Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Winner for CHNC challenge extra for September 2015


Thank you for another month of fabulous festive entries.

Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and this is the result of using random.org:


Number 112:, Marie Bingaman,
who shared this lovely card:


Congratulations, Marie. Please email me at craftyhazelnut@gmail.com so I can arrange for you to claim your $21 of digital stamps from Bugaboo Stamps.

October 2015'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

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

CHNC challenge extra for September mid-month inspiration


Here we are already half way through September and there are already signs of Christmas around us (too early in the shops, I think).. But it's time here for some mid-month inspiration from the team. We would love you to join in our September challenge here.


Fiona



Hazel



Helen



Lisbeth



Lorraine






Please visit the team members' blogs and read about their creations. And we would love you to join in this month's challenge - all you need to do is make a Christmas creation - anything goes as long as it's Christmas! Please click here to find out more about the challenge and to enter your creations or just scroll down.

Tuesday, 1 September 2015

CHNC Challenge extra for September 2015


This is another month's opportunity to get on with those Christmas creations and share them here. I always think that September is about the time that most crafters wake up to the fact that they need to start on their Christmas designs if they haven't done so already. I know that many of you having been making Christmas cards, etc throughout the year and will be glad about that as we get towards December (which, I find hard to believe, isn't that far off!)

Please click here to see the winner of CHNC challenge extra for August 2015.
It's worth looking because it might be you!

This challenge will last for the whole month of September 2015 - anything goes as long as it's Christmas - it doesn't have to be a card, you can link any project as long as it's Christmas!

Once again this year, 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


Design inspiration from the team

All digital stamps used were kindly supplied by our sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps

Sadly, Rocky has had to withdraw from the DT - we wish her well and Renate is on a break. We are missing Margaret, who has been going through a difficult time - we hope you will soon be well enough to join us again, Margaret.

We are so glad that Brenda has recovered enough to be back with us.
You may add any Christmas creation for this challenge -
it's 'anything goes' every month, as long as it's Christmas

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 2015.

Weekly challenges continue on my CHNC challenge blog - these usually have a theme - but anything 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 what you come up with for this challenge - please add a link to your blog post (not your blog, but the actual URLwhere your card can be found) by 20:00 UK time 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 31 August.  October's challenge will begin at midnight UK time on 1 October 2015.

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 beginning of last year I started a challenge blog called Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - anything goes as long as you use patterned paper - a randomly chosen prize winner every month. Please click on the link to find out more. If you have used patterned paper for your Christmas creation, why not enter it there too. And please be aware that the Patterned Paper Challenge is not restricted to Christmas - it is for any occasions.