Come join us in creating Christmas cards and projects weekly throughout the year. Each week a challenge will be posted and you may participate by creating your card based on the challenge, post it on your blog and link your blog in the comment section of the challenge post. If you don't have a blog, provide the link of the photo from you SCS, PCP, or Photo Album. You may also email the photo to cardinspired@gmail.com . Your card or project will be also posted in the group's photo album. Hope you'll play along!!



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Monday, October 26, 2009

Vicki's Challenge #40 It's a Diorama

Hello there, Friends! Just a little announcement! Today's challenge is our last challenge of the year but the site will remaim open and you'll still be able to try out any challenge that we posted this year. In the following weeks until Christmas, rather than posting new challenges, we'll be highlighting cards created by participants throughout the year.

To celebrate our last challenge, Vicki of Summerthyme Studio came up with something not only challenging but a fun project to start off the Holiday season! How exciting!!


This week's challenge is to create a Diorama Card! This is fun but challenging! Here's a link to a Tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers, authored by my great friend Diana Gibbs. These gorgeous cards fold down flat for mailing, but open up to a pretty scene!

*****Vicki~~~~~

If you want to play along, comment this post with a link to your blog or online gallery. Hope you have a wonderful week stamping and crafting! Have a wonderful Halloween!!


Check out the awesome Diorama card that the design team created:


Vicki Garrett~ Summerthyme Studio




MacKenzie - "Midnight Scramper"



Joan - Scrapmum

Marcia - CiaB's Crafty Times

Maria - Stampin Inspirations

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Monday, October 19, 2009

Sankari's Tag Challenge #39 - 10-19-09







Hi Everyone, Sankari here! As we get closer to Christmas, I thought it would be fun to do something a little different and create some tags for our gifts, presents, etc. :) So your challenge is to create at least three tags (they can be the same or different) :). If you would still like to create a card instead of a tag - you could always create a card with a tag in it :) Can't wait to see your tagged creations!!! I couldn't stop at three - they were so fun to make - here are my samples:










This project is fun and quick so we hope you play along with us!!! Please post a comment with a link to your blog or online gallery!! We'd love to see what you create!!



Check out all the gorgeous tags from the Design Team this week!!!










America - Cards By America
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Monday, October 12, 2009

Maria's Sketch Challenge #38 - 10-12-09



Hello Friends!! We're on Challenge #38 and this week's challenge is a sketch! How simple is that? Have you started on you Christmas cards already? Well, we've made 38 so far. We were creating Christmas cards all year long . . .we started in January. I can't believe that it's almost the end of year. Time sure flies quickly. Don't you wish it could slow down a bit?


Well, why don't you play along this week. Post a comment with a link to your blog or online gallery! We'd love to see what you create!

Here is the sketch challenge this week:



Check out the gorgeous cards created by the design team:

Jodi~Inked Inspirations







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Monday, October 5, 2009

Debbie's Color Combo Challenge #37 - 10-05-09

Hello Friends! Wow. . .in 3 weeks, it'll be Halloween! I can't believe it's almost the end of the year. It's amazing. I hope it's been a good year for all of you so far.
Well, as for Christmas card making, it's been a good year for us on the design team. We've created 37 Christmas cards already. You still have a few weeks to create your Christmas cards and that's the reason for our challenges. To get you started and hopefully, inspired to create your cards.

This week's host is Debbie of the Paper Garden. This week her challenge is a color combo. The colors are Glorious Green, Cool Caribbean, Chocolate Chip, Rick Razzleberry and Night of Navy. Wow, that's a lot of colors. The colors are Stampin Up colors but if you don't have these colors, just use any color that is similar. It don't have to be exact. If you don't have all the colors, try at least 3 colors.
If you need a sketch to follow. . .you may follow the sketch below but it's not part of the challenge. To play along, post a comment with a link to your blog or online gallery such as SCS or PCP. Hope you'll play along this week!!

Check out the awesome cards created by our design team:

Debbie Fisher ~ The Paper Garden


Maria - Stampin Inspirations

Connie - Inlovestamping








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Monday, September 28, 2009

Vicki's Challenge #36 - 09-28-09

Hey Friends! We're on week #36 of our Christmas card challenges! Gosh, time sure is flying really quickly!! I remember when we started in January. . .December seem to be such a long time away. Well, in 3 months, it'll be December. Well, it's time you start creating your Christmas cards. The holidays will be upon us in no time!!!

This week is Vicki of Summerthyme Studio to host our challenges. Vicki's challenge this week is to create a Christmas scene using at least two different stamp sets or stamps. Now, that's simple huh? Well, I hope you'll play along with us this week.

To participate, post a comment on this post with a link to your blog or online gallery!! That's it. We'd love to see your beautiful Christmas card!!

If you need a sketch to help you along. . try this one out. This is not part of the challenge. .



Check out the awesome cards created by our design team!!





Maria - Stampin Inspirations













America - Cards By America
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Monday, September 21, 2009

Sankari's Non-Traditional Colors Challenge #35 - 09-21-09


Happy Monday Everyone!!! Its Sankari here :) Can you believe that September is more than half way over!!! THis week, I am so excited to be your hostess!!! I thought maybe this week, we could make a Christmas/holiday card with non traditional colors (meaning - no red, green or blue - or just little bits of those colors!) something totally different.... its a fun way to use your holiday stamps (or non holiday stamps) in a fun and different way! ! Maria has created an awesome sketch below that you can use if you would like a sketch - so come on and get those colors out and play along with us! To participate, please comment on this post with a link to your blog or online gallery! We can't wait to see your creations!

Here is what I came up with:

Sankari Wegman - Sankari's Sunshine Corner



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Monday, September 14, 2009

Maria's Sketch Challenge #34 - 09-14-09


Hello Friends!!! It's that time again!! Yes! It's challenge time again and we are on our 34th challenge! Awesome! Each week when I have to make a Christmas card for the challenges, it would get me excited to think that we're that much closer to the holidays. Can you feel it in the air? It's getting exciting, huh?

Well, this week. . .our challenge will be an easy one. It's a sketch challenge! Yay! Why don't you play along this week and get your Christmas and holiday cards out of the way. Before you know it, the holidays will be at your door step!

To play along, follow the sketch and post a comment with a link to your blog or online gallery such as SCS, PCP or any gallery. Hope to see you playing along!!
Here is the sketch to follow:


Check out the beautiful cards the design team created:

Debbie Fisher ~ The Paper Garden

Connie - Inlovestamping






America ~ Cards By America
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