Friday, December 31, 2021

We are NOT closing in 2022!

Hi everybody! I've changed my other mind, just yesterday, and decided not to close my challenge blogs in 2022! It's been a whirlwind over the past 24 hours getting them ready for the new year but I know this will make a lot of people happy since there have been so many other challenges that have closed down over the past couple years.

I've made some changes to our challenge structure, and more detailed information will be available later this evening in the 'New Playing Guidelines' document. Here are some highlights:

1. Challenges will be every other month (January, March, May, July, September and November) and last approximately six weeks. 

2. Eight entries will be allowed in each challenge and you can combine our challenges with as many others as you wish. The more the merrier!

3. Only blog entries will be allowed since we require listing our challenge and linking back to our challenge. No more entries from Facebook, Instagram, or other social media sites, please.

4. Winners and Top Picks will be announced on the 1st of every other month with the new challenge details rather than posting a separate winner post.

5. We will not be running a DT call. My co-owner (Tina) and I will be providing challenge inspiration. 

6. We'll have new badges, and a different blog theme is planned so things will look a little different when you visit tomorrow morning for the new challenge!

7. Please use the email address on our Contact page if you have any questions or need direction. 

Hugs,
Leslie

Friday, December 10, 2021

MLCCB #40 Winner & Top Picks

Click HERE for our current challenge!

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog! Another huge thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! I think you'll agree we had some pretty amazing Christmas entries, and it's time to announce our Winner and Top Picks!

Our randomly chosen WINNER is...
#68 Michelle B.

And our TOP PICKS are...
(chosen by Cindy in order of entry)
#35 Trina P
#50 AsaJ
#59 Sparkling Pink
#60 ArtMBR
#73 Loll
#99 Chrissie


You've all created absolutely gorgeous projects that are well deserving of Winner and Top Pick honors! Be sure to grab your badges from the Badges page above to display on your blogs!

Don't forget our MLCCB #41 - December Anything Christmas Goes is going on right now! Grab your paper, scissors and embellishments, AND... don't forget to check out our sister blogs, Love to Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog - we'd love to see you there, too!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

MLCCB #41 - December Anything Christmas Goes

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog where our challenges are always Anything Christmas Goes! Thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! We absolutely loved seeing all your festive Christmas creations! Be sure to check back on the 10th of this month for the announcement of our Winner and Top Picks! Wishing each and every one of you very Happy Holidays!

Before we get to the challenge details, I have an announcement: This will be our last challenge for a while. I'd like to shout out to all of our designers, past and present, and say THANKS for all your wonderful projects over the years! Your hard work month after month has never gone unnoticed! <3 We will announce this month's Winner and Top Picks on the 10th of January and then we'll be on hiatus for the rest of the year. The plan right now is to run a DT Call in September 2022 with the expectation of resuming our challenges in January 2023. Be sure to subscribe to new posts by email (over on the right sidebar) so you don't miss any new information that's posted!

The Merry Little Girls have been busy creating some pretty amazing Christmas projects to inspire you to play along with us this month! Get ready to "ooh and ahh"...


Feel free to visit our designers' blogs for all the details on their DT inspiration projects and to let them know you love what you see - they would absolutely love it! :)

As a reminder, you can enter up to five projects in our challenges! And be sure to check out our sister blogs, Love To Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog where you can can enter up to five projects in each of these challenges as well! We'd love to see you there! :)

This challenge will run all month long, ending at 4:00 PM Mountain Time on the last day of the month, so dig into your Christmas stash and come play with us!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls


Sunday, November 14, 2021

MLCCB #39 Winner & Top Picks

Click HERE for our current challenge!

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog! Another huge thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! I think you'll agree we had some pretty amazing Christmas entries, and it's time to announce our Winner and Top Picks! Before getting to the details, I'd like to apologize for the late post due to a veterinary emergency. My husband and I rescue kittens and cats, and one of our little 10-week-old kittens got very sick and didn't make it. We are so heartbroken but we have found comfort in knowing that she found real love prior to her final journey home. Thank you all for your patience. 

Our randomly chosen WINNER is...
#17 Cat

And our TOP PICKS are...
(chosen by Darlene in order of entry)
#9  Lisa J
#24  AsaJ
#28  Rocky
#54 Trina P
#137  Meg
#144  Claudia
You've all created absolutely gorgeous projects that are well deserving of Winner and Top Pick honors! Be sure to grab your badges from the Badges page above to display on your blogs!

Don't forget our MLCCB #40 - November Anything Christmas Goes is going on right now! Grab your paper, scissors and embellishments, AND... don't forget to check out our sister blogs, Love to Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog - we'd love to see you there, too!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls

Monday, November 1, 2021

MLCCB #40 - November Anything Christmas Goes

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog where our challenges are always Anything Christmas Goes! Thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! We absolutely loved seeing all your festive Christmas creations! Be sure to check back on the 10th of this month for the announcement of our Winner and Top Picks!

