August Mid Month Inspiration

Hello everyone and welcome to our mid month inspiration for August.  Today we have a guest designer joining us.  Please welcome Brenda from Butlers Abroad who has created these lovely samples for us.

Do head over to her blog to say hello and check out her other lovely creations.

Here are some samples from the Design Team:

Claire

Deanne

Hazel

Judy

Kate

Lynne

Rachel

Teresa

There is still plenty of time to join our August challenge.  Scroll down for all the details.

July winners

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you with the winners from our July challenge.

The winner of the prize as drawn at random is:

Congratulations Jacki.  Please contact me at ccayrchallengeblog@hotmail.com. to claim your prize. You can grab your badge from the side bar.

Our top three in no particular order are:

#56 Rose C

#12 Bonnie

#6 Angela B

Please grab your Top three badge from the side bar.

Don't forget to join us in our challenge this month.  Scroll down for all the details.

August Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to our August challenge.  First up thank you to all the participants in our our All About Santa challenge.  As always wehad some lovely entries. I will be back on the weekend to announce the winner and Top 3.

This month our theme is: 

Christmas Extravaganza-make it fussy and fancy.  

Our prize this month is two Christmas cling mount stamps from Platypus Creek Stamping & Craft.

Here are some samples from the Design Team to get you started.

Cindy

Claire

Deanne

Hazel

 Judy

Kate

Lynne

Rachel

Joan

Teresa

Michelle

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

Mid Month Inspiration

It's time for a little mid month inspiration.  This month we have two guest designers who are joining us.

Please welcome Kim and Andrea.  Do head over to their blogs and say hello. 

  Kim

Andrea

Here are some samples from the Design Team

Claire

Hazel

Judy

Lynne

Kate

Rachel

Teresa

There is still lots of time to join our challenge this month.  Just scroll down for all the details.

 

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.