To ALL entrants, I want to let you know that I DO comment on all entries (with the exception of Splitcoast and Flickr) so if you don't see a comment from me, please check to see if there are any comments awaiting moderation or in SPAM. A lot of comments are in SPAM and bloggers don't realize it.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Design Team Chosen for JAN-JUNE 2010

Here are the ones who have accepted!
~ANDREA WIEBE
~MICHELLE BUSCHUR
~LIZ WEBER
~COLLEEN S.
~HELEN H.


And I also have guest designers chosen for each month as well.
Jan-Cassandra Cushman
Feb-Jen McGee
March-Tina
April-Cathy Schellenberg
May-Joan
June- Ali MacDonald

Thanks ladies for accepting the positions!!!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

DT CALL for Jan-June

DT CALL for JAN-JUNE (closes DEC 15th)
If you'd like to be considered for our Christmas Card Design Team, please create 2 Christmas cards (No!!!!! Really!!!!!!!!!!!) taking inspiration from the blog header and colors! Like the new look!!! Easy as that!

I'll choose 4-6 people and they will be our Design Team for a 6 month term. (starting in JAN) There are no kits for you to play with, there are no discounts at a store (because I HAVE no store,sorry! hehe!), there are no other obligations other than create a CHRISTMAS card based on the challenge that Tamara or I send you.

There'll only be one card challenge a month(unless we decide to have a special celebration for some reason, but you will NOT be obligated to participate). So, that's 6 cards a TERM to create for the monthly card reveals.

Oh, but if you'd like to be entered into the monthly draws that I will be having, you will have to complete 5, yep 5, cards each month to qualify. If you prefer NOT to enter the monthly contest, then its ONE card a month for 6 months!

Email me your newly created Christmas cards (done especially for this challenge, you CAN post them on your blog and combine them with other challenges.Please mention our blog, if you do this.Thanks!!!) if you'd like to try for the DT. Please have your card in by Dec 15th TUESDAY and I will announce the new members on DEC 18th FRIDAY.

*Scroll down to see the DECEMBER challenge or click HERE.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

WINNER for NOVEMBER is...

LORI!!! Congrats!  Lori, email me with your address, thanks!

Thanks to each and every one of you who participated this month!!! Get cracking on December's cards :O)

And be sure to stick around in January and play along all year and get all your cards done a little at a time!

Don't forget the DT call. Details HERE.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

December Challenge!

Wow! Can you believe it! December 1st already! Where does the time go? If you've been participating all year, boy, you should have a SUPER AWESOME load of Chrtistmas cards done to send out to loved ones! Remember to stick around and start again in January making at least 5 Christmas cards every month woth us!

Here's this month's challenge:

Create a card with:
~1 word sentiment
~2 different embellishments
~3 layers of paper

Here are the design team cards:

~PAT



























~ALI




































~SANDIE ( I totally missed Sandie's email that she sent before reveal day and I've already apologized to her. I hope she forgives me)
















DEC GUEST DTs










































Please keep TANIA in your thoughts and prayers at this time.She was unable to participate this month.

Leave a comment if you do our challenge!


*Remember, if you do 5 cards this month following the challenge, your name will go in a draw for a prize at the end of DECEMBER! (this challenge CAN be combined with any other blog or forum challenges that you do this month.)

THIS MONTH IS A RAK of assorted Christmas embellishments.

Please upload your cards to your blog, a gallery, or photobucket and remember to give us the EXACT links to see them.You can do 5 of the same cards or 5 different ones (as long as they follow the current challenge) If you do 5 of the same, please show us a pic of them altogether. Thanks!

YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW IN THIS POST WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE 5 CARDS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MONTHLY PRIZE.

Enjoy! !!!!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

November Challenge

Oh wow! Can you believe it, November already!!! We have got some great cards created this year, haven't we!!!

Well, this month's challenge was certainly a challenge for some of us who are used to creating multi-layered cards!!! Oh boy!!! But we did it and we did an awesome job, I think!!!


The challenge this month is to create a ONE LAYER card using only brads, buttons, lace or ribbon as embellishments.

EDITED TO ADD:I forgot to add that I allowed the DT
to use one layer of patterned paper on TOP
of their cardstock base, if they wanted to.

You can do this as well, if it makes things easier :O)


Here are the design Team cards. You will be inspired, I am sure!!!

~PAT
~CORINA~JOAN~ALI~TANIA ~TRUDI~SANDIE



NOVEMBER GUEST DESIGN TEAM
~
LIZ
Leave a comment if you do our challenge!

