It's July so Merry Christmas!

 Good morning, time for our July Challenge at Stamping Sensations,

as you may have guessed our optional theme this month is 

Christmas in July

or you can choose the Anything Goes option as long as you include stamping on the front of your project.

There are some lovely stamps as prizes, courtesy of Aall & Create our fabulous sponsor this month.

I used the Poppy Stamps bauble stencil along with Elements Inks in shades of Olive and Della Blue (love this combo!)and stamped the cute snow couple (Card-io) in Versafine Twilight (my favourite). I planned to stamp the sentiment but changed my mind and used this little die cut banner instead, I'm really pleased with the end result and plan to make it in other colours too.

Thanks so much for visiting, don't forget to check out the main challenge blog for details of the lovely prizes and some wonderful inspiration from the rest of the design team.

Have a lovely Sunday.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

dragonflydreams Christmas in July

POE #67

inkspirational #319

stencilfun July- shades of blue

sparklesforumchristmas #162

Christmas Post Box

 I'm back again with my second DT card for today, this one is for our July Challenge at 

Crafty Calendar

our fabulous sponsor for this month is Sheepski Designs, the theme is Add A Sentiment.

 I chose to use a lovely traditional image, Christmas Post Box , which I enjoyed colouring with  my markers, and inserted into a simple die cut and embossed frame.

There's more inspiration over at Crafty Calendar so please do hop over and see what my teamies have been up to this month, you can join in with anything you choose as long as you add a sentiment.

Thanks for visiting today

Chris

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Challenge entries:

jinglebelles -embossing

leighsbdesigns #31

PFM #746

hollyandivy #165

CCAYR July Challenge

daisychain #87

pearlysparkles #97

sheepski #88

Dream big

 Good morning, I have two cards to share today, this one is for our new challenge at

Sweet Stampin'

the theme this fortnight is 

Things with Wings.

it's a favourite theme of mine because there are so many options, I went with dragons. The stamps I have used are from Pink Ink (the little red dragon) and the rest are Lavinia. I made a tent fold card with an aperture, a young dragon watching his hero hunting by the light of the moon and dreaming of the day  it would be his turn. The dragon boy is coloured using Distress Inks . The sentiment and borders are embossed.

Not a lot of crafting going on in this house just now, I'm far too busy watching the tennis!

Thanks for visiting - have a great weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

creativefingers #281

artimpressions #382

creativeinspiration #16

kraftychicks #723

addictedtostamps #471

morgansartworld #78

At the beach

Good morning, here's my DT card for our new challenge at Fab'n' Funky, hosted this fortnight by our lovely Pat K who has chosen the theme of 'Seaside' - perfect for this time of year! 

 My card was made some time ago, for my wonderful friend who's idea of heaven is a beach...and a good book! She has a 'thing' about beach huts too...not so sure if she's fond of seagulls! 

I made a stepper card with a combination of digis from different companies, the little girl with the big book looks very much at home sitting on the steps of the beach hut. Images and sand coloured with Copics, the sky and waves are stencilled the die cut is from Find It Media.

This will be our last challenge before we break for the summer so I do hope you can join us! Please hop over to Fab'n' Funky Challenges to check out the lovely cards my teamies have made to inspire you.

Thanks for visiting 

Chris

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Challenge entries:

creativecrafters #77

thefourseasons July Challenge

hereisaplacetostart July Challenge

creativeknockouts #524

creative-creases #85

ilovepromarkers #562

PFM #746

TIOT Here comes summer