Monday, December 19, 2016

Celebrate the Season Card Challenge

Click >HERE< for the "Wouldn't That Be Sweet" Badge Winners!

Well it's almost here whether you are ready....or not! The holiday season...Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve.  If you make cards, it's a good bet you've made one or more for this holiday season and we want to see what you've created to CELEBRATE THE SEASON.  Your card can be any size, any shape BUT it must be flat enough to fit in an envelope (envy) for mailing.

To inspire you, our designers have created some wonderful cards for how they celebrate the season!  Please click on each designers' blog name for more details about their card creation and while there we'd love for you to leave some comment love.

 Kathy, The Crafty Nurse





Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations 



Sherry, Bits of Cheer
  



We'd love to see your  CELEBRATE THE SEASON 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, January 1, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Central  Time. 

Leave a comment and link your "CELEBRATE THE SEASON" 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.


Wouldn't That be SWEET Badge Winners

Wow! That was a wonderfully yummy and sweet challenge! We loved all the SWEET cards that were linked to this challenge but after tallying the votes, we ended up with one FIRST CLASS CARD!

Congratulations to #7 Trina P!
Our First Class Card Badge Winner!!
We loved this sweet and adorable gingerbread boy with his SWEET candy cane!

Congratulations Trina!  Please grab the First Class Badge below to proudly
showcase on your own blog!

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

#18 Carole J, In the Mailbox as Sherry's Personal Favorite


#6 Sunday, In the Mailbox as Annie & Donna's Personal Favorite


#1 Art J, In the Mailbox as Kathy's Personal Favorite


#4 Cecilla G, In the Mailbox as Kristie & Marilyn's Personal Favorite


#22 Mary N, In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite


#12 Theresa, In the Mailbox as Wendi's Personal Favorite


#11 Helene H, In the Mailbox as Lisa's Personal Favorite


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

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

Thank you to everyone that played along in this challenge for this busy time of the year!  We hope you'll join us again and we do have a new challenge (the last one for 2016) on the blog today--Celebrate the Season.

~Sandy and the CIE Designers

Monday, December 5, 2016

Wouldn't That Be "Sweet" Card Challenge

Click >HERE< for our Thank You cards badge winners!

It's getting to be a busy, busy time of the year! We hope that you find a bit of time to craft and make cards.  Our theme this time is "Wouldn't that be SWEET?"  We want to see cards that have something sweet on it like a cupcake, candy, cookies etc.  You can make your card any theme as long as it has something sweet!

To inspire you, our designers have created a tasty and yummy buffet of SWEET cards! Please click on each designers' blog name for more details about their card creation and while there we'd love for you to leave some comment love.




 Kathy, The Crafty Nurse





Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations 



Sherry, Bits of Cheer

  


We'd love to see your  SWEET 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 18,  2016 at 6:00 p.m. Central  Time. 

Leave a comment and link your "SWEET" 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.


Thank You Badge Winners

Thank you for your beautiful Thank You cards for our last challenge!  So many to choose from but after tallying the votes, we had our one FIRST CLASS card!

Congratulations to #9 Carol
Our First Class Badge Winner
We loved this beautiful  Thank You card with the amazing leaves in such pretty colors!

Carol, you may grab the First Class Badge below to proudly showcase on your own blog and again, Congratulations!


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

#8 Kathy S, In the Mailbox as Wendi's Personal Favorite


#15 Jessica L, In the Mailbox as Sybrina's Personal Favorite


#7 Carol L, In the Mailbox as Sherry's Personal Favorite


#10 Andrea W, In the Mailbox as Lisa & Marilyn's Personal Favorite


#9 Carol, In the Mailbox as Annie & Kristie's Personal Favorite


#1 Wendy B, In the Mailbox as Donna's Personal Favorite


#13 Leanne H, In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite

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

A big thank you to all of you for playing along during this busy time of the year. We appreciate it so much and hope that you will join us again for future challenges and for our new challenge that starts today--"Wouldn't That Be Sweet?"

~Sandy and the CIE Designers