Colors of Fall Badge Winners

Wow! So many wonderful cards linked to our Colors of Fall challenge! Each one was beautiful. Thank you to all of you that linked one or more cards to this challenge.  We appreciate it so much! And as always, it was really hard to pick one winner for our First Class badge, but after all the votes were counted, we had a winner by a very narrow margin!

Congratulations to

#35 Lyn T, First Class Badge Winner

We loved the adorable kitten asleep in the beautiful orange pumpkins with the red plaid paper--wonderful colors of fall!   Lyn, please grab the First Class badge below to proudly display on your own blog!

After voting for the First Class card, the CIE Designers then picked one card from all the entries as their personal favorite.  Here they are in no particular order, our Colors of Fall In the Mailbox badge winners!

#49 Mandy LaCroix, In the Mailbox as Kathy's Personal Favorite

#17, KT Fit Kitty, In the Mailbox as Sybrina and Lisa's Personal Favorite

#39 Monika K, In the Mailbox as Sherry's Personal Favorite

#45 Cathy P, In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite

#10, Kristi M, In the Mailbox as Patricia's Personal Favorite

#35 Lyn T, In the Mailbox as Marilyn's Personal Favorite

#22, Bobbi, In the Mailbox as  Annie's Personal Favorite

#20, KT Fit Kitty, In the Mailbox as Wendi's Personal Favorite

Congratulations everyone! Please grab the In the Mailbox badge below to proudly display on your own blog!

Again, thank you to all of you who shared your fabulous Colors of Fall cards! We hope you will join us again in the future for a challenge and for our current challenge--Creepy Crawlies!

~Sandy and the CIE Designers

The Colors of Fall Challenge!

The Badge Winners for the Inspired by a Song Challenge are listed >HERE<

Hello Everyone! We have a new challenge and in celebration of Autumn arriving (officially on the calendar) this week, our challenge celebrates that season with THE COLORS OF FALL.  Now your card does not have to be an autumn or fall card but it certainly needs to have the COLORS of Fall such as Browns, Golds, Oranges, Dark Green, Reds etc.  Remember, as always, your card MUST be an A2 size (4.25" x 5.5") AND flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing.  No Shaped Cards (unless you provide the measurements) and NO SQUARE CARDS.

For your Fall inspiration, here are the cards by our Cards in Envy Designers!  Please click on each Designers blog link and visit their blog for more details about their card and leave some comment love so they will know you visited.

 Annie, Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie

Donna, Crafty Colonel

 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 

Sherry, Bits of Cheer

  Sybrina,   Chapter Three, Taking Life One Page at a Time

 Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

Now it's time for you to create a COLORS OF FALL card and share it with us in the linky below. Make sure it is an A2 card (4.25" x 5.5")  flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing.  

Here are a few reminders about our challenge requirements:

• No square or shaped cards(shaped cards allowed IF you list the size of your card--height and width). All cards entered must be A2 size (4.25" x 5.5")
• No lumpy, bumpy cards.  Elements on your card need to be relatively flat (no thicker than 1/4")
• Limit entries to 3 per challenge.
• 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.
• Entry must be for the current theme:  COLORS OF FALL

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 8 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. REMEMBER!  NO SQUARE or SHAPED CARDS unless you provide the measurements of your shaped card.   Challenge ends Sunday, October 4, 2015   at 6 p.m. Central Daylight Time. 

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Inspired by a Song Badge Winners

We had lots of "singing" and variety with our INSPIRED BY A SONG challenge!  After the votes were all in from the CIE Designers, we had our First Class Badge Winner!

#15 Lisa-M  First Class Card

We loved that cute puppy on her card inspired by the song "Who Let The Dogs Out?"

Congratulations, Lisa! Please grab the First Class Badge below to proudly display on your own blog!

The CIE Designers then picked their personal favorite card from all the entries.  They are listed below in no particular order:

#1 Mary V, In The Mailbox as Sherry's Personal Favorite

#15 Lisa-M, In the Mailbox as Patricia, Sybrina, Kathy and Annie's Personal Favorite

#2 Debi B, In the Mailbox as Marilyn's Personal Favorite

#6 April, In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite

#10 Bobbi, In the Mailbox as Donna's Personal Favorite

#12 Lynda C, In the Mailbox as Lisa's Personal Favorite

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

Thank you to everyone who created a card and shared it for our challenge! We appreciate each one of you and hope you will join us again in the future and for our current challenge--"Colors of Fall."

~Sandy and the Cards in Envy Designers

Inspired by a Song Challenge

Cute and Cuddly Badge Winners Announced >HERE<



Hello and welcome again to another Cards in Envy Challenge! This time we want to be inspired--INSPIRED BY A SONG!  That means that for the most part this is an anything goes challenge as long as it is an A2 card (4.25" x 5.5") and flat enough to fit in an envy AND was inspired by a song. It's up to you how you interpret and design your card from your song inspiration BUT we do ask that you share in your blog post the title of your song that inspired you.  If you don't share the song title, your card will not be eligible for a badge win.  Also, please make sure that you read the guidelines and rules for our challenge. We are still getting cards that do not fit our challenge.  We put this in EACH challenge:  NO SQUARE OR SHAPED CARDS. If you link one of those, your entry WILL be deleted with no comment.  Also, if it is clear that your card is NOT A2 size, it will be deleted as well.

Now that we are done with a tad bit of "housekeeping" regarding our rules, we are ready to share the A2 cards created by our CIE Designers for your inspiration!  Please click on each designer's blog link to read more details about their card creation and leave them some individual comment love! Underneath each card photo, we are sharing the title of the song that inspired the card creation.

 Annie, Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie

Inspired by:  "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

Donna, Crafty Colonel

Inspired by: "You Are My Sunshine"

 Kathy, The Crafty Nurse

Inspired by: I'm a Nut, I'm a Nut, I'm a Nut"

Lisa, Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway 

Inspired by: "All You Need is Love"

Marilyn,  Marilyn's Cricut Cards

Inspired by: "Teddy Bear" by Elvis Presley

  Patricia, Thinking of Inking 

Inspired by: "My Special Angel" by Bobby Helm

Sandy (Challenge Host), Sandy's Crafty Creations 

Inspired by: "Wildflower"  by Skylark (1972)

Sherry, Bits of Cheer

Inspired by: "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"

  Sybrina,   Chapter Three, Taking Life One Page at a Time

Inspired by: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

 Wendi, Scrappy Day in Paradise

Inspired by: "Ex's and Oh's" by Elle King

Now it's time for you to create a INSPIRED BY A SONG card and share it with us in the linky below. Make sure it is an A2 card (4.25" x 5.5")  flat enough to fit in an envy for mailing.  IMPORTANT! Be sure to share the title of your song on your own blog post!

Here are a few reminders about our challenge requirements:

• No square or shaped cards.  All cards entered must be A2 size (4.25" x 5.5")
• No lumpy, bumpy cards.  Elements on your card need to be relatively flat (no thicker than 1/4")
• Limit entries to 3 per challenge.
• 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.
• Entry must be for the current theme: INSPIRED BY A SONG (Title of Song must be shared on your blog post with your 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 8 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. REMEMBER!  NO SQUARE or SHAPED CARDS   Challenge ends Sunday, September 20, 2015   at 6 p.m. Central Daylight Time.

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Cute & Cuddly Badge Winners!

Wow! Just Wow! You all really outdid yourselves with the cute and cuddly cards for our last challenge--CUTE and CUDDLY!  We had a VERY hard time narrowing it down to one First Class Card! We'll just say that it was close--very, very close.  But a tie-breaker vote selected the following winner!

#15 Debi B, FIRST CLASS BADGE WINNER

 Congratulations Debi! Here is Debi's adorable Cute & Cuddly card!  We loved your sweet sleeping fur babies!

Debi, grab the First Class Badge below for your own blog!

The Cards in Envy Designers also selected their one personal favorite card from all the entries to be IN THE MAILBOX.  Here they are in no particular order:

#15 Debi B, In the Mailbox as Sherry's Personal Favorite

#16 MaiKreations, In the Mailbox as Kathy's Personal Favorite

#26 Pia, In the Mailbox as Donna, Marilyn, and Lisa's Personal Favorite

#12 Kaarten, In the Mailbox as Sybrina's Personal Favorite

#21 Marianne, In the Mailbox as Patricia's Personal Favorite

#23 Tammy A, In the Mailbox as Annie's Personal Favorite

#2 Lorraine A, In the Mailbox as Wendi's Personal Favorite

#9 Mandy LaCroix, In the Mailbox as Sandy's Personal Favorite

Congratulations to all our In the Mailbox badge winners! So many cute and cuddly cards to choose from!   Please grab the In the Mailbox badge below for your own blog!

Thank you so much to each and every one of you that linked your adorable Cute & Cuddly cards to our challenge! We appreciate you so much and wish you all could be winners! We have another fun challenge going on--Inspired by a Song and hope you'll join us!

~Sandy and the CIE Designers