Welcome to the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog






The aim of our challenge is to help us avoid the Christmas Stress and rush to have all your cards ready! Our monthly Challenges are themed, We hope you will join us and have at the very least have a few cards in time for Christmas Please Read the Rules, and remember that you can enter our challenges as many times as you like and combine your entries with as many challenges as you like too! Have fun!
Helen, Samantha and the Design team Xx

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

ABC Christmas Challenge - C & D are for?

 It's Lynda/Loopyloo here welcoming you to our  second challenge of 2026. We hope that you will join us this year in our bid to be prepared for next Christmas! We'd love to have you play along with us all year - we have two (or sometimes three) fun themes each month, with plenty of projects from our design team to help inspire you!


Before I get on to this month's themes, may I remind you to check the post below to see if you were a lucky winner of our last challenge!


 Whilst, as our name suggests, we are predominantly a Christmas challenge, we would like to extend a very warm welcome to cards made for other December/Winter Holidays (for example Hanukkah, Yule etc). There may still be some of our themes that are specifically 'Christmas', but many would work for other Winter Holidays and Festivals too, so as long as your project fits the theme, we are happy for you to enter our challenges.




We have noticed an increasing number of entries posted on Instagram...we're very happy to have you on board & you'll find some of our DT members there too...please use the hashtag #abcchristmaschallenge on your posts.

Now, on to our next challenge. We have two themes for you again this month:

C is for Crimson
&
D is for Ding-Dong (bells)

Here is a little prize from me for a randomly drawn winner - and I do post internationally, so everyone who follows one or both of our themes is in with a chance to win. A stamp and matching die set from WPlus9:




Here is a little inspiration from our Design Team:


C is for Crimson


D is for Ding-Dong




C is for Crimson


D is for Ding-Dong




C is for Crimson




C is for Crimson



So now it's over to you...this challenge ends on Saturday 7th March at 10pm (GMT).
Please link up your entries below.
We look forward to seeing what you create!


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner & Top 10 - A is for Anything Christmas & B is for Bright!

 Hello! It's Helen here...I'm announcing the lucky winner and top three of last month's challenge. The themes were:



'A is for Anything Christmas'

AND

'B is for Bright'


The prize for the lucky winner was this 6x6 Christmas themed paper pad & Hero Arts stamp set:




...and the lucky winner is:



*****

And my Top 3 5 10!:






#35 - Kath




#47 - Donna T








#61 - Claire




#66 - Wendy R




#79 - Inkami








#93 - Jeanne J




#117 - Deanne




Congratulations Everyone!



Please email us to claim your prize.

Unclaimed prizes may be redrawn or worse still lost. 

You can find the page for grabbing your blinkie or banner
 at the top of our blog.


Don't forget to check back soon for another fun challenge!

Wednesday, 14 January 2026

ABC Christmas Challenge - A & B are for?

 Happy New Year Everyone!


It's Helen here welcoming you to our first challenge of 2026, and the beginning of our seventeenth (!!!) trip through the alphabet! We hope that you will join us this year in our bid to be prepared for next Christmas! Perhaps you were lucky enough to receive some new Christmas craft bits in your stocking...or snapped up some bargains in the post-Christmas sales...perhaps one of your New Year's resolutions is to have your Christmas cards ready in plenty of time this year...or maybe you just haven't tidied away your Christmas stash away after making last year's cards yet! Whatever the reason, we'd love to have you play along with us all year - we have two (or sometimes three) fun themes each month, with plenty of projects from our design team to help inspire you!

Before I get on to this month's themes, may I remind you to check the post below to see if you were a lucky winner of our last challenge!

I would also like to say a big THANK YOU to Helene for all of her hard work on our Design Team, and for her inspirational projects for all of our challenges over the past few years. It's been wonderful having her on our team, and we would like to wish her all the best!

 Whilst, as our name suggests, we are predominantly a Christmas challenge, we would like to extend a very warm welcome to cards made for other December/Winter Holidays (for example Hanukkah, Yule etc). There may still be some of our themes that are specifically 'Christmas', but many would work for other Winter Holidays and Festivals too, so as long as your project fits the theme, we are happy for you to enter our challenges.




We have noticed an increasing number of entries posted on Instagram...we're very happy to have you on board & you'll find some of our DT members there too...please use the hashtag #abcchristmaschallenge on your posts.


Okay, here we go!
We have two themes for you this month:


'A is for Anything Christmas'
&
'B is for Bright'

There's a little prize from me for the lucky winner:

A stamp set and a 6x6 Christmas themed paper pad.




And now it's time for some inspiration from our Design Team:


Helen

'A is for Anything Christmas Goes'


'B is for Bright'



Carol

'A is for Anything Christmas Goes'




Lynda

'B is for Bright'



Fabiola

'A is for Anything Christmas Goes'




So now it's over to you...this challenge ends on Saturday 7th February at 10pm (GMT).
Please link up your entries below.
We look forward to seeing what you create!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Monday, 12 January 2026

Winner and top 3 - Y and Z

 It's time to announce the winners for our December challenge Y for Yummy and Z for zebra. And I will also announce that this will be my last challenge as part of the design team at ABC Christmas. Life is knocking at the door and I need to answer. It has been a priviledge to be able to hop around and comment on all your wonderful creations, take care and keep crafting!

First the prize winner, drawn randomly from all the lovely contributions:

Nr 20 and that is Diane H. Please contact us with your postal address.

And the top 3 chosen by me (in order of entry):

5. Kathy Asper


18. Lia


26. Paperesse

Gorgeous creations! Please take the appropriate winner's badge and display it with pride. 
All the best / Heléne aka Mummylade


Wednesday, 10 December 2025

ABC Christmas Challenge - Y & Z are for?

 Morning, It's Helene here with the last ABC Christmas Challenge for 2025, time to get those last minute Christmas cards ready. The themes for this challenge are:


'Y is for Yummy'
&
'Z is for Zebra'
(Stripes and/or Black & White)

The prize for the lucky winner is these Chocolate Baroque & Woodware stamps:



And now it's time for some inspiration from our Design Team:


Helen

'Y is for Yummy'


'Z is for Zebra (Stripes)'



Carol

'Y is for Yummy'


Lynda

'Z is for Zebra  (Black and White)'



Helene

'Y is for Yummy'



Fabiola

'Z is for Zebra (Black & White)'



So now it's over to you...this challenge ends on Saturday 10th January at 10pm (GMT).



Please link up your entries below.
We look forward to seeing what you create!

Please ensure that you have followed at least one of this month's themes ('Y is for Yummy' & 'Z is for Zebra') before you add your link.
Any entries not following at least one of the themes will not be eligible for the prize draw.

If you are on Instagram please use the hashtag #abcchristmaschallenge

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

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