Friday, May 28, 2010

Challenge #52 - Colour Challenge: Chocolate and Roses



Hello CSAYL Friends!! Thank you to those who played along in last week's "Paper Piecing" challenge. It was a lot of fun seeing all your fabulous cards! This week's challenge is called "Chocolate and Roses"! Chocolate and Roses. . . for Christmas? Well, it's color combo challenge and the colors are "brown and pink/or red". Now it makes a lot more sense, huh?

They're not traditional Christmas colors but this is a challenge blog so we do need to step out of the box once in a while. Besides, many of the Christmas decors and gift wraps are not your traditional green and red colors. I've seen purple Christmas gift wraps and decors...aren't you glad the color challenge doesn't involve purple?

To play along. . insert the link to your card below (click on the blue "add your link" button). If you are unable to link it, please comment this post with the link to your card. If you upload your cards on SCS or PCP, please add the key word: CSAYL and the title "CSAYL52". We hope you'll play along this week.

We'll be voting on the participants' cards and the winning participant will be invited to be a guest designer for the following week's challenge. Good luck!!!

We can't wait to see what you come up with. Hope you'll play along this week!!

Our winner for Challenge #49 "Easel Card" challenge is Karen of Kaz-za's Crafty Corner. Congratulations Karen!! She will be our guest designer for challenge #53!! Click Here for Karen's winning Easel card!!

Guest Designer



I live in London and work full time as a music teacher, teaching flute and clarinet in several schools. I've always enjoyed making things, and discovered card-making 4 years ago. My favourite technique is stamping, and I love pretty papers. I started my blog nearly 2 years ago, and since then have become addicted to card-making challenges, and am now a member of four design teams. My favourite type of card to make are Christmas cards, and I make them throughout the year...so I'm thrilled to be guest designing for Christmas Stampin' All Year Long this week!

Thanks for having me!

Check out the beautiful cards created by the design team:


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Friday, May 21, 2010

Challenge #51 - Paper Piecing




Hello CSAYL Friends!! Well, we're nearing June and that means 6 more months before Christmas! Wow, how time flies huh? Well you had better get started on your Christmas cards because before you know it, it'll be the holidays again and you'll be stressed out during the holidays!! Come play along each week and you'll be glad that you did! It's a stress free way to get your Christmas cards and projects done before the holiday rolls around.

This week's challenge is an easy challenge!! The challenge is "Paper Piecing". Basically, piece parts of your stamped image with designer paper. It's a simple process.. . .just stamp your image on a regular card stock and color the image. Stamp the image again on a designer paper and cut out parts of the image and attach it to your base image (the one you colored). Simple enough, huh?

To play along. . insert the link to your card below (click on the blue "add your link" button). If you are unable to link it, please comment this post with the link to your card. If you upload your cards on SCS or PCP, please add the key word: CSAYL and the title "CSAYL51". We hope you'll play along this week.

We'll be voting on the participants' cards and the winning participant will be invited to be a guest designer for the following week's challenge. Good luck!!!

We can't wait to see what you come up with. Hope you'll play along this week!!

Check out the beautiful cards the design team created:










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Friday, May 14, 2010

Challenge #50 - Create A Card (Recipe Challenge)


Hello CSAYL Friends!! Thank you to those who played along in the "Gift Set Challenge" last. All the gift sets were awesome! Well this week we have a new card challenge. Patty of "Mis Creaciones" is our host this week and she's got a fun challenge for us this week!! The challenge is to "Create a Card" challenge. What is it about? Well . . .simple. . just make a card using the following recipe:

Base: Kraft - 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Mat: Red- 3 1/4 x 1 3/4
Any patterned paper: - 3 1/4 x 4.5
Ribbon or Fabric: White
Buttons or Brads: Red

To play along. . insert the link to your card below (click on the blue "add your link" button). If you are unable to link it, please comment this post with the link to your card. If you upload your cards on SCS or PCP, please add the key word: CSAYL and the title "CSAYL50". We hope you'll play along this week.

We'll be voting on the participants' cards and the winning participant will be invited to be a guest designer for the following week's challenge. Good luck!!!

We can't wait to see what you come up with. Hope you'll play along this week!!


Guest Designer



I live in Sunny South Florida with my wonderful husband Scott, 7 year old daughter Ansley, 5 year old son Ryan, and our furry friend Princess (a Yorshire Terrior). I have been stamping for 3 years and blogging for 2 years. Stamping quickly became my hobby. Than my hobby became my obsession. So this past fall, I turned my obsession into a dream! I opened an on-line stamp store called Stamp and Create!! I also Co-Own Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamps.

Although running the store is “work”, I love that I can do the best thing I know at work…stamping!! I am on four design teams and I love playing along with challenges. I am so excited to be a guest for Christmas Stamping All Year Long. I love the idea of creating Christmas cards all year so that I am not overwhelmed at the end of the year. I love the motivation from this challenge to stamp my Christmas cards “All Year Long”!! Thank you so much for the opportunity to play along!! Happy Stamping!

Thank you again so much for this chance!!



Check out the fabulous cards the design team created




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Friday, May 7, 2010

Gift Set Challenge #3 - Accordion File Purse



Hello CSAYL Friends!! This is the first week of the month so that means it's a "Gift Set" challenge this week! How fun is that? Do you like making gift sets? Do you like learning new techniques? Well, this challenge is your chance to create a gift set as well as a new technique!

This week's challenge is to create an "Accordion File Purse" and a matching card. This is a great box to store photos, handmade cards or even recipes if you want. It will make for a great gift to a friend or family member. There is no theme for this challenge except to create a gift set. You may use any color or any image as long as it's Christmas related.

Insert the link to your card below (click on the blue "add your link" button). If you are unable to link it, please comment this post with the link to your card. If you upload your cards on SCS or PCP, please add the key word: CSAYL and the title "CSAYLGS3". We hope you'll play along this week.

We'll be voting on the participants' cards and the winning participant will be invited to be a guest designer for the following week's challenge. Good luck!!!


We can't wait to see what you come up with. Hope you'll play along this week!!

Check out the beautiful gift sets the design team created:
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