CHNC challenge 366

Please make sure you join me next week in welcoming my first ever DT members on this challenge blog.

Thank you for all your lovely entries for last week's challenge - such a lot of entries once again! Christmas is over now ... you might want to start making cards etc for next Christmas or you might just need a well-deserved rest. Perhaps you made some Christmas cards before Christmas, but didn't have time to blog them ... please add them to this week's challenge so we can all have a look.

As we will have started 2018 before this challenge ends, I want to wish everyone

A Happy New Year

Before I tell you about this week's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 365:

Please note that my email to send to is craftyhazelnut@gmail.com

Number 17: Karen Ladd, with these lovely gift tags:

Congratulations, Karen. Please email me at craftyhazelnut@gmail.com with your full name and address so I can arrange for you to claim your Floral Delight embossing folder and stamp set + 3D toppers.

Please note that winner needs to claim the prize by 13 January (2 weeks)

Every CHNC challenge is 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas', which will, hopefully, encourage as many crafters as possible to join in with their festive creations. However, there will always be an optional theme, which this week is 'something beginning with S'. I want to stress that this is purely optional.

Challenge 366:

anything goes as long as it's Christmas

optional theme: something beginning with S

Every week I will be giving a prize to a randomly chosen winner - this is the prize for this challenge:

Crisalis Classics by Christine Haworth
Travellers together unmounted rubber stamps
+ Together always unmouned rubber stamps

For my card I used part of a kit purchased long ago. My things beginning with S: swirls, sentiments, sparkle, scallops, spots ... You can see it here on My Crafty Outlook:

Now it's over to you. You can use any materials, any techniques - it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas, with the optional theme of 'something beginning with S'.

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 creation can be found) by 20:00 UK time Friday 5 January 2018. Please include a link to this blogpost 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 Saturday 6 January 2018 at 09:00 UK time.

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' if you haven't done so already and encourage your friends to do the same. 

I also run a challenge blog called Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - anything goes as long as you use some patterned paper - with a randomly chosen prize winner every month. Please click on the link to find out more. If you have used patterned paper for your Christmas creation (if you haven't followed the optional theme this week, of course), please enter it there too. And please be aware that the Patterned Paper Challenge is not restricted to Christmas - it is for any occasions as long as some patterned paper has been used.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

Please make sure you join me next week in welcoming my first ever DT members on this challenge blog.

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CHNC challenge 365

Thank you for all your lovely entries for last week's challenge - such a lot of entries once again! As Christmas Day will have happened before this challenge ends, there will no more time to make Christmas designs for this year, but perhaps you've made some cards and not blogged them yet ... please feel free to add as many entries as you wish. Or you might want to keep out your Christmas stash or use some crafting presents you've received to make some new Christmas cards.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas

Before I tell you about this week's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 364:

Please note that my email to send to is craftyhazelnut@gmail.com

Number 59:  Megan, with a lovely trio of Christmas cards - this is one of them:

Congratulations, Megan. Please email me at craftyhazelnut@gmail.com with your full name and address so I can arrange for you to claim your Floral Delight stamps and 3D toppers.

Please note that the winner needs to claim the prize by 6 January (2 weeks)

Every CHNC challenge is 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas', which will, hopefully, encourage as many crafters as possible to join in with their festive creations. However, there will always be an optional theme, which this week is to use the word 'Christmas'. I want to stress that this is purely optional.

Challenge 365:

anything goes as long as it's Christmas

optional theme: use the word 'Christmas'

Every week I will be giving a prize to a randomly chosen winner - this is the prize for this challenge:

Crafter's Companion Signature collection by Sara Davies
Floral Delight embossing folder & stamp set 
+ Floral Delight 3D toppers You're the best

For my card I used an offcut piece of embossed mirri card, which had been embossed using an Embossalicious star of wonder folder. The image is a digital one called snow family, a retired image from Beccy's Place. You can see it here on My Crafty Outlook:

Now it's over to you. You can use any materials, any techniques - it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas, with the optional theme of use the word 'Christmas'.

