Thunder storms and butterflies

Good morning! Hope you're all having a lovely weekend so far... at least it's not raining here, there's even a bit of sunshine and I'm not freezing cold for a change! We had a thunderstorm last night, a new experience for Mathilda, my large but very wussy Great Dane pup! Needless to say she was not impressed!  I had to sit with her until it had passed, I think she made more noise barking than the thunder! Still, she thought she was protecting me from some kind of alien invader!
On to the card, I followed the sketch at flutterbywednesdays,  the image I used is Fairy Fae  from Delicious Doodles,( I was lucky enough to win it recently from One stitch at a time, but haven't had time to use it until now!) Coloured with copics and I used twinkling H2Os on her wings and on the butterflies, it doesn't show in the photo but they have a lovely subtle shimmer IRL! Thanks for looking, enjoy the rest of the lovely long weekend -hope there's no more thunder!
Chris
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Challenges:
digihaven butterflies
dutchdare flutterby butterfly
flutterbywednesdays sketch
flourishes/timeless-Tuesday butterflies
LEJ diecuts/punches
onestitchatatime use digi

Doodled bugs!

 

... well doodled bees, anyway! This weeks challenge at Sweet Stampin' is to add some doodling to your project! Personally, I don't mind a little bit of doodling but there has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth from some of the DT!

For my card I used this lovely little baby bee fairy from Mo Manning, coloured with copics. The bees on the yellow circle are hand doodled as is the little bee by the hand written sentiment. The 2 little bees in the top left corner are cut with a memory box die, their wings are cut from acetate, which doesn't show very well in the photo but is quite effective IRL!

Thanks for taking the time to look! Please hop over to Sweet Stampin' to check out what the rest of the DT have made... fabulous creations despite all the anguish! Then get out your pens and start doodling - you could win a prize from one of our lovely sponsors-Sir Stampalot, Crafters Companion or The Ribbongirl.

Have a lovely weekend!

Chris

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Challenges entered:

Creative Shopping Challenge anything that flies

foreverfriends anything goes

natalieandamy things with wings

ourcreativecorner anything goes

craftyribbons no design paper

myheartpieces anything goes

craftsandme #133 use a digi

creative moments circles

flutterbywednesdays buttons

papermakeupstamps great outdoors

get inky die cuts

paperplaytime buttons or brads

nomatterwhich things with wings

animalfriends chequered or stripes

Cheers!

Good afternoon! here's a quick card I made for this week's Less is More challenge. The theme is a one layer card with a coloured card blank. My favourite Penny Black stamp, some letter stamps, a few coloured pencils and a white gel pen, job done, Cheers!

As this is a rather quick post I thought some of you might like to see some pictures of my baby - a very large baby now! She was 7 months old when these were taken...she's now 8 months and still growing fast!

feeling very sorry for herself after her eye op

not amused!!!

2 weeks later- enjoying herself on the beach

wish you were here!

just showing me who's boss!

 

Bloomin' Summer!

Good morning my lovelies! Hope you enjoyed the weekend, mine would have been better if there had been a bit more sun and a bit less wind chill! Hope we're not in for another bloomin' miserable summer!

I'll stop moaning now and move quickly on to the new challenge at Songbirds which is "Bloom and Grow" - a lovely theme where you can really go to town adding all those gorgeous flowers to your cards! We are sponsored this  fortnight by SKdigis who gave us some images to play with. I have used the very cute Bo the Dragonfly to make my card, he's coloured with copics and then I added an extra layer to his wings made from acetate coloured with alcohol inks and sprayed with glimmer mist (messy... but fun!).

Please pop over to Songbird Challenges now, check out the gorgeous cards my team mates have made and then why not enter one of your own lovely flowery cards into our challenge, go on... it'll be fun!

Have a great week, here's hoping for some sunshine!!!

Chris

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Challenges entered:

pinkgem -things with wings

creativecorner things with wings

pennys paper crafty diecuts/punches

simonsaysstamps things with wings

opus-gluei bouquet

nomatterwhich things with wings

lovetocreate flowers

papermakeup great outdoors

Challenge 6 at Hobbycutz

Good morning! I hope the sun is shining where you are! The days have flown past once again, so it's time for the new challenge at Hobbycutz! This time the challenge is 'more than one fold' . 

Here is my DT card for this challenge-

 

It's basically a 12"x4" strip of card folded in 3 and then the 2 outside flaps are folded diagonally, then decorated with DPs. The flower is made using Tim Holtz Tattered floral die, the leaf is from Hobbycutz. The verse is a stamp from Friends Stamps.

We are sponsored this challenge by

Crafts and Me

and there is also a chance to win an extra prize from Hobbycutz if you use one of their amazing products on your creation!

Please pop over to Hobbycutz Challenges   now to see the lovely creations the rest of the DT have made, hopefully you'll be inspired to play along with us, we'd love to see your beautiful projects.

Have a lovely day!

Chris

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Challenges entered:

mytimetocraft - Show us the inside

sarahhurleychallenges shades of blue

sassystudiodesigns April showers bring May flowers

craftingforallseasons monochromatic

craftycreations something old (stamp) Something new (lasercut leaf)

freshbrewed flowers

thesisterhoodofcrafters  April showers bring May flowers

wordartwednesday anything goes

 

Let's make a scene...!!!

Good morning! The weekend is here ...and for those of us in the UK it's a long one....yay! I'm hoping the weather forecast is right for Sunday (sunshine, warm sunshine!) as we're planning on getting the barbie out! It was my son's birthday on Thursday and he's requested a family bbq to celebrate, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Anyway...back to today, Saturday and a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'. This week we want you all to create a scene... so spit out your dummies, lay on the floor kicking and screaming, throw a mega wobbly in the supermarket... oh, not that kind of a scene! (Might be fun though...) A scene on your card or project!

I made my card for my son's birthday, he's an avid golfer and this image from QKR Stampede fitted the bill perfectly! I think it will make him smile!

Thanks for looking and don't forget to pop over to Sweet Stampin' to check out what my lovely and oh-so-talented teamies have made!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Chris

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Challenges entered:

deliciousdoodles for the boys

digihaven use buttons

a little bit crafty kraft

dutchdare sports

movingalongwiththetimes for the guys

pennys paper crafty animals

rubysrainbow furry friends

cardsformen animals

 

 

Feeling sentimental at Southern Girls

 

Good morning all, it's time for a new challenge at Southern Girls and this fortnight the theme is such an easy one-add a sentiment or quote! Yes, it's really that easy! We're sponsored by mariannedesign and there is a lovely prize on offer!

My card was made using a lovely spring image by Mo Manning, whish I have coloured with copics. The little birds are made using Marianne Creatables LR0206, the rest is self explanatory! Pop over now and check out my teamies lovely creations for more inspiration. I hope you'll be tempted to join in !Thanks for looking! Have a lovely day.

Chris

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Challenges entered:

craftsandme -floral frenzy

creative belli - spring (I've had the yellow buttons for years!)

freshbrewed flowers

createdwithlove spring

get inky flowers

scrappyfrogs think spring

thehybridchick flowers

onestopcraft buttons and bows

digihaven use a button