Monday, May 16, 2016

Deep Blue Card Challenge

Click >HERE< for our Just Us Girls Badge Winners!


Hi everyone! Wow! We are having some great response to our challenges lately and hope this one will be popular too.  This time around we are having a color card challenge and the color we are looking for is DEEP BLUE!  That means your card must feature shades of blue in a deeper or darker color.  And when looking at your card, we need to be able to clearly see that blue is the main color. Your card may be any size and any shape as long as it is flat enough to fit in an envelope for mailing.

Our Cards in Envy designers have come up with some great Deep Blue card ideas.  Please click on the blog link by each designer's name for more details about their card and make sure you leave them some comment love.









 Kathy, The Crafty Nurse












Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations 



Sherry, Bits of Cheer







We'd love to see your Deep Blue card.  Please read over our challenge requirements and then share your card in the linky at the end of this post. 

Here are a few reminders about our challenge requirements:
  • No lumpy, bumpy cards.  Elements on your card need to be relatively flat (no thicker than 1/4") so your card would fit in an envy (envelope) for mailing
  • Limit entries to 3 per challenge.
  • No Back Linking--cards must be posted to your blog or an online album during the challenge dates. If it was posted online BEFORE the beginning of our challenge, it cannot be linked.
  • Entry must be for the current theme.

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

Our Designers will be voting on the cards after the challenge ends and the winners will be announced by Wednesday morning  following the close of the challenge.. We will have one FIRST CLASS which is the card that receives the most votes from the Designers and considered the best overall card for the theme.  The Designers will also pick one card as their personal favorite for an IN THE MAILBOX badge. That means we may have up to 10 In the Mailbox cards for a challenge.  We decided to go with this fun method as each Designer has their own unique style and preference.  Each chosen may grab one of our fun badges for their blog! The badges for the challenge will be in the winners post following the close of the challenge after all the Designer votes are in.  The winners will also be announced on our Facebook Page, so come Like us so you'll know quickly if you are a winner. 

THIS IS A CARDS ONLY CHALLENGE.  Entries not following our rules and not for the current challenge theme will be deleted without notice or comment. We accept any size/shape of card BUT all cards must be flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing (no thicker than 1/4") which means no lumpy, bumpy embellishments. Challenge ends Sunday, June 5,  2016 at 6:00 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time.  


Just Us Girls Badge Winners!

Wow! What an amazing turnout and so many wonderful girly cards for our Just Us Girls challenge! It really was hard to choose one winner, but after narrowing it down, the CIE Design Team finally picked the First Class Card.

Congratulations to our First Class Card Badge Winner,
#21 Leslie M

We absolutely loved this beautiful floral image in the Mason jar and all the pretty pink. So very feminine!  Again, congratulations to Leslie! Please grab the First Class badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog!



After picking our First Class winner, we then each voted for our own personal favorite card from all the entries.  Here they are in no particular order:


#47 Maria F, In the Mailbox as Lisa's Personal Favorite



#4 Pia, In the Mailbox as Sherry & Donna's Personal Favorite



#33 Darnel, In the Mailbox as Kathy and Patricia's Personal Favorite



#1 Carol Lin, In the Mail Box as Wendi's Personal Favorite




#37 Mari K, In the Mailbox as Annie's Personal Favorite




#21 Leslie M, In the Mailbox as Sybrina's Personal Favorite





#46 Kathy Schweinfurth, In the Mailbox as Marilyn's Personal Favorite





#3 Mary V, In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite

Congratulations to all our In the Mailbox badge winners! Please grab your badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog.


Thank you so much to all that participated in our Just Us Girls challenge! We welcome all new participants and hope you will all join us again for our current challenge--Deep Blue and for our future challenges!

~Sandy and the CIE Designers


Monday, May 2, 2016

Just Us GIRLS Card challenge

Click >HERE< for the Another Year Older Badge Winners!

Well hello again crafty card makers! We've got a fun challenge for you this time around...it's JUST US GIRLS! Yep, all we want to see are girly, feminine cards.  They can be for any occasion but must definitely be for girls or ladies.  Your card can be any size and any shape but MUST be flat enough to fit in an envelope for mailing.

We also want to welcome all the new challenge participants that joined us last challenge and hope you'll continue to play along with us here at Cards in Envy!

Our designers have once again created some fun, fabulous cards for you to enjoy and for a bit of inspiration as you create your own cards for the challenge.  Please click on the blog link by their name for more details about their card creation and leave them some comment love on their blog post.






 Kathy, The Crafty Nurse









  Patricia, Thinking of Inking  



Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations 


Sherry, Bits of Cheer






We'd love to see your Just us GIRLS card.  Please read over our challenge requirements and then share your card in the linky at the end of this post. 

Here are a few reminders about our challenge requirements:
  • No lumpy, bumpy cards.  Elements on your card need to be relatively flat (no thicker than 1/4") so your card would fit in an envy (envelope) for mailing
  • Limit entries to 3 per challenge.
  • No Back Linking--cards must be posted to your blog or an online album during the challenge dates. If it was posted online BEFORE the beginning of our challenge, it cannot be linked.
  • Entry must be for the current theme.

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

Our Designers will be voting on the cards after the challenge ends and the winners will be announced by Wednesday morning  following the close of the challenge.. We will have one FIRST CLASS which is the card that receives the most votes from the Designers and considered the best overall card for the theme.  The Designers will also pick one card as their personal favorite for an IN THE MAILBOX badge. That means we may have up to 10 In the Mailbox cards for a challenge.  We decided to go with this fun method as each Designer has their own unique style and preference.  Each chosen may grab one of our fun badges for their blog! The badges for the challenge will be in the winners post following the close of the challenge after all the Designer votes are in.  The winners will also be announced on our Facebook Page, so come Like us so you'll know quickly if you are a winner. 

THIS IS A CARDS ONLY CHALLENGE.  Entries not following our rules and not for the current challenge theme will be deleted without notice or comment. We accept any size/shape of card BUT all cards must be flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing (no thicker than 1/4") which means no lumpy, bumpy embellishments. Challenge ends Sunday, May 15,  2016 at 6:00 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time.  
   

Another Year Older Badge Winners

Wow! Oh my! How awesome! So many wonderful birthday cards to choose from!  It was close, so very close but after counting and re-counting, we have our First Class Badge Winner!

Congratulations to
#3, Mary V
First Class Card!
We loved the design of this card with the cut outs and paper showing through and that adorable cupcake!  Mary, please grab the First Class Badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog.




The CIE Designers then picked their one personal favorite card from all the entries.  Here they are in no particular order.

#26 IKE, In the Mailbox as Marilyn's Personal Favorite


#2 Maike, In the Mailbox as Kathy and Wendi's Personal Favorite


#18 Toni, In the Mailbox as Annie's Personal Favorite


#36 Dreja, In the Mailbox as Lisa's Personal Favorite


#8 Maike, In the Mailbox as Sandy and Sybrina's Personal Favorite


#43 Jennifer S, In the Mailbox as Sherry's Personal Favorite



Congratulations!  In the Mailbox Badge winners, grab the badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog!




Thank you so much to all of you that joined in on our challenge. We hope you create a card for our next challenge--Just Us Girls!

~Sandy and the CIE Designers