CHNC challenge 53: celebration candy continued

Thank you to all who linked for challenge 52 - and for some showing some more Christmas cards. Mr Linky will be left open until 10:00 pm UK time Friday 6 January 2012.  Even if you entered last week, you can add a further entry for this week's challenge - that will give you two chances to win the candy. If you didn't enter last week, then what are you waiting for?

The winner will receive a 10 card pack of dark green aperture cards, Anita's  snowflakes outline stickers, a Crafts-Too snowflake banner embossing folder, A Joanna Sheen Giordano studio stamp 'Love this Christmas', A Crafter's companion Humphrey's corner 'mistletoe kisses' stamp set, a pack of 48 die cut Christmas trees, Craftwork cards candi vintage berries gold and vintage berries silver:

Anyone can take part - I'm willing to post to anywhere in the world. The draw for the winner (randomly chosen using random.org) will take place after 10:00 pm UK time on Friday 6 January 2012.

All I ask is that you create a blog post and leave the link here and, if possible, also put my pink button in your sidebar, telling people that there is blog candy available.

If you'd like to also add a Christmas card to show, then that would be lovely - perhaps you made some that you didn't have time to blog - or perhaps you've already started making some for next Christmas!! But please don't add a card unless you are linking for the blog candy - please do both at the same time, with only one entry per person this week, please.


Here is my first Christmas card for the coming year - I made this the other day - you can read about it here on my regular crafting blog:

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Sponsorship news

Just look at the sidebar to see the many sponsors that are lined up for2012! I am so grateful to these wonderful people for being willing to donate prizes for my challenges. I now have seventeen sponsors. This means that there will be a prize every week for one randomly chosen winner.

The first sponsored challenge of 2012 will be on Saturday 7 January, when Whoopsi Daisy will be providing a prize - more details next week.

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If you haven't yet become a follower, please do so. It has been encouraging to see more and more followers joining each week.

This blog candy is open to everyone, whether you've participated in my challenges during the year or whether you have just found my blog - please spread the word and perhaps we'll get even more entries during 2012. The success of the blog depends on YOU.

Just remember to:

Create a post about my blog candy (and perhaps add a link to your sidebar).
Show a Christmas card within that post if you wish to (you don't have to).
Add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears - or if you have any problem linking - please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.
Become a follower if you haven't already done so.

Don't put away your Christmas stash - please come back next Saturday 7 January at the usual time of 09:00 for a challenge sponsored by Whoopsi Daisy.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Please link your blogpost about my candy and show a Christmas card as well if you wish to do so

1.	scrappekatten	20.	Liz	39.	Marianne (ch 53)
2.	Teresa A	21.	Carol	40.	darling Ho(CH53)
3.	Joann Sassy Raggedy	22.	Ardilla	41.	Theresa
4.	MaryB	23.	Nathalie L	42.	Coldwaters2
5.	Birgitta Hyyryläinen-Metsi	24.	catherine	43.	ScrappyHappyMommy
6.	murlikatam	25.	Skräpi	44.	Doreen
7.	Susie Little	26.	Dora	45.	Cathy(Kraftykoolkat)
8.	megha jain	27.	riliska	46.	Lynne in NI
9.	Lavina	28.	Hanneke v/d Wateren	47.	Carol
10.	2pDesigns	29.	***Céline***	48.	Kath
11.	Helen	30.	Nikki C	49.	Di
12.	JANIEL	31.	Zehra	50.	Jaqi van Jaarsveld
13.	patty	32.	pinky	51.	lachsekatze
14.	Theresa	33.	Marianne	52.	Totty
15.	mueppi	34.	patty	53.	Kate P.
16.	aleshik	35.	patty	54.	Luanne Pang
17.	darling Ho	36.	meg	55.	Elizabeth
18.	Anita Kaartenboetiek	37.	Colleen
19.	Maria	38.	krasimira

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CHNC challenge 52: Happy Christmas!! Celebration Candy

I can hardly believe that I started this Christmas challenge blog on 1 January this year ... and here we are on Christmas Eve. Throughout the year, I have seen loads of fantastic Christmas cards - such a lot of creativity and inspiration. The blog has gone from strength to strength, which is just down to YOU for your support and participation. I was overwhelmed with the response for last week's challenge - during one of the busiest weeks of the year for most people, you managed to break the record for the most number of entries!!

I'm also so grateful to those who have sponsored the challenge - and the good news is that I now have fifteen sponsors lined up for 2012 - yes fifteen!! I'll give more details next Saturday. This means that instead of offering a prize just once a month, there will be a prize almost every week!!

So, what am I asking you to do this week? As a big THANK YOU for the success of this year on CHNC I'm going to give away some blog candy. The link for this will stay open until 10:00 pm UK time Friday 6 January 2012. The winner will receive a 10 card pack of dark green aperture cards, Anita's  snowflakes outline stickers, a Crafts-Too snowflake banner embossing folder, A Joanna Sheen Giordano studio stamp 'Love this Christmas', A Crafter's companion Humphrewy's cornder 'mistletoe kisses' stamp set, a pack of 48 die cut Christmas trees, Craftwork cards candi vintage berries gold and vintage berries silver:

Anyone can take part - I'm willing to post to anywhere in the world. The draw for the winner (randomly chosen using random.org) will take place after 10:00 pm UK time on Friday 6 January 2012.

All I ask is that you create a blog post and leave the link here and, if possible, also put my pink button in your sidebar, telling people that there is blog candy available.

If you'd like to also add a Christmas card to show, then that would be lovely - perhaps you made some that you didn't have time to blog! But please don't add a card unless you are linking for the blog candy - please do both at the same time, with only one entry per person this week, please.

