Wednesday 13 March 2024

March Challenge - Designer Paper

Hello, and welcome to the Christmas Craft Creations challenge for March!

This month our theme is Designer Paper - please make sure the theme is very clear in your project. We have lots of gorgeous inspiration for you from our launch team.


For those of you who play along with us this month, we have some lovely prizes up for grabs. In no particular order, they are:

Prize 1
Studio Light Essentials Cling Stamp, donated by Angela
 
Prize 2
 Winterworks Christmas Ribbon Trio - Red, donated by Charlotte
 The prize winners will be picked randomly from among those entrants who have followed all the rules in the sidebar if you need a refresher. If you have a preference as to which prize you'd like (or if there are any you definitely don't want) please leave a comment below letting me know, and I will do my best to keep those preferences in mind when drawing winners.

And here's the inspiration from the team:
 
 
 


 
 
 

We hope that inspires you to join in with our challenge! Be sure to come back in two weeks to 6see the inspiration from the reminder team.

If you entered last month's challenge, check back next week to see if you were a prize winner, DT favourite or honourable mention!

We look forward to seeing your fabulous Christmas projects! The deadline for entering is Tuesday 9th April at 6pm GMT.

Reminder: You can find our rules in the sidebar. Please remember to include a link back to our blog along with our challenge graphic. If you're entering from Instagram, you can use the hashtag #ChristmasCraftCreations

Love,
Charlotte/Lady Joyful 
and 
the Christmas Craft Creatives

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Click here to enter

Wednesday 28 February 2024

February Challenge Reminder - Stencils or Embossing Folders

Hello and welcome back to the Christmas Craft Creations challenge for February! 

This month our theme is stencils or embossing folders - please make sure the theme is very clear in your project. . If you missed our launch of the challenge you can find inspiration from our wonderful launch team here. And of course there's even more wonderful inspiration to share with you today from our talented reminder team.


We have some lovely prizes up for grabs:

Prize 1
Couture Creations Christmas Baubles Cut & Create Dies (can be cut, embossed and/or foiled) donated by Nancy:

Prize 2
Stampin'Up - WB Trio of Stamps, So Many Sayings (preloved), donated by Angela (UK only):

The prize winners will be picked randomly from among those entrants who have followed all the rules in the sidebar if you need a refresher. If you have a preference as to which prize you'd like (or if there are any you definitely don't want) please leave a comment below letting me know, and I will do my best to keep those preferences in mind when drawing winners.

First, we are excited to have Chrissy of Chrissy's Card Land joining us as a Guest Designer this month! Chrissy won the December challenge. Here is the wonderful card she made:

And here is the inspiration from the reminder team:

We hope that inspires you to join in with our challenge!

Did you miss our winner's post for last month's challenge? It went live last week and you can find it here.

We look forward to seeing your Christmas projects! The deadline for entering is Tuesday 12 March at 6pm GMT.

Reminder: You can find our rules in the sidebar. Please remember to include a link back to our blog along with our challenge graphic. If you're entering from Instagram, you can use the hashtag #ChristmasCraftCreations

Love,
Charlotte/Lady Joyful 
and 
the Christmas Craft Creatives


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday 21 February 2024

Winner's Post: January - Glitter & Sparkle

Hello, and welcome back to Christmas Crafts Creations, where it is time to announce the winners from the January challenge!

The theme was Glitter & Sparkle, and we had lots of fabulous entries from you all. Visit the launch and reminder posts to see what inspiration the teams had given, as well as to take a look at all the entries.

First up, the information on the randomly picked prize winners:

Prize 1:
Sizzix Scoreboards Notepad Die, donated by Angela (UK only)
 #33. Clare
 
Prize 2:
Studio Light Essentials Cling Stamp, donated by Angela
#31.Vinita Jain

Congratulations, Clare and Vinita! Please email me via the email address in the side bar with your address to claim your prize. The prize must be claimed by Sunday 3rd March. 

And without further ado, onto the DT's favourites. This month's DT Favourite Winner is:

#9. Stephanie L
 

Congratulations, Stephanie! Below is the winner's badge which you are welcome to display on your blog. You are also invited to join us as a Guest Designer for next month's challenge. Please email me by Sunday 3rd March for further details - the email address is in the side bar to the right. 

