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
Showing posts with label stamp n create. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stamp n create. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

H for Hardware and some GREAT news!

It's Wednesday and we have a New challenge, It's my turn Samantha to Host this fortnight's Challenge, but before I tell you all about the challenge, I want to share some what I/we think its Great News!
I am Really excited to open our DT call! Yes we would love to have 3 new Christmas Mad Crafters to Join our Design Team… Sooooooo if you want to be in our Gang and LOVE making Christmas Projects of any kind, then this could be the fun chance for you! This would be a permanent position No term, just stay as long as you're happy! We will be holding the DT call on this challenge.

So the DT CALL will be open for the 2 weeks!
and will finish with the challenge.



As a DT member, you would be required to make a Christmas Card/Project for each challenge (once a fortnight), and comment on entries to the challenges - we have a rota, but you can comment or more if you wish! So the commenting is shared between us all :0)

We also take it in turns to post the challenges on this blog, and choose the 'Top 3' for the challenges we 'host'.
We are a very friendly and democratic team, and appreciate everyone's input into challenge themes, and have a DT blog, where we chat and share our ideas.
So, if you love crafting for Christmas as much as we do,
and can commit to at least 6 months of ABC Christmas Challenge fun,

All you need to do is
  1. Make an item for this challenge.
  2. Add 'DT' after your name on the Inlinkz gadget.
  3. Add the DT Call Blinkie with a link back here on your blog.
  4. If you would like to shout about it in your blog post.
    GOOD LUCK!

    Ok then soooo what's the challenge well to keep it fairly open so you can have fun
    I/we want to see you have fun with our theme
    H for Hardware - Use some Metal this can be ANYTHING metal, Brads, charms, paper clips, staples anything Metal……. I can’t wait to see what you make!!
We have our very own Lacey as our Sponsor with her awesome shop…

The awesome Stamp and create
Our Lucky winner will receive a super Fabulous Gift voucher.

Here comes our inspiration!
We have a Special Guest Designer this week the lovely Jerusha her Hardware is Metal Brads.

Want to be apart of our Permanent Design Team?
Read above for Our DT CALL info....

So onto our Creations

Here is mine Samantha
Hardware - Staples, Brads, Christmas Pins
Metal Star
Image - Whiff of Joy – available at Stamp and create

Helen - Hardware - Charm
Image - Penny Black

Lorraine
Hardware - Charm and Faux Metal Dew Drops, Metallic Mesh Ribbon.
Image – Wild Rose Studio – available at Stamp and create.

Hardware - Metal corner, spacers, brads on snowflakes, charm, staples on lace
Image – Magnolia stamp - available at Stamp and create.

Dorte
Hardware - Brads and Charm
Image – Magnolia stamp - available at Stamp and create.

Carissa
Hardware - bells, jump rings, mini paper clips and charm
Image -  Tim Holtz stamps and die

Miria
Hardware - Metal buttons and Heart Brads
Image – Magnolia stamp - available at Stamp and create.

Ok so it's over to you then!
Come on get your fingers busy and get your Christmas card pile growing!

Don’t forget wanna be in our Gang?
add DT after your name on Linky!
We will be choosing the 3 lucky new DT members and notify you by 9th May :0)

Hugs Samantha and the team xx

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

B for... A mid way reminder.

It's Dorte here with some more inspiration
for our B challenge.
If you don't remember what all the B's could be,
they are here:

Bears with one or more from Bunting,
Banners, Brads, Bling, Buttons,
Bows & Blooms Challenge
.

And since we are a Christmas Challenge, your project has to be.........
CHRISTMAS RELATED!

We have some fabulous sponsors this time as always.


Our very own Lacey from Stamp and Create



and a whopping prize



and
Bugaboo



Challenge Blog: http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/

fabulous Prize




The mid-way cards from the Design Team:

Bear & Brads

Dorte
Bear, Button & Bow.


Miria
Bear, Bunting, Bow and Buttons.

Bear, Bunting, Brads, Bows.

Carissa
using a Bear and Blooms.


You can find even more inspiration, and the linky
for your entry on this post.

Please leave a direct link to your blog post,
it makes life easier for us when we are going to visit you.
The challenge runs through Feb 6th at 6pm GMT.

Happy creating!

Dorte and the team.

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Z for Zingy Colours - More Inspiration

It's Helen here...I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones :0)

We're all Christmas crazy here at the ABC Christmas Challenge and I'm back to show you some more inspiration for our final challenge of 2011...where our theme is:

'Z is for Zingy Colours!'

I found this funny photo for some inspiration:


Lol...rainbow coloured turkeys!

We have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge...firstly our lovely Lacey & her store, Stamp & Create:


The prize from Lacey is a $20 voucher to spend at Stamp & Create!

Our other sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps:






The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 of their fabulous digis!

