July Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to the July challenge.  This month is the half way point to Christmas so its time to get serious with those Christmas card creations.  

But before I get to the current challenge we have a little housekeeping to do.  First up thank you to all who joined our Vintage challenge. As always we had lots of lovely entries which made choosing the top 3 very difficult.  

The winner of our random prize is:

Congratulations Debbie S, please contact me at ccayrchallengeblog@hotmail.com to claim your prize.

Our top 3 in no particular order are:

#28 Lindsay
#35 Brenda B
#17 Gildett deMarillac

Congratulations to all our winners, please grab your badge from the sidebar.

Ok on to our current challenge.  The theme this month is:

Its all about Santa 

Include anything on your card that is associated with Santa - reindeer, presents, elves etc.

Lots of changes happening here at CCAYR this month.  Its a new DT term and sadly some of our members have decided to step down, so we bid a fond farewell to Denise, Tracey R, Sue, Clare, Ciska, Sandy & Carol.  Thank you ladies for all the lovely designs you have shared with us and all the best for the future.   

We have 7 new designers joining us  for the July to December term as well as some guest designers who will be joining us.  Please welcome to the design team:


Claire
Deanne
Hazel
Joan
Kate
Lynne
Michelle


Do head over to their blogs and check out their lovely work.


Ok on to our DT samples:

Cindy

Claire

Deanne

Hazel

Joan

Judy

Kate

Lynne

Michelle

Rachel

Teresa

Tracey O

To join our challenge just add the direct link to your project below.

June Mid Month Inspiration

Hello everyone.  Its time for a little vintage mid month inspiration.  Here are a few cards from the Design Team:  

Judy

Teresa

 Cindy

If you haven't joined us for our June challenge there is still heaps of time.  

Design Team call

This post will stay at the top until close of the DT call. Please scroll down for our current challenge and mid month inspiration posts. 

 Calling all Christmas card enthusiasts! It's once again time for another Design Team call. We've had a couple of positions become vacant so we are looking to add a few new designers to our design team for the July to December 2013 term. We will also be choosing 6 guest designers to join us for our monthly mid month inspiration. If you love creating and sharing your Christmas cards and would like to join our fun little group, then all you have to do is link a Christmas card that you've made within the past 6 months. If you would like to be part of the fun, but don't want to commit to the full six month term, just put GD after your name and we will only consider you for a Guest Designer spot. The Design Team call will run through until midnight on June 10th US Central Time. A decision will then be made that week so that the new members and guest designer have time to get ready for our July challenge. Good Luck everyone.

 To apply simply add the direct link to your favourite Christmas card created in the past six months.

June Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to our June Challenge.  First up thank you to all who participated in our last challenge we had some lovely entries again this month.

The winner of the prize drawn at random is:

Congratulations papersniffer.  Please email me at ccayrchallengeblog@hotmail.com to claim your prize.  You can grab your badge from the sidebar.

The top three are:

#13 Kim M

#9 Deanne

#6 Meg

Congratulations to all.  Please grab your badge from the sidebar.

Ok on to the current challenge.  The theme this month is:

 Vintage Christmas

Create a card with a vintage theme. This could be a vintage image or it could be colours or style so long as it has that vintage feel.

Our prize this month will be two Christmas stamps from Platypus Creek.  I will get a photo organised and add it in here asap.

Here are some samples from the Design Team:

Sue

Sandy

Teresa

Judy

Tracey R

Rachel

Denise

Ciska

Cindy

Clare 

To play along with our Vintage challenge just add the direct link to your project below.

Mid Month Inspiration & DT call

Hello everyone it's time for a little mid month inspiration so here are a few more gingerbread samples from the DT.

Cindy

Teresa

Rachel

There is still lots of time to enter the current challenge.  

It's also time to add to our Design Team.  If you think you might be interested in joining our little group then click here for all the details. 

May Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to our May challenge. First up a big thank you to all who played along in our April challenge.  The winner of the random prize is:

Congratulations Suzy B.  Please contact me at ccayrchallengeblog@hotmail.com to claim your prize and grab your badge from the sidebar.

Our Top 3 for this month are:

31 Fabiola

14 Katie Tate

20 Gail

Congratulations, please grab your badge from the sidebar.

Ok on to the challenge.

 The theme this month is Gingerbread - Create a card featuring gingerbread men/woman.  To add a little interest your card must also include ribbon and at least 3 buttons.

The prize this month is 4 files (images or cut files) from Platypus Creek Digitals

Here are some samples from the Design Team:

Sue

Carol

Judy

Tracey R

Teresa

Sandy

Ciska

Cindy

Rachel

Denise

To join our challenge just add the direct link to your card below.