Free Pattern: Lacy Shells Earwarmer - Adult

I made these for my sisters and sisters-in-law this Christmas.  I searched for a pattern I wanted to use, and I found a whole bunch of cute ones, but I ended up making up my own since I hadn't found exactly what I was thinking of.  After several tries to limit the number of ends I had to weave in, I gave up and just made it look the way I wanted, even though there were more ends to weave in than I prefer.  I made a no-sew rose and a large no-sew rose on an alligator clip for each one.

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Christmas Makes

"...The angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, 

who is Christ the Lord.'" Luke 2:10-11

Merry Christmas!  I hope you're having a great holiday celebration with your family.  Here are some of the things I made for mine this year.

A tiny rocket for a tiny nephew

 An infinity scarf for a friend
(thick and thin yarn, winged it in half double crochet)

A set of baskets and a star ornament for my aunt
(for the bigger basket I did another round on the bottom of 2 dc, dc,
then added an extra row on the side)

A washcloth for my Gran
(Up and down stitch, cotton sport yarn, 36 or so stitches by 32 rows)

©2012 Alli Hyer, all rights reserved.

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Winter Wonderland Bumper Christmas Challenge

Welcome to our last challenge for 2012 and our month-long Winter Wonderland Christmas Bumper Challenge.

We send a very big special THANK YOU to everyone who entered our challenges in 2012 and we look forward to seeing your fabulous entries in 2013!

Amy is our host for part 1 of this Bumper Challenge and shows some gorgeous creations from the Rockin' Rubbah design team.  This challenge ends on Tuesday 15th January 8pm when Mr Linky expires. You may enter up to 3 times only.  The Dynamite Digi design team will be showing you their gorgeous creations using some fab Crafts and Me Digi Images on Wednesday January 2nd so pop back for more inspiration.

We have some fabulous prizes from Crafts and Me and our regular sponsors.  PRIZES will be randomly selected from all entries so everyone has a chance of winning.

PRIZE 1 has been donated by . . .
Crafts and Me Stamps!  Woo Hoo! 
One very lucky randomly selected entry will win . . .

PRIZE 2 - Crafty Ribbons

offers these fabulous owl ribbons!
 

PRIZE 3 - Marianne Designs
offers this great die set and clear stamp!

PRIZE 4 - Sweet Pea Stamps
offers a $15 Gift Certificate!

 

PRIZE 5 - Stix
Goodie Package

PRIZE 6 - Stix
Goodie Package

PRIZE 7 - ProMarkers

Now for the fabulous inspiration from our amazing Rockin' Rubbah design team . . .

 AMY
Using Christmas Wish

 

 

TRACY

Using Santa's Little Helper

 

 

 

VICKY xx

Using 'Catching Snowflakes' by Zindy Nielson

 

 

 

KARINA 

using 'First Snow' by Zindy S.D. Nielsen

If you have time please visit the DT Blogs and leave them some Christmas Love (-:

Teresa and All the Design Team Members Wish you all a

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

And a

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We sure hope that you'll join us for our month long challenge with plenty of time to enter.

Add your creations to Mr Linky below. You may enter the challenge up to 3 times as this will give everyone a fair chance of winning a prize.  Extra entries will be deleted.

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Free Pattern: Open Stitch Hat - 3 Months

Premie size here.
Newborn size here.

On the three-month size I used the open version of the large no-sew rose.  Love these colors.
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Challenge #114 - Why So Blue? = NO BLUES ALLOWED!

Hi there! This is Rose welcoming you to another Crafts and Me Stamps Challenge.  Thanks sooo much for sharing your gorgeous creations with us here.

We have another fabulous Dynamite Digi team challenge for you this week! Why So Blue? = No Blues Allowed!

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Please scroll down to view today's earlier posts showing the winners and top 3 projects of our last digi challenge as well as the rubbah team's Circles challenge.

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Our sponsor this week is Crafts and Me Stamps!   The generous prize, to be given to a randomly selected entry, is THREE digi stamps of the winner's choice.

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Take a look at these wonderful and very inspiring creations submitted by our fantastic Crafts and Me Stamps Dynamite Digi design team showing how we kept the blues out of our projects . . .

Sara 

using Merry Mindy

Nic using Monica

Mina
using Art Deco Geraldine
  

♥ ROSE ♥

using

Art Deco Rita Digital Stamp

Mona using Whimsical winter

 

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We sure hope that you’ll join us for our Why So Blue? = No Blues Allowed! challenge and share your projects with us. Remember to stop back on December 19^th for our next Rockin’ Rubbah Team challenge. You’ll find the winner of this digi challenge #114 posted with our next Digi Team challenge on January 2^nd.


Inklinkz has been included below. You have until 8pm UK time on December 18^th to post your entry for a chance to win this great prize by Crafts and Me Stamps!

