Christmas Challenges {with sketches}

Our new GDT Girls are ....

2012-03-04T08:00:00.002+01:00

You really made it very difficult for us ...It was a tough decision, we love to have you all but we can't ... We thank you all for the amazing cards you made for the call, and we hope you will join us in the next call. We wanted 2 or 3 guest designers but we decided to chose 4, because we just could not choose ;o)

Here are the new guest designers:

Congratulations girls .... we will email you today with the next sketch and sponsor info and other things you need to know ;o)

Hugs, the Christmas Challenges {with sketches} Team

Challenge #21 Sponsored by KreaTeja

2012-02-29T09:00:00.003+01:00

Goodmorning all, thank you everyone for the great cards you've made for the last challenge. Thanks also to those who want to join our GDT for the next couple of months, you really made it very difficult for us ...It is going to be a tough decision, we love to have you all, but for now we are looking for 2 or 3 GDT members ;o) You can find the new GDT on this blog Sunday, March 4.

This challenge will be sponserd by Krea Teja and the price you can win is a suprice ... believe me it is a great one ;o)

Krea ‘Teja’ – hobbystudio is an online webshop with a history of 18 years in the hobby business and 10 years in the cardmaking business. When you visited one of the larger Trade fairs in the Netherlands, Belgium or Germany you must have ran in to our booth (in Belgium and Germany that’s our purple tent). For the last 5 years we specialized in stamping. We have and had a wide variety of stamp manufacturers in our range of products. Over the years we have tried many techniques of colouring the stamps. We are now offering the complete range of 198 colours of Twinkling H2O’s. A wonderful method of colouring your stamped images. We are always looking for new ideas in the cardmaking business. That’s why we will add a few new companies to our extensive line of products. Just keep visiting our webshop for the coming weeks. You certainly have to take a look at what the Krea ‘Teja’ Team is designing with various products on our team blog. Have fun with the challenge !

The sketch is made by Marion and the TWIST for this challenge is
'Baby it is cold outside, make a winter theme card'.
Please read the rules before you playing with us this time ;o) You can find the sketch on the end of this post ...

We want to thank Karin for being a great GDT member and we hope you will join us in the challenges ...and come by once in a while ;o)

And here is some inspiration for you ...

Made by Claire

Made by Wilma

Made by Nicolet

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Janneke

Made by Marga

Made by Sandra

Made by Betina

Made by Renata

Made by Carol

Linda is busy with school, so no card from her this challenge (good luck with it sweetie)

Marion is not feeling well after her operation (hope you are feeling better soon)

Here is the sketch that Marion made for you this time ;o)

As always, you can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

Do NOT forget the twist, that is a winter theme card this time ;o)

Hope you all make a beautiful card again for your stock of Christmas cards :o)

We would love to see them!!

Winner and top 3

2012-02-29T08:00:00.003+01:00

What a great cards you've made all for the last challenge, we love to see them ;o) And we hope you can join us in the next challenge too ...

The top three is

2 Gail M

16 Sandra

28 Sparcstation

And the lucky winner, randomly chosen

And #24 is Sjakkie from Sjakkie's Scrapcards

You won the last challenge Sjakkie and therefore the great price sponsored by Crealies. Please email us before Saturday March 3rd to claim your prize.

And this is the card she made

See you all in a hour ;o)

Challenge #20 sponsered by Crealies and GDT Call

2012-02-15T09:00:00.004+01:00

Goodmorning all, today we have another Sketch Challenge for you and we have also a GDT Call. You can read that in this post too but first the Challenge for the next two weeks. We do not want to talk about the rules anymore, so this is the last time ;o) We are removing the cards which are not made with the sketch, is not a Christmas or Winter theme card and do not have the twist on it. We are realy sorry about that ... maybe you can read the rules before you join in.

This weeks sponsor is

Crealies provides a complete line of products for card making and scrapbooking designed by Annelies Karduks. Our assortment includes: dies (Doily Elements / Creative Flowers / Petals / Shapes / Tags / Borders / Corners etc.), In Shape cutting templates, Dutch textstamps, embossingtemplates, Boxtemplates, Scrapline templates, Scrapflowers, Sticky Stencils, Minibooks etc. Take a look at our website and order my products in my web shop. Our beautiful examples are made by an enthusiastic Design team. All these examples can be seen on my websitehttp://www.crealies.nl/ and on my blog http://www.crealies.blogspot.com/. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

Miles of smiles, Annelies Karduks

And you can win this amazing die, thank you Annelies ;o)

Annelies made this example card for you, so you can see what it is like when you use it.

Now onto the GDT Call. The call is for the next three months and you have to make a card following this weeks sketch and then place your direct bloglink in InLinkz with GDT behind your name. The call runs from now untill Februari 26 and we announce the GDT on this blog at March 4. You will not get an email telling you are chosen so if you are you can read it here. The first time you will join us is on March 14 so you have plenty of time to make a card. The sketches will be mailed to you by Renata. O yes, we are looking for 2 or maybe 3 Guest Designers :o).

And here is some inspiration for you ... Our lovey Guest Girls ....

By the way, we asked Sandra to join the regular team and she sad yes ;o). So this is her last card as a GD.

Made by Karin

Made by Sandra

And our great Design Team girls

Made by Marga

Made by Wilma

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Nicolet

Made by Janneke

Made by Carol

Made by Betina

Made by Claire

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Here is the sketch that Marga made for you this time ;o) As always, you can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here. Read them carefully please!

Hope you all make a beautiful card again for your stock of Christmas cards :o)

We would love to see them!!

Winner and Top 3

2012-02-15T08:00:00.001+01:00

So many beautiful cards this past Challenge, they are amazing ;o) Thank you for playing with us ...

Here is the top three ...

7 Janice
12 Ina

26 Jannie

And the lucky winner, random chosen

And #22 is Jacqueline DH from Jacqueline's

You won the last challenge Jacqueline and therefore the great price sponsored by Alles om te Scrappen.
Please email us before Saturday Februari 18th to claim your prize.

And this is the card she made

Congratulations girls .... you can find your bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)

We see you in a hour!

Challenge #19 sponsored by Alles om te Scrappen

2012-02-01T09:00:00.007+01:00

Goodmorning all, thank you for all the great cards that you've made for the last challenge. We realy love seeing them. Please remember that you should follow the rules. Don't make a birthday card with a winter theme for example, it realy must be a Christmas Card. After all, we are Christmas Challenges {with sketches} :o)

Great news, we have an other Design Team member, Nicolet. Welcome girl and we hope you have a lot of fun overhere.

