Winners of my Christmas Challenges!

Hello dear blogging friends,

Christmas is here and that means it's time to announce the winners of my Christmas Card Challenges! There was a fantastic amount of entries: 116 entries in total! So, let's see who are the two lucky crafters that will receive It's All About You stamp sets by STAMPlorations! Mr Random.Org selected the winners and they are

#15 Asha

and

#9 Karen P

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me at korttikarkuri @ gmail. com  (without the spaces) with your address information.

Now it's time to wish very Merry Christmas to all of you! Thank you for the fun card making company this year. Let's continue to have crafty fun 2014!

My Christmas Card Challenge #2: Christmas Cards out of Scraps/ Old Stash!

Hi friends! Welcome to my Christmas Card Challenge #2! I've had a great response to my first Christmas card challenge -focus on stamping- (here) and now it's time to begin the second one: Use Scraps/ Old Stash for your Christmas Cards! Both of my challenges run until Christmas Eve and there's a prize for one randomly selected winner in both challenges: It's All About You Stamp Set by Stamplorations.  If you are new to Stamplorations, here's what owner Shery has to say about the company:

Launched in June 2013, California-based STAMPlorations is owned and
managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. We offer cling
rubber stamps, clear stamps, and stamping kits for stampers, card
makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, and all crafters. All of
our stamps are proudly made in the USA. Our rubber stamps are
deep-etched and made from high quality rubber, while our clear stamps
are made from the finest, non-yellowing photopolymer resin and they're
naturally sticky. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage
crafters of all ages and experience levels to "Stamp with all your
ART!". We come out with new stamps approximately every other month.

Now on to fabulous DT inspiration! I'm so happy my blogging friends have wanted to share their talent with us all. These cards sure don't look like they are made out of leftovers! :)

Kylie

Loll

Lynn

Milla

Nonni

I made the stripy background from strips of leftovers and embossed white, glittery Distressed Floral Swirls by Stamplorations on top. I also used a forgotten ribbon and punched flowers and leaves from tiny pieces of paper scraps. I'm entering my card to The Christmas Challenge: Make your own background.

Sandie

Shery

I hope to see you all entering my challenge and inspiring us to make more and more of those Christmas cards that we need to make at this time of year! You may combine my challenge with other challenges and enter as many times as you want. Happy crafting!

Let's Get Inky - Stamp a Happy Christmas Reminder!

Hi friends!

Have you already entered my Christmas Stamping Challenge Let's Get Inky -Stamp a Happy Christmas? To enter the challenge, simply make a Christmas card that focuses on stamping. The original post with the linky is here.

Here's a stamped Christmas card I made for reminding you of my challenge... I'd like to enter it to Crafting Musketeers (Christmas in October), Christmas Cards All Year Round Single Card Challenge, Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Card Challenge (make it square) and 52 Christmas Card Throwdown (no red and green). I'm quite happy how the card turned out -the colors look pretty! The text is Finnish language and means "Have a Peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year". 

Now to the fun part... Here's some fab DT cards for your inspiration! The names are links to the blogs of these lovely ladies - do visit them for the details of each card.  

Kylie

Loll

Lynn

Milla

Sandie
(using sponsor stamps: Oh Christmas Tree)

Shery
(using sponsor stamps: Merry and Holiday Hexagons)

There's a prize for crabs in the challenge: It's All About You Stamp Set by my sponsor Stamplorations Stamps. Did you notice those fab stamps Sandie and Shery used in their cards? Stamplorations is a new company and here's some information for you about it:

Launched in June 2013, California-based STAMPlorations is owned and
managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. We offer cling
rubber stamps, clear stamps, and stamping kits for stampers, card
makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, and all crafters. All of
our stamps are proudly made in the USA. Our rubber stamps are
deep-etched and made from high quality rubber, while our clear stamps
are made from the finest, non-yellowing photopolymer resin and they're
naturally sticky. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage
crafters of all ages and experience levels to "Stamp with all your
ART!". We come out with new stamps approximately every other month.
(Website: http://stamplorations.jugemcart.com/ )

I hope you'll join us in the Christmas Stamping Fun at Let's Get Inky -Stamp a Happy Christmas! You have until 24th of December to enter the challenge. Click on the challenge name for the original post -the linky waits for you there! Happy stamping!

Let's Get Inky -Stamp A Happy Christmas!

Hi everyone!
This is not a regular post... Let me introduce you to Nonni's Card Challenges! I'm organizing two Christmas card challenges this fall: the first one begins today (yay!) and the second challenge begins 1st of November. I'm proud to have a sponsor too: Stamplorations Stamps! The winner is chosen with random.org and will receive It's All About YOU Stamp Set. The challenges run until Christmas Eve so the winner is selected just before the Santa visits! If you are new to Stamplorations , here is some information for you:

Launched in June 2013, California-based STAMPlorations is owned and
managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. We offer cling
rubber stamps, clear stamps, and stamping kits for stampers, card
makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, and all crafters. All of
our stamps are proudly made in the USA. Our rubber stamps are
deep-etched and made from high quality rubber, while our clear stamps
are made from the finest, non-yellowing photopolymer resin and they're
naturally sticky. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage
crafters of all ages and experience levels to "Stamp with all your
ART!". We come out with new stamps approximately every other month.
(Website: stamplorations.com)

I've gathered a fab DT to inspire us all but before checking out their cards, let's have the challenge details!

The theme of my first challenge is

Let's Get Inky -Stamp A Happy Christmas! 
Let's create Christmas cards with stamping playing the main role! You could use fun techniques like masking and combine background stamps with smaller stamps... Or how about using non-Christmas stamps for Christmas and playing with some embossing powders? Or stamping with watercolors? Or tone on tone stamping maybe? The possibilities are endless... Let's get inky and creative! You can choose any style from CAS to vintage, what ever you like the best... You can use embellishments too -just don't cover up your fabulous stamping completely!

Now finally some DT inspiration! The names are links to everyone's blogs -this is a group of very, very talented ladies so I hope you'll visit them and leave them some love!

 Kylie

 Loll

Lynn

Milla

Nonni

I'm entering my card to Less Is More Sketch Challenge. The snowflakes are stamped with metallic silver Embrace ink and the deer is heat embossed with gold powder. "Joulurauhaa" is Finnish for "Peaceful Christmas".

Sandie

Shery
Shery has been working really hard and has made two beautiful cards to inspire us: The first one is for Thanksgiving using Thankful, Grateful and in her Christmas card Shery uses Be Merry and Distressed Floral Swirls

I'm sure you'll agree that these DT cards were all fabulous!!
To enter this challenge and to have a chance to win the prize, use the the link tool below! You can combine my challenge with as many challenges as you wish and enter as many time as you want. Happy stamping my friends! I can't wait to see what you will make!