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Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugz and Good Luck! from Rose and the rest of the Crafts and Me Dynamite Digi Team

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Winner and Top 3 challenge #112 Ribbon or Trim

Morning everyone thank you all so much for the gorgeous entries in our last digi challenge 

 the winner of the Crafts and Me prize drawn by random org is

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#228 Kat G

congratulations Kat if you contact Rose (address in sidebar) she will sort out your prize for you 

now for the top 3

#9 Sassy

#53 Birgit

#218 Elizabeth

congratulations girls please grab your badges from the sidebar

hugs sara x x x

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Winner and C&M Spotlights - Challenge 111 - Circles

Thanks so much to all of you who shared your AMAZING cards and projects with us for our recent Rockin' Rubbah team's Circles challenge.

The randomly selected and VERY LUCKY winner of the generous prize of THREE Crafts and Me Stamps digital images, of your choice, is . . .

 

Congratulations Daria!  Please contact Rose (details in the sidebar) to arrange for delivery of your fabulous prize of three Crafts and Me Digis.

As Teresa has been unable to share her Top 3 choices, she let me select a couple of the fabulous entries that show some of the items that are available at Crafts and Me Stamps.

28 - Kate uses Marianne Design Creatables Decorative Elegance die cuts.  Teresa carries a gorgeous selection of dies from the very best die cutting companies.

34 - Shree W uses Jasmine Becket-Griffith's rubberstamp named Have Some Champagne.

 

54 - Sandra uses Hannah Lynn's digital image named Moon Glow.

Thank you all for sharing your FABULOUS creations.  Congratulations and don't forget to pick up your Top 3 flashing blinky from the sidebar.

 

We look forward to your joining us for our upcoming weekly challenges.

~ Rose

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Free Pattern: Vertical Stripes Beanie - 3 Months

Premie size here.
Newborn size here.
6 month size here.

This hat is a worsted-weight copy of this hat.  I think it turned out really sweet.  It would be a great boy hat, too, especially with a little brim.

The spaces between the stripes on this size aren't even, as you may be able to see.  I guess this could be good, or it might be annoying.  If you'd prefer even stripes, go up a size or down a size.

I decorated this one for Christmas with the Wreath Applique.
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Challenge 113 - Anything Goes with Optional extra

Hi good morning everyone Vicky here today to bring you a brand new challenge. Our lovely Gina set this challenge but she is poorly so cant do any crafting or anything at the mo. We wish her a speedy recovery, pop on over & leave her some love I'm sure it would cheer her up ;0)

So the new challenge set this week is a nice easy one..............

ANYTHING GOES - With An Optional Christmas Ornament

The sponsor this week is the fabby Crafts & Me Store

The winner chosen by random org will get the choice of 3 digi images & with so many yummy ones to choose from you will be spoilt for choice.

Ok so now for some awesome creations from the Rubbah Girls starting with our Karina who did make a Christmas Ornament ;0)

Karina 

using Snow Angel by Robin Pushay

TRACY

Using The Wonder of it all

VICKY xx

Using 'Wintergreen Wishes' by Hannah Lynn

Close-up

Looking forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations.

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Free Pattern: Wreath Applique or Ornament

This little wreath (about 3" across) is perfect for decorating a hat, or for a quick handmade ornament for the Christmas tree!  I just decorated with red, finishing with a bow,  but you could alternately crochet beads right in, or sew them on after you're finished.

It's shown below on a Vertical Stripes Beanie.

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Challenge #112 - Ribbon or Trim

Morning everyone sara here to bring you a new challenge and I have chosen a nice easy theme

...Ribbon or Trim...

so any form of ribbon fancy trim lace etc is fine 

we are sponsored this week by Crafts and Me and Teresa is generously offering the winner 3 Digi images of their choice

so time for some inspiration from the DT

 Nic using Rae by Hannah Lynn

Mina using Perched at Dawn

sara 
using Wynndy by Hannah Lynn

♥ ROSE ♥

using

Hannah Lynn's Monarch Mermaid Digital Stamp

Mona using Monica



now its your turn

please link up below 

happy crafting hugs sara x x x

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Winner and C&M Spotlights - Challenge 110 - Untraditional Christmas Colors

Thanks so much to all of you who shared your WONDERFUL cards and projects with us for our digi team's Untraditional Christmas Colors challenge.

The randomly selected and VERY LUCKY winner of the generous prize of THREE Crafts and Me Stamps digital images, of your choice, is . . .

 

Congratulations zetk@!  Please contact Rose (details in the sidebar) to arrange for delivery of your fabulous prize of three Crafts and Me Digis.

As Mona has been unable to share her Top 3 choices, she let me select a couple of the fabulous entries that show some of the artists' designs that are available as rubberstamps at Crafts and Me Stamps.

23 - Kate T using Hannah Lynn's rubberstamp Irish Christmas Fae

114 - Shree W using Jasmine Becket-Griffith's rubberstamp Fairy In My Window

130 - Astrid shows her use of a wood ornament similar to those that can be found at the Crafts and Me Stamps online store.

Thank you all for sharing your AMAZING creations.  Congratulations and don't forget to pick up your Top 3 flashing blinky from the sidebar.

 

We look forward to your joining us for our upcoming weekly challenges.

~ Rose

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