Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 489 - Include a Tree or Two or More

This week at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge, we are looking for cards with trees! I decided to make some more watercoloured tree backgrounds and trees. I used various tree stamps and dies from Tim Holtz, Penny Black, Stampin' Up, Impression Obsession and Dee's Distinctively Dies.

I used Distress Ink sprays and ink pads as the watercolour media, watercolour and Neenah Solar white card stock/paper. The snow hills are hand-cut. I tried using multiple colours for a blended effect, and the smooshing technique. All around I simply had fun.

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Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 488 - Include a Bell or Bells

For this week's challenge, the Design Team at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge is looking for Bells. I made a card using the SVG Nativity Bundle from My Scrap Chick. I cut the images out using my Cricut Explore Air. I ink the paper edges and added 2 jingle bells to the face facing sheep. The card stock is from my stash. This is the 3rd card of the series I made for my grandchildren. The card is 8.5 x 11 and I printed the Christmas story suitable for 5-7-year-olds for the inside. I have included all three cards below. Note: the manger and wise men were posted in earlier CHCC.

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Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge May 2020

For this month I am thinking spring at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge. I am using a new SVG project called Garden Tote (1 of  3 pieces from The Dreaming Tree's Garden Goodies). I made the tote using patterned papers from my stash and inked the edges with Distress Inks. I am holding a "Garden Party Bar-B-Q" in the spring for a dear friend and we are all going to set up her garden for Spring/Summer flowers. With the tote, we have included a pair of garden gloves and seeds. We also got her a perfect garden chair to join the outdoors in. I used my Cricut Explore Air to cut the SVG files.

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Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 487 - For a Child

This week the Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge is looking for a card suitable for a child. This is the second card I specifically designed for my grandchildren. (see the 1st card at 28 March 2020 CHNC 483, and watch for the 3rd card coming soon). I used the Manger Scene SVG from the Nativity Bundle from My Scrap Chick. I cut the images out using my Cricut Explore Air. I inked the paper edges. This card is 8.5" x 11" and I printed a copy of the Christmas story inside. The figures can be removed so the kids can rearrange the scene.

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Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 486 -Include a House or Other Building

For this week's Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge, the design team is looking for a card with a house of other buildings.  I decided to make a very CAS card using an older embossing folder from my stash. I made it in both silver and white. I added a silver bow and a sentiment from Penny Black. 

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Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 485 - Snowman or Woman or Family

This week the Crafty's Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Design Team is looking for a project featuring a snowman, snowwoman or snow family. In the spirit of Good Cheer, I used a sweet snowman SVG by My Scrap Chick called Snowman Bottle Tag. I cut out the project using my Cricut Explore. I also embossed the scarf and hat ribbon, plus inked the snowman edges. While the design is a bottle tag, you could easily make this into a card as well.

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 484 - Funny

The Design Team from Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Card Challenge is looking for a FUNny Christmas Card Challenge. Children really enjoy interactive cards so I created a slider card where you can see Santa's legs/body move up and down the chimney. For this card, I used an SVG cut file from My Scrap Chick called CG - Fireplace Slider Card. I cut the pieces out using my Cricut Explore. I also inked the edges of the piece using Distress Inks. The card stock is all from my paper hoard. *Added note: For this card, you use a penny to make the slider, but in Canada, we discontinued pennies in 2012. I looked in an awful lot of places to find an elusive penny. 

I look forward to seeing your entries!