Christmas Craft Creations: 2023

Wednesday 27 December 2023

December Challenge Reminder - Christmas Decorations

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

We hope you have all had a fabulous Christmas time! Whilst the holidays may be finished for this year, it's never to early to start on your cards and projects for next year.

This month our theme is Christmas Decorations - 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.

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:

Hero Arts Branch Background Cling Stamp and Flourish Background Cling Stamp (preloved), donated by Angela

Prize 2:

Mystery prize pack, donated by Charlotte (UK/EU only)

The prize winners will be picked randomly from among those entrants who have followed all the rules, which are 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 have four Guest Designers joining us this month!

First up is Trina of Phamtastic Design joining us for the month! Trina was the winner of the October challenge. Here is the wonderful card she made:

We are excited to have Penny of Penny Busch Creations joining us as a Guest Designer this month! The eagle-eyed amongst you may recall that Penny is a previous member of our Design Team, and we are thrilled to have her back with us this month. Here is the lovely card she made:

Next, we have the lovely Heather of Heather's Pages. Heather has been a Guest Designer for us since October and this is her final month, but we hope to have her back again soon! Here is the beautiful card she has created for us:

And last but by no means least we are being joined by Lori from Coast2CoastCards, with this fantastic design:

And here is the inspiration from the reminder team:

Angela B

Fiona

Helen

Nancy

Pamela

Rachel

Stef

Plus, joining in from the launch team:

Leanne

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 wonderful Christmas projects! The deadline for entering is Tuesday January 9th 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 20 December 2023

Winner's Post: November - Add A Hat

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

The theme was Add A Hat, 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:

Gemini by Crafters Companion - Opulent Swirls Die, donated by Angela

#80. Marlene

Prize 2:

Mystery prize pack, donated by Charlotte (UK/EU only)

#114. Ans Gilbert

Prize 3:

Concord and 9th Everyday Purse dies, donated by Laurie

#15. Becca Yahrling

Congratulations, Marlene, Ans, and Becca! Please email me via the email address in the sidebar with your address to claim your prize. The prize must be claimed by Sunday 31st December. Please note I may take longer than usual to reply as I am away for the holidays, but do follow up if you don't hear from me.

And without further ado, onto the DT's favourites. This month was a draw, so we have two! In order of entry, our DT Favourite Winners are:

#19. Valerija

#25. Tasie

Congratulations, Valerija and Tasie! Below is the winner's badge which you are welcome to display on your blog. You are also both invited to join us as Guest Designers for next month's challenge. Please email me by Sunday 31st December for further details - my email address is in the sidebar to the right. Please note I may take longer than usual to reply as I am away for the holidays, but do follow up if you don't hear from me.

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

#5. Bonnie Klass

#42. Helen

#59. Trina P

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 Decorations, and you can find the launch post for it here. Check back next week to see more inspiration from the Reminder Team.

Remember to follow all our rules, listed in the sidebar. You must include a link to our challenge and the challenge graphic in your blog post.

Congratulations once again to our winners!

Love,

Charlotte/Lady Joyful

and

the Christmas Craft Creatives

Wednesday 13 December 2023

December Challenge - Christmas Decorations

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

A very Happy Christmas to all our wonderful participants, from everyone here at Christmas Craft Creations.

This month our theme is Christmas Decorations - please make sure the theme is very clear in your project. We have lots of fantastic 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:

Hero Arts Branch Background Cling Stamp and Flourish Background Cling Stamp (preloved), donated by Angela

Prize 2:

Mystery prize pack, donated by Charlotte (UK/EU only)

First, we have four Guest Designers joining us this month!

First up is Trina of Phamtastic Design joining us for the month! Trina was the winner of the October challenge. Here is the wonderful card she made:

And last but by no means least we are being joined by Lori from Coast2CoastCards, with this fantastic design:

And here's the inspiration from the team:

Anna

Carol

Ina

Shona

Plus, joining in from the reminder team:

Fiona

Rachel

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 stunning Christmas projects! The deadline for entering is Tuesday January 9th 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 22 November 2023

November Challenge Reminder - Add A Hat

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

This month our theme is Add A Hat - 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 fantastic 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:

Gemini by Crafters Companion - Opulent Swirls Die, donated by Angela

Prize 2:

Mystery prize pack, donated by Charlotte (UK/EU only)

Prize 3:

Concord and 9th Everyday Purse dies, donated by Laurie

First, we still have four Guest Designers joining us this month!

First up is Deborah of Deborah’s Crafty Blog joining us for the month! Deborah was the winner of the September challenge. Here is the lovely card she made:

Next, we have the lovely Prudence of _penguinparade on Instagram. Prudence has been a Guest Designer for us since August and this is her final month, but we hope to have her back again soon! Here is the festive card she has created for us:

Our top pick from August, Heather of Heather's Pages, is continuing her time as a Guest Designer, and has this sweet design to give you all more inspiration:

And last but by no means least we are being joined by Lori from Coast2CoastCards, with this super design:

And here is the inspiration from the reminder team:

Angela B

Plus, joining in from the launch team:

Leanne

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 wonderful Christmas projects! The entry deadline is Tuesday December 12th 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

Challenge Rules

1. Your entry must be a new project. Back linking is not allowed.

2. You must follow the provided theme, with the theme being immediately obvious, and create a Christmas project.

3. You must link back to the Christmas Craft Creations challenge post in your blog post, and include the challenge graphic. Entries from Instagram should use the tag #ChristmasCraftCreations

4. You may enter a maximum of 3 projects per challenge. There is no limit on how many challenges you can enter alongside ours.

Any entries found to not be following the rules may be deleted from the link-up without warning.

A new challenge starts on the second Wednesday of each month at 8am GMT, with a reminder post (and more inspiration!) at the same time on the fourth Wednesday. The challenge will close at 6pm GMT the Tuesday before the next challenge starts, and winners will be announced on the third Wednesday of the month.

You can enter with any Christmas craft that follows the theme of the month - a card, scrapbook page, 3D item, etc.

We are happy to accept entries that are not on a blog - for example from Instagram, Splitcoast Stampers, Flickr, etc. We cannot guarantee that these entries will receive comments though, as some DT members may not have an account on those sites.