Challenge 24 ... Father Christmas

Did you know it's only 182 sleeps until 

"Shhhhh ... You Know Who" comes to visit?"

UN-BE-LIEVABLE!

That makes us doubly glad we started our Bah! Humbug! Challenges in January because it's meant we've had the option of applying plenty of T.L.C. to the hand crafted luvverlies intended for those special people in our lives, rather than having to settle for a Bish ... Bash ... Bosh creation.  

Not that there's anything wrong with Bish ... Bash ... Bosh if that's what you like to do of course.

Talking of "Shhhhh ... You Know Who ..." brings us nicely into this week's challenge which is to create something involving

Father Christmas/Santa

You may indulge in whatever you choose when deciding how to portray the Great Man Himself.
If you lean towards a traditional, full robed vintage version with a flowing beard and lots of embellishments then that would be wonderful but if you prefer a more modern, quirky, cheeky-faced kind've chap to grace your cards, then go ahead.  We are always delighted to see the huge variation in styles of creation each week and we learn so much from our participants.  You are such a talented bunch.
Sadly this is the last week for our Guest Designer Claire.  Every week Claire has stunned us with her talent and this week is no exception.  Check out her vintage Father Christmas card.  It's just awesome.
Thank you for all you have done Claire and I hope you'll continue to join in our challenges so that we can continue to admire your Christmas creations.

Claire

 Irene

Max

Ann 

Card and matching gift tag.

The deadline for this challenge is

12 noon (UK time)

Thursday 1st July 2010

You are free to create whatever you like ... it doesn't have to be a card ... in fact, show us as many different projects as you want to share.

Just remember ... have fun and don't forget to leave us a direct link to your project in our comment box so we can come and admire your creativity. 
If you don't know how to leave a direct link then don't worry we will find you.  
We prefer everyone to leave comments rather than have a Linky gadget on our challenge.  It's so much nicer to get to know people and become friends as the weeks go by.

Ann, Irene, Max

xxx

Cover your ears...

There will screams of delight/shock all over the place today, because it's...

Spot Prize Time

This week the lucky crafter's name pulled out of Santa' hat is ...

Are you ready for this?

Are you as excited as me?

Okay, get ready to scream because the lucky lady is...

Ann Whitfield

from

Spirit of Creativity

Wow well done Ann - I believe your name has been pulled out before so maybe this would be a good time to rush out and buy a lottery ticket as you never know maybe good things come do come in threes.
Hmmm, if you do pick a winning ticket I hope you'll remember your buddies here at Bah! Humbug!

To everyone else don't despair there are many more surprises to come in future weeks.

Just to clarify our spot prizes are awarded on a randomly selected basis from the loyal entrants to our challenges. We couldn't possibly choose a winner by picking out the best cards. Way toooo difficult as they are all so good!

Don't miss our latest challenge 'A Child's Christmas' which can be found here.

Ann, Irene, Max

Challenge 23... A Child's Christmas...

What an amazing selection of cards we saw here at Bah! Humbug! last week.  I know it's been said before, but wow sometimes we just can't believe the amount of talent out there.  Our theme 'Anything Goes' certainly brought out the creativity in you all and it was fabulous to see everyone combining other challenges too.  Thank you all so much for sharing your work.

Now on to this week's challenge.  We hope the groans will be kiddy sized ones, because this week we want you to think of the tiny tots in your lives.  Little boys - little girls and maybe even babies.  Our theme is..

'A Child's Christmas'

What can you create for the young ones?  It doesn't have to be a card.  You could make a game, a toy or maybe even get the ever popular Advent Calender ready to begin on the 1st of December.  Whatever you decide, do share with us at Bah! Humbug!   First though take a look at what the team have come up this week including Claire, our amazing guest designer for the month.  Isn't she just amazing?

Claire

Irene

Irene

Ann

Max

Remember the deadline for this challenge is

12 noon (UK time)

Thursday 24th June 2010

You are free to create whatever you like ... it doesn't have to be a card ... in fact, show us as many different projects as you want to share.

Just remember ... have fun and don't forget to leave us a direct link to your project in our comment box so we can come and admire your creativity.

Ann, Irene, Max

xxx

Challenge 22... Anything goes...

A round of applause to all who braved the 'Battle of the Acetate' and joined in with our challenge last week.  Whilst the number of entries was slightly down from previous weeks ... possibly because of half term holidays ... it has to be said that the standard of work is definitely not showing any signs of diminishing and we were treated to some fabulous eye-candy.  Thank you all so much for sharing your amazing creativity with us.
Now we need to let you know who was the random winner of our June Prize Draw for the fabulous  
A4 Papermania Signature Linen Paper pack.
Cover your ears 'cos she is going to squeal with delight and will probably break the sound barrier when she sees her name ..... IT'S .....

***Donna at Popsicle Toes***

 WhooHoo!  Congratulations Donna.  

Have fun with that pack of luvverly lush Christmas papers.  Please e-mail your address details to Irene at irene.cards@yahoo.com within the next 4 days and she will arrange for your prize to be sent out to you.

OK ... I think it's safe to take your fingers out of your ears now and time to move on to our 2nd challenge of this month.  As the 'Bah! Humbuggers!' are feeling particularly generous this week, we thought we would give YOU the choice of what to do ... yeah honestly! ... so our theme is 

ANYTHING GOES

Below are the projects that the DT have to share and we are very lucky to be joined again by our Special Guest Designer Claire from Claire's Crafty Creations with another fantastic project.  Please click on the linked names for all the details and if you'd like to leave a message, that would be wonderful.  

Claire 

Irene

Ann

Max

The deadline for this challenge is

12 noon (UK time)

Thursday 17th June 2010

We are really excited at the thought of all the gorgeous goodies you are going to share with us over the next week, especially given the awesome results we have seen up to now.  Whatever you decide to make, we know it is going to be a treat and a half when we hit your blogs for a looksee.    
You are free to create whatever you like ... it doesn't have to be a card ... in fact, show us as many different projects as you want to share.

Just remember ... have fun and don't forget to leave us a direct link to your project in our comment box so we can come and admire your creativity.

Ann, Irene, Max

xxx

And the winner is...

Annie 

Congratulations Annie.  Please could you email us your address and I will get the stamp (and maybe a few little surprise extras) sent off to you at the weekend.

Thanks to everyone else who joined in.  Sorry to say that it's still raining here, but hey we tried!  

There is still time to join in with our acetate challenge (but only just) here and of  course tomorrow sees the start of a brand new challenge, which I'm sure everyone will love.  After all the stress we put you all through with the acetate this week we thought maybe it was time for something super easy!

Rainy Days...

... are so boring!  So let's try work together to get the sun shining here in England again. 

During my huge clearout session at the weekend I found a pretty useful sentiment stamp on EZ foam - twice!!!  

So that means I have a spare if anyone would like it!

The sentiment is ...

'A Very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year' in swirly writing - very useful for both front and inside of cards.

If you would like this posting on to you please leave a comment saying 'Rain, rain go away' in the comments box.  You never know the collective effort might just work.

I'll put all the names in a hat first thing tomorrow morning and announce a winner shortly after.

If you are searching for our current challenge please click HERE .

Challenge 21 - Acetate...

It's all happening here at Bah! Humbug!

New Month

... New Weekly Challenge ...

... PLUS ...

New Monthly Prize Draw ...

... PLUS ...

... the added bonus of our New Guest Designer ...

Claire - Claire's Crafty Creations

Welcome Claire and thank you for joining us this month

xxx

PHEW!! ... How much excitement can you stand?

We would like to thank all those who continue to support our Bah! Humbug! Challenges, especially now that the weather is improving ... (albeit only slightly improving North of the border) ... and Santa-time is probably the last thing on your mind.
The combination of sunshine and Christmas may seem a teeny weeny bit odd, especially to your non-crafty friends, BUT keep remembering that perseverence pays and come December you will be feeling soooooooo smug because you continued to 'Think Christmas' even while the sun shone and have a boxful of Christmas Delights to show for it AND

... all those people who thought you were nuts
...whahahahahahaha
... they'll only have a faded suntan!
SO Keep at it!

The first new challenge of a new month always signals a prize here at Bah! Humbug! and just look at what's up for grabs this time.

Hands up who'd like to have this in their stash?

Yeah ... thought so.

Well in order to be in with a chance of snagging this gorgeous paper pack, you need to think ...

'Acetate'

This week we are looking for you to use acetate in your projects.

Some suggestions include ...

Aperture cards

Shaker cards

Acetate wraps

Acetate and Stamping

Acetate and Peel Offs

Stained Glass Effects

If you want to see what the Design Team have been up to ... including our fabulous June Guest Designer Claire ... then click the links for the details and if you've got time to leave a message then we would love to hear from you.

Claire

Irene


Ann

Max

The deadline for this challenge is

12 noon (UK time)

Thursday 10th June 2010

You are free to create whatever you like ... it doesn't have to be a card ... in fact, show us as many different projects as you want to share.

Just remember ... have fun and don't forget to leave us a direct link to your project in our comment box so we can come and admire your creativity.

Before you go though, we'd just like to wish you all Good Luck in the Bah! Humbug! June Prize Draw.

Ann, Irene, Max

xxx

Oh My Goodness It's Spot Prize Time...

... and Irene and Max have let me be in charge!!!!  Ooooooooooooh was that wise? 

I don't think so!  

They know I get easily excited and what could be more exciting than a Bah! Humbug! Spot Prize event.  Okay, quite a lot of things I suppose, but I lead a very quiet life so I'm easily pleased.

Anyway without further ado or silly ramblings all the names of our wonderful loyalty club members have been placed in the Santa's hat, shaken and stirred for good luck.  One lucky name was pulled out and that name was...

Janet from Redmoss Ramblings

Huge congratulations to you Janet and thank you for all your beautiful entries in our challenges. We have so enjoyed hopping over to your blog and looking at each and everyone of them.

Please could you email Irene (address in side bar) within the next 4 days and we'll get your prize sent off to you as soon as possible. 

To everyone else don't despair there are many more surprises to come in future weeks.

Just to clarify our spot prizes are awarded on a randomly selected basis from the loyal entrants to our challenges. We couldn't possibly choose a winner by picking out the best cards. Way toooo difficult as they are all so good!

Our latest challenge can be found here.

Ann, Irene, Max