Welcome to a new year of Challenge Chicks challenges! If you're a stamper and you like challenges, or you're new to the idea of challenges and want to give one a whirl, I invite you to participate with The Challenge Chicks! We're a small group of friends and stampers hosting monthly challenges. Won't you join us?! Our challenge for January 2014 is issued by me! I'm not ready to let go of winter just yet, so January is all about Winter Wonderland! For my project I used the Trophy Ice Skates die from Sizzix to create a refridgerator magnet. I adhered patterned paper to chipboard and ran the die and chipboard through my BigShot. Once the shapes were cut, I inked the edges a bit, colored the heel and blade on each skate with markers, and embellished with laces, sparkly twigs, baubles, a tag and glittery bell. I glued two strong magnets on the back so it would have some holding power while on the fridge. And as an added bonus for you, here are two wool felt ornaments my Mom made with the same Sizzix die while I was visiting her and Dad for Christmas. Beautiful, don't you agree!? Now, get yourself a good dose of inspiration and check out the rest of The Challenge Chicks projects: Diane Zechman Lydia Fiedler Jeanne Streiff Kelli Hull Kelly Schirmer Anna Wight (that's me!) And finally, you'll find this month's challenge gallery on SplitCoastStampers using keyword CHXJAN14 . We invite you to play along! Upload your project to your SplitCoastStampers gallery, add the keyword above, and your project will be automatically added to the gallery. Or join us on Facebook! We look forward to seeing your projects! Supplies for Magnet Dies: Sizzix Trophy Ice Skates, Spellbinders Tag Stamp: A Muse Paper: American Crafts, chipboard, Neenah Ink: Ranger Distress Ink in Brushed Corduroy, Black StazOn ShinHan Touch Twin markers: BG7, WG9 Other: Hemp twine, Glittered decor pics, tracing wheel, bell, magnets Supplies for Felt Ornaments Dies: Sizzix Trophy Ice Skates, Spellbinders leaves Other: Wool felt, button, DMC floss