We also have three Honourable Mentions. In order of entry they are:



Congratulations to all three of you! The Honourable Mention badge is below for you to display on your blogs.
If you want to be in with a chance to be our Winner or Honourable Mention in future, all you have to do is play along with our challenges! Our current challenge is Stencils or Embossing Folders, and you can find the launch post for it here. Check back next week to see more inspiration from the Reminder Team.

Don't forget to follow all our rules, listed in the side bar. You must include a link back to our challenge and include the challenge graphic in your blog post.

Congratulations once again to our winners!

Love,
Charlotte/Lady Joyful 
and 
the Christmas Craft Creatives

Wednesday 14 February 2024

February Challenge - Stencils or Embossing Folders

Hello, and welcome to the Christmas Craft Creations challenge for February!

This month our theme is Stencils or Embossing folders - please make sure the theme is obvious in your project. We have lots of beautiful inspiration for you from our launch team.


For those of you who play along with us this month, we have some lovely prizes up for grabs. In no particular order, they are:

Prize 1
Couture Creations Christmas Baubles Cut & Create Dies (can be cut, embossed and/or foiled) donated by Nancy

Prize 2
Stampin'Up - WB Trio of Stamps, So Many Sayings (preloved), donated by Angela (UK only)

The prize winners will be picked randomly from among those entrants who have followed all the rules in the sidebar if you need a refresher. If you have a preference as to which prize you'd like (or if there are any you definitely don't want) please leave a comment below letting me know, and I will do my best to keep those preferences in mind when drawing winners.

First, we are excited to have Chrissy of Chrissy's Card Land joining us as a Guest Designer this month! Chrissy won the December challenge. Here is the wonderfully textured card she made:

And here's the inspiration from the team:












We hope that inspires you to join in with our challenge! Be sure to come back in two weeks to see the inspiration from the reminder team.

If you entered last month's challenge, check back next week to see if you were a prize winner, DT favourite or honourable mention!

We look forward to seeing your lovely Christmas projects! The entry deadline is Tuesday, March 12th at 6pm GMT.

Reminder: You can find our rules in the sidebar. Please remember to include a link to our blog and our challenge graphic. If you're entering from Instagram, you can use the hashtag #ChristmasCraftCreations

Love,
Charlotte/Lady Joyful 
and 
the Christmas Craft Creatives

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday 24 January 2024

January Challenge Reminder - Glitter & Sparkle

Hello, and welcome back to the Christmas Craft Creations challenge for January!

This month our theme is Glitter & Sparkle - please make sure the theme is obvious in your project. If you missed our launch of the challenge you can find inspiration from our wonderful launch team here. And of course, there's even more dazzling inspiration to share with you today from our talented reminder team.

For those of you who play along with us this month, we have some lovely prizes up for grabs. In no particular order, they are:

Prize 1:
Sizzix Scoreboards Notepad Die, donated by Angela (UK only)

Prize 2:
Studio Light Essentials Cling Stamp, donated by Angela

The prize winners will be picked randomly from among those entrants who have followed all the rules in the sidebar if you need a refresher. If you have a preference as to which prize you'd like (or if there are any you definitely don't want) please leave a comment below letting me know, and I will do my best to keep those preferences in mind when drawing winners.

We have three Guest Designers joining us this month!

First up is Tasie from Created by Tasie on Pinterest. Tasie was the winner of the November challenge and will be joining us this month. Here is her adorable project:


Next, we are still being joined by Lori from Coast2CoastCards, with this beautifully rich and sparkly design:

And last but by no means least, Libby of Libby Stamps! Here are the lovely cards she has made for today's post:



And here is the inspiration from the reminder team:

We hope that inspires you to join in with our challenge!

Did you miss our winner's post for last month's challenge? It went live last week and you can find it here.

We look forward to seeing your resplendent Christmas projects! The entry deadline is Tuesday February 13th at 6pm GMT.

Reminder: You can find our rules in the sidebar. Please remember to include a link to our blog and our challenge graphic. If you're entering from Instagram, you can use the hashtag #ChristmasCraftCreations

Love,
Charlotte/Lady Joyful 
and 
the Christmas Craft Creatives

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter