Bloghop winners ;o)

What a great Bloghop we had the past week ... we really enjoyed it and the cards you have made are amazing.  Every DT-girl had so many response on her blog. Thank you all! We will certainly do this again in the future.Of course we all, in the team, choose our own winner by randomly drawing someone. 
 

Here is a list of all the winners.
 Carol --> Lizy

Claire --> Paula (PEP)

Janneke --> Detje

Karin --> Aartje Linda --> Aartje

Marion --> Mariken

Monique --> Elise  Nicole --> Wilma

Renata --> Anita

Sandra --> Nicolet

Wilma --> Marijke  Please contact the DT-member in front of your name by going to her blog and emailing her personally.
Our bloghop-sketch
We didn't have so many participants in the bloghop-sketch as we usually do have on our regular sketches. Everyone was probably busy enjoying family, friends, good food and Christmas presents :o)But fortunatly we can draw a winner. And the one with the winning card is... 

#9 is Judith from Kreatieve

 

Congratulations Judith you won the stamp, sponsored by our own Janneke!You can email her on the email that you can find on the right side ;o)
Last but not least...we all wish you a great New Years Eve and a creative 2012.Thanks for joining us in 2011 and making this Christmas Challenge-blog a success :o)We hope you'll be participating and keep visiting us in the new year. After all, we need new Christmas cards again, don't we?!
And if you want, you still have time, to join us in the current Challenge, which ends on Januari 1st. We'll be back with a new Challenge on Wednesday Januari 4th.
Hugs, CCWS Team  

Our first blophop ;O)

Hi and welcome to the the first Christmas Challenges {with sketches} blog hop! We are so happy that you all want to join this first blophop on our Challenge blog. Every DT-girl in this hop has a litte prize for you so do not forget to write a comment or leave your name and bloglink in the post on the blogs from the DT-girls ;o)

Ofcourse we have a sketch for you, and when you have time please make a winter or Christmas theme card with it, leave your name and direct bloglink in Inlinkz and you can win a great stamp sponsered by Janneke. Here you see a image of the stamp you can win  

You can upload your card on the CCWS Blog until December 29th 18:00 PM (Dutch time) and you can find the winner on the blog the day after, don't know what time yet, but somewhere in the morning .. and here is the sketch .. 

From this blog you hop to Marion and so on. Here is the list if you get lost ;o)

 MARION http://cardsbymarione.blogspot.com/

WILMA http://kaartenvanzwaan.blogspot.com/

LINDA http://lindascrapsels.blogspot.com/

RENATA http://dutchscrapsels.blogspot.com/

JANNEKE http://myblog-jannekescreations.blogspot.com/

SANDRA http://sansscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

CAROL http://cmdesign-cmdesign.blogspot.com/

KARIN http://scrapblog-karin.blogspot.com/

MONIQUE http://scrap-a-moon.blogspot.com/ CLAIRE http://clairescraftycreations.blogspot.com/

NICOLE http://sommerfuglerfranorge.blogspot.com/

and back to the CCWS BLOG, hopefully to enter your, with no doubt, beautiful card in Inlinkz :o) Futhermore we want to thank you for all the gorgeous cards you've made with our sketches. Our first challenge-year was very succesful. And of course we will go on in 2012!
From all the DT-girls Merry Christmas :o)

Challenge #16 sponsered by Whiff of Joy

 Goodmorning ladies (and maybe gentlemen?), only 4 days before Christmas and we hope you will have a great time with your friends and family. 
We will have a bloghop next Saturday December 24th. It starts here on this blog at 10 AM (Dutch Time) and will last untill December 29th. We will announce the winners on this blog ;o) and ofcourse on the personal blogs of the DT-members. You can win some great prizes when you leave a comment on their blogs and on this one here. Hope you all can join in this hop ;o)  This weeks Challenge is without a twist, we do that again next time. This weeks sketch is made by Carol and our sponsor is Whiff of Joy. Thank you Katharina for sponsoring us these two weeks. 

Whiff of Joy offers a vide variety of high-quality, deeply-etched, red rubber stamps, exclusive metal dies and various other craft related products. We are continuously expanding our product range to bring you the best and newest ideas on the market. Share our passion to create homemade gifts and cards for your loved ones. With the products of Whiff of Joy you will always be able to highlight a magical moment in somebody’s life. Visit the Whiff of Joy webshop here.

And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Carol and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you again ;o)

Made by Carol

Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Sorry no card from her this time ;o)

Made by Karin (GDT)

Made by Linda


Made by Marion
Marion is still busy training with her dog Sjors :o) And found time this morning to make this card for you all!

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Sandra (GDT)

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Here is the sketch that Carol made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made ​​available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

We hope you join us again, this last regular Christmas Challenges {with sketches}. And of course we hope to see you this Saterday at our bloghop :o)
Enjoy cardmaking!!

Top 3 and Winner Challenge #15

 Thank you for joining us at challenge #15. There were so many beautiful cards to choose from, to bad some of you didn't use twine and a charm on the card ;o) So maybe you can read the post a little bit more careful to see if there is a twist on the challenge, but you did an amazing job, so great to see all those Christmas and Winter cards. Betina has chosen a top three and we have a random winner. 

Here is the top three ...

3 Kiki

9 Lotte

23 Miranda  

 And the winner is: 

  And #30 is Femke from Kaartenknutsels van Femke You won the last challenge and therefore the great price sponsored by StempelstudioPlease email us before Saturday December 24th to claim your price.  And here is the card she made

 Congratulations Femke o:) Girls you can find your bagdes on the top of the blog ;o)
See you in a hour! 

Winter 2011-2012 Fashion. SKIRTS. What skirts are in fashion this season.

