Saturday 30 November 2013

CHNC challenge 153: light it up


What a wonderful week of super creations that any child would be happy to receive. Thank you so much for all the super entries. We really are getting near to the Big Day now and that means that we need to get serious about getting those cards done if we haven't done so already. I need to count mine and go through my list.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 152. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

Please note that I publish the prize winners here and on our facebook page, but don't notify winners individually - it is up to you all to check to see if you have won and email me as requested.

The first winner:

Number 98: Bunny, who shared this lovely card:


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

The second winner:

Number 58: Crafty bits n bobs (Charlotte), who shared this lovely card:



Congratulations,.Charlotte 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 44: Kevin, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Kevin. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your £10 voucher for Paper Creator.

Now on to:
Challenge 153

For today's challenge please make any Christmas cards that show the theme 'light it up' - perhaps candles, lamps, stars,  Christmas tree lights  ... however you want to interpret the theme

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 Crafts 4 eternity:
who is offering 3 digital stamps (winner's choice) from the Crafts 4 eternity collection.

The third sponsor is 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!

I am pleased that Crafty Bren (our first sponsor) has joined me as a Guest Designer. What a beautiful 5" x 5" padded card Brenda has made - you can read more about this on Bren's blog here - please visit and leave her a comment:


This is my card using the Cedar Chest Designs lamppost digi that they kindly provided, stamping alongside it with the Penny Black 'caroling penguins', colouring with copics. There is more info about this card 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 I'm asking you to make a card that fits the theme 'light it up', however you wish to interpret that,.

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 6 December. Please include a link to this blogpost within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish - I think we all need to increase our stock at this time of the year - 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 7 December 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 and 'likers' on facebook.

Please also consider going to CHNC Facebook page and clicking 'like' - there are now 240 'likes' - it would be great if we could increase this before the end of the year. 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 December is here.

Thank you for your support
I look forward to seeing your entries

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Saturday 23 November 2013

CHNC challenge 152: for a child


Thank you for another super week of festive cards - I just love visiting and seeing what you've all been making for the challenges.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 151. There were, of course, four sponsors and even more opportunities to win a prize.

Please note that I publish the prize winners here and on our facebook page, but don't notify winners individually - it is up to you all to check to see if you have won and email me as requested.

The first winner:

Number 23: Lucy Patrick, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Lucy. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your full address so that I can arrange for you to receive your three packs of die cuts from Crimson Cloud.

The second winner:

Number 4: JoAnn B, who shared this lovely card:



Congratulations,.JoAnn Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your four digital images from Delicious Doodles.

The third winner:


Number 2: Vanessa (nessy), who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Vanessa. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your £10 voucher from Crafter's Companion.



Now on to:
Challenge 152

For today's challenge please make any Christmas cards that would be suitable to give to a child

The first 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 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 Paper Creator:


'Paper Creator is an online store selling card making downloads, printable crafts & Sassy Cheryl's coloured illustrations.

We also now stock Sassy Cheryl's brand new rubber stamp range which are exclusive to us here in the UK.'

Paper Creator are offering the randomly chosen winner a £10 voucher to be spent in their online store.

Please visit the websites of these generous sponsors and support them -
you will be spoiled for choice!

My first card is one that I've made for my contribution for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 4: buttons. This is a relatively new challenge blog that I've had the pleasure of joining from the beginning and I thought it would be nice to show my card here as it is certainly a Christmas card suitable to give to a child. It would be lovely if you could support Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 4 by making a card that includes the use of buttons - and, of course, it doesn't have to be a Christmas card, although it can be if you wish That challenge is being sponsored by Robyn's Fetish, which is why I included their 'Carl the snowman' on my card. There is more info about this card 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 I'm asking you to make a card that is suitable to give to a child - for a baby, boy, girl, even a teenager.

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 29 November. Please include a link to this blogpost within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish - I think we all need to increase our stock at this time of the year - 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 November 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 and 'likers' on facebook.

Please also consider going to CHNC Facebook page and clicking 'like' - there are now 234 'likes' - it would be great if we could increase this before the end of the year. 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 November is here. And there's also a Design Team Call until the end of the month.

Thank you for your support
I look forward to seeing your entries

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Saturday 16 November 2013

CHNC challenge 151: indoors


Every week I'm taken aback by the wonderful entries from all of you talented crafters. I am so thankful for your support and I love seeing all your festive creations. Everyone is really busy now that Christmas is looming on the horizon, so it's a good time to get on with making more of those cards.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 150. There were, of course, four sponsors and even more opportunities to win a prize.

