Winner of CHNC challenge extra for September

Wow! What a lot of entries for September. I so enjoy seeing all the creativity and talent. It's been great to see new people coming on board as well as those who've been supporting the challenges since January. Thank you to everyone who entered the September challenge.

Unfortunately, there can only be one winner of the $21 of digital stamps from my generous sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps. Using random the winner is:

Number 280: Wicked witch (Anne), who shared 5 cards for entry 280 - I've chosen this lovely one to show now::

Congratulations, Anne. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to claim your prize.

October's challenge is here

I look forward to seeing your entries

And, once again, there will be a prize of $21 of digital stamps from Bugaboo Stamps

for the randomly chosen winner

CHNC challenge extra for September

Please click here to see the winner of CHNC challenge extra for August.

This challenge will last for the whole month of September - anything goes as long as it's Christmas

All of these monthly challenges are being generously sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps - a winner will be randomly chosen using random.

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. 

Every month I will be joined by a Guest Designer and for September I am pleased to welcome Carol.

Carol writes:

'Married with three children I was lucky to retire almost three years ago. I've crafted since I was very small - I learned to knit before I started school and have dabbled in lots of crafts over the years finally finding card making about nine years ago. I started blogging just over two years ago and enjoy taking part in all the challenges around, particularly the Christmas ones as Christmas cards are my favourite ones to make.

I'm lucky to have been invited to design for several challenges over the last two years and am delighted to Guest Design here at CHNC extra this month, thank you Hazel for inviting me...it also means I get to use a fabulous image from our sponsor Bugaboo and I've chosen to useChristmas SB Candycane.'

So this is Carol's card - you can read more about it here on her blog:

Thank you, Carol, for being my guest for this month. Please go over  to Carol's blog and leave her some comments.

I've made five cards all the same featuring 'raggedy angel - lay on star' kindly supplied by Bugaboo Stamps - you can read about these here on My Crafty Outlook.

These cards were for CCAYR September Challenge: Christmas fairy - please click the link and join in:

This is the card I made for CHNC challenge 140: let's get inky and/or painty - the challenge is now closed - more info about the card here:

This is my card for CHNC challenge 141: layer it up - this is now closed. You can read more about my card here:

And a monochrome card here:

And this card is for The Glory of Christmas 15: anything goes (that challenge is now closed - the present challenge is 'monochrome'). More details about the card here:

This is for CHNC challenge 142: cut it out (closed now) you can read more about it here on My Crafty Outlook:

This is for CHNC challenge 144: use three main colours - more informaton here:

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 September 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.

The more Christmas cards 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 Monday 30 September.  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 30 September.  October's challenge will begin at midnight on 1 October.

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.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

Winner of CHNC challenge extra for August

You've certainly all been busy making your Christmas cards ... and good job too because it's now September, which means we're getting closer to the season when we have to step up a notch to get everything done for Christmas. Thank you to everyone who entered the August challenge.

Unfortunately, there can only be one winner of the $21 of digital stamps from my generous sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps. Using random the winner is:

Number 197: Pauline, with this lovely card:

Congratulations, Pauline. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to claim your prize.

September's challenge is here

I look forward to seeing your entries

And, once again, there will be a prize of $21 of digital stamps from Bugaboo Stamps

for the randomly chosen winner

CHNC challenge extra for August

Please click here to see the winner of CHNC challenge extra for July.

This challenge will last for the whole month of August - anything goes as long as it's Christmas


All of these monthly challenges are being generously sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps - a winner will be randomly chosen using random.

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. 

Every month I will be joined by a Guest Designer and for August I am pleased to welcome Sylvie.

Sylvie writes:

'Hello, my name is Sylvie. I am retired and loving it ... I can craft all day. I live in Gibraltar with my partner, Roy. our little apartment is overlooking the beach ... so I could not ask for anything more. I have crafted nearly all my life: knitting, cross stitching and now card making for the last 8 years. I am addicted to blogging, looking at other crafters' blogs, where I have gained so much inspiration. I love and I am addicted to buying crafty stash. I am so thrilled and excited to be asked by Hazel to be GD for August for CHNC challenge extra.'

Please go over  to Sylvie's blog and leave her some comments.

For her first card, Sylvie used 'Christmas rocking horse' kindly supplied by Bugaboo Stamps - you can read more about it here on her blog:

and for her second card, Sylvie used Bugaboo Stamps 'Christmas cupcake mistletoe' - read more about it here:

Another lovely card by Sylvie that you can read about here on her blog:

For my card I used three digital images supplied by Bugaboo Stamps: wiseman 1, 2 and 3, combining them to create one image - you can read about this here on My Crafty Outlook and see the sketch challenge that I used.

These cards were for CCAYR August challenge: Christmas extravaganza 'fussy and fancy' - please click the link and join in:

I added this tag card here:

These are the cards I made for CHNC challenge 136 - closed now - more info about the cards here and here:

And this card is for The Glory of Christmas 13 where there is a sketch to follow - would love to see you there. More details about the card here:

And these are for my CHNC challenge 137 picture inspiration -- closed now - you can read about them here and here:

These are for CHNC challenge 138: no sentiment - closed now - more details of the cards here and here:

And this is my 'cute' card for CHNC challenge 139 - closed now - you can read more about the card here:

This is my card for the latest CHNC challenge 140: let's get inky and/or painty - open until 22:00 UK time Friday 6 September - you can read more about it here:

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 August 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.

The more Christmas cards 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 Saturday 31 August.  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 August.  September's challenge will begin at midnight on 1 September.

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 am now on the design team for The Glory of Christmas - if you make any Christmas cards that are right for the current theme, we'd love to see them there.

I'm also on the design team at Christmas cards all year round where the August challenge is 'extravagant Christmas' - make it fussy and fancy - so if you have any appropriate cards, it would be great to see them there too.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries

Winner of CHNC challenge extra for July

Wow!! You are certainly rocking the Christmas cards - so many entries during July ... and good to see new crafters coming on board as well as lots of 'regulars', some making many cards during the month - great way to avoid the panic that can happen at the end of the year.

Unfortunately, there can only be one winner of the $21 of digital stamps from my generous sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps. Using random the winner is:

Number 88: Karasiowa, with this lovely card:

Congratulations, Karasiowa. Please email me at hazelharris@ntlworld.com so that I can arrange for you to claim your prize.

August's challenge is here

I look forward to seeing your entries

And, once again, there will be a prize of $21 of digital stamps from Bugaboo Stamps

for the randomly chosen winner

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CHNC challenge extra for July

Please click here to see the winner of CHNC challenge extra for June.

This challenge will last for the whole month of July - anything goes as long as it's Christmas.

Thank you for all those who volunteered to be considered as a Guest Designer for a future challenge. I am allocating slots on a 'first come, first served' basis - if I haven't got in touch with you yet, I will do soon.

All of these monthly challenges are being generously sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps - a winner will be randomly chosen using random.
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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. 

Every month I will be joined by a Guest Designer and for July I am pleased to welcome Deanne.

Deanne writes:

'My name is Deanne Clarke-Saunders. My hubby and I live is St. John’s Newfoundland Canada. I’m an elementary teacher but currently not working. I have always enjoyed playing with paper, scissors, glue, and ESPECIALLY crayons and pencil crayons, ever since I’ve been a small child. I just couldn’t stop playing, so I continued by scrapbooking and card-making! I love it!!! My hubby calls me a paper hoarder. He just MAY be right, but I’d never tell him that!!! A man doesn’t need to know he’s right!!! haha!'
For this card Deanne used 'Snow friends window' digital image kindly supplied by Bugaboo Stamps - you can read more about this on Deanne's blog here:

And here is my first card for July, using the 'Nativity, Mary and Joseph' image kindly supplied by Bugaboo Stamps - you can read more about this on My Crafty Outlook here:

And this is the card that I made for my CHNC challenge 132 - you can read more about the card here on My Crafty Outlook:

These two cards are for CHNC challenge 133: trees, please - more about them here on My Crafty Outlook (this challenge is now closed):

And this is a pink Christmas card that you can read about here:

I've recently had the privilege of joining the team at Christmas Cards All Year Round and the theme for this month is 'all about Santa', so, if you make any cards that fit the challenge it would be good to see them there.
You can see my Santa cards here and here.

These cards are for my CHNC challenge 134: stitching- you can read more about them here and here - the challenge is open until 22:00 UK time Friday 26 July - so, if you make any cards with stitching, faux or real, please add them here:

And this card is for The Glory of Christmas 12: sweets - you can read about it on My Crafty Outlook here. I have recently joined the design team at The Glory of Christmas and would love to see your 'sweet' cards there:

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 July 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.

The more Christmas cards you make now the easier life will be when it gets towards November and December - it makes sense! And now we are nearer to Christmas 2013 than looking back to Christmas 2012.

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 Wednesday 31 July.  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 July.  August's challenge will begin at midnight on 1 August.

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 am now on the design team for The Glory of Christmas - if you make any Christmas cards that feature something sweet, it would be lovely to see them for The Glory of Christmas 12: candy/sweets.

I'm also on the design team at Christmas cards all year round where the July challenge is 'all about Santa' - so if you have any appropriate cards, it would be great to see them there too.

Thank you for your support

I look forward to seeing your entries