CHNC challenge 144: use three main colours

It has been great to see so many gorgeous cards using stamped images and sentiments. It's been a bit of a crazy week for me, so I'm sorry that I was a bit slow leaving comments for some of you, but I don't think I missed anyone out. It's been lovely to see some new crafters joining us and thank you to my new followers on here and on Facebook.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 143. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 55: Carol, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Carol. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your full name and address so I can arrange for you to receive your £20 of goods from Craftybren's Embroidered Embellishments.

The second winner:

Number 47: Joyce, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Joyce. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your selection of card topper packs from Cardmaker's Delights to the value of £25.

The third winner:

Number 61: Helen, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Helen. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to receive your £10 gift voucher from Stamp Addicts.

Now on to:

Challenge 144

For today's challenge I'd like you to use three main colours

The first sponsor is 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 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 Stamp and Create:

'Stamp and Create is an online store based in the US with shipping worldwide. We have a wide range of rubber stamps at the lowest prices around! We carry stamps from: Magnolia, Wild Rose Studio, Saturated Canary, High Hopes Rubber Stamps, CC Designs, The Greeting Farm, Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps and more. We have a weekly candy giveaway, a Monthly Challenge, and a bi-weekly Magnolia Challenge!! We would love for you to check us out on Facebook as well!'

The randomly chosen winner will receive a $20 voucher to spend in the Stamp and Create online store.

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

you will be spoiled for choice!

For my card I've used red, blue and beige (as well as some white, which doesn't count!) - papers are Echo Park 'winter wishes', Express Yourself stickers, a strip of angel hair and some East of India ribbon - more info 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 three main colours.

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 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 Saturday 5 October 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. Also it would be great if you would consider becoming a follower - lovely to welcome recent new followers - I can't believe there are now 600!

Please also consider going to CHNC Facebook page and clicking 'like' - there are now over 200 'likes' - it would be great if we could increase this soon. I always show at least one of my cards for the next challenge in advance and it's a good place to catch up with any news, winners etc.

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 October is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

CHNC challenge 143: stamp, stamp, stamp

Wow! 94 entries for last week's challenge - so many of you get busy with cutting out - and I loved seeing all your entries. I hope you will get your stamps out for today's challenge.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 142. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 72: Crafting Vicky, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Vicky. 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 84: Mrs A, who shared this lovely card:

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

The third winner:

Number 20: Suze #2, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, .Suze 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 143

For today's challenge I'd like you stamp, stamp, stamp ... use a stamp (not digi) - can just be a sentiment if you wish - somewhere on your Christmas card 

The first sponsor is Craftybren's Embroidered Embellishments (although Bren has been a keen supporter of my challenges and has often entered them):

'Hi my name is Bren, I have been crafting since the year dot. I like to have a few different things on the go at once, knitting, sewing, paper crafting etc, just so I can swap and change around a bit.
I made a few cards with my machine embroidery on, and was asked if I made embroidery to sell, that is how Craftybrens was born. Hope you like what you see.'

The randomly chosen winner will receive £20 of goods from Craftybren's Embroidered Embellishments - please note that if the winner lives outside the UK he/she will be expected to pay for the P & P.

The second sponsor is new to CHNC: Cardmaker's Delights:

'Cardmaker's Delights is a family run business whose aim is to provide great valuecard toppers for card makers and paper crafters. There are many themes within our range, including; Birds - Animals - Butterflies - Children - Fairies - Teddies - Christmas - Cupcakes - Food & Drink - Floral - French Themed - Ladies - Feminine - Perfume - Male Themed - Mini Postcard Style - Shabby Chic - Pastels - Steampunk - UK & Patriotic!

We manufacture our products, which are printed professionally and in bulk - this helps us keep our costs down and enables us to pass our savings on to our valued customers. We now supply hundreds of happy card makers and craft shops with our unique products, from the UK to Australia!'

The randomly chosen winner will receive a selection of card topper packs from Cardmaker's Delights website, of their own choice, up to £25 in value.

The third sponsor is also new to CHNC:  Stamp Addicts:

'In store we have rubber stamps from Judikins, Denami Design, Stamps by Judith, The Artful Stamper, Printworks Collection and many more.

We also have a scrapbooking department with papers, stickers, albums and embellishments.

Stamp Addicts is a family run business based in Bedfordshire. We have been in business since 1992 and have watched the popularity of rubber stamping and all paper crafts steadily increase over time.

Don't forget you can often catch one of our TV shows on Create & Craft, all products are available to order from this website.'

The randomly chosen winner will receive a £10 gift voucher.

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

you will be spoiled for choice!

I am pleased that Crafty Bren (our first sponsor) has joined me as a Guest Designer. I must explain that I wrongly told Brenda that the theme for today's challenge was 'cut it out', which was, of course, last week's challenge. Brenda prepared her card a couple of weeks ago because she knew she was going to be away for a fortnight. So for this lovely card Brenda hand cut the decoupage and guillotine cut the layered mats - you can read more about this on Bren's blog here - please visit and leave her a comment:

For my card I've used My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas papers, stamping three Die'sire sentiment stamps randomly, inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail gold. The Inkadinkado snowflake angel stamp was inked with Adirondack currant - more info about the card on My Crafty Outlook here:

I made a second card with my poor attempt at stamping the angel - I didn't want to waste it and thought it looked a bit ethereal, so I've used it with more MME Lost and Found papers, using some of the scraps from the other card (double sided papers, so useful) - more about this on 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 please use a stamp - even a sentiment will do.

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 27 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 Saturday 28 September 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.

Please also consider going to CHNC Facebook page and clicking 'like' - there are now over 200 'likes' - it would be great if we could increase this soon. I always show at least one of my cards for the next challenge in advance and it's a good place to catch up with any news, winners etc.

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 September is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

CHNC challenge 142: cut it out

Lots and lots of lovely layers for last week's challenge - so many entries! Lovely to see some new people coming on board as we get closer to Christmas. I can't believe that we're now mid-way through September. If you haven't started making your Christmas cards yet, then this is the ideal time to start before panic sets in.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 141. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 56: Nikki C, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Nikki. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your 5 digital stamps from Robyn'sFetish Digital Stamps And More.

The second winner:

Number 36: Anne-Marie, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Anne-Marie. 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 19: Tracey V, who shared this lovely card:

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

Unfortunately the winner of last week's prize from Limited Runs Digital Stamps was unable to accept the prize, so I have re-drawn this from the entrants for CHNC 140:

Number 51: Elizabeth W, who shared this lovely card

Congratulations, Elizabeth. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your prize from Limited Runs Digital Stamps.

Now on to:

Challenge 142

For today's challenge I'd like you to use something that has been cut - you can cut something with scissors by hand, create a die cut or use a punch

The first sponsor is a familiar one here at CHNC:

Bugaboo Stamps are proud to sponsor this challenge:

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. 

Bugaboo Stamps are offering $21 of digital stamps to the randomly chosen winner.

The second sponsor is 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 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 used the Embossalicious 8 x 8 folder with my eBosser - I then cut out the baubles by hand and painted with Papermania precious metals copper and platinum. I then mounted them on to a piece of glittered paper from My Mind's Eye Christmas glitter book - more info 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 cut something out, whether you do this by hand with scissors, create a die cut or use a punch.

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 20 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 Saturday 21 September 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.

Please also consider going to CHNC Facebook page and clicking 'like' - there are now over 200 'likes' - it would be great if we could increase this soon. I always show at least one of my cards for the next challenge in advance and it's a good place to catch up with any news, winners etc.

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 September is here.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

CHNC challenge 141: layer it up

So many of you got inky and painty last week - it was wonderful to see such a great variety of Christmas crafting.  Thank you so much to all the regular contributors to these challenges and also a big welcome to those who have joined in recently.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 140. There were, of course, four opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 15: 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 your  £15.00 worth of stamps from The Artistic Stamper.

The second winner:

Number 3: Irene, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Irene. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your £10 voucher to spend in  My mum's craftshop online.

The third winner:

Number 39: Alli D, who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Alli. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your £10 voucher to spend in the Foil Play online shop.

The fourth winner:

Number 49: Ulla (Ursula), who shared this lovely card

Congratulations, Ursula. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your prize from Limited Runs Digital Stamps.

Now on to:

Challenge 141

For today's challenge I'd like you to layer up your Christmas card - use at least three layers, more if you wish

The first sponsor is a regular supporter of CHNC:  Robyn'sFetish Digital Stamps And More:

'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 randomly chosen winner the choice of 5 digital stamps.

The second sponsor is another familiar one, 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 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.'

The prize for the randomly chosen winner will be The Greatest Story ever told CD:

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

you will be spoiled for choice!

For my card I've layered up four piece of patterned paper and also decoupaged four parts of the 'prissy poinsettia' image kindly supplied by Robyn's fetish, one of the sponsors - more info 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 layer up your card - use at least three layers, more 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 13 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 Saturday 14 September 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.

Please also consider going to CHNC Facebook page and clicking 'like' - there are now over 200 'likes' - it would be great if we could increase this. I always show at least one of my cards for the next challenge in advance and it's a good place to catch up with any news, winners etc.

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 September is here. And up until next Saturday you can also link any Christmas cards for The Glory of Christmas 15: anything goes.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries