colourQ challenge #9 ~ Winner Crowned...

Beautiful entries this week!!! I'm loving all the Christmas cheer, but I also LOVED all the non-Christmas cards!!! How amazingly creative are you gals?!?

Here's one that caught my eye this week... fun and funky quilting made this card especially festive, so this week's fabulous creation won my heart! Congrats so much to....

Manda!

Here are all the gorgeous entries, please click on the images to visit each particiapants blog... they are all amazing!

Thank you again to all of you for sharing your talents with me & each other~ I get so excited to see each and every entry!

I know with Christmas coming up, it's getting harder for everyone to find time to do everything, especially "create". But should you find the time throughout the rest of this holiday, colourQ will still have a new challenge each week! And for most of you who don't know... I'll be having a baby girl mid-January! I already have the challenges planned through that time, so there won't be an interruption then, either. It's been so cool to get to know each of you through your blogs and creative work... let's just say at this point, I'm addicted - lol!

Congratulations again to Manda (don't forget to grab your badge) and all of you!!!

See you in a few hours for next week's challenge and 2 awesome samples from our guest designers!

colourQ challenge #9...

Welcome to the colourQ challenge #9... Christmas carols are already on the radio and in the stores... I'm sure most of you have gotten a jump on your decorating and shopping, but if have not (like me!), today's inspiration is a project from Good Housekeeping magazine. You can make this beautiful, yet funky, Christmas Ball Wreath, by following a few simple directions! A great way to recycle any ornaments you don't want to use! If you scroll through the slide show, it's project #4.

My project is a gift card holder "stocking"... complete with blingy goodness! At this rate I'll be completely out of bling by Christmas! You can read more about it on my blog in a little while...

Linda did some awesome coloring and sponging... isn't is beautiful? And I love her layout, too! Krystal's baby wipe technique is so cool (have to try that one) and I love her snow!!! Here are Linda & Krystal's cards, now you see why they were previous colourQueens!

Now it's your turn! Using Mister Linkey below, please add your name & the direct link to your image! Any mis-linked creations are subject to deletion, but I will try to contact you if I have to delete it, so that you can try again! If Mr. Linky is still having trouble... you can leave a link in a comment, as well! Please have your project uploaded no later Sunday, December 6th at 11: 59 pm Central, if you wish to be considered for the colourQueen of the week. I'll make my pick on 12/07/09, and post the winner who'll be able to display colourQ's colourQueen badge, and also be a future guest designer!

Hope you get a chance to play this week!

colourQ challenge #8 ~ Winner Crowned...

YAY~ we broke another record, folks... 13 entries! So many talented people all in one place, I continue to be blown away. As usuual, another tough decision this week... but when I opened this entry... all I could say was "wow"! The stamped "patterned paper" and all the little details made this entry special... so a big congratulations to

Renée

Please either click on name or the image of her card to visit her site & see all her wonderful creations! Here are snipets of all the fabulous entries this week, in alphabetical order, so please click on them as well to visit each blog, see the full card & spread a little bloggerly love...

Congrats again to Renée and to everyone who participated. So many cute details, buttons, bling, ribbon... you all have made it feel like Christmas morning already! I appreciate all your hard work and fabulous entries!

We have two very talented guest artists showing off our new challenge tomorrow... so come back ready to be fired up for a new colourQ challenge!

Not sure if anyone has noticed but Blogger & Mr. Linky have had an unhappy cyber Monday today (could there be that many shoppers online?!?) and things have been slow going... if for some reason you have problems with Mr. Linky tomorrow, or this week, you can always submit your link by leaving it in a comment & I'll add it manually...

See you tomorrow with a new challenge!