Cards in Envy

Monday, December 4, 2017

It's Only Paper Badge Winners

What a fun card challenge! We loved all the entries but took a vote and picked one First Class Card badge winner for our It's Only Paper card challenge.

Congratulations to # 18 Izzy Scrap

We loved Izzy"s beautiful paper layered snowflake!

Izzy, you may grab the First Class badge below to proudly display on your own blog and again, congratulations!

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

#23 Tracy F, In the Mailbox as Sherry & Sandy's Personal Favorite

#31 Wei, In the Mailbox as Kristie & Toni's Personal Favorite

#28 Katrina, In the Mailbox as Sherri's Personal Favorite

#42 Carol, In the Mailbox as Lisa & Wendi's Personal Favorite

#41 Pia, In the Mailbox as Donna's Personal Favorite

#38 Sybrina K in the Mailbox as Annie's Personal Favorite

#21 Theresa P, In the Mailbox as Kathy's Personal Favorite

Congratulations to all our In the Mailbox badge winners, you may grab the badge below to proudly display on your own blog.

Thank you to each of you for sharing your wonderful It's Only Paper cards with us! Please join us for our current challenge here on the blog--"Jingle All the Way."

~Sandy & the CIE Designers

Monday, November 20, 2017

It's Only Paper Card Challenge

Click >HERE< for the Typography Badge Winners!

Hello and welcome back to another card challenge with Cards in Envy. This time we have a another unique challenge for you! It's Only Paper cards! Of course cards are made of paper but this time we want to see cards that are made ONLY with paper--no ribbon, no bows, no buttons, no embellishments unless you've made them from PAPER. To help you out with some inspiration and ideas, here are the card creations for this challenge from our Cards in Envy Designers. For more info about their cards and how they were created, click on the blog link by each Designers name.

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

Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy Trefger Creative Designs

Sherri, Sherri's Flip-Floppin' Blog

Sherry, Bits of Cheer

Toni, Frankie Helps Craft

Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

We'd love to see your It's Only Paper 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, December 3, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Central StandardTime.

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

Typography Badge Winners!

Our last card challenge, "Typography" was so much fun and it was great to see the different takes and uses of words and letters. We had lots of great entries and are so thankful for each of you! All of the CIE designers voted and came away with one card to be First Class!

Congratulations to #14 Sybrina

First Class Card!

We loved the beautiful, vibrant colors of Sybrina's card and the rich showcase of the words on the banner!

Sybrina, you may grab the First Class badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog and again, congratulations!

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

#12 Steph L, In the Mailbox as Lisa & Annie's Personal Favorite

#3 Lilian T, In the Mailbox as Toni's Personal Favorite

#16 Bobbi, In the Mailbox as Sherry's Personal Favorite

#1 Jackie M, In the Mailbox as Sherri's Personal Favorite

#25 Shawna S, In the Mailbox as Donna's Personal Favorite

#4 Carol, In the Mailbox as Sandy & Kathy's Personal Favorite

#23 Carol, In the Mailbox as Kristie's Personal Favorite

#19 Izzy S, In the Mailbox as Wendi's Personal Favorite

In the Mailbox Badge Winners, you may grab the badge below to proudly display on your own blog and congratulations!

Thank you again to all of you for sharing your beautiful cards with us for our Typography card challenge. We have a new card challenge that's going on right now with a theme of "It's Only Paper!" We hope you'll join us!

~Sandy and the CIE Designers

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Monday, November 6, 2017

Typography Card Challenge

Clcik >HERE< for the Let's Play Dress Up Badge Winners!

Hello and welcome to a new Cards in Envy card challenge! This time we are doing something a bit different. Yes, we still want cards that are flat enough to send in the mail. It's our theme that's a bit different than any we've had before. The theme is "Typography" which means we want cards that have LETTERS or WORDS as the focus of the card. This can be done as the sentiment as long as it is the main part of the card. If you are confused, please see our designers' samples below.

For more details about each designer's card, click on their blog name (link) by their name.

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

Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy Trefger Creative Designs

Sherri, Sherri's Flip-Floppin' Blog

Sherry, Bits of Cheer

Toni, Frankie Helps Craft

Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

We'd love to see your Typography (Letters, Words, Sentiment) 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

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

An InLinkz Link-up

Let's Play Dress Up Badge Winners

Wow! So many cute cards featuring creatures, animals and kids in costume for our Let's Play Dress Up card challenge. Thank you so much! We loved them all but finally narrowed it down to one top card to be our First Class badge winner!

Congratulations to:

#30 Beate R

First Class Badge Winner

We loved the cute cat in his top hat and cape! We also loved the unique background technique!