Delphine



Helen



Miria




Samantha




This challenge is running until January 10th 2012...so there's plenty of time left for you to join in...it's never too early to start preparing for next Christmas! ;0)

Click here for even more zingy inspiration, and the linky for your entries.

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Z is for Zingy Colours!

WOWEE!!! It's Helen here...sorry to shout...but boy, did you all enjoy our last challenge...or what?! We had a record 508 entries! Guess you're all as excited about Christmas as us! :0)

Please don't forget to check this post to see if you're one of the lucky winners, or were chosen as part of the Top 3 10! 

To make it easier to find the winners and Top 3, from January, we'll be posting them in the sidebar..we hate it when we have to redraw winners, or people lose out altogether on their prizes!
We'll making a few other changes too...Samantha has made us some wonderful new blinkies and banners, and also a new header for our blog...so we'll be having a little makeover in the New Year...and we have some fabulous new sponsors lined up for next year's challenges...I can't wait! lol

But before we can start to think about next year, we should get on with the final ABC Christmas Challenge of 2011...where our theme is:

'Z is for Zingy Colours!'

I found this funny photo for some inspiration:

Lol...rainbow coloured turkeys!


Our Challenge this time is going to run for 3 weeks so you have lots of time to play
and we have lots of time to get all the fabby challenges and blog ready for you for 2012...


We have two wonderful sposors for this challenge...firstly our lovely Lacey & her store, Stamp & Create:


The prize from Lacey is a $20 voucher to spend at Stamp & Create!

Our other sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps:






The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 of their fabulous digis!

We've done a DT swap with some of the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps DT...so I'll be showing you a couple of their cards for this challenge, and  Heidi's &Dorte's projects are being showcased over on the Bugaboo Blog.

 Are you ready for some inspiration???

Starting with the Bugaboo Stamps DT:


Tammy Miller



And now for the ABC Christmas Girls:

Carissa
 Using 'Snowman Polka Scarf' from Bugaboo Stamps


Carol
 Using 'Udderly Amazing' from Bugaboo Stamps



Dorte

 Using 'JJ Calendar Months - January' from Bugaboo Stamps



Heidi
Using 'Knobbly Knees Christmas - Joy' from Bugaboo Stamps



Helen




Lacey

Image Coming Soon!

Lols




Miria
Using 'Winter Birds - Snowman' from Bugaboo Stamps



Samantha
Using 'Cupcake Ornaments' from Bugaboo Stamps



Now it's over to you...I'm sure you must be needing a last minute little something...or maybe somethings!...why not use some Zingy Colours and join in our challenge?! 
This challenge will run for 3 weeks until 6pm on January 10th 2012...so even if you don't want to blog your project before the big day in case the recipient sees it...or maybe you want to get a head start on next Christmas!...there's plenty of time for you play along!

Please leave a direct link to your item with the linky below...and don't forget it must be Christmas themed!


Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Q for Quick n Easy

Hi all! Well I (Samantha) hope this works ok as I am not here tehehehee I am on my honeymoon..as I do not know where I am going, I will have to share that info on my return! So this post is Schedule, but I know the girls will make sure it does post.  

Edit - Update
Samantha has returned from her honeymoon (I won't spoil her surprise and tell you where they went)...but has been having computer problems ever since...and can't get on to her blog...or any other blogs...so won't be able to visit you all this time :0(
We hope she'll get sorted out soon, and be back with us in time for the next challenge! :0)

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Hi all it is my turn Jayne to choose the top three this time and what great P for Present cards you have all made, I/we have really enjoyed looking at them all. It has been really hard to choose my top 3...... so many different ideas and interpretations of P is for Presents....

So, after much deliberation, I have chosen (in alphabetical order):

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:
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Time stamp: 2010-08-10 11:54:08 UTC

That's you:

Winner of the Beary Scrap Prize:

Winner of the Stitchy Bear Stamps Prize:

22 - Sharon

The lucky person to be our Guest Designer for letters R and S is:
 

Well done everyone, Please email us (abcchristmaschallenge@hotmail.co.uk) then we can tell you how to claim your prize and also those of you that made the Top 3 your blinkies.

We look forward to seeing your cards for Q is for Quick and Easy!

hugs Jayne xx

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I have chosen the theme of
Quick and Easy
for this challenge
My Extra is: More than 1 card using the above sketch...
but remember it's not compulsory, but as its such an easy sketch I thought this would help you catch up on the lovely pile of Christmas cards you must now be accumulating,
Sooooo I really do hope to see lots of cards this time!!

I have to say a big thank-you to our very own Lacey
she is our awesome sponsor with her brilliant store

So now on to the fantastic Designers with their inspiration for you!


Annie






Squirrel


We can't wait to see your creations so its over to you guys!
Please direct link to your card via the linky
Have fun!
hugs Samantha

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