CHNC 131: all wrapped up

Another super week has gone by - I so enjoy seeing all your festive crafting. It's lovely to see so many 'regulars' taking part and also to welcome some new crafters who have joined us this week.

Can you believe that we are now closer to Christmas 2013 than 2012 - scary! But those who have been making Christmas cards will avoid the mad rush when it gets towards Christmas. If you haven't started making any yet, why not make a card for today's challenge?!

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 130. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 3: Suzy B, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Suzy. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to receive your $10 voucher from Di's Digi Downloads.

The second winner:

Number 12: Jose, who shared this lovely card:

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

The third winner:

Number 14: Rose, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Rose. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to receive your $25 gift certificate from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

Now on to:

Challenge 131

For today's challenge I'd like you to show something 'all wrapped up':
perhaps some presents, the Christmas tree, carol singers, snowmen ... let your imagination take over and show something 'all wrapped up'

The first sponsor today is 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.

The second sponsor is My Creative Classroom:

My Creative Classroom is an online arts and crafts learning center. Our interactive and in-depth courses are instructor led and filled with wonderful projects and techniques to help you get the most out of your supplies. Our Spring Semester is winding down but we still have plenty of classes to choose from. We have just announced the addition of our Library and Foundation category! The Library features retired classes at 40-50% off their original price and our Foundation classes help you get started on your crafty journey right away! 

Here's a sampling of our Workshop classes:

Big Ideas for Mini Albums
Cricut: Scrapbooking Through the Years
Photo Embroidery
Scrapbooking: Home Decor
Calligraphy with Copics and Brush Markers
Knitting 101

We are excited to be sponsoring Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge. You can view our entire class list on our website at My Creative Classroom. You can also view classes on our Facebook Page too! One lucky winner will receive a free seat to a class of their choice.....Good Luck!

The third sponsor is Cedar Chest Designs:

Cedar Chest Designs

Digital Supplies for the Craft World

'Cedar Chest Designs offers quality products, bulk discounts, instant downloads and teacher benefits on digital stamps, digital scrpabooking images and a variety of other digital craft supplies from over a dozen unique artists.'

Winners will receive a free $10.00 Gift Certificate to purchase anything they would like from the online store.

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

you will be spoiled for choice!

For this card I've used the 'bundled owl' image kindly supplied by Cedar Chest Designs - you can read more about it 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. - this week I'd like you to show something 'all wrapped up' - perhaps some presents, the Christmas tree, carol singers, snowmen ... let your imagination take over and show something 'all wrapped up'

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 July. 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 6 July 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 July is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

CHNC challenge 130: Christmas greenery

Thank you so much for the lovely entries for last week's challenge - not so many as usual, but the quality was certainly still there.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 129. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 1: Sandra H, who shared this lovely card:

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

The second winner:

Number 3: Brenda B, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Brenda. 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 10: Margaret M, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Margaret. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to receive your £10 voucher from Bearly mine designs.

Now on to:

Challenge 130

For today's challenge I'd like to see some Christmas greenery - perhaps holly, ivy, mistletoe ... you choose

The first sponsor today is Di's Digi Downloads:

This is a little bit about Di who produces such gorgeous digital images:

'I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with likeminded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!'

The randomly-chosen winner will be able given a $10 voucher to spend - just click on the link and feast your eyes on the super images - you will not be disappointed!

The second sponsor is Whoopsi Daisy:

'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.'

The randomly chosen winner will receive their choice of two sheets from Linnie's Whoopsi Daisy shop.

The third sponsor is new to CHNC: CAS-ual Fridays:

'CAS-ual Fridays Stamps is a small company with big ideas located in beautiful Colorado. All the stamps are proudly made in the USA from the finest clear photopolymer. They love ink and stamp like a dream! While the stamps are created with Clean And Simple design in mind (hence the CAS in our name) they will absolutely delight any stamper's style. Whether you are a CAS enthusiast, or lover of all things layer-licious, you will have a blast getting inky with them. New stamps are released nearly every month, and the Girl Fridays provide continuous inspiration, and tips, for your oohing and aahing pleasure. Be sure to follow along on our store blog so you don't miss a thing!'

The randomly chosen winner will receive a $25 gift certificate:

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

you will be spoiled for choice!

For my these two cards I've used stamps from the Merry Kiss-mas set kindly supplied by CAS-ual Fridays - you can read more about these here and here on My Crafty Outlook - and CAS-ual Fridays have featured my cards 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 some Christmas greenery - perhaps some holly, ivy, mistletoe or any other greenery that you wish to include - even Christmas tree if 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 28 June. 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 29 June 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 June is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

CHNC challenge 129: frame, window or aperture

Oh what a lovely selection of cards for last week's challenge 128. I find it so inspirational visiting your blogs and admiring your crafting. Thank you so much for your support of these challenges. I hope you like today's new challenge.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 128. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 5: Liselot, who shared this lovely card:

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

The second winner:

Number 27: Fabiola, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Fabiola. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your $20 voucher from  Flonz craft.

The third winner:

Number 13: Meighan Wheller, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Meighan. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your full name and address so that I can post your prize that was donated by Mulberry Crafts.

Now on to:

Challenge 129

For today's challenge I'd like to see a frame, a window or an aperture on your Christmas card

The first sponsor today is Creative Treasures

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.

This is the prize that will be sent to the randomly chosen winner:

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  Bearly mine designs:

They are offering a £10 gift voucher for the randomly chosen winner. As well as many lovely designs to purchase, there are some wonderful freebies too at Bearly mine designs.

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

you will be spoiled for choice!

For this card I've simply used a Hunkydory topper that shows a house with lights in the windows - you can read more about it here on My Crafty Outlook:

And for this card I've used a folded step card, some card, borders and sentiment from Kanban and a picture that has an acetate window over it so that it is slightly rounded in the middle. You can read more about it here.

Most of the picture is on the card underneath, bt the paper chains and holly are also on the acetate. You can read more about it here.

And this card uses a digital insert kindly supplied as part of a Christmas inserts digi set from Bearly Mine Designs - I've used it for the front of a card instead of an insert - you can read about these next two cards here on My Crafty Outlook:

And another, with an aperture using another insert as a card front - again, supplied by Bearly Mine Designs.

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 a frame, a window or an aperture on your card - it can be as simple as making sure there is a house with a window on your 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 June. 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 22 June 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 June is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

CHNC challenge 128: use a die cut and/or punch

I so enjoyed seeing your cards created using your favourite embellishments. I think, like me, some of you found it quite difficult to choose your favourite. Thanks again for your support. I look forward to seeing all your entries for this week's challenge.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 127. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 34: Gail Scott, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Gail. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your full name and address so I can arrange for you to receive the CD of your choice from Ooh la la Creations.

The second winner:

Number 22: Liz, who shared this lovely card:

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

The third winner:

Number 14: Asha, who shared this lovely card:

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

Now on to:

Challenge 128

For today's challenge I'd like you to use a die cut or a punched shape on your Christmas card

The 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:

Flonz craft is 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 new to CHNC: Mulberry Crafts.

'MuberryCraftsUK online shop is a Home-Based business jointly run by Bev and Fun. We are both juggling between caring for our families and running this business from home.

At the moment we are focussing on providing miniature flowers made from genuine mulberry paper for crafts use - although we have a small selection of non -paper crafts too. Why mulberry paper? Because they are robust, realistic look and last longer than ordinary paper and it provide a sustainable income for people in the cottage industry. In due course we will be introducing more of other craft materials which is not related to mulberry paper.'

Mulberry Crafts have kindly supplied this wonderful array of goodies to be given to the randomly chosen winner:

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

you will be spoiled for choice!

For my card I've used two images from stamps kindly supplied by Flonz craft, one of our sponsors, encasing these in a Nellie frame die - you can read more about the card 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 a die cut on your Christmas card - it can be one that you have created with a nestability, for instance, or a ready made die cut that you purchased - it can even be a die cut sentiment.

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 June. 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 15 June 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 June is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries