CHNC challenge 74: Christmas foliage

Once again you all came up trumps with your cards for challenge 73 - I loved all the blue! Such a lovely lot of entries - you girls are really rocking the Christmas cards. If there's any one reading this who hasn't yet started Christmas cards this year perhaps this is the time to think about doing so - by the end of this challenge we will already be into June!

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 73. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 19: Chrissy

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations,Chrissy! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to claim your DigiDoodle Shop $10 gift certificate.

Challenge 74

For today's challenge I'd like to see some Christmas foliage on your card - some holly, ivy, mistletoe etc

And for this week's challenge Shelly's images are generously giving a $9 gift certificate to the randomly-chosen winner from the lovely range you will find here.
A little bit about Shelly's Images:

'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.'

I've made two cards for this challenge using a lovely holly image from Shelly's - more info 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 - and this week please include some Christmas foliage.

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 Friday1 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 2 June.

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 remember also to have a look at my CHNC page on facebook - if you do go there please join in by clicking 'like' so that I know that you've been there. During the week you'll find updates and hints of the next challenge - please feel free to chat there - I know that some of you do already - thank you.

CHNC challenge 73: a touch of the blues

What a super selection of traditional red and green cards for last week's challenge - there were lots of 'regular' entrants and a few new ones too - a few more followers on here and a few more 'likes' on the CHNC facebook page. If you haven't yet visited there, please do so and click 'like' so that I know that you have found it.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 72. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 29: Liselot

who shared this lovely card

Congratulations, Liselot! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to claim your $21 gift certificate from Bugaboo Stamps.

Challenge 73

For today's challenge I'm asking you to use some blue - a little or a lot, it's up to you!

And for this week's challenge Digi Doodle Shop are once again generously giving a $10 gift certificate to the randomly-chosen winner.

And for this week's challenge Digi Doodle Shop are once again generously giving a $10 gift certificate to the randomly-chosen winner.

DigiDoodle Shop

DigiDoodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts and crafts.  It was started a little over 3 years ago with a little more than 100 stamps, and has since then grown to almost 500 stamps.  Joy (the mother of this team) designs realistic images, while Judy (aka/daughter) loves the “fun side of life”, and create images with a cartoon flair.  Having these two complimenting styles have enabled

Digi Doodle Shop to offer a wide variety of stamps.

It is a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward to seeing all the amazing creations.  We thank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all the participants the very best of luck in this challenge.

Thank you so much for having us, and again the very best of luck to all of you.

Sincerely,

Judy and Joy

I've made two cards for this challenge - you can see details of them on My Crafty Outlook here and here.

I've added another card for this challenge on My Crafty Outlook here - it's an aperture card made with Patchwork Pals supplies:

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 - and this week please use the colour blue - a little or a lot, it's up to you.

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 25 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 26 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.


Please remember also to have a look at my CHNC page on facebook - if you do go there please join in by clicking 'like' so that I know that you've been there. During the week you'll find updates and hints of the next challenge - please feel free to chat there - I know that some of you do already - thank you.

CHNC challenge 72: traditional Christmas colours

What a fabulous lot of stripy Christmas cards there were for last week's challenge 71 - I loved seeing them all - such variety and so much creativity - thank you all for your wonderful contributions. A gold star once again to Catherine who was all striped-out by midweek having made so many cards for the challenge.

It's great that this little blog has built up a lot of regular visitors and contributors, but is still attracting some crafters entering their Christmas cards for the first time - it's lovely to welcome you.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 71. For the first time, there are two winners to announce:

The winner of two digital images of her choice from Stamp n doodle using random.org is:

Number 44: Marianne

who shared this lovely card:

And the winner of her choice of a  a stamp from Craft Brulee's ebay store using random.org is:

Number 43: Meg

who shared this lovely card:

Congratulations, Marianne and Meg! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your prizes.

Now we move on to today's challenge:

Challenge 72

For today's challenge I'm asking you to make a card using mainly the traditional colours of red and green

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.  

Today I'm joined by Yvonne, a member of the Bugaboo team, with her lovely card - please visit Yvonne's blog and leave her a comment. Thank you, Yvonne for joining me for this challenge:

Yvonne (Scrappy)

My card uses 'cupcake candycanes' kindly supplied by Bugaboo Stamps - you can read more about my card on my regular crafting blog 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 - and this week please use mainly the traditional colours of red and green.

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 18 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 19 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.


Please remember also to have a look at my CHNC page on facebook - if you do go there please join in by clicking 'like' so that I know that you've been there. During the week you'll find updates and hints of the next challenge - please feel free to chat there - I know that some of you do already - thank you.

CHNC challenge 71: stripes

It was so encouraging to see all the lovely entries coming in throughout the week for challenge 70  - so much variety and creativity - always good to see the contributions of 'regular's, but just as good to welcome new crafters joining in.

It's nice to see one or two more joining in on the CHNC page on facebook - please feel free to visit and click 'like' so I know that you've been there!


Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winner of challenge 70. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:

Number 29: Papersniffer (Wendy)

who shared this lovely card

Congratulations, Wendy! Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your £10 voucher from Lili of the Valley.

Challenge 71

For today's challenge I'm asking you to include some stripes on your Christmas card.

And for this week's challenge we have not one but TWO new sponsors:

Stamp n doodle is one of the leading digital stamp and downloadable craft card making webstores. We also offer crafting instructions and card making challenges. 

Stamp n doodle's uniqueness is the diversity of the Rubber Stamps and Digital Stamps we offer. In everything we do, we strive to be the complete resource for your stamping and card making needs. 

You will find useful tips, advice covered on our website. On our website we offer inspiration and new releases to weekly challenges on our Blog. 

We hope you find everything you need and enjoy trying our products and inspiration. Great images create great things 

About Stamp n doodle Rubber Stamps

Stamp n doodle exclusive Rubber Stamps come unmounted, which means you only receive the red rubber no cushion or wood block. These images work well on an Acrylic mount. 

About Stamp n doodle Digital Stamps Stamp n doodle's exclusive Digital Images come with free shipping and are sent to you within 24 hours of purchase.

A randomly-chosen winner will receive two digital images of their choice.

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A randomly-chosen winner will be able to choose a stamp from Craft Brulee's ebay store
(more stamps are being added all the time).

So that means that this week you have two chances to win a prize!

I am so grateful to all of our sponsors for their kind support and generosity.

For my card I've used some DCWV offcuts and the lovely snowman Stampotique stamp by Jo Capper-Sandon, coloured with copics. More information 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 - and this week please include some stripes - these can be part of the designer paper, stamped, doodled, striped ribbon ... just include some stripes!

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 11 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 12 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.