CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN IS LAUNCHED!! 5 1/2 weeks to go!

**Christmas Countdown** Launch

♫♫♫Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly♫♫♫

It's time to launch our Christmas Countdown! This is our most popular yearly challenge event - so will you join in the fun?

Each week there will be a NEW CHALLENGE, weekly prizes and specials. Not only that, the Design Team will be bringing you some fabulous crafting ideas to help you prepare for the Holiday Season. You'll have until midnight Sunday 21st December to submit your entries and they can be easily be loaded directly into the Gallery. Keep reading below for this week's theme. There will be heaps of variety and by no means will they all be red and green, so if Christmas is not really your thing - there will still be HEAPS for you to enjoy too.

CHRISTMAS STORE & SPECIALS

Here at Artfull Crafts we love Christmas so much - we have a whole section of our website dedicated to Christmas Products. We are still ordering more Christmas Stock - so be sure to check in often. Each Sunday we will offer a selection of Christmas products at a discounted rate!

 WEEKLY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - 30% OFF

This week it's your opportunity to buy card-making products at 30% off! That includes STAMPS, CARD PACKS, DIES and EMBOSSING FOLDERS and PAPER TOLE. Only applies to items in stock (not request items). Items on special already have the special prices applied to them. 

WEEK ONE
CHRISTMAS CARDS

WOW us with your cardmaking skills! Submit ideas for quick and easy cards that you might produce in larger quantities, or the fancy ones that you'll give instead of a gift! The Design Team will be sharing their card creations each day until next Sunday when the new theme will be announced. Entries to be uploaded into the Gallery by Sunday 21st December. Maximum of 3 entries per person. Keep reading this blog post to see what you can WIN from submitting a card!
 

Here are some wonderful Christmas Card ideas from last year's Design Team to get you started:

 Card by Betsy Clark - more details here

Card by Christine Bonafacio - more details here

 Card by Nichole Parker - more details here

 Card by Sandy Ang - more details here 

 Card by Teresa Abajo - more details here 

 Card by Tracy Jackson - more details here

If you are mailing cards overseas - you had better get on it! Check out the Christmas mailing dates for overseas here.


Challenge Prizes
There will be TWO winners for each challenge!

1) Overall Winner will receive a set of Papermania Christmas Stocking and Sentiment Stamps

2) Drawn Winner - everyone who enters will be put in the draw to win a two packets of Kaisercraft's square card and envelope sets.

You have until midnight Sunday 22nd December to enter your cards in the Challenge. (Maximum of 3 entries per person please). We look forward to you joining in the fun!

Any questions - just leave us a comment. Happy Christmas Countdown!