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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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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