Merry Monday Christmas Card Club-Use Music or Create a Carol Inspired card!

Welcome to the Merry Monday Christmas card club!!! I hope you had a great weekend and that you are ready to create a Christmas card which:

Uses MUSIC or a Carol Inspired Theme!

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1. Each week there will be a brand new challenge posted on Monday at 5am (PST).
2. Each participant is encouraged to comment on 3 cards in the Gallery to be eligible to win. (Who doesn't love comments!)
3. Neutral colours and any product is welcome.
4. Have fun!
5. Follow the weekly challenge closely to complete a Christmas card.

For my card, I decided to use some music themed washi tape! I went for a more traditional looking card and used some of my favourite Christmas dies by Memory Box and Spellbinders. The team has created gorgeous samples to inspire you!

Welcome to our Guest Designer, Sue!

Sandy Mathis (FD)

Sue (GD)

Karen Davis

Bonnie Klass

Loll Thompson

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth 

Wendy Aungst

Sue Joyce

Margaret Moody 

Karren Johnson

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Merry Monday Weekly Winners

Thank you to everyone who played along with my challenge last week!!! I loved seeing all the cards that were entered!!! Great work!

Now onto our winner:

Isn't this card SO pretty! I love the simple yet elegant design!!!



Kim S!

Congrats, Kim! 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 Honourable 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.

The Shabby Tea Room #189 & FUSION #20

Come and join us at the Shabby Tea Room!

Today we are looking for Fall Flowers on your project, 

inspired by the photo below and we are being sponsored by Creations by AR.

I love making these puffy flowers, they remind me of mums!

Creations by AR - Gift Card Purse
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You

I am also playing along with the current FUSION challenge...

I was inspired by the colours in the photo and used the sketch as well but went square instead of round with my card!

Paper Smooches Designer Drafts

Playing along with Paper Smooches...I went nauticool! I just kept my card clean and simple, with a fun pattern paper wave and some red twine. Hope you like it!

MOJO Monday, Simon Says & There She Goes

Happy Thursday! Today I am sharing a card I made for the MOJO Sketch Challenge, There She Goes Christmas card Challenge and Simon Says Stamp. I wanted to ink up this cute snowman from There She Goes.

I decided to use a monochromatic colour scheme of pink and burgundy. I tied the twine around the main panel, instead of the whole card. The snowflake was die cutting using a Li' Inker die. 

Verve #3 & CAS-ual Fridays {Masculine Birthday}

Happy hump day! Today I am sharing a card I made on the weekend. I loved the Verve #3 Sketch and the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays to use Stitches on your card. I went with faux stitches.

  

I had not made a masculine card lately and we have some men birthdays coming up in the family, so I used the cute Verve sketch and got out my mustache die. I recently purchased some new Echo Park Paper-it is Fall themed and I used the chevron design for my card. The sentiment comes from the Verve set called "Joyful Blooms".

Seize the Sketch #6 {Holiday Cheer}

Today we have a brand new sketch at Seize the Sketch!!! Cathy is our awesome sketcher and I loved her clean-lined layout. The team has created such awesome samples to get you in the crafting mood! Come on and play along with our sketch this week! Remember ALL product is welcome!

To learn more about our guidelines, please click HERE.

I used a cute image from one of my favourite Christmas sets from There She Goes clear stamps called Holiday Cheer. I added some Stickles to her hat and to create the snowy scene behind her. The designer paper is from Stampin' Up and I used a new embossing folder of snowflakes from Darice. The snowflake is from Lil' Inker.

I am also playing along with the following challenges:

There She Goes-Christmas

Simon Says Stamp-Use a Stamp

Merry Monday #79 {Snowflakes, Blue, White and Silver/Gray}

Welcome to another Merry Monday Christmas Card Club! Today is Thanksgiving Monday and I am happily at home, puttering about making turkey soup and doing laundry. Might even squeeze some "crafty" time in!! 

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Today we have a colour/theme challenge for you!!! We are looking for Blue, Silver/Gray and White with Snowflakes!!! I wanted to create a clean and simple look for my card. I used an Impression Obsession tree die with some glimmer paper and the cardstock is textured AC. The snowflake background is a new Darice embossing folder and the sentiment comes from There She Goes. I am also linking up to their current Christmas card challenge!!!

There She Goes

How to play with the Merry Monday Christmas Card Club:

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.

Welcome to our Guest Designer this week, Anja!! She won our challenge a couple of weeks ago! Would you like to be a Guest Designer? Be sure to play along, as our weekly winner is our next Guest Designer! Let's see what the team has created for the challenge!

Allisa Chilton	Bonnie Klass	Karen Davis
Karren Johnson	LeAnne Pugliese	Loll Thompson
Margaret Moody	Sandy Mathis (FD)	Nina Forsyth
Sue Joyce	Anja Curvers (GD)	Wendy Aungst

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