CHNC challenge 105: anything goes

What a wonderful lot of entries for last week's challenge 104 - to be honest, I wasn't sure whether anyone would have the time or inclination to join in, so it was truly encouraging to see so many participating - thank you.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 104. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 77: Bettina

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Bettina. 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 105

For today's challenge I'm asking you to show any Christmas card that we haven't seen before or make a start on your cards for next Christmas!

I'm very pleased that today's challenge is being sponsored by:

Lou of Creative Craft World writes:

'Creative Craft World, is an online shop run by myself. It started off life as an ebay shop 6 years ago and has just grown over the years. I love scrapbooking and it has encouraged me to do things I never had before and I love being able to provide you all with craft products at reasonable prices.'

I need to confirm the actual contents of the prize - I will add this when I can.

For my card I used some of the offcut left over from the card I showed last week, together with some ribbon,  a sentiment strip etc and a Kanban topper from long ago (some of these should be used up) - you can read more about it here on My Crafty Outlook:

Just adding another card I made today (Wednesday) - 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 show any Christmas card that we haven't seen before or make a start on cards for next Christmas - I know that some of you have already started to do this. If you didn't do this last year and were in a panic towards Christmas, why not make a New Year's resolution to make Christmas cards throughout the year?

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 January.  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 January.

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone

a very Happy New Year.

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.

Don't forget that 'anything goes' monthly challenges start on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog on Tuesday1 January - you can share any Christmas card you make throughout the whole month and at the end of the month there will be a prize for the randomly chosen winner! I will be joined by a guest designer.

Of course, weekly challenges will continue here - and anything you enter here can also be entered on the new monthly blog as well - so you will always have two chances of winning a prize.

CHNC challenge 104: anything goes for Christmas

Wow! You broke the record for the number of entries with last week's challenge 103 - obviously many of you, like me, still had Christmas cards that you needed to make. Thank you for all your support and wonderful crafting that I get to see as I look at all your entries.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 103. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 64: Corrinne Quinn

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Corrinne. 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 on to today's new challenge:

Challenge 104

For today's challenge I'm asking you to make

any last minute Christmas card or any card that you made but didn't show before - anything goes as long as it's Christmas

Just adding on Christmas Eve - if you've finished your Christmas cards (you should have done by now) you can make a New Year card and show that ... or start on cards for next 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.

I made a very quick card using elements from a 'My Paper Stash' kit - so awkward to get a photo because everything is made from mirror card that just reflects so much. You can see 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.

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 December.  Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish 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 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.

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.

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas

Thank you for your support

CHNC challenge 103: Christmas birthday or anything goes for Christmas

What a wonderful selection of cards for last week's CHNC challenge 102 - such a variety of reindeer.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 102. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 15: Michelle B

who shared this wonderful Christmas project:

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

Challenge 103

For today's challenge I'm asking you to make

a Christmas birthday card or 'anything goes' as long as it's Christmas

Ooh la la Creations are generously sponsoring this challenge - a randomly-chosen winner will be able to choose a CD-rom of their choice (up to the value of £14.99) - and there are so many wonderful ones to choose from, just click on the link to have a look.

Even though I've been making cards throughout the year, I still needed to make quite a few yesterday and the day before (need 35 for John to send to the members of his bowls club), so I resorted to making batches using Anna Griffin supplies.

Here are some of them - more details here on My Crafty Outlook:

and here- although the cards are actually white they don't look it here (but needed to take photos in poor light before writing and sending the cards):

Just adding some more cards that you can read about here:

And some different ones here:

And more here:

and here:

And I've just added one more card here (more views of the card there as well as description):

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 or a Christmas birthday card. It's so near to Christmas now that this is an opportunity to make that last minute 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 21 December.  Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish 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 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.

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 challengte 102: Deer, deer, me ... let's see a reindeer or two

You all certainly pulled the stops out to produce so many beautiful girlie cards - lots of different styles and ideas - I enjoyed looking at them all.

I wonder if you've made all your cards yet? I've been making Christmas cards since before the start of this year - yes, straight after last Christmas .... and I still need to make more and time is racing by nineteen to the dozen!

If you've still got some to make, then I hope you'll be able to find a picture of a reindeer, a stamped image or whatever and join in ... and if you have finished all your cards then why not get a head-start with next year's!

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 101. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 3: Deb (Pink dandelion)

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Deb! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your two sheets from Whoopsi Daisy shop.

Challenge 102

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

featuring a reindeer

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 the Bugaboo 'reindeer skate' image 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 features a reindeer.

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 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 15 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.

CHNC challenge 101: make it girlie

How did we get to December so quickly? It's time to get serious about Christmas now ... and that means I should get on with some present shopping as well as continuing to make Christmas cards.

Thank you for so many lovely entries for last week's challenge - great to see so many projects made for those special people in our lives.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 100. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 52: Lacey Stephens

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Lacey! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to claim your prize from Creative Treasures.

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.

Challenge 101

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

Today's challenge is being generously sponsored once again by Whoopsi Daisy - the randomly-picked winner will receive their choice of two sheets from Linnie's Whoopsi Daisy shop.

Whoopsi Daisy Digi Stamps features all hand drawn images by the amazing Linnie

and specialises in cute images of children.

Whoopsi Daisy offers a great deal for your money.

Take a look at the

Whoopsi Daisy shop 

where you are certain to find awesome images which will fit all your creative needs.

For my card I used an image of Rosie from Daisy & friends (a CD designed by Linnie), digitally cropping around her to cut out the white background, doing the same with the postbox image and then digitally mounting on to a snow scene, adding some extra snow by using transparency fade, adding the sentiment and then printing it all out and mounting on a red card blank. I added some stickles diamond to the edging of Rosie's coat and hat and a bit of liquid pearls white opal to some of the snow. More about this 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 'girlie' - I leave you to interpret that how you wish - little 'girlie' or grown up 'girlie' - the choice is yours!

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 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 8 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.

Please go over to my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog to see who won the Christmas candy. If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and perhaps display my pink button on your blog. 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 throughout the year, with a chance to win some Bugaboo stamps as there will be a randomly-chosen winner at the end of every month. Some of you have already indicated your wish to be considered as a guest designer, but, if you haven't had 

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

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.