This weeks sponsor is Alles om te Scrappen, thank you Hanneke ;o)

Alles om te scrappen is an online scrapbook store. They sell scrapbook papers, stamps, dies, punches, inks and all sorts of embellishments. They deliver from stock and dispatch within 24 hours. In the Netherlands you won’t pay any shipping costs on orders over € 25,-. Visit their website to take a look at the product range: www.allesomtescrappen.nl. If you have any questions or comments you can contact them on: info@allesomtescrappen.nl.

And this is the price you can win

This time we have the twist again and that is

TO USE KRAFT ON YOUR CARD

And here is some inspiration for you ...
Our lovey Guest Girls

Made by Karin

Made by Sandra

And our great Design Team girls

Made by Linda

Made by Marga

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Nicolet

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Here is the sketch that Linda made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.
And don't forget the twist!!

Hope you all make a beautiful card again for your stock of Christmas cards :o)

We would love to see them!!

Winner and Top 3

2012-02-01T08:00:00.001+01:00

It is so hard to choose the top three, because there are so beautiful. But here it is ...

#19 Janice

#23 Angelique

#7 Tineke

Luckely our winner is being chosen by Random :o)

And #9 is Nellie from Mijn Hobbywereld

You won the last challenge, Nellie and therefore the great price sponsored by Judi Kins.
Please email us before Saturday Februari 4th to claim your prize.

Here is the card Nellie made ;o)

Congratulations girls .... you can find your bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)

We see you in a hour!

Challenge #18 sponsored by Judi Kins

2012-01-18T09:00:00.020+01:00

Goodmorning all, the last challenge we had 40 participants, thank you all for playing with us ;o)
We hope you all will join us again these next two weeks ... it is so great to see all of your cards.You all are an inspiration to us as a DT-team, to continue this great challenge blog.

These two week's sponsor is Judi Kins

Marion met Judi en Rob from Judi Kins personally on the Art Specially event. They had a good talk and Marion invited them as sponsors to our blog. They were happy to be our sponsor. At the end of the Event Marion got a bag with some of Judi's stamps and told Marion that she could use the stamps for the challenge blog and give them away to the winner, but not all at the same challenge ;o) The stamps are pretty unique because Judi used them herself on the Art Event. So they came with a little paint on them and her fingerprints. Hope you all don't mind and enjoy the kind gesture they gave us! For this challenge you can win the second stamp from that bag. Which one? That remains a surprise...

And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Janneke and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o)

Made by Janneke

Made by Karin

Made by Linda

Made by Marion

No card from Marion this week ....

Made by Marga

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Sandra

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Here is the sketch that Janneke made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

Hope you all make a beautiful card again for your stock of Christmas cards :o)

We would love to see them again!!

Winner and Top 3

2012-01-18T08:01:00.000+01:00

Goodmorning ;o) How great to see that there were so many cards this last two weeks.

It is so great that you are still making Christmas cards ...

We had some trouble commenting this last week, due to some problems at blogger. But we tried our best to leave you all a comment. If not so, we're truely sorry. Know that we visited all your cards and enjoyed each and every one :o)

Now to this weeks winner ...

And #6 is Colien from Scrapspul van Colien

You won the last challenge and therefore the great price sponsored by My Favorite Things.

Please email us before Saturday Januari 21th to claim your price.

Here is the card she made ...

And here is the top three

14 Jayne

18 Christine (Blankiefinder)

36 Durvine

Congratulations girls .... you can find your bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)

See you in a hour!

Challenge #17 sponsored by My Favorite Things

2012-01-04T08:59:00.001+01:00

Happy New Year! We hope you all have a great 2012 and you can find time to join this Challenge Blog. From today Marga will join us at DT member, have fun here Marga and we hope you like her cards too. Today we have the twist again, so do not forget it, otherwise we will remove your card, and that wil be sad don't you think? So read this post carefully so you do not mis the twist ;o) This time we have My Favorite Things as Sponsor, thank you Kim for your kindness :o)

My Favorite Things - Just Delightful Clear Stamps

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that we are sure will be an essential ingredient in your paper crafting from THIS moment forward!
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to the best stamps and stamping products around. And…with Brand Spankin’ New Releases every month, there’s always something worth coming back for!

And the fabulous prize you can win, is a

$25 gift voucher at My Favorite Things!!!

And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team and Guest DT made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Claire and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you again ;o)

And the twist at this Challenge, to use PUNCHES OR DIES on your card.

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Karin (GDT)

Made by Marga

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Sandra

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Here is the sketch that Claire made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. And do not forget to use PUNCHES OR DIES on your card this Challenge!! To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

Happy cardmaking everybody!

Winner Challenge #16 and Top 3

2012-01-04T08:00:00.002+01:00

Thank you for joining us at challenge #16. There were so many beautiful cards to choose from, you did an amazing job, so great to see all those Christmas and Winter cards. Here is the top three 1 Nicolet6 Linda Dekker10 Dina And the winner is:

And #5 is IngBas from Ingbas Blogg You won the last challenge and therefore the great price sponsored by Whiff of JoyPlease email us before Saturday Januari 7th to claim your price. And here is her card

Congratulations girls .... you can find your bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)
See you in a hour!

Bloghop winners ;o)

2011-12-30T11:00:00.020+01:00

What a great Bloghop we had the past week ... we really enjoyed it and the cards you have made are amazing. Every DT-girl had so many response on her blog. Thank you all! We will certainly do this again in the future.Of course we all, in the team, choose our own winner by randomly drawing someone.

Here is a list of all the winners.
Carol --> Lizy

Claire --> Paula (PEP)

Janneke --> Detje

Karin --> Aartje Linda --> Aartje

Marion --> Mariken

Monique --> Elise Nicole --> Wilma

Renata --> Anita

Sandra --> Nicolet

Wilma --> Marijke Please contact the DT-member in front of your name by going to her blog and emailing her personally.
Our bloghop-sketch
We didn't have so many participants in the bloghop-sketch as we usually do have on our regular sketches. Everyone was probably busy enjoying family, friends, good food and Christmas presents :o)But fortunatly we can draw a winner. And the one with the winning card is...

#9 is Judith from Kreatieve

Congratulations Judith you won the stamp, sponsored by our own Janneke!You can email her on the email that you can find on the right side ;o)
Last but not least...we all wish you a great New Years Eve and a creative 2012.Thanks for joining us in 2011 and making this Christmas Challenge-blog a success :o)We hope you'll be participating and keep visiting us in the new year. After all, we need new Christmas cards again, don't we?!
And if you want, you still have time, to join us in the current Challenge, which ends on Januari 1st. We'll be back with a new Challenge on Wednesday Januari 4th.
Hugs, CCWS Team

Our first blophop ;O)

2011-12-24T10:00:00.002+01:00

Hi and welcome to the the first Christmas Challenges {with sketches} blog hop! We are so happy that you all want to join this first blophop on our Challenge blog. Every DT-girl in this hop has a litte prize for you so do not forget to write a comment or leave your name and bloglink in the post on the blogs from the DT-girls ;o)

Ofcourse we have a sketch for you, and when you have time please make a winter or Christmas theme card with it, leave your name and direct bloglink in Inlinkz and you can win a great stamp sponsered by Janneke. Here you see a image of the stamp you can win

You can upload your card on the CCWS Blog until December 29th 18:00 PM (Dutch time) and you can find the winner on the blog the day after, don't know what time yet, but somewhere in the morning .. and here is the sketch ..

