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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Oh My - Christmas Tags

Hi, Judy here. It was my turn this week to host the challenge and I am hosting a Christmas Tag challenge. I love making tags for my Christmas gifts. Many of my tags over the year have turned into one of the next years Christmas ornaments.

We are sponsored this week by Bugaboo Stamps! Here is a fun read about our sponsor:

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of paper crafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we’re still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you’re bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!





If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

One lucky winner this week will win seven free digis! The winner will be chosen by random org.

Come and join us this week. We would love to see your art work. Check out the tags of our design team below and check their blogs for even more inspiration.


Paige
Using sponsor's image Elf Pocket 




Meighan
Using sponsor's image Christmas Bells 2





Cindy
Using Sponsor image Snowman Skates

 
 Using sponsor's image Winter birds - snowman


Monday, September 24, 2012

Sentiment Only Winner

Thanks to everyone that joined our Sentiment Only Challenge this past week. Everyone did such wonderful work.
Unfortunately there can only be one top pick and my choice for the top pick and our winner’s badge is.# 5 by Lindyloo.






Lindyloo, the layout of your card frames the lovely sentiment perfectly. All the wonderful embellishments just add to your lovely card. 



Please grab our Winners Badge from the sidebar Lindyloo for your blog.

We would love to see you all at our next challenge so check back later and find out what it is.  Take care.... Meighan

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Sentiment Only

Hi everyone, it is Meighan here and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who joined our challenge last week, it was great to see so many wonderful creations.
We hope we can continue to inspire you with our challenge this week

Sentiment Only

So go and raid your stash to find those wonderful Christmas Sentiments and join us!

Here is some fabulous inspiration from all the Holly Jolly Elves:










Meighan



We cannot wait to see what will share with us this week.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Tic Tac Toe Favorite


Oh Goodness, I had a HARD time choosing a favorite this week - ALL the entries were FANTASTIC! But I did choose the card that kept catching my eye, and that one belongs to Pia
I LOVE her Santa image...he is so cute and jolly! The Holly and snowflakes looks so pretty, and I love the use of the embossing folder behind everything! Thanks so much for playing along this week, Pia! Please be sure to snag Our Winner's Badge!

Julie

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Tic Tac Toe


Hi stamping friends!  It's Paige here to introduce the new challenge this week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges.   It's fun and games here this week with a game of Tic Tac Toe created by Julie!  Join in on the fun!

To play, use this grid of ideas and elements and choose three in a row.  You may choose any row going horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.  Have fun with this!





Here's how the Jolly Elves played the game this week:












Julie 

Looking forward to seeing your creations using our tic tac toe board.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Top Pick and Winner

Hi all, this weeks winner of the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge is
  

 P7080205


 I chose Diane's card for the lovely flowers that she made but also for the beautiful layout and all the extra little bits that she added such as the gemstones above and below the greeting, the ribbon underneath the top layer and then the bottom layer with all those pretty hand made flowers. She ended it off with a beautiful bow and a flower on it as well. Great job Diane on making a stunning Christmas card.


Now onto the winner of the Fred She Said Gift Certificate

 
Here are your random numbers:
5 
Timestamp: 2012-09-10 21:07:55 UTC

It is Diane
Please be on the look out for an email from Tracey Lynn Miller, Owner of Fred She Said to claim your prize.
Thanks again to all who played along, there were some great creations.
Cindy

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Christmas Florals

Hi Everyone, this week at Holly Jolly we want to see flowers on your Christmas cards, so that should be an easy challenge, as most people love flowers. We are sponsored this week by Fred She Said, 


Fred She Said Designs offers a wide variety of digital products with a floral flair and cute characters too - Digi's, Pre-coloured images, Papers, Sets, Fred's Flower Kits, and even digital cutting files.  Have some fun with Fred!




Random.Org will pick our winner for a $10.00 Gift Certificate from her store. 
The designers have used some of the designs that you can get. 



Monday, September 3, 2012

And the winner this week is .....

Thank you to all the participants in the last Holly Jolly Challenge. What lovely cards that were submitted to us for this week’s challenge.  It is my turn to pick the top pick this week and with so many lovely entries it was hard to pick one but I had to. 

My choice for top pick is a card by Heidi.  I loved her image of the reindeer and the unusual color scheme for a Christmas card.  Her details in completing the card were extraordinary. 

Thanks so much for playing, Heidi ... be sure to grab our Winner’s Badge.
Judy