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 creation can be found) by 20:00 UK time Friday 22 December 2017. Please include a link to this blogpost 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 Saturday 30 December 2017 at 09:00 UK time.

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' if you haven't done so already and encourage your friends to do the same. 

Don't forget that 'anything goes' monthly challenges are on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog (these are still being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps with a prize of four digital images for the randomly chosen winner each month) - you can share any Christmas creation 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 December is here.

I also run a challenge blog called Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - anything goes as long as you use some patterned paper - with a randomly chosen prize winner every month. Please click on the link to find out more. If you have used patterned paper for your Christmas creation (if you haven't followed the optional theme this week, of course), please enter it there too. And please be aware that the Patterned Paper Challenge is not restricted to Christmas - it is for any occasions as long as some patterned paper has been used.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

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CHNC challenge 364

Thank you for all your lovely entries for last week's challenge - such a lot of entries once again! Please keep that Christmas stash out and make something this week and share your entries - I look forward to seeing them. There's little over a week till Christmas Day, so we need to get on with those last-minute Christmas designs. Perhaps you've made some cards and not blogged them yet ... please feel free to add as many entries as you wish.

Before I tell you about this week's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 363:

Please note that my email to send to is craftyhazelnut@gmail.com

Number 86: Andrea Bastelmaus, with this lovely card:

Congratulations, Andrea. Please email me at craftyhazelnut@gmail.com with your full name and address so I can arrange for you to claim your two sets of Crisalis Classics unmounted stamps.

Please note that winner needs to claim the prize by 30 December (2 weeks)

Every CHNC challenge is 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas', which will, hopefully, encourage as many crafters as possible to join in with their festive creations. However, there will always be an optional theme, which this week is 'glitter'. I want to stress that this is purely optional.

Challenge 364:

anything goes as long as it's Christmas

optional theme: glitter

Every week I will be giving a prize to a randomly chosen winner - this is the prize for this challenge:

Crafter's Companion Signature collection by Sara Davies
Floral Delight stamp set Thinking of you
+ Floral Delight 3D toppers You're the best

For my card I used an unknown piece of paper for the background with an upcycled glittered picture from an old card, mounted on to a piece of matt silver card, the addition of the silver padded star and the sentiment. You can see it here on My Crafty Outlook:

Now it's over to you. You can use any materials, any techniques - it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas, with the optional theme of 'glitter'.

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 creation can be found) by 20:00 UK time Friday 22 December 2017. Please include a link to this blogpost 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 Saturday 23 December 2017 at 09:00 UK time.

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' if you haven't done so already and encourage your friends to do the same. 

Don't forget that 'anything goes' monthly challenges are on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog (these are still being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps with a prize of four digital images for the randomly chosen winner each month) - you can share any Christmas creation 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 December is here.

I also run a challenge blog called Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - anything goes as long as you use some patterned paper - with a randomly chosen prize winner every month. Please click on the link to find out more. If you have used patterned paper for your Christmas creation (if you haven't followed the optional theme this week, of course), please enter it there too. And please be aware that the Patterned Paper Challenge is not restricted to Christmas - it is for any occasions as long as some patterned paper has been used.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

An InLinkz Link-up

CHNC challenge 363

Thank you for all your lovely entries for last week's challenge - such a lot of entries once again! Please keep that Christmas stash out and make something this week and share your entries - I look forward to seeing them. As we are now getting well into December and only a couple of weeks till Christmas, some of my followers will be glad that they made Christmas cards etc before now ... but I'm sure that, like me, you still need to make some more ... but make sure you do so very soon, as the next couple of weeks will be gone in a flash.

Before I tell you about this week's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 362:

Please note that my email to send to is craftyhazelnut@gmail.com

Number 77: Diny, with this lovely card:

Congratulations, Diny. Please email me at craftyhazelnut@gmail.com with your full name and address so I can arrange for you to claim your Pure Frozen design pad.

