Once again you came up trumps with so many wonderful entries for March - thank you so much for your support. And a big THANK YOU to Mel for being my guest for March.I hope there will be others join us in April - can you believe that it's April already?!
And a big APOLOGY that this post is late ... I could say it was an April Fool that it was absent ... but the actual truth is that I forgot about it! Thanks to a faithful follower for alerting me!
Unfortunately, there can only be one winner of the $21 of digital stamps from my generous sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps. Using random.org the winner is:
Number 115: Liz (Granny Creations) with this lovely card
Congratulations, Liz. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to claim your prize.
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!
Every month I will be joined by a Guest Designer and for March I am pleased to welcome Mel:
Hello my name is Mel(anie). I'm a 32 year old mum to 5 girls from the beautiful north of germany.Married to the love of my life who is actually from the Uk and who I could inspire of being creative himself as well .
I have been creative all my life. Been trying all sorts of things...silk painting, candle making, painting, woodcarving, polymer clay , sewing and of course my biggest love PAPERCRAFTS. I love my stamps and trying new techniques but spare time is rare as I not only have a big family but aswell my own business.
But still...letting my self go in creativity is my way of relaxing and sometimes I craft through the night and forget to sleep.
I feel very honoured to be Hazels Guest Designer for march and hope you like what I have created for you.
Mel has produced four cards using images that were kindly supplied by Bugaboo - this first card uses 'JJ Christmas cheers':
For her second card, Mel has used 'make it snappy reindeer trio':
The third card depicts the delightful 'winter birds skate':
And for the fourth card Mel has used 'sassy gal Christmas':
For my first card I've used the Bugaboo image 'skates' to make a CAS card - more details on My Crafty Outlook here.
Thought it was about time to share some of my other Christmas cards I've made since then (meant to add them much earlier):
And these are my cards for CHNC challenge 118 - would love to see you there as well.
You may add any Christmas card to this challenge
it's 'anything goes' every month
There really aren't any rules as such - just have a look at what I've written on the right hand sidebar and join in! You may link as many entries as you like as long as they weren't blogged before 1 March 2013.
Weekly challenges will continue on my CHNC challenge blog - these usually have a theme - but any card that you enter there can be entered here as well, so you increase your chance of winning a prize.
And, of course, you can chat about this monthly challenge extra blog on the CHNC facebook page as well - if you haven't joined that yet, please follow the link and 'like' the page.
I look forward to seeing all your Christmas cards - the more you make now the easier life will be when it gets towards November and December - it makes sense! 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 20:00 UK time Sunday 31 March.Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation. The winner will be announced at 23:00 UK time on 31 March. April's challenge will begin at midnight on 1 April.
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.
At the start of every month (from January 2013) I will create a post with a linky for you to enter any Christmas cards that you make - the theme will always be 'anything goes' - you can use any materials, any techniques etc as long as the end result is a Christmas card.
Challenges will end at 22:00 UK time on the last day of the month.
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.
Thanks to the generosity of Bugaboo Stamps there is a prize every month for a randomly-chosen winner.
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 on the last day of the month.
Please mention my blog and create a link within the post for your creation.
If you haven't done so already, please become a follower and grab my bright pink button to post on your side bar and help spread the word about this Christmas challenge extra blog - thank you.
