January Challenge #1: Cute/Fun or Shabby/Vintage + A Sketch!

Hi, friends!  Happy New Year to you all!!!  We've got a few changes going on here at House of Cards! :)  First of all, we've got a new look--do you like it?!  Secondly, we're re-doing how our challenges run.  From now on, they'll be every two weeks to give you longer to play!  AND, we'll be asking you to try one style or the other or both each times!

This fortnight, we're asking for 

CUTE/FUN CARDS OR SHABBY/VINTAGE CARDS

PLUS WE'D LIKE YOU TO USE THIS SKETCH~

And now some inspiration from our Design Team~

Mynnette

Both Cute & Shabby Styles

Rocky
 (Shabby/Vintage)

Vannessa 
Cute and Fun!

Tammy
Cute & Fun

Emily
Cute & Fun

Jules
 Shabby/Vintage

Rudlis
Shabby/Vintage

Thanks for popping over today, friends!  I hope you join us--please check out our House Rules HERE before linking up!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all!  Can't wait to see your creations! :)

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New DT Members!

Well, we had a fabulous turn out for our blog hop/DT call and all the final decisions have been made.  This means that we have some new DT members to announce!  We've also got some guest designers that will be joining us throughout the next term as well!

And now, here are our new gals!

We're also including the cards they made 

for our DT call so you can see their 

gorgeous work again! :)

Judy V: Created Just 4 U

Robbie: Inkedx2

Ang: Mad for Paper

Emily: Studio M

Cornelia: Stempel Spass (Fun Stamping)

Mrs. Duck: The Ducks Doodahs 

Come back tomorrow to see some of these lovely ladies in action!  We've got a few changes coming this year--including TWO WEEKS TO PLAY ALONG WITH EACH CHALLENGE!  We cannot wait to see what you do with our challenges!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all! :)

Blog Hop Winners!

A HUGE "Thank You!" to everyone who participated in our Holiday Blog Hop to celebrate the end of our first term here at House of Cards!  Those of you who applied to be on the DT should hear back by the end of the week after everyone has been considered.  Thank you for your patience!  But enough about that!  We've got some winners to announce, so let's get to it!

Top Winner is~

#11 PaNaKo

Top 5 are~

(In numerical order.)

#4 Asha
#5 Grandma Bonnie
#17 & 23 stempelomi
#27 Cornelia
#28 Mrs. Duck

Congratulations to all of you!  Please grab your badges and display them proudly on your blogs--they were all very well deserved!!!  And now we've got some prizes to give away!  ALL WINNERS MUST CONTACT MYNN VIA EMAIL (onastampage@yahoo.com) BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2014 OR PRIZES WILL BE REDRAWN.

The winner of the Dilly Beans prize is~

Turwen who left this comment on Daen'Ys blog:

"Oh, your card is so, become so beautiful again! Really quite fantastic! I like the cold colors anyway! LG"

The winner of the Eclectic Anthology prize is~

cohenna who left this comment on Ruth's blog:

Wonderful cards! I just love it. :)

The winner of the Inspired By Stamping prize is~

Ang who left this comment on Joanna's blog:

"Gorgeous card, I love the ribbon.  Ang"

The winner of the Sami Stamps prize is~

PaNaKo who left this comment on Nonni's blog:

"Sooo beautiful! I just love it!"

And the winner of the Stitchy Bear prize is~

LyndallA who left this comment on Rocky's blog:

"Love the effect of the subtle colours!"

Congratulations to you all!!!  Thank you so much for the support we've had the past six months!  We'll be back in January with a new look, new challenges, and some new DT members!  Happy holidays and happy stamping to you all!