Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #74

Hi everyone it's time to Trim the Tree here at Christmas Kickstart for Challenge #74 - where we played Colour Palette Fun in the company of the lovely, Gundi from Papierelle.

Thanks so much for being our elf for this challenge, Gundi, your inspiration cards were just stunning, and we had a 'blast' behind the scenes and I really enjoyed getting to know you a little bit more!

We had some fabulous cards for this challenge (thank you to you all) and Gundi said she wanted to run and hide rather than pick just a few to showcase! I know the feeling, but together we came up with these beautiful makes as our Top Picks and Tree Topper.

Our Top Picks for this challenge are:

#14 - Meghan

We both love that Meghan made a shaker card for our challenge.

#26 - Izzy

What a great way to use the colour combo and a fabulous way to build a Christmas Tree.

#3 - Arlene Rose

We just love the snow effect on Arlene's card.

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

#9 - Linda W

Just look at how Linda wove her magic with our colour palette and 

used poinsettia dies to create and amazing card - Wow!

Congratulations to you all, I hope you enjoy flaunting your blog badges 

for all the world to see!

Finally, here he is... It's Rudolph to announce his Random Raffle Prize Winner:

 

#12 - Julia Aston... It's you!

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

Thanks again to everyone who played in this challenge, and a very big thank you to Gundi for all the inspiration, friendship and fun! As always, there's another challenge already in progress, but I have to say that we could do with a few more players as we're only at #4 as I write this post. It's a fun theme and we have a very talented returning elf, so please come take a look!

And before I go, I'm going to drop the first hint about something very exciting that will be happening right here at Christmas Kickstart in October! At the moment my lips are sealed, but watch this space! 

Challenge #74 - Reminder Time

Hi there, we're playing with an awesome colour palette this month chosen by our very talented elfin friend Gundi from Papierelle.

 

Here's a reminder of our colour combo: 

Gundi has very kindly created a second card using these colours just to show how versatile a palette this is. Thanks so much, Gundi, this is simply adorable. You can see Gundi's reminder post here.

Here's Gundi's original card - you can really tell from both cards how she's studied that pretty palette of colours.

I loved everything about Gundi's first card and was genuinely floored for a couple of days as to which elements to draw on for my Inspired by... card. In the end I found a wood block oldie from Hero Arts and created the background for my card. You can find all the details here.

Rudolph has a lovely Randon Raffle Prize on offer for this challenge...

   

Gundi and I both hope you'll come and play along!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Challenge #74 - Colour Palette Fun!

 

I'm struggling to get my head around the fact that we're now entering the fifth month of this year, but we are so let's get going on our brand, new Challenge!

I'm delighted to welcome my sweet pal Gundi from Papierelle as our elf for this month. 

  

"Hello, I'm Gundi and I live in Michendorf, Germany. I live with my family - my husband, son, 3 cats and a dog in a small community in the woods. I always have been creative. Even as a little child I was in love with paper and colored pencils. About 14 years ago I discovered card making and for about 11 years I have been around in blog land. I don't have a definitive style, as I always enjoy trying out new techniques. That is reflected in my blog name papierelle. My other passions are reading, gardening, camping and hiking."

Gundi has chosen a gorgeous colour palette for our challenge...

Challenge #74 - Colour Palette Fun!

And just look what she's created!

Isn't her card beautiful? I love how she's taken so much from the inspiration picture and incorporated it into her card, and her use of the colours is stunning! Thank you so much, Gundi, you've totally rocked this challenge and no mistake. You can find all the details about Gundi's card by heading over to her blog. 

Here's what I made for the challenge... You can read about my card here. 

Here's Rudolph with his Random Raffle Prize for May:

 

This is a great little Die and Stamp set and a lovely potential prize for anyone who enters the challenge, follows the guidelines and get's drawn from Rudolph's special Random Raffle hat! 

Gundi and I can't wait to see what you create using this inspiration!

Challenge Rules and Guidelines: 

• Like and/or follow this blog either via Blogger or Bloglovin, or Email. 
• Add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery or blog to the Linky tool. 
• Please mention and link back to this post/blog to let people know about this fun challenge!
• I'd appreciate cards made especially for this challenge, but I understand that we all love challenges and the additional traffic they bring, so please link a card that fits NO MORE THAN 8 CHALLENGES including this. 
• New Challenges will commence on the first Tuesday of each new month. 
• Please enter a max of 3 cards per challenge.
• Preferably no back linking to older projects, please.
• Please remember to reference a fellow crafter's creations if your card has been inspired by their work.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter