Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Birthday Blog Hop for LeAnne.... REMINDER!!

Welcome back to Merry Monday Christmas Challenge!

Just a quick reminder to come play along with us this week as we celebrate a very dear friend to Merry Monday! It's LeAnne Pugliese's birthday this week and we're celebrating with "BIRTHDAY THEMED" Blog Hop!

 


Come play along with us - start the hop by clicking HERE to get to the beginning and link up your card! CHEERS!!



Monday, July 28, 2014

Surprise Birthday Hop for LeAnne & this Week's Challenge!

Surprise! We are excited to celebrate LeAnne Pugliese's Birthday today! It is a milestone birthday (we won't tell you how old she is today) but we will tell you how much LeAnne means to us!


Lesley here! LeAnne was one of the first people I met in "blogland" through the challenge "The Color Throwdown". She always left me the kindest comments and through commenting, we began chatting via email. We became fast friends and it was she who encouraged me to create my very first challenge blog called "The Paper Players". She has been a good friend through all of my blogging years and we have shared stories and adventures together. She is one of the kindest and most genuine people I have ever met and I am thankful for her friendship! Happy birthday, LeAnne!

We hope you will join us and celebrate LeAnne this week! Instead of a Christmas Challenge, we are having a Birthday Week! It is Anything Goes Birthday and you are welcome to link up! Of course, Christmas is about a very special birthday as well...so if you want to combine the themes and still create a Christmas card, please do!

The team have all created cards for LeAnne...and we have a HOP for you today...we hope you will hop along to see the cards we made!


Weekly Winners!!

What an amazing gallery of cards you created for the challenge last week! Thank you so much for playing along with us.


Our winner this week chosen by Lori is ...


Laurie




I fell in love with Laurie's card as soon as I saw it! I love these trees, the buttons and that wide striped ribbon on the background totally sets it off! Gorgeous card, Laurie! Congrats!!

Congrats, Laurie! We hope you will join us as a Guest Designer.  Please email Bonnie at bonklass at gmail dot com. Be sure to put "Merry Monday Guest Designer" in the subject line


And our Honorable Mentions were voted on as well, if you received a vote from a design team member, your card and link is below. Congratulations! We hope you will display your badge with pride! If you are viewing this in Google Reader, you may have to visit the blog to see the actual cards that are linked below.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Merry Monday #118 ... Reminder!!

Welcome back to Merry Monday Christmas Challenge!

Need a jump start on your Christmas cards?! You've come to the right place! There is still plenty of time for you to play along with Merry Monday #118! This week's challenge is brought to you by our wonderful, Lori:


Remember...use RIBBON and BUTTON(s) to create your Christmas card." Have fun!

Some rules to remember:

1. Each week there will be a brand new challenge posted on Monday at 5am (PST).
2. The challenge will be either a theme, an inspiration photo, a sketch or a colour combo.
3. Each participant must comment on 3 cards in the Gallery to be eligible to win. (Who doesn't love comments!)
4. Have fun!
5. Follow the weekly challenge closely.


Click HERE to link up your "color" project! Happy crafting!!

Monday, July 21, 2014

MM#118 {Ribbons and Buttons}

Welcome to another challenge at Merry Monday! This is the challenge all about Christmas cards and getting a head start on the Christmas season.



Hello everyone! Lori here, bringing you this week's "theme" and I chose it because the instant I came across this photo, I thought "what an awesome way to use up buttons and ribbon!" Awesome challenge for the week :) SO....dig out your jars of buttons and let's see 'em! Pair them up with some ribbon or twine and you're good to go! Happy crafting! 


1. Each week there will be a brand new challenge posted on Monday at 5am (PST).

2. The challenge will be either a theme, an inspiration photo, a sketch or a colour combo.


3. Each participant is encouraged to comment on 3 cards in the Gallery. (Who doesn't love comments!)


4. Have fun!


5. Follow the weekly challenge closely.




Weekly Winners

What an amazing gallery of cards you created for the challenge last week! Thank you so much for playing along with us.


Our winner this week chosen by Deanne is ...


Maureen Merritt




Maureen's card is just the right touch of CAS elegance.  I love all the gold and the added sequins are placed perfectly!  Stunning card Maureen!!

Congrats, Maureen! We hope you will join us as a Guest Designer.  Please email Bonnie at bonklass at gmail dot com. Be sure to put "Merry Monday Guest Designer" in the subject line


And our Honorable Mentions were voted on as well, if you received a vote from a design team member, your card and link is below. Congratulations! We hope you will display your badge with pride! If you are viewing this in Google Reader, you may have to visit the blog to see the actual cards that are linked below.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Merry Monday #117 ... Reminder!!

Welcome back to Merry Monday Christmas Challenge!

Need a jump start on your Christmas cards?! You've come to the right place! There is still plenty of time for you to play along with Merry Monday #117! This week's challenge is brought to you by our wonderful, Deanne:


Remember...use designer paper, stamped images, die cuts and most importantly, SEQUINS to create your Christmas card." Have fun!

Some rules to remember:

1. Each week there will be a brand new challenge posted on Monday at 5am (PST).
2. The challenge will be either a theme, an inspiration photo, a sketch or a colour combo.
3. Each participant must comment on 3 cards in the Gallery to be eligible to win. (Who doesn't love comments!)
4. Have fun!
5. Follow the weekly challenge closely.


Click HERE to link up your "color" project! Happy crafting!!

Monday, July 14, 2014

Merry Monday #117 {Sequins!}

Welcome to another challenge at Merry Monday! This is the challenge all about Christmas cards and getting a head start on the Christmas season.

Hi all!!  Deanne here and I am super excited to be hosting this week's challenge of sequins!  I love sequins and have a whole bag of them just itching to be used.  I can't wait to see what you all come up with, you can use a little or a lot!  Enjoy!




1. Each week there will be a brand new challenge posted on Monday at 5am (PST).

2. The challenge will be either a theme, an inspiration photo, a sketch or a colour combo.


3. Each participant is encouraged to comment on 3 cards in the Gallery. (Who doesn't love comments!)


4. Have fun!


5. Follow the weekly challenge closely.




Weekly Winners!!

What an amazing gallery of cards you created for the challenge last week! Thank you so much for playing along with us.


Our winner this week chosen by LeAnne is ...


I just loved the cluster of silvery embossed stars that Kobylkin used across her clean and simple card.  The dark green  argyle background and the embossed sentiment gives it a clean fresh look...and who can resist those tiny bells?  So sweet!  Congrats, Kobylkin!

Congrats, Kobylkin! We hope you will join us as a Guest Designer.  Please email Bonnie at bonklass at gmail dot com. Be sure to put "Merry Monday Guest Designer" in the subject line


And our Honorable Mentions were voted on as well, if you received a vote from a design team member, your card and link is below. Congratulations! We hope you will display your badge with pride! If you are viewing this in Google Reader, you may have to visit the blog to see the actual cards that are linked below.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Merry Monday #116...Reminder!!!

Welcome back to Merry Monday Christmas Challenge!

Need a jump start on your Christmas cards?! You've come to the right place! There is still plenty of time for you to play along with Merry Monday #116! This week's challenge is brought to you by our wonderful, LeAnne:


Remember...use designer paper, stamped images, die cuts or anything else to create your Christmas card using "green and white." Have fun!

Some rules to remember:

1. Each week there will be a brand new challenge posted on Monday at 5am (PST).
2. The challenge will be either a theme, an inspiration photo, a sketch or a colour combo.
3. Each participant must comment on 3 cards in the Gallery to be eligible to win. (Who doesn't love comments!)
4. Have fun!
5. Follow the weekly challenge closely.


Click HERE to link up your "color" project! Happy crafting!!

Monday, July 7, 2014

Merry Monday #116 {Green and White!}

Welcome to another challenge at Merry Monday! This is the challenge all about Christmas cards and getting a head start on the Christmas season. 

This is the start of a new month and we are happy to have Shelly Kurth joining us as our Featured Designer! Thank you to Kimberly Wiener for being June's Featured Designer, we loved having you with us!



Now for today's challenge! LeAnne here as your hostess, and I'd love for you to create a Christmas card in shades of green and white.  You can add another neutral if you like!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!  Now let's see how the designers rocked this challenge!  Happy Stamping! 




1. Each week there will be a brand new challenge posted on Monday at 5am (PST).

2. The challenge will be either a theme, an inspiration photo, a sketch or a colour combo.


3. Each participant is encouraged to comment on 3 cards in the Gallery. (Who doesn't love comments!)


4. Have fun!


5. Follow the weekly challenge closely.