Saturday 28 January 2012

January Theme Challenge Honorable Mentions and Top Honor

Thank you all for joining us in creations that featured Christmas flowers! We had a lot of absolutely stunning entries, and it was quite hard to choose our HMs and TH this week! But, it has happened, so without further ado...

Honorable Mentions in Numerical Order

#7 Pauline P

#11 Victoria

#12 Vicky

#14 Hazel

#15 Kimx


And the Top Honor goes to

#1 Totty
With this FABULOUS tea bag folded image!!!

Embellishment Challenge #1

Well, we're back yet again with another fun Christmas challenge for our crafty followers and loyal friends--thank you so much! We couldn't do this without YOU!

This week we're looking for embellishments. We'd like to see RHINESTONES--and you need to use at least three!!! And they must sparkle. Because sparkle is a necessity on a holiday card! ;D

Here's your inspiration for this week's challenge~
And here are our cards--please click on our names to go to our personal blogs to see more about each card and to leave some comment love. We appreciate it when we hear from you! :)







Please link up your projects below, and follow the following rules:

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.
*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog
*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.
*Please make sure NOT to back link.
*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honorable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.

Saturday 21 January 2012

January Color Challenge Honorable Mentions & Top Honor

Well, what another fabulous week we've had here at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown! We're overwhelmed by the participation--thank you! I also want to let you know how hard this was--I really had a hard time choosing this week! Now, onto the meat of the matter! ;)

This week's Honorable Mentions (in numerical order)

#2 Totty

This week's Top Honor

#9 Kim x
With this ADORABLE Rudolph! :)

Congratulations to all! Please feel free to display the appropriate badges on your blog sidebar! We cannot wait to see what you've come up with this week! :)

Theme Challenge #1

We're so glad to see you again, crafters! We're overwhelmed by the support we've been receiving and appreciate each of you who have passed along the word to friends about our little challenge. We're hoping to make it a huge success, but we know we cannot do it without all of YOU! :)

This week we have a theme challenge--the theme is Christmas flowers. Roses, poinsettias, anything floral that goes along with Christmas!

Here's a little inspiration for you~
And here are Jacqueline and my cards--click on our names to visit our blogs. We love seeing you there, too, and we love each sweet word of encouragement you leave for us!






Please link up your projects below, and follow the following rules:

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.
*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog
*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.
*Please make sure NOT to back link.
*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honorable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.

Saturday 14 January 2012

January Sketch Honorable Mentions & Top Honor

Thank you to all who participated in our first sketch challenge!!!  Below you'll find pictures of those who won Honorable Mention and Top Honor for this challenge--if you're one of them, please feel free to display the appropriate badge on your blog!  Congratulations, ladies!

Hope to see everyone link up again this week--you never know!  You could be and HM or TH next time!!! :)

Honorable Mentions~

#6 Madaboutpooh

#8 Deborah 

#11 Vickie
#14 GIBMISS

#15 Mags


Top Honor~

#9 Holly

Color Challenge #1

Hello again, crafty friends! Welcome to our first color challenge--and hopefully you like it! I've chosen to do black, white, & a SPLASH of red.

Here's your inspiration/challenge~
I personally LOVE black and white with a splash of color--I feel that it really looks elegant and so I am so excited to see what you all come up with!

Here is what the two of us have come up with--please click on our names to go to our blogs and leave a comment--we read each one and they make our day! :)







Please link up your projects below, and follow the following rules:

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.
*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog
*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.
*Please make sure NOT to back link.
*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honorable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.

Monday 9 January 2012

Top Honor and Honorable Mentions

The Top 5 Honorable Mentions this week go to


Winter Fairy 1




Top Honor 

Congratulations ladies please feel free to copy and paste the appropriate buttons from the side bar.


Saturday 7 January 2012

Sketch Challenge #1

Welcome again, one and all! We are so happy to be up and running--and we appreciate all of you who helped to make our first challenge a success! :)

This week is the first week that we will be starting our rotation--it's a sketch week!

Here's the sketch we'd like you to follow~
Feel free to flip it, use different shapes, etc., but make sure to have a Christmas theme! We are really looking forward to seeing what you all create! Oh, what's that? You'd like to see what Jacqueline & I (Mynnette) have created? Well, of course! :) Please click on our names to visit our blogs and read more about our cards--we love hearing from you!








Please link up your projects below, and follow the following rules:

*Please link back to our blog in your post so that others can join in the fun.
*We would love it if you added our button to the side of your blog
*Please make sure to link to your POST, not your blog.
*Please make sure NOT to back link.
*In order to be considered for Top Honor or Honorable Mention, you must link up by Friday at 6:00pm GMT.