sending good cheer {minted} holiday challenge

I’ve been busy, busy, busy this past Holiday weekend finalizing designs for this year’s Minted Sending Good Cheer Holiday Challenge. I’m happy to say that after all that hard work, long nights, and 24 hours without sleep for the final run, two of the nine designs I submitted were accepted for the voting round!! Yey!!

I spent many hours sketching, tracing, and tweaking some very elaborate Papel Picado designs (which you can see below) for this Holiday Challenge, and its funny to see that the designs I created towards the end of the process, the most simple and minimal, are the ones that made it to the voting round. I do think this is my favorite though!

Here’s the second design that made it into the finals. A simplified Christmas Tree formed into my interpretation of a snowflake. Again, simple and minimal…clean.

These are the other options I submitted to the Holiday Challenge. Ahhhh, my Papel Picado…

This zig-zag design was my second modern take on a Christmas Tree…I thought it would have made it in.

There were many fabulous designs submitted for this Sending Good Cheer Holiday Challenge. I’ll share my favorites with you tomorrow.

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happy weekend + minted wedding invitations

I’m on to the first round of voting for the Minted Happily Ever After Wedding Challenge. Go on there and vote…please!

Although my City Lights was the only design which made it through this time around, I have a few favorites from other fabulous designers…check them out:

This was my absolute favorite invitation. The ladies of Alethea and Ruth truly have the most sophisticated design sense with a touch of folk thrown in. I totally fell in love with this design, I couldn’t keep my eyes off it, every single word is set appropriately in its place be it in a banner or in the logo. Perfect!!! I loved these ladies’ designs so much I couldn’t decide which to showcase, check out my other favorites here and here.

This design caught my eye due to the unique take on Japanese Washi tape. The perfect design motif in the varying patterns.

I’m always looking for uniqueness in invitation design, which this time around was sprinkeled sparingly in the Wedding Challange, but this design by lehan paper design fit the bill perfectly with the report card concept. Interesting!

Have a great weekend, see you next week!

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happily ever after {minted} wedding invitations

I’m back at it again. Minted, in collaboration with WeddingChannel.com, recently had their biggest challenge ever…a Wedding Invitation Challenge. I entered a few of my creations for a chance at launching my own line of wedding invitations with Minted.

I kept away from the typical floral backgrounds this time around and focused on a more modern take on the Wedding Invitation. Perfect for the contemporary urban couple looking for something different for their big day.

Background textures, gradients, and geometric shapes make these designs uniquely graphic.

This is the perfect Wedding Invitation for the city couple.

Check all of these designs out on Minted and vote!!

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get ready for some {minted} shopping

It’s time to get shopping for your Holiday cards!! How ’bout you get some ‘picture’ cards this year? I know of some awesome ones you can get your hands on…try shopping on Minted.

This years Minted Holiday Cards are ready for you to personalize…remember these proofs I showed you a while back, well, you can now shop for this one on Minted, how great is that!!?

Aren’t these additional pieces the cutest? They look so cool together.

This Yearline™ option is very cool to keep your family informed of what you did during the year.

And you have a couple color options to choose from.

If you click on the link to the right (top right) you’ll get 10% off your order…how great is that!! Thanks for everyone’s support during the challenge…look, I’m on Minted.

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and we’re on to the {minted} finals

Hi Everyone, I promise I won’t be giving you a play by play on the rundown for the first Minted Challenge I enter, but I’m so excited to say that two of my designs have advanced to the finals…Yay!!!

Thanks to all who voted to keep me in the running. Now, you can go back and vote…again. This time it’s for the winning! Just click on the images above.

These are a few of my favorite designs from some of the other great Minted Designers.

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give me some more mint{ed}

Boy, this challenge sure ran long, but the deadline truly crept up on me. Today is the last day for submissions and these are a few more that I uploaded. I’m very non-traditional and like things modern, so I kept with the block text on this one while still using semi-traditional colors (because they asked for it).

This is my favorite of them all…Framed Sweetness. I based it on a Baby Announcement I just created because I liked it so much (I’ll show you that later; it’s a surprise.).

Actually, this is my favorite, too. I like the non-traditional holiday colors and the blurred lights effect…it gives it a snowy feel. And that couple…so sweet!

I’ll keep you posted on when the voting starts.

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on the {minted} challenge

Hello all, welcome to a new week. Hope it’s a great one.

I mentioned last week that I’d be participating in the Minted Design Challenge Holiday Card Spectacular, well, I’ve uploaded a few designs…take a look:

Click on the images above or the green ‘vote for me!’ link on the top right to vote for them. If one of my designs wins it will be sold on Minted, how great is that? Well, the $5000 first prize isn’t bad either!! Please, pretty please, pass this link around to everyone and anyone you know so they could vote for me…I sure would love to be on Minted ($5G!!!).

Here’s the link: http://www.minted.com/designer/lizzybloves, or click on one of the specific designs found on that page to post on Facebook or Twitter.

I’ll be uploading more designs (I have until the 10th) so check back often. Thanks a bunch and let’s hope I place high!!

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