Challenge #73 Midway: Optional Twist…CLEAN & SIMPLE

 Welcome back folks! It is the 15th of the month and that means it is time for the midway of our current challenge.

As we are halfway through the month of January, it is time to see what the Merry Maidens have been up to with their lovely images from Lunagirl, our guest sponsor this month!

Clicking on the DT names will take you to the individual blogs where you can check out the details for all these wonderful cards.

 

If you are interested in purchasing the sponsor's digital collage sheet featured in a particular card, you can click on the link indicated below the card to head to the page in the Lunagirl store where it can be found. 

 

 

using Christmastide Ephemera Digital Collage Sheet

 

using Christmas Birds & Holly 2.5" Rounds Digital Collage Sheet

 using Mary Digital Collage Sheet

So if you haven't entered already, what are you waiting for? It is time to link up your Christmas and other holiday cards for January. Below you will find a refresher of the details for this challenge.

Please remember that this is a CARDS ONLY link up. While we've had some lovely tag entries, ornaments and other creative projects in the past, we've sadly had to disqualify them.

Challenge #73

 Optional Twist: CLEAN & SIMPLE

If you want the chance to win this month's featured paper pack, create a card that be considered in the style of CLEAN and SIMPLE.

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 a $10.00 gift voucher to the Lunagirl store. You simply need to follow the twist if you'd like a chance to win this month's featured digital paper pack, Velvet Textures: Jewel Tones (you can see a preview for this set by clicking HERE).

 

 

If you are new to this unique challenge, you can find out the impetus behind why I started it under the 'Introductions' tab. As this is a different kind of link up where we have both an Anything Goes Christmas or other December Holiday option AND an optional twist to follow, be sure to read all the details and rules you need to know in order to participate, by checking out the 'Challenge Details' tab (both tabs located at the top of the blog). I have provided a summary of the most important rules in the right sidebar.

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.

You can find the link up for
Challenge #73 by clicking HERE.

Don't Forget, if everything goes according to plan...

Please join us on February 1st for our new link up! 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!

Challenge #72 Winner Announcement

 Hello there to all our Christmas crafting friends!  I'm popping in today to share the winners and our top three Stocking Stuffers from Challenge #72. I hope that you and your families continue to stay safe and healthy out there in your various locations in our world. 

 
December saw us with a whopping 134 entries added to our link up--the largest link up all year and over double what we had in November alone. If only we could get that many players during other months! Right now, it is time to get on with the finding out who our winners are.

Are you one of those lucky peeps?! Let's find out!

#87. GLENDA A.

 

Glenda, you are the winner of a $10.00 gift voucher to the Scribbles Designs store, our guest sponsor for December (chosen by random.org based on all eligible entries).

Glenda, please send an email to the_12_moc_linkup {at} outlook {dot} com (or click HERE to bring the address up in your email program), with the subject, "12MoC Challenge #72 WINNER" to make arrangements to receive your prize. Please note that it may take me a while to get back to you. Thank you for your patience. In the interim, please grab a copy of the winner badge below for your blog.

 

Next, it is time to get on with showcasing the top three. With so many wonderful entries to choose from, it is always such a difficult task for the design team. For Challenge #72, Suze, Granmargaret, and Helen are presenting their favourite cards. So, without further ado, here are the Stocking Stuffers for December:

#7. ANS

#65. HAZEL

#73. MARIE GISELLE

 

Congrats to our top three Stocking Stuffers! Ans, Hazel and Marie Giselle, please grab a copy of the badge below for your blog.

Everyone who links up two cards each month is eligible to receive a free digital paper. Papers from last month have previously been sent out. If you were expecting one but haven't received it yet, please leave me a comment and I'll look into it for you.

The individuals who linked up a minimum of two cards each during the month of DECEMBER qualifying them to receive the digital paper from that month, will receive the Deer Patterned Paper which received the most votes. I have included the watermark of the paper, below...

 

 

To all of you who linked up during December, thanks ever so much! We are so happy to have all of you with us and hope that you'll continue to link up your holiday cards as you begin to work on your new stockpile for 2021!!! Papers will be sent to the email address that qualifying participants used when they added their cards to the Link Up, as soon as I can manage!

As always, we are going to have a random draw from all the entries that followed the twist and give out a set of six digital papers to one lucky individual. The papers are all made so why not have an extra prize! Here is the watermark for the full set... 

 

 

 

The winner of the  
  Misc. Christmas: Blue & Gold Mini Kit
from Challenge #72 is
#125. CHRISTI C.

(chosen by random.org based on all eligible entries)

 

Christi, please send an email to the_12_moc_linkup {at} outlook {dot} com (or click HERE to bring the address up in your email program), with the subject, "12MoC Challenge #72 PAPER KIT WINNER" to make arrangements to receive your prize.

 

As mentioned during the start post, this month we have two additional prizes.

First, we have FIVE preselected Christmas and/or Winter themed digital stamps (Twigs, Snowden, Christmas Bells, Quirky Christmas Tree and Randolph) from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots awarded to one random winner

 

The winner of the Pkg. of FIVE Images  
from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots is

#76. DONNA W.

(chosen by random.org based on all eligible entries) 

 

Donna, please send an email to the_12_moc_linkup {at} outlook {dot} com (or click HERE to bring the address up in your email program), with the subject, "12MoC Challenge #72 CBD PRIZE WINNER" to make arrangements to receive your prize.

