March Blog Challenge

Hello crafty peeps and welcome to my crafty nook! I hope you've all had a good week and if you're affected by the bad weather, you are managing to keep warm and safe. I've only been out in it once on Monday when my husband and I went to babysit our nieces. The youngest two were fast asleep by the time we got there and didn't stir all evening. I enjoyed spending some quality time with my eldest niece on my husband's side of the family, admittedly she spent most of the time playing with her phone but she did give me a big hug when she went up to bed which was lovely. I did manage to catch a bit of a chill while we were out and my hubby did too so we are both feeling very sorry for ourselves at the moment lol.

Michele has set the challenge this month and it's a good one - we are challenged to make two cards this time using mostly magazine freebies and the theme is "seasonal". To reflect the weather here in the UK and the fact that it's still winter one should be a Christmas card (great for keeping on top of those Christmas cards that we'll need before you know it!) but she would like the other to be a lovely spring card - it's Mothering Sunday next weekend and Easter a few weeks after that so it would be great to see cards for those. We'd love it if you joined in, I'm afraid there's no prize for entering just the satisfaction of making two gorgeous cards using your existing supplies - I know a lot of us get almost as big a kick out of buying as we do creating crafty goodness so this is a chance to save some pennies by shopping our stash! Plus it's an opportunity to get some cards made that we might otherwise leave until the last minute like Christmas cards (I'm so guilty of that usually but I've already made 20 Christmas cards!) I'd really like to make Easter Cards for my family and friends who didn't get Christmas cards for the second or even third year running *hangs head in shame* so this challenge is perfect to inspire me to start making Easter cards. If you'd like to join in then email me your photos to craftynook@outlook.com and I can add them to the blog post once the closing date is reached - 16/03/18 which gives us two weeks to complete the challenge. Please include the supplies you used, your name and location (it's down to you how detailed that is, it could just be your country or you might like to say what town you live in) Please only include details that you are comfortable sharing online and feel free to use a nickname instead of your given name if that makes you feel more confident to share your creations. I'm happy to add links to blogs so you can increase traffic  but I will only link craft blogs as this is a craft challenge.

I hope you are all as excited as I am about the challenge Michele has set us - it's going to be a lot of fun making a frosty Christmas card and a lovely bright spring card - it's the perfect reminder that although there's snow on the ground and it's freezing cold, spring is just around the corner patiently waiting her turn.

If you have any comments or questions then please leave them in the usual places and until next time - keep crafting!

Love and crafty hugs,

Sarah xxx