Today I’m back to announce all our talented winners for last week’s challenge. We challenged you to use your imagination to come up with some creative and unexpected color combos for your holiday cards. I had a great time looking through pages and pages of entries. Each and every card was terrific and I’m so happy so many of you participated. Unfortunately there can only be a handful of winners - but judging from some of the terrific color schemes you came up with, I say you are all winners. If you have some time, check out all the entries HERE at our flickr group.

Our Fresh Face winner for the week is breetetz. She really pulled out some unexpected colors here and made it work. The browns, golds and blues have me wanting to try a similar combination right now.

The Digital winner this week is stampingmathilda. This one seriously stopped me in my tracks, the 4 different squares of color have a really polished look and with that adorable penguin it is just irresistible.

1st place and a big congratulations go out to juicyflavor. This card has so many delicious details! The Holiday doll and vibrant blend of florals instantly caught my eye.

In 2nd place is sally_sherfield with this charming card. Her combination of colors was truly original and I just adore the deer she featured on her project. There have been so many great cards featured lately with this deer, he is a definite must have on my shopping list!

Anna-Karin (A-K) wins 3rd place! What eye candy we have here! The colors are fantastic and I really like all the stamping she was able to put onto her card!

It was so hard narrowing down our winners that I had to have 4 honorable mentions.

First is skermit12! This awesome combo of teal, purple and vibrant green makes the card extra festive I think.

Our 2nd honorable mention today is MyPinkMexico (Mary Dawn) with a card that really packs some punch. It is a party mix for sure and I love the results!

Next is krolski (Kathy) with a soft and delicate greeting that is really soothing to the eye. The swirled background and small trees really make this card special.

Last but certainly not least, our 4th and final honorable mention for the week is ScrappinBari (Linda W) with a show-stopping colorful creation. There is that deer again (x3) - love it!

Big Congrats to everyone! All winners, please contact us by email with your address and phone number. Be sure your email has “unexpected color winner” in the subject line and we’ll send out your prizes. (NOTE: We now have a NEW, separate email address for blog winners to use when contacting us. You can find it over in the blog sidebar under the heading “Email Us”.)

I really enjoyed pouring over all the entries - be sure to enter this week’s challenge for more chances to win!

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