Finally, as a thank you to all of our players, both new and long standing, I'm also drawing one random name from all the entries to win that person's choice of ONE mini kit selected from all the kits that were offered up last year to my team members. These are the same 12 kits that the individual paper given out each month during 2020 were selected from. 

The winner of the  
Winner's Choice of ONE Mini Kit from 2020 is

#23. VIVI

(chosen by random.org based on all eligible entries) 

 

Vivi, please send an email to the_12_moc_linkup {at} outlook {dot} com (or click HERE to bring the address up in your email program), with the subject, "12MoC Challenge #72 2020 MINI KIT WINNER" to make arrangements to receive your prize.

 

Well folks, that is it for this one! If you haven't already, be sure to check out our current challenge going on now, with the Optional Twist this month of "Clean & Simple". There is still a little over two weeks to go and you can find out all the details along with the link up, by clicking HERE. Please join us again  January 15th when I'll be back with a reminder for the midway! Then be sure to join us on February 1st when we'll be back with our latest link up!

Until then,

Vote for January's Free Digi Paper!

Hey folks. It is the first of the month and that means our new Link Up has started. As such, it is time to vote on the digi paper from this month's paper pack that will be offered to those linking up two cards.

 

January's set is called Velvet Textures: Jewel Tones. While the pack is more generic again this month, the colours are based on jewel tones which always work well for holiday cards. Check out the preview... 

 

Everyone who links up a minimum of two cards during the month of January 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 who has followed the twist will earn the full set of papers.

If you would like a say in determining which one of these papers will be offered to those who link up a minimum of two cards this month, be sure to vote in our poll below. If there is a tie or no votes are cast, an executive decision will be made as to which paper is offered.

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 January. Poll will be open until January 31st, 11:59 p.m. ET. 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. 

Don't forget to join January's link up!

You can find all the details for 
Challenge #73 by clicking HERE.

 

Hope to see you there!

Ch. #73: Opt. Twist…CLEAN & SIMPLE

Happy New Year Crafters! Welcome to a brand new year of Christmas Card making!!! We all hope that you had as wonderful a holiday season as possible under the circumstances. 2020 is behind us and hope looms on the horizon for a better 2021! For those of you who have been with us during the last six years, we thank you for your continued support. If you are brand new, welcome! We're so glad you found us!

On this very first day of a brand new year it is time for our very first link up of 2021 to get under way! Now, I realize that the last thing that many of you want to do is think about Christmas right now but it is never too early to get started on all the Christmas and other December Holiday cards you are going to need when December rolls around! If the perceived speed at which the last few years have flown by is any indication, it will be here sooner than we think!!! For those of you embarking on getting a start to your stash, 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 #73

 Optional Twist: CLEAN & SIMPLE

If you want the chance to win this month's featured paper pack, create a card that be considered in the style of CLEAN and SIMPLE.

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 a $10.00 gift voucher to the Lunagirl store. You simply need to follow the twist if you'd like a chance to win this month's featured digital paper pack, Velvet Textures: Jewel Tones (you can see a preview for this set by clicking HERE).

 

Talking about Lunagirl, it is time to refresh ourselves with the details of this returning sponsor…

My name is Karen, owner of Lunagirl Images. In 2004, after collecting vintage ephemera for most of my life, I started digitizing and restoring images and designing digital supplies for artists and crafters (my husband collected antique books and prints, so we had quite a house full!) We are proud to have been the first company to offer digital vintage image collections of this size and quality at prices affordable to the home crafter.

At Lunagirl.com (and in my etsy shop) I currently offer you several hundred unique digital collage sheets and dozens of themed craft CDs -- over 30,000 images so far! They are a great resource for card making, scrapbooking, jewelry making, and much more, easy to use, carefully researched and curated, all thoughtfully organized and lovingly cleaned up, ready to you to use in your projects. I love altering and embellishing these beautiful and fascinating images and seeing what my customers create with them.

In addition to digital art and design, I enjoy painting on wood, creating assemblage icons and shrines, reading history books, bellydancing, cooking, and sewing with my vintage Singer. I'm also blessed to be the mom of two teenaged boys.

If you're looking for something in particular in vintage style, feel free to email me at info@Lunagirl.com!

Main Blog: http://www.LunagirlMoonbeams.com
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lunagirlart/
Store: http://www.lunagirl.com/
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Lunagirl

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 Lunagirl store where it can be found.

 

  

using Woodland Birds with Music Backgrounds 2.5" Circles

 Digital Collage Sheet

 

 

 

 

using Jolly Old St Nick Digital Collage Sheet

using Purple Santas Digital Collage Sheet

 

  

 

using Christmas Birds & Holly 2.5" Rounds Digital Collage Sheet

So what are you waiting for? It is time to link up your Christmas and other holiday cards for January! 

 

Please remember that this is a CARDS ONLY link up. While we've had some lovely tag entries, ornaments and other creative projects in the past, we've sadly had to disqualify them.

 

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 #72 will be posted between the 10th and the 18th. Be sure to also join us again on January 15th, for our midway post when the Merry Maidens will be here to share their amazing cards featuring items from Lunagirl. 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:
Cards for this challenge will be accepted from 6:00 p.m. (18:00 hrs), January 1st until 11:59 p.m. (23:59 hrs), January 31st, 2021 (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--CARDS ONLY.