An early start...

Good morning, here we are at the end of January already, and it's time for a new Anything Goes challenge at Crafty Catz , this time hosted by Auntie Sue.

I told myself that I would make an early start on Christmas cards this year, so here is one of them! 

I used 'Berry', a sweet little stamp from Whimsy Stamps which hasn't seen the light of day for years, she's coloured up with copic markers, the papers are from Bo Bunny, the remains of old 6x6 pad. A TH die cut holly sprig and tiny Sissix tag to finish. 

I followed this sketch from Sweet Wednesday.

Thanks for visiting, please don't forget to check out the lovely creations from the rest of the DT over at Crafty Catz.

Chris

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Christmas tree

 Hello, it's Rudolph Day again- can't believe how fast they come round! I'm hoping to get ahead a bit with my cards this year- don't want a repeat of 2025, very much a last minute panic. After saying this, the card I am sharing is one of last year's (yep, a last minute one!)

A previously made background using Distress inks, brushos and gold mica spray, the tree, a new stamp from Pink Ink (a bargain buy on ebay!), stamped and embossed in white and placed inside a die cut frame. The sentiment is die cut using dies from 2 different sets. It was quick to make as I'd already made the background. 

Thanks for visiting

Have a good week

Chris

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challenge entries:

rudolphdays January 2026

welovestamping January (new stamp)

CRAFT#772

addictedtostamps #509

POE #104 (atg)

welove2create #1

MLCCB #66

Going round in circles at Fab'n'Funky

Good morning, half way through another week already and time for another challenge at 

Fab'n' Funky

This week our lovely Pat has picked the theme of 

'Going Round in Circles' 

I made a Christmas card using an A&C stencil and a whimsical tree stamp from Card-io, CAS and quick to make, I've added stickles to the tree and a few glossy stickers. Sentiment stamp came with a magazine.

It was so quick to do I made another one in softer colours.

There's more to see over at Fab'n' Funky where my lovely teamies have been busy at usual producing some lovely designs to start you off- hope you can find some time to join us.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

girlzcreativechristmas #160

abcchristmas A/B

lilredwagon. #842

sisterhoodofcrafters. spots and dots

stencilfun. Jan (atg)

MAWTT #185

pickthree #1 -Square, stencil, tree

 

B for Beautiful

 A quick mid month reminder of our January challenge at

  Stamping Sensations.  

The theme is 

Something Beginning with B or 

Anything Goes. 

The prize is a Visible Image stamp set and  co-ordinating stencil.

I used  a design paper from Aall & Create, a 'Beautiful' word die from MFT and the same stamp from 

Visible Image as on my previous card for this challenge, stamping the image first then using the die and piecing it all back together- a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle, stamped the rest of the sentiment and adding some green glossy dots.

As always, there's loads of inspiration over at Stamping Sensations so head on over to take a look.

Thanks for visiting, enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

creativefingers #314

paperfunday #83 ATG

wordartwednesday #734/5

lovetoscrap #177

pearlysparkles #115

acutabove January 2026

mmmchallenge #269

Spring awakens

 Good morning, this fortnight's challenge at Sweet Stampin' begins today, the theme is 

BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

there are lots of ways this theme can be interpretated, at first I thought of bright bold colours- always good to see this time of year but I chose to think of brighter days and beautiful spring flowers, so this sweet Mo Manning digi was perfect (also I fancied a bit of colouring and hadn't coloured it before...)

Coloured with Copic markers, added a little background stencilling and matted onto yellow then green card, all finished. 

I'm looking forward to what you make of this theme- need some inspiration? - just check out the fabulous makes from the rest of the Design Team! 

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

Ellibelles Garden Party #11

kraftychicks #803

digichoosday #1/2026

ilovepromarkers #598 atg

PFM #820 - Mo Mannings digis are my favourites!

Anything Goes at Crafty Catz

 Good morning, Crafty Catz are back for our first challenge this year! 

The theme for this fortnight is 

ANYTHING GOES.

I made this card for my cousin's birthday- this fabulous Bugaboo image is just perfect for her, she's bubbly and fun - even without the alcohol. I've coloured the image with Copic markers, adding loads of stickles to her bow and boa and Glossy Accents to her specs and the glasses, I've added a stamped sentiment and the die cut 'cheers'. The DP is ancient, remains of a 12 x 12 sheet, no idea of make!

Hope you can find some time to play along this fortnight- please check out the lovely creations from my teamies.

Thanks for visiting- have a good weekend.

Chris

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Challenges:

creativeknockouts #563

Double D- Birthday

addictedtostamps #508

unicorn #116

classicdesign #1/2026

mirtillamente #51

pearlysparkles #115

audsentiments #333

A tag...

 

Hello, it's been a while since I've had time to make something to join in with the challenge at 

Tag- along and ATC but now that things have calmed down I've had some time to play.

The stamp I used here is a very old one from PSX - it wasn't new when I bought it and I've had it for about 20 years, it's a wood backed rubber stamp and a little worn in places but still stamps well with a little coaxing! 

I cut 2tags, one from white and one from black cardstock, die cut the heart aperture in the black one, then stamped the bears on the white, I wiped the black ink off of the hearts first so when I stamped they were very faint and I could colour them with a red pen. The rest of the image was left uncoloured and the clouds stencilled lightly around it.. I used a crackle stamp around the edges. I stamped and white embossed the sentiment on the black tag, added a scrap of ribbon and a tiny heart brad and stuck it in place.

While I'm here, I'd like to thank everyone for all the lovely cards and good wishes I received for my birthday, so kind of you and very much appreciated, I was thoroughly spoiled. Just off out now to meet my family for lunch, so the spoiling continues! 

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenges entered

tag-alongandatc

CRAFT #771

acutabove. Jan 2026

HQFSCAT #1