CHNC challenge 122: ribbons and bows

What a wonderful lot of red and green cards for last week's challenge. I just love visiting your blogs and seeing what you have made - and getting tempted by all the lovely things that have been used - my wishlist of dies, stamps etc grows every week!

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 121. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 17: Asha who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Asha. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your $10 store voucher to their AF shop from Pin and Tack.

The second winner:

Number 35: Suze who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Suze. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your $9 gift certificate from Shelly's images.

The third winner:

Number 51: Anda who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Anda. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com  so that I can arrange for you to receive your three free downloads from bestcardmaking-downloads.com given by Stamping all day.

Now on to:

Challenge 122

For today's challenge I'd like to see ribbons and/or bows on your Christmas card - just one will do, but it would be lovely to see more

Our first sponsor today is a new one to CHNC: Crafty Poodles, who will be giving £10 worth of goodies to the randomly chosen winner.

'For all your crafting needs. Items include, lace, flowers, ribbons, pins, fold-over elastic, fabric, buttons, charms and more!'

The second sponsor is  Delicious Doodles:

'Delicious Doodles is a young company with myself, Teri, as the Sole Trader/Designer. 

I have doodled and sketched all of my life. I started making greetings cards when my last child was born, and used my doodles on them as I couldn't find what I wanted in the usual craft places. 

I only started selling my images in the Autumn of 2009. I design and hand/mouse-draw all of the images that are sold in the Delicious Doodles Shop. Some are cutsie animals, some are sketched flowers, there are a few men's images, fairies and also some 'darker' images featuring vampires, skulls and Gothic stuff, something for everyone! '

The randomly-chosen winner will be able to choose 4 digital images.

The third sponsor is another new one to CHNC: Sir Stampalot:

'Sir Stampalot is a retail shop and online website that specialises in stamps, die cutting and paper-crafting goodies. We try to offer exceptional delivery times on your orders as well as keeping our stock fresh, new and exciting! Our dedicated team of card makers means we have a wonderful, inspirational online card gallery with many more cards still to upload! Sir Stampalot ships internationally as well as domestic so why not check us out if you haven’t already – www.sirstampalot.co.uk. Happy Crafting!'

This is the wonderful prize that Sir Stampalot will be giving to the randomly chosen winner:

Please visit the websites of these generous sponsors and support them -

you will be spoiled for choice!

Here is my first card - you can read about it here on My Crafty Outlook:

Just adding another card that I made - it was for a guest design slot on Christmas stampin' all year long for their challenge 14 using the Bugaboo 'Theodore's Christmas present image - do click on the link and join in - 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. - this week please use at least one ribbon and/or one bow.

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 3 May. 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 Saturday 4 May when there will once again be three chances to win a prize, thanks to generous sponsors.

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

Don't forget that 'anything goes' monthly challenges are on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog - you can share any Christmas card you make throughout the whole month, including those that you link here - there is no restriction on the number of entries you can make throughout the month - the link for CHNC challenge extra for April is here - open until 20:00 UK time Tuesday 30 April, after which there will be a new challenge extra for May (link to follow when current).

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

CHNC challenge 121: red and green must be seen

What wonderful wings you had to show for last week's challenge - lots of gorgeous birds, angels, fairies, etc.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 120. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 16: Angela who shared this lovely card:

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

The second winner:

Number 15: Di who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Di. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your $20 voucher from Flonz craft to spend in their online store.

The third winner:

Number 25: Heather Mills who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Heather. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com  so that I can arrange for you to receive your £10 voucher from Paper Creator to spend in their online store.

Now on to:

Challenge 121

For today's challenge red and green must be seen
(you can use other colours as well, but red and green must be used)

Our first sponsor today is a new one to CHNC: Pin and Tack, who are offering a $10 store voucher to their AF shop for the randomly chosen winner.

'Pin & Tack, home of boutique pins, tacks and delightful treats for your home, office or gifting!'

The second sponsor is  Shelly's images who are once again generously giving a $9 gift certificate to the randomly chosen winner for him/her to choose from the lovely range you will find here.

'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 third sponsor is another new one to CHNC: Stamping all day who are offering three free downloads from bestcardmaking-downloads.com to the randomly chosen winner. 

Please visit the websites of these generous sponsors and support them -

you will be spoiled for choice!

For my first card I have used a holly digi from Shelly's images, flipping and rotating it and printing directly on to the card blank, adding red gems and a My Mind's Eye 'all is bright' 3D sticker in the middle - you can read more about this here on My Crafty Outlook. I am sorry that the card looks pink, but is in fact white (I wish the better weather would come so I can take pictures outside - might try to get a better picture in the morning):

My second and third cards are made from Hunkydory supplies - more info here and here on My Crafty Outlook:

And a vintage Santa card you can read about 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. - this week 'red and green must be seen' - you can use other colours as long as red and green are there too.

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 26 April. 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 Saturday 27 April when there will once again be three chances to win a prize, thanks to generous sponsors.

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

Don't forget that 'anything goes' monthly challenges are on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog - you can share any Christmas card you make throughout the whole month, including those that you link here - there is no restriction on the number of entries you can make throughout the month - the link for CHNC challenge extra for April is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

CHNC challenge 120: wonderful wings

Week by week I'm overwhelmed by the lovely entries for these weekly Christmas challenges - I am amazed at the standard of crafting that I see from 'regular's and I'm also glad to see new folk joining in with their wonderful creations. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 119. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 6:  Christine Harrop who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Christine. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your address so I can arrange for you to receive your Saturated Canary stamp from That Craft Place.

