ABC Christmas Challenge - B is for...

If you read my post last Wednesday, about our 'New Year makeover' at the ABC Christmas Challenge, you'll know that we have a really exciting challenge for you this time...but before I get on to that, I have a winner to announce. Sadly, the winner of my 'Z for Zero' blog hop candy has not contacted me to claim the prize....so, I've drawn another winner using Random.Org from the comments on my blog:

#57 - Lisa

Congratulations Lisa! Please email me with your address (helenbrammer@hotmail.com) by next Wednesday to claim your prize :0)

Ok...so on to our new challenge!

Carissa is our host this week, and our theme is:

'B is for Black & White'

We are sponsored this time by the one and only Dustin Pike...not only is he very generously donating not one, but two prizes...but he has designed a special freebie image for you to use on your cards! As this challenge is a little bit special...and to say thank you to Dustin for drawing a new freebie just for us and our challengers...we have some extra rules. In order to qualify for a prizes, you must not only follow the theme of the challenge...use only black & white on your card...(you may add more colour to your image if you wish)...but also use a Dustin Pike image - either one of his digi images from his store...(there are some older Christmas freebies on his blog too)...one of his High Hopes rubber stamp designs...or the fabulous freebie...which you can get from the ABC Christmas Challenge blog...oh and don't forget that your project must be Christmas themed! All entries regardless of the image used will of course still be eligible for the Top 3.

I couldn't resist using the freebie that Dustin created especially for this challenge...isn't it just perfect for a black & white theme with the zebra and penguin!? I coloured it with watercolour pencils, and added some 'Ice Crystal' Stickles for the snow. I didn't have any black and white papers, so I created my background using my 'Swiss Dots' Cuttlebug folder, and spotty ribbon (from Poppicrafts). The sentiment stamp is from a Lili of the Valley set, and the snowflakes were cut using Cuttlebug dies, and then sprinkled with Glamour Dust.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday - Sketch
• Glitterbabes - Anything Goes
• Sundays with Crissy - Ribbons
• My Time to Craft - Spots & Dots

For more inspiration, please check out the fabulous samples by my lovely ABC Christmas Challenge DT buddies...and if you do choose to download and use Dustin's special freebie...remember to stop by and say thank you :0)

ABC Christmas Challenge - Makeover & Sneak Peek!

We've had a New Year makeover at the ABC Christmas Challenge...the lovely Samantha has created us a new header using each DT member's favourite card from last year's challenges:

Isn't it fab??? 

Can you spot which one's my card??? 

It's the one in the top left corner.

And if that wasn't enough...she's made us new DT blinkies...winner's badges...Top 3/5 blinkies and one for all our lovely ABC Christmas Challenge followers:

Feel free to snag that one and add it to your blogs :0)

And the sneak peek???

Can you tell what it is???

It's a brand new drawing by the wonderful Dustin Pike...created especially for us and our challengers to use for our challenge...'B is for...'...which Dustin is sponsoring...how fab is that!?!? He's making this freebie available exclusively for those entering that challenge...so...if you want to see the whole image...make sure you check out the ABC Christmas Challenge next Wednesday...but in the meantime...we still have another week left on our 'A is for Anything Christmas' challenge.

And before I go...this is the final call  for the winner of my ABC Christmas Challenge blog hop candy...Katarina...please contact me by 9am (UK time) next Monday (17th January) to claim your prize...otherwise I will re-draw my winner.

Ho Ho Ho!

I'm back in Christmas card mode...and have combined two challenges on this card: Winter Wonderland's 'Santa Claus in Coming to Town' challenge; and Cupcake Craft's 'Christmas Card' theme. I don't have a Santa stamp (something I'm sure I'll remedy soon! lol), but found this cute Dustin Pike freebie digi stamp...which I watercoloured, then decoupaged a couple of extra layers (his moustache, nose and boots). I embossed some plain white card with my Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' folder for the background, and added a simple sentiment cut using the Cuttlebug 'Olivia' alphabet.