From this blog you hop to Marion and so on. Here is the list if you get lost ;o)

MARION http://cardsbymarione.blogspot.com/

WILMA http://kaartenvanzwaan.blogspot.com/

LINDA http://lindascrapsels.blogspot.com/

RENATA http://dutchscrapsels.blogspot.com/

JANNEKE http://myblog-jannekescreations.blogspot.com/

SANDRA http://sansscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

CAROL http://cmdesign-cmdesign.blogspot.com/

KARIN http://scrapblog-karin.blogspot.com/

MONIQUE http://scrap-a-moon.blogspot.com/ CLAIRE http://clairescraftycreations.blogspot.com/

NICOLE http://sommerfuglerfranorge.blogspot.com/

and back to the CCWS BLOG, hopefully to enter your, with no doubt, beautiful card in Inlinkz :o) Futhermore we want to thank you for all the gorgeous cards you've made with our sketches. Our first challenge-year was very succesful. And of course we will go on in 2012!
From all the DT-girls Merry Christmas :o)

Challenge #16 sponsered by Whiff of Joy

2011-12-21T09:00:00.035+01:00

Goodmorning ladies (and maybe gentlemen?), only 4 days before Christmas and we hope you will have a great time with your friends and family.
We will have a bloghop next Saturday December 24th. It starts here on this blog at 10 AM (Dutch Time) and will last untill December 29th. We will announce the winners on this blog ;o) and ofcourse on the personal blogs of the DT-members. You can win some great prizes when you leave a comment on their blogs and on this one here. Hope you all can join in this hop ;o) This weeks Challenge is without a twist, we do that again next time. This weeks sketch is made by Carol and our sponsor is Whiff of Joy. Thank you Katharina for sponsoring us these two weeks.

Whiff of Joy offers a vide variety of high-quality, deeply-etched, red rubber stamps, exclusive metal dies and various other craft related products. We are continuously expanding our product range to bring you the best and newest ideas on the market. Share our passion to create homemade gifts and cards for your loved ones. With the products of Whiff of Joy you will always be able to highlight a magical moment in somebody’s life. Visit the Whiff of Joy webshop here.

And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Carol and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you again ;o)

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Sorry no card from her this time ;o)

Made by Karin (GDT)

Made by Linda

Made by Marion
Marion is still busy training with her dog Sjors :o) And found time this morning to make this card for you all!

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Sandra (GDT)

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Here is the sketch that Carol made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

We hope you join us again, this last regular Christmas Challenges {with sketches}. And of course we hope to see you this Saterday at our bloghop :o)
Enjoy cardmaking!!

Top 3 and Winner Challenge #15

2011-12-21T08:00:00.001+01:00

Thank you for joining us at challenge #15. There were so many beautiful cards to choose from, to bad some of you didn't use twine and a charm on the card ;o) So maybe you can read the post a little bit more careful to see if there is a twist on the challenge, but you did an amazing job, so great to see all those Christmas and Winter cards. Betina has chosen a top three and we have a random winner.

Here is the top three ...

3 Kiki

9 Lotte

23 Miranda

And the winner is:

And #30 is Femke from Kaartenknutsels van Femke You won the last challenge and therefore the great price sponsored by StempelstudioPlease email us before Saturday December 24th to claim your price. And here is the card she made

Congratulations Femke o:) Girls you can find your bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)
See you in a hour!

Challenge #15 sponsored by Stempelstudio

2011-12-07T09:00:00.006+01:00

PLEASE READ THIS POST BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CHANGES! Hi all, today we have a new challenge for you ;o) From now one we have not only a sketch but now and then we have also a twist at the challenges. So read this post carefully so you do not mis the twist ;o) We will not do that everytime but now and then! Today Karin and Sandra start as Guest Designers and again we love to thank you for joining us! Hope you have fun girls and I am sure you all will love their cards ;o) And we also have a new DT Member Marga. Welcome girl, great to see you here ;o) She will join us in the new year ..

This week sponsor is Stempelstudio

For over six years now, Stempelstudio has been the webshop for stamping- addicts. www.stempelstudio.nl has a wide variety of stamps and stamping accessories for both the beginning as the advanced stamper. We have a wide range of “artsy” stamps like Paperartsy, Darkroom Door and Aspects of Design stamps. And ofcourse we also have a lot of “cute” stamps including the Penny Black, Kraftin Kimmie, Bildmalarna and House Mouse brands. If you’re looking for something in between then Sweet Pea and Hero Arts are the brands for you! We are also always actively looking for new stamping brands.

Service is very important to us, so the customer is always king in our store! And that’s why we have standardized low shipping costs. And if you order for €55,- or more, we’ll pay the shipping for you! (Netherlands only For international shipping; see website.)

On our blog you can read the latest news and participate in a monthly “challenge” where you can win amazing stamps! So don’t hesitate and come take a look at www.stempelstudio.blogspot.com Of course you’re always welcome to come by and visit us to browse around our stamps while sipping a cup of tea at Verzetlaan 31 in Schagen. But please let us know beforehand that you’re coming, because we do not have a regular store, but all the stamps are in Karin’s livingroom…

Thank you Karin for sponsoring us these two weeks ;o) You can win this amazing price

And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Betina and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you again ;o)

And the twist at this Challenge, to use a CHARM and TWINE on your card.

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Karin (GDT)

Made by Linda

MarionIs away on a training week with her Assistance Dog Sjors, and look what I found on Facebook ;o)I hope it is oke to use this photo, look how much fun they have ...

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Sandra (GDT)

Made by Wilma

Here is the sketch that Betina made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. And do not forget to use a CHARM and TWINE on your card this Challenge!! To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

Have fun you all! And remember, it's not long before it's Christmas :o))

Winner and Top 3 Challenge #14

2011-12-07T08:00:00.000+01:00

Thank you for joining us at challenge #14. There were so many beautiful cards to choose from, you did an amazing job, so great to see all those Christmas and Winter cards. Wilma has chosen a top three and we have a random winner.

First we like to announce the top three ...

17. Jacqueline
19. Janice
28. Kreativmonster

And the winner is: #10 is Cindy from Cindy's Creations You won the last challenge and therefore the great price sponsored by Michelle Perkett.Please email us before Saturday December 10th to claim your price. And here is the card she made

Congratulations Cindy o:) Girls you can find your bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)
See you in a hour!

