Let's trim the Tree for Challenge #14

Welcome back, it's time to Trim the Tree here at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

A big thank you to my elf for this challenge, Monika from Creative with Monika.

Our theme for this challenge was 'Your Hot Beverage of Choice' and after a slow start we had some truly gorgeous entires. Thanks so much to everyone who played along, it was lovely to see your beautiful work.

Our Top Picks for this challenge are:

Janis

What a great way to use that beautiful design paper.

Birgit

A fabulous selection of retro loveliness.

Fabiola

More retro fun and a gorgeous colour combo.

Our Star on the Tree for this challenge is

Chris Dring

We both loved the design, the colour palette and the cute crockery. 

Well done, please grab your blog badges.

 This really was a super-tricky one to call as the standard of entries was just amazing - thanks to eveyone who played along.


Finally, here's the hunky Rudolph to announce the winner of his Random Raffle:

It's a good week for Fabiola as she wins a top pick slot AND this cute stamp set! 

Well done, Fabiola, please could you contact me via the comments box in the sidebar with your snail mail details.

There's a new elf and a new challenge on offer and a gorgeous stamp prize from our sponsors Lost Coast Designs, so why not come on over and join the fun!

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #14 - Your Hot Beverage of Choice

It's time for a new challenge here at The Christmas Kickstart, and also time to welcome a new elf. I'm sure many of you will recognise Monika from Creative with Monika. 

"Hi, I’m Monika from Munich-Germany. I was born in Indonesia and moved here with my German husband in 2001. I have 2 sons (aged 13 and 12 years old) and I work in Accounting. I love making cards and started in 2009 when I moved to Munich. Since coming to Germany I studied to be an Office Administrator-Accountant and got my first job here in 2013. You may know me from a card challenge with Lilian named Creative with Stamps.

The theme for this challenge is:

Your Hot Beverage of Choice!

We're equally happy to see coffee, tea, hot chocolate or a glass of mulled wine - anything that would warm you up on a chilly winter's day!

Monika created a sweet paper-pieced card for this challenge; you can visit her blog to find out all the details of how she created her card. 

For my card I broke out this gorgeous image from Picket Fence. This really is a terrible photograph of a sweet card! You can find out the details of this make on my blog. 

As always, we have Rudolph with us and he has another lovely Random Raffle Prize on offer in the form of a gorgeous clear stamp set from Kaisercraft.

Please come and play along with Monika and myself for this new challenge - we're very much looking forward to seeing your hot drink related creations!

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