ICY or HOT Card Challenge!

Icy Hot! Challenge Winners:

First Class:  #1 Carol L.

In the Mailbox: #2 Kathy Stacy, #9 Susan Kennedy and #10 Pam Korte.

Congratulations and thank you!  Please send an email to cardenvydt@gmail.com with First Class Icy or Mailbox Icy as applicable in the subject line for your winner's badge! ~Sandy

Hello! Thank you to those who joined us for our last challenge--a tag on a card.  This time we challenge you to make a CARD (A2 size only 4.25"x5.5") that is either ICY cold (winter, snowy, icy) OR a CARD that is HOT (summer, devilish, steamy).  It's your choice!

It's important though that you follow our challenge rules.  We are a CARD challenge only.  All cards must be flat enough to fit in an envelope for mailing and must be the A2 size--NO SQUARE CARDS.

We appreciate those who follow along with our challenge requirements and while we are happy and thankful for all who join in on our challenge, we hope you understand that we do have to delete and remove links that do not fit our challenge or requirements.

Our Designers have created some awesome cards that are either ICY or HOT to inspire you! Feel free to click on each designer's blog link and let them know if you visit their blog.

 Danie, D-Dazzled Scraps
Danie's card is super ICY with this gorgeous snowflake!

 Debbie, Scrap Enabler 
Debbie created a snowy ICY scene with this incredible tree background!

Denise, Scrappy D's House of Cards
Denise's card qualifies as ICY and HOT with  lovely cutie covering herself up with a big snowflake!

Karen, Calm Creations
Karen's card is ICY and HOT too!  Icy with the snowflake background and Hot with the warm wishes and hot chocolate!

Kristie, The Best Things in Life are Pink
Kristie's card is all ICY with beautiful snowflakes embossed, on the paper and as a die cut!

 Lisa, Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway
Lisa's card is also ICY with these fabulous snowflakes and ice skates!

Marilyn,  Marilyn's Cricut Cards
Marilyn made an ICY card too with this cute bobsled and horse scene "Dashing Through the Snow!"

 Patricia, Thinking of Inking
Patricia's card is ICY and HOT.  Can you see it?  The hot sun has melted the icy cold snowman!

Sandy (Challenge Host) Sandy's Crafty Creations
Sandy's card is totally HOT with a cute little girl dressed as a devil and the "You Melt My Heart" sentiment!

 Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise
Wendi's cute snowman card is definitely ICY with the pretty blue colors and the "let it snow" greeting!

Now it's your turn. But first a few reminders:

1. No square cards.  All cards entered must be A2 size (4.25" x 5.5")
2. No lumpy, bumpy cards.  Elements on your card need to be relatively flat (no thicker than 1/4")
3. Limit entries to 3 per challenge.
4. No Back Linking.  Cards must be created after our challenge begins AND the post to your blog or online album must be during the challenge dates.
5. Entry must be for the current theme: ICY or HOT!

Additional rules can be found under the Challenge Guidelines tab at the top under our blog header.

Our Designers will be voting on their favorite cards which will be announced on our blog  the Wednesday following the close of the challenge and on our Cards in Envy Facebook Page. We will have one FIRST CLASS and three or more IN THE MAILBOX.  Each chosen will receive one of our fun badges for their blog! The winners will also be announced on our Facebook Page, so come Like us so you'll know quickly if you were a winner.

Tag on a CARD Challenge (Tag! You're It)

Tag You're It! Winners:

First Class Card:  #5 Tracy F

In the Mailbox Cards:  #1 Carol L and #3 Dena J.  