Challenge #14 sposored by Michelle Perkett

2011-11-23T09:00:00.002+01:00

Goodmorning all! Thank you so much for playing with us the last two weeks. Every time we have more participants and we love that.
First we like to thank Annemarie en Merit and Dina for being our Guest Designers these past six months. We loved your cards and we wish you all the best of luck. Hope to see you again as participants of our challenges!

We have two new Guest Designers for the next tree months and that are Sandra and Karin, have fun girls ;o) We can not wait to see the cards you are going to make and you can see there cards from the next challenge on and that is on December 7th.
On to the challenge now.This time our sponsor is Michelle Perkett

Michelle is giving away a nice prize for our winner. What that will be? It remains a surprise :o)

But visit her shop and you will not want to miss out on an opportunity like this.

~*~

And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Wilma and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you again ;o)

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

And the last cards from the Guest Designers ...

Made by Annemarie and Merit

Made by Dina

Here is the sketch that Wilma made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

Have fun with the sketch and we can't wait to see your cards ;o)

Top 3 and winner Challenge #13

2011-11-23T08:00:00.005+01:00

Thank you for joining us at challenge #13. Again there were so many beautiful cards to choose from, you did an amazing job, so great to see all those Christmas cards. Renata has chosen a top three and we have a random winner.
First we like to announce the top three ... #39 Debby4000#17 LisM#10 Chantal S. And the winner is:

#15 is Jayne from Serendepity

You won the last challenge and therefore the great price sponsored by Hobbystempels.Please email us before Saturday November 26th to claim your price. And here is the card she made

Congratulations Jayne o:) Girls you can find your bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)
See you later!

Challenge #13 sponsored by Hobbystempels

2011-11-09T09:00:00.003+01:00

Goodmorning all ;o)
Time flies when you're having fun, only 46 days to go, so time to start with your Christmas cards, if you haven't started already! We have a great sketch this week, so maybe you like to join us these two weeks and win a awesome prize ... This time our sponsor is Hobbystempels.nl

Hobbystempels.nl is essentially an online shop with stamps and stamping supplies. Many famous brands are available from us. Hobbystempels.nl only delivers from stock, so if you ordered something you have it in your home quickly. You can also contact Hobbystempels.nl for advice and questions. You can win this cute Magnolia stamp

And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Renata and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you again ;o)
Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol
Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

Made by MarionIs taking a little break ;o)
Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

And our lovely Guest Designers

Made by Dina

Made by Annemarie and Merit

Here is the sketch that Renata made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

Hopefully we have a lot of you to join again. It's such a joy to visit your blogs and take a closer look at what you've made. So come on people, take your Christmas papers, stamps and embellisements and make a card!

Have fun :o)

Top three and Winner Challenge #12

2011-11-09T08:00:00.001+01:00

Thank you for joining us at challenge #12. There were so many beautiful cards to choose from, you did a amazing job. We have chosen a top three and we have a random winner. First we like to announce the top three ... # 3. Lena J# 22. Bettina# 23. Sandra And the winner is
#13 that is Sylvia from Scrap-Syl You won the last challenge and therefore the great price sponsored by Sew Many Cards.Please email us before Saturday November 12th to claim your price. And here is the card she made

Congratulations Sylvia o:) Girls you can find your bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)

Challenge #12 sponsored by Sew Many Cards

2011-10-26T09:00:00.009+02:00

Goodmorning all ;o)
Only 60 days to go before it is Christmas, so time to start with your Christmas cards, if you haven't started already! We have a great sketch this week, so maybe you like to join us these two weeks and win a awesome prize ... This time our sponsor is Sew Many Cards

Prineville — August 22, 2011 —
A Prefect UnionThe partnership forms a marketing alliance between Sew Many Cards and Stryders List features include an online data base of crafters locally and online as well as a crafting database of local events all over the United States. Both companies provide an array of services for the crafter in everyone! Sew Many Cards announced today that they are joining together with Stryders List by making handmade crafts and selling them to help raise money for special needs children and their families who need help paying for medical costs and/or therapy.

Donate your finished projects to Stryders List
“Crafting is therapeutic in itself, and when you are making something to donate for a great cause, that's a feeling you can't explain,” said Tera, director of Stryders List. “Crafters, especially paper crafters, seem to always have a surplus of cards or other handmade projects they have made lying around, this gives them a source to send their projects to and also help people who really could use some extra finances.”
Finished projects are going up for sale at the Sew Many Cards Shop:
http://www.shop.sewmanycards.com where the money for these items will be donated to a predetermined family each quarter. All proceeds of the digital stamps will go towards the maintenance of the site and advertising. Rest assured that when you donate an item to Stryders List, it will be going toward a good cause.
“Stryders List helped me raise over $50 in just a couple of hours,” said T-mobile, senior manager, Warren. “It was enough to get my son one more therapy session.”

And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Betina and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o) Made by Betina

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

And our lovely Guest Designers

Made by Annemarie en Merit

Made by Dina

Here is the sketch that Betina made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

We hope to see a lot of beautiful cards again.

So take your Christmaspapers and stamps out and make a card!

Enjoy!!

Winner and Top 3 Challenge #11

2011-10-26T08:00:00.002+02:00

Thank you for joining us at challenge #11. We have chosen a top three and we have a random winner. First we like to announce the top three ... #1 Rachel#2 Inge#3 Marga And the winner is

#4 Fabiola from Mon p'tit MondeYou won the last challenge and therefore the great price sponsored by Judi Kins.Please email us before Saturday October 29th to claim your price. And here is the card she made

Congratulations Fabiola!! Girls you can find the bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)

Challenge #11 sponsored by Judi Kins

2011-10-12T09:00:00.012+02:00

Goodmorning all, the last challenge we had 46 participants, thank you all for playing with us ;o)
We hope you all will join us again these next two weeks ...

These two weeks sponsor is Judi Kins

Marion met Judi en Rob from Judi Kins personally on the Art Specially event. They had a good talk and Marion invited them as sponsors to our blog. They were happy to be our sponsor. At the end of the Event Marion got a bag with some of Judi's stamps and told Marion that she could use the stamps for the challenge blog and give them away to the winner, but not all at the same challenge ;o) The stamps are pretty unique because Judi used them herself on the Art Event. So they came with a little paint on them and her fingerprints. Hope you all don't mind and enjoy the kind gesture they gave us! For this challenge you can win the second stamp from that bag. Which one? That remains a surprise... And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Nicole and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o) Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

And our lovely Guest Designers:

Made by Dina

Made by Annemarie en Merit

Here is the sketch that Nicole made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

It's only 10 weeks until it's Christmas! So let's get started again on a Christmas card. That way there will be no or at least less stress at the end of this year!!
Enjoy!

