SANTA is Coming to Town! Challenge

Click >HERE< for the badge winners of our Thankful for You Challenge.

"You better watch out

You better not cry

Better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town"

Well here it is! The first day of December! Are you ready?  SANTA is coming to town and that's our card challenge for the next two weeks! We want to see your A2 cards that feature Santa, Santa's Hat or Santa's Suit!  Remember, your card must be flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing AND must be the A2 size (4.25" x 5.5")

Our designers have created some really cute Santa themed cards for your enjoyment and inspiration! Be sure to visit the links to their blogs for more card creation details and leave them some comment love!

Annie, Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie

   Ellen, In a World of Craft 

  Karen, Calm Creations

 Kathy, The Crafty Nurse

  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

We can't wait to see your SANTA themed card!    Make sure it is an A2 card flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing.

Here are a few reminders about our challenge requirements:

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 posted to your blog or online album during the challenge dates.  If it was posted online BEFORE the beginning of our challenge, it cannot be linked.
5. Entry must be for the current theme: SANTA is Coming to Town  A2 CARD

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 Tuesday or Wednesday 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 each Designer will pick one card as their favorite for  IN THE MAILBOX. 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 were a winner.  

THIS IS A CARDS ONLY CHALLENGE.  Entries not following our rules and guidelines will be deleted without notice or comment.  PLEASE NOTE:  NO SQUARE CARDS   Challenge ends Sunday,  December 14, 2014 at 6 p.m. Central Time.

IMPORTANT! Please make sure you are linking directly to your card POST and not just to your blog Home page.  When we click on your link below, it must take us to your card for this challenge, not just to your home page.  We've had several of these in the past and we corrected them but will not correct this in the future.  Links that do not go directly to a card for the current challenge will be deleted.   

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Thankful for You Winners!

Wow! We had so many wonderful Thankful for You cards in this challenge that it was really hard to pick the #1 card but we added up the votes and decided that our FIRST CLASS Thankful card belongs to:

 #15 Nazeema, First Class Card

Nazeema, please grab the Frist Class badge below and post it on your blog. Congratulations!

Each Designer again picked their own personal favorite from all the entries and bestowed the title of IN THE MAILBOX to the following:

#1 Kim's Cards -  In the Mailbox as Lisa's Personal Favorite

 #12 AJ -  In the Mailbox as Wendi's Personal Favorite

 #6 CraftyCOL - In the Mailbox as Ellen's Personal Favorite

 #22 Deonna B - In the Mailbox as Marilyn's Personal Favorite

 #18 Ema M - In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite

 #17 Lynn Hayes - In the Mailbox as Annie's Personal Favorite

 #2 Nancy Grac - In the Mailbox as Karen's Personal Favorite

 #15 Nazeema - In the Mailbox as Kathy & Patricia's Personal Favorite

In the Mailbox Winners, grab the badge below for your blogs!

Congratulations to all of you and thank you to everyone who shared their card with us for this challenge!

~Sandy and the CIE Designers

THANKFUL for You Challenge

Click >HERE< for our Pumpkin Patch badge winners!

It will soon be Thanksgiving here in the USA and what better time of the year to make Thankful for You or Thank You Cards?  So that's what this challenge is all about.!  Create an A2 Card (4.25" x 5.5") that is a thank you card or a thankful card.  Your card does need to convey a thank you or thankful type message.  See the Designer cards below for examples.

To inspire you as you create your card, here are the fabulous Thankful cards by our Cards in Envy Designers.  Be sure to click on the links by their names to visit their blogs for more details and let them know you stopped by!

Annie, Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie

  Debbie, Scrap Enabler  

   Ellen, In a World of Craft 

   Karen, Calm Creations

 Kathy, The Crafty Nurse

  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

We'd love to see your Thankful (Thank You) card!  Make sure it is an A2 card flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing.

Here are a few reminders about our challenge requirements:

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 posted to your blog or online album during the challenge dates.  If it was posted online BEFORE the beginning of our challenge, it cannot be linked.
5. Entry must be for the current theme: THANKFUL (Thank You)  A2 CARD

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 Tuesday or Wednesday 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 each Designer will pick one card as their favorite for  IN THE MAILBOX. 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 were a winner.  

THIS IS A CARDS ONLY CHALLENGE.  Entries not following our rules and guidelines will be deleted without notice or comment.  PLEASE NOTE:  NO SQUARE CARDS   Challenge ends Sunday,  November 30, 2014 at 6 p.m. Central Time.

IMPORTANT! Please make sure you are linking directly to your card POST and not just to your blog Home page.  When we click on your link below, it must take us to your card for this challenge, not just to your home page.  We've had several of these in the past and again for this challenge and I corrected them but will not correct this in the future.  Links that do not go directly to a card for the current challenge will be deleted.  Thank you--Sandy

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Pumpkin Patch Winners!

Thank you every one for playing along for our Pumpkin Patch Challenge! Again, it was hard for us to narrow it down to one top card but the Designer's voted and decided that our FIRST CLASS card belongs to:

#5 Sherry H, First Class Card

Sherry, grab the First Class Badge below for your blog!

And now for our In The Mailbox cards!  Each designer picked their personal favorite from the challenge and here they are...

#9 Debi B - In the Mailbox as Lisa's Personal Favorite

 #6 Jerrie - In the Mailbox as Ellen's Personal Favorite

#10 Julie O - In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite

 #3 M Sweet - In the Mailbox as Patricia's Personal Favorite

 #4 M Sweet - In the Mailbox as Debbie's Personal Favorite

#1 NanaConnie - In the Mailbox as Annie's Personal Favorite

#11 Nazeema - In The Mailbox as Kathy's Personal Favorite

#5 Sherry H - In the Mailbox as Wendi, Karen, and Marilyn's Personal Favorite

In the Mailbox Winners, grab the badge below for your blogs!

Again, thank you for joining us for our Pumpkin Patch challenge. We hope you'll join us again for our current and future challenges!

~Sandy and the CIE Designers

Pumpkin Patch Challenge!

The winners of the Any WITCH Way You Can challenge are listed >Here<.  Please note, winner's badges are now in the winner post.  Click on the link above.  Thank you!

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, 
than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”~Henry David Thoreau

Wow! It's November!!  And time for another challenge here at Cards in Envy! This time we are looking for PUMPKIN Patch cards!  Your card must have at least One or more pumpkins to qualify. Your card can be Halloween if you are still in that mood or just an autumn or Thanksgiving themed card, it's your choice as long as we see at least one PUMPKIN!  And remember, it must be an A2 size card (4.25" x 5.5") AND flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing!

We have a variety of "Pumpkin Patches" from our Designers for your inspiration.  Please click on their blog links and visit their individual posts for more details about their cards and feel free to leave them a comment to let them know you visited!

Annie, Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie

  Debbie, Scrap Enabler 

  Ellen, In a World of Craft 

  Karen, Calm Creations

Kathy, The Crafty Nurse

 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

And now it's your turn!  Create your own PUMPKIN Patch A2 cards and make sure your card is flat enough to fit in an envelope to be mailed for first class postage.  

Here are a few reminders about our challenge requirements:

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 posted to your blog or online album during the challenge dates.  If it was posted online BEFORE the beginning of our challenge, it cannot be linked.
5. Entry must be for the current theme: PUMPKIN A2 CARD

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 Tuesday or Wednesday 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 each Designer will pick one card as their favorite for  IN THE MAILBOX. 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 were a winner.  

THIS IS A CARDS ONLY CHALLENGE.  Entries not following our rules and guidelines will be deleted without notice or comment.  PLEASE NOTE:  NO SQUARE CARDS   Challenge ends Sunday,  November 16, 2014 at 6 p.m. Central Time.

REMEMBER! This challenge is for A2 (4.25" x 5.5") cards ONLY!  Square cards and special shaped cards WILL BE DELETED without comment as they do not qualify for our challenge.  Thank you!

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