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 December 2024

December Challenge Y and Z

 Hello, it's Marie here, and welcome back to the ABC Christmas Challenge for December 2024!  It's hard to believe we are almost done with this year already!  Anyway, the challenge runs from today, December 11, to Saturday, January 4, 2025.


This month's themes are:

"Y is for Your Favorite Colors"

&

"Z is for Zoo Animals"

Since I am all about the gingerbread this year, the prize for the lucky winner will be this 3-piece gingerbread ornament die set.




And now for the sweet inspiration from the DT:


Y is for Your Favourite Colours



Z is for Zoo Animals 






Y for your Favorite Colours

and Z for Zoo animals






Y for Your Favourite Colour Combo






Z for zoo animals






Y for your favorites colors and Z for zoo




Z is for Zoo Animals





Ok, now it's your turn!  Please link your entries in the linky below.  We can't wait to see what you create! 😊

Y is for Your Favorite Colors and Z is for Zoo Animals
**Don't forget that your project must be for Christmas or any other Winter/December holiday!**




You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Monday, 9 December 2024

Winner and top 3 for W/Y challenge

 

Hello! It's Fabiola here

 to announce the lucky winner and top three from last month's challenge.

Thank you so much for joining us last month.It was a pleasure to discover your magnificent creations.

The themes were:

'W is for Watercolouring' 'X is for Xylophone

The randomly drawn winner of the prize 




#6 It's you Jenny

Congratulations, Jenny! 

Please email me to claim your prize. Unclaimed prizes may be redrawn.

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Jenny didn't want her price, so I did another draw and it was 30 Karen that won.

so please  Karen, send me an email

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My top three , so hard to choose...

#4 Meghan


#8 Bonnie


#18 Lia

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


Don't forget to come back at 7.30am on wednesday when we start another challenge. xx






Wednesday, 13 November 2024

November Challenge W and X

hello everyone and welcome to  ABC Challenge

I'm Fabiola and I'm your hostess for this challenge.

first of all, thanks you for playing with us 

it's a pleasure and an honor to discover and comment 

on your wonderful créations.

now, it's time to play...

we want you to have fun with


'W is for Watercolouring'

&

'X is for Xylophone'

Now, the sweet surprise,
the winner chosen by random will receive 
a  30.00 CHF Cap sur le Scrap Gift 



so come and play with us!



now, it's time to play,
this challenge is running until Saturday 7th december 2024

And here are the contributions from the Design Team to get you started:


Themes:

'W is for Watercolouring'

&

'X is for Xylophone'

(Photo Inspiration)

Now, the sweet surprise,
the winner chosen by random will receive 
a  30.00 CHF Cap sur le Scrap Gift 



Design team inspiration:


Helen

'W is for Watercolour'



'X is for Xylophone'


Carol

W is for watercolour




Lynda

W is for Water Colouring


Helene

W for water coloring


x for xylophone


Fabiola

X for Xylophone


Marie

X for Xylophone




If you are on Instagram, please use the hashtag #abcchristmaschallenge

Now enjoy!



You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner and Top 3 for U and V

 Hello! It's Carol here to announce the lucky winner and top three from last month's challenge.

Thank you so much for joining us last month. It was so hard to choose the top places when we had so many amazing entries to choose from.

The themes were:

U for Unusual Colours 

and

V for Velvet


The randomly drawn winner of the prize 



this time is:

#123 NG Cards with a lovely multi-layered festive design



Congratulations, Natalie! 

Please email us to claim your prize. Unclaimed prizes may be redrawn.


My top three - no it has got to be four this time with so much beauty to choose from 😍

This cute snowman card from Melanie



A beautiful scene in a bauble from Karen


This wonderful bright shaker card from Meghan





and finally, this unusual mushroom Christmas tree CAS design from Trina


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


Don't forget to come back at 7.30am when we start another challenge. xx

Wednesday, 9 October 2024

October Challenge U and V

Hello everyone, Carol here welcoming you to the October challenge.

The Christmas/Winter themes for this time are:

                        

'U is for Unusual Christmas Colours'

&

'V is for Velvet'

 

There is a prize for a randomly drawn winner - a die and some embellishments. We do post internationally, so everyone is in with a chance of winning:



The design team has some great inspiration for you:-


Helen

'U is for Unusual Christmas Colours'



'V is for Velvet'


Carol


'U is for Unusual Christmas Colours'



'V is for Velvet'



Lynda

'U is for Unusual Christmas Colours' (rainbow)



Helene


'U is for Cnusual Christmas Colours'




Fabiola


'U is for Unusual Christmas Colours and V is for Velvet"



Marie

'U is for Unusual Christmas Colors'

AND 

'V is for Velvet'



The challenge runs until Saturday 9th November.

Please link your entries below. We all look forward to seeing your creations based on one or both of our themes. 

Hugs,

Carol xx


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner and Top 3 - S is for Stencils, and T is for Traditional Christmas Colours

 Hello! It's Lynda/Loopyloo here and I'm announcing the lucky winner and top three from last month's challenge.

Thank you so much for joining us last month. We had over 100 entries - which certainly made my job harder.

The themes were:

S is for Stencils

and

T is for Traditional Christmas Colours


The randomly drawn winner of the two Avery Elle die sets is:

#59 - Denise Bryant - a super-cute kitty Christmas




Congratulations Denise

Pleas email us to claim your prize. Unclaimed prizes may be redrawn.


My top three - actually 4 because I just couldn't narrow it down any further 😁


#6 - Pam Sparks - such traditional and vibrant colours and design



#18 - Bonnie Klass - a gorgeous CAS design with lots of impact



#31 - Margreet - a fabulous technique to create this stunning card 



#88 - Majda - a true celebration of poinsettias



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

Don't forget to come back at 7.30am when we start another challenge. xx

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

ABC Christmas Challenge - S and T are for:

Hello everyone, Lynda/Loopyloo here hosting the September challenge.

The Christmas/Winter themes for this time are:


S is for Stencils

and/or

T is for Traditional Christmas Colours

There is a prize for a randomly drawn winner - a couple of die sets from Avery Elle. We do post internationally, so everyone is in with a chance of winning:

                               



Here is the inspiration from the Design Team:

Lynda

S is for Stencils


T for Traditional colours



Helen

S is for Stencil



T is for Traditional Christmas Colours 



Carol

S is for Stencil



T for Traditional Colours




Helene

T for traditional colours



Fabiola

S for stencil and T for Traditional Christmas Colours





Marie

S is for Stencils 


T is for Traditional Christmas Colours 



The challenge runs until Saturday 5th October.

Please link your entries below - we all look forward to seeing your creations following one or both of our themes. XX



You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

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