CMM Spooktacular Blog Hop!

Welcome everyone to the very first CMM blog hop!  And not just any blog hop... oh no it's a Spooktacular Blog Hop!  We are all a buzz with Halloween around here and want to get your inspired!

Shall we first explain a blog hop?  Okay!  A blog hop is when you 'hop' around to blogs that are participating and ooohh and aaahh over their projects.  Once you have reached the end of the hop you will be directed back here... and get this... when you complete the hop you will be entered to win the GRAND PRIZE!
Prize you say?!?!!  YES!!  But more of that in a second!

First lets take a trip down memory lane... Where were you when you first heard of CMM?  CMM first started off as group of crafty ladies on Cafemom.  Then as social media took over the world we moved to Facebook to spread our wings!  With so many awesome ladies begging for challenges, we started this blog just over a year ago... and VIOLA!  CMM Challenges was born!  You guys have been great over the years and we all appreciate each and every one of you!!  It is b/c of you guys that we do this!  And lets not forget our AMAZING sponsors!  They have been greater than great!  And it's even more fun to see them grow as a business as we grow in popularity!

Okay... Prize!  The one thing you guys have been waiting for!!

One lucky winner will win SEVEN digi images!

includes images from:

Meljen's Designs

Bugaboo Stamps

Crafty Sentiments

Karber Digital Images

and 3 images from Oh Snap Lizzie Designs that you will not be able to get anywhere else but here!

Wow what a great prize huh?  I'm a lil jelly of the winner!

But wait... this is a hop!  That means that along the way there will be MORE chances to win digi images!  Holy Moly Spicy Gaucamole!

Just follow this line up and hop along and enter for your chances to win!

CMM Blog <-- you are here
Jess
Penny
Dee
Ciska
Sara
Lizzie

So if you ever get lost, just head back here and find your place!  And when you reach the last blog you will be directed to come back here and comment on this post saying you completed the hop! Well how do you complete the hop?  By going to each blog and leaving a comment!!  Easy enough right?

Good luck to everyone!

Thank you for everything!

AND HAPPY HOPPING!!!!

The hop ends 8am EST on Monday morning and that we will be posting the winners on Tuesday!!

Belated Winners and Top 3

OMG I am so sorry. I  just noticed that this didn't get posted. My youngest had a dental emergency  this week and that has over taken my brain. That and prepping for this Friday's BLOG HOP. I will mention that at the bottom of this post.

We have a wonderful selection of cards for you as our TOP 3 but first let's share our winner.

The random winner of 4 digi images of theeir choice to  Crafty Sentiments is...............

                                                  bettand

Congratulations. Please email me so that I can forward your prize instructions. Thanks.

Here's your badge! Be sure to display it proudly on your blog!.

And here is our TOP 3 for this challenge.

                                                  Sarah T  

                                                     xGemmax  

                                                Janette G.   

Here is your  TOP 3 Badge to proudly display on your blog.

Congratulations to all the Ladies! Be sure to check out the current HALLOWEEN challenge, you have until October 27th to link up your creation.

ALSO WE ONLY ACCEPT TWO ENTRIES PER PERSON. I COUNT YOUR FIRST TWO AND THEN ALL OTHERS WILL BE DELETED. THIS IS TO MAKE  IT FAIR FOR ALL ENTRANTS.

OK so don't forget to check back TOMORROW for our awesomely fabulous HALLOWEEN BLOG  HOP. We have several prizes to give away. I can't wait to see you all here tomorrow.

Challenge #31 - HALLOWEEN

Hey it's Friday and that means that we have a new challenge for you. The winner and Top 3 of the Fun Fold challenge will be announced on Monday.

Also please be sure to MARK YOUR CALENDARS for OCTOBER 21st for our first SPOOKTACULAR BLOG HOP.  The Blog Hop Badge is on the left sidebar.

Our new challenge is HALLOWEEN, and we are really excited about it.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps:

They are offering an amazing prize of: 

Bugaboo has kindly provided each of our team members an image to play with and we thank them very much!   Also, when you are done here you should head over to the Bugaboo Challenge blog.

Here are some amazing samples from our Design Team!

                       Ciska (her country does not celebrate Halloween so she made a Bday Card)

 

 Dee 

                                     Jess 

                                Lizzie  

                                   Penny 

                             Sara

We also have TWO lovely DT members from Bugaboo Stamps joining us this week.


                                                Jen Leeflang

                                                      Yvonne (Scrappy)

You've got 2 weeks to play in our challenge, so there is plenty of time!  

WE ONLY ACCEPT TWO ENTRIES PER PERSON. I COUNT YOUR FIRST TWO AND THEN ALL OTHERS WILL BE DELETED. THIS IS TO MAKE  IT FAIR FOR ALL ENTRANTS.

Inspiration Time

Howdy all and welcome to another Inspirational Friday. What do you all think of the new bloggie layout. Our very own Miss Lizzie designed it for us and I LOVE IT. Be sure to snag the new bloggie banner.

Since we are midway through the challenge I thought I would take this time to share with you a few cards that you have entered into the challenge to feature for inspiration. Hmmm I wonder who will be featured this week.
Kathy D made a lovely easel card

Eve made this awesome accordian card

Dawn Lancaster made this fancy fold card

Congrats on being featured ladies.

Now let's see what the Design Team has for us for inspiration.
Dee

Sara

Alright ladies, now that you have seen some inspiration, let's hope that gets your mojo working so that you can join in our FANCY FOLD challenge this week by going HERE. You have till the end of the day Thursday, October 13th to enter. What are you waiting for? I know you all want to be the random winner of 4 digi images from Crafty Sentiments.

Belated Winner & Top 3

Sorry this is a day late. I have been uber busy playing nursemaid to my family. Now that school is in full swing so are the germs. Ugg.

We have a wonderful selection of cards for you as our TOP 3 but first let's share our winner.

The random winner of a $10 gift certificate to Design by Diana Etsy shop  is ...............................................
Jenny B 

Congratulations. Please email me so that I can forward your prize instructions. Thanks.

 

Here's your badge! Be sure to display it proudly on your blog!.

 

And here is our TOP 3 for this challenge.

 

 

                                                      Kerttu 

Loretta Lock

Katie Tate

 

 

 

Here is your  TOP 3 Badge to proudly display on your blog.

 

 

Congratulations to all the Ladies! Be sure to check out the current FUN FOLD challenge, you have until October 13th to link up your creation.

 

ALSO WE ONLY ACCEPT TWO ENTRIES PER PERSON. I C OUNT YOUR FIRST TWO AND THEN ALL OTHERS WILL BE DELETED. THIS IS TO MAKE  IT FAIR FOR ALL ENTRANTS.

Challenge #30

Hey it's Friday and that means that we have a new challenge for you. The winner and Top 3 of the PUNCHES challenge will be announced on Monday.

What is this week's challenge you might ask? This week we want to see some FOLDS. Get creative with pop up cards, z fold, accordian fold, easel cards, whatever kind of  fancy fold card you can think of.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is:
 

 Guess what the prize is........4 digi images of the winners choice. That is a great prize. YAY.


Now let's see what the DT has for us today using some wonderful images from Crafty Sentiments.
                             Ciska using a Spring Fold Card

                                   Jess using a Joy fold card

                                     Lizzie doing a shadowbox card                                               

                          Penny doing an amazing Gate fold card

Dee and Sara will be back next week to show off more wonderful FOLDED creations with our bi-weekly inspiration post.

You've got 2 weeks to play in our challenge, so there is plenty of time!  

WE ONLY ACCEPT TWO ENTRIES PER PERSON. I COUNT YOUR FIRST TWO AND THEN ALL OTHERS WILL BE DELETED. THIS IS TO MAKE  IT FAIR FOR ALL ENTRANTS.

Punchy Inspiration

Lizzie here with this weeks inspiration posts! Have you entered our newest challenge yet? No? Are you not feeling inspired? Well take a look at these GORY-geous and AUTUMN-some cards! In case you live under a rock... or are just WAY too busy to notice but it's AUTUMN!! YAY! And that means lots of cooler weather (hopefully) and of course my personal favorite holiday... HALLOWEEN! All the following cards have a spooky or fallish theme... ENJOY!

Sammibug

Mary C

Jan

Jess

Sara

Lizzie

Dee

Hope these cards got your creative and autmnful juices flowing! you still have a week left to enter our challenge!