Winner and Top 3 Challenge #10

2011-10-12T08:00:00.004+02:00

Thank you for joining us at challenge #10. We have chosen a top three and we have a random winner. First we like to announce the top three; #1 Caroline H#2 Gea#3 Doreen And the winner is

#30 Tracy from Stamping All Seasons .... You won the last challenge and therefore the great price sponsored by Hein Designs. Please email us before Saturday October 16th to claim your price. And here is the card she made:

Congratulations Tracy!!

Challenge #10 sponsored by Heindesign

2011-09-28T09:00:00.007+02:00

Goodmorning this Wednesday. Today we have our tenth challenge for you and we are grateful that you all joined us till now and every week there are more people who are joining us. We love it ;o)

This week's sponsor is Heindesign and your price will be a set of their Acrylic paints, 2 Stamps and sponges. Isn't that just generous? Heindesign is a almost 25 year old company - 1987 we did bring stamping to Europe. We is Wolfgang Hein a trained window decorator and Photo-Designer and a group of nice well trained people who are working for Heindesign since many years. Since the beginning of our business we were dedicated to teach people to be creative with stamps. First we were teaching on flea- and art markets. Later we printed catalogs to reach more people. Than in the 90ties we used the internet to show our ideas. We are producing our own stamps in our little factory. Our big vulcanizer "Olga" is pressing rubber everyday since many many years. In cooperation we producing designs from Judi-Kins too. The quality of our stamps gets praised where ever we go, but we just try to make good stamps - deep rubber nice handle.
Here is some little inspiration for you, the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ... This week's sketch is made by Monique and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o) Made by Monique
Made by Nicole Made by Renata Made by Wilma Made by Betina Made by Carol Made by Claire Made by Janneke Made by Linda
No card from Linda this week she is sick. We all hope you feel better soon darling ;o)

Made by Marion
And ofcourse our lovely Guest Designers Made by Annemaire en Merit Made by Dina Here is the sketch that Monique made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here. Let's get started again on a Christmas card. That way there will be no or at least less stress at the end of this year!!
Enjoy!

Winner #9 and Top 3

2011-09-28T08:00:00.002+02:00

Thank you for joining us at challenge #9. We have chosen a top three and we have a random winner. First we like to announce the top three; #1 Sandra#2 CG#3 Wilma Random Org was offline when I make this post, so I asked my hubbie for a number between 1 and 33 and he choose number 19. And here is the winner Sandra from Made by Sandra.... you won the last challenge and you won the great price sponsored by Inky Impressions. Please email us before Saturday October 1st to claim your price. And here is the card she made:

Congratulations girls, you can get your badge from this page.

Challenge #9 sponsored by Inky Impressions

2011-09-14T09:00:00.004+02:00

Goodmorning all, welcome back to our Christmas Challenge blog ...

I'm sorry, I didn't want to write about the rules anymore, but we had to make a refinement. It's about the stamps to be used. We really want you to use a stamped image or a digital stamp. Just a stamped sentiment will not be enough to participate in the following challenges.
Now I think it is everybody's own responsibility to follow the rules, so please read them carefully, especially when it is your first participation in our challenges. If you don't follow them, your link will be removed and you can not win the challenge. On to this week's challenge. Our sponsor this week is Inky Impressions and Nicole will make a great package for the winner. Thank you so much Nicole ;o)

Here is some little inspiration for you, the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ... This week's sketch is made by Marion and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o) Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

And our lovely Guest Designers Made by Dina

Made by Annemarie en Merit

Here is the sketch that Marion made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

Regarding the sketch, please make a link to this post in stead of placing the sketch on your own blog. If someone wants to join us they can find the sketch here and get inspired by the cards of our DT members .... Thanks.
We hope you will have a lot of fun making another Christmas card for you collection!

Winner and Top 3 Challenge #8

2011-09-14T08:00:00.002+02:00

Thank you for joining us at challenge # 8. We have chosen a top three and we have a random winner. First we like to announce the top three; #1 Karin#2 Wilma#3 Gail And here is the winner ... Miranda from Miranda's Scrap wereld ... you won the last challenge and you won the great price sponsored by Alles om te Scrappen. Please email us before Saturday September 17th to claim your price.

And here is the card she made ;o)

Congratulations girls, you can get your badge from this page.

Challenge #8 sponsored by Alles om te Scrappen.

2011-08-31T09:00:00.011+02:00

Thank you all for the great cards that you made last week ;o) We really enjoy seeing all those cards, unfortunally not every one used a stamp on their card, so we removed those links. If you want to join our challenge, you realy need to use a stamp on your card. So please read the rules when you join our challenges, Thank you!

This week's sponsor is Alles om te Scrappen and you can win this awesome paperpad from First Edition.

Alles om te scrappen is a new online scrapbook store. We sell scrapbook papers, stamps, dies, punches, inks and all sorts of embellishments. Because we recently opened our store, we are still expanding our assortment. We deliver from stock and we dispatch within 24 hours, so usually you will receive your order the next day. In the Netherlands you won’t pay any shipping costs on orders over € 25,-. Visit our website to take a look at our product range: www.allesomtescrappen.nl. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at: info@allesomtescrappen.nl.

And now some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ... This week's sketch is made by Linda and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o) Made by Linda
Made by Marion Made by Monique Made by Nicole
Made by Renata
Made by Wilma
Made by Betina
Made by Carol
Made by Claire Made by Janneke And here are the cards made by our Guest Design Team

Made by Annemarie and Merit

Made by Dina

Here is the sketch that Linda made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

Regarding the sketch, please make a link to this post in stead of placing the sketch on your own blog. If someone wants to join us they can find the sketch here and get inspired by the cards of our DT members ....
Thanks! You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz until Sunday September 11, 23.59 am (Dutch time)

Winner and Top 3 Challenge #7

2011-08-31T08:00:00.003+02:00

Wow what a great cards you all made the last challenge ;o) Never did we have so many cards as this time .. Thank you for joining us. From this challenge on we choose a top three and we have a random winner.

First we will announce the winner ... Peggy 'Mollemieke' you won the last challenge and you won the great Creatieve Flower sponsored by Crealies. Please email us before Saturday September 3th to claim your price.

And here is the card she made ;o)

And now for the top three

#8 Inge Olde Engbrink

#37 Caroline

#52 Cordine

Congratulations girls, you can get your badge from this page.

Challenge #7 sponsored by Crealies

2011-08-17T09:00:00.111+02:00

Hi and welcome back at Christmas Challenges {with sketches}

From now on we do it a little bit different. We (as team) pick a top three and you get the badge of you are on that top three. And we choose our winner with Random Generator just like it is now. When you are one of the last challenges winner you also get the badge from one of the pages under the header.

The next sketch is made by Janneke and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o) The sponsor from this week is Crealies and you can win this great dies.