The Merry Little Girls have been busy creating some pretty amazing Christmas projects to inspire you to play along with us this month! Get ready to "ooh and ahh"...

Feel free to visit our designers' blogs for all the details on their DT inspiration projects and to let them know you love what you see - they would absolutely love it! :)

As a reminder, you can enter up to five projects in our challenges! And be sure to check out our sister blogs, Love To Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog where you can can enter up to five projects in each of these challenges as well! We'd love to see you there! :)

This challenge will run all month long, ending at 4:00 PM Mountain Time on the last day of the month, so dig into your Christmas stash and come play with us!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls


Sunday, October 10, 2021

MLCCB #38 - Winner & Top Picks

Click HERE for our current challenge!

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog! Another huge thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! I think you'll agree we had some pretty amazing Christmas entries, and it's time to announce our Winner and Top Picks!

Our randomly chosen WINNER is...
#18 Esther

And our TOP PICKS are...
(chosen by Tina in order of entry)
#9 Ans Gilbert
#49 Trina P
#88 Reeta
#94 Marie Bingaman
#136 Pat K
#139 Silke
#150 Michelle B

You've all created absolutely gorgeous projects that are well deserving of Winner and Top Pick honors! Be sure to grab your badges from the Badges page above to display on your blogs!

Don't forget our MLCCB #39 - October Anything Christmas Goes is going on right now! Grab your paper, scissors and embellishments, AND... don't forget to check out our sister blogs, Love to Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog - we'd love to see you there, too!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls

Friday, October 1, 2021

MLCCB #39 - October Anything Christmas Goes

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog where our challenges are always Anything Christmas Goes! Thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! We absolutely loved seeing all your festive Christmas creations! Be sure to check back on the 10th of this month for the announcement of our Winner and Top Picks!

The Merry Little Girls have been busy creating some pretty amazing Christmas projects to inspire you to play along with us this month! Get ready to "ooh and ahh"...

Feel free to visit our designers' blogs for all the details on their DT inspiration projects and to let them know you love what you see - they would absolutely love it! :)

As a reminder, you can enter up to five projects in our challenges! And be sure to check out our sister blogs, Love To Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog where you can can enter up to five projects in each of these challenges as well! We'd love to see you there! :)

This challenge will run all month long, ending at 4:00 PM Mountain Time on the last day of the month, so dig into your Christmas stash and come play with us!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls


Friday, September 10, 2021

MLCCB #37 Winner & Top Picks

Click HERE for our current challenge!

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog! Another huge thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! I think you'll agree we had some pretty amazing Christmas entries, and it's time to announce our Winner and Top Picks!

Our randomly chosen WINNER is...
#79 Elle-jeanne

And our TOP PICKS are...
(chosen by Leslie in order of entry)
#85 Chrissie
#100 Kylie
#103 Rachelle Oltean


You've all created absolutely gorgeous projects that are well deserving of Winner and Top Pick honors! Be sure to grab your badges from the Badges page above to display on your blogs!

Don't forget our MLCCB #38 - September Anything Christmas Goes is going on right now! Grab your paper, scissors and embellishments, AND... don't forget to check out our sister blogs, Love to Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog - we'd love to see you there, too!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

MLCCB #38 - September Anything Christmas Goes

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog where our challenges are always Anything Christmas Goes! Thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! We absolutely loved seeing all your festive Christmas creations! Be sure to check back on the 10th of this month for the announcement of our Winner and Top Picks!

The Merry Little Girls have been busy creating some pretty amazing Christmas projects to inspire you to play along with us this month! Get ready to "ooh and ahh"...

Feel free to visit our designers' blogs for all the details on their DT inspiration projects and to let them know you love what you see - they would absolutely love it! :)

As a reminder, you can enter up to five projects in our challenges! And be sure to check out our sister blogs, Love To Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog where you can can enter up to five projects in each of these challenges as well! We'd love to see you there! :)

This challenge will run all month long, ending at 4:00 PM Mountain Time on the last day of the month, so dig into your Christmas stash and come play with us!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls


Tuesday, August 17, 2021

MLCCB #36 Winner & Top Picks

Click HERE for our current challenge!

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog! Another huge thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! I think you'll agree we had some pretty amazing Christmas entries, and it's time to announce our Winner and Top Picks, and I'm sorry for the late post!

Our randomly chosen WINNER is...
#21 Trina P.

And our TOP PICKS are...
(chosen by Tina in order of entry)
#5 Lisa J
#27 Christine
#33 Pasje Danki
#47 Colien
#119 Jane Savage
#130 Silke


You've all created absolutely gorgeous projects that are well deserving of Winner and Top Pick honors! Be sure to grab your badges from the Badges page above to display on your blogs!