Congratulations! Please email me at cardenvydt@gmail.com with either First Class Tag or Mailbox Tag as applicable as your subject and I'll send you your badge for your blog!  Thanks so much everyone for playing along with our challenge!
~Sandy, CIE Host

Hello, it's time for a new Cards in Envy challenge that starts today, December 2nd, and ends on December 15th.  The theme is TAG! YOU'RE IT which means we want to see CARDS that feature a TAG.  Don't be confused and think that we want to see a tag or gift tag.  We still want A2 cards (4.25" x 5.5") that have a tag on it somewhere--itty bitty tag, mini tag, regular size tag (as long as it fits on an A2 card) or a tag shaped card BUT it still must be the A2 size.  And as always cards linked for this challenge must be relatively flat to fit in an envelope for mailing (regular postage--no extra stamps). That's why our challenge is named CARDS IN ENVY!

Our Designers had a lot of fun with this theme and present you with some fabulous ideas and inspiration!

 Danie, D-Dazzled Scraps

Danie created this fabulous Christmas Reindeer Tag Card--a simple design but so perfect for this challenge1

 Debbie, Scrap Enabler 

Debbie created this adorable birthday card!  At first glance you are probably saying...where's the tag???  Well, there are EIGHT TAGS on Debbie's card!  The pinwheel style flower is created from 8 folded TAGS!

Denise, Scrappy D's House of Cards

Denise created this beautiful floral TAG card in a tag shape but it is still an A2 card! If you look closely at the photo, you can see the inside top slightly open that shows that it is a card, not just a tag!

Karen, Calm Creations

Karen created this pretty pink and green birthday card with a large tag for the sentiment, the button on the flower is flat so that her card still fits in a envelope for first class mailing!

Kristie, The Best Things in Life are Pink

Kristie created a darling hugs & kisses card with hearts and a white tag.  The colors on this card are wonderful!

 Lisa, Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway

 Lisa created a tag in a "pocket" for her card to create this fun and whimsical Christmas card!

Marilyn,  Marilyn's Cricut Cards

Marilyn created a tag out of part of her sentiment for her card.  A great way to showcase a tag!

 Patricia, Thinking of Inking

Patricia created a card with a bit larger tag to showcase both her image and her sentiment for this adorable birthday card!

Sandy (Challenge Host) Sandy's Crafty Creations

I created a quick Christmas card with some fun Martha Stewart Mat Papers and a Pre-Made tag.

 Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

 Wendi also created a card with a larger tag and a pocket for a charming Christmas Wishes card!

Now it's your turn. But first a few reminders:

1. No square cards.  All cards entered must be A2 size (4.25" x 5.5")
2. No lumpy, bumpy cards.  Elements on your card need to be relatively flat (no thicker than 1/4")
3. Limit entries to 3 per challenge.
4. No Back Linking.  Cards must be created after our challenge begins AND the post to your blog or online album must be during the challenge dates.
5. Entry must be for the current theme: Tag! You're It (And Must be a CARD not just a tag).

Our Designers will be voting on their favorite cards which will be announced on the Wednesday following the close of the challenge. We will have one FIRST CLASS and three or more IN THE MAILBOX.  Each chosen will receive one of our fun badges for their blog! The winners will also be announced on our Facebook Page, so come Like us so you'll know quickly if you were a winner.

Additional rules can be found under the Challenge Guidelines tab at the top under our blog header.

Please read before linking to our challenge!  All of our challenges are for A2 (4.25"x 5.5") CARDS ONLY.  This challenge is for TAGS ON A CARD.  Please do not link tags only, tags on bags or gift tags.  Your tag MUST be on a card to be linked to our challenge.  I have had to delete several entries, so please read our challenge requirements and rules. Thank you! ~Sandy, Cards in Envy Host

Punch It! Challenge

Our FIRST CLASS Punch It! card winner is: #1 Carol L.

And our IN THE MAILBOX winners are: #5 Kathy Stacy, #13 Alicia, #17 Gerda and #18 'Shell Klieber

Congratulations ladies, please email me at cardenvydt@gmail.com with either First Class Punch or Mailbox Punch in your subject line and I will email you a badge for your blog! Thank you for joining us for this challenge!