Crealies provides a complete line of products for card making and scrapbooking designed by Annelies Karduks. Our assortment includes: dies (Creative Flowers / Petals / Shapes / Tags / Borders / Corners etc.), In Shape cutting templates, stamps, embossingtemplates, Boxtemplates, Scrapline templates, Scrapflowers, Sticky Stencils, Minibooks etc.Take a look at our website and order my products in my web shop. Our beautiful examples are made by an enthusiastic Design team. All these examples can be seen on my website http://www.crealies.nl/ and on my blog http://www.crealies.blogspot.com/. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

Miles of smiles, Annelies Karduks And now some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

And here are the cards made by our Guest Design Team

Made by Dina

Made by Merit

Here is the sketch that Janneke made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them --> here <--

Thanks!

You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz until Sunday August 28, 23.59 am (Dutch time)

Winner Challenge #6

2011-08-17T08:00:00.000+02:00

Goodmorning all. There has been a change of plans. From challenge #7 we will add a feature. We (as a team) will choose a top 3 and you can get a badge for your blog when you get to that top 3. We still let random generator pick our winner out of all our contestants. You also recieve a badge as the winner of the challenge. And of course can our former winners get the winnersbadge if they want to :-)

The winner of this week is #37 and that is Detje from Detje's Creaplek

Detje made this great card

Congratulations Detje you won the great Magnolia stamp sponsored by Hobbystempels. So send us a email to claim your price. You can do that untill Saturday August 20th, if you have not emailed us by then, we will choose another winner.

Challenge #6 sponsored by Hobbystempels

2011-08-03T09:00:00.022+02:00

Hi and welcome back at Christmas Challenges {with sketches}

Thank you all for the great cards that you made for the last challenge. Unfortunately not everybody followed the sketch. So we were forced to remove a few links from InLinkz. And we will do that in the future, but without letting you know before, as we did this time. And please link our blog in your post, in a way that others can find this blog too ;o) So please read the rules carefully. It would be a pitty if your card could not be in the prizedraw.

After this little lecture it's now time for some serious fun :-))

The next sketch is made by Claire, her first on this blog and you can find that sketch at the end of this post.
Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o)

This weeks sponsor is Hobbystempels.nl and you can win this Magnolia stamp 'Gingerbread Tilda' Hobbystempels.nl is essentially an online shop with stamps and stamping supplies. Many famous brands are available from us. Hobbystempels.nl only delivers from stock, so if you ordered something you have it in your home quickly. You can also contact Hobbystempels.nl for advice and questions.
And now some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...

Created by Claire

Created by Janneke

Created by Linda

No card from Marion this time, she is recovering from a operation.

Created by Monique

Created by Nicole

Created by Renata

Created by Wilma

Created by Betina

Created by Carol

And last but not least the card from our Guest Designers

Created by Dina

Annemarie and Merit are celebrating their vacantion so no card from them this week.

Here is the sketch that Claire made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them --> here <--

You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz until Monday August 15 23.59 am (Dutch time)

Winner Challenge #5

2011-08-03T08:00:00.000+02:00

Goodmorning all, thank you all for playing with us with the fourth sketch. Unfortunately there are still participants who do not follow the rules, and it is such a pity, because they cannot join in the prizedraw. So hopefully next time everyone follows the rules and we do not have to reject any cards.
We have seen so many beautiful cards but we can only have one winner. I used Random Generator to pick a winner. And it choose number #8

And that is Nellie from Mijn Hobbywereld. with this card!

Congratulations Nellie, you won the great stamps sponsored by KreaTeja. So send us a email to claim your price. You can do that untill Saturday August 6th, if you have not emailed us by then, we will choose another winner.

Challenge #5 sponsored by KreaTeja

2011-07-20T09:10:00.001+02:00

After this little lecture it's now time for some serious fun :-))
The next sketch is made by Carol, her first on this blog and you can find that sketch at the end of this post.
The sponsor for the next two weeks is KreaTeja and you can win this .........

Krea ‘Teja’ – hobbystudio is an online webshop with a history of 18 years in the hobby business and 10 years in the cardmaking business. When you visited one of the larger Trade fairs in the Netherlands, Belgium or Germany you must have ran in to our booth (in Belgium and Germany that’s our purple tent). For the last 5 years we specialized in stamping. We have and had a wide variety of stamp manufacturers in our range of products. Over the years we have tried many techniques of colouring the stamps. We are now offering the complete range of 168 colours of Twinkling H2O’s. A wonderful method of colouring your stamped images. We are always looking for new ideas in the cardmaking business. That’s why we will add a few new companies to our extensive line of products. Just keep visiting our webshop for the coming weeks. You certainly have to take a look at what the Krea ‘Teja’ Team is designing with various products on our team blog. The price are two stamps from Crafty Sentiments Design. The stamps from this new company are exclusively sold in the Netherlands through Krea ‘Teja’ – hobbystudio. Have fun with the challenge !

Made by Carol Made by Claire
Made by Janneke Made by Linda Made by Marion
Made by Monique Made by Nicole
Made by Renata
Made by Wilma

And here are the cards made by our Guest Design Team Made by Annemarie en Merit
Made by Dina Here is the sketch that Carol made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them --> here <--
Regarding the sketch, please make a link to this post in stead of placing the sketch on your own blog. If someone wants to join us they can find the sketch here and get inspired by the cards of our DT members .... Thanks!
You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz until Monday August 1st 23.59 am (Dutch time)

Winner Challenge #4

2011-07-20T08:00:00.007+02:00

Goodmorning all, thank you all for playing with us with the fourth sketch. We have seen so many beautiful cards but we can only have one winner. I used Random Generator to pick a winner, number 27

And that is Marijke from Marijke's (scrap) kaarten Here is the card that she made with the sketch.

Congratulations you won the great Uru and Candycane stamp from Whiff of Joy. Send us a email to claim your price. You can do that untill Saturday July 23th, if you have not emailed us by then, we will choose another winner.

Challenge #4 sponsored by Whiff of Joy

2011-07-06T09:00:00.005+02:00

Welcome to the Christmas Challenge {with sketches} blog. Unfortunately Pam resigned from our Design Team, so we asked Betina if she would love to join us and she said yes ;o) Welcome darling and we wish you a lot of fun here ..

The sketch for the next two weeks is made by Renata. You can find the sketch at the end of this post. Regarding the sketch, please make a link to this post in stead of placing the sketch on your own blog. If someone wants to join us they can find the sketch here and get inspired by the cards of our DT members .... Thanks!

This week's sponsor is Whiff of Joy. Thank you Katharina for sponsoring us these two weeks. You can win this great stamp Uru and Candycane ...

