CHNC challenge 100: for someone special

There were so many entries again last week - so lovely to see so many joining in. I hope panic is beginning to set in as Christmas is getting closer, but what better way to get prepared than joining in challenges that encourage you. I hope today's new challenge will help you to make cards for the special people in your life rather than leave them to the last minute.

Please remember 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. It's great that we now have more than 100 likes - let's see if we can spread the net wider before the end of the year.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 99. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 29: Norma

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Norma! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your five digital stamps from Robyn'sFetish Digital Stamps And More.

Challenge 100

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

for someone special

Today's challenge is being sponsored by Creative Treasures

Tracy from Creative Treasures is generously giving away these gorgeous goodies:

Tracy says:

I’m Tracy and the owner of Creative Treasures, we are a family run business with a love of all things craft related. We stock a great range of mulberry flowers, pretty ribbons, seam binding, lace, pearls, buttons, charms and lots of pretty embellishments. We are always adding new stock.  Our aim is to provide fantastic customer service and great value for money.

I've made an easel card for John - as with so many crafters, the more important cards tend to be left till last, so I decided to make a card for John, who is indeed 'someone special'. You can read more about it 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 make any Christmas card you like as long as it is for someone special.

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 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 1 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.

You only have until midnight on Friday 30 November

to enter the draw for candy on my

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog

Please click on the link for details and continue to spread the word. From 1 January 2013 there will be monthly 'anything goes' challenges (Christmas, of course) - an opportunity to share all of your Christmas cards that you make through the year, with a chance to win some Bugaboo stamps as there will be a randomly-chosen winner at the end of every month.

Weekly challenges here will, of course, continue in the new year as usual.

CHNC challenge 99: use something more than six months old

Can you believe that this week sees the start of CHNC challenge 99 -it will soon be two years since I started this blog - thank you so much for all your contributions - without your entries the blog would cease to exist. And what a lot of super creations there were for last week's challenge - I so enjoyed looking at them all.

Please don't forget that I have now launched Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog - until 30 November there is a chance to win some Christmas blog candy - please go over there, become a follower, give it a mention on your blog and join the linky for a chance to win the candy. From 1 January 2013 there will be monthly 'anything goes' challenges (Christmas, of course) - an opportunity to share all of your Christmas cards that you make through the year, with a chance to win some Bugaboo stamps as there will be a randomly-chosen winner at the end of every month.

Weekly challenges here will, of course, continue in the new year as usual.

Please remember also to visit 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. Thanks for new 'likes' - nearly 100 now!

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 98. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 47:  R Meyers

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your your $21 worth of digital images from Bugaboo Stamps.

Challenge 99

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

using something more than six months old

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.

For my card I used the 'gilded Christmas dove' image kindly supplied by the sponsor, Robyn'sFetish  Digital Stamps And More. You can read more about my card here on My Crafty Outlook - apart from the image, everything else used for the card is at least six months old (in fact, most of it is a lot older than that).

And here's another card using something much more than six months old - the glittery silver Craftime reindeer - you can read more about the card and see the sketch that I used 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 make any Christmas card you like as long as you use something that is at least six months old and tell us what it is.

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 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 24 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.

CHNC challenge 98: for a man or boy

What a lot of super entries once again last week. The big bonus of running this challenge blog is the opportunity to see so many different interpretations of the challenges and to be inspired by your crafting - thank you, everyone, for taking the time and trouble to link your entries.

Please remember 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. Let's see if we can get at least 100 'likes' by the end of the year.

Please don't forget that I have now launched Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog - until 30 November there is a chance to win some Christmas blog candy - please go over there, become a follower, give it a mention on your blog and join the linky for a chance to win the candy - you've got to be in it to win it!


Beore I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 97. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 8: Vicky p-r

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Vicky! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your name and full address so I can arrange for you to receive your prize from Crimson Cloud.

Challenge 98

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

for a man or boy

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 my card I've used part of the Bugaboo snowman4square kindly supplied by Bugaboo Stamps - you can read more about my 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 make any Christmas card you like as long as it's suitable to give to a man or a boy.

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 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 17 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.

CHNC challenge 97: three different patterned papers

I can remember a time when I hardly ever used patterned paper, but in recent times I've accumulated so much of it and love it, but it sometimes makes a change to craft without it and it certainly was good to see the techniques and materials that were used for last week's challenge 96 which proved that we don't always need to rely on patterned paper - I so enjoyed seeing all your entries - and wonderful that there were so many.

Please remember 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. Let's see if we can get at least 100 'likes' by the end of the year.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 96. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 14: Tracey Gardner

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Tracey! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your name and full address so I can arrange for you to receive your prize from Creative Craft World.

Challenge 97

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

using at least three different patterned papers

Last week I was asking you not to use patterned paper; this week, I'm asking you to use at least three different patterned papers.

This challenge is being sponsored by Crimson Cloud.

'Crimson Cloud is a mother/daughter venture - a way to indulge our joint passion of cardmaking and crafting. We only sell products that we have tried, tested and love using. We have developed our own exclusive range of dies cuts, digital stamps, svg files and "Make Your Own Card" kits which reflect our styles of card making - and hopefully yours too!'

The randomly-chosen winner will receive three packs of die cuts of their choice from the wide selection at Crimson Cloud.

Here is my first card for this challenge - you can read about it here on My Crafty Outlook and see the sketch that I followed - I've used the same stamp as I used for a couple of cards for last week's challenge, but, hey, I like it, so I thought I'd use it again.

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 make any Christmas card you like using at least three different patterned papers.

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 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 10 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.

Please don't forget that I have now launched Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog - until 30 November there is a chance to win some Christmas blog candy - please go over there, become a follower, give it a mention on your blog and join the linky for a chance to win the candy. From 1 January 2013 there will be monthly 'anything goes' challenges (Christmas, of course) - an opportunity to share all of your Christmas cards that you make through the year, with a chance to win some Bugaboo stamps as there will be a randomly-chosen winner at the end of every month.

Weekly challenges here will, of course, continue in the new year as usual.