Christmas Craft Creations: July 2020

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

July Challenge Reminder - Christmas Characters

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

This month our theme is Christmas Characters. 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 brilliant inspiration to share with you today from our talented reminder team.

Don't forget that we're having a Design Team Call which is still open until the end of the month. You can find all the details in the launch post here.

Here's another look at the prize that's up for grabs this month:

We still have Izzy of Izzy Scrap joining us as a Guest Designer this month! Izzy was the winner of the May challenge. Here is the adorable card she made:

And here is the inspiration from the reminder team:

Arwen

Carol

(with a video tutorial)

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 character-filled Christmas projects! The deadline for entering is August 11th 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

Wednesday, 15 July 2020

Winner's Post: June - Christmas Trees

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

The theme was Christmas Trees, 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.

And without further ado, this month's winner is:

#1. Loll

Congratulations, Loll! 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 26th July for further details - my email address is in the side bar to the right.

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

#9. fabiola

#10. Bonnie

#22. Silke

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 Christmas Characters, and you can find the launch post for it here. This current challenge has a fun prize to be won plus a DT call. 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, 8 July 2020

July Challenge - Christmas Characters

Hello, and welcome to the Christmas Craft Creations challenge for July! This challenge is a bit different from our previous ones because we will be having a prize!

Before I get into the challenge, we're having another Design Team Call to fill out some spaces in our team. Requirements for joining the team are:

- You must be willing to commit to making one Christmas project a month following the predetermined theme

- You must be willing to upload your project to the dedicated DT blog in a timely manner (we also have a DT group on Facebook)

- You commit to commenting on a selection of the entries to the challenge each month

- You commit to voting on top picks in a timely manner following the instructions provided

- You have a blog and preferably craft social media accounts such as Instagram (note: I will consider applicants that don't have a blog but do have an instagram account in special cases)

- You commit to promoting our challenge (e.g. in Facebook groups, instagram, etc.)

To apply please send an email to thejoyfulsoulcreates@gmail.com, or click the email link in the side bar, with the subject "CCC DT Call - [Your Name]" and include the following information:

- Your name and a brief bio (e.g. how long you've been crafting, a note on your style)

- Your team preference (launch team posts on the 2nd Wednesday each month, reminder team on the 4th Wednesday - please note that the stated preference does not guarantee invitation to that particular team)

- Mention any teams you are currently designing for or have previously designed for (prior experience is not a requirement)

- Links to your blog and any crafting social media pages you may have (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest...)

- Examples of three of your best projects (preferably Christmas projects but this is mostly to get an idea of your work)

Deadline for application is 31st July. Please make sure you have followed the application instructions completely. I will try to reply promptly to acknowledge all applications but please do allow a couple of days.

We can't wait to see your applications and look forward to inviting you to the team!

This month our theme is Christmas Characters, and we have lots of wonderful inspiration for you from our launch team.

And as mentioned above we have a prize for this month. I have a spare copy of Simon Says Stamp's Christmas Squad stamp set (pictured below). This is new and unused. The prize winner will be picked randomly from among those entrants who have followed all the rules. Rules are in the side bar if you need a refresher.

First, we are excited to have Izzy of Izzy Scrap joining us as a Guest Designer this month! Izzy was the winner of the May challenge. Here is the adorable card she made: