Drink responsibly...

 Good morning and happy weekend, time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'.

This fortnight the theme is BEVERAGES.

Now I do enjoy a good beverage...I'm a bit of a coffeeholic but have been known to enjoy a nice glass of wine (or two!) -a lovely dry white- the colder and dryer the better! 

My card features an Aall & Create stamp, the lovely Miss Dee just cracks me up.  I found a piece of cardstock that had been spritzed with brushos and water and cut it into a tag shape using an A& C die set. I used washi tape to cover the edges of the frame then added a strip of it down the righthand side of the card  and another piece for Miss Dee to stand on. She is coloured with Copics and fussy cut. The piled up glasses (a silly trick!) are stamped directly onto the background, coloured and glossy accents added. Sentiment stamp  was included with image.

Thanks for stopping by, why not join the fun and share your favourite beverage with us...we could have a party! 

Chris

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Challenge entries :

kraftychicks #731

creativeknockouts.#529

digichoosday.#34

dreamvalley #321

allsorts #796

Puppy breath

 Hello, hope you've had a lovely weekend- an extra day tomorrow for those of us in the UK. Weather has been really mixed here- yesterday was typical UK bank holiday weather with lashing rain, today lots of sunshine but strong winds keeping the temperature down, still a big improvement on yesterday! Hoping it's going to be fine and dry  and a lot less windy for the next couple of days as my son, DIL and two youngest granddaughters are going camping. I really don't like to think of their tent blowing away in the night.... 

I 'm sharing a just because card I made yesterday using a cute set of  Whimsy stamps. I cut a square aperture from the centre of white cardstock, stamped and coloured the 2 puppies with markers, added some stencilling. I stamped & embossed the 'Super Puppy Power onto the slightly larger pink square. The paw print badge is stamped and embossed onto white card, coloured with markers and attached to the centre using foam pads. 

Just for the record...I love the smell of puppy breath... not so keen on 'grown up' dog breath though!

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

allsorts #795

inkspirational #323

asyoulikeit favourite colouring medium- 

alcohol markers, great for blending and shading.

craftrocket #117

kraftychicks #730

Summer in the garden

 Good morning, I'm here today with a mid month reminder for our August Challenge 

at Stamping Sensations. 

The optional theme for this month is Summer in the Garden - very apt as that's where I've been! The weather has been beautiful here and I'm making the most of it, cannot believe how fast the weeks are going by. Why is it the summer months seem to fly past so much faster than winter!!? 

Anyway back to the card, the focal stamp is an old Sarah Kay one I've had for years, I coloured with Copics then masked the image to stencil the grass and sky and stamp the fence (Card-io), then stamped the bees, grasses and flowers (all Lavinia).  

Please hop over to the main challenge blog for full  details of how to join in and the lovely prizes on offer, you'll find plenty of inspiration from the rest of the team too! 

Thanks for visiting -enjoy your day!

Chris

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Challenge entries :

stencilfun #August

aperfecttimetocraft #8

daisychain #88

lostcoast - Children

morgansartworld. #79

thecraftingchallenge Summer

thefourseasons August Challenge

allsorts #793/4

Sharing a song...

Hello, a bit of time to play this week and a couple of cooler days so I made Christmas cards...as you do! I had previously coloured up this sweet Mo Manning image whilst sitting in the garden so I found a sketch I like and made it into a card. Image is coloured with markers, various left over papers from stash , a stamped sentiment and some TH foliage die cuts to finish. Another one done!

Sounds as if we're in for some hot weather this weekend, so take care, keep your cool and enjoy the sunshine.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

kraftychicks #728

craftygalscorner #257

PFM #751

dreamvalley #319

papercraft #108

P.O.E #69

cheerfulsketches #135 August Challenge

Chill out, relax, enjoy...

 Good morning, our August challenge begins today at Stamping Sensations. The optional theme this month is Summer in the Garden. 

Our sponsors for this month are 

LISA HORTON CRAFTS 

and 

AALL & CREATE

I spend a lot of my summer in the garden -weather permitting. There's nothing nicer than a good long read or chatting with friends outside in the sunshine. Our garden isn't a big one but we love it, there's plenty of flowers and shrubs, a few trees, a small lawn and a large patio and decking area. My husband is the gardener- not me, I help with the pots and a bit of weeding now and again- he does all the hard work! Funny thing is he rarely sits in the garden, that's my job - and I do it well :)

To make my card I've used a very old stamp from Little Claire Designs. I bought it at the very first Craft Show I ever went to, at Ally Pally at least 12 years ago. I've coloured the image with markers and used a stencil and Distress Inks to create and colour the background. The sentiments on the white frame are hand written because I didn't have the stamps I wanted. 

There's loads to see over at the Challenge Blog, so please take the time to check it out.

Remember all of our challenges are Anything Goes- we just need to see at least one stamped element on the front of your entry.

Thanks for stopping by, have a good day.

Chris

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Challenge entries

allsorts 791/2

snarkystampers #253

TIOT In the garden

avenue613 - Easy Livin'

thefourseasons August Challenge

creativecrafters #78

A balanced diet...

 Hi, I'm back with my second post today, another DT card, this one is for 

this month's challenge at 

Crafty Calendar, 

There is no sponsor for this month , we have a lovely prize instead, 2 fabulous stamps for our lucky winner

The theme for August is 

ANYTHING GOES.

Once again I've chosen to use a digi, and guess what- It's another one from Mo Manning :)

This little cutie is called Cookie Gremlin and is available in the store. 

I printed the image onto white card stock along with a computer-generated sentiment. I die cut the circle using Aall & Create dies, coloured the image with Copics and masked it off to stencil the background with Distress inks then mounted the circle onto the blue frame I attached the circle onto a small tent fold card so it would stand up.

This card was for our lovely friend and dog-sitter who is known to enjoy a cookie or two! 

There's more inspiration over at the challenge blog so be sure to check it out, then why not join in - it could be you who wins those gorgeous stamps!

Thanks for stopping by today,

have a lovely weekend

Chris

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Challenge entries:

creativeknockouts #527

digichoosday #30

polkadoodle #31

aperfecttimetocraft #8

classicdesign #7

mirtillamente #34

Fun in the sun

 Good morning, I have two DT makes to share today. The first one is for our new challenge at

 Sweet Stampin'.

This fortnight the theme is

Summer Fun.

The image is from Krista Smith, I've coloured her and the waves with my markers and the circle behind her is coloured with Distress Oxide inks. I fussy cut around the waves and circle and placed onto a square of DP which matched beautifully. 

I used a very old set of alphabet  stamps to stamp the 'sun & fun' letters  onto white card using versamark ink and heat embossed with white EP, I coloured them with the DOIs then fussy cut (very fiddly!!!)

There is plenty more inspiration over at Sweet Stampin' so please do go take a look. 

We would love to have you play along- all you need to do is follow the theme and stamp something (digistamps are fine!)

Thanks for looking, I'll be back later with my second card.

Chris

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Challenge entries

MTTC #539

CRAFT #729

MAWTT #169

allsorts #791/2

kraftychicks #727

I spy... Summertime vibes