Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra Mid-Month Reminder

It's time for our mid-month reminder post on Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - our challenge is always 'anything goes' as long as it's Christmas.  The post from the beginning of the month with all the details is here and the mid-challenge inspiration post is here.

For my card I've used:

'Chilly With Robins' digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs

paper from Dovecraft and Trimcraft

snowflake punch

Promarkers

sentiment stamp from Uniko

Card Candi

Inspiration Post for Miss Daisy Stamps

Today I'm sharing a very clean and simple card I've made using one of the beautiful digis from Miss Daisy Stamps.

This one is called 'Wildflower Doodles 1' and you can find it here on the Miss Daisy website.

I've coloured the image with Promarkers, die cut it with a stitched circle die from Memory Box and layered it on to a coloured card die cut circle.  I've finished with with some gems and a peel off sentiment.

New Little Claire Challenge - Butterflies

We've got a new challenge today on the Little Claire Challenge Blog and this month our theme is 'butterflies' - you can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

The prize on offer to the lucky winner is:

For my card I've used:

'Dinkies Camellia' stamp from LC Designs

Promarkers

Floating Butterflies paper pack from LC Designs

Memory Box butterfly die

LC Designs frame

New Pink Gem Challenge - Flowers

A new challenge has started today on the Pink Gem Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'flowers'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

The prize on offer for the winner is: 

2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits OR one of each 
(no sets or sentiment sets) 

of the winners choice from PINKGEM DESIGNS.....

For my card I've used:

'Snowdrops' digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs

paper and pearls from Craft Creations

Promarkers

stitched circle dies from Memory Box

New Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge - Congratulations: Wedding, Anniversary Etc

We've got a new challenge today on the Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge Blog and this time our challenge is to make a 'congratulations card' - it could be for a wedding, anniversary, graduation etc.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

I've used one of the stamps from a Penny Black set called 'Love Bears'.  I stamped the image with one of the sentiments underneath and coloured it with Promarkers.  I then die cut this using a stitched circle die from Memory Box.

I've used a doily underneath the image panel, some paper from a Prima pad and pearls and tiny punched hearts to finish the card.

New Winter Wonderland Challenge - Snowmen

 

The theme for our new challenge today on the Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog is 'snowmen' - you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

 

Our sponsors this week are:

 

 

and

 

For my card I've used:

 

'Joy of Christmas' digi stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs

paper and pearls from Craft Creations

stitched circle dies from Memory Box

Promarkers

sentiment from LC Designs

New Alphabet Challenge - F is for Furry Friends

 

Our new challenge on the Alphabet Challenge Blog today is 'f is for furry friends' - you can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

 

For my card I've used one of the designs from the Irresistible Images pack from LC Designs called 'Cute Bears' - you can find it here on their website.  The images all come cut into a square but because there was quite a lot of white round this one, there was enough room to die cut it into a circle.

 

I've then matted it on to a red circle and on to red gingham card to match the bear's apron - the card is from Payper Box.  I've used some ribbon, stamped sentiments from LC Designs and a flower punch to finish the card.

New Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - Tea for Two

 

A new challenge started yesterday on the Cardz 4 Galz Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'tea for two'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

 

For my card I've used an Elisabeth Bell topper sheet called 'Strawberry Tea'.  The gingham card I've used is from Payper Box and I've also used some red gems, ribbon from my stash and two paper punches to make the little flower.  The stamped sentiment is from LC Designs.

New Cute Card Thursday Challenge - More Than One Fold

 

The theme for our new challenge this week at Cute Card Thursday is 'more than one fold'.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog. 

Our wonderful sponsor this week is:

This is my card closed:

and here's a close up of the digi I've used:

I've used 'Smile It's Your Birthday' from All Dressed Up here and paper from Trimcraft.

GDT Card for Hanna and Friends Challenge - Stitches

This is my GDT card for the new challenge on the Hanna and Friends Challenge Blog.  The theme this week is 'stitches' and you can find all the details on the challenge blog here.

I've used the 'Sending Hedgehugs' stamps and matching dies from Lawn Fawn and created my faux stitching with a black fineliner.

The gems and papers are from Craft Creations.

New from Imagine That Digis by Kris - Leesa's Swing

 

Kris from Imagine That Digis by Kris has come up with another collection of great new release digi stamps and they've been showcased today on the inspiration blog.

 

I've made a card using the very cute 'Leesa's Swing'.  This is what you get in the set:

 

The set is available here on the website.

 

If you have a look at the inspiration blog here you can see the rest of the new release digi stamp sets and there are also chances to win the new designs.

New Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

 

It's another 'anything goes' challenge this week on the Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

 

Our sponsors are:

 

 

and

 

For my card I've used:

 

'Stanley Heart Balloons' digi stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs

paper from Craft Creations

stitched circle dies from Memory Box

Promarkers

 

I'd like to enter my card in this week's challenge on the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog.

 

New Fab'n'Funky Challenge - For a Child

 

The theme for our new challenge this week on the Fab'n'Funky Challenge Blog is 'for a child' - all the details about the challenge are here on the challenge blog.

 

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful:

 

 

For my card I've used:

 

'Kid Pocket Topper - Long Hair Girl' digi stamp from Bugaboo

papers from Dovecraft and Forever Friends

sentiment stamp from LC Designs

stitched circle dies from Memory Box

gems from Do Craft

New Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Use a Transparent Element

 

Our new challenge this week on the Ruby's Rainbow Challenge Blog is to use a 'transparent element'.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

 

I'm sharing one of the projects I made at a workshop last weekend with Visible Image stamps.  The projects we made were something completely different for me but I ended up loving them!

 

This project was made using one of Visible Image's MDF monoliths.  We attached a piece of card to the front and back and using gilding wax around the edges and on the base.   We used Distress Ink on the card and then overstamped with the sentiment from the 'Live in the Moment' stamp set.

 

The dragon fly from the same set was stamped on acetate and then coloured with alcohol markers - it is attached on to the monolith using gel glue.  Finally we stamped the sentiment again on the panel at the moment of the monolith.

New Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge - Dig It!

The theme for our new challenge this week on the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge Blog is 'dig it!' - you can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

 

For my card I've used:

 

'Daddy's Little Helper' digi stamp from All Dressed Up

papers and gems from Craft Creations

stitched circle die from Crafts Too

Promarkers

New Julia Spiri Challenge - Anything Goes With a Twist: Unusual Hair

We've got a new challenge today on the Julia Spiri Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'anything goes' with a twist of 'unusual hair'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

 

The winner will receive 2 images but if the random winner has used a Julia Spiri image you will get 4 images and a possible GDT spot for a future challenge.

 

Usually all the characters I colour in have brown hair so this was definitely something new for me!  I decided on blue hair with three different shades of Promarkers and I ended up being quite pleased with the result!

 

For my card I've used:

 

'Shopping' digi stamp from Julia Spiri

paper from Craft Creations and Trim Craft

stitched circle die from Memory Box

scalloped circle die from Spellbinders

Promarkers


CRAFT Challenge Birthday Celebration!

 

Happy Birthday To Us

Happy Birthday To Us

Happy Birthday Dear CRAFT Challenge

Happy Birthday To Us!

Can you believe it? CRAFT Challenge is already 7 years old. Originally started by Tracy from Just Tracy Crafts and with a DT mostly recruited from Trimcraft forum members (Hence the term CRAFT Challenge, which stood for Crafters Residing Are Friendly Trimmies. Or if you wished alternative meaning of Can't Remember A Flipping Thing) on the 4^th of May 2009.

We have now grown to be a large team of Design Team Members from all around the world, supplemented with lots of Guest Designers who join us for a month at a time.

We have always welcomed all kinds of craft, not just paper craft (unless specifically stated so in the challenge at the time) and are happy to have such a large group of faithful followers.

So, how are we going to celebrate this milestone?

Well, how else can we celebrate than to have our yearly Blogaversary Blog Hop?

We all feature one of our sponsors for this blog hop on our blogs and I have the honour of featuring and offering a prize from the following sponsor. You can win this prize by adding your name to Inlinkz at the end of this post. I would love to see your comments as well.

The sponsor on my blog is A Day for Daisies

A Day For Daisies provides themed categories of over 1000 digital illustrations, including fairy tales and magical mermaids, cutie kids, vintage illustrations, sentiments and lovely designs for all occasions!

ADFD WEBSITE: www.adayfordaisies.com

ADFD BLOG: http://adayfordaisies.blogspot.com

ADFD FACE BOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Day-For Daisies/142905905744876?ref=ts

ADFD ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/adayfordaisies

Win the prize of a $12 certificate for A Day for Daisies  by adding your name to the Inlinkz at the end of this post.

How can you get to win any of the prizes provided by our sponsors?

That is easy! Just follow the route on our blog hop (you can also find that in our side banner), Our Blog Hop lasts for the duration of this challenge, which means a closing time of Wednesday 6pm GMT on the 20^th of May 2015.

And here are our little rules for this challenge/blog hop:

What can you win on our challenge blog?

The winner of the winning sentence wins the special pack by Trimgym's Digital Stamps and Images.

You should have come here from Brenda's blog and as you can see your next stop is Jean's blog. The start and finish of this blog hop are at CRAFT Challenge Blog.

And here is my project for this week, hope you like it. I have used 'Vintage School Girl Three' from A Day for Daisies - you can find her here on their website.

And now for our Blog Hop route:

CRAFT Challenge Blog (you are here at the start of the hop)

Aunty Sue

Brenda

Helen

Jean

Khristina

Lisa

Maggie

Marlene

Myrna

Rosina

Sheryl

Susan

CRAFT Challenge Blog (you are here at the end of the hop)

And here is the word to be collected on this blog:

Your next stop is Jean's blog. Enjoy the rest of your hop! Don't forget to add your name to Inlinkz below to be in with a chance of winning the prize on my blog.

Looking Good!

 

Today I'm sharing a card I've made using a digi stamp called 'Looking Good' from All Dressed Up - you can find it here in their Etsy shop.

 

I've coloured the image with Promarkers and then matted it on to black paper from Craft Creations and some patterned paper from Poundland.  

 

I've finished it with gems, also from Craft Creations.

 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

 

4 Crafty Chicks - 'sassy woman'

New Cutie Pie Challenge - Escape to the Country

 

We've got a new challenge today on the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and this month our theme is 'escape to the country'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

 

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is:

 

 

For my card I've used:

 

'Country Mouse Couple' digi stamp from All Dressed Up

gingham card from Payper Box

card and paper from Craft Creations

Promarkers

Card Candi

New Crafting from the Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

 

We've got a new challenge today on the Crafting from the Heart Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an 'anything goes' challenge.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

 

Our sponsor this week is:

 

 

For my card I've used:

 

'Arden' digi stamp from Nikki Burnette

papers and gems from Craft Creations

doily from Dovecraft

Promarkers

stitched circle die from Memory Box

photo corner die 

New Glory of Christmas Challenge - Christmas Stockings

We've got a new challenge today on the Glory of Christmas Challenge and this time our theme is 'Christmas stockings' - you can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used:

'Christmas Kitty Stocking' digi stamp from Lemon Shortbread

papers from my stash

Promarkers

stitched circle die from Memory Box

snowflake punch

green gems from JD Crafts

The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog #415 - Birthday Card For a Young Girl

There's a new challenge today on the Robyn's Fetish Challenge blog and this week we want to see a 'birthday card for a young girl.'  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor this week is:

Creative Hands are offering a prize of 1 set of the winner's choice from the Creative Hands store.

For my card I've used the 'Birthday Bundle' from the Creative Hands store here.

They also have a Facebook group here and a challenge blog here

New Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog - Flower Power

The theme for our new challenge today on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog is 'flower power'.  You can find more details and inspiration here.

I've made a very simple care using the 'Dinkies Flowerhead' stamp from LC Designs - it's available here on their website.

First of all I scored the white card to look like tiles (thanks to my friend Sylvia for the idea!) and then stamped the flower in three different colours.  I stamped three more flower heads, coloured with Promarkers and cut them out.  They were attached using foam pads and I finished off with some black gems and a sentiment from LC Designs here.

New Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things With Wings

We've got a new challenge today on the Crafty Calendar Challenge Blog and this month we want to see 'things with wings'.  You can find all the details on the challenge blog here.

Our sponsors for this challenge are:

 and

For my card I've used:

'Butterfly on a Toadstool' digi stamp from Angie's Cards and Digis

paper from Payper Box

stitched circle die from Memory Box

sentiment from LC Designs