Bear hugs

 Another Christmas card and another cute Mo Manning image, one I had last year and didn't get around to colouring, the sentiment came with him. He kind of reminds me of Paddington Bear, I think it's his cuddly figure.

I coloured him up with may markers and kept the design very CAS, just adding a little stencilling in two of the corners (which I wish I hadn't, but too late!)

I hope those of you who live in the UK have been enjoying the sunshine as much as I have...we waited long enough for it. 

Thanks for visiting 

Chris

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Challenge entries:

christmaswiththecuties #83

cutiepie #196

dreamvalley #319

mmmchallenge #231

craftygalscorner #257

hollyandivy #166

PFM #750

rudolphdays July Challenge

Summer Colours...

 Good morning, today sees the start of a new challenge over at Crafty Catz,

Janet is hosting and has picked the twist of  'Hot Summer Colours' or you can join in using the 

 'Anything Goes' option.

Our lovely sponsor for this fortnight is 

THE PAPER SHELTER

My card features Charmingly Hippie, a sweet sponsor digi I already owned.

I've used my copic markers to colour.

The background is created with distress inks and stencils from various companies.

We're having a little break for the summer so this will be our last challenge until September,

we hope you can find the time to join in - if you need some inspiration there is plenty to see over at the 

challenge blog.

Thanks for visiting

hope you enjoy a lovely weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

MTTC #539

craftrocket #116

kraftychicks #726

I spy with my little eye Summertime vibes

shoppingourstash #526

thepapershelter - ATG

Hello, I'm back.

 Hello, back from my travels, a few days spent in Bewdley, Worcestershire on the way to Blackpool to surprise my brother on his 70th birthday. he WAS surprised- and that's an understatement- when my sister and I, our husbands and another of my brothers turned up on his doorstep- 300 miles from our homes. We had a lovely few days together, so good to catch up. Not going to talk about the journey there- the roads are an absolute nightmare - much better on way home, we travelled overnight and the traffic was so much lighter. 

It's lovely to go away but I'm always happy to come home :)

I've been having withdrawal symptoms from my craft room, so time to make a card...

The image is a Mo Manning Patreon  digi,  just too cute! I've coloured her with Copic markers.. The papers are from my vast stash of scraps, stamped sentiments, the little stockings are coloured to match.

I used this sketch from Creative Sketchy Girls

Thanks so much for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

CSG #93

PFM #749

dragonflydreams July Challenge

girlzcreativechristmas #82

SAS4kids Christmas in July

alphabet H (Christmas in July)

pearlysparkles #97

lovethoseprettypapers July Challenge

Mid month reminder for Stamping Sensations July Challenge

 Hi, a really quick post with a reminder for this month's challenge at Stamping Sensations - I'm off on holiday for a week and today has been hectic so a last- minute scheduled post! By the time it goes live we'll be thinking about coming back home.

A quick and easy card from me using another Poppy Stamps stencil and some Card-io stamps

The optional twist for this month is Christmas in July- but you can always enter with the 'Anything Goes' option - all the  details how to enter and the fabulous prizes to be won are on the main challenge blog- along with lots of wonderful inspiration from the rest of the DT so please be sure to check it out.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, much appreciated.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

inkspirational #320 (Card-io, Poppy Stamps)

alphabet- H (Christmas in July)

CRAFT #728

creativeknockouts. #526

hollyandivy #165

daisychain #87

FQCCCB #10

MLCCB #57

Make it cute!

 Good morning,  this is my DT make for this fortnight's challenge at Crafty Catz, 

sponsored by 

LAST MINUTE MANDA.

The optional theme chosen by our lovely Ginny is 

Make It Cute.

We were given some lovely sponsor images to play with - and they are definitely cute.

I used this little sweetie  from the Flower Puppies set. 

I printed it three times so I could layer it up for dimension, each layer is matted onto kraft card. I used my copic markers to add some colour to the greyscale image. No sentiment added as I thought the card could be used for multiple occasions..

Lots of lovely inspiration to be enjoyed over at the challenge blog.

Thanks for visiting and hope you have a great weekend.

Chris

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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