Another card for challenge 22

This is another card for challenge 22 - more details on my regular crafting blog here.



It is encouraging to see so many entries already - please keep them coming.

For details of challenge 22 and to link your entry please scroll down or click here.

CHNC challenge 22: use some ribbon

Here we are on week 22 - can you believe that? We are nearly halfway through the year? - soon we will be nearer to next Christmas than the last, so, if you haven't started yet, now is the time to get cracking with making some Christmas cards to lighten the load to help avoid a panic when we get nearer to the Christmas season.

Before telling you about today's challenge I want to thank you for all the entries last week - so many different ideas for using scallops - I enjoyed looking at them all. I managed to have some internet access while I was away and was able to comment on some of the entries. We got back home yesterday, but by then blogger was playing up and not allowing me to leave comments on some blogs, so sincere apologies if you didn't get a comment from me, but it wasn't for the want of trying.

For challenge 22 I would like you to use some ribbon on your card - it can be a strip of ribbon wrapped around the card, a small bow, a larger bow ... whatever you fancy, as long as it's ribbon.

This is my card - more details on my regular My Crafty Outlook blog here:


As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to use some ribbon - apart from that, anything goes.

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 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 4 June - and, as that's the first Saturday in the month, there will be a prize for a randomly chosen winner.

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.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

CHNC challenge 21: let's see some scallops

Can you believe how quickly the weeks are going - here we are commencing challenge 21!

But first, I want to thank all of you who entered your cards for the previous challenge - there were some lovely forms of distressing and I'm sure you didn't actually get stressed about it! It's good to see that 'regulars' are building up quite a supply of Christmas cards - and it's also good to still see new people joining in.

So, for challenge 21 I would like to see some scallops - in any shape or form, as long as you have a scalloped edge to something on your card, then that's OK.

This is my card (details are on my regular crafting blog 'My crafty outlook' here):

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to use something scalloped - apart from that, anything goes.

We will be away for a few days next week (celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary on Wednesday), so I might not be able to comment on your entries as soon as I would like - it will depend on internet access.

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 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 28 May.

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.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

CHNC challenge 20: don't get stressed about distressing! - another card

I've just made another card for this challenge (and linked it with others too, including a couple of Christmas ones) - further details are on my regular crafting blog My Crafty blog here. The distressing is the torn edges around the image.



For details of this week's challenge 20 and to enter your card, please scroll down or click here.

CHNC challenge 20: don't get stressed about distressing!

What a week it's been in blogland with Blogger having major issues and some posts having disappeared and still not come back yet. I hope that all of you who wanted to join in the previous challenge were able to upload your entry.

I want to thank all those who entered last week's challenge - it was great to see all the your responses to the photo inspiration. And, of course, it was a prize week, so I entered the numbers into random.org and the randomly chosen winner of the Christmas stamps is:

Number 5: Colleen

This was Colleen's lovely card:

Please email me with your name and full address and I'll get the stamps into the post.

Challenge 20

So, on with challenge 20, which is all about distressing - this could be inked/sponged edges, torn paper, sanded embossing ... anything that counts as distressing - I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

This is my card - I distressed with ink and also a torn edge - details are on my regular crafting blog 'My Crafty Outlook' here.

As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to distress - apart from that, anything goes.

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 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 21 May.

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.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

CHNC challenge 19: photo inspiration ... with a prize

Update: As Blogger has been unavailable for some time, I've extended the entry time by an hour to UK 23:00 to give everyone a chance to enter.

Thank you to all those who entered last week's challenge to use a die cut - I love to visit your blogs and see your wonderful creations. I know that a lot of you have been regularly entering my challenges and are beginning to build up quite a collection of Christmas cards. And once again this week some new folk have joined in. If you haven't started yet, it's never too early or too late - why not join in this week - and there will be a prize for one randomly drawn winner.

So for challenge 19 I'd like you to use this photo as the inspiration to make your Christmas card. You can interpret your response in any way you wish - it might be one or more of the colours or patterns, or stockings, Santa, teddy, snowman, presents ... whatever the photo inspires you to make - I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

As it's the first Saturday in the month there will be a prize for a randomly drawn winner (using random.org) - three Christmas rubber stamps:

For my card I concentrated on the stocking and also used red, green and gold as my colour combo. The circular sentiment is gold foiled, but it was difficult to get a photo as I made the card this evening - more details about the card and other challenges on my regular crafting blog 'My crafty outlook' here.


As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a Christmas card - and this week please remember to take your inspiration from the given photo - apart from that, anything goes.

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 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 14 May.

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.

I look forward to seeing your creations.