Congratulations to November’s blog challenge winner Melanie B! Please check your PMs over at The Lilypad for details of how to claim your prize! And now, on to this month’s challenge!
It’s the Silly Season! No matter how or where you are, share with us how you celebrate this time of year.
Way down south here in Australia, it’s hard to relate to scenes of snowmen or snow-draped landscapes. It’s hot. Depending on which part of the country you are living will depend where you celebrate (ie near the coast, at the beach, in the mountains, or in your own backyard). It’s too hot to cook huge meals, and seafood plays a fairly big part of the festivities because it can be cooked and then eaten cold. Not many of us celebrate anything with turkey, but we are pretty big cold ham consumers. Barbeques are also fairly typical (although depending on the weather, sometimes banned because of fire conditions). I know it’s Christmas time when it’s stinking hot, but my husband can’t get into the Christmassy feeling until July – being English, he is used to very cold Christmases. You’d think he’d be used to it after 10 years, but no…
Here are some of the other fabulous CT layouts to inspire you:
No matter how or what you celebrate, we’d LOVE to see it! Whether you have particular traditions, or whether you’re making brand new ones! Show us where and how you celebrate!
The Challenge
Create your layout or card all about your way of celebrating this time of year! Keep your layout at least 75% of Kate’s products (she has a huge range of products out there for you to use!). Link us up to where you’ve added your challenge piece in Kate’s Gallery! 🙂
To Enter:
1. Post your page in Kate Hadfield’s gallery at The Lilypad.
2. Stop back and leave a comment on this post, linking us back to your page by midnight EST 31st December 2013
We will choose a winner randomly from all the entries to win a $15 Gift Card to Kate’s shop. Good luck everyone!
Wizardry, Doodled Pocket Pages #3 and DSD!
This is the way I “celebrate” Christmas in my part of the town. :p
http://www.the-lilypad.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=119088&title=sunny-side-up&cat=523
Oh, oh, there are more photos!
http://www.the-lilypad.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=119000&title=the-cap&cat=523
(It is not only for this challenge, These pages will come in a photobook of our grandchildren)
Noortje is very happy with her presents! Thank you, Sinterklaas!
http://www.the-lilypad.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=118810&title=happy-with-the-presents&cat=523
More photos! You’re sure making great pages with Kate’s kit! 🙂
The bag with presents!
http://www.the-lilypad.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=118638&title=the-bag-with-presents&cat=523
Fabulous page, Fenny!
I am sorry,
the link is: http://www.the-lilypad.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=118193&title=sinterklaas-arrives-in-holland&cat=523
No worries! 🙂
I made this layout when Sinterklaas arrived in the village of our two years old grandson.
http://www.the-lilypad.com/gallery/uploads/4289/131116-intocht.jpg
Now everyone is busy for Christmas, in the Netherlands we celebrated Sinterklaas! And Christmas is coming!
I want to thank Kate because of these lovely Sinterklaasdoodles!
Is it allowed to show more layouts?
I cannot show our tradition in one layout! 🙂
http://www.the-lilypad.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=118188&title=thank-you-2c-kate&cat=523
Absolutely! We’d love to see your traditions!!
Such a fun challenge! LOVE seeing everyone’s pages and traditions and especially love hearing about your Christmas in Australia. Hard to think about a hot-weather Christmas! Thanks for the challenge. 🙂
Thanks, Nicole! 🙂
Oh thank you thank you thank you! I’m so excited I won!
Beautiful work by the Creative Team! These layouts are all so inspiring!
Merry Christmas, everyone, and best wishes for a happy & fun December!
Congratulations!!! 🙂