MTTCC #88 Northern Lights Sky Theme Bragging Rights Announcement

  Announcement: MTTCC's Top 3 Picks for theme #88 are ready! 

Theme #88 ended at 12:00am CT/Chicago or 6am UK times earlier today, Thursday, June 20, 2024. 

With just 4 entries, MTTCC will award these four wonderfully talented artisans:  Birgit, Diane H, Fabiola, and Silke !!!! Congrats! 

Bragging rights badge:

 

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From the 4 linked entries: varying from dark night skies to snowstorm-looking to colorful reflecting light spectrums--

here are the Northern Lights scene Christmas card submissions given in this order: 

entry #1 by Silke =

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entry #2 by Fabiola =

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entry #3 by Diane H =

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entry #4 by Birgit =

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Stunning Christmas cards with varying skies! Great scenes!

Here's the link to #88 post from 2 weeks ago:

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2024/06/mttcc-88-theme-is-northern-lights.html

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#89 will be published at 12 am central time/Chicago on June 21. Make sure to look for that posting for the new theme suggested by DT member Martina!

It's a good classic holiday topic for Christmas time card-making!

Crafting Christmas cards all year long,

My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog's design team members

Granmargaret, Nikki/Miss Mudge, Martina, Becca and Alyson 

MTTCC #88 Theme is Northern Lights Christmas or Winter Holiday starts 7 June 2024

Season's Greetings all year long at MTTCC!

Theme #88 requires Northern Lights. 

We're looking for those gorgeous sky views found in the Artic.  

We are anticipating being razzled and dazzled! 

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June 7-20, 2024 with start and end times of 12:00am CST/Chicago or 6:00am UK for references. Adjust to wherever you are in the world. 

Each participant can enter up to 3 new themed Christmas/winter holiday cards per challenge. Bragging rights are possible.

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Our worldwide design team has a marvelous mix of #88 Northern Lights sky-themed Christmas cards for your inspiration with DT Becca suggesting this.

DT Becca S /USA= 

card #1

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DT Martina/CZ=

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DT Nikki/USA=

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DT Alyson/Canada=

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DT  Granmargaret/Australia=

WOW!!! Who knew there could be so many different techniques for this winter sky phenomena?!?!!!!!

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Thanks teamies for crafting spectacular Christmas/winter holiday cards!  

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Now it's time for our readers to find time to craft Christmas/winter holiday #88 themed cards! Use the Inlinkz tool address to submit your project's blog linked photo(s). 

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/abc32525fdfe4c84ad881c57bde5c7c5

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Crafting Christmas all year long,

My Time To Craft Christmas design team 2024

Becca, Martina, Nikki, Alyson and Granmargaret  

   

MTTCC #51 Top 3 Picks

 Top 3 Announcement for MTTCC Theme #51

Favorite Technique for Christmas/winter holiday card!

17 excellent entries!

DT member turn in rotation is Mags B. She's selected these 3 for recognition:

Silke, Marja S, and Marianne!

No 6   Marianne

No 13   Marja S

No 16 Silke

Fantastic creations and so were the other 14 entries! It was very interesting reading about favorite techniques. And there was a variety, too! 

Thanks for everyone who supported My Time To Craft Christmas during the past 2 weeks! Helen N. picked this theme as well as the upcoming #52. 

Make sure to check back in about 5.5 hours to read what Theme #52 is in its main/launch posting!

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Season's Greetings all year long! 

My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog

design team

MTTCC #51 Theme is Favorite Technique used on your Christmas card

Happy New Year from MTTCC's design team!

Welcome to Theme #51= use your Favorite Technique!

It must be a Christmas/winter holiday card and please indicate in your posting what the technique used is and why it's a favorite.

Techniques: creative folds for your base, ink splatters/smooshing, stenciling, painting, watercolor, stamping, paper-piecing, etc.

Competition runs from January 6-19, 2023  with start and end times set at 12:00am CT/Chicago or 6:00am UK. 

Bragging rights are possible for either a Top 3 or a Top 5 depending on the number of entries. My Time To Craft Christmas is looking for Christmas/winter holiday based cards using our selected theme. 

Main launch design inspiration from the team:

Mags B

I love using PATTERNED PAPERS, and I have used PAPER PIECING as a change from just making backgrounds.  Also, it's easy to make two-for-one!

Card 1

Card 2

Helen - digi stamp colored with Promarkers and using patterned papers because I find coloring relaxing and love putting designs together with different selections of patterned papers

Granmargaret
My favorite is to use pre-colored digi stamps and pattern papers with sketches

Becca

One of my favorite techniques is painting, especially trying different methods of painting. For this card, the lasered wood veneer was painted gray and then I brushed on 2 top layers--1 of silver glitter paint and the 2nd in gold glitter paint. The panel to which that was adhered was painted differently by smearing some gray acrylic paint for the base layer and then dabbing dots or lines of the gold glitter paint and silver glitter paint.

Meena Herale with a Christmas Tree Ornament

I love creating articles using chalk paints and here I have used gold gliding  and stripping technique which is one of my favorite technique and I love it coz it a awesome visual effect on items. 

Thanks ladies for keeping your creative talents flowing into the new year! 

Excellent variety!

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Use this Inlinkz tool address to submit your entry or entries for #51. Each participant may enter up to 3 new themed projects per challenge.

LINK=

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/63ce515404354b4c967d0ceadbd483a5

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Season's Greetings all year long for 2023!

My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog design team

  

MTTCC #31 Technique to Use 3 or more Patterned Papers on Christmas card

 No April Fool's for me! I have snow at my house! Incredible! Daffodils and crocus have already bloomed. Tulips are coming up. So are the summer tiger lilies. Oh my!

Might as well get everyone interested in making Christmas cards!

MTTCC's #31 Theme=

April 1-April 14, 2022

 is not a topic but a technique or format requirement to use 3 or more patterned papers on a Christmas card. This challenge begins April 1, 2022. You, the participant, can pick the Christmas topic (reindeer, Santa, elves, gifts, stockings, wreath, etc.)! What will you choose?

The MTTCC design team has been creatively brilliant and resourceful crafting their inspiration projects.

Granmargaret used 4 pattern papers

Jackie

Becca (snowy night sky card 1; using 3 prints)

Becca (snowy night sky card 2; using 3 prints)

Mags B card 1

6 papers (including the Gnome's nose!)

Mags B Card 2

5 papers

Meenaa Herale 

Bookmark ( used 4 types of pattern papers) 

Aren't these excellent inspiration for showing the variety of Christmas/wintery patterned papers/cardstocks that are available and how we can use them!!! Superb!

Now it's your turn to find time to craft Christmas! 

What 3 or more patterned papers do you have to mix and match? Join us by using the Inlinkz tool address posted below. Competition runs from April 1, 2022 starting at 6 am UK (12 am Central Time/Chicago) and ending also at 6am UK/12 am Central Time/Chicago on April 14, 2022.

INLINKZ= 

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/502d879540054c8ea0be098685ca18f2

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The Inlinkz will be checked often especially in Week 2 to monitor if and when 50 entries are entered. If that happens, I will add in a second address to run for the time remaining. 

On behalf of MTTCC owner Shell S and the DT team, 

let's keep the spirit of winter season in our hearts and minds all year!

My Time To Craft Christmas