A Simple Little Challenge CMM61

Hey there everyone. I am glad that you all got so excited about our last challenge. Be sure to check back next Friday for the Winner and Top 3.

Today I am here to share with you a great new challenge.

CLEAN & SIMPLE

So that means put away all the bells and whistles and fancy frills. Let your card speak for itself without having to be all dolled up. This is actually quite hard for some people, even some of the DT said so. (However you wouldn't know it by looking at their work).

The fabulous sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs. They will be offering the winner of this challenge a choice of 4 fabulous digital images. 

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family.  Meljen's Designs has new releases monthly along with a new challenge every Thursday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the MELJEN'S STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

Hey why don't you head on over to the shop now and check out the amazing sale. PLUS - all orders of $10 or more are entered to win a $50 Gift Certificate code! 1 winner will be randomly chosen - multiple orders count as multiple entries!

Here are our amazing Design Team samples to get your mojo flowing!

                                                               Lisa 

                                                                  Sara

                                                            Shary using Miss You Birdie FREEBIE

                                                            Susan

                                                      Jess (ME) using Little Art Mouse

Alrighty ladies, now let's  see how CLEAN you can be.

Anything Goes Inspiration

DT CALL - Find the deets here! Deadline to apply January 18th.

(scroll down past the DT cards)

(ETA: Please note this is the INSPIRATION post for the Anything Goes Challenge. The actual challenge & Inlinkz can be found by clicking the link below.)

Card Makin' Mamas Challenge Blog focuses mainly on cards (I know that seems obvious, but you might be surprised at the number of entries that are linked up, but are not cards...), so it's a fun change when we have an ANYTHING GOES challenge (click the link) - Everyone can play!

Scrapbook pages, boxes, tags, calendars...even cards...link up whatever your creative heart designs!

In case you haven't linked up, yet, here are a few creations from our current challenge created by particpants and our Design Team (click on the links to see more!) :

Check out Catherine's layered tag - great use of dies and kraft.

Who loves Audrey Hepburn?! Ira does!

DT Angi

You have until January 17th to link up!

Happy Holidays Winners

T.G.I.F, right?!

Now that the busy holidays are behind us & we're into the second week of the new year, are you feeling refreshed? Is your creative mojo energized? I hope so! We have a bit of business to get to...I'm sure you have been wondering who our HAPPY HOLIDAYS * WINNERS are...

and check back tomorrow for inspiration peeks from our Design Team and to see if YOU were chosen as inspiration for our current challenge!

Thank you for participating! YOU are such an inspiration and we love stopping by to see what wonderful cards you've linked up & to leave some comment love. We all need a little more of that, right? ;)

Okay, on to the winners! This time around there are only peeks of the winners' cards. I'm sure they would love it if you were to click their links and congratulate them...just sayin'! :)

Congrats to Our Top 3!

#115 Fiona-Kate

lovely coloring, sweet image, cute design!

#127 Glenda Atkins

repeated elements, great color combo, fun texture!

#163 Sharon

vintage, gorgeous flowers, love that image!

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

And our random winner of the $10 Gift Certificate to Tiddly Inks...

drum roll, please...

Congratulations, #141 Frea!

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.

See you tomorrow with some great ANYTHING GOES projects from our current challenge!

A New Year and a New Challenge CMM60

Hello Hello to all of you. I am so excited to be posting the first challenge of 2013. I trust all of you had a wonderful holiday season, I know I did. I hope you all don't mind that I gave the girls some time off. 

Let's get to the NEW challenge. 

                      ANYTHING GOES

I wanted to this year off right and let you all create WHATEVER you want. Yes, I mean WHATEVER. For one challenge ONLY I am allowing any kind of  papercraft (not just cards). Shocking huh? LOL. This is my New  Year gift to  you all, express yourselves in whatever way your heart desires as long as it is a papercraft. 

The sponsor this challenge is ME. I have a mystery package of crafting goodies to give away. There is a little bit of everything in there. I have been filling it over the holidays. 

Now let's see what the DT has for us today. 

                                                      Penny 

                                                   Shary

                                                     Susan

Many of our  ladies are recovering from various ailments and will be back next week with Inspiration for you all.

Now one last bit of news for you all. We are currently looking for a FEW NEW CARD MAKERS to join our AWESOME DESIGN TEAM!!

The DT term for the new applicants will be from February through April. As you know our challenges run bi-weekly and you will be required to do a card for each challenge. We have lovely and generous sponsors and when we are supplied with items to work with I ask that you do so. Also, I ask that you post on your challenge creation on your blog and comment on your designated challenge entries.

So if you are interested in joining us as a Design Team Member please e-mail me HERE. In the email, please tell me a little about yourself and your card making journey, why you want to be on our team, a link to your blog,  and attach 3 cards that you feel best show off your talents.

We are a fun bunch and we look forward to having some of you join the party here at CMM.

We will be accepting DT submissions through the end of the day on January 18th. That gives you  two weeks to get your applications in. The newly chosen DT members will begin February 1st. 

If you have any other questions regarding the specifics of what we would require of you, please email me HERE. I look forward to reviewing your applications.

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