*Remember, if you do 5 cards this month following the challenge, your name will go in a draw for a prize at the end of NOVEMBER! (this challenge CAN be combined with any other blog or forum challenges that you do this month.)

THIS MONTH IS A RAK of assorted Christmas papers.

Please upload your cards to your blog, a gallery, or photobucket and remember to give us the EXACT links to see them.You can do 5 of the same cards or 5 different ones (as long as they follow the current challenge) If you do 5 of the same, please show us a pic of them altogether. Thanks!

YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW IN THIS POST WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE 5 CARDS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MONTHLY PRIZE.

Enjoy! !!!!

WINNER for OCTOBER is...

...STEPH (Mommy2Austin)

Congrats Steph!!!!!!!!!!

Email me with your address and I'll get a PINK RAK out to you ASAP!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

The WINNER for SEPTEMBER is...

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CRAFTINGGRANNY! Crafting Granny, please email me with your address and I'll get your stamp set to you. It's gonna take a while as I am no longer a Stampin Up seller, so I'm having to go through someone else to order them so, it'll be a few weeks.But you'll get them, I promise!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

October Challenge

Oh my, Christmas is getting closer!!! If you've been following us here and doing your 5 cards a month, you have a wonderful stash now, 45 Christmas cards!!!! Wahoo!

Here's October's challenge brought to you by TAMARA!!

~*~
In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I challenge you to use
"only" PINK papers on your card and you must also add some ribbon
somewhere on your card(the ribbon doesn't have to be pink, but it looks great- pink paper and pink ribbon!!

~*~

Here are the design team cards...



PAT
ALI
DIANA --

Guest Designers
LYNN
TRUDI Don't you just love pink Christmas cards? I know I do!!!!! Thanks ladies!

Leave a comment if you do our challenge!

*Remember, if you do 5 cards this month following the challenge, your name will go in a draw for a prize at the end of OCTOBER! (this challenge CAN be combined with any other blog or forum challenges that you do this month.)

THIS MONTH IS A RAK full of PINK STUFF!

Please upload your cards to your blog, a gallery, or photobucket and remember to give us the EXACT links to see them.You can do 5 of the same cards or 5 different ones (as long as they follow the current challenge) If you do 5 of the same, please show us a pic of them altogether. Thanks!

YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW IN THIS POST WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE 5 CARDS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MONTHLY PRIZE.

Have fun !!!!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Our new DT member will be...

TANIA for the months of Oct, Nov and Dec!! Please email me Tania, if you accept!

And, because there were so many of you who asked to be on the team, I decided to draw some more names for GUEST spots!!!

Here are the names and months that you will be guest designer:

OCT Lynn
Donna
Trudi

NOV Merilee
Liz

DEC Lori
Andrea

Ladies, please email me, if you are fine with this arrangement!

Thanks to EVERYONE who added their name to the draw! Please be watching as we will be looking for a new DT for Jan-June.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Looking for someone to step in for...

one of my DT who had to step down from the design team. Please add your name to this post and I'll randomly choose a person on SEPT 7. You would be required to create a card for the challenges for OCT, NOV and DEC. You will also have the opportunity to stay on for the next 6 months of you like. If you don't want to try out at the the moment, and you know of someone who would, send them here to add their name! Thanks!!!

The WINNER for AUGUST is...

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KELLI!!!

Congrats Kelli.Please email me and put "Christmas Card Blog winner" in the subject.Helps me keep things organized.Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who participated!!! Now, get to your Sept challenge!!! It's pretty easy!!!

SEPTEMBER Challenge! Are ya ready???

This month's challenge is going to be sooooo easy that I'm expecting LOADS to participate!!!!!!
Since September is a very busy month for many, I decided that you can do ANY kind of Christmas card this month, any color, any style, any size...! That's it!

Here are the design teams Christmas cards and I'm sure they will inspire you this month as they have every month!!

TAMARA PATJOANCORINA
ALIDIANA SANDIE --

Leave a comment if you do our challenge!

*Remember, if you do 5 cards this month following the challenge, your name will go in a draw for a prize at the end of SEPTEMBER! (this challenge CAN be combined with any other blog or forum challenges that you do this month.)

THE PRIZE THIS MONTH IS A SET OF CHRISTMAS STAMPS!!!!

Please upload your cards to your blog, a gallery, or photobucket and remember to give us the EXACT links to see them.You can do 5 of the same cards or 5 different ones (as long as they follow the current challenge) If you do 5 of the same, please show us a pic of them altogether. Thanks!

YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW IN THIS POST WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE 5 CARDS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MONTHLY PRIZE.

Have fun !!!!