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Hello everyone, its's Carol here, welcoming you to the final ABC Challenge of the year. Thank you for playing along last month and you can check if you are a winner in the post below this one. We had 188 entries and we really enjoyed looking through all your lovely creations.
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It's Helen here, interrupting this post with a couple of announcements.
Firstly, sadly our lovely DT buddy Lisa is leaving us. On behalf of all of the ABC Christmas Challenge family, I'd like to say a great BIG thank you to Lisa for all of her wonderful cards and inspiration, and also for her friendship - we shall all miss you!
Secondly, and on a happier note, I can tell you the people that we have chosen from the entries to last month's DT Call to join our little team. Thank you to everyone that applied - we all really enjoyed having a nose around your fabulous blogs! Unfortunately, we can't take you all, but we would love to invite the following people to come aboard:
loopyloocards
Julie T
Wei
Linsey
Congratulations! Please email us so that we can get you all sorted.
Now I'll hand you back to Carol for this month's challenge.
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How did the year whiz by so quickly! If you have been playing along with us all year, I hope you have a nice pile of holiday cards that will make the run up to Christmas easier for you, but if you still have some last minute cards to make, our December challenge should make it fun for you.
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It's Helen here, interrupting this post with a couple of announcements.
Firstly, sadly our lovely DT buddy Lisa is leaving us. On behalf of all of the ABC Christmas Challenge family, I'd like to say a great BIG thank you to Lisa for all of her wonderful cards and inspiration, and also for her friendship - we shall all miss you!
Secondly, and on a happier note, I can tell you the people that we have chosen from the entries to last month's DT Call to join our little team. Thank you to everyone that applied - we all really enjoyed having a nose around your fabulous blogs! Unfortunately, we can't take you all, but we would love to invite the following people to come aboard:
loopyloocards
Julie T
Wei
Linsey
Congratulations! Please email us so that we can get you all sorted.
Now I'll hand you back to Carol for this month's challenge.
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How did the year whiz by so quickly! If you have been playing along with us all year, I hope you have a nice pile of holiday cards that will make the run up to Christmas easier for you, but if you still have some last minute cards to make, our December challenge should make it fun for you.
We have reached the end of the alphabet and our themes this time are
Y is for Your Favourite Thing
and
Z is for Zero embellishments
and our challenge will run until the 31st December.
Our sponsor this time is
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and there will also be a small prize from me
Swirls and Flakes stamp by
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Here are some gorgeous cards to inspire you from our wonderful Design Team
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'Z' for Zero Embellishments
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Y for Your Favourite Thing
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Helen
'Y for Your Favourite' (Penny Black stamps, My Mind's Eye papers & faux stitching)
'Z for Zero Embellishments'
Wilma
Your favorite (Pointsettia stamp)
Zero embellishments
Sharon
'Y for Your Favourite' (Penny Black 'Snowy' and Basic Grey papers)
'Z for Zero Embellishments'
As I said, you have until 31st December to join us and you can link your card below.
Thank you for joining in with us throughout the year, and we have some fun challenges lined up for next year. Have a wonderful Christmas and good luck with the challenge.