It's Time To Trim the Tree for Challenge #69.

Hi everyone, I hope that your New Year is going well and that you've managed to squeeze in some time in your craft rooms.

For the final challenge of 2022 we played the by now traditional If It's Christmassy, Link It Up! and an amazing 170 of you joined the fun. Thank you so much to everyone who linked to this challenge. I'm hoping to comment on all the posts, but if I don't make it please forgive me.

Yet again, the cards for this challenge were so inspirational.

The Top Picks for this challenge are:

#2 - Stephanie

The colours and CAS design that Stephanie has chosen make this a very special card.

#73 - Valerie

The positioning of the partial circle feature takes this card to the next level.

#98 - Fabiola

Just look at that colour combo and such a harmonious design.

                                                         

#102 - Suze

This one tickled my funny bone and no mistake!

Our Winner and Tree Topper for this week is:

#143 - Janet

Isn't this beautiful? The embossing background is the perfect foil for the gorgeous, larger image.

Congratulations to you all, I hope you enjoy flaunting your blog badges for all the world to see!

Once again, thank to everyone who played along. There were plenty of regular players, plus some new friends in the gallery and I look forward to all of you joining the fun here at Christmas Kickstart during 2023. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Rudolph picked a lovely prize for his final Random Raffle of the year and our lucky winner is...  

#137 - Lynne in NI...  It's you!

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

Our first challenge of 2023 is already underway and I know you'll love the card created by our January elf, Beverly, so please come and join the fun! 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #70 - Stencils and Masks

Happy New Year and welcome to Challenge #70 or as we'll call it today - the first Christmas Kickstart Challenge of 2023.  

I'm delighted to welcome the lovely Beverly from Bev's Creative Path as our first elf for 2023.

"I am a domestic engineer and freelance project designer living in rural Alabama. I enjoy reading and going to the movies with my daughters, but most days you can find me in my studio happily working on my art." 

Thanks for coming to play at Christmas Kickstart, Beverly, it's great to have you here!

Our theme for Challenge #70 is Masks and Stencils

Just look at what our brilliant elf made for this theme...

Isn't this just adorable. Anyone else feel a sudden urge to CASE the heck outta this one? 

Here's what I made for the challenge...

It wouldn't be Kickstart without the amazing Rudolph and here he is with his first Random Raffle of 2023.

The prize is a sweet Lili of the Valley grey rubber stamp called Two fairies and Stocking.

Please remember to read the Challenge Guidelines before linking-up to this challenge. here they are just for a little reminder:

• 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 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.

 

Beverly and I can't wait to see your new year creations!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Happy New Year, and thank you!

Hi everyone, I just wanted to drop by and say a very BIG thank you to everyone who has visited, played along or supported The Christmas Kickstart during 2022. You guys make it all worth while and I'm so grateful to each and every one of you!

Here's a badge I made a while back but never used... I think 2023 is the time to give it an airing. If you'd like to display it on your blog that would be fab!

This isn't going to turn into an Oscar acceptance speech, but I do also want to thank our fabulous elves for 2022. Here they are again...

January 2022 - Rainbow Christmas

Cornelia from Stempel Spass

February 2022 - The Sentiment takes Centre Stage

Jen from Jenerally Speaking

March 2022 - Snowflakes Are Winter's Butterflies

Carol from Inkyfingers 

April 2022 - From My Gnome To Yours

Gail from Craftynomad

May 2022 - Mini-Slimline

Arlene from A Bit of This and That

June 2022 - Pawfectly Pawesome

Di from Pixy's Crafty Workshop

July 2022 - Show Us Your Snowfolk

Helen from Helen's Craft Haven

August 2022 - Never in a Nativity

Gail from Crafty Nomad

 September 2022 - Home for the Holidays

Tina from Treebug

October 2022 - Poinsettias and Posies

Janet from Swanlady Impressions

November 2022 - Trees, Trees, Trees

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

Thanks for all the inspiration, friendship and fun!

I'll be back on Tuesday 3rd with our first elf of 2023 AND a fun, new theme to commence another year of Christmas Kickstarting. Take care and see you soon!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

 

Just dropping by to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from Snowy, Rudolph and me!

Challenge #69 - Reminder

 

It's time for our reminder post here at Christmas Kickstart! Anyone still making Christmas cards, or are they all safely in the mail or on display on a loved one's mantlepiece?

Our theme for this month is a nice easy one as we play...

For my final; card of 2022 I dug out a favourite, fun stamp set and got colouring.

I made the sentiment on my PC; surely only a cold heart could turn away these three little chaps!

Now don't forget that Rudolph has a rather fab Random Raffle Prize on offer for this challenge.

 

All participants who follow the challenge guidelines will go into Rudolph's draw to win this cute prize, so 'link 'em up and let's see those December makes! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

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!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #69 - If It's Christmassy, Link It Up!

 Hi guys, and a happy December to you all!

It's that time of year again. All the elves have gone home and it's just Rudolph and me pottering around Kickstart HQ and doing those festive jobs that we all have to do.

This is our final challenge for 2022 and it's our traditional nice and easy, anything goes challenge...

Challenge #69 - If It's Christmassy, Link It Up!

Just link up any Christmas cards that you want to. Yes, it's as simple as that! 

Here's what I made for this challenge...

I do love this Anita Jerman cat, and had such fun putting this card together.

To find out all the details for this make and to see what else I've made to end our 2022 challenges, please come on over to my blog.

Here's Rudolph with his final Random Raffle Prize of the year.

 

All participants who follow the challenge guidelines will go into Rudolph's draw to win this cute prize, so 'link 'em up and let's see those December makes! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter