Silver/Gold Top 3 & DT CALL info

(Apologies for the late post...thought I had scheduled it, but apparently it didn't save! So, let's get to it!)

If you are looking for the random winner of the Silver and/or Gold challenge, see last week's post!

Hope your Christmas was as wonderful as you wanted it to be! Now we have a little 'gift' for you...as promised, I've got a Top 3 from our last challenge - Silver and/or Gold - to share with you today...

First, let's get to the eye candy...in no particular order, here are our TOP 3!

#30 Carla Suto

#45 Shelby

#6 Tracy MacDonald

Don't forget, Winners, to add the CMM Top 3 badge to your blog - it's located in the sidebar!

There were some wonderful cards featuring Silver and Gold. I know I found some inspiration for next year's Christmas card! Did you have a favorite?

The HAPPY HOLIDAYS Challenge is still open (until Jan 3rd.)! Stop by to see what everyone else is creating and link up your Christmas or New Year's card for a chance to win a 

$10 gift certificate to Tiddly Inks!

If you are looking for the DT CALL, you are in the right place...but we had a few last minute details to finish up, so stop by next Monday for the full post! (ETA: You can find the DT Call here!) We can't wait to see what else you've been creating!

Did you know you can also Follow Us via GFC (in the sidebar) or even join our Card Makin' Mamas Facebook Group? Great inspiration and information (tutorials, freebies, contests, etc.) to be shared!

Have a great weekend!

Silver/Gold Winner & Happy Holiday Inspiration

For those of us celebrating Christmas, we are down to 4 days! Are you ready for the big day or are you a last minute shopper? Whatever your winter activities, you creative card makers have found time to create some wonderful cards!

Well, let's get to it! The random winner of the Bugaboo Stamps Digis for our

Silver and/or Gold Challenge is:

#53 Berit Synnøve

CONGRATS, Berit!

Send an email to cardmakinmamaschallenge@hotmail.com to claim your prize!

PLEASE PUT THE NAME OF THE CHALLENGE YOU WON IN THE EMAIL.

Don't forget to add the CMM Winner's Badge to your blog!

The badge is located on the sidebar to the right.

Have you entered our last challenge of the year Happy Holidays?

This challenge is sponsored by the fabulous 

Tiddly Inks - Digital & Clear Stamps!

Here's a little holiday inspiration from our DT!


DT Angi

DT Sara

Nothing like a last minute holiday card, right?! Be sure to visit their blogs and leave them a little love for their efforts!

If you're a regular to CMM, you know we usually have a Top 3 to show you on Winner Day...but since this challenge is an extra week, we're saving those for next Friday. You'll want to check back to see the DT favorites, but also to see our announcement...

DT CALL next Friday!

If you've ever wanted to be a part of a creative team, helping to inspire others while sharing and receive a few perks along the way, come back next week for all the details!

It's the HOLIDAYS Challenge #59

Happy Holidays everyone. I hope this is finding you all well. I do want to start out by sending up a prayer to the victims, families, and survivors of the recent shooting events at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Oregon (half an hour from where I live) and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

This week I am here to share with you our final challenge of the year. It will last until January 3rd. The challenge will be:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Show me Christmas or New Year related cards.

We have an AWESOME sponsor for our final  challenge. Tiddly Inks Digital & Clear Stamps

Tiddly Inks offers digital stamps and digital papers, created by Christy Croll. Christy is a self-trained illustrator who likes simple, cute and quirky drawings with a sense of humor. She draws what amuses her, which means some days it is quirky and cute and other days it is a bit of a twisted gothic feel. 

They are offering a $10 Gift Certificate to the random winner of this challenge. Now that is a prize worth playing for. 

Here are our amazing Design Team samples to get your mojo flowing! Sadly this will be the final challenge for a couple of them. LETS SAY GOODBYE TO SHANNON AND EVELINA

                                                                   Eva

                                                              Penny 

 

                                                                Shannon

                                                                 Shary

                                                               Susan

Super cute cards right?  Want to show us what you got?  Then link up below to be entered in our challenge! Also don't forget to come back next Friday when the inspiration girls will dazzle you with their  creations. 

ALSO COME BACK MONDAY FOR A DT CALL 

Thanksgiving/Thanks Winner & Silver/Gold Inspiration

Happy Friday, Mamas! THANK YOU for entering our previous challenge! There were so many different styles and designs, holiday cards & 'thank you's, traditional fall colors and interesting combos. That's what makes these challenges so much fun!

Did you know... At the end of every challenge, a random draw is done from all the qualifying participants. Beginners and seasoned cardmakers alike have an equal chance of winning the sponsored prize. How awesome is that?!

The TOP 3 are chosen by the Design Team. Want to be considered for the TOP 3 recognition? Be thoughtful in your CARD design - layout, colors, embellishments - and take good pictures! Consider lighting, the angle of the camera, etc. We want your creation to look good here, too!

Okay, it's (finally!) time to announce the winners of our THANKSGIVING/THANK YOU challenge! 

First up is our random draw for the Mystery $$ Prize from Digi My World!

#7 GEORGIANA

Send an email to cardmakinmamaschallenge@hotmail.com to claim your prize!
PLEASE PUT THE NAME OF THE CHALLENGE YOU WON IN THE EMAIL.

Don't forget to add the CMM Winner's Badge to your blog!
The badge is located on the sidebar to the right.

Our TOP 3 (in no particular order):

ATHINA

HELEN

PINKY

Have you entered our current challenge?

It's sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps!

SILVER and/or GOLD

How about a mix of DT and participant cards for you to see! All with a flash of silver and/or gold!

Be sure to click on the pictures to see more detail and, of course, click on the designer's name to see more of their creations!

DT Angi

(Bugaboo Stamps: Princess Charlie - Toad)

DT Eva

#2 Donna Ellis

#20 Cathy

#28 Gem

Whew! Are you feeling inspired? Did you know you are allowed 2 entries per challenge? We can't wait to see what else you create with the Silver and/or Gold theme!

Silver & Gold Challenge #58

I hope you all are getting in the mood for the holidays. I know I am. 

The challenge this week is a COLOR CHALLENGE. 

                  SILVER AND/OR GOLD

We want to see  sparkly, shimmery cards with silver and/or gold on it. Now you don't have to go with a holiday card if you don't want to. Just anything following the color theme. Also silver an/or gold MUST  be a main color. I don't want to just see a tiny bit. 

Our amazing sponsor this week is BUGABOO STAMPS

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay:
As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

They will be offering the winner of this challenge  FREE DIGIS

Here are our amazing Design Team samples to get your mojo flowing! While you are looking check out our amazing new Designers and leave them some love. 

                                                         Sara

                                                      Lisa 

Penny 

                                                      Shannon

 Shary

                                                         Susan

Super cute cards right?  Want to show us what you got?  Then link up below to be entered in our challenge! Also don't forget to come back next Friday when the inspiration girls will dazzle you with their  creations. 

More Thanksgiving/Thank You Inspiration

This is the last week of our THANKSGIVING/THANK YOU challenge sponsored by Digi My World!

Have you linked up your project, yet? Since this challenge is 3 weeks long we thought you might appreciate even more inspiration...this time it comes from our CMM challenge participants!

Just a few cards for your viewing pleasure. I'm sure the designers wouldn't mind if you left them a little comment love - tell them we sent you! :)

#2 Sarah T.

#121 Pat K.

#86 Tabbatha S.

Gorgeous coloring, die cuts, and paper piecing are just a few of the details we've seen. Be sure to stop by and visit a few of the other entries. There are some wonderful cards linked up to this challenge!

Anything Goes Winner & Thanksgiving/Thank You Inspiration

Happy Friday!

Are you as glad as I am that the weekend is finally here?! What better way to start the weekend than to announce our winners from the Anything Goes Challenge?

The WINNER of the Squiggle Stamps Mystery Digi Bundle is...

#190 Lorianna

Send an email to cardmakinmamaschallenge@hotmail.com to claim your prize!
PLEASE PUT THE NAME OF THE CHALLENGE YOU WON IN THE EMAIL. 

Don't forget to add the CMM Winner's Badge to your blog! The badge is now located on the sidebar to the  right. 

There were over 300 entries for our Anything Goes Challenge! You all make it difficult for the Design Team to pick only 3 faves...but we persevered. :)

Our TOP 3 this week (in no particular order) are:

#12 Jacqui P. 

#79 Katie

#306 Tracy MacDonald

Congratulations! There is a fun badge for you to display on your blogs located on the sidebar to the right. 

Have you entered our current challenge -

THANKSGIVING/THANK YOU?

Not yet? Do you need a little eye candy to boost your mojo?

Have a look at what our Inspiration Design Team created just for you!

Lisa using Apple Park (Digi My World)

Shannon

Penny using Thankful Givings (Digi My World)

Sara using Apple Park (Digi My World)

Too cute, right?!

Feeling inspired now?

Link up your card to our THANKSGIVING/THANK YOU for a chance to win a Mystery $$ Prize from our current sponsor Digi My World!

ONE MORE THING, apparently the Halloween/Spooky Winners post seems to have disappeared into the land of the lost blogs.  We apologize for the delay! The winner from the Halloween/Spooky challenge was Sharon Basel. Sharon, follow the email instructions mentioned above so that you can also claim your prize.

Alright...Gobble, gobble till you wobble! For those that celebrate Thanksgiving, hope your Turkey Day is wonderful! Check back next Friday for an inspiration post made by you! (If you would like your card to be considered for this special post, your card must be linked up no later than the end of the day on November 21st.) 

It's Challenge Time #57

Hey ladies, it's that time again. Time for a new challenge. Thanks to everyone who played last week. Apparently you like Anything Goes. LOL

Also did you notice our new  look. We got an awesome blog makeover from our very own  Penny. What do you think?

The new challenge this week is:

THANKSGIVING / THANK YOU cards

The sponsor this week is: Digi My World

They have graciously donated an amazing MYSTERY $$ PRIZE! Oooh, the excitement!

Now, for our beautiful Design Team creations. 

Angi using Thankful Givings

 Eva using Apple Park

 Shary

  Susan using Besties (BFF)

Super cute cards right?  Want to show us what you got?  Then link up below to be entered in our challenge! Also don't forget to come back next Friday when the inspiration girls will dazzle you with their  creations. 

Also this challenge  is going an extra week so our ladies can  have some  time off, especially those in the US who celebrate  Thanksgiving. 

Anything, You Say??? Challenge #56

Hey ladies, it's that time again. Time for a new challenge. Thanks to everyone who played last week. We are getting amazing responses to our challenges.

First off I want to say that I am super sad to tell you that my right hand girl, the incomparable Miss Lizzie has decided to leave us. I know that this was a very tough decision for her and I respect it. Some of you might not be aware but Lizzie is now the Creative Director/Challenge Coordinator for Designed to Color Magazine. This is a huge opportunity and I am so proud of her. 

OK now that my tears are flowing I will change gears and announce the new challenge this week is: 

ANYTHING GOES (as long as it is a card of course)

The sponsor this week is Squiggle Stamps. 

The prize will be a fabulous mystery digi bundle. 

Here are our amazing Design Team using Squiggle images to get your mojo flowing! 

                                                                  Angi

                                                                 Eva

                                                                  Lisa

                                                                Shannon

                                                                   Shary

                                                                       Susan 

Super cute cards right?  Want to show us what you got?  Then link up below to be entered in our challenge! 

Also don't forget to come back next Friday when the inspiration girls will dazzle you with their  creations.