Don't forget our MLCCB #37 - August Anything Christmas Goes is going on right now! Grab your paper, scissors and embellishments, AND... don't forget to check out our sister blogs, Love to Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog - we'd love to see you there, too!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls

Sunday, August 1, 2021

MLCCB #37 - August Anything Christmas Goes

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog where our challenges are always Anything Christmas Goes! Thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! We absolutely loved seeing all your festive Christmas creations! Be sure to check back on the 10th of this month for the announcement of our Winner and Top Picks!

The Merry Little Girls have been busy creating some pretty amazing Christmas projects to inspire you to play along with us this month! Get ready to "ooh and ahh"...




Feel free to visit our designers' blogs for all the details on their DT inspiration projects and to let them know you love what you see - they would absolutely love it! :)

As a reminder, you can enter up to five projects in our challenges! And be sure to check out our sister blogs, Love To Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog where you can can enter up to five projects in each of these challenges as well! We'd love to see you there! :)

This challenge will run all month long, ending at 4:00 PM Mountain Time on the last day of the month, so dig into your Christmas stash and come play with us!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls


Saturday, July 10, 2021

MLCCB #35 Winner & Top Picks

Click HERE for our current challenge!

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog! Another huge thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! I think you'll agree we had some pretty amazing Christmas entries, and it's time to announce our Winner and Top Picks!

Our randomly chosen WINNER is...
#21 sweetpea

And our TOP PICKS are...
(chosen by Leslie in order of entry)
#6 Carol S
#17 Trina P.
#28 fabiola
#49 Colien
#53 Chrissie
#102 Lisa Bird


You've all created absolutely gorgeous projects that are well deserving of Winner and Top Pick honors! Be sure to grab your badges from the Badges page above to display on your blogs!

Don't forget our MLCCB #36 - July Anything Christmas Goes is going on right now! Grab your paper, scissors and embellishments, AND... don't forget to check out our sister blogs, Love to Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog - we'd love to see you there, too!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls

Thursday, July 1, 2021

MLCCB #36 - July Anything Christmas Goes

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog where our challenges are always Anything Christmas Goes! Thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! We absolutely loved seeing all your festive Christmas creations! Be sure to check back on the 10th of this month for the announcement of our Winner and Top Picks!

The Merry Little Girls have been busy creating some pretty amazing Christmas projects to inspire you to play along with us this month! Get ready to "ooh and ahh"...


Feel free to visit our designers' blogs for all the details on their DT inspiration projects and to let them know you love what you see - they would absolutely love it! :)

As a reminder, you can enter up to five projects in our challenges! And be sure to check out our sister blogs, Love To Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog where you can can enter up to five projects in each of these challenges as well! We'd love to see you there! :)

This challenge will run all month long, ending at 4:00 PM Mountain Time on the last day of the month, so dig into your Christmas stash and come play with us!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls

Friday, June 18, 2021

Instructions for entering projects into our linky tool, Blenza

I’ve been getting an awful lot of messages lately from people saying they are unable to enter their project into our linky tool, Blenza. We've been using Blenza for a couple years now, and the process has not changed. If you have followed all the steps and don’t see your project in the gallery, you must refresh your page by clicking the circular arrow in the top left corner of your screen. If you still don’t see your project in the gallery, then you must clear your cache and try again. Your phone/computer/laptop cache needs to be cleared occasionally or it will bog down... it’s not a Blenza issue.

That said, here are the specific instructions on how to enter your project:

1.       Type your name

2.      Type the specific URL to your project post, NOT your main blog URL

3.      Check the box to accept their use/privacy policy (or click to read)

4.     Click Next

5.      Select one of the four methods offered to enter your project- I personally use the third option, “Pick one of the images on your site” to ensure that the link goes to the correct post on my blog

6.      When the images appear, select the one you want to use

7.      Click Enter

8.      Click Done and then click OK when Blenza asks if you want to close the window

9.      Once again, if your entry doesn’t immediately show up in the gallery, you must refresh your page by clicking the circular arrow in the top left corner of your screen, and if that doesn’t work then you must clear your cache (see above)

10. Please follow these steps (including refreshing your page and/or clearing your cache) before messaging me. Thank you.

Thursday, June 10, 2021

MLCCB #34 Winner & Top Picks

Click HERE for our current challenge!


Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog! Another huge thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! I think you'll agree we had some pretty amazing Christmas entries, and it's time to announce our Winner and Top Picks!


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Our randomly chosen WINNER is...
#109 Pat K

And our TOP PICKS are...
(chosen by Helen in order of entry)
#43 Made By Mandy
#100 Julie T
#115 Rosina


You've all created absolutely gorgeous projects that are well deserving of Winner and Top Pick honors! Be sure to grab your badges from the Badges page above to display on your blogs!

Don't forget our MLCCB #35 - June Anything Christmas Goes is going on right now! Grab your paper, scissors and embellishments, AND... don't forget to check out our sister blogs, Love to Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog - we'd love to see you there, too!


Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls