April Challenge

Ok everyone it's challenge time once again.  First up though I have to give away some goodies.  Now I still haven't been able to give away last month's prize so I'm going to give it one more go and try to find the winner:

The winner of the stamp set for March from Platypus Creek Stamps is:

Congratulations Debbie Johns.  Please grab your badge from the side bar and contact me at ccayrchallengeblog@hotmail.com

The top three in no particular order are:

4 Engelchen

31 annemarie en merit

46 Gry

Congratulations.  Please grab your badge from the sidebar.

One more try to give away the prize from February....

The winner of the February prize drawn from the original participants is:

Congratulations Meg. Please contact me at the above email address to claim your prize.

This month our challenge theme is O Christmas Tree

Create a  Christmas card with a Christmas Tree featured somewhere on the card. This can be on the paper, image etc just so long as we can see it.

The prize this month is two cling mount stamps from Platypus Creek Stamps:

Here is some inspiration from the DT:

Carol

Judy

Sue

Babette

Cindy

Denise

Ciska

Tracey R

Teresa

Sandy

Rachel

Tracey O

April Challenge

Hi there, everyone!!! Are you getting excited about Christmas yet!!!??? Well, making Christmas cards should get ya excited!!!

Here is the challenge for APRIL...

Since spring is here, make a Christmas card with at least ONE soft pastel color on it. (could be baby blue, soft pink, pale yellow or pale green)

Here are the design team's cards.They are absolutely lovely!!!

~ANDREA WIEBE

~MICHELLE BUSCHUR

~LIZ WEBER

~COLLEEN HEIDRICH

~HELEN HOLLINGER

~And our Guest DT for April is...

Cathy Schellenberg

 

Lesley

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 picture 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.

The prize for this month is another SU stamp set plus a few other goodies I'll throw in:) 

We hope you enjoy creating Christmas cards this month!!! Tell your friends about our blog and have them join in on the fun too!!!

Thanks to Lesley for offering the awesome prize again this month!!!

MARCH Challenge!!!

Wow, I just don't know where February went but I hope you were able to check out all the beautiful creations everyone created!!!  I can't wait to see who is going to win February's prize from Sharing Memories Scrapbooking...stay tuned.

The challenge for the month of March is to use mostly green on your card and one of my favorties...snowmen!

Check out these wonderful creations from the Design Team:

~ANDREA WIEBE

~MICHELLE BUSCHUR

~LIZ WEBER

~COLLEEN HEIDRICH

and mine...

Here is our Guest Designer Tina

Leave a comment if you do our challenge!  Please only enter NEW CARDS that are made in MARCH.

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

This month, the RAK is:

A stamp set from SU, plus I'll throw in a few other goodies for you!

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 picture 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.

We can't wait and see what you create this month!  Have fun!

Deanne and Lesley

FEBRUARY Challenge

I bet you can sorta figure out what this month's challenge will be since it's the month of LOVE!!!

This month's challenge is to create a CHRISTMAS CARD with at least 3 hearts on it!

That's it! Easy enough, isn't it!!

~ANDREA WIEBE

~MICHELLE BUSCHUR

~LIZ WEBER

~COLLEEN HEIDRICH

~HELEN HOLLINGER

~LESLEY FREINER

And here's our Guest DT JEN McGEE's creations:

Leave a comment if you do our challenge! Please only enter NEW CARDS that are made in FEBRUARY.

*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 FEBRUARY! (this challenge CAN be combined with any other blog or forum challenges that you do this month.)

THIS MONTH , the RAK is:

~A prize package from Noreen Smith of  Sharing Memories Scrapbooking in Calgary.
Here's what Noreen writes:
“Sharing Memories Scrapbooking is a small independent scrapbooking company based in Calgary, Alberta. We create our unique, affordable page kits and project kits using fun theme-based products from a variety of our favorite manufacturers. We also design and make our own line of coordinating embellishments. We are happy to sponsor the prize giveaway on the Christmas Cards All Year Long Blog for the month of February. The winner will receive our Valentine’s Collection (some items shown below) as well as a $10.00 gift certificate towards any item in our shop! (A total prize value of $20.00!) Drop by our website at http://www.sharingmemoriesscrapbooking.com/ to see our entire line of products and find lots of inspiration and education!”

Thanks Noreen for sponsoring the wonderful prize this month!!
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 and have a Happy February!
Deanne and Lesley