These are a few quick cards I made last week, the first four using Basic Grey papers and the fifth one using Websters pages (more information on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here):

If you haven't yet become a follower, please do so. It has been encouraging to see more and more followers joining each week.

This blog candy is open to everyone, whether you've participated in my challenges during the year or whether you have just found my blog - please spread the word and perhaps we'll get even more entries during 2012. The success of the blog depends on YOU.

Just remember to:

Create a post about my blog candy (and perhaps add a link to your sidebar).
Show a Christmas card within that post if you wish to (you don't have to).
Add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears - or if you have any problem linking - please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.
Become a follower if you haven't already done so.

Please come back next Saturday at the usual time.

Happy Christmas, everyone!

Please link your blogpost about my candy and show a Christmas card as well if you wish to do so

1.	scrappekatten	20.	Liz	39.	Marianne (ch 53)
2.	Teresa A	21.	Carol	40.	darling Ho(CH53)
3.	Joann Sassy Raggedy	22.	Ardilla	41.	Theresa
4.	MaryB	23.	Nathalie L	42.	Coldwaters2
5.	Birgitta Hyyryläinen-Metsi	24.	catherine	43.	ScrappyHappyMommy
6.	murlikatam	25.	Skräpi	44.	Doreen
7.	Susie Little	26.	Dora	45.	Cathy(Kraftykoolkat)
8.	megha jain	27.	riliska	46.	Lynne in NI
9.	Lavina	28.	Hanneke v/d Wateren	47.	Carol
10.	2pDesigns	29.	***Céline***	48.	Kath
11.	Helen	30.	Nikki C	49.	Di
12.	JANIEL	31.	Zehra	50.	Jaqi van Jaarsveld
13.	patty	32.	pinky	51.	lachsekatze
14.	Theresa	33.	Marianne	52.	Totty
15.	mueppi	34.	patty	53.	Kate P.
16.	aleshik	35.	patty	54.	Luanne Pang
17.	darling Ho	36.	meg	55.	Elizabeth
18.	Anita Kaartenboetiek	37.	Colleen
19.	Maria	38.	krasimira

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CHNC challenge 51: anything goes for Christmas

Just over a week to go till Christmas Day, so I'm guessing that most of you have got all your cards made and posted? Well, I confess that, as I write this on Friday evening, I still have about half a dozen cards to make and get in the post tomorrow, which is the last day for second class post in the UK. And I still need to make a card for John (always gets left till last).

Once again, I've had a fun time this past week looking at all the wonderful entries for my 'traditional Christmas' challenge.

Now it's time for

Challenge 51

So I think that this week's challenge can only be 'anything goes', to give you the opportunity to show any of those last-minute cards that you are still making. Or perhaps you've made some recently, but not had time to blog and show them - now's the time to do so.


I've actually made a lot of cards in the last couple of weeks - I took photos of most of them, but haven't had time to blog them. I made two black and gold cards a few days ago and managed to get photos taken outside, but had to take them at strange angles because of the reflection on the gold mirror card.

And I made these yesterday:

You can read more about these cards on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here.

So now it's your turn to show me any Christmas cards that you've made and not yet blogged.


As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week  anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 23 December. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 24 December.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Anything goes

1.	Kym's Crafty Cards	40.	Maria	79.	RaeT
2.	Pat P	41.	Carla Prediger	80.	RaeT
3.	Marika Gabez	42.	Claire M	81.	RaeT
4.	pinky	43.	Jane	82.	RaeT
5.	Bren	44.	Tip Top	83.	Indira
6.	Kelly Lloyd	45.	Jen Leeflang	84.	darling Ho
7.	mueppi	46.	my little scrappingcorner	85.	Coldwaters2
8.	Kym's Crafty Cards	47.	Andrew Llewelyn-Brinsley	86.	Debbles Dabbles
9.	Marianne's Craftroom	48.	Crafting Marfa	87.	ribbon dreams
10.	Maria	49.	Spyder	88.	Heather the MooseLover
11.	Margie Calenda	50.	Lisbeth K	89.	Sherry K.
12.	Bettina	51.	Kym's Crafty Cards	90.	Elena
13.	Kelly Lloyd	52.	Kym's Crafty Cards	91.	fabiola
14.	Larissa	53.	Kym's Crafty Cards	92.	Peggy M - The Wired Angel
15.	Wendy K	54.	Grace N	93.	Janette G.
16.	Janette G.	55.	carol aka krillsister	94.	Stempelfan
17.	Alicia	56.	Emma H	95.	Maria
18.	megha jain	57.	chris olsen	96.	Ildiko
19.	vanessa(nessy)	58.	chris	97.	catherine
20.	Sally	59.	mary marsh	98.	Jocelyn K
21.	Lovely Linda	60.	shatril	99.	CG
22.	Stamping Susi	61.	Daniele	100.	pinky
23.	pinky	62.	lalkygirl	101.	Katie Tate
24.	shellshearer	63.	IKE	102.	Scrappin Dhilly
25.	Tessa & Anke	64.	Wendy	103.	Tiggertastic
26.	Sarah	65.	agadka	104.	Kym's Crafty Cards
27.	stef h	66.	Helen	105.	Bella
28.	Zoe	67.	blackdragon	106.	Shar B
29.	linda dekker	68.	fabiola	107.	lalkygirl
30.	Ann Whitfield	69.	Dora	108.	Audrey E.
31.	StephC	70.	Shirley Q	109.	fabiola
32.	Kate	71.	darling Ho	110.	Susie Little
33.	Katie Tate	72.	Maria	111.	Kym's Crafty Cards
34.	Tini	73.	monique	112.	Lisbeth K
35.	Sarah T	74.	Arabella	113.	***Céline***
36.	Georgia E.	75.	Lynsey	114.	Jo
37.	Bella	76.	Jane	115.	fabiola
38.	Carol	77.	RaeT	116.	Ruby
39.	Maria	78.	RaeT	117.	Theresa

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CHNC challenge 50: traditional Christmas

Well, another week has passed and we're one more big step nearer to Christmas Day ... only just over two weeks when this challenge goes live and probably less than that when you are reading this.

