The woods in Autumn

 Good morning,  it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz, 

as always the theme is Anything Goes.

I used a large chipboard tag as the base of my project, painted it with gouache in various shaded of brown and orange and spattered it with white. If you look carefully you might be able to see some stamped mushrooms to the right of the fox but apart from that it's all papers, some skeleton leaves and a sticker. The lovely toadstools are from an Arden pad, Wicked Woods, so brave of me to actually tear it up!!! The fox is from an unbranded pad I bought from Ebay, no idea where stickers came from. The leaves have been lurking in the cupboard for years as has the metal corner decoration bottom left. This is really sturdy and will probably get used as a bookmark.

Please check out the Challenge blog for some lovely inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

tag-alongandatc October Challenge

kraftychicks #843

I spy with my little eye #42

thesisterhoodofcrafters October Challenge

unicorn #125

crafterscafe #335

crittercrazy #115

HQFSCAT #20

A trio of Carol Singers

 Good morning, a brief reminder of October's Challenge at 

Fab'n' Funky-

the theme is Three of something.

I made a Christmas card with a fold that looks like a centre step but is just an extra fold at the base of the front of the card so really quick to do. I folded the card then covered the front with some beautiful dp I found in the drawer, it's what was left of a 12x12 sheet so no clue of the brand but it has a lovely shimmer which changes colour in the light. The  digital image is from PlumLovedArt, coloured with Copic markers. Frame is Aall & Create and 'Merry Christmas' die is an unbranded one from EBay. I added 3 snowflakes (they are glittery- but doesn't show in photo) and tiny gems to the centres. 

The challenge still has two weeks to go - so plenty of time to join in!

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

allsorts #860

abcchristmas V for Violet

hollyandivy #214

Autumn thanks

 Good morning, a reminder for the October Challenge at We Love Stamping

- the theme is Anything Goes or SHADES OF AUTUMN.

I used a die from Aall & Create to cut the base from kraft card and the focal panel from a pale cream smooth cardstock. The stamps are a mixture of Lavinia and cover gifts from a magazine. A little added stencilling using a stripes stencil from Carta Bella.

Please check out the main challenge blog for details of the lovely prizes for the lucky winners, details of how to play along and some fabulous inspiration from the rest of the ladies.

Thanks for visiting, have a lovely Sunday! 

Chris

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Challenge entries:

cardz4galz #287

craftrocket #141

creativeknockouts #581

audsentiments #342

thefourseasons - October

Christmas Time

 Good afternoon, hope your week has started well, got my hair cut this morning, always so nice to have a good long chat with Karen, my hairdresser. I've been seeing her for so long she's now a good friend and we always have a lot to talk about. Then I finished this card. I was inspired to make it by the Challenge over at Christmas Kickstart, Gothic Christmas, I do like a challenging Challenge and I had to really think about this one. I had an idea for the design and then came the challenge of finding the elements I needed. The clock was easy, a TH die, Weathered Clock, old but much loved I cut it from a piece of smooshed card, inked the edges and scattered some Shabby Green embossing enamel over it. The boot is a Stampendous stamp, ok it's more Steampunk than Gothic but the best I could. I stamped and embossed it black onto a piece of dark red DP, fussy cut it and added details with a silver metallic pen . The foliage is TH again, die cut from white card and coloured with Distress ink, gems added for the berries. I drew the candle myself as I had nothing suitable, coloured it with markers and fussy cut. Background DP is Studio Light and sentiment computer generated. It took a while but I thoroughly enjoyed the process!

Thanks for stopping by.

Chris x

Challenge entries 

christmaskickstart #115

mixitup #85

sparkles forum christmas #189

POE #121

kraftychicks #841

dreamvalley #371

hollyandivy #213

The twins have arrived.

 It's Friday...again...already! This year is just flying by, it really feels like Autumn here now that the temperatures have dropped, I really noticed how much the colours have changed in our local woods- and how many leaves have fallen this week. I'm enjoying that little nip in the air too, so lovely when the sun is shining, to have a brisk walk without getting too hot. 

Here's my inspiration card for the new Anything Goes challenge at 

CRAFTY CATZ.

It's one of the cards I made to celebrate the arrival of my best friend's great-granddaughters, the tiny girls made a safe arrival a month early at the end of August, weighing 4lb4oz and 3lb 9oz. After a week in NICU and a few days on the ward both babies were allowed home and are doing well and gaining weight. I will never forget my friend's delight when her youngest grandson told her he was going to be a Daddy...of twins! She was beside herself with excitement, in all the many years I've known her I've never seen her quite like it, bless her.

To make my card I stamped the bear image twice, then masked them and the edges of the front panel to stencil the clouds in shades of pink and soft purple Distress Oxides.

I coloured the bears with copics , added the tiny die cut hearts and stamped the sentiment.

This card was for the new parents, I also made cards for the besotted grandparents and of course the  great grandparents, which I'll probably get around to sharing later.

Thanks for visiting, don't forget to check out the Challenge blog for some lovely inspiration from the rest of the DT.

Have a good weekend

Chris

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Challenge entries:

alphabetchallenge L for Little people

aperfecttimetocraft #10

Crafts Galore Encore October Ch.

avenue613. October Challenge

Super Birthday

Hello, I'm back with a second post for today, my DT make for October's Challenge at

Fab'n' Funky

Our lovely Pat has chosen the theme 

3 OF SOMETHING

I made a top fold card using an inset Happy Birthday die and a cute stamp from Stamping Bella. The papers are from an old pad which has mysteriously disappeared from the face of the earth and will turn up when I'm not looking for it,  so can't tell you the make. I've coloured with Copic markers and my 3 of something is 3 sparkle stamps (Visible Image) and 3 tiny gems

My fabulous teamies have made some beautiful cards to inspire you this month which can be seen 

HERE.

 Hope you can find some time to join us!

Thanks for visiting today

Chris

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Challenge entries:

do-allkreatives. #118

alphabetchallenge # L

aaabirthday

Guest Design for Sweet Sketch Wednesday

 Good morning, I  have two posts today, first up are couple of cards I made as a Guest Designer for Sweet Sketch Wednesday2 , I was sent 2 sketches to choose from, both so lovely I decided to make a card for each.

Sketch #336

                                                    A Christmas card using Sketch #336

This one was very quick to make. I used a piece of design paper from The Works cut into sections as per the sketch, stamped and embossed the Lavinia trees in white, matted the sections onto a slightly larger panel of toning blue cardstock, added the bow and pearls and the stamped sentiment.

Entering this card into these challenges:

CCAYR  #T

MIUCB #85

MLCCB #70

girlzcreativechristmas #197

POE #121

Sketch #337

A birthday card using sketch #337. I needed a birthday card for my Daughter in Law, and had chosen an image from Mirtillamente, Take a Moment, which I thought fitted the bill perfectly as she's an avid reader, loves herbal teas and her house is full of scented candles. I coloured the image with markers and followed the sketch to complete the card using papers from The Works and a scrap of green book patterned paper that was a long ago magazine freebie. 

Entering this card into this challenge

mirtillamente #60

I'd like to thank the lovely Ladies from SSW2 for inviting me to be a guest designer and also for the beautiful sketches. If you hop over to their challenge, you will find plenty more inspiration.

Chris

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