CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for November.

Welcome to a new CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra!

 

It's November already, so less than two months until Christmas...how many cards have you made so far?

 

This is my card for this month:

 

 

I chose Autumn Critter Stack from our sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps and papers from My Mind's Eye.

 

We can't wait to see your cards for this month challenge!

 

If you are interested, there is also a Design Team Call on the blog: you can read all about it here.

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge # 387: Let's Make a Start on Christmas

Crafting by Designs Challenge: Get Ready for Christmas

Crafty friends Challenge # 43: Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 42/43: Anything Goes

The Pencil Case Challenge # 31: Anything Goes



Pure Poetry.

Some weeks ago I was honoured to win the challenge at A Day for Daisies and I've recently chosen one stamp from their collection (it's pretty hard for me to choose, I love them all!).

The inspiration for my choice came from the challenge they were holding that week but my first attempt to create a card with the image failed miserably. I tried to color it with watercolor pencils, a water brush and a new Japanese watercolor paper but no, it was terrible.

Last week I tried with my Copics and the result... well, it's much better:

In the meantime, the challenge has changed and the theme is now Add Green.

With this lovely girl among the cutest animals (the digi stamp is called Snow Drop and you can find it in A Day for Daisies shop) it was easy to add some green. Papers are from the Miss Nelly paper pad (Kaisercrafts) and I find them just perfect.

I added tiny light blue dots around the image which seems to be disappeared in the photo!

Isn't this image pure poetry?

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

A Day for Daisies Challenge # 90: Add Green

Cute Card Thursday Challenge # 310: Springtime

Deep Ocean Challenge # 72: Just for a Girl

Fairies Challenge # 21: Spring

Allsorts Challenge Week 248: Spring is Coming

Stickers on a Card!

I was clearing a basket full of undefined stuff when I found some lovely stickers my daughter gave me for Christmas.

I immediately remembered that this week's challenge at Meljen's Design it's all about Stickers!

It was the perfect reason to make a card, enter a challenge and use my stickers!

This is the card:

Aren't these lilac glittered hearts lovely?

I used Teeny Mouse Hugs from Meljen's Designs shop and patterned papers from TPC.

I added a heart sticker on the inside, too

I forgot to tell my daughter, hope she'll be happy to see that I've used them for one of my craft projects!

This card is for the following challenges:

Meljen's Design Team Challenge # 193: A Sticky Situation
Moving Along with the Times Challenge: Girly Cards
Brown Sugar Challenge # 77: Anything Goes
Digitally Sweet Challenge # 71: Anything Goes
DRS Designs Challenge # 105: Love & Marriage
Through the Craftroom Door Challenge Jan. 21-27: Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 240 & Great News!

Happy New Year!

Today I'm pretty excited to share some news with you... I was chosen to be part of C.R.A.F.T. Challenge DT!

And this is my first card for the new challenge:

The theme is a super easy one to start with: Anything Goes!

Since I'm a newbie and I wanted to start with the first challenge of the New year, I didn't have time to choose an image from one of our sponsors but check here and see them all!

There's a total of four different sponsors, each with fabulous prizes!

You won't miss the opportunity to win one of them!

For my card I've used a stamp by Tina Wenke available at SP and Company: it is called Fall Hedgies Kissing and it was love at first sight for me!

I found the background papers a whle ago in a magazine and loved to add tiny rhinestones among the flowers in the upper part of the card!

Well, let's prepare your card and join us in the fun!

A DT Call and my Top 5 for 2013

What a great year for Christmas cards!

I started making cards for this Christmas back in January, entering a few challenges.

Then, I had the chance to be chosen in Christmas Card Challenges DT and made Christmas cards weekly. I often managed to make more than one copy and found myself in September with a good number of cards for my Etsy shop.

I also had to make copies of existing cards for my Customers and all this has made me very happy.

Now that Christmas is just around the corner I'd like to sit down and make a list of my favorite cards for 2013.

I also take this chance to enter a new DT call for C.R.A.F.T. Challenge where I've been gently invited by Trimgym.

So, here's my fav cards for 2013 (in no particular order):

Hope you like them as much as I do!

I'm already working on new cards for 2014 so stay tuned!

Pink & Black.

What do you think about Pink & Black together?

I LOVE it!

I've just finished a card (no, not a Christmas card...) with a black & pink scheme.

The inspiration came from Meljen's Designs Challenge: Black Out - Use black cardstock as your card base.

I've had the lovely Little Skunk digi from Meljen's Designs for a while and this was the perfect occasion to use it.

I made this card:

 I wanted the black cardstock to be visible and added some pink dots with acrylic paint. I used greys for the skunk so that the fur could be visible.

She''s so sweet!

This card is for the following challenges:

Meljen's Design Challenge # 187: Black Out

Challenges 4 Everybody # 34: Anything Goes

Christmas 2013 - Cards # 6 (and 7)

A while ago I was invited by Hazel to join Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra with the card I submitted to another challenge.

Delighted for the invitation, I decided to make a new Christmas card and, inspired by this week theme at the ABC Christmas Challenge, I made this card:

A few days before Christmas I discovered this stamp by Tina Wenke available from Stampavie and I struggled to find a seller who could send it to Italy without spending a fortune. It took a while to arrive but I love it and this was the perfect occasion to use it!

You know my love for carolers and these little critters make no exception!
I mounted them on a white card using cardstocks I found in a magazine and a lovely ribbon.

Oh... they are so cute!

This card is for the following Challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge: E for Eyes Down for a Game of Bingo (Not a Square-Pearls-Ribbon)
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge # 6: Use Patterned Papers

286 days to Christmas and two more cards are ready!
(Well, yes... I loved these critters so much that I made two copies!!!)