Wednesday 15 May 2024

Winner's Post: April - Non-Traditional Colours

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

Before we get started, we have some important news.

A little over three years ago, I founded Christmas Craft Creations, having somewhat fallen into the role. I hadn't ever really intended to create and run a challenge, but it was, as they say, a happy little accident.

Over the years, I've been lucky enough to work with so many fantastic designers in our teams, plus met others through the guest designing roles and, of course, seen all the great designs from all of you who have played along. It has been absolutely wonderful seeing everyone's designs each month. I hope you've all had as much fun playing with us as we've had seeing what you do.

Running a challenge like this is a lot of work. From wrangling a team of designers — of which we have just over twenty when 'full' — to coordinating with guests, commenting on entries, creating graphics and blog posts, ensuring the link-up runs smoothly, and acquiring and sending prizes — and that's just to name a few! From the outside looking in at a challenge, it should magically appear like everything just happens, but behind the scenes, it takes a lot of doing.

With all that said, I have made the difficult decision to put Christmas Craft Creations on a break. Whilst I hope this is only temporary, there is currently no date set for when the challenge will start back up.

We're very grateful for your continued support and participation over the years, and hope that whenever we return in the future you will be happy to join in with us again. In the meantime, there are lots of fabulous challenges out there — both Christmas-related and otherwise — for you to play along with. Maybe this will give you a chance to find a new one!

With that said, let's announce the winners of our last challenge.

The theme was Non-Traditional Colours, 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

Prize 2
 Winterworks Christmas Ribbon Trio - Silver, donated by Charlotte

Congratulations, both of you! Please email me via the email address in the sidebar with your address to claim your prize. The prize must be claimed by Sunday 26th May. 

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

#76. Izzy Scrap

Congratulations, Izzy! Below is the winner's badge which you are welcome to display on your blog.

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.

Congratulations once again to our winners!

Thank you to all of you who have made the challenge a success over the years. You are amazing, and it has been a pleasure. Likewise, a huge thanks to everyone who is or has ever been on the teams. You are all incredibly talented, and without you, this challenge would have never got as far as it did.

Until next time, whenever that may be,

Love,
Charlotte/Lady Joyful 
and 
the Christmas Craft Creatives

Wednesday 24 April 2024

April Challenge Reminder - Non-Traditional Colours

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

This month our theme is Non-Traditional Colours - 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 [description] 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
 Winterworks Christmas Ribbon Trio - Silver, donated by Charlotte
 
 

First, we still have Trina of Phamtastic Design joining us as a Guest Designer this month! Trina was the winner of the February challenge. Here is the stunning card she made:


And here is the inspiration from the reminder team:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plus, joining in from the launch 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 colourful Christmas projects! The deadline for entering is Tuesday May 7th 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 17 April 2024

Winner's Post: March - Designer Paper

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

The theme was Designer Paper, 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
Studio Light Essentials Cling Stamp, donated by Angela
 
Prize 2
 Winterworks Christmas Ribbon Trio - Red, donated by Charlotte

Congratulations, Martina and Nelleke! 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 28th April. 

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

#65. Nelleke
 
Congratulations, Nelleke! Below is the winner's badge which you are welcome to display on your blog. 
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 Non-Traditional Colours, 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 10 April 2024

April Challenge - Non-Traditional Colours

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

This month our theme is Non-Traditional Colours - please make sure the theme is very clear in your project. We have lots of wonderful 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
 Gemini by Crafters Companion - Opulent Swirls Die, donated by Angela
 
Prize 2
 Winterworks Christmas Ribbon Trio - Silver, donated by Charlotte

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

And here's the inspiration from the team:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plus, joining in from the reminder 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 colourful Christmas projects! The deadline for entering is Tuesday May 7th 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 27 March 2024

March Challenge Reminder - Designer Paper

Hello, and welcome back 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. . 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 lovely 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
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 is the inspiration from the reminder team:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plus, joining in from the launch 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 gorgeous 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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter