Dec 16 2011
Inkspirations Christmas Challenge #100……
Hello stamping peeps,
How are you all? Going stir crazy with Christmas craziness, or lapping up the festive season? I have to confess, i haven’t got there yet….it is has been hard to get into the season with so much else going on here. My parents hope to fly over for Christmas and New years, and to help with the house building so that should be very special for all of us.
School holiday update, the kids are still loving the points system and it has already been two weeks since they began! I am now starting to the think the 8 weeks of holidays is going to fly by!
Okay so back to the topic! Today is Friday, and that also means it is Inkspirations Challenge day!
Today is a BIG day for the Inkspirations Challenges for a few reasons…..
1. It is challenge #100!
2. We are doing a Christmas themed Challenge, to launch ourselves into the festive season!
3. This is the very last Inkspirations Challenge…
Okay to explain each three points for you..
Point 1: - Challenge #100! woo hoo. Originally when i started the challenges we did them as colour #1, then sketch #1, inspiration challenge #1…..so we really have done more than 100 over the time that we started, more closer to 170 challenges, over the time, firstly on my own site, and then for the past year on the Inkspirations Challenge website on blogger! It sure has been a fabulous ride, and it really couldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for all you wonderful stampers joining in each week! Some of you only once, others more and others 50+! Always feels great to reach to a milestone and perfect timing for the end of the year!
Point 2: - Christmas Themed Challenge….
Okay so this weeks challenge is Christmas themed….. We would like to see all those items you have been making for the Season this year! There is no limit to your links, so that means you can show it all! 
Your family’s Christmas card, your 3D items, your ornaments, or Christmas favors….we would love to see them! So get to the Inkspirations Challenges Website to link up your creations and be inspired as well!!!
Point 3: - Last Inkspriations Challenge 
Hope you haven’t dropped of your chair when you read that one! YIKES, now that could be funny! Well you probably have noticed my lack of posts on the Blog-o over this past year, and sadly a lot of my posts have only been because of the challenges…..you are probably now wondering if you will ever hear from me ever again?! LOL! Nope that is not the case, but i do want to explain. I have been running challenges of various types for 4 years and 7 months! Yes that sure is a long time. It has been a blast, but i am a little tired, and a little uninspired. So I have thought for a little while, that when you are uninspired you need to mix things up a little bit.
As you know we as a family have had the HUGEST year! We started the year with moving house, surviving a catergory 5 cyclone, hubby starting a new job, in-laws living with us for a month, doing business paperwork again and again….. Hubby starting a new job, more visitors from the West, having a new baby, a surprise visit to Perth, selling the pool business and training the new owners, start building a new house, another trip to Perth as Bridesmaid for my dear friend Monnie moo… All of us travelling to the US for my brothers wedding… more house building, year 6 graduation, school play, more building of the house….and on and on. I feel dizzy just thinking about all that this past year has brought! No wonder it feels like it has just flown by! So with all of that, and my lack of inspiration due to fatigue, or not having enough time to even think about it, my heart has called me to know that it is time to close the challenges. I am not viewing it as a bad thing, rather an end to something that has been a very exciting part of my life. I feel great peace about this decision and I hope you do too! Seriously there is also no lack of challenge websites out there, so one less really won’t hurt! LOL!
So at this time i would like to say a very BIG THANK YOU, to all of you that have played the challenges on and off over the past 4+ years…. it sure has been a blast, and without you it wouldn’t have been possible from the start.
Also another very BIG THANK YOU to my fabulous DT, for all their amazing inspiration and weeks and weeks of wonderful creations to make you drool, or be inspired to pull out the cardstock and get creating! It has been a wonderful addition to the challenges for the past 2 years!
So at this point i should share with you my own Christmas creation! I made some teacher gifts for the kids to give their School teachers at the end of the year. They are called Holiday Baking jars…. so fun and really easy to do too!
I made 7 of these jars, and decorated them with ribbon and hand made tags that have the recipe instructions on them….
A close up of the tags…..
A side view of the yummy layered ingredients…..
According to the kids, the teachers loved them! They really are quite simple and just something fun for them to do.
The DT have some other FABULOUS creations to share over on the Inkspirations Challenges Website, so be sure to pop on over and see what they have made and to link up your very own Christmas creations.
So there you have it peeps, a BIG post, with BIG news! I will be back again shortly with lots more to share, a new look too, and some fun things planned for the new year. Wishing you all a very special and safe festive season, and God’s Blessings in the new year!