We have a fun challenge for you this time--Punch It!  We're asking you to  create an A2 (4.25" x 5.5") card using punches (or dies).  That's really a simple request but can lead to so many options as you can see in the following cards by our Cards in Envy Designers!

 Danie, D-Dazzled Scraps
Danie's Holiday Wishes card features punched ornaments!

Debbie, Scrap Enabler 

Debbie used 3 different dies (flowers, leaves and lattice) and created the sentiment tag with a punch for a gorgeous birthday card!

Denise, Scrappy D's House of Cards

Denise used  4 Nesties and two punches on her adorable Thanksgiving card!

 Karen, Calm Creations

Karen's sweet Valentine's Day card has heart punches from Kreaxions!

   Kristie, The Best Things in Life are Pink

Kristie created this adorable pig by making his ears with a leaf die cut and his nose from a button die!

 Lisa, Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway

Lisa used a scalloped circle punch and cut her patterned papers to look like flowers on this stunning "Hello There" card!

 Marilyn,  Marilyn's Cricut Cards

Marilyn  created her cute Hello Kitty in airplane card  with  a die cut from the Cricut cartridge" Hello Kitty Greetings" and the  clouds are a EK Success punch! 

  Patricia, Thinking of Inking
Patricia created this adorable Angry Bird card with various punches!

   Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations

Sandy's card features an  owl that is punched with a Stampin' Up owl punch and the branch is a Tim Holtz scroll die for a whimsical Thanksgiving card!

  Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

Wendi  used a fabulous  border punch and then punched out  the snowflakes for her Winter Wonderland card!

Now it's your turn. But first a few reminders:

1. No square cards.  All cards entered must be A2 size (4.25" x 5.5")
2. No lumpy, bumpy cards.  Elements on your card need to be relatively flat (no thicker than 1/4")
3. Limit entries to 3 per challenge.
4. Entry must be for the current theme: Punch It! (Use a punch or a die on your card)

Our Designers will be voting on their favorite cards which will be announced on the Wednesday following the close of the challenge. We will have one FIRST CLASS and three or more IN THE MAILBOX.  Each chosen will receive one of our fun badges for their blog!

Additional rules can be found under the Challenge Guidelines tab at the top under our blog header.

Say What? Challenge

Our Badge Winners for this challenge are:

FIRST CLASS #9 Carol L

IN THE MAILBOX #1 Cheryl Caldwell-Nyboer, #2 Divinity, #3 Kathy Stacy and #10 Linda L

Congratulations and thanks so much for participating in our challenge! Please email me at cardenvydt@gmail.com for your badge.  Be sure to include First Class Say It or Mailbox Say It (whichever is applicable) in your subject line.  Thank you!

Hello! Thanks so much for stopping by.  We have a new challenge here on Cards in Envy and this time we want A2 cards (4.25" x 5.5") that feature the SENTIMENT as the main focus of the card.

To help you understand what we want, check out the following fabulous cards by our Cards in Envy Designers!

 Danie, D-Dazzled Scraps

Debbie, Scrap Enabler 

Denise, Scrappy D's House of Cards

 Karen, Calm Creations

   Kristie, The Best Things in Life are Pink

 Lisa, Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway

   Marilyn,  Marilyn's Cricut Cards

   Patricia, Thinking of Inking

   Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations

  Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

All are beautiful cards with no images but have wonderful sentiments as the focus of the cards! Well done Designers!

Now it's your turn. But first a few reminders:

1. No square cards.  All cards entered must be A2 size (4.25" x 5.5")
2. No lumpy, bumpy cards.  Elements on your card need to be relatively flat (no thicker than 1/4")
3. Limit entries to 3 per challenge.
4. Entry must be for the current theme:  Say What? Sentiment is the main focus.

Our Designers will be voting on their favorite cards which will be announced on the Wednesday following the close of the challenge. We will have one FIRST CLASS and three or more IN THE MAILBOX.  Each chosen will receive one of our fun badges for their blog!

Additional rules can be found under the Challenge Guidelines tab at the top under our blog header.

In the Spotlight Challenge!

This was a fun challenge and I think all of us learned a new technique! The Designers have voted and we have our winners!

The FIRST CLASS card goes to:  #1 Kathy Stacy

The IN THE MAILBOX goes to: #2 Debi B, #6 Ellen Parker and #7 Sandy Hentzel

Congratulations! Send me an email to: cardenvydt@gmail.com with First Class Spotlight or Mailbox Spotlight as your subject and I will email you your badge!  Thanks so much for following and joining in on our challenges! ~Sandy

Hello and welcome to our third Monday of the month challenge! This time we want to see IN THE SPOTLIGHT CARDS!  This challenge runs from October 21st to November 3rd.

Please read this description of what a spotlight card is before you link yours to our challenge. Plus, take a look at our Designer's cards to see what one should look like.  If you are still confused, I will post a link to a tutorial video further down in this post.    A spotlight card features an image that is stamped or printed up in black and white while just a spot of it is in color.  The colored portion of the image is highlighted by a circle, oval or square shape to make it stand out from the black and white image.  This is easily accomplished by stamping or printing the image twice, coloring a small portion that you want to spotlight and cutting it out into the spotlight shape and adhering it to the full image on your card.  You could also do this in reverse with the full image in color and the spotlight portion in black in white.

Remember, all cards linked for our challenge must be an A2 size (4.25" x 5.5") only.  NO SQUARE CARDS.

Our designers did a fabulous job with creating cards that are IN THE SPOTLIGHT!

  Danie, D-Dazzled Scraps

Danie put a spotlight on this lovely lady's face and fur collar.  Love the sentiment...coffee,chocolate, men...some things are just better rich!

Debbie, Scrap Enabler 

 Debbie planted a bunch of lovely flowers on her card but spotlighted one lovely bloom for a wonderful happy birthday greeting!

 Denise, Scrappy D's House of Cards

Denise created two lovely spotlight cards and I just couldn't decided which one I liked best, so I'm sharing them both!  She spotlighted the top rose blossoms and the bird in this fabulous birdcage and rose image.

Her second card spotlights the dragonfly and the flower that is in full bloom in this lovely floral garden.

Karen, Calm Creations

Karen's Happy Birthday card features a spotlight around the flower bloom with the butterfly, leaves and background in black and white.

  Kristie, The Best Things in Life are Pink

 Kristie spotlighted a section of the lovely blossoms on her pretty hello card.

 Lisa, Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway

Lisa's unique black and white background was perfect for spotlighting one of the beautiful flowers on her card.

  Marilyn,  Marilyn's Cricut Cards

Marilyn's God Bless You card spotlights the Christ child which makes a dramatic statement on her card.

  Patricia, Thinking of Inking

Patricia's card shows you how you can use the spotlight technique on your Christmas cards.  The lovely black and white scene is so peaceful and the spotlighted cardinal on the mailbox makes the red banner stand out.

  Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations

Of course, it's still October so if you are making Halloween cards like I am, you can spotlight a portion of your spooky card to make that section really stand out like this Jack-o-Lantern man's head!

 Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

Wendi spotlighted a sweet treat on her yummy cupcake card.  The spotlight on the cherry and portion of the frosting really make this card pop.

Now it's your turn. It's really not that hard.  But if you are still confused, watch this tutorial video, just click on the link at Split Coast Stampers:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/spotlighting_technique/

Before linking, please take note of the following rules...

1. No square cards.  All cards entered must be A2 size (4.25" x 5.5")
2. No lumpy, bumpy cards.  Elements on your card need to be relatively flat (no thicker than 1/4")
3. Limit entries to 3 per challenge.
4. Entry must be for the current theme:  In the Spotlight cards

Additional rules can be found under the Challenge Guidelines tab at the top under our blog header.