Them Versus Us....Cardmaking Challenge of The Year

[jayzmummy]

This challenge is open to ALL Mumsnetters.

Sign up by adding your name to this thread before 10th November.

All cards must be made by 19th November.

Challenge Rules.

There will be two teams..."Them" being the non-cardmakers and "Us" being the cardmakers.
When you join up to the challnge, you need to declare which team you will be batting for.

No "Toppers" are to be used.

The card must be made by your own fair hand.

You can use materials of your choice. Peel Offs, glitter, ribbon, fibres, card stock, stamped images, clipart.....all are acceptable.

The card must have a Christmas Theme.

The card must be finished and loaded into the gallery album marked "Them" or "Us" (depending on which team you are in), by the 19th November.(Instructions to upload your card will be posted nearer the time)

This challenge is for enjoyment, so have fun and be creative.

"THEM" team to date

cardqueenCod
Huggy Bear
Soapbox
Misdee
Wigwambam
Peckarollover

"US" team to date

JM
Mrs F
Badhair
Pootlepod
Whizzz
Hunkermunker
Yorkiegirl
UCM

Need some more "thems" - come on!

Ooh can I be a "them"...
how hard can it be said HC provocatively

(that thread the other day was an all time classic btw)

hunker you're a crafty type !
fancy that

Yes, I make the occasional card

but you could give it up at any time, right, it doesn't control you??

I could find a few seconds to knock up a "US" card. But if there are odd numbers I really don't mind being left out.

A few seconds?????

It's going to take me all week just to work out which end of the card is up!

oh don't rise to it WWB
she's trying to psyche us out
peasy
bound to be

What do i need? hmmmmm

Crayons..
Pritt Stick...
Glitter....

Easy peasy...

gulp

Yeah, easy-peasy.

My 4 year old can cut and stick; how hard can it be?

those were cod's word in fact:
"cutting and sticking for grown ups..."
hence the challenge I think...

I laughed about that all the way home today. Cos' DH thinks that I glue & stick for grownups. He knows that I am serious when I threaten my DS age 2 with 'Daddy looking after you all of the time if you touch/look/come in my craft room'.

no machinery ius to be used that non crafters dont have

a craft room?
fgs
thunk

Machinery?! LOL! What on earth do you think we all have? Looms?!

That seems fair. I assume you have scissors or other cutting device? Otherwise we're probably all stuffed!

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if you have no machinery hunker tell us pray what is in the room??

its ok cod....i have NOTHING mechanical.....the most technical equiptment i use is a pair of scissors!

I used to have a craft room. But then the baby needed it...

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Do you card makers really want to do this? What if the thems make better cards than you? It would be professional suicide wouldn't it?

BTW, don't count me in. I can't make anything arty crafty for toffee. I think my artistic five year old would do better than me!

Final point, who is going to judge?

I am NOT asking what sizzix is btw
because, clearly, EVERYONE knows what sizzix is

don't they?

mind you...i just bought 25 fantastic layered SIZZIX snowflakes....and 50 card ovals (4" tall)....totalling £4...including postage.