CHNC challenge 92: all wrapped up

It was lovely to see such a variety of Christmas cards depicting the nativity - thank you for all your entries for last week's challenge.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 91. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 5: Di

who shared this lovely card (in fact, Di made six of them):

Congratulations, Di. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to claim your 3 single digi images from The Crafty Pad.

Challenge 92

The theme for today's challenge is 'all wrapped up' -
it's up to you how you interpret that!

And for this week's challenge Shelly's images are generously giving a $9 gift certificate to the randomly-chosen winner from the lovely range you will find here.

A little bit about Shelly's Images:

'Our images are hand drawn by Shelly. We have a super talented family, so every now and then they jump in with an image. Any image that is not drawn by Shelly will have the artists name in the product description.

Digital stamps are perfect for card making, scrap booking, and crafting. The images are easy to re-size and perfect because they don't require any storage space and there is no messy ink and clean up.  If you have any questions about using digital stamps please be sure to send us an email.

Shelly's images are designed with the crafter in mind. She has been a paper crafter for more than 15 years.'

The first card I'm sharing this week is a very simple one that I made when I was away in Eastbourne, having taken a Kanban kit with me - more details on My Crafty Outlook here. The presents are 'all wrapped up', so is Santa and so is the tree!

Now it's over to you. As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please make a card that fits the theme 'all wrapped up', however you want to interpret that - it could be wrapping up against the winter cold, presents all wrapped up ... I'll leave it to you to come up with ideas.

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 5 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 6 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.

Please remember also to have a look at my CHNC page on facebook - if you do go there please join in by clicking 'like' so that I know that you've been there. During the week you'll find updates and hints of the next challenge - please feel free to chat there - I know that some of you do already - thank you.

CHNC challenge 91: nativity

What a wonderful display of fun and games for last week's challenge.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 90. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number  7: Kath

who shared this beautiful card:

Congratulations, Kath! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to claim your $10 gift certificate from Digi Doodle Shop.

Now we move on to today's challenge:

Challenge 91

For today's challenge I'm asking you to make a card depicting some facet of the nativity - Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus, the shepherds, the wise men ... or just words that reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.

And this week's challenge is being sponsored by The Crafty Pad, who are offering 3 single digi images to the randomly-chosen prize winner.

I am so grateful to all the sponsors who are so generous with their support.

For today's challenge I'm really pleased to welcome Helen as a Guest Designer:

Helen writes:

'My name is Helen and I'm a card making addict who loves stamping and Promarkers.    My style is 'clean and simple' and I love cute character stamps and digis.  I teach regular card making classes and am also lucky enough to be part of the Design Teams for three companies as well as designing for two challenge blogs.'

Helen has made this beautiful card - you can read more about it on her blog here - please visit and leave Helen a comment. Thank you so much, Helen, for joining me.

I've had a difficult week, so, at the last minute, my card is made using elements from a Hunkydory 'elegant Christmas' kit 'three kings' with the addition of a couple of sentiments that happened to be in my stash that match beautifully with the peachy colour, all mounted on a stardream card blank - more details here on My Crafty Outlook:

Now it's over to you. As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please make a card depicting some facet of the nativity - Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus, the shepherds, the wise men ... or just words that reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.

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 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 29 September - and I will have a new Guest Designer joining me.

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.

Please remember also to have a look at my CHNC page on facebook - if you do go there please join in by clicking 'like' so that I know that you've been there - The 'likes' are gradually increasing - I would love to get to at least 100 by Christmas, so please join in if you can. During the week you'll find updates and hints of the next challenge - please feel free to chat there - I know that some of you do already - thank you.

CHNC challenge 90: fun and games

What a lot of delighted cards for children last week - I so enjoyed looking at them - I hope I didn't miss anyone out in leaving comments (being away from home my Internet time has been limited).

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 89. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 14: Dee

who shared this lovely card (this was Dee's third card out of five entries):

Congratulations, Dee! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to claim your $21 gift certificate from Bugaboo Stamps.

Challenge 90

For today's challenge I'm asking you to feature some fun and games on your Christmas card - it might be a snowball fight, building a snowman, skating, sledging ... or whatever you choose!

And for this week's challenge Digi Doodle Shop are once again generously giving a $10 gift certificate to the randomly-chosen winner.

DigiDoodle Shop

DigiDoodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts and crafts.  It was started a little over 3 years ago with a little more than 100 stamps, and has since then grown to almost 500 stamps.  Joy (the mother of this team) designs realistic images, while Judy (aka/daughter) loves the “fun side of life”, and create images with a cartoon flair.  Having these two complimenting styles have enabled

Digi Doodle Shop to offer a wide variety of stamps.

It is a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward to seeing all the amazing creations.  We thank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all the participants the very best of luck in this challenge.

Thank you so much for having us, and again the very best of luck to all of you.

Sincerely,

Judy and Joy

Today I'm pleased to welcome Di as a Guest Designer.

Di writes:

'Thank you to Hazel for having me as a guest designer this week on one of my favourite challenges  - ain't it the way though, I made a pigs ear of two versions of my card.

Like so many crafters, I've tried many different crafts over the years but, whilst recovering from an accident almost 20 years ago, found myself wheelchair bound for about five months. And that's when I really discovered card making - it sure was an improvement on children's TV programmes :) Eventually I took over our dining room until I was lucky enough to project manage our house extension here and guess what was top priority. The bliss of having my own little 'pig sty'  (aka craft room) to play in is wonderful, and often I need to be physically hauled out and shown where the ironing board lives. The choice of crafting goodies since I began card making is absolutely huge and growing all the time so I don't think I've really settled to any one 'style' - always ready to try something new although you'll often find ribbons and sparkle on my cards.'

I'm really pleased to welcome Di, who is a regularly supporter of my challenges, and this is the lovely card she has made using a House Mouse image - you can read more about it on her blog here. Please visit and leave Di a comment.

For my first card I've used the Santa baby and sleigh digital stamp kindly supplied by Digi Doodle Shop. You can read more about it on My Crafty Outlook here.

and for my second card I've used the Santa baby and snow fun image supplied by Digi Doodle Shop - more info here.

Now it's over to you. As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please feature some fun and games - interpret this as you wish.

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 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 22 September, when I'll be joined by another Guest Designer.

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.

Please remember also to have a look at my CHNC page on facebook - if you do go there please join in by clicking 'like' so that I know that you've been there. During the week you'll find updates and hints of the next challenge - please feel free to chat there - I know that some of you do already - thank you.

CHNC challenge 89: for a child

Such a wonderful lot of entries for last week's challenge - it was so lovely to see all your Christmas bells. I am away atm so hope that I managed to visit you all and leave comments.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 88. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 13:  Catiecuddles (Catherine)

who shared this lovely card

Congratulations, Catherine! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to claim your 5 digital stamps from Robyn's Fetish.

Challenge 89

For today's challenge I'm asking you to make a Christmas card for a child.

Bugaboo Stamps are proud to sponsor this challenge - they are offering $21 of digital stamps to the randomly selected winner.

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

For this challenge I'm also very pleased to welcome Carol as a Guest Designer.

This is what Carol says:

'Married to Andrew with three children. I've crafted since I was a small girl, learning to knit when I was five and crochet when I was seven. Over the years I've dabbled in embroidery, cross stitch and tapestry. I took up card making in 2005 and made my own Christmas cards and family birthday cards. I soon found the shopping channels on TV and found lots of things I "needed"!! My crafting stash has grown over the years from a little hamper basket to a whole room (albeit a little one!). Christmas cards are still my favourite type to make so I was delighted when Hazel offered me the chance to be a Guest Designer.'

For Carol's delightful card she used the Ava & Deacon Christmas Hoho supplied by Bugaboo Stamps -  you can see Carol's card here on her blog - please visit and leave her a comment. Thank you, Carol, for joining me.

For my card I've used the 'akv girl xmas tree' Bugaboo image kindly provided by them - you can read more a bout the card on My Crafty Outlook here.

Now it's over to you. As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please make a card suitable for a child. 

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 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 15 September when I'll be joined by another Guest Designer.

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.

Please remember also to have a look at my CHNC page on facebook - if you do go there please join in by clicking 'like' so that I know that you've been there. Some more new people have joined in during the past week - if you haven't done so yet, it would be good to see you there. During the week you'll find updates and hints of the next challenge - please feel free to chat there - I know that some of you do already - thank you.

CHNC challenge 88: Christmas bells

Understandably, at this time of the year, when families are enjoying the last of the summer holiday together, there were fewer entries than average for the last challenge, but there was definitely still the quality that is always shown by the talented crafters sharing their cards here. I love visiting your blogs and admiring your creativity. As we are now into September, perhaps it's time to get down to some serious Christmas card making ... hopefully, you'll join in challenge 88 which starts today.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 87. Unfortunately, there could only be two winners and these are the results of using random.org:

Number 2: Juliet A

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Juliet! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your full name and address so that I can arrange for you to receive your gift from Creative Treasurers.

Number 1: Cathy (KraftyKoolKat)

who shared this lovely card:

And congratulations too, Cathy! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to choose and receive your CD rom from  Ooh la la Creations .

Now we move on to today's challenge:

Challenge 88

For today's challenge I'd like to see bells on your Christmas card 

Robyn'sFetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn'sFetish  Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is

owned by Robyn Weinrib.  Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers,                                                                                                      

designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every  occasion. 

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to award  the winner the choice of  5 digital

stamps.

This week I'm joined by Berit as a Guest Designer - I'm so pleased to welcome her.

Berit writes:

'I'm a girl from Norway, 43 years old. We have two "boys" 17 and 19 years.

I begin with scrapbooking 5 years ago, and start to make cards in 2009.

Love to sit down and create. And I like to participate in different challenges.

At the moment I am in five different Design Teams, and I enjoy working with differtent digis.

Thanks to Hazel for the chance to be a Guest Designer !'

Berit has made this gorgeous card using a digital image kindly supplied by Robyn's Fetish, our sponsor for this challenge, called 'a bell for Christmas' - you can read about it on her blog here - please visit and leave her a comment.

For my first card I've used Robyn's Fetish 'Christmas bell' - you can read about my card here on My Crafty Outlook.

For my second card I've used papers by Anna Griffin, cutting out part of an identical paper to decoupage the bells and holly. The glittery ribbons are adhesive ones that I've had for some time. You can read more about the card here.

Now it's over to you. As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please feature some bells. 

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 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 8 September when I'll be joined by another Guest Designer.

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.

Please remember also to have a look at my CHNC page on facebook - if you do go there please join in by clicking 'like' so that I know that you've been there. Some more new people have joined in during the past week - if you haven't done so yet, it would be good to see you there. During the week you'll find updates and hints of the next challenge - please feel free to chat there - I know that some of you do already - thank you.