Fantasy & Flowers Badge Winners

Thank you to each of you that played along with our Fantasy & Flowers card challenge!  It was a harder challenge as not everyone had or creates with fantasy characters so we really appreciate all of you that did and we loved each of them!

We took a vote and came up with one card from the entries as our First Class Badge Winner.

Congratulations to

#5 Carol M

First Class Card

We loved these two beautiful fairies with the floral background!

 

Carol, you may grab the First Class badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog.

We then each independently selected one card from all the entries as our personal favorite to be In the Mailbox.  Here they are in no particular order:

#8 Julene, In the Mailbox as Donna's Personal Favorite

#6 Mary M, In the Mailbox as Lisa, Kristie, Toni & Wendi's Personal Favorite

#11 Cheryl S, In the Mailbox as Marilyn's Personal Favorite

#3 Chris, In the Mailbox as Kathy's Personal Favorite

#14 Carol, In the Mailbox as Annie's Personal Favorite

#10 Leann H, In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite

Congratulations to each of our In the Mailbox Badge Winners!

You may grab the badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog.

Again, thank you so much to each of you for playing along with a harder challenge.  All of the cards were wonderful and we hope you'll join us for our current challenge--Pretty Pastels!

~Sandy and the CIE Designers

Fantasy & Flowers Card Challenge

Click >HERE< for our Black & White (With a Smidge of Color) Badge Winners!

Hello! Happy April to you!! It's time for a new card challenge here on the Cards in Envy blog and we are looking for cards with Flowers AND Fantasy!  That fantasy part could be fairies, unicorns, elves etc.  Your card can be any size and any shape but must be flat enough to fit in an envelope for mailing!

Our designers have created these fabulous cards for your inspiration. Please click on their blog name by each of their names for more details about each card and while visiting, leave them some comment love!

Annie, Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie

Donna, Crafty Colonel

Kathy, The Crafty Nurse

Kristie, The Best Things in Life are Pink

Lisa, Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway 

Marilyn,  Marilyn's Cricut Cards

Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations 

Sherry, Bits of Cheer

 

Toni, Frankie Helps Craft

 Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

We'd love to see your  Fantasy & Flowers cards. 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.
• Cards Only--NO TAGS

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--NO TAGS.  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, April 16, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time. 

Leave a comment and link your FANTASY & FLOWERS card in the linky below. Thank you for sharing your card that is flat enough to mail in an envelope with us at Cards in Envy!  

Please use your FIRST name and LAST INITIAL for your inlinkz entry name.

An InLinkz Link-up

Black & White (With A Smidge of Color) Badge Winners

Thank you to those of you who created and shared a card for our Black & White (with a Smidge of Color) card challenge!  We know that working with black & white can be a bit difficult but those of you who joined in did an amazing job and we appreciate it so much!  The designers voted and after tallying them up, we had our First Class Badge Winner!

Congratulations to:

#10 Heidi B FIRST CLASS BADGE WINNER

We loved the simplicity of this black and white card along with the pop of color in a layer!

Heidi, you may grab the First Class Badge below to proudly showcase on 

your own blog and again, congratulations!

The designers then picked their one personal favorite from all the entries. Here they are in no particular order:

#5 Carol L, In the Mailbox as Lisa's Personal Favorite

#11 Rocky, In the Mailbox as Toni's Personal Favorite

#13 Shawna S, In the Mailbox as Annie's Personal Favorite

#14 M Flayer, In the Mailbox as Kathy's Personal Favorite

#15 Leanne H, In the Mailbox as Sherry & Donna's Personal Favorite

#16 Carol M, In the Mailbox as Marilyn, Sandy, & Kristi's Personal Favorite

Congratulations to all our In the Mailbox Badge winners! You may grab your badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog!

Again, thank you to each of you for playing along with our Black & White (with a Smidge of Color) challenge! We hope you'll join us again.  We have a new challenge now for Fantasy & Flowers card!

~ Sandy and the CIE Designers

Black & White Card Challenge

Click >HERE< for our BADGE WINNERS for the Keep it Simple Card Challenge!


Yep, it's time for another color challenge here on Cards in Envy.  This time we want to see your cards that are Black & White.  It's okay to have a just a smidge of another color to give it some pop but please make sure your card is mostly black & white.  It can be any size, any shape as long as it it flat enough to go in an envelope for mailing.

To get your creative thoughts going, our Cards in Envy Designers have come up with these fabulous samples! Please click on the link by their name for more creation details of their card and leave them some comment love to let them know you stopped by.

Annie, Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie

Donna, Crafty Colonel

Kathy, The Crafty Nurse

Kristie, The Best Things in Life are Pink

Lisa, Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway 

Marilyn,  Marilyn's Cricut Cards

Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations 

Sherry, Bits of Cheer

 

Toni, Frankie Helps Craft

 Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

 

We'd love to see your  BLACK & WHITE cards. 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.
• Cards Only--NO TAGS

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--NO TAGS.  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, April 2nd, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time. 

Leave a comment and link your KEEP IT SIMPLE card in the linky below. Thank you for sharing your card that is flat enough to mail in an envelope with us at Cards in Envy!  

Please use your FIRST name and LAST INITIAL for your inlinkz entry name.

An InLinkz Link-up

Keep It Simple Badge Winners!

Wow! What a fabulous, phenomenal turnout we had for our Keep it Simple card challenge! Simple cards are awesome!!  It was very, very hard to narrow this down to just one.  So many could have been the winner but the tally votes found the one by a very slim margin.

Congratulations to

#35 Kuni, First Class Card

We loved the simple design of this cute "Hoppy " Easter card!  The simple background color pop and bunnies are adorable!

Kuni, please grab the First Class Badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog and again congratulations and thank you for sharing your cute card!

The Cards in Envy Designers then each picked their one personal favorite card from all the entries to be In the Mailbox.  Here they are in no particular order:

#16 Janice
In the Mailbox as Sherry's Personal Favorite

#45 Angie C
In the Mailbox as Kathy's Personal Favorite

#60 Cheryl
In the Mailbox as Marilyn's Personal Favorite

#31 Larissa
In the Mailbox as Lisa's Personal Favorite



#40 Cheremane
In the Mailbox as Wendi and Kristie's Personal Favorite



#7 Joan W
In the Mailbox as Annie's Personal Favorite



#66 Tammy H
In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite



#6 Marianne V
In the Mailbox as Toni's Personal Favorite



#83 Carol
In the Mailbox as Donna's Personal Favorite


In the Mailbox winners, please grab your In the Mailbox Badge below to proudly display on your own blog.  Congratulations to each of you, your cards are wonderful!

Thank you so much to all 87 of you for sharing your wonderful Keep It Simple cards with us! We appreciate you so much and want to invite you to join us again soon.  We have a new challenge up now for Black & White cards with a smidge of color!  Check it out!

~Sandy and the CIE Designers