New DT Members & Icy Inspirational Photos More Inspiration

It's Helen here with some really exciting news about our new DT members, as well as some more inspiration for our current challenge. I won't hold you in suspense any longer...the three lovely ladies we've chosen to join our happy little DT family are: 
 

Please join us in welcoming:

Bettina, Wilma & Kelly!
 

We're so excited that you're coming to play! :0) 

Their first challenge will be J is for ? so you'll be seeing their cards next week! 

But...that's not all! There was such a wealth of talent amongst those that applied to join our DT, that we've also picked some Guest Designers too...and they'll be joining us over the next couple of months...so there'll be oodles of inspiration to get your Christmas card stash kick-started! 

Ok...so I also have some more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies for our current challenge, where the theme is: 
 

'I is for Icy Inspirational Photos' 

We have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge: 

From Simon Says Stamp - a $15 voucher to spend in their store! 

From In 2 Stamps - a €10 gift voucher to spend in their store! 

What great prizes! 

And here are the DT's mid-way cards: 

Miria

Dorte

Samantha

And Me (Helen)

For even more inspiration, and the linky for your entries, please visit this post.

Happy Christmas Crafting!

Helen & the ABC Christmas girls xx

'I' is for Icy Inspiration ,,,,,, :-)

Hi all :-) Thanks for all of your fabulous entries to our 'H' for Hardware challenge :-) Lots of gorgeous cards and isn't it nice to know that we won't have the last minute panic of having to go out and buy them from a shop,,, perish the thought !!! :-)


Thank you also for all the fabulous DT entries we now have the hard job of deliberating! We will be announcing the lucky ladies to be joining our Team on the 9th May with our ½ way post!

Remember to check the sidebar to see if you are one of the 2 lucky winners and also see who Samantha chose for her Top 3 picks.

Now onto a new theme for the next 2 weeks !! :-)

It is my turn ( Lols) to choose the theme this week and I chose ,,,

'I' for - Icy Inspiration :-)
Don't ya just LOVE these penguins ! sooo cute :-)

photo courtesy of pinterest

and this lovely icy Christmas Tree too :-)

you can use either or both photo's for your inspiration :-)

We have 2 fabulous sponsors this week :-)

Simon Says Stamp
with a fab $15 voucher excluding postage.

and

In 2 Stamps

Prize

Fabulous Prizes eh !! So grab your papers and glitter and join in !! :-)

And now here's what we made ,,,,

Design Team

Samantha


Helen

Lorraine

Lacey

Dorte


Carissa

Miria

So now its your turn to get out your glitter and glue and join in ! :-)
Happy Crafting !! :-)

We will be back soon with the names of the designers who will be joining our lovely team :-) If you entered the DT call then Good Luck and thank you for putting your name forward. We really appreciate it :-)

H for Hardware ½ way Reminder & DT CALL

Hi all its time for our mid way reminder and we have some more inspiration for you!!

Our current challenge is: H for Hardware with our DT CALL!

Our awesome sponsor is our very own Lacey with her fabulous Shop

You can find the original post here
with all the information and challenge and DT call details.

The challenge runs until 6pm UK time on the 2nd of May

Now let's see our lovely DT mid-way cards...

Helen's Hardware ~ Metal Charm

Dorte's Hardware ~ Pins

Miria's Hardware ~ A Charm & Brads

Samantha's Hardware ~ A Charm. 

You can enter the challenge here.

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.

Lacey

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

G is for Gold, White & Touch of Green Mid-Way

Hello stamping friends!!

We are back this week half way through our challenge with some more inspiration for you!!

Our current challenge is: G is for...

You can find the original post here with sponsor information and challenge details.

The challenge runs through April 17 at 6pm UK time.

Now let's see our lovely DT mid-way cards...

Dorte

Helen

Miria

Lacey

Samantha

You can enter the challenge here.