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

And here are the cards made by our Guest Design Team

Made by Annemarie en Merit

Made by Dina

Here is the sketch that Renata made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them --> here <-- Please do NOT place the sketch on your own blog.

You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz untill Monday July 18th 23.59 am (Dutch time)

Winner Challenge #3

2011-07-06T08:00:00.000+02:00

Goodmorning all, thank you all for playing with us with the third sketch. We have seen so many beautiful cards but we can only have one winner. I used Random Generator to pick a winner, number 3

And that is Gry from Grys Scrappeblogg

Here is the card that she made with the sketch.

Congratulations Gry you won the great Penny Black stamp from Stempelstudio. Send us a email to claim your price. You can do that untill Saturday July 9th, if you have not emailed us by then, we will choose another winner.

Challenge #3 sponsored by Stempelstudio

2011-06-22T09:00:00.003+02:00

Welcome to the third challenge on this blog. We loved to look at all your cards this last two weeks and they were beautiful. You can see last weeks winner in the post under this one.

This week Nicole made the sketch and you can find it at the end of this post ;o) Regarding the sketch, please make a link to this post in stead of placing the sketch on your own blog. If someone wants to join us they can find the sketch here and get inspired by the cards of our DT members .... Thanks!

This week sponsor is Stempelstudio

A tip for all Christmas cards fans… we have a great sale on almost all Christmas stamps at the moment!!!

Thank you Karin for sponsoring us these two weeks ;o) You can win this cute stamp from Penny Black.

Made by Carol
Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Pam

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

And the Guest Design Team Cards

Made by Annemarie en Merit

Made by Betina

Made by Dina

Here is the sketch that Nicole made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them --> here <-- Please do NOT place the sketch on your own blog.

You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz untill Monday July 4th 23.59 am (Dutch time)

Have fun with this sketch ;o)

Winner Challenge #2

2011-06-22T08:00:00.002+02:00

Goodmorning all, thank you all for playing with us with the second sketch. We have seen so many beautiful cards but we can only have one winner. I used Random Generator to pick a winner, number 15 and that is Hetty from Hetty Scraps and More ;o)

Congratulations Hetty you won the great Christmas tree stamp from Judi Kins. Send us a email to claim your price. You can do that untill Saturday June 25th, if you have not emailed us by then, we will choose another winner. Here is the card Hetty made with the sketch.

We will be back soon with the new sketch made by Nicole ;o)

XO Christmas Challenges {with skethes} team.

Challenge #2 sponsored by Judi Kins

2011-06-08T09:00:00.007+02:00

Welcome to the second challenge on this blog. We loved to look at all your cards this last two weeks and they were beautiful. You can see last weeks winner in the post under this one.

This week Marion made the sketch and you can find it on the end of this post ;o) Regarding the sketch, please make a link to this post in stead of placing the sketch on your own blog. If someone wants to join us they can find the sketch here and get inspired by the cards of our DT members .... Thanks!

This week sponsor is Judi Kins, Thank you, you're so kind.

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Pam

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

And these cards are made by our lovely Guest Design Team Members

Made by Annemaire and Merit

Made by Betina

Made by Dina

Here is the sketch that Marion made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them --> here <--

You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz untill Monday June 20th 23.59 am (Dutch time)

Good luck!!

Winner Challenge #1

2011-06-08T08:00:00.002+02:00

Goodmorning all, thank you all for playing with us with the first sketch. We have seen so many beautiful cards but we can only have one winner. I used Random Generator to pick a winner and that is number 24. You won a $30 gift voucher to spend in the store from All That Scraps.

Number 24 is Wilma from Scrap & Zo. Congratulations Wilma ;o) Send us a email to claim your price. You can do that untill Saturday June 11th, if you have not emailed us by then, we will choose another winner. Here is the card Wilma made with the sketch.

We will be back soon with the new sketch made by Marion ;o)

XO Christmas Challenges {with skethes} team.

Challenge #1 sponsored by All That Scraps

2011-05-25T09:00:00.005+02:00

Welcome! Well, this past week has been the longest! Since we chose our Design Team and our Guest Design Team, we do have more followers (thank you for that) and we had so much fun making the first card / project. Our first Christmas Challenges {with sketches} challenge is finally up.

This week we are sponsored by All That Scraps and they are offering the lucky winner an amazing $30 gift voucher to spend in their store.
You can find the store --> here <-- The winner will be chosen by Random Generator.

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team ...

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Linda

Made by Marion

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Pam

Made by Renata

Wilma is on vacantion so no card from her this time ;o)

And our lovely Guest Designers

Made by Annemarie and Merit

Made by Betina

Dina is on vacantion so no card from her this time.

To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them --> here <--

You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz untill Monday June 6th 23.59 am (Dutch time)

Are you ready?

2011-05-22T14:50:00.003+02:00

Hi there..... Here is just a little note to tell you that the first Sketch Challenge is coming up on Wednesday! Make sure that you are ready for making a Christmas Card or Winter theme card with the first Sketch.
This first one is mady by Janneke. She is the founder of this blog! Before this she owned a club for makingChristmas Cards and then the idea for this blog grew and grew.... She talked about it with Renata, Nicole and myself and we all were so excited about it.. that she went ahead with it...
And here we are... at the evening of the beginning of Christmas Challenges {With Sketches}.
I want to thank all the sponsors for their confidence in us and their trust in sponsoring us. This is such a blessing. We have a special place for all our sponsors on the left side of this blog! Please give them a big thank you!
And then... for some of our new team members it's the first time they are in a Design Team. And I have to tell you... they did a great job so far! They all picked up the routine very quickly.
Further on... from the bottom of our hearts... I want to thank all of you followers... You really exceeded our wildest dreams...so many of you that are already here! I hope that you will enjoy the sketches as much as we do!
For now... have a great day and we hope to see you back on Wednesday May 25th at 9:00 am Dutch Time!
Hugs from all of us.

CCWS Guest Designers ....

2011-05-18T08:30:00.006+02:00

Goodmorning all,

Today I have the three (or must I say four) members of the new Guest Design Team for you ... We had a hard time choosing the Guest Design Team like the DT but we have chosen these three girls: Annemarie en Merit
Betina Dina
Congratulations girls and Welcome ;o) We love to invite everybody to join in our challenges. The first one will be posted on Wednesday May 25th. That is only one more week to go. Hope to see you all next week! Hugs from all of us ♥

Christmas Challenge Design Team ;o)

2011-05-15T06:42:00.001+02:00

First we like to thank you all for joining our DT call and making such beautiful cards. You made it so difficult to choose the Design Team, but we succeeded.
We have six new girls to join us. This week we also announce our Guest Design Team, which was, like the Design Team, chosen out of the entered cards to the call. These ladies will get an email from Renata and they can join us for June, July and August.
So here are the new Design Team members

Carol

Claire Linda Monique Pam
Wilma
Welcome girls and congratulations ;o)
Last but not least we want to invite everybody to join in our challenges. The first one will be posted on Wednesday May 25th. Hope to see you all next week! Hugs from all of us ♥

God Jul

2011-05-14T08:52:00.000+02:00

Hello everybody!
Isn't it exciting? We almost have our new DT ready, we are just busy communicating about that in the back room. Of course all 4 of us have our favorites, now we have to find the 6 mutual crafters we all can agree on. In the meantime I want to show you my version of the nice sketch from the call.
The papers I used are from Vikbeke Spigseth, "Juleruter". The stamp is a Magnolia and I coloured her with my Derwent coloursoft pencils. She is framed in a Nellie's Multi Frame. The poinsettias are made with Creatables from Marianne Design. My ticket is homemade.
Have a nice saterday and we'll be back tommorrow!!
Hugs,Nicole

The DT Call is closed!

