Number 10

 Hello, just back from holiday  and I'm a little late with this post. This is my DT make for this fortnight's challenge at Sweet Stampin' which started yesterday- so still loads of time to join in ! The theme for this challenge is USE A DIE CUT, so easy peasy- just remember to include a stamped element as well. My stamped image is a little Wee Stamps cute, coloured with copic markers, the tiny snowflakes on the dark blue background paper and the sentiment are stamped and embossed in white. Background papers from The Works and a die cut tree. As always, plenty more inspiration from the rest of the team to be enjoyed over at Sweet Stampin'. 

Holiday was good- we had 3 days in Somerset, visited Wells, which was lovely- beautiful weather, good accommodation, there was a large garden as well as 3 fields adjacent to the cottage, belonging to the owner- Marvin thought it was heaven! We moved on to Devon- I know why it's sooo green there now- if I say I have never seen so many rainbows in one week you'll get the picture! Blue skies and bright sunshine one minute- chucking it down in buckets the next!!! We did have a nice time though and Marvin managed to get some beach time so all good. 

Thank for the comments you were kind enough to leave on my scheduled posts while I was away- much appreciated and I'll be over to visit your blogs asap- better catch up with the laundry and do some food shopping first though!

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries :

cardz4galz. #258

creativeknockouts #554

kraftychicks #785

thehollyandivychallenge #191

dreamvalley #344

CBC #15 G Christmas/kraft/hand coloured image

Fab'n' Funky Challenges are back.

Good morning, Fab'n' Funky Challenges are back after the summer break.

This fortnight's challenge is hosted by Ginny- the theme is CUTE AS A BUTTON-, so something cute, use a button(s) or both! 

I've been itching to colour up this adorable Mo Manning fairy- she just makes me smile! I used my markers and a white gel pen, added some sparkle to her wings. If you look closely you can see the 2 tiny buttons I added to her dress.  The sentiment stamp is Visible Image. I added some doodling in the corners.

There's more inspiration over at Fab'n' Funky, hope you can find the time to join us.

Thank you for visiting

Chris

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challenge entries:

welovestamping. September Challenge

polkadoodle #10

alphabetchallenge K - Keep it simple

scscards September Challenge

digichoosday #9

addictedtostamps #501

aperfecttimetocraft #9

HQFCB ~9 (ATG)

ilovepromarkers #590 (atg)

 

Number 9

 Good morning, time for our September Challenge at Stamping Sensations,  Helen chose the theme of CAS- with the option of Anything Goes (as long as there is visible stamping on the front of your project)

 There are two prizes of stamps from Grafton Crafts, a well stocked bricks and mortar and on line shop offering fee p&p on all orders over £15

I used Hickory Smoke D. O.I and some torn paper to create my snowbanks and stamped a branch several times using one of a set of clear stamps I've had for years, sadly they're minus their packaging and I can't remember the brand. I've used a white gel pen to add some snowy highlights and red one on the tiny berries. The sentiment stamp is Paper Smooches.

As always there is plenty of inspiration to be found over at the challenge blog.

Thanks for visiting 

Chris

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Challenge entries :

POE #95

alphabetchallenge K-Keep it simple

scscards September Challenge

MLCCB#64

Crafty Calendar September Challenge

 Good morning, Crafty Calendar Challenges are back after the summer break. The theme for this month is ADD LAYERS.

I have another Mo Manning cutie to share, this is Otto, such a sweetie! I've used my markers to colour, adding a little shading to his fur with a brown pencil. The gorgeous autumnal papers are from Honey Bee Stamps. I've added some die cut leaves (TH), a stamped sentiment and some little candy dots.

I used a sketch from Creative Sketchy Girls

We hope you can join in with our challenge this month- for more inspiration please hop over to Crafty Calendar to see the lovely creations from the rest of team.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries

creativesketchygirls #106

paperfunday #80

hereisaplacetostart September challenge

inspirationstation September Challenge

crafterscafe #322

craftyanimals. #98

letscreate #223

Number 8

 Good morning, sun's disappeared for a while- it actually looks like rain, something we haven't seen for a while here in the SE, attested by our very sad lawns! I think a lot of re-seeding is going to be needed.

A Christmas card today, featuring tis sweet little angel, singing her heart out. She's one of Mo Manning's new images and is available HERE in the new shop. I've coloured her with my markers and kept the design very simple, I used pastels for the background and stamped and embossed some tiny stars and the sentiment.

I'm off now to take Marvin for his walk..I suspect it could be a wet one!

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

peaceonearth #94

asyoulikeit favourite colouring medium- my Copic Markers, I love the brush nibs and the way the colours blend- and so many colours to choose from.

CRAFT #762

kraftychicks #782

abcchristmas P for Pastel colours

CCAYR O Holy night

rudolphdays august challenge

thehollyandivychallenge. #190

Bee Happy

 Good morning, hope you enjoyed a pleasant weekend, weather here was lovely, plenty of sunshine but felt so much cooler and fresher now that the temperatures have dropped a bit.

Today's card is a reminder for our August Challenge at Stamping Sensations, the theme is

 Birds, Bees and Butterflies- or Anything Goes. There are lovely prizes of  Lavinia Stamps to be won.

I started with some die cut hexagon shapes and frames, inked and stencilled the backgrounds and stamped my pretty Lavinia bumblebees. 

The background was made by smooshing yellow, orange and brown distress inks onto my cardstock and letting them run down a bit. I added some stencilling and stamping using an A&C stencil and a mesh stencil, and a variety of stamps including the tiny Lavinia bees.

There's still plenty of time to join in this month, please hop over to the challenge blog for some lovely inspiration from the rest of the DT and full full details of how to enter- and the lovely prizes.

Thanks for visiting

have a good week.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

welove2create. #8

allsorts #830 B for Bees

creativeinspiration #29

Ellibelle Garden Party #6

hereisaplacetostart. August challenge

tripleb. August Challenge

thefourseasons August Challenge

Hey there, Mousie!

 Good morning, there's a new challenge starting today at Sweet Stampin' - the theme is ANIMALS.

I made a one layer CAS card using a lovely Uniko stencil. The inks are Elements (Lavinia) in Sahara and Olive shades. The mouse is A&C (so cute!) Border is also Uniko and I think the sentiment is Paper Smooches (packaging disappeared many moons ago!)

There's plenty to see over at Sweet Stampin', as always my Teamies have produced some fabulous cards to inspire you, so please do pop over and take a look.

Time for a proud Grandma moment- my beautiful Liv did brilliantly with her A levels and is off to her chosen Uni to study Psychology when the new academic year begins, she's worked so hard and I'm so happy that she achieved the grades she needed. A new chapter begins!!! 

Thanks for visiting, have a great weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries :

alphabet - ink blending

scscards - cute animals

craftrocket #128

paperfunday #79

addictedtostamps #499

CCC #101