What fun we've had in the past 5 weeks. There have been more than 100 entries over 5 different categories. We hope you've been inspired to do something festive at your house this year. Thanks for joining in the Artfull Christmas Challenges! Please head to the Gallery and leave comments on the projects that you've enjoyed. We all love encouraging feedback!

We still have 40% off ALL Christmas related products and there are plenty of 20% -50% off bargains in the Specials category. Enjoy!

In each category there is a winner and also a drawn winner. Could the winners please email info@artfullcrafts.co.nz with your address and let us know which challenge you won. The prizes will be sent out after the New Year.

Challenge Winner: Leigh Odell with a beautiful range of snowglobe cards. Click here to see her personal blogpost on how she made them.
Drawn Winner: Sarah Turner

Challenge Winner: Brenda Morgan with a beautiful layout (and we loved Brenda's selection of Christmas Ornaments too - click here to see her personal blog post on how she made them)
Drawn Winner: Joy Griffin
Challenge Winner: Valerie Du Preez with this amazing set of trains that she's made from paper. Click here to see her personal blog post on how she made them.
Drawn Winner: Shona Chambers

Challenge Winner: Sue Jameson with this fun twist on an advent calendar.
Drawn Winner: Sue Cave



Challenge Winner: Christine Santos with a beautifully layered tag. Click here to see her personal blog post on how she made it.
Drawn Winner: Jessica Toulmin (who also had an amazing set of tags)

Shop and Website Hours
Don't forget that the physical shop is closed for the Statutory holidays and the day before Christmas. Otherwise, we are open our usual hours 9am - 5pm weekdays and 10am - 2pm Saturdays (extended until 4pm for the next two weeks). For those who love out of town, the website is open all hours and Ella will pack and send your parcel on  days the shop is open.

Merry Christmas
May I take this opportunity to thank you for your support this year. We do appreciate it and look forward to serving you in 2014.

I (Liz) would like to take the opportunity to remind you that the celebration of Christmas Day is about the birth of a real historical person, Jesus Christ, who was also God in the flesh, who came to earth to live and die as a substitute for our sins. We celebrate his birth at this time and remind ourselves of his message to repent and believe on Him.
Merry Christmas to you all!