Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #68

 

It's Tree Trimming Time again here at Christmas Kickstart! We had 86 fabulous makes for this challenge and the gallery looks amazing. A big thank you to everyone who played along.

Our theme was Trees, Trees, Trees and our elfin inspiration came from the wonderful Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - thanks so much, guys, you are an amazing and very talented crew. 

BTW, if you ever feel the need for SNARK, and let's face it there are times when we all do, why not head on over to Snark Central and take a peek at what we get up to! 

Picking just a few cards to showcase has been though as so many in the gallery are just stunning. I'm glad I had sisterly support with this one... This is what we came up with:

Top Picks

#64 - Vinita

We all loved Vinita's choice of colour palette and all the texture she achieved.

#42 - Helen

It's the little baubles against the lovely trees that make this such a magical card.

#71 - Kathy

A stunning design, and amazing potential for using leftover papers - gorgeous.

Topping the Tree for this challenge our Star is:

#79 - Silke

We love the beautiful background and the design of Silke's card.

Congratulations to our Top Picks and Star on the Tree, please grab and display your blog badges.

Rudolph had chosen a sweet little penguin stamp for his November Random Raffle Prize.

And the lucky winner of this little cutie is...

#32 Anita

Congratulations, Anita, please could you email me at dottypudding (at) aol.com so that I can connect you with your prize. 

Thanks again to The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for creating such gorgeous inspiration for this challenge, and thanks to everyone who played along. The final challenge of 2022 is up and running and it's an Anything Goes Challenge, so what are you waiting for? Why not come and join the fun!

Reminder Post for Challenge #68

It's Reminder time for Challenge #68 and I'm totally stoked to have mascot Edna and The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers with me this month to play Trees, Trees, Trees!

Sisters Chris and Barbara join me for this post. Chris is in the process of moving house, but still made time to create this beautiful card for the challenge...

 Sister Chris

Isn't this a stunner? I love it.

And Sister Barb made this little beauty because she's as kind as she is talented.

Just look at all the lovely layers.

Here's my card. I teamed Uniko Stars with a blended sky, Tim Holtz trees and a Woodware sentiment, which appears to be discontinued. These sentiments are similar. 

Rudolph has a sweet Random Raffle prize for this challenge.

Please don't forget to check out the Challenge Guidelines before signing up.

Thanks again to the Sisters for being our elves this month. We all hope you'll come join the fun!

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Challenge #68 - Trees, Trees, Trees!

 

And next month it'll be December... and December means Christmas! But of course that's not going to worry you Christmas Kickstarters because you've been making cards all year long and have a stash of gorgeous creations all ready to drop in the mail! Right?

This month I'm delighted to be joined by a fabulous crew The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - the best girl gang in the world!

The Sisterhood never go anywhere without our mascot Edna, so here she is! And doesn't she look fine in her elf hat!

We have a great theme for you...

#68 - Trees, Trees, Trees!

For the whole of November we'd like to see twigs, branches, logs, a tree, two trees, a wood, a forest or perhaps an indoor scene with a Christmas Tree - the choice is yours!

Here's what the sistahs have created to inspire you!

Sister Toni

Sister Donna

Sister Jules

Sister Barb

Sister Jo

Here's Rudolph with his penultimate Rudolph's Random Raffle of 2022 and I hope you notice that the cute little penguin guy has trees on his woolly pully. Nice touch, Rudolph! 

 

We all hope that you come and join the fun!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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