2011-05-14T06:57:00.001+02:00

Thank you to all who responded!All cards are so amazing that we probably have a hard time selecting the new DT Members.
We will announce the DT on Sunday May 15 th .... When you are selected on our DT you will recieve an email from us
and you have to respond that email as soon as possible ;o)

Christmas

2011-05-08T06:00:00.013+02:00

Goodmorning! Happy Mother's Day today!

We are so happy with all our new followers and with the gorgeous cards that you entered in our DT Call. Each is a beauty and I think that we will have a hard time choosing new members!
Janneke made the first fabulous Sketch for this DT Call and off course I just had to use it too. I decided to work with a complete different kind of colors. It's the really first time that I worked on a Christmas Card in this totally different color theme. What do you think of it... does it still have that Christmas feel?
I colored this lovely image of Whiff of Joy with my copic markers.Skin: E000,E50,E21,R20, Clothes: Rv91,Rv93,RV95, W00,W1,W3,W5Design Papers are Maja Design "Carpe Diem"Nestabilites: Classic scalloped Ovals smallHeart Shaped Die is Marianne DesignOthers is from my stash.
Have a great day,With loveMarion

Joyful

2011-05-05T06:00:00.004+02:00

Good morning all,

Thank you Janneke for this lovely sketch ;)

We already have some pretty entries for the DT-call. Only 5 days left to join that Call.

Here is my card, I loved working with this sketch.

The paper I uses is from TPC Studio (Christmas Village) & Cardstock. The stamp is from Magnolia and I colored it with Copic Markers (E00-E21-E31-E37-E42-E53-/B91-B93-B95/YG91-YG93/R02/YR02)

Also used Nestabilities Deckled Edge classic ovals large.

Hugs, Renata

Merry Christmas

2011-05-03T09:14:00.009+02:00

Goodmorning all!

Maybe you know it all ready but I just love sketches and I just had to play with the one that I made for the DT Call. We have five entry's by now and we hope that there are more cards on there way to this Challenge Blog. If you have any questions about something, you can always email us. When you can't make sketches, no problem .. one of us will make that for you when you have your card ready ;o)

The card is made with a Magnolia stamp and I colored her with the Copic Markers. The paper I used is from My Minds Eye 'I Believe' and the flowers are made with the Die Namics from My Minds Eye and the Leaves are made with the CreaLies Creative Shapes. The oval is made with the Nestabilities.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! Hugs, Janneke

DT Call

2011-04-28T07:30:00.000+02:00

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Welcome back to our challenge blog. Today the DT Call starts and we are looking for 6 more lady's or men that love to join our Christmas Challenge blog. We should start this at May 1st but we can't wait to start and we hope you can't eigter.

What do you have to do for that DT Call .....

Make a card with the sketch that Janneke made especially for the DT Call, you can rotate and flip the sketch as it is clearly visible.
It must be a Christmas or winter card with a stamped image (it also can be a digi image) and when you finish the card, place the direct link from your blog post in In Linkz.
You can do that untill Wednesday May 11th at 23.59 PM GMT. On Sunday May 15th we announce the new DT members, we will contact you before we place it on the blog ;o)

Have fun with the call ....

What do we expect from you when you are a DT Member .....

Join us every fortnight on Wednesday starting May 25th.
Have your personal blog.
You will join us at the Yahoo Group for the DT members. Janneke will send you an invitation after you said yes to her.
You will leave a message on the blog from the ones that are joining us in the challenge (you do not have to do that to all the blogs, we will make a list so you do not have to spend a lot of time to comment)
You make your own sketch when it is your turn to make one, and you have to place it on the yahoo group fourteen days before it is your turn, so we have enough time to make a card with your sketch.
When you can't make sketches, no problem .. one of us will make that for you when you have your card ready ;o)
You must place a link and banner from that week's sponsor in your blogpost.
Place a DT banner on your blog with a link to the challenge blog.
Make good and clear photos from your card or project, and please no framework (ofcourse you may use that for your personal blog) when you place it on the album from that week. In 650 pixels wide.

We want to thank our sponsors, we really appreciate that you are willing to sponsor this brand new blog.
A big hug to you all ;o)
Here is the sketch that you have to use fot the DT Call ... have fun with it.

Great news ;o)

2011-04-27T13:32:00.002+02:00

We will start our DT Call tomorrow ;o) So get your Christmas or Winter papers and your favorite stamp
and you are ready to start *wink We have a great sketch for you to follow. We are all so excited to start that we could not wait untill Sunday ...
And we will start our challenges a week earlier then we planned because we just don't want to wait any longer. Hope to see you all tomorrow, if you have any questions about anything just email us ;o)

Hugs from us!

Welcome

2011-04-24T10:00:00.014+02:00

Welcome to the Christmas Challenges Blog.   A little while ago the team of {Christmas Creations} on Clubs.nl, Janneke, Marion, Nicole and Renata decided, with me (Janneke) as initiator, to set up a new challenge blog. Of course in the same spirit as the club, so it became this Christmas Challenges {with sketches} blog. All four of us worked very hard the last couple of weeks behind the scenes to make this blog, find sponsors and prepare the first challenge. I made the sketch already and I just can wait to start with it ;o)

We also do a DT Call and you can read all about the DT Call next Sunday May 1st at 9 AM Dutch time. We are looking for six girls and boys who like to join the design team we already have. I asked my friends to join me in this new venture and they all said yes. Thank you girls I love you *mwah  So what do I have to tell more about this new challenge blog .... We have a new challenge every fortnight on Wednesday starting June 1st. The first sponsor is Christine from All That Scraps and she is giving us an amazing price (Thank you so much we really love it) We only make cards in Christmas and Winter theme and when you join us, you do not have any stress making Christmas cards at the end of the year.

I hope to see you all back next week when we place the DT Call. We all want to wish you    Hugs, the Christmas Challenges {with sketches} team.