Favourite colour

 Good morning, this fortnight's challenge at Sweet Stampin' is up and running, the theme couldn't be easier...USE YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR... guess which mine is!

This cute fairy is a digi I 've had for ages, I think Funky Kits? Anyway, all coloured with my Copics, DP from stash, the dragonfly one is Polkadoodles, absolutely no idea of the green papers but they are very pretty! The dotty piece wasn't quite long enough so I played around with the scallop die and inserted the piece with the dragonflies, I finished with a scattering of tiny die cut flowers and stamped sentiment.

There's some lovely inspiration to be enjoyed over at the challenge blog, my teamies have been busy creating using their favourite colours. 

Thanks for visiting ,

Have a great weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

ilovepromarkers #604

unicorn #119

aperfecttimetocraft #4

thecraftingchallenge April 2026

avenue613 April 2026 (atg)

HQFCB #4

A boy and his dog...

 Good morning, this is my DT make for this fortnight's challenge at Crafty Catz, which starts today, the theme is, as always, ANYTHING GOES. 

The image is one of Mo Manning's more recent Patreon digis, I think the look on the dog's face says it all. I've used my Copics to colour and kept the design very clean to keep the focus on the boy and his dog. The sentiment is an old rubber stamp- no idea of brand. 

I haven't been doing much crafting this week, the weather has been too beautiful to be indoors, a real taste of summer for a few days. My lovely new garden furniture was delivered yesterday...of course the weather changed straight away!!! 

Thanks for stopping by today, please check out the lovely creations from the rest of the ladies over at the Challenge blog.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

asyoulikeit I prefer a clean unfussy design when I use a digi stamp I really like, I can print the image larger making it better to colour.

ilovepromarkers #604

TIOT Cute

craftyanimals #104

crittercrazy #109

dragonflydreams CAS

SCAS April 2026 (atg)

The beauty of nature

 Good morning, the April Challenge at Stamping Sensations begins today, the theme for this month is 

Inspired by Nature

There are 2 prizes to be won, a $20 Voucher from Gina K

and a set of Aall & Create Stamps

To create my card I die cut an aperture from a panel of design paper (The Works), then added some stencilling, the stamped sentiment and the moth. I cut a slightly larger panel of black card and a smaller aperture to frame my image, then  stamped the focal image onto a scrap of white card and used gouache paints to colour it. They are new and this is the first time I tried them so not too unhappy with the result but could do with a bit more practice. 

As always there's some wonderful creations from the rest of the DT, sure to inspire you so just hop over and take a look. You will also find the full details of how to join in with the challenges.

Thanks for visiting

Enjoy the rest of the Easter holiday

Chris

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Challenge entries:

CRAFT #777 (ATG)

creativeinspiration #37

Ellibelle's Garden Party #13

addictedtostamps #514

letscreate #230

morgansartworld. #99

pickthree #3 Text/die cuts/wings

April Challenge at Crafty Calendar

Good morning and Happy Easter, hope you're enjoying the Easter break.

It's the start of a new challenge at Crafty Calendar, this month's theme is 

Die-Cuts/punches

There is a lovely prize of digital images from LOTV for our lucky winner.

This is the card I made for my friend's birthday last month, the first triple point card I've attempted- I've always thought the design looks impressive so was pleasantly surprised to find how easy they are to make. I used some pretty papers from a pad I bought ages ago from Hobbycraft, the cover was missing so I've no idea of the brand but it was a bargain price that I couldn't resist. The circle shutter die is new, bought it from Amazon, not branded. Tiny punched flowers, layered from whit card and vellum with pearl centres and  die cut leaves, die cut sentiment and numbers. 

There's plenty of lovely inspiration to be enjoyed over at Crafty Calendar, then why not get out those dies and punches and show us what you can create.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:
craftrocket #135

kraftychicks #814

classicdesign #3

aperfecttimetocraft.#4

crafterscafe #328

craftingfromtheart March Challenge

girlzrebel #50

tripleb April Challenge

Spring or Easter at Fab'n' Funky

Good morning, the lovely spring weather seems to have abandoned us at the moment, back to jumpers and coats but at least it isn't raining all the time so could be worse! I'm hoping that the sun will make an appearance again, the sooner the better.

Our challenge theme for this fortnight over at Fab'n'Funky is 

SPRING OR EASTER.

I've been making cards for my granddaughters so I can put some money inside them they will get some chocolate too but I don't like to spend too much on over-priced eggs so they will be fairly modest! 

This is Ruby's card- she may be bigger than me now (ok quite a lot taller! ) but she'll always be my little Ruby Rabbit. The image is from LOTV, coloured up with Copics, DP from stash. The die cut flowers are Memory Box. The tiny die cut tag is  a Sissix die.

The inside has a pocket to hold the cash. 

I've a busy weekend ahead, not only is it Easter but also my eldest granddaughter's birthday and one of my brothers' birthday immediately after. Two family meals out planned so lucky me- not a lot of cooking and lots of family time.

I hope you enjoy the Easter break whatever your plans are.

Thanks for stopping by and please don't forget to check out the F'n'F blog.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

TIOT make it cute

allsorts #846

PFM #831

Bored Bunny

 

Good morning, another Easter card, my DT make for this fortnight's challenge over at Crafty Catz. 

The bunny is a digi from QKR Stampede, I think they've now closed their doors. I've printed it fairly large, coloured with Copics and fussy cut him. I've given him some die cut grass to hide his eggs in - not very good is he ? I think he looks a bit bored and hasn't made any effort at all. The eggs and sentiment stamps and the grass die cut are from Lawn Fawn. The card is for my friend's 8 year old grandson, there's a little pocket inside to hold some cash but I forgot to photograph it.

Thanks for visiting, don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's lovely cards over at Crafty Catz, would be great to see you join in this time, our challenges are now always 

ANYTHING GOES.

Have a good weekend

Chris

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Challenge entries:

cardz4galz #272

Creative Moments #280

SAS4kids Animal cards

craftingfromtheart March Challenge

Double D

Relax...

  Hi. I'm back with a second card today- this one is for the new challenge at

 Fab'n' Funky, 

the theme is FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS chosen by our lovely Pat K.

Another CAS card, just one layer, a stencil and a couple of stamps. Just love this cute Anita Jeram doggy  (Colorado Stamps). He's doing what every dog I've ever owned has loved to do- rolling on the grass in the sunshine! I've used pencils to colour him to look like our Marvin. The card is for my son's birthday and he's besotted by our dog! He would love to have his own dog but the house is empty most days as both he and his wife are at work and the girls at school so it wouldn't be fair on the animal. It's ok- we let them share our boy for now until their circumstances allow them to get one of their own.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, please check out the Fab'n' Funky blog for more inspiration from the rest of the ladies, I do hope you can join in this fortnight.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

paperfunday #85

stencilfun March Challenge

scscards March Challenge

craftyanimals. #103

crittercrazy#108