Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #25

With Christmas just a few days away there's just time to drop by and announce the results of Challenge #25 - The Christmas Story.  A very big thank you to everyone who played along with this challenge and while this was a really tricky challenge to judge it was one which brought Janis and I a great deal of pleasure.

Thanks to Janis for book-ending a year of challenges here at The Christmas Kickstart - it's been great having you wear the elf hat again.

Our top picks are:

Valeria

Stunning silhouette against a gorgeous background.

LeAnne

LeAnne's subtle colouring and limited colour palette just wowed us.

Conil

What a fabulous way to use that die set 

and the placement of the sentiment is perfect.

Julia

While this is primarily a cardmaking challenge, both of us 

fell head over heels for Julia stunning tag.

Our Winners for this challenge are:

Marcia

Marcia's attention to detail blew us away!

Birgit

We love the simplicity of the embossed sentiment 

and the stylised tree in the gradient colors.

Congratulations to you all, please grab your blog badges.

Finally, Rudolph is back for one last pre-Christmas Random Raffle draw, plus a little seasonal message for you all.

$25.00 Voucher

Congratulations to Michele in Michigan, USA

Please could you contact me, Michele, so I can put you in touch with Jane. You can reach me via dottypudding@aol.com.

Once again, very many thanks to everyone who has played along in this challenge and the other challenges throughout the year. I've loved chatting with you, making new crafting friends and seeing your beautiful cards! We'll take a short break over the festive season, but I hope to see you all on 31st December for the launch of our next challenge.

Have a wonderful Christmas and happy holidays to you all!

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #25 - The Christmas Story

Welcome to Challenge #25! Are we feeling Christmassy yet? Not long now until the big day is finally here - thank goodness we've all been making Christmas cards for so long! Just need the time to write them now...

This is a very special challenge; first of all I'm delighted to welcome back the lovely Janis from Her Peaceful Garden who was my very first elf all the way back in January.

 

The second reason this feels special is because of the theme:

Challenge #25 - The Christmas Story

What better challenge as we count down to that most special of days, remember the reason for the season and celebrate the birth of that very special baby.

Janis has created a glorious special-fold card in blue, cream and gold for this challenge.

Just look at that stunning inside with the sky filled with stars above that beautiful manger scene. You can visit Janis's blog here to find out how she created her beautiful card.

Here's my card for the challenge. You can find the details on my blog.

We'd love to see your Stars, Wise Men, donkeys, shepherds, angels, cribs and anything that links to the Christmas story.

Rudolph is cock-a-hoop to announce that we have a very special prize

 for his Random Raffle for this challenge.

The lovely Jane from Jane's Doodles is offering a $25.00 voucher. Jane has a gorgeous range of stamps, including some beautiful Christmas images and I'm very grateful that she's agreed to sponsor Challenge #25. BTW, she currently has some of her Christmas sets on sale!

Hope you will join us and play along!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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