Christmas Kickstart Challenge #63 - Reminder

They say 'better late than never'! yes, I'm finally here with the reminder post for the current challenge at Christmas Kickstart!

It was my birthday on Thursday and hubby surprised me with a few days at a lovely hotel in the country. I thought my posts were set to auto-post, but it turns out I was totally wrong!  

  Our theme for this month is 

Challenge #63 - Pawfectly Pawsome Christmas

Thankfully, my brilliant elf, Diane, was on the ball and posted this gorgeous card on her blog to keep things rolling. Thankyou, Di, I'm so sorry to have totally messed up.

Here's what I made. I was inspired by the way Di used DP on her first card for our challenge and so used the same technique on mine.

Rudolph's Random Raffle has a lovely prize on offer in the form of this gorgeous stamp set from Creative Expressions. The images are quite large and even nicer than they look in this picture.

Di and I both very much hope you'll come and play along with our fun challenge! You have until June 30th to create your Pawesome cards.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #63 - Pawfectly Pawsome Christmas

 

I'm delighted to welcome back the lovely Di as our elf for this month! We had such a blast together when we played Christmas Snippets in November that I just had to invite Di back to inspire us all once again! Thanks so much, Di, it's great to have you here again. 

Our theme for this month is 

Challenge #63 - Pawfectly Pawsome Christmas

We'd love to see anything with PAWS on your Christmas cards, please. Dogs, cats, mice, foxes, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, bears and even weasels: are all welcome!

Here's what Di made for our challenge - isn't that little pooch adorable?

To find out how Di made her sweet card, please head here to her blog.

And here's my offering - unsurprisingly, I went the feline route for my card!

The details can be found on my blog.

Rudolph has been busying hunting for a prize for his Random Raffle... and has done us proud with this gorgeous stamp set from Creative Expressions. The images are quite large and even nicer than they look in this picture.

Di and I both very much hope you'll come and play along with our fun, new challenge!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #62

 

It's Tree Trimming time for Challenge #62, and I must begin by thanking Arlene for being such a star in her role as elf as we played Mini Slimline. This was a lovely challenge, and a new format for me and I really appreciated all the help, support and encouragement which Arlene provided. Thank you so much, Arlene.

 

While we didn't break any records in numbers of cards entered for this challenge the standard was very high and the cards in the gallery were gorgeous. Thank you to everyone who played along.

Our Top Picks are as follows

#2 - Linda

A magical little scene.

#23 - Cat

Such an elegant card.

#18 - Michelle B

Beautiful colouring and such a fun image.

Our Winner for this challenge 

#4 - Trina

We couldn't resist this little pup in his blue plaid sock - just perfect in mini-slimline.

Congratulations to you all, please grab your blog badges - we hope you enjoy them. 

Finally, Rudolf is here to announce that 

#15 - Arlene Rose 

is the winner of his random raffle prize for this challenge!

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

Once again, many thanks to elf Arlene and to everyone who played along.

A new challenge opens tomorrow and an elf makes a return visit... I wonder who it will be? 

Guesses in the comments please...

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #62 Reminder - Mini-Slimline

Hi there, I'm so happy to be back with this reminder post for Challenge #62 as I get the pleasure of sharing yet more cards by our lovely elf, Arlene! 

Here's what she made...

Arlene proves that slimline works equally well in both landscape and portrait formats!

You can find all the details on Arlene's blog by clicking here.

Along with the die cuts that Arlene sent she was also kind enough to include some stamped images. I couldn't resist colouring this gorgeous Santa! Isn't he a beaut?

Slimline and CAS just seem made for one another, and I'm very pleased with how this card has turned out. 

Rudolph has another lovely a prize on offer for his Random Raffle. 

This sweet sentiment set by Kaisercraft should fit the slimline format really nicely.

As always, please read the Challenge Guidelines before signing-up to play. 

• Like and/or follow this blog either via Blogger or Bloglovin, or Email.  
• 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.

Arlene and I look forward to seeing what you make for this challenge. You have until May 31st to play along, so please do!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Let's Trim the Tree for Challenge #61

 I'm here to Trim the Tree for Challenge #61 - From My Gnome To Yours!

I had oodles of fun playing along with my buddy Gail for this challenge.

 

We're both thrilled that so many of you decided to join the fun! Your cards are all simply gorgeous and it was great to see such a variety of fabulous gnomes in our gallery!

Choosing a Winner and Top Picks was never going to be easy after such a feast of gnomeliciosness, but we've done our best...

Top Picks

Cornelia #7

We love it that Cornelia has given her gnome a home!

Helen #19

Helen's beautifully coloured little crew look fabulous against that kraft background.

Bonnie #25

And Bonnie even thought to mount her gnome 

on an action wobbler thingy so he waves his sign!

Topping the Tree for this challenge 

#28 - Corysnana

Gorgeous colouring and adorable his and hers gnomes!

Congratulations to our Top Picks and Winner. Please grab your badges and flaunt them for all the world to see!

Finally, here's the every lovely Rudolph to draw his Random Raffle Winner:

It's You #4 - Sally

Please contact me at dottypudding at aol.com to claim your prize!

Once again, a very big thankyou to Gail for her elfin duties, and congratulations to all our winners. There's a brand new challenge already underway, so why not come and play along?

Christmas Kickstart #62 - Mini-Slimline

 

Happy May to you all! One more month and we'll be at the mid-point of the year. 

I'm delighted to welcome back my lovely buddy Arlene M. from A Bit of This and That! 

Arlene elfed here at CKC in February 2021, when she chose the theme Slimline Cards for our challenge. Arlene is a total sweetheart and we had such fun partnering-up that I couldn't resist asking her to pay a return visit. She's chosen another fun challenge as she'd like to see your mini-slimline cards!

Challenge #62 - Mini-Slimline

What a great theme, Arlene. Thank you so much for 'pushing' me in the direction of another card format that I wouldn't have otherwise tried! If you're wondering about the dimensions of a mini-slimline creation, here's what Arlene has to say on the subject:

"The card base for a mini slimline card is typically 3" X 6" (7.63 X 15.24 cm).  These are approximate sizes and we won't be checking to see if your card meets the exact standard for either size." 

Arlene is a star and she even sent me some card blanks, dies cuts and images to use for this challenge. Isn't that so kind? Thanks so much, Arlene. 

And here's what she made to inspire us all:

And this one too!

You can read all about how Arlene made her beautiful mini-slimline masterpieces over on her blog by clicking here.

Here's one my first attempts at mini-slimline using a card blank that Arlene sent. This is such a cute format to use for Christmas cards.

You can see what else I made by clicking here.

As always, the lovely Rudolph has a prize on offer for his Random Raffle. 

What a great sentiment stamp from Kaisercraft - nice one, Rudolph, this should fit a slimline format perfectly!

As always, please read the Challenge Guidelines before signing up to play. 

• Like and/or follow this blog either via Blogger or Bloglovin, or Email.  
• 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.

Arlene and I look forward to seeing what you make for this challenge!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter