Thursday, January 8, 2015

Meet the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Gals!

Happy New Year, everyone! Christmas is just a couple of weeks (50) to be exact! around the corner 
and soon we will need to start making Christmas cards again and that's what this challenge blog is all about to take away (or minimize) the stress of making Christmas cards.

Twice a month, (1st & 3th Friday of month)  the CSAYL Gals will be sharing Christmas cards, Gifts sets, tags, etc and we hope that you come and play around with us in some of them and get more that ready for Christmas!

 I would like to introduce the NEW CSAYL Gals, here they are:


Our Team Coordinator 
My name is Valérie ALLARD, more known under the pen name valou250809. I lived in Belgium just next to the big city of Chaleroi and in 40 kilometers from Brussels.

 I have 5 children from 5 to 15 years old. I scrappe since 2006 and my style is the “Shabby Chic Style” but I know also how to create in a vintage style or C&S without any problem. I create a great deal of cards and of projects home decoration. I like the sharing and the scrapbooking is ideal for it. As to work in one Design Team. 




Hi, I am Bernardine Cuttino, kindly called me BERNI. I lived in Santa Clarita, CA, USA, 40 miles North of Los Angeles. I guess you could say, it is the High Desert, weather is triple digit's in the Summer and cold in the winter. In fact, there is snow on the mountains in the winter, very pretty. Now if you go South towards the water, there is the beach. You have the best of both worlds.
 I retired from Princess Cruises, the cruise line. Have had the good fortune to have travelled the world and visited all seven continents. My favorite place in the world is Italy. I also worked in the Motion Picture Industry for twenty years.
 Started with scrapbooking and went into card making when I retired. I love to create and experiment with different techniques; and enjoy gardening. I am involved in the Women ministry at church. Create cards for the Missionaries in my church who are worldwide. Always looking for inspiration and ready for a challenge.



Hi! My name is Valerie, and I live in the top northeast corner (tundra!) of Illinois. I’m married to my college sweetheart, and we have 4 kids, ages 12-17 (the youngest 2 are twin boys!). My love of paper crafting began as a child; I didn’t realize it then, but I was scrapbooking in albums all the time (I still have them, and I love looking back on them). My life in “Scrapbooking” began 10 years ago when my friend took me to a scrapbooking night with friends. That was it, I was hooked. Card making entered my life 4 years ago when I got a job at Archiver’s; that opened up an entire new awesome world for me! I’m also an architect (on hiatus because of family life), a substitute teacher (perfect job for a busy mom), and a designer on another design team. The crafting & projects aren’t the only wonderful thing about this portion of my life; the many, many people I’ve met along the way has been a wonderful bonus; I have so many new friends because of it, and sometimes I think that’s the best part!


 


Hi, my name is Vivienne, but most people call me Viv.

I have a long suffering hubby, 4 sons and 8 grandchildren. The youngest is 8 months and the oldest is 23!!!

I've been crafting for over 10 years and see no signs of ever giving up my addiction.

I don't think I have a specific style, so I call mine 'eclectic'.

(Sounds posher than 'A mixture').

My favourite medium for colouring my stamps and digi images, is Copics.

I look forward to sharing my projects with you.




My name is Susie Cannon Moore.  I am married to my soul mate Randall and between us we have five grown children - four boys and one girl.  We are also blessed to have eight wonderful grandchildren.  We live in a small country town – Maypearl, Tx where we own a scrapbooking bed and breakfast.


I have been paper crafting all my life…but started scrapbooking seriously in 1998.  It has been full throttle ever since.  My motto is, “A day without scrapbooking?  Not if I can help it.”  And I’ve tried to live by that all these years.

 I've been published in a few magazines and have even been on HGTV.  What an experience!

 I scrapbook digitally these days, but still love using great papers and tools for card making.  I use clear stamps and digital images too as I am also a computer nerd!


All of this new Gals will be joining SR Design Team Member:




 

Owner 

Along with this lovely Gals we will have some great Guest Designer each month!!
  Hop over to their blog welcome them and check out their lovely work!!

 Check back soon we will post our 2015 Sponsors and 
our First challenge is going live on February 6th at 9:am EST
Please make sure you check out our New Challenge Rules .

Thanks for stopping by,
Patricia 


 

Monday, December 8, 2014

Here are the Winners!!!

For our DT or Team Coordinator call scroll down or go HERE

And here are the winners of our last challenge of the year!!!!

Digis from Emma Canning
 

Winners!!
From Helen's blog: 
Aw, this is sweet! Love the adorable image and your colour combo - one of my favourites for holiday cards! 
 and
and 

Digis from Bugaboo Stamps

From Fabiola's blog:
I do love this card, it's just so so cute, great colouring design paper 
and love the added dry embossing. Great card.
 and


Image from QKR Stampede
QKR
From Heather's blog:
This is WONDERFUL!!! Love that image.. Love your shaker!! Just perfect!!

and last but not least the winner of 
some digis from Anne's Digital is:

Please contact Patty Chalas at pattychalas@hotmail.com to coordinate your prize!
 Thanks again to you all for playing along this year with us and hope to see you back again in 2015.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Christmas Stampin All Year Long Design Team & Team Coordinator Call !!


Designing For


Do you enjoy creating  Christmas cards?  If you answered yes,  I got a challenge for you: Christmas Stampin All Year Long!  I'm looking for a few talented cardmakers who enjoy creating Christmas cards all year round!

As a design team member of this bi-weekly challenge, you'll
  • create two (2) Christmas cards per month (each card posted on the 1st and 3rd friday) based on a theme
  • comment on your assigned entries
  • pick your favorite and vote on the winner
Interested? Please enter your name in the linky Design Team Call at the end of this post. Link to christmas card you have made and posted on your blog. If you feel to create a new card as your design team entry too. It's up to you.  Please limit your DT call entries to no more than 3.

Requirements:
~Commit to a 10 month term (February -November ).
~2 projects per month.  
~ Posting on Fridays. On your personal blog and CSAYL blog.
~The ability to take good quality photos of your creations .
~Have a personal blog and promote CSAYL challenge blog and our sponsors on your posting. (this can include use of logos/blinkies, linking products to the online store, display a list of CSAYL DT members on your blog).
~Comment on CSAYL  Challenge entries (on a number system).
~Be able to meet deadlines on a timerly manner.
 
Benefits:
~Digital images & papers from sponsors to work on your  projects. ~Your name and a link to your blog on the CSAYL Challenge Blog ~A great opportunity to work with a fun and friendly design team!
~All of the products are yours to keep.

To apply for the position of Team Coordinator please send a email with the following information: name, brief bio, blog link, social media links,  are you a cardmaker, scrapbooker, mixed media, etc.? past and present creative experience, have you ever serve as a team coordinator or as Design Team member? Know or  have experience working with sponsors? 3 samples of what you do best! to pattychalas@hotmail.com with Team Coordinator in the subject line.
This call is open until December 21 and the new design team members will be announced here on the blog on January 5. The first challenge starts on February 6.

Thanks, and I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs!
Patty


Monday, November 24, 2014

top3 and winner challenge #37!

Hello and Welcome!
It's time to share the winner of  Challenge #37- Anything Goes.


First up our Faves this week goes to:                   Wenche


Toni


Suzi Mac


and the winner is:                                           Ellibelle


Please contact Patty Chalas at pattychalas@hotmail.com to coordinate your prize!


Thanks to everyone who played along this week!!

Friday, November 21, 2014

Our Final Challenge of the year with a TWIST and a Big Party!!

It is our last Christmas Stampin' All Year Long challenge for 2014 AND we are hosting a BIG party to celebrate!!! 

We are switching it up a bit for our last challenge,  normally the design team's creations are posted on the CSAYL blog for inspiration. 
This week, we are hosting a "Anything Goes challenge"
Check out each of the design team member's blogs and leave a comment, 3 random commenters will win a prize.  Then come back here and play along with this week's challenge, there will be 4 random winners drawn from the participants this week.   That means there are 7 chances to win if you leave comments and participate in the challenge - we said this party was BIG!!!

THE CHALLENGE:
Create a Anything you like...such as a card set; card, bag and altered gift combo; gift box, tag and card.  Mix and match and you please!!
Play along and link up your creation at the bottom of this post by Thursday, November 28th at midnight EST.

THE TWIST:
Click and visit each design team member's CSAYL blog and leave a comment by Thursday,
November 28th at midnight EST.

 Fabiola Jaques
Helen Nile
Heather Mills
Patricia Chalas
 
OUR SPONSORS:
There have been so many wonderful sponsors this year.  A huge THANK YOU you to all!!!
This week's challenge has this sponsors and more!!!

Broken Box Stock!!! One random participant will win Digi stamps from
  
QKR Stampede!!! One random participant will win 5 Digital Images from QKR Stampede!!!
QKR
Emma Canning!!!  3 winners from this week's challenge will each win 2 digis from the Emma Canning store.
Bugaboo!!! One lucky participant will win 7 digis of their choice from Bugaboo!! 


Link up your creations below.  Remember, this week's challenge is to use your imagination to create anything you like. 
We have had so much fun visiting each of your blogs throughout the year! 
Thank you for crafting with us and good luck!

Monday, November 17, 2014

top3 and winner challenge #36!

Hello and Welcome!
It's time to share the winner of  Challenge #36- Anything Goes.


First up our Faves this week goes to:
Wenche

Twisted Witch

Deonna B

and the winner is:
Carol Dunham

Please contact Patty Chalas at pattychalas@hotmail.com to coordinate your prize!

Thanks to everyone who played along this week!!

Friday, November 14, 2014

Challenge #37- Anything Goes!!

Hello Crafters!!! Today at  
 Christmas Stampin' All Year Long we have a brand new Challenge !!
   Our Challenge this week is Anything Goes !!
The winner will received a papers and goodies !!
Link up by Thursday, November 20th at midnight EST for your chance to win.
   


Here's the inspiration from the Design Team:
 

Patty



Our rules: 


-Create a new project according to the challenge details, post on your blog and link back to CSAYL challenge Blog.
-Add your entry (Inlinz) to the CSAYL challenge post, with a direct link to your project post NOT to your whole blog, please! .
-One entry per participant. Repeat entries will be delete.
-The challenge closes on thursday at midnight EST

PLEASE NOTE: Winners will be announce on Monday following the ending time after the next Challenge posting, on some week we will have more that one winner!

Good luck to everyone!!




Monday, November 10, 2014

top3 and winner challenge #35!

Hello and Welcome!
It's time to share the winner of  Challenge #35- Anything Goes-sketch challenge.


First up our Faves this week goes to:
Myrna

Jeni

Belinda


and the winner is: Myrna


let's chill


Please contact Patty Chalas at pattychalas@hotmail.com to coordinate your prize!
Thanks to everyone who played along this week!!

Friday, November 7, 2014

Challenge #36- Anything Goes!!

    Hello Crafters!!! Today at  
 Christmas Stampin' All Year Long we have a brand new Challenge !!
   Our Challenge this week is Anything Goes !!
 
The winner will received a surprise goodies from one of our sponsors!!
Link up by Thursday, November 13th at midnight EST for your chance to win.

   

Here's the inspiration from the Design Team:
 
 
Our rules: 

-Create a new project according to the challenge details, post on your blog and link back to CSAYL challenge Blog.
-Add your entry (Inlinz) to the CSAYL challenge post, with a direct link to your project post NOT to your whole blog, please! .
-One entry per participant. Repeat entries will be delete.
-The challenge closes on thursday at midnight EST
PLEASE NOTE: Winners will be announce on Monday following the ending time after the next Challenge posting, on some week we will have more that one winner!


Good luck to everyone!!