweet Holly Hobby friends. What a lovely idea to have them exchanging Christmas gifts. Seeing Holly Hobby images really took me back to my seventies childhood. I was nuts about anything Holly Hobby and had pictures, badges, notelets etc etc with the girl in her blue bonnet. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Lynn. I had no idea these stamps were available. 

Here's a reminder of Lynn's first card...

For my 'Inspired by...' card I really wanted to 'steal' Lynn's use of DP to frame the image, but just couldn't find the right mix of papers to even come close to achieving a similar look.

The gifts on the sledge immediately reminded me of LOTV stamp Sledging Party. This stamp doesn't seem to be available any longer, but there are some gorgeous digi stamps to be found here on the LOTV Etsy shop.

I've not added a sentiment, but may do later when I decide who I'm sending this to. 

Rudolph has chosen a gorgeous prize for his Randon Raffle.

Please take a look at The Challenge Guidelines before you link up.

Lynn and I are loving your cards for this challenge, but it would be nice to see a few more in the linky gallery. I guess not everyone is making Christmas cards in this mad July heat! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #112 - Grace Us with Your Presents

 

Hi there, Kickstarters, are you ready for a brand new challenge? Of course you are!

Let's meet our July elfin muse: it's Lynn AKA Linby from Crafty Linby. I've been following Lynn's creative journey for quite a while (huge understatement) and I know you'll enjoy her cardmaking style as much as I do...

"Hi, I'm Lynn know as Linby in blogland as there are quite a few other people named Lynn. I've always crafted something. I started with dressmaking when I was 12, crochet then briefly knitting. Next came cross stitching (which I still do some of) and then rubber stamping, as it was back in the 1990s. I graduated into card making starting my blog in 2009. Since then I've tried most crafts and added art journals and drawing to my dabbling."

Thanks so much for agreeing to be our Elf this moth, Lynn - it's great to have your company, and thank you for picking a brilliant theme as we play...

Challenge #112 - Grace Us with Your Presents!

We'd like to see gifts and presents galore this month on your cards. Here's what Lynn created to get the party started:

How cute is this? I do love PB images. Lynn has also made a card for our Reminder post, and I know you'll love that one too.

Here's what I made:

I had so much fun stamping and colouring North Pole Mischief from Stampin' Up!

Rudolph has chosen a gorgeous prize for his Randon Raffle.

Just look at that wreath - so pretty.

Lynn and I are both so excited to see what you create for this challenge and hope that you'll come and join the fun!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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