A quick reminder

 Good morning, a quick post today with a reminder of our July Challenge at Stamping Sensations. The theme for this month is Anything Goes with an option of Summer Blooms. I found this floral stamp in my stash- years old, it's part of a set of clear stamps, lost its packaging years ago, so I don't know the brand. A quick and simple card, the background is Distress Oxide ink in shades of pink , yellow and orange through a postage style  stencil. The sentiment is from another very old stamp set, I think Woodware, but guess what- no packaging!

Please hop over to the main challenge blog for some lovely inspiration from the rest of the team, full details of how to join in and the lovely prizes on offer.

Thanks for visiting, have a great weekend- whatever the weather (thunderstorms forecast here but we really do need some rain!)

Chris

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Challenge entries:

ellibelle's garden party #5

paperfunday #78

stencilfun July (atg)

TIOT Summer blooms

beautifulblossoms #31

Triple B July Challenge

Fairy Cari

 Hello, a non-DT card today, few and far between lately! It's been too lovely outside to be indoors ....and then of course there was Wimbledon....not a lot of time to craft! 

I recently saw that a new Challenge blog had started up- new ones are few and far between these days so I  wanted to join in and show some support. The Challenge is CRAFTS FROM THE FAIRY DEN, pop over and take a look!

I made a card, using the optional sketch and one of my favourite Mo Manning fairies, which I've coloured with my markers, light stencilling in the background, white looked too stark!  Papers are from The Works and I've added a couple of die cut leaves.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenges:

craftsfromthefairyden

digichoosday #7

aperfecttimetocraft July Challenge

conjurerofdreams July Challenge

morgansartworld #90

sparklesforum #189

Monster birthday

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

This fortnight we are sponsored by Last Minute Manda

The theme is Anything Goes with the option of Child's Birthday

I made a birthday card for a little boy using sponsor  images from a set called Monster Birthday Train.

For the front of the card I cropped the engine image to use just the monster balanced on the top, coloured it with my markers and added the die cut 'hello' and stamped sentiment. It looked a bit too bare so I added a doodled border. 

Inside  there's a pop up train, all coloured with markers and cut out to stand on the hand drawn track. Stencilled clouds and a peeping sun in the background. I had a lot of fun making this!

There's plenty more inspiration to enjoy over at Crafty Catz Challenge Blog.

Thanks for visiting

Have a great weekend

Chris

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Challenge entries:

creativeinspiration #28

MAWTT #180

Ellibelles Crafty Wednesday

ilovepromarkers #587

crafterscafe #320

mirtillamente #45

allsorts #827

 

Summer blooms

 Good morning, haven't we had a great summer so far, so many days of lovely sunshine. Ok I didn't enjoy the extreme temperatures (extreme for the UK that is!) at the beginning of the week but it's been a lot cooler since then but still lots of sun. Not enough rain to keep the grass green but plenty of flowers in the garden to enjoy, which brings me on to the theme this month over at Stamping Sensations- Summer Blooms, chosen by Avril, or of course you can always use the Anything Goes option. There are 2 lovely prizes of  Aall &Create stamps/stencil to be won. 

I decided to go for hot colours to match the weather, so stamped and white embossed my image (a Woodware stamp) onto white cardstock blended several colours of Distress Oxides over it  then added a little stencilling using A & C stencil #-249- Circular Disruption (my new favourite!) I added a die cut frame and stamped sentiment. 

For full details of how to enter, the lovely prizes on offer and fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team please hop over to Stamping Sensations.

Thanks for visiting, have a good week.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

cardz4galz #253

ellibelle's garden party #4

creativeinspiration #28

lilredwagon #814

beautifulblossoms #30

creativecrafters #89

addictedtostamps #496

...and another Christmas card!

 Good morning,  it's time for a new challenge at Fab 'n' Funky. 

Our lovely host for this fortnight is Pat, her chosen theme is 

CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

It was so hot I went with a frosty look!

A gelli plate background in cool blues, I die cut the word 'snow' using my old Cricut machine and used the negative and an embossing pen to stencil the word 3 times onto the panel, then heat embossed using white EP. I stamped and embossed the snowflakes around the edge and stamped the 'Chill out' sentiment a few times. Two die cut snowflakes and a cute A & C snowman added to finish.

This will be our last challenge before we break for the summer so I do hope you'll find the time to join in.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

CCAYR Blue Christmas

lostcoast #199

MLCCB #63

12monthsofchristmas #124

girlzcreativechristmas #131

peaceonearthchristmas #90

thepapershelter #645

A Christmas card...

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

The theme is ANYTHING GOES, hosted by our lovely Auntie Sue

our sponsor this time is 

SHEEPSKI DESIGNS

We've been enjoying (well most of the time-wasn't keen on 32 degrees) a lot of warm sunshine here in the SE.  so of course I had the urge to make a Christmas card, as you do!

I used a beautiful sponsor image, Winter Warmer, which I enjoyed colouring with my markers. I used Chunky White Embossing Enamel for the snow effect.  Image framed with tartan paper from stash, a stamped sentiment embossed in gold and three tiny star brads.

Please hop over to the Challenge blog to see what my lovely teamies have created - we hope you'll be inspired to join us.

Thanks for visiting

have a good weekend- I think it's going to be another hot one here!

Chris

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Challenge entries:

jinglebelles festive frames

hollyandivy #187

cdsunday #161

rudolphdayschallenges June Challenge

You are my sunshine

 Good morning,  whew, what a scorcher it's been this week! Definitely not complaining though I hope it doesn't get any hotter, forecast is for cooler temps next week but still good with lots of sunshine.

The theme at Sweet Stampin' for this fortnight is very apt- You are my sunshine, so use at least one stamp, follow the theme and you're all set to join in!

A lot of my card is hand drawn, the circle for the sun and the doodled rays and lettering around the edges, some of the patterns between the rays using an orange glitter pen. I used stamps for the sentiment, masked off some sections and stamped the rest of the patterns in orange. The yellow background is coloured with pencils.

Thanks for visiting, have a great weekend and stay safe in the sun!

Chris

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Challenge entries;

craftrocket #126

creativeinspiration #27

creativeknockouts #549

thesisterhoodofcrafters fun in the sun

thefourseasons June Challenge