Challenge #3: New Year's resolution...

... to enter more challenges ... and to make use of the lovely buttons which were a birthday present. I kept my resolution - until now at least! Here is one example:

Challenge #4: Birthday card

One stop challenge

This week's One Stop Challenge is all about groups of three. I don't normally use this number much in my crafting - maybe I should start to? - Anyway, here is a rare example of an altered notebook where I actually did use it. There is a little odd story behind it: I set out to make a bereavement card. Then I was told that this did not look like it was ever going to become one - so I changed direction (for the better I think - I never enjoyed making a bereavement card for some reason...)

New year, new candy...

Happy New Year everybody!

Let's hope it will be a lucky one. I am going to test that right away, and so can you... because I have collected some new blog candy links for you:

• Ewonne from Sweden is celebrating her blog hits with lovely candy (- 11th Jan)
• Valentine ReMix stamps from the DoodleFactory (until January 6th)
• Erin's blog candy (ends on January 8th)
  
• Irina's birthday blog candy (until January 9th)
• Tasha's birthday blog candy (until January 10th)
• Rach's blog candy (ends January 10th)
  
• Claire's 30th birthday blog candy (until January 13th)
• Kath's blog candy fest (until January 10th)
• Jude's birthday blog candy (until 12th Jan.)
• Lorraine's blog candy (until Jan. 14th)
  
• Michelleo's Valentine candy (until January 15th)
  
• Karin's blog candy (until January 16th)
• Carlz's blog candy (ends when her blog has 10.000 hits). She is also starting a challenge blog (from 8th January)
• Lauren's blog candy (until 19th Jan.)
  
• Leslie's blog candy ends on the 30th of January
• Kim's blog candy (Jan. 31st)
  

A quick Thank You card

... from one crafter to another.

I had been quite flattered to receive a lovely surprise Christmas card from someone whose work I admire and who has become a bit of a crafting celebrity if I may say so.

To return my thanks, I wanted to make a cheerful, contemporary New Year card, which I then actually sent off - that was the hardest part!

I usually keep my cards at least for a year, I just like to be able to look at them every now and then. I know that's not quite in the spirit of things... so one of my New Year's resolutions is to try and become less selfish in that respect!

Finding you blog candy

.. is what have done in my last post, but here is some lovely blog candy you can win on the Kamadesign website which deserves a post of its own. Katarina is celebrating her 10 year anniversary with her fiancée and the more people that join the bigger the candy will be. If you don't have a blog you can join, too.

Trying hard to make a hat

I have been dabbling in the art of hat making recently, unfortunately I'm not quite happy with the result yet, so instead, I will share a piece of information entirely different. I thought you might like to win a few crafty goodies o the internet? Who wouldn't! So here are a few links. Fist of all, there's the Whiff of Joy advent calendar. If you have a blog of your own, you can post a link to it and you might win a prize (probably a lovely stamp for cardmaking and scrapbooking).

You could do the same for a chance to win Jo's fabulous blog candy and Maria's which is just as nice, if you are quick. Beatrix's Christmas candy ends on the 13th of Dec. There's still loads of time to win Paula's and Natalija's blog candies, and almost until Christmas for Rica's. If you understand French, check out Mam'zelle M.'s blog (until the 19th), Petitfanouche (until 22th) and Lilyquenotte (until the 14th). Then there's Pink Gem Designs' Mimi candy (until 13th), Kim's blog candy until the 17th and also Irina's and Julie's until the 15th, just as Rosette's. Dawny P.'s candy is up for grabs until the 20th. Vanja's candy is offered until the 18th. You have until New Year's Eve for an unusual Daisyquilts giveaway.

Or check out Claire's blog, she is celebrating her bloghits with a generous giveaway, too. Then there's Buffy, she has posted some nice Christmas candy. And Sally is giving out blog candy every week in December.

I think I should do something similar on my blog - it might get me a few readers...