Skirt is an indispensable thing in the wardrobe of every woman. This winter you'll be plenty to choose from. Fashion designers represented a big variety of colors, styles, textures, variations of detail, so that we can say that the skirt in the cold season will be one of the most stylish woman's wardrobe items.

Now is the time to get rid of jeans and pants and put on a skirt and heels.

Leaher skirts.
The fashion hit of this season. A leather skirt is an amazing way to turn heads and get noticed. It can turn a woman into a lady vamp, and it can turn a teenage girl into a woman. It's one piece of clothing that can look cold and hard in a closet, but warm and sexy when it's worn right way.
Leather skirts from Jean Paul Gaultier, Ports 1961, Tommy Hilfiger, Aigner, Holly Fulton, Chanel and Hermes

Warm skirts.
This season you don't have to choose between beauty and health. This winter designers advise to wear fur skirts.
Fur skirts seen at Betty Jackson, Matthew Williamson and Albino.

High waist skirts.
You should wear high waist skirt with thin polo-neck sweater or blouse tucking it into your skirt.
Seen at Temperley London, Badgley Mischka, Antonio Marras, Sonia Rykiel, Nicole Farhi and Roccobarocco.

Pencil skirts.
Designers refreshed classical models with bright prints, appliqué, flounces and patch pockets.
Pencil skirts from Zac Posen, DKNY, Donna Karan, Ports 1961, J. Saunders, Tsumori Chisato and Elie Saab.

Mini skirts.
Mini skirts are extremely fashionable this season. But fashion designers advise to forget about tight-fitting skirts and choose trapezoid cut.
Seen at Issa London, Acne, Ungaro, Thakoon, Tibi and Herve Leger

The mystery of Huangyangtan

In internet terms this is a relatively ancient mystery, being first identified by a German, KenGrok in 2006. Much has already been written about the 1:500 replica landscape constructed in the deserts of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region of China, but the consensus is that this remarkable facility is in fact a scale facsimile (complete with snow-peaked mountains, valleys, tributaries and lakes) of the Aksai Chin contested region on the Indian-Chinese border 2400km away. It has been suggested that this 700 x 900 metre facility is used for tank training but the size and scale of the replica suggests a use in reconnaissance or visualization training of some kind. This image from the Sidney Morning Herald (obtained from a Chinese web forum) seems to show technicians at the Huangyangtan site or a similar terrain fabricated elsewhere. Whatever its purpose, I was reminded of the one paragraph short story by Jorge Luis Borges, ‘On Exactitude in Science’, which I've copied out in full here:

… In that Empire, the art of cartography attained such Perfection that the map of a single Province occupied the entirety of a City, and the map of the Empire the entirety of the Province. In time those Unconscionable Maps no longer satisfied, and the Cartographer Guild struck a Map of the Empire whose size was that of the Empire, and which coincided point to point with it. The following Generations, who were not so fond of the Study of Cartography as their Forebears had been, saw that vast Map was Useless, and not without some Pitilessness was it, that they delivered it up the Inclemencies of Sun and Winters. In the Deserts of the West, still today, there are Tattered Ruins of the Map, inhabited by Animals and Beggars; in all the Land there is no other Relic of the Discipline of Geography.

Suárez Miranda, Viajes de varones Prudentes

Libro IV, Cap. XLV, Lérida, 1658

Challenge #15 sponsored by Stempelstudio

PLEASE READ THIS POST BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CHANGES! Hi all, today we have a new challenge for you ;o) From now one we have not only a sketch but now and then we have also a twist at the challenges. So read this post carefully so you do not mis the twist ;o) We will not do that everytime but now and then!  Today Karin and Sandra start as Guest Designers and again we love to thank you for joining us! Hope you have fun girls and I am sure you all will love their cards ;o) And we also have a new DT Member Marga. Welcome girl, great to see you here ;o) She will join us in the new year ..  

This week sponsor is Stempelstudio

For over six years now, Stempelstudio has been the webshop for stamping- addicts. www.stempelstudio.nl has a wide variety of stamps and stamping accessories for both the beginning as the advanced stamper. We have a wide range of “artsy” stamps like Paperartsy, Darkroom Door and Aspects of Design stamps. And ofcourse we also have a lot of “cute” stamps including the Penny Black, Kraftin Kimmie, Bildmalarna and House Mouse brands. If you’re looking for something in between then Sweet Pea and Hero Arts are the brands for you! We are also always actively looking for new stamping brands.

Service is very important to us, so the customer is always king in our store! And that’s why we have standardized low shipping costs. And if you order for €55,- or more, we’ll pay the shipping for you! (Netherlands only For international shipping; see website.)

On our blog you can read the latest news and participate in a monthly “challenge” where you can win amazing stamps! So don’t hesitate and come take a look at www.stempelstudio.blogspot.com Of course you’re always welcome to come by and visit us to browse around our stamps while sipping a cup of tea at Verzetlaan 31 in Schagen. But please let us know beforehand that you’re coming, because we do not have a regular store, but all the stamps are in Karin’s livingroom…

 Thank you Karin for sponsoring us these two weeks ;o) You can win this amazing price  

And now for some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ...This week's sketch is made by Betina and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you again ;o) 

And the twist at this Challenge, to use a CHARM and TWINE on your card.

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

 
Made by Claire

Made by Janneke

Made by Karin (GDT)

Made by Linda

  MarionIs away on a training week with her Assistance Dog Sjors, and look what I found on Facebook ;o)I hope it is oke to use this photo, look how much fun they have  ... 

 
Made by Monique

 
Made by Nicole

  Made by Renata

 
Made by Sandra (GDT)

 
Made by Wilma

   Here is the sketch that Betina made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. And do not forget to use a CHARM and TWINE on your card this Challenge!! To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made ​​available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here. 

 Have fun you all! And remember, it's not long before it's Christmas :o))