Please note that winner needs to claim the prize by 23 December (2 weeks)

Every CHNC challenge is 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas', which will, hopefully, encourage as many crafters as possible to join in with their festive creations. However, there will always be an optional theme, which this week is 'a touch of sparkle'. I want to stress that this is purely optional.

Challenge 363:

anything goes as long as it's Christmas

optional theme: a touch of sparkle

Every week I will be giving a prize to a randomly chosen winner - this is the prize for this challenge:

Crisalis Classics by Christine Haworth
A Spring Walk unmounted rubber stamps
+ A Summer afternoon unmounted rubber stamps

For my card I used part of a kit that I bought ages ago with some sparkly 3D snowflakes from The Works - more sparkle on the tree that doesn't show up here. You can see it here on My Crafty Outlook:

Now it's over to you. You can use any materials, any techniques - it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas, with the optional theme of 'a touch of sparkle'.

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 creation can be found) by 20:00 UK time Friday 15 December 2017. Please include a link to this blogpost 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 Saturday 16 December 2017 at 09:00 UK time.

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' if you haven't done so already and encourage your friends to do the same. 

Don't forget that 'anything goes' monthly challenges are on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog (these are still being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps with a prize of four digital images for the randomly chosen winner each month) - you can share any Christmas creation 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 December is here.

I also run a challenge blog called Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - anything goes as long as you use some patterned paper - with a randomly chosen prize winner every month. Please click on the link to find out more. If you have used patterned paper for your Christmas creation (if you haven't followed the optional theme this week, of course), please enter it there too. And please be aware that the Patterned Paper Challenge is not restricted to Christmas - it is for any occasions as long as some patterned paper has been used.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

An InLinkz Link-up

CHNC challenge 362

Thank you for all your lovely entries for last week's challenge - such a lot of entries once again! Please keep that Christmas stash out and make something this week and share your entries - I look forward to seeing them. As we are now into December and only about three weeks till Christmas, some of my followers will be glad that they made Christmas cards etc before now ... but it's really never too late tto add to your stock of cards (if you're anything like me, you still have loads to make even if you've been doing so throughout the year - lol!) ... but make sure you do so very soon, as the next three weeks will be gone in a flash.

Before I tell you about this week's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 361:

Please note that my email to send to is craftyhazelnut@gmail.com

Number 96: Birgit, with this lovely card:

Congratulations, Birgit. Please email me at craftyhazelnut@gmail.com with your full name and address so I can arrange for you to claim your Docrafts buttons and Teresa Collins buttons.

Please note that winner needs to claim the prize by 16 December (2 weeks)

Every CHNC challenge is 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas', which will, hopefully, encourage as many crafters as possible to join in with their festive creations. However, there will always be an optional theme, which this week is 'quick and easy'. I want to stress that this is purely optional.

Challenge 362:

anything goes as long as it's Christmas

optional theme: quick and easy

Every week I will be giving a prize to a randomly chosen winner - this is the prize for this challenge:

Pure Frozen design pad

32 sheets with 4 x 8 designs

200 gsm

For my card I used a piece of background card that I've had for ages and everything else is from a Christmas past collection by Craftwork cards, bought especially so that I can make some more quick and easy cards.. You can see it here on My Crafty Outlook:

Now it's over to you. You can use any materials, any techniques - it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas, with the optional theme of 'quick and easy'.

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 creation can be found) by 20:00 UK time Friday 8 December 2017. Please include a link to this blogpost 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 Saturday 9 December 2017 at 09:00 UK time.

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' if you haven't done so already and encourage your friends to do the same. 

Don't forget that 'anything goes' monthly challenges are on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra blog (these are still being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps with a prize of four digital images for the randomly chosen winner each month) - you can share any Christmas creation 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 December is here.

I also run a challenge blog called Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - anything goes as long as you use some patterned paper - with a randomly chosen prize winner every month. Please click on the link to find out more. If you have used patterned paper for your Christmas creation (if you haven't followed the optional theme this week, of course), please enter it there too. And please be aware that the Patterned Paper Challenge is not restricted to Christmas - it is for any occasions as long as some patterned paper has been used.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

An InLinkz Link-up