Thank you so much for all the entries for last week's challenge - as usual, I so enjoyed looking at them all, so creative and inspirational.

So now it's time to announce the winner of the prize for last week, randomly drawn - unfortunately, there can only be one winner and random.org has picked:

Number 38: Anne

with this lovely card:

Please email me and I'll arrange for you to choose your digis from our

generous sponsor, StretchNBubbles.

Now on to this week's challenge:

Challenge 50

For this week my challenge is traditional Christmas, whatever that means to you. You might want to concentrate on traditional colours or include 'traditional' items on your card - holly, Christmas tree, snowmen, snowflakes, festive food ... whatever you think of as traditional. The main thing is to get on and make those remaining Christmas cards. I so enjoy visiting your blogs and seeing what you have created, so please keep the cards coming. Perhaps we'll have another week of a bumper number of entries.

If by any chance (and I wish I could say this) you've finished all your Christmas cards for this year, why not make one for this challenge that can start you off for next year. I'm sure you've still got some Christmas papers, embellishments, stamps etc around you.

Here is my card - you can read more about it and the challenges I've entered on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here:

I've added some more traditional cards here on my regular blog.

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to make a traditional Christmas card.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 16 December. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 17 December.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

Traditional Christmas

1.	Ciska	23.	Susie Little	45.	Coldwaters2
2.	Crafting Marfa	24.	lalkygirl	46.	Marie
3.	Bunny	25.	Helen	47.	ScrappyAndrea
4.	Helen	26.	Suzanne B	48.	NanaConnie
5.	Marlieke	27.	chris olsen	49.	vanessa(nessy)
6.	lalkygirl	28.	Nana Donna	50.	Kris/madaboutpooh
7.	Hazel (didos)	29.	Eemeli	51.	CarolH
8.	lis-m	30.	Val	52.	Carol
9.	Sarah T	31.	Tina Phillips	53.	fabiola
10.	Bren	32.	HeidiD	54.	fabiola
11.	Tessa	33.	Norma	55.	jengd
12.	Helen	34.	Jo	56.	Daniele
13.	lalkygirl	35.	Sandie Louise	57.	lalkygirl
14.	Elaine sparklingblackrose	36.	Sammibug	58.	miria
15.	Shirley C	37.	Crafty Teacher	59.	Marianne's Craftroom
16.	Scatty Jan	38.	Crafty Teacher	60.	Teresa A
17.	Jen Leeflang	39.	Olivia	61.	Sammibug
18.	laney	40.	catherine	62.	Colleen
19.	Cathy D.	41.	Stempelfan	63.	Stempelfan
20.	Janette G.	42.	Maria	64.	mueppi
21.	Diane Ahlers	43.	Claire C	65.	NancyD
22.	Doreen	44.	Pauline C	66.	Dora

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CHNC challenge 49: mainly monochromatic - with a sponsored prize

Now it's December, we really are getting near to Christmas and it's time to crack on with the remainder of the cards that we need to send. I still need to make lots (a penalty for selling so many for charity ... I now need to make more for us to send!). I loved visiting the blogs last week and seeing all the gorgeous vintage and distressed creations that were linked up. And now it's time for another challenge:

Challenge 49

As this is the first Saturday in a new month, there will be a prize for the randomly drawn winner: StretchNBubbles are sponsoring me for this week's challenge 49. The winner will be able to choose 5 digital images from the fantastic range at StretchNBubbles - just click on the link and feast your eyes on the super images - you will not be disappointed! I am so grateful to Stretch N Bubbles for offering to sponsor my blog.

A little bit about Alison:

I really started “Scrapbooking/Card making” in 1996 when my dear friend Lisa Bearnson introduced to her new magazine Creating Keepsakes.. after that I was HOOKED!.. I do both scrapbooking and card making.. I have been published in many magazines, worked for Creating Keepsakes as a designer for products sold on QVC, and won many contests. I am the owner of Do You Stack Up?! Challenge blog, Free Digital Stamps blog, & Stretch N' Bubbles Digital Stamps blog/store. I quickly fell in love with the idea of digital stamps. Not having to find a spot to keep them,being able to get your product instantly, and buying one size fit's all.. I was on board! I have never taken an art class.. I just started doodling and putting them online. My free digital stamps within 2-3 days were getting 500 downloads, so I thought if there were that many people who liked my designs. I should start a little store.. and Stretch N' Bubbles was born.. Now you might ask yourself, how did you get the name Stretch N' Bubbles? Well my dad "poppie" gives all the grandchildren "magic names" and my son's magic name is Stretch, and yep you guessed it..my daughters magic name is "Bubbles".. so I put them together and came up with that name.. Thanks so much to all of you for helping support my dream..HUGS

*Alison*

stop by and check out my blogs..

Personal Blog HERE

Store HERE

Design Team HERE

For challenge 49 I'm asking you to think 'monochrome' - this doesn't mean your cards have to be black and white - although they can be if you wish - but one prominent colour that you use tone on tone. There can be a bit of flexibility, so you can use other colours sparingly if you wish as long as there is one dominant colour.

Stretch N Bubbles kindly gave me some lovely digital images to use for this challenge, so here is my first card made with '3 stockings' which I've simply coloured with a poppy promarker. You can read more about this card and the challenges I entered on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here:

I must be having a 'red and white' phase because I've now made six more cards that fit this challenge - you can read all about them on My Crafty Outlook:

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to make a monochromatic or 'tone-on-tone' card (with limited addition of other colours if you wish) - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 9 December. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 10 December - and I'll reveal who the randomly chosen winner is for today's challenge.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this Christmas challenge blog - thank you.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Exciting news about sponsorship

Not only do I have a new sponsor for today's challenge, but I have lots of new sponsors lined up for 2012 - in fact, I am going to be able to give prizes much more frequently than I have this year, thanks to the generosity of those coming on board.

Mainly monochromatic

1.	Melissa (Sunshine HoneyBee)	21.	Gale	41.	Lovely Linda
2.	NanaConnie	22.	patty	42.	lalkygirl
3.	lalkygirl	23.	kbrandy4	43.	Colleen
4.	Bren	24.	Tammie E	44.	Wuzimädi
5.	Coldwaters2	25.	Marika Gabez	45.	Carol
6.	Marianne's Craftroom	26.	Maria	46.	Sieta
7.	Maria	27.	Shirley	47.	Lisa Baker
8.	goldie	28.	Joanie	48.	Liz
9.	Susie Little	29.	Gaynor	49.	Crafty Math Chick
10.	darling Ho	30.	Melissa (Sunshine HoneyBee) #2	50.	Dawn B
11.	catherine	31.	Helen	51.	Janice
12.	DebbieM	32.	Suzanne	52.	purple crazy
13.	Lori	33.	pinky	53.	***Céline***
14.	Glittertastic	34.	Georgina B	54.	Sammibug
15.	Tess	35.	Wuzimädi	55.	darling Ho
16.	Teri Sherman	36.	fabiola	56.	lalkygirl
17.	Katie Tate	37.	Deonna B	57.	Kym's Crafty Cards
18.	my little scrappingcorner	38.	Anne	58.	Lisbeth K
19.	Scrappy D	39.	Aisling
20.	Scrappy D #2	40.	Maria Matter

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CHNC challenge 48: vintage and/or distressed

It's a bit scary that we're up to challenge 48 today. With only 52 weeks in the year, this really emphasises how little time there is now to get those Christmas cards done. . There weren't so many entries for last week's challenge, so perhaps you've all been so good and made most of your Christmas cards by now - or perhaps 'music' wasn't everyone's 'cuppa tea'! I very much enjoyed dipping into the blog entries and seeing all the amazing cards - such creativity and variety.

Challenge 48

So here we are at challenge 48 and for this I'm asking you to make a card with a vintage style and/or distressed. At this stage of the year the idea is to get those remaining Christmas cards done, so there's a bit of poetic licence with this challenge - please just give your card a vintage or distressed look - perhaps an image/picture that conjures up the thoughts of Christmas past.

This is my card - you can read more about it and see the challenges I've entered on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here.

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to make a card with a vintage theme - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 2 December. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 3 December - and, as this will be the first Saturday in the month, there will be a prize from a new sponsor for a randomly chosen winner.

And speaking of sponsorship I'm getting excited about next year - I have quite a few new sponsors lined up and some prize gifts as well.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Vintage and/or distressed

1.	Dragonlady	16.	Sande	31.	Sara I.
2.	craftingallday/Teresa	17.	Lila	32.	Sonia R
3.	CatsCreativeCorner	18.	Keilly	33.	Maria & Simeon
4.	pinky	19.	Mruk	34.	Zahreen S (Splashbunny)
5.	Lisa Sumpter	20.	Mruk	35.	Sandie Louise
6.	Wendy K	21.	Samantha :0)	36.	Piali
7.	Joan	22.	Julia Vazquez	37.	Tracey V
8.	Kathy Bradley	23.	Natali	38.	chris olsen
9.	Jenny Flynn	24.	Jenni	39.	DebbieM
10.	Bren	25.	Bettina	40.	Doris P.
11.	Alojek	26.	Tanja aka Stampin'Piper	41.	Claire C
12.	Jennifer Scull	27.	NanaConnie	42.	Maxine
13.	Gosia S.	28.	Tammy	43.	Jo
14.	mueppi	29.	catherine	44.	fabiola
15.	Cathy D.	30.	Nicki LT

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CHNC challenge 47: music

What a wonderful range of Christmas cards for last week's challenge, some gorgeous 'candle' cards from those who took the theme literally and some other wonderful entries that used the 'whatever lights your candle' theme in the wider sense - they were all fantastic - thank you for sharing.

We are, of course, getting close to Christmas now - how come it creeps up on us so quickly in the end? I really must get more organised because, apart from making cards throughout the year, I've hardly done anything else towards Christmas preparations - and I probably still need to make a lot of cards for us to use because I've still got one more opportunity to sell next Saturday.

Challenge 47

So here we are at challenge 47 and for this I'm asking you to include music in some way on your card - you can interpret this however you wish - anything that has a musical connection, so, for instance, a group of carol singers would be fine. I'm sure that you can come up with several ideas for this - I look forward to seeing them.

This is my card - you can read more about it and see the challenges I've entered on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here.

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to make a card with a musical theme - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 25 November. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 26 November.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Music

1.	Ruth	10.	José	19.	Olivia
2.	craftingallday/Teresa	11.	lalkygirl	20.	scrappekatten
3.	Bren	12.	lena katrine	21.	hania739
4.	mueppi	13.	Joanie	22.	DebbieM
5.	Claire C	14.	sue	23.	Katie Tate
6.	Tracy H	15.	Helen	24.	Amanda
7.	MaryB	16.	Kate P.	25.	fabiola
8.	Janny	17.	Judy	26.	Mandy
9.	lis-m	18.	Carol	27.	catherine

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CHNC challenge 46: whatever lights your candle

Wow! What a fantastic response to last week's challenge - there were so many entries - more and more every day, so many I could hardly believe what was happening! It was lovely to see new people showing their bright colours and sparkly cards as well as many 'regulars' contributing. Christmas is certainly on its way and now is the time to seriously get on with making more cards.

It's time to announce the winner of the prize for last week, randomly drawn - unfortunately, there can only be one winner and random.org has picked:

Number 65: Cindy Pointe

with this lovely card:

Please email me with your name and full address and I'll get the packs of Eno craft toppers into the post.

Now on to this week's challenge:

Challenge 46

For this week my challenge is whatever lights your candle. Now, you can either take this literally and include a candle on your card or perhaps another form of light - a star, a lantern, a lamp post ... or you can take the phrase to mean 'whatever you like', which should give you plenty of freedom! The main thing is to get on and make those Christmas cards. I so enjoy visiting your blogs and seeing what you have created, so please keep the cards coming. Perhaps we'll have another week of a bumper number of entries.

I've made a set of five cards, using a candles stamp - you can read more about them and the challenges I've entered on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here:

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to create whatever lights your candle!

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 18 November. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 19 November.

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Whatever lights your candle - 'candle, light etc' or 'whatever you like'

1.	Teresa Arsenault	22.	NanaConnie	43.	Ruth
2.	Pat P	23.	Steph Lee (Arty Carty)	44.	mary marsh
3.	Made By Mandy	24.	mary marsh	45.	NancyD
4.	Tanja aka Stampin'Piper	25.	Martina B.	46.	Sammibug
5.	Alojek	26.	vanessa(nessy)	47.	Crafty Teacher
6.	Kate P.	27.	Bren	48.	Lisa s
7.	meg	28.	Alli D	49.	Sammibug
8.	meg	29.	Wuzimädi	50.	purple crazy
9.	Lori	30.	Davi	51.	Sammibug
10.	Janice	31.	Maria	52.	-Anne-
11.	CraftyC	32.	Carol	53.	Ann Whitfield
12.	Janet B (NZ)	33.	Ann Whitfield	54.	lalkygirl
13.	Clare	34.	mel	55.	Liz
14.	Kate	35.	Kate Palmer	56.	Jaqi van Jaarsveld
15.	Hazel (didos)	36.	Carissa	57.	Helen
16.	Wicked Witch	37.	catherine	58.	samara
17.	Elizabeth H.	38.	Lin - Twisted Witch	59.	marsha
18.	Katie Tate	39.	Tracey V	60.	lalkygirl
19.	Colleen Holmes	40.	fabiola	61.	Ann Whitfield
20.	Nicki LT	41.	Carol S
21.	Lisa (ThePurplePlace)	42.	Sammibug

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CHNC challenge 45: bright colours and/or sparkle - with a prize

Wow! you really did a great job of making some very special cards for last week's challenge - I love looking at all your creations and admiring the depth of talent of all the contributors to this challenge blog. Thank you so much for your participation.

Well, we're getting into November now and Christmas isn't seeming so far away now, so it's time to be a bit more serious about the festive crafting if you haven't done much so far. I know that some of you have been making Christmas cards throughout the year, but, if you haven't, it's just the right time now to start.

Apologies that linky went astray for a while last evening (because I forgot about the hour change when I did the settings last Saturday). I hope I've got it right for this week, but please bear with me if there is a hiccup.

Challenge 45

Today in the UK is 'bonfire night' when we celebrate the failure of Guy Fawkes attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. There will be lots of fireworks this evening (don't forget to keep pets in safe and snug). Thinking of fireworks made me think of bright colours and sparkle, so I'd love to see either or both of your Christmas cards this week.

This is my card - you can read more about it and see the challenges I've entered on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here.

Here is another card added mid-week that is for a Guest Design slot I was privileged to join in - you can read more about it here:

And here's another one - this one isn't bright colours, but it's very sparkly (more info here on my regular blog):


As it's the first Saturday in the month there will be a prize for a randomly drawn winner (using random.org) - 2 packs of Eno Craft toppers:

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to make a card with bright colours and/or sparkle - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 11 November. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 12 November.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Bright colours and/or sparkle

1.	Liz	39.	susan	77.	Dora
2.	Sylvia Blum	40.	Piali	78.	Maria Matter
3.	Michaela	41.	juelmarie	79.	Theresa P
4.	lalkygirl	42.	Dawn B	80.	Sam / Whisper
5.	Pat P	43.	lalkygirl	81.	Cindy
6.	Alojek	44.	Ann Whitfield	82.	Advent Calendar
7.	Kate P.	45.	Kath	83.	Tammy Louise
8.	Tracy H	46.	Deanne :)	84.	chris olsen
9.	susan	47.	Paddy	85.	Grace N
10.	Josephine	48.	miria	86.	Merlyn
11.	Juliet A	49.	catherine	87.	Marika Gabez
12.	Colette S	50.	Tanja aka Stampin'Piper	88.	Tracey V
13.	Karen Howard	51.	Kendra-Sue	89.	Hazel (didos)
14.	Denise	52.	Jocelyn K	90.	Scrappellen
15.	Jenny F.	53.	lalkygirl	91.	Marika Gabez
16.	darling Ho	54.	Marika Gabez	92.	Audrey E.
17.	Nikki C	55.	Susie Little	93.	mel
18.	mueppi	56.	Shirley	94.	Mel - inkydoodlecrafts
19.	Carol	57.	Carissa	95.	darling Ho
20.	Tiggertastic	58.	darling Ho	96.	Ann Whitfield
21.	StephC	59.	Jo	97.	Tip Top
22.	Coldwaters2	60.	Peggy R	98.	Claire C
23.	lalkygirl	61.	Jolanda	99.	Claire C
24.	Carol Ann	62.	NikkiByrne	100.	Marianne
25.	Stephanie Hester	63.	Hlora	101.	craftysunshine
26.	Jenni	64.	vanessa(nessy)	102.	Suzie McFloozy
27.	meg	65.	Anne-Marie	103.	Claudia
28.	pinky	66.	Cindy Pointe	104.	Di
29.	Chrissyxx	67.	lalkygirl	105.	Kellylou
30.	Claire M	68.	Carol S	106.	Anne-Marie
31.	margaret MP	69.	Colleen	107.	darling Ho
32.	Ruth	70.	fabiola	108.	kbrandy4
33.	Ellen	71.	kbrandy4	109.	Scrappellen
34.	DebbieM	72.	Samantha :0)	110.	Ann Whitfield
35.	Mandy	73.	Norma	111.	Ann Whitfield
36.	Sue W	74.	***céline***	112.	NanaConnie
37.	Kathy Curry	75.	Coldwaters2	113.	Janice
38.	Lesley	76.	Helen

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CHNC challenge 44: for someone special

It was lovely to see all the various scenes on your cards for last week's challenge. Thank you so much for all the entries and the support for this little part of the crafting challenge world.

Challenge 44

Today has always been special for me - it was my dad's birthday. Sadly, he died nearly eight years ago (actually on mum's birthday on 29 November) - so 29 October is still a special day for me, one to reflect on memories of the past and to think particularly of my mum who still misses dad.

I think a lot of us crafters tend to leave the 'special' people to last when it comes to making cards, so my challenge to you this week is to make a Christmas card for someone special, so that it doesn't get left till the last minute. You might want to try and make more than one (I'm going to try, but not sure whether I'll succeed this week).

The card that I'm showing now is, of course, for my mum. I've made a double twisted easel card (the first time I've made one). I've kept the design simple, letting the paper do most of the work - more information on my regular crafting blog 'My crafty outlook' here.

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to make the card for someone special - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 4 November. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 5 November - as it will be the first Saturday in the month there will be a prize for the randomly drawn winner.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

For someone special

1.	Alojek	12.	catherine	23.	Pat P
2.	Clare	13.	Marion82	24.	Colleen
3.	Tammie E	14.	sharon	25.	Ruth
4.	Bella	15.	Sarah T	26.	Create WIth Joy
5.	Krafty Karen	16.	Kate P.	27.	Lisa s
6.	Val	17.	Crafty Teacher	28.	Jo
7.	my little scrappingcorner	18.	Lacey Stephens	29.	fabiola
8.	Scrappy	19.	Theresa P	30.	CREATE WITH JOY - 2
9.	Donna BMC	20.	-Anne-	31.	NIkkiByrne
10.	Coldwaters2	21.	Jolanda	32.	Toni
11.	NanaConnie	22.	Katie Tate	33.	Elizabeth

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CHNC challenge 43: make a scene

Before I tell you about today's new challenge, I want to thank you for all your fab entries for last week's challenge - it was so good to see all the different baubles and hanging things - lots of ideas and inspiration.

Challenge 43

Can you believe that we're on challenge 43? The weeks are going by so quickly and Christmas is looming. The shops are getting so geared up for the festive season. I remember when it seemed early if they started selling Christmas cards at the end of October, but now it seems to get earlier year after year.

There are many of you who have been regular contributors to these challenges and have built up quite a stash of Christmas cards over the months. However, if you've only just found this blog then it's not too late to start joining in and getting going with the festive cards - perhaps make more than one for the challenge.

So, for challenge 43 I'm asking you to make a scene! No, I don't mean that you should have a tantrum, but just make a scene on your Christmas card - it's as simple as that - it can be a 'ready' scene with a topper of stamped image or you can create your own scene with various elements - it's up to you. It can be indoors or outdoors, so I think there is plenty of scope.

My cards are very simple - I made five so they can be sold in a pack - you can read more about them on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here:

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to make a scene - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 28 October. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 29 October.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

Make a scene

1.	Alojek	10.	Sylvia Blum	19.	Katie Tate
2.	meg	11.	Claire C	20.	Ruth
3.	Brenda Dean	12.	Carol	21.	Colleen
4.	Sarah T	13.	Tracy Payne	22.	Katie Tate
5.	Deanne :)	14.	MaryB	23.	Paddy
6.	Pat (mspfd)	15.	Kate P.	24.	catherine
7.	Made By Mandy	16.	fabiola	25.	Elizabeth
8.	Toni	17.	Laura	26.	vanessa(nessy)
9.	Beryl K	18.	Chrissie	27.	Jaqi van Jaarsveld

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CHNC challenge 42: baubles or anything hanging

Time for another Christmas card challenge - we're getting nearer to the festive season so it's time to get a bit more serious with making those Christmas cards. Thanks to everyone who joined in last week's challenge - not quite such a popular one, but I saw some lovely home-based cards.

Challenge 42

This week I would like you to make a card that includes at least one bauble or something that hangs.

I've made two cards featuring baubles - you can see details of the supplies I've used and the challenges I've entered on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here.

Just adding another card - you can read about it here and see the other challenges I've entered with it:

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to include at least one bauble or something that hangs - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 21 October. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 22 October.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

At least one bauble or something hanging

1.	Marika Gabez	10.	Kate	19.	Carol
2.	Alojek	11.	Erin	20.	Kate P.
3.	Lisbeth	12.	Emily L.	21.	lis-m
4.	mueppi	13.	Ruth	22.	Claire C
5.	chris olsen	14.	Elizabeth	23.	NikkiByrne
6.	NancyD	15.	Doris P.	24.	Ann Whitfield
7.	Ellie	16.	Colleen	25.	Toni
8.	Carol	17.	fabiola	26.	Theresa P
9.	Sarah	18.	catherine

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CHNC challenge 41: house or home

Once again, it was lovely to see your cards for challenge 40 - so many lovely ideas - who says that cards for men are boring?! I love making them and it's obvious from the entries I enjoyed seeing that you enjoy making a variety of them too.

It's time to announce the winner of the prize for last week, randomly drawn - unfortunately, there can only be one winner and random.org has picked:

Number 37: Elizabeth

with this lovely card:

Please email me with your name and full address and I'll get the packs of core'dinations into the post.

So we are now getting well into October and less than three months until Christmas, so perhaps it's time to get making those Christmas cards if you haven't already started.

Challenge 41

This week I would like you to make a card that includes a picture of a house or home - it can be the outside or inside, it's up to you. The main reason for these challenges is to help you to gradually build up a stock of Christmas cards, so there is a bit of flexibility with the challenge theme for you to interpret as you wish - you might want to feature a window or rooftops or ... anything to do with house or home. I'm sure you will come up with something imaginative to fit the theme.

I've made five cards for this (I made them the other day so that they could be sold today for Tearfund) - you can see details of the supplies I've used and the challenges I've entered on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here.

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to include a house or home - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 14 October. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 15 October.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

house or home

1.	Liz	7.	Rose	13.	fabiola
2.	Alojek	8.	vanessa(nessy)	14.	Hazel (didos)
3.	Toni	9.	darling Ho	15.	jo
4.	Marika Gabez	10.	Colleen	16.	Claire M
5.	Ruth	11.	Marika Gabez	17.	Jaqi van Jaarsveld
6.	kittirin	12.	Kate P.	18.	Elizabeth

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CHNC challenge 40: for a male - with a prize

Here we are again with a new challenge - can you believe that we are now at week 40 and fast approaching Christmas - less than three months and it will all be over! So perhaps now is the time to start to seriously think about getting some of those cards done before the panic season! Before I tell you about challenge 40, I want to thank everyone for their super entries for last week's challenge. Every week there are some new people coming on board as well as lots of you who have been making Christmas cards since the beginning of the year.

Challenge 40

This week I would like you to make a card suitable to send to a male - man or boy, you choose.

Here is my card. You can read more about this on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here.

I'm adding another card that I've made for this challenge - you can read more about it here and see the other challenges I've entered:

and another here:

As it's the first Saturday in the month there will be a prize for a randomly drawn winner (using random.org) - 2 packs of 6 x 6 black magic core'dinations ColorCore cardstock (20 sheets in each) - spell caster and potion No. 9 - these are lovely for embossing and distressing to show the colour core through the black cardstock:

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to make a card suitable for a male - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 7 October. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 8 October.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

For a male

1.	Paddy	14.	Lisbeth	27.	purple crazy
2.	Helen	15.	Marika Gabez	28.	Crafty Teacher
3.	Rose	16.	fabiola	29.	Elaine sparklingblackrose
4.	Alojek	17.	NanaConnie	30.	Kym's Crafty Cards
5.	Tracy H	18.	Ellen	31.	mel
6.	Shirley	19.	Samantha :0)	32.	Maria
7.	Emma D	20.	Sam / Whisper	33.	Carol
8.	Ciska	21.	Dawn Lancaster	34.	Susie Little
9.	Ruth	22.	Jaqi van Jaarsveld	35.	Liz
10.	Tip Top	23.	Donna Mundinger	36.	Theresa P
11.	darling Ho	24.	Toni	37.	Elizabeth
12.	Lorraine	25.	Ldybg93	38.	Made By Mandy
13.	Helen	26.	Marianne's Craftroom

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CHNC challenge 39: for a child

Another week has gone past and once again there have been so many lovely cards for last week's 'glitter' challenge. The week's are going by rapidly and there aren't that many left to make those Christmas cards without panic setting in, so it would be good to see lots of entries for today's new challenge, to help you all get a step nearer to being organised for Christmas.

Challenge 39

This week I would like you to make a card suitable for a child to receive - it could even be for a 'baby's first Christmas' if you wish ... or for a teenager - the choice is yours.

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to make a card suitable for a child - apart from that, anything goes.

My card is for Baby's first Christmas (more details on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here):

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 30 September. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 1 October - as this will be the first Saturday in the month, there will be a prize for a randomly picked winner - more about that next week.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

For a child

1.	Maria	15.	purple crazy	29.	lalkygirl
2.	Jolanda	16.	pinky	30.	Samantha :0)
3.	Lorraine A	17.	Emma D	31.	Carol
4.	lalkygirl	18.	Pat P	32.	Kathrin aka Kruemel
5.	Tip Top	19.	Nataliya	33.	Pamela
6.	Tip Top (again!)	20.	Gerda	34.	Helen
7.	meg	21.	Marika Gabez	35.	fabiola
8.	Aletha Jane	22.	Bella	36.	lalkygirl
9.	Where's my table	23.	Alojek	37.	Claire M
10.	Rose	24.	Tammy L	38.	Saskia Pullen
11.	Mel H	25.	Toni	39.	Saskia Pullen (2nd)
12.	Shirley	26.	Nana Donna	40.	The Crafty Den
13.	linda dekker	27.	Dorte
14.	shellshearer	28.	Lorraine

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CHNC challenge 38: glitter

Another week, another challenge! It doesn't seem possible, does it?! Thank you so much for all your lovely entries for last week's 'swirls' challenge.

Challenge 38

This week I would like you to make a card with glitter - a little or a lot - the choice is yours, use some designer paper that is glittered or add some glitter glue ... whatever you fancy, as long as it's glittery.

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to incorporate some glitter - apart from that, anything goes.