Please note that I publish the prize winners here and on our facebook page, but don't notify winners individually - it is up to you all to check to see if you have won and email me as requested.

The first winner:

Number 118: Jessi, who shared this lovely card:


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

The second winner:

Number 45: Loll Thompson, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations,.Loll Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your $20 voucher to spend in Flonz craft online store.

The third winners:


Number 20: Tracey V, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Tracey. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your 5 digistamps from The Stamping Shack.


Number 99: Dawn Lancaster, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Dawn. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your 3 digistamps from The Stamping Shack.


Number 16: Karin, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Karin. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your 1 digistamps from The Stamping Shack.

The fourth winner:

Number 48: Julie B, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Julie. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your free seat to a Workshop at My Creative Classroom.

Now on to:
Challenge 151

For today's challenge please make any Christmas cards that shows 'indoors' in some way

The first sponsor 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 Delicious Doodles:


'Delicious Doodles is a young company with myself, Teri, as the Sole Trader/Designer. 

I have doodled and sketched all of my life. I started making greetings cards when my last child was born, and used my doodles on them as I couldn't find what I wanted in the usual craft places. 

I only started selling my images in the Autumn of 2009. I design and hand/mouse-draw all of the images that are sold in the Delicious Doodles Shop. Some are cutsie animals, some are sketched flowers, there are a few men's images, fairies and also some 'darker' images featuring vampires, skulls and Gothic stuff, something for everyone! '

The randomly chosen winner will be able to choose 4 digital images.

The third sponsor is Crafter's Companion:

Crafter's Companion is a well known haven of crafting goodies of all descriptions. They are giving a £10 voucher to the randomly chosen winner.

Please visit the websites of these generous sponsors and support them -
you will be spoiled for choice!

Here is my first card - you can read about them here on My Crafty Outlook:


And here is my second card - more info 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 I'm asking you to include something that portrays 'indoors'.

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 22 November. Please include a link to this blogpost within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish - I think we all need to increase our stock at this time of the year - 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 November 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.

Please also consider going to CHNC Facebook page and clicking 'like' - there are now 232 'likes' - it would be great if we could increase this before the end of the year. 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 November is here. And there's also a Design Team Call until the end of the month.

Thank you for your support
I look forward to seeing your entries

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Saturday 9 November 2013

CHNC challenge 150: outdoors


I was blown away by all the wonderful bling this past week - thank you so much for all your support and beautiful crafting.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 149. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

Please note that I publish the prize winners here and on our facebook page, but don't notify winners individually - it is up to you all to check to see if you have won and email me as requested.

The first winner:

Number 92: Ardilla, who shared this lovely card:


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

The second winner:

Number 6: Louise, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Louise. 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 store.

The third winner:

Number 17: rainmac (Sarah), who shared this lovely card:



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

Now on to:
Challenge 150

For today's challenge please make any Christmas cards that shows 'outdoors' in some way

This week we have four sponsors, one of whom is giving three prizes!!


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 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 Katie Skilton Design with digistamps from The Stamping Shack.

Katie writes:

'For the past 10 years I have had a papercraft obsession, so in early 2012 I took a leap of faith when I left my full time job as a Sales and Marketing Manager in the Orthopaedic industry to focus on my love of paper!

I am now a freelance designer, blogger and writer. I design and work from my craft studio in my home, mixing this with my love of all things vintage. My style is clean and modern and I love to create memories and find ways to store them forever! You can find my work in numerous UK magazines and websites and starting in January 2013 I will be demonstrating on Create and Craft TV!'


The prize will be 5 digistamps from The Stamping Shack for the first randomly chosen winner, 3 for the second and 1 for the third.

The fourth 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 Fall Semester offers over 100 classes to choose from. We also offer Library classes which feature retired classes at 40-50% off their original price! New this fall we are offering deals on bundled classes.

Here's a sampling of our current Workshop classes:


Spellbinders Basics One
Christmas Garland
Cricut: Scrapbooking Through the Year
Doodling 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 Workshop class of their choice.....Good Luck!

Please visit the websites of these generous sponsors and support them -
you will be spoiled for choice!

Here are three clean and simple cards I made using 'Snowman' supplies - you can read about them 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 - and this week I'm asking you to include something that portrays 'outdoors'.

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 15 November. Please include a link to this blogpost within the post for your creation.

You can enter as many times as you wish - I think we all need to increase our stock at this time of the year - 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 Saturday16 November 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.

Please also consider going to CHNC Facebook page and clicking 'like' - there are now 231 '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 November is here. And there's also a Design Team Call.

Thank you for your support
I look forward to seeing your entries

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