Hello there crafters! Welcome to
The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up.
It is the first day of August and that means it is time for our next
challenge to get under way! We're definitely past the mid point of the year leaving us just five months to add to
the Christmas and other December Holidays Card Pile so let us continue
with that quest!
Right now, it is time to get down to the business of our latest challenge. Here is what you need to know...
The Basics
While you can find out
ALL the information you need to know in order to participate in the challenge by checking out the '
Challenge Details' tab at the top of the page (or by clicking
HERE), here is a refresher of the basics.
- Anyone can link up as many Christmas and/or December holiday themed cards (including Happy New Year's cards) throughout
the month with an ANYTHING GOES theme.
- Every person who has linked up a MINIMUM of
two (2) cards will be eligible to
receive a specially designed Christmas themed digital paper.
- Each month there will be an OPTIONAL theme to follow. Anyone who submits a card adhering to the monthly theme,
will have the chance to win a prize from that month's guest sponsor.
- ALL entries adhering to our basic rules also have the opportunity to win a mini pack of digi papers each month as well.
- Every holiday card you submit to the link up, earns you one chance to win a
special digital Christmas kit that will be offered up after the year is
complete.
Now that the basics are out of the way, how about we get on with the
details of Challenge #32.
Challenge #32
Optional Theme:
Traditional Christmas Colours
One of the things that I love most about Christmas is all the wonderful
colours associated with the season--rich reds and greens, sparkly
silvers and golds and even deep purples and blues abound. Everywhere you
look you can see a rainbow of traditional Christmas colours. A veritable feast for the eyes!
In
order to
have a chance to win the prize from our wonderful guest
sponsor this month,
make sure that your Christmas card has traditional Christmas colours (red, green, silver, gold, purples and blues).
IMPORTANT: If you do follow the optional theme, be sure to add FT after your name so that we include you in the draw for the prize.
Remember, you don't need to follow the theme to link up your
cards and earn a free paper each month, have a chance to win a special mini kit of digi papers and have your name
thrown into the year end draw for some extra digital goodies.
You only need to follow the theme if you want a chance to win
this month's sponsored prize of a $20 gift certificate to the
Kitten Scraps store.
Talking about
NS Designs {also designs under the name
Kitten Scraps}, it is time to get to know this brand new sponsor…
My
name is Nathalie and I design under the name of NS Designs and KittenScraps. I began
scrapping as a way to fill in my spare time while learning Photoshop and
was quickly hooked on creating kits to scrap my photo’s. I enjoy
offering S4H/S4O kits that are family friendly and easy and fun to use.
My online store offer’s a variety of digital scrapbooking kits,
Commercial Use Templates, Elements and Clip Art and SVG
Files for your cutting machine.
In
my spare time I enjoy knitting, and embroidery, gardening and
travelling. I’m the mother of 4 grown kids and 3 also, grown step kids
as well as Aunt Nathalie to 3 adorable-yet mischievous, little boys whom
I love to scrap. Scrapbooking for me is not just a business-I feel
each memory that is scrapped is it’s own treasure and strive to offer
quality digital products that will help you create the perfect layout
for your photo’s.
Come
check out my blog and Facebook page where I offer layout idea’s and the
occasional freebie and while your there stop by my store to check
out the latest kits, CU items and SVG Files.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Kittenscraps-252473318242218/
Check out the cute images that the team worked with this month for the
start of the challenge. Clicking on any of the image watermarks will
take you to their page in the
Kitten Scraps store where each of these images can be found.
Christmas Balls ClipArt
Xmas Mice ClipArt
Hoppy Christmas
Joyful Christmas ClipArt
You'll get to see more great images used during our midway so be sure to come back again at that time!
While team members had the option of working with any of my Décosse's
Dynamite Doodles papers, I did create a special set called
Glitteratti 2: Traditional Christmas Colours-Dark Collection. Check out the preview...
Everyone who links up a minimum of two cards during the month of August will earn
ONE of the digital papers from this set. The specific paper
up for grabs will be shown during the winner announcement post.
Additionally, one random winner will earn the full set of papers.
Have your say in determining which paper will be offered to those who
link up a minimum of two cards this month by completing the poll below.
DIGI PAPER POLL
Please click "
like" to choose the
ONE paper that you would
like offered up to participants who link up a minimum of two cards
during the month of August. Poll will be open until August 31st,
11:59 p.m. EST. Please note that you can get a better idea of what the actual
paper looks like by bringing the preview
ABOVE up in the lightbox.
This linky list is now closed.
Now
check out what the
Sleigh Belles came up with to inspire you. Clicking on
the names will take you to the individual blogs where you can check
out the details for all these wonderful cards...
So what are you waiting for? It is time to link up your Christmas and
other holiday cards for August! Whether you choose to link up two
Anything Goes themed cards simply to earn your free paper this month,
link up one or more cards for your chance to win the mini kit of digi
papers shown above, OR
you choose to also follow the optional theme to have a chance at the
sponsor's
prize, it is completely up to you!
If you are new to this unique challenge, you can find out the impetus behind why I started it under the '
Introductions' tab and all the details you need to know in order to participate, in the '
Challenge Details' tab (both tabs located at the top of the blog).
We have a packed month as usual; so, Pat and I and the rest of the gang hope to see you back with us soon!
- We hope to publish the names of the
winners and top
picks from Challenge #29 between August 8th and 10th if everything goes according to plan.
- Then, be sure to join us again on August 15th, for our midway post where you'll get to see cards created by the Merry Maidens!
- Other special posts may be published throughout the month. Be sure
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CHALLENGE DETAILS SUMMARY
Each month we'll include a summary of details for the particular
challenge taking place. If you are new, please be sure to familiarize
yourself with all the details and rules in the
'
Challenge Details' tab at the top of the page. Please note that dates and times listed below are for
this particular challenge only:
- Cards for this challenge will be accepted from 6:00 p.m. (18:00 hrs), August 1st until 11:59 p.m. (23:59 hrs), August 31st, 2017. All times listed are in EST.
- If you wish to receive the free digi paper being offered up for this month, you need to link up a minimum of two (2) Christmas or holiday themed cards.
- This is NOT a progressive challenge. You can jump in at any time.
- Only a maximum of three (3) entries will qualify for the draw for this month's prize of a $20 gift certificate to the Kitten Scraps store. You must add 'FT' after you name so we know which cards to add to the random draw for the sponsor's prize.
- No backlinking.
- Make sure when entering your project that you mention The 12 Months
of Christmas Link Up in your post with a link back to this blog.
- Please remember to link directly to your blog post where we can see
your creation, and not just the generic link to your blog.
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 #32
Please link up your Anything Goes Christmas and/or December holiday themed CARDS with the optional theme of Traditional Christmas Colours, below. Be sure to add FT after your name if you followed the theme. Please see above for all the rules and details.
This linky list is now closed.