I took the easy route this week and used some lovely designer papers by My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas that already had lots of glitter on. As they were easy to make I ended up with four cards - more details on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 23 September. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 24 September.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

Glitter

1.	Lorraine A	19.	Bella	37.	Liv S
2.	Carol	20.	Gerda	38.	Ann Whitfield (2)
3.	mueppi	21.	Janice	39.	Rose
4.	Lyndi	22.	Pamela	40.	Colleen
5.	Pat P	23.	craftybirdlisa	41.	Toni
6.	Karla50	24.	Susan	42.	juelmarie
7.	Kathy Curry	25.	Tammy L	43.	tina phillips
8.	kbrandy4	26.	Marika Gabez	44.	Dorte
9.	Alojek	27.	Kathy Curry	45.	Lisa s
10.	Beryl K	28.	fabiola	46.	Hazel (didos)
11.	Glo	29.	Kate	47.	NanaConnie
12.	Clare	30.	CHRISSY	48.	Susan
13.	meg	31.	Lacey Stephens	49.	Made By Mandy
14.	Larissa	32.	Ruh	50.	Janet B
15.	Ann Whitfield	33.	NikkiByrne	51.	Diane Ahlers
16.	Liv Solveig	34.	Lori	52.	Tracey V
17.	Emma H	35.	Donna Mundinger
18.	Carol	36.	eneri

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CHNC challenge 37: swirls

Before I tell you about today's challenge, I want to thank everyone for their fab entries for last week's 'no sentiment' challenge - your cards just get better and better - I so enjoy visiting your blogs and seeing your creativity. It's time to announce the winner of the prize for last week, randomly drawn - unfortunately, there can only be one winner and random.org has picked:

Number 24: Jo

with this lovely card:

Please email me and I'll arrange for you to choose your digis from our generous sponsor, Di's Digi Downloads.

I know that some of you are building up a nice stock of cards (I had a count up and found that I've made 149 so far). So here's another challenge to get you on the road to one or more for your collection. There are lots of you who have been making Christmas cards for weeks (even months), but I suspect there are some of you reading this who have yet to start them - why not begin with this challenge?

Challenge 37

This week I would like you to make a card with swirls - your swirls can be very dominant on your card or perhaps you would rather have just a small swirl somewhere - the choice is yours.

For my card I stamped randomly with a Dawn Bibby Personal Impressions stamp inked with versamark and heat embossed with red metallic powder.

The central nestie shape was cut from a piece of card rescued from a Christmas cracker a couple of years ago, topped with the stamped image 'jolly Santa' by Hero Arts with just his face and hat coloured with copics. You can read more about the card and the challenges I'm entering with it on my regular crafting blog My Crafty Outlook here.

(Sorry about the quality of the photo - I really should get my card made in daylight - will replace if I can get a better shot.)


As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to use at least one swirl - apart from that, anything goes.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 16 September. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 17 September.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

Swirls

1.	The Crafty Elf	10.	Marianne's Craftroom	19.	Marika Gabez
2.	Alojek	11.	Jenni	20.	MarionE
3.	laney	12.	Sheryl C	21.	Donna Mundinger
4.	Sarah	13.	Karin	22.	fabiola
5.	Carol	14.	Where's my table	23.	Toni
6.	Sarah T	15.	Claire C	24.	lalkygirl
7.	Tracy H	16.	Colleen	25.	Paddy
8.	Ruth	17.	Carol	26.	meg
9.	Tengel27	18.	xGemmax

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CHNC challenge 36: no sentiment - with a sponsored prize

Thank you so much everybody who played along with last week's challenge - great to see some new people entering into the festive spirit, as well as lots of 'regulars' continuing to build up stocks of Christmas cards.

Can you believe that it's September already? - time to think seriously about making those Christmas cards if you haven't started yet.

As this is the first Saturday in a new month, there will be a prize for the randomly drawn winner: Di's Digi Downloads are sponsoring me for this week's challenge 36. The winner will be able to choose 5 digital images from the fantastic range at Di's Digi Downloads - just click on the link and feast your eyes on the super images - you will not be disappointed!

This is a little bit about Di who produces such gorgeous digital images:

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with likeminded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

Challenge 36

So this week I'd like you to make any Christmas card, but do not include a sentiment on the front of the card.

Here is my card (further details here on my regular crafting blog, including a link for the sketch I've used). I've used Di's 'Merry mice' image - isn't it lovely?! Having chosen my papers - from My mind's eye Christmas glitter book - and made my card I realised that it could look as if I'm cheating because the words 'Merry Christmas' are visible at the top of the card, but it's part of the background paper, so I'm allowing it - lol! If you want to do something similar that's fine by me, but please don't actually add a specific sentiment/greeting to your card.

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember not to use a sentiment of any kind - apart from that, anything goes.
I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual post where your card can be found) by 22:00 UK time Friday 9 September. Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish (a good way to build up your stock of Christmas cards) and also link to any other challenges that allow you to do so, but new work only, please.

A new challenge will be set on 10 September.

Please add your link to inlinkz. If by any chance it disappears, please leave a comment with the link to your blog post and I will make sure it is added.

If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your sidebar and help continue to spread the word about this challenge blog - thank you.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

No sentiment

1.	purple crazy	12.	Marianne's Craftroom	23.	Colleen
2.	Carol	13.	Lisa	24.	Paddy
3.	LadyJ113	14.	fabiola	25.	Jo
4.	meg	15.	***fabiola***	26.	Clare
5.	Alojek	16.	Net	27.	Claire M
6.	clare	17.	Judy Ford	28.	Toni
7.	Angélique	18.	Helen	29.	darling Ho
8.	Tip Top	19.	~~Sieta~~	30.	Kate
9.	Boryana	20.	mel	31.	Carole
10.	Tip Top	21.	Marika Gabez	32.	Elizabeth
11.	Wendy	22.	Sue U	33.	Rose

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