Welcome Christmas Crafters! It
is the first day of a brand new month and while our world continues to
deal with the ramifications of the virus and its continued spread, there is hope that our ongoing diligence in doing what we can to protect ourselves and those around us by practicing the measures laid out by the health community, will help to ensure that we will keep things from getting worse! Good luck to you all in your various locations around the
world.
Right now, it is time for our latest link up. Whether you are finally looking to get a
start on your Christmas and other December
Holiday card pile or you already have a number of cards completed,
we'd love to have you join us and add your cards to our Link
Up for a chance to win some goodies!
If you are new to this unique challenge, you can find out the impetus behind why I created it under the 'Introductions' tab and all the details you need to know in order to participate, by checking out the 'Challenge Details' tab (both tabs located at the top of the blog). For your convenience, a summary of the most important rules can be found in the right sidebar under the heading '
Basic Rules Summary'.
Right now, time to get down to the business of our latest challenge. Here is what you need to know...
Challenge #67
Optional Twist: FLIP-A-COIN
If you want the chance to win this month's featured paper pack,
be sure to create a card that
follows our FLIP-A-COIN theme as DESCRIBED BELOW.
Keep
in mind though, that
you don't need to follow the twist to link up your
cards and earn a
free paper each month or for a chance to win
TWO images from this month's sponsor,
All Dressed Up Stamps. You simply need to follow the twist if you'd like a chance to win this month's featured digital paper pack,
Eclectic Mix 1 (you can see a preview for this set by clicking
HERE).
Flip-a-Coin
Challenge
For
this challenge, let the flip of a coin decide certain aspects of your
card. Thanks to Beccy from Beccy’s Place for allowing me to use
this ‘Flip-a-Coin’ idea that I saw over on her challenge blog.
Grab
a coin and flip it. If it lands on ‘heads’, use the card
ingredient listed in the first box under the title, ‘HEADS’. If
it lands on ‘tails’, use the card ingredient listed in the first
box under the title, ‘TAILS’.
Keep
flipping the coin until you have selected items from each of the five
rows, then create a card using the five ingredients you flipped for.
Then be sure to let us know somewhere in your post, which ingredients
you used.
FLIP
|
HEADS
|
TAILS
|
1
|
Make
a card with 3 layers or less |
Make
a card with 4 or more layers |
2
|
Make
a rectangular or square card |
Use
a fancy fold technique |
3
|
Add
dots to your card |
Add
stripes to your card |
4
|
Add
lace or ribbon to your card |
Add
gems or pearls to your card |
5
|
Add
a frame to your card |
Use
faux or real stitching on your card |
This month we're pleased to have a brand new sponsor join us on
The 12 Months of Christmas. It is time to learn a little bit about
All Dressed Up Stamps…
Hi, my name’s Wendy, founder of All Dressed Up. I live in Nottingham UK
with my husband and two children (my inspiration behind the characters) -
in particular, my daughter who has kept me up-to-date with trends and
all things digital. Day to day, I work as a textile designer working
traditionally within childrenswear, fashion and interiors. Although my
work is mostly digital, my work process remains hand-drawn which I hope
comes across in my artwork.
All Dressed Up was created in 2013
as a place to share my digital stamps which back then was a whole new
challenge for me. Since, I’ve been lucky to have discovered a whole
creative community and welcomed the All Dressed Up design team who have
been amazing to work with. Through our online community and Instagram,
the team keep me on my toes to keep on drawing, creating and inspiring.
My favourite thing is seeing how my characters are continually given
brand new personalities!
On our Facebook and Instagram page we
host regular tutorials, challenges (and freebies!) and is the real
heart of our community. The stamps are available from the All Dressed Up
Etsy shop which is continually updated on a monthly basis with lots of
limited edition and seasonal stamps available in particular.
The All Dressed Up community is a friendly bunch (if I do say so
myself!) and we would love for you to get involved, see your work and
for you to share your stamping tips too! Do get in contact and be sure
to visit our Facebook and Instagram pages to see what we’re creating at
the moment.
Now
check out what the
Sleigh Belles came up with to inspire you.
Clicking on
the DT names will take you to the individual blogs where you can check
out the specific details for all these wonderful cards.
If you are
interested in purchasing the sponsor's image featured in a particular
card, you
can click on the link indicated below the card to head to the page in
the
All Dressed Up Stamps store where it can be found.
(flips: tails, heads, heads, tails, tails)
(flips: heads, heads, heads, tails, heads)
(flips: tails, heads, heads, tails, tails)
So what are you waiting for? It is time to link up your Christmas and
other holiday cards for July
!
If you would like a say in determining which digital paper will be
offered to those who
link up a minimum of two cards this month,
be sure to vote in our poll. Click HERE to head there now.
If everything goes according to plan, our winner announcement for Challenge #66 will
be posted between the 10th and the 18th. Be sure to also join us again on
July 15th, for our midway post when the
Merry Maidens will be here
to share their amazing cards featuring images from
All Dressed Up Stamps. Other special posts may be published throughout the month. Be sure
to sign up to have our posts delivered by email or follow us through
Bloglovin' so you don't miss a thing!
We look forward to seeing you participate!
Link Up Below:
If you have any problems linking up, please be sure to leave a comment.
The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up Challenge #67
Please link up your Anything Goes Christmas and/or December holiday themed CARDS with the optional twist of GINGHAM below. Cards for this challenge will be accepted from
6:00 p.m. (18:00 hrs), July 1st until 11:59 p.m. (23:59 hrs), July 31st, 2020 (all times listed are in Eastern Time).
Please click the '
Challenge Details' tab at the top of the page above for all the rules and details.
Maximum 10 entries.
