Saturday 26 October 2013

CHNC challenge 148: music


What beautiful peaceful cards you all showed for last week's challenge - I so enjoyed visiting your blogs. This is the time when we need to get serious with making Christmas cards - by the end of this challenge we will be into November. I've been making them throughout the whole year, but still need to make more. I hope that my challenge this week will spur you on to make some more Christmas cards. And, of course, don't forget that you can enter my CHNC challenge extra for October with anything Christmas.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 147. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number36: Angela Jervis, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Angela. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to receive your $10 voucher to spend at Di's Digi Downloads.

The second winner:

Number 28: Janny, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Janny. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive the 3 digis of your choice from Crafty Sentiments.

The third winner:

Number 1: Jane Allmark, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Jane. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com  so that I can arrange for you to receive your $25 gift certificate from CAS-ual Fridays.

Now on to:
Challenge 148

For today's challenge I'd like you to include some music - it might be some background paper that has music on it or perhaps a Christmas song/carol that is depicted

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 Creative Treasures

I’m Tracy and the owner of Creative Treasures, we are a family run business with a love of all things craft related. We stock a great range of mulberry flowers, pretty ribbons, seam binding, lace, pearls, buttons, charms and lots of pretty embellishments. We are always adding new stock.  Our aim is to provide fantastic customer service and great value for money.

The randomly chosen winner will receive ribbons and lace.

The third sponsor is Stamping all day who are offering three free downloads from bestcardmaking-downloads.com to the randomly chosen winner.

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

For my card I've used My Paper World Christmas motives stamp with versafine onyx black Kaisercraft turtle dove papers - more information on My Crafty Outlook here.



And this is a card that I've made for The Glory of Christmas 19: homemade background - please clikc on the link and join in the challenge if you can - details 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 card involves music in some way, whether it's background paper, image - or perhaps a card inspired by a piece of music.

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 1 November. Please include a link to this blogpost 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 2 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. At 2:00 am tomorrow morning we turn our clocks back an hour from summertime in the UK - if this affects the closing time of linky next Friday, I'll adjust it then (never seem to get this right when we change the clocks!).

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 225 '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

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Saturday 19 October 2013

CHNC challenge 147: peace


So many lovely entries for last week's challenge - I thought 'square cards' would be popular - it has become my own favourite choice of size and style. What a delight it has been to visit your blogs and see all your wonderful crafting. Thank you, everyone, for your support - whether you are a regular to this challenge blog or here for the first time. I'm looking forward to seeing what you make this coming week.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 146. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 62: Gail Scott, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Gail. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to choose your 4 digital images from Delicious Doodles.

The second winner:

Number 26: Kaijan, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Kaijan. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive the 3 digital stamps of your choice from the Crafts 4 eternity collection.

The third winner:

Number 84: Jane's journal, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Jane. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com  so that I can arrange for you to receive your £10 gift voucher from Bearly mine designs.

Now on to:
Challenge 147

For today's challenge I'd like you to incorporate 'peace' - you can use the word if you want to, but you don't have to, it can be a peaceful scene - picture of what you think of as peace.

The first sponsor is Di's Digi Downloads:


This is a little bit about Di who produces such gorgeous digital images:

'I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with likeminded people.
I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.
This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!'

The randomly-chosen winner will be able given a $10 voucher to spend - just click on the link and feast your eyes on the super images - you will not be disappointed!

The second sponsor is Crafty Sentiments:

'We are a small family fun online company that offers crafters fun and whimsical unmounted rubber stamps, digital stamps as well as cutting dies all from our very own exclusive range. Perfect for your cards and scrapbooks! Our stamps are made from deep etched grey rubber and our cutting dies are made from good quality metal from the USA and UK. We also stock essential craft products for your scrapbooking and card making needs.'

The prize for the randomly chosen winner will receive three digis of their choice.

The third sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays:

'CAS-ual Fridays Stamps is a small company with big ideas located in beautiful Colorado. All the stamps are proudly made in the USA from the finest clear photopolymer. They love ink and stamp like a dream! While the stamps are created with Clean And Simple design in mind (hence the CAS in our name) they will absolutely delight any stamper's style. Whether you are a CAS enthusiast, or lover of all things layer-licious, you will have a blast getting inky with them. New stamps are released nearly every month, and the Girl Fridays provide continuous inspiration, and tips, for your oohing and aahing pleasure. Be sure to follow along on our store blog so you don't miss a thing!'

The randomly chosen winner will receive a $25 gift certificate:


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

For my card I've used stamps from a set called 'Christmas carols that was generously provided by CAS-ual Fridays - you can see them here in their online store (the dove is a stamp I already had). This is on My Crafty Outlook here. The paper clips are only being used to hold the gatefold together for the photo.








Now it's over to you. As usual, you can use any materials, any techniques, as long as the end result is a card that either uses the word 'peace' or is a 'peaceful' card.

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 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 26 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.

Please also consider going to CHNC Facebook page and clicking 'like' - there are now 225 '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

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Saturday 12 October 2013

CHNC challenge 146: make it square


It was so good to see so many different creations that were inspired by the picture that I shared for last week's challenge.

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 145. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 13: Margaret M, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Margaret. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to choose your CD-rom from Ooh la la Creations.

The second winner:

Number 5: Jessi, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Jessi. 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 28: Elizabeth W, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Elizabeth. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your full name and address so that I can arrange for you to receive your Silhouette Stamps set: Christmas blessings from Katy Sue Design.

Now on to:
Challenge 146

For today's challenge I'd like you to make it square - any Christmas card as long as it is square.

The first 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 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 Bearly mine designs. As well as many lovely designs to purchase, there are some wonderful freebies too at Bearly mine designs.


Bearly mine designs are offering a £10 gift voucher for the randomly chosen winner.

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

For my card I've used one of the inserts kindly supplied by Bearly mine designs, using it for the front of the card rather than for an insert, with the lovely candle picture added in the frame. This is 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 square Christmas card - a really easy one this week to help you get ahead with those cards before panic sets in!

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 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 19 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 over 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

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Saturday 5 October 2013

CHNC challenge 145: picture inspiration

I just love visiting your blogs and seeing all your lovely creations. I also see lots of goodies being used that I think I need on my wish list - the more blogs I visit, the longer my list grows!

Before I get on to today's challenge, I need to let you know the winners of challenge 144. There were, of course, three opportunities to win a prize.

The first winner:

Number 58: Holly G, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Holly. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com with your full name and address so I can arrange for you to receive your £10 worth of goodies from Crafty Poodles.

The second winner:

Number 16: Vicki, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Vicki. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so I can arrange for you to receive your $9 gift certifcate from Shelly's images.

The third winner:

Number 57: Pam Ramesh, who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Pam. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to receive your $20 voucher to spend in the Stamp and Create online store.

Now on to:
Challenge 145

For today's challenge I'd like you to take inspiration from this picture - use the colours or anything that the picture suggests to you - depicting some part of the nativity story perhaps

Loyd Fannin's Bethlehem Nativity water colour painting

The first sponsor is a very familiar one, Ooh la la Creations:


A randomly chosen winner will be able to choose a CD-rom of their choice - and there are so many wonderful ones to choose from.

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 Silhouette Stamps set: Christmas blessings:


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

For my card I've used paper and elements from a My Paper Stash Library kit, on to a shaped card that I won for a challenge recently. I had to cut the paper around the card shape, then sanded lightly and inked with copic BV17, running this along the top of the card as well. You can see more about it 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.inspired by the photo.

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 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 12 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 over 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

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