The second winner:

Number 14: Elizabeth W who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Elizabeth. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your name and address so I can arrange for you to receive your prize package from Tando Creative.

The third winner:

Number 2: Helen who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Helen. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your name and address so that I can arrange for you to receive your Fabulous Shoe CD from Katy Sue Designs, 

Now on to:

Challenge 120

For today's challenge I'd like to see some 'wonderful wings' - angels, fairies, birds, butterflies ... anything with wings

Our first sponsor today is a familiar one here at CHNC:

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. 

The second sponsor is Flonz craft, a New Zealand based company who are offering a $20 voucher to spend in their online store - and they will generously send to anywhere in the world with free p & p.They have an amazing range of stamps - the winner certainly will have fun choosing, including some lovely Christmas ones that you could then use for a future challenge.

The third sponsor is a new one to CHNC, Paper Creator:

'Paper Creator is an online store selling card making downloads, printable crafts & Sassy Cheryl's coloured illustrations.

We also now stock Sassy Cheryl's brand new rubber stamp range which are exclusive to us here in the UK.'

Paper Creator are offering the randomly chosen winner a £10 voucher to be spent in their online store.

Please visit the websites of these generous sponsors and support them -

you will be spoiled for choice!

For my first card I have used the lovely angel image supplied by Bugaboo Stamps, digitally coloured using Paint  - you can see more about this, including the challenge sketch that I used, here on My Crafty Outlook:

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to come back with another card featuring a stamp kindly supplied by Flonz craft, but here it is at last - and you can read 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. - this week I'd like to see some 'wonderful wings', so please feature anything with wings, perhaps an angel, a fairy, a bird, a butterfly ... whatever ideas you come up with.

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 19 April. 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 Saturday 20 April when there will once again be three chances to win a prize, thanks to generous sponsors.

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

Don't forget that 'anything goes' monthly challenges are on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog - you can share any Christmas card you make throughout the whole month, including those that you link here - there is no restriction on the number of entries you can make throughout the month - the link for CHNC challenge extra for April is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

CHNC challenge 119: Use the word 'Christmas'

What a super selection of carols and songs for the previous challenge - it is really so good to visit all your blogs and see your wonderful creativity - thank you once again for your support.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 118. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 39: Dawn Lancaster  who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Dawn. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your CD-rom from Ooh la la Creations.

The second winner:

Number 8: Wicked Witch (Anne) who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Anne. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your $20 voucher from Flonz craft to spend in their online store.

The third winner:

Number 19: Meighan Wheller who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Meighan. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com  so that I can arrange for you to receive your $10 gift certificate from Cedar Chest Designs

Now on to:

Challenge 119

For today's challenge I'd like to see the word 'Christmas' on the front of your card - you can have any other words as well

Our first sponsor today is That Craft Place:

Lisa Horton, the owner, runs on online shop as well as a bricks and mortar one in Eastbourne:

'We are a UK based bricks and mortar craft shop, stocking craft and card making supplies. We are dedicated to providing quality craft items at great prices. We stock a huge range of stamps, inks, alterable materials, embellishments, tools and all you need to create fabulous projects.

We pride ourselves on being welcoming, helpful and honest when it comes to purchasing products. We always offer to show you how to use items before you buy them, and you can try out the latest products in stock.'

The prize for the randomly chosen winner will be a Saturated Canary stamp

I can say from personal experience that there is always a warm welcome from the owner, Lisa Horton, and the rest of her staff. It is a delight to visit the shop and find lots of temptation ... I've always come away with some delightful purchases. And it's just as tempting to browse the online shop and also on facebook.

The second sponsor is new to CHNC: Tando Creative:

'We supply our own unique range of chipboard designs that are both innovative and inspiring. We have now added masks to our range of products cut from sturdy and durable 350 micron polyfilm.

We offer a complete bespoke design and cut package for chipboard or we can cut products to your digital designs.'

Tando Creative will be sending the randomly chosen winner a prize package.

The third sponsor is Katy Sue Designs, 

'About - We design and manufacture many papercraft products including the Flower Soft® embellishment range used by crafters Worldwide.

Mission - To use our teams creativity to make craft products that are loved by crafters around the World.

Company Overview - We design and manufacture papercraft products such as stamps, decoupage, card making kits and papercraft CD Rom’s as well as the Flower Soft® craft embellishment range. We have our own graphic design team and also work with leading artists and illustrators under license. Our products are used by crafters around the world and regularly appear on craft shopping channels such as Create and Craft, HSN and HSE.'

For this competition we would like to giveaway a Fabulous Shoe CD:

Please visit the websites of these generous sponsors and support them -

you will be spoiled for choice!

For my first card I have used My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas papers from a 6 x 6 pad - you can see more about this, including the challenge sketch that I used, here on My Crafty Outlook:

And this is one that has 'merry Christmas' incorporated within the stamp - more about it 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. - this week I'd like to see something the word 'Christmas' on the front of your card - you can have any other words as long as 'Christmas' is there - a nice easy one this week.

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 12 April. 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 Saturday 13 April when there will once again be three chances to win a prize, thanks to generous sponsors.

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

Don't forget that 'anything goes' monthly challenges are on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog - you can share any Christmas card you make throughout the whole month, including those that you link here - there is no restriction on the number of entries you can make throughout the month - the link for CHNC challenge extra for April is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries