Summer Flowers

 Good morning, another scheduled post from me for a new challenge

 at Fab 'n' Funky, 

this fortnight Pat has chosen the lovely theme of Summer Flowers.

I started with a square panel of white card, smooshed it with pink and purple Distress Oxides, die cut a rectangle from the centre, then added some stencilling to the remainder, I stamped some script and two of the corners with a Lavinia corner stamp, then stamped around the edges of the centre cut out panel usin a very old Ladybug and Friends border stamp set. I used the same border stamps to stamp around the outer edge of the die cut rectangle, the flowers are from a set from Autumn Leaves. The tiny dragonfly is a little peg stamp given to me years ago by my lovely Mum, I don't use them very often but will never part with them. Added some details with a white gel pen and inserted the rectangle back into position. 

Please do check out the lovely cards over at Fab'n'Funky then please feel free to share your own beautiful flowery creations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Chris

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New Design Team

 Good morning, this is a scheduled post as all being well I'm on my way to Amsterdam and the start of our river cruise. We booked this same holiday 2 years ago and it was cancelled the day before we were due to go so hoping for better luck this time! We have a lovely family friend who adores Marvin staying with him so he can be at home- no kennels for him!

Anyway back to the reason for the post- this is my first DT card for We Love Stamping, I was honoured to be invited to join this fabulous team.

 The theme for this month is Sports/ Hobbies or Anything Goes. 

                                                     

There are 2 prizes of Visible Image Stamps

I went with the hobbies option, always intended to take up photography when I retired...but didn't,  and created a circular card using dies from A&C. The main panel is cut from water colour paper, I used the Always & Forever stencil to mask off the centre and a sunburst stencil and Distress Oxides to stencil around it. The camera stamp and sentiment are also from Visible Image but no longer available on their website. 

 Check out the We Love Stamping Challenge Blog for full details of how to enter the challenge and to see the lovely creations from the rest of the ladies

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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All about the boys!

 Hi, back again with my second DT card for today, this one is for the June Challenge at

 Crafty Calendar

the theme is ALL ABOUT THE BOYS/MEN.

There is a prize of 2 digital images.

I've used the Happy dies again, this time I stamped the 'birthday'

The dp is the remains of a rock -themed pad I've had for years, no idea of brand. The image is of course a Bugaboo digi, I've coloured him with Copic markers and fussy cut him to sit up on the sentiment. 

That's it from me today, please don't forget to check out the Challenge Blog for more inspiration and hope to see you play along!

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries

craftrocket #137

creativeinspiration #39

creativeknockouts #572

kraftychicks #823

craftingfromtheart # (May)

girlzmakesguyzcards. #40

pickthreechallenge  #05- Birthday, blue, plaid

aaabirthday

Man card

 Good morning, this is the first of two posts today. The theme for this fortnight at Sweet Stampin' is 

CARDS FOR MEN.

this is the card I made for my husband's birthday next week, I had to use the Anita Jeram (Colarado) dog stamp again as it's so like our Marvin. I stamped onto a panel of white card, then used the 'Happy' and 'Birthday' dies for the sentiment. Dog is coloured with markers. I used a cloud die and some waste to create the thought bubble, I'm sure he dreams about his precious ball! The ball is from a very old set of  Nitwit stamps, and I stamped a few more to add to the corners of the z fold card. The DP is from The Works. 

Hope you can join us at Sweet Stampin' this challenge, we all need to make cards for the men in our lives. If you need inspiration just hop over and see what my lovely teamies have created.

I'll be back later!

Chris

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Challenge entries:

creative-creases #116

craftrocket #137

kraftychicks #823

classicdesign #05

Creative Moments #282

A snowman!

 Good morning, it's my turn to host at Crafty Catz this fortnight, as always the theme is Anything Goes.

I made this card during the heatwave- trying to think cool thoughts! I added the two strips of patterned paper (very old!) to a panel of kraft card, then stamped the snowman (Woodware) in the centre, coloured him with pencils, stamped and embossed the sentiment. I used a white gel pen to add the 'snow'- quick and simple but another Christmas card for the box!

There's more inspiration at Crafty Catz, so please do hop over and take a look. Hope you can find some time to join us for this challenge.

Thanks for looking

Chris

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Challenge entries:

CRAFT #781

kleurenmetpotloden (May)

MLCCB #68

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations (June)

shoppingourstash #575

hollyandivy #206

christmaskickstart #111

Nearly Frogot!

 Good morning, I was delighted to be invited to Guest Design for this month's Challenge

 at Critter Crazy,

 made my card, forwarded it to Becca- then nearly frogot the Challenge starts today! My excuse is the heat has fried my brain and what's left of it is absorbed with our up-coming holiday!  Luckily I remembered in time, so here it is!

The froggy, background paper and sentiment are Mo Manning digis, frog printed separately, coloured with markers and fussy cut, he's popped up on foam as I wanted his fingers to hang over the banner with the sentiment. 

I used a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday

I rotated the sketch, and you have to look closely to see the dots in the corners...but they are there!

I'd like to thank the lovely ladies at Critter Crazy for inviting me to design with them this month. Don't forget to check out the lovely inspiration on offer there.

Thanks for visiting,

have a good week.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

crafterscafe Time for a laugh

pearlysparkles #120

allsorts #850

sweetsketchwednesday May Challenge

Not just for birthdays!

 Good morning- hope everyone here in the UK is getting their share of sunshine! It's been a very hot week here, bit of a surprise coming so early in the year...and over a bank holiday too. Enjoy it while it lasts :)

There's a new challenge at Fab'n' Funky, the theme for this fortnight is to

USE A STENCIL AND/OR EMBOSSING FOLDER.

I used an A&C stencil and DOIs to colour a square of white card, cut a circle from the centre and ran the rest through my Big Shot using a Lisa Horton water droplets EF. I stamped the image and sentiment (A &C) onto the circular piece, then stamped the image again onto white card, coloured with my markers, cut it out and adhered in place. I added the die cuts and gems and finished with a doodled border.

There's more inspiration for you over at F'n'F, hope you can join us this fortnight.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

addictedtostamps #518

stencilfun May Challenge

PFM #839

TIOT circles

audsentiments #337

allsorts #850

cyhtp May 2026

Birthday cake

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

This is the card I made for Jessica, my friend's 6 year old granddaughter.

The cute stamp is by Stamping Bella, coloured with copics, I added a little stencilling and placed her in the arch shaped aperture, The sentiment stamp is part of the same set. I die cut some bunting (no idea of die brand- lost the packaging many years ago!) and wrote the greeting with a black glitter pen. Added some glittery dots in the corners to match the block glittery borders. Not the best photo for the colours, it's more pink than purple IRL.

Thanks for stopping by- don't forget to check out the lovely creations from the rest of the team over at Crafty Catz, hope you can join us this fortnight.

Have a great weekend- we've been promised sunshine in the UK- a welcome change  for a Bank Holiday weekend!!!

Chris

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Challenge entries:

CRAFT #780

digichoosday #4

thesisterhoodofcrafters banners

ilovepromarkers #607

girlzcreativecrafts #68

PFM #838

aaabirthday. #85

Last reminder for Stamping Sensations

 Good morning, a bit sad today as this is my last card for Stamping Sensations Challenges, it's been an honour to be part of the team for the last 3 years, working with such lovely, talented and supportive ladies.

There is still time to join in with this, our very last challenge, you can see all the details here. 

The theme is CUTE CREATURES, or of course you can enter using the Anything Goes option as long as there is visible stamping on the front of your entry.

I used A&C dies to cut the focal panel and black frame, smooshed some Distress Oxide ink in shades of pink onto the white panel,  added some stencilling using stencils  from various companies and the same shades of ink stamped Tallula in her tutu, (Stamping Bella) directly onto the panel, then stamped again onto white card, coloured with copics and fussy cut, adhered in place. I added a little pink stencil butter frosting in two of the corners, some black sequins and a stamped and embossed sentiment. 

Thanks for visiting

Have a good week.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

polkadoodle #5

crafterscafe May challenge

daisychain #107

craftyanimals #105

sparkles #200 ( 3 Sequins, 3 stencils )

dreamvalley #362 (embossed sentiment)

creativefriday. #411

creationsinmostlypink #93

Funky Flowers

 Good morning, there's a new challenge at FAB 'n' FUNKY, 

Pat K, our lovely host for this fortnight, has chosen the theme of

 MONOCHROMATIC 

(shades of one colour)

I love the look of monochromatic designs, there's something so 'together' about them! I  chose to use brown tones and several floral stamps from different companies. 

First I smooshed the background with D. Oxides and added some stencilled leaves and grasses along the bottom edge. I stamped the funky flowers (Hobby Art) stems and leaves  using brown Versafine Clair and coloured them with watercolour markers, adding some details with a white gel pen, masked them where necessary to add the swirl stamps ( a company called Autumn Leaves) and second generation stamping of some TH silhouette stamps to fill the spaces.  The little bees are from Lavinia. I doodled the border to finish.

There are loads of the Hobby Art  and Autumn Leaves stamps still uninked although both sets are far from new so I'm planning to make similar cards in different colours. One day.

There's more to see over at Fab'n' Funky from my lovely teamies and we'd be delighted to have you play along 

Thanks for visiting.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

4-seasonchallenge #104

do-allkreatives #113

mirtillamente #55

avenue613 May Challenge

allsorts #849

lilredwagon #858

Things with Wings at Sweet Stampin'

 Good morning, this fortnight the challenge theme at Sweet Stampin' 

is 

THINGS WITH WINGS

I was looking through my stamp collection waiting for inspiration to strike when I can across this beauty, unopened in the packet, she has wings...so perfect! Not sure why a mermaid would need wings and pretty sure that these would be too small to be much use but I really enjoyed colouring her with my Copics, then  added loads of Wink of Stella to her wings, fins, tail and the bubbles. I  fussy cut her and popped her up with foam onto some layered backing papers (The Works) The sentiment is part of the stamp set, The Card Hut.

Hope you can find some time to join in this fortnight, the theme gives you so much scope, if you need inspiration there are some beautiful cards from the Sweeties over at the challenge blog. It's easy to join in with our challenges- just remember to follow the theme and include some stamping- 'real stamps' or digital, both are fine.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

leighsbdesigns #52

kraftychicks #819

aperfecttimetocraft #5

conjurerofdreams #20

morgansartworld #100

Yellow Snow!

 Good morning, it's the start of a new challenge over at CRAFTY CATZ, the theme is always ANYTHING GOES.  I had a play with my Lavinia Stamps and made a Christmas card. A lot of masking and manipulating of the stamps went on... getting the layers to match up was a bit fiddly. I was happy with how it turned out though until I added the 'snow' some glittery paste stuff, meant to be white but looks yellow to me and makes me think of the Frank Zappa song! The stamps I used are a mix of old and new, the little houses and snowy pines are new, the small pines are older. I used watercolours to colour the houses. 

There's more inspiration to get you started over at Crafty Catz.

Today is also my granddaughter Emily's birthday, 12 today and growing up too fast. I won't see her until Sunday when they're all coming over for a meal and a family get together, so looking forward to that.

Thanks for visiting,

have a good weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

CRAFT #779

LTCCB #92

girlzcreativechristmas #175

POE #111

daisychain #107

hollyandivy #204

Big Happy Birthday

 Good morning,  this is my DT card for the May Challenge at Stamping Sensations.

The theme for this month is CUTE CREATURES or Anything Goes, there are some lovely prizes from Highlight Crafts.

I made this card for a friend's upcoming BIG birthday, I very kindly haven't splashed her age all over it, although sorely tempted, as I know she can be a bit sensitive about it!

The image is by Anita Jeram (Colorado Crafts) coloured with Copic markers, I chose to use blue/green as much as possible as they're her favourites. The stamped sentiment is part of the same set.

Sadly, this challenge will be the last one, after 16 very successful years Brenda has had to make the very difficult decision to finally close its doors. It would be great to see it go out with a final flourish and a bumper crop of entries so please do take the opportunity to join in one last time. 

There's plenty of inspiration over at the Challenge Blog, full details of how to join in and the lovely prizes to be won.

Hope to see you there

Chris

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Challenge entries:

welovestamping May Challenge

addictedtocas #307

kraftychicks #818

simonsaysstamp Monday Challenge

allsorts #848

classicdesign #04

crittercrazy #110

Feeling 'all white'.

 

Good morning, it's time for our May Challenge at Crafty Calendar, the theme for this month is 

ALL WHITE.

This is way out of my comfort zone - I tried but not loving this card! I  think White on White cards can look elegant and beautiful and tend to think of weddings or Christmas so as I don't need a wedding card I went for Christmas. I used an embossing folder (came with magazine) a snowflake ribbon die from Poppy Stamps and TH sentiment dies. I distressed the edges of the focal panel and added some faux stitching with a white gel pen- it's white so it doesn't show up in the photo. Finished with a few little gems. 

The prize this month is 2  digi images of the winner's choice from LOTV

Now the rest of the team have absolutely smashed this theme so if you need some inspiration hop over to Crafty Calendar and take a look- wish I'd seen theirs before I made mine! 

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

CRAFT #779

MLCCB #68

Pretty in pink

 Good morning, it's time for a new fortnightly challenge at 

Fab'n' Funky, 

we have a colour theme for you this time-

Use PINK, BLUE, and/or YELLOW

I coloured this sweet Conie Fong image using my trusty Copics. This little girl reminds me of my eldest granddaughter when she was small and the dress looks very similar to one I made for her... it was even pink... not a colour I would usually choose but it did really suit her colouring. No way would she wear a hat though and the basket of flowers probably wouldn't have survived for very long!!! I framed it using a piece of DP with an aperture torn out and distressed, and doodled around the edges.

There's some lovely inspiration from the rest of the Team so do head on over to Fab'n' Funky to check it out. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge.

Thanks for visiting 

Chris

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Challenge entries:

cdsunday+ #182

creativefingers #321

CRAFT #778

craftygalscorner #276

addictedtostamps #516

So many books....

 A new challenge starts today at Crafty Catz.

As always the theme is ANYTHING GOES.

I've had this image for quite a while, one of Mo Manning's Patreon digis. It makes me smile because it really could be me...the crazy hair - very similar to the style I sport when I get involved in a gripping story I tend to push it back resulting in a sort of tangled bird's nest. The dilated eyes and spaced out look are familiar too....

I've used my copics to colour the image, the book dp are long ago magazine gifts, and the sentiment stamp is Mama Elephant. 

I used this sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday

There's more inspiration from the rest of the ladies over at Crafty Catz, hope you can join us this fortnight.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

craftrocket #135

digichoosday #4

sisterhoodofcrafters make someone smile

sweetsketchwednesday April Challenge

craftingfromtheart April Challenge

neglectedstuff April Challenge The book dp and the brads.

Hug a tree

 Good morning, a quick reminder of our April Challenge at Stamping Sensations,

 the theme is The Beauty of Nature or Anything Goes.

 For me one of natures most beautiful creations are trees, spring buds and blossom, summer in full leaf -casting welcome shade, splendid autumn colours and the stark skeletons of winter. One of the most beautiful sights is to see a magnificent tree silhouetted against the skyline at sunset which is the inspiration for my card. 

The  tree stamp and sentiment are, from a set by Crafty Individuals which I've had for many years, stencil from Lavinia and Distress Oxide Inks.

For more inspiration and full details of how to enter and the lovely prize you could win please hop over to the challenge blog.

Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

CRAFT #778

kraftychicks #816

addictedtostamps #515

daisychain #106

farmquestgeneralstore #39

CAS at Fab'n' Funky

 Good morning, it's time for another challenge at Fab 'n' Funky, our lovely Pat is hosting this fortnight, she's chosen one of my favourite themes, CLEAN AND SIMPLE.

It's the middle of April so the obvious choice was to make a Christmas card!

I used some Lavinia stamps and stamped onto a die cut panel of Kraft card using dark brown and red Versafine Clair ink, added the white highlights with a Polychromo pencil then stamped the sentiment, matted the panel onto white card then onto a kraft cardbase...and that's it, CAS and quick to make.

There's more inspiration over at Fab'n' Funky so please check out my teamie's lovely cards and I hope you'll be tempted to join us with a fabulous creation of your own. 

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

FQCCCB #31

daisychain #106

MLCCB #67

dragonflydreams April Challenge

POE #109

allsorts #847

SCAS April 2026

hollyandivy #202

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

Spring flowers

 Good morning, a quick reminder of our March Challenge at Stamping Sensations, 

the theme is Spring or Anything Goes.

I made a CAS card using a large stamp from Pink Ink, coloured it with Copic markers, stamped the sentiment (magazine gift) and that's about it! I know it's a bit early for lilacs yet but hopefully won't be long. 

Please check out the main challenge blog for lots of inspiration and full details of how to join in -

 thanks for stopping by

Chris

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Challenge entries:

I spy... #35/6

simonsays CAS

addictedtostamps #513

TIOT Spring

PFM #829

creativeinspiration #36

beautifulblossoms #39

thefourseasons March Challenge

daisychain #105

Santa is coming (but not for a while...)

 Good afternoon, a little late but here's my DT card for the new challenge at Sweet Stampin',  I seem to have totally lost the plot this week and forgot all about it. 

The theme for this fortnight is GINGHAM/ TARTAN/PLAID. 

Tartan always makes me think of Christmas so I decided on a Christmas card- then picked gingham paper! The image is of course one of Mo's cute digis, which I've coloured using copic markers. 2 different papers from my left overs box which matched the colours, the gingham piece quite large and smaller strip of the the one with the red hearts which I cut with a scalloped border die to allow the gingham pattern to show through. I added the red die cut frame and tiny heart buttons to finish and stamped the sentiment combining stamps from 2 sets. 

Thanks for stopping by

Chris

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Challenge entries:

kraftychicks #811

addictedtostamps #512

ConBC #18 (I-Christmas/ Free/Stamping)

MLCCB #67

hollyandivy #200

Birthday Girl

 Good morning, once again it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Catz, the theme is, as always -ANYTHING GOES.

March is rushing past at a fair old pace and my eldest granddaughter's birthday is coming up at the beginning of April so I thought I'd get ahead and make her card now. I'm finding it hard to believe that our sweet little Livvy is almost 19! She's away at uni at present but will be home for her birthday as it will be the Easter break, I know she is happy and doing well but I miss seeing her regularly so I'm looking forward to catching up with her adventures.

The image I've used is from Mirtillamente, I've coloured her to look like our girl with dark brown hair  and grey/green eyes. Both of the background panels are stencilled, the pink one using an A&C stencil and one from Uniko for the grey panel. The two sentiments are from LOTV. I've added some little die cut embellishments (I love the paperclip, it looks so realistic!) and tiny glossy dots. 

There's some lovely inspiration makes from the rest of the ladies over at Crafty Catz, so do check them out- hope to see you play along this fortnight.

Thanks for visiting, have a good weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

craftrocket #134

creativeknockouts #566

TIOT feminine

digichoosday #3

ilovepromarkers #602

aplacetostart -no squares

mirtillamente #53

Daisy tag

 Hello, some time to play and I finally managed to make something that isn't for a DT! I haven't managed to make anything for the ATC and Tag Along Challenge for a while and really wanted to join in this month. Walking back from the woods with Marvin, enjoying the sunshine and pogging into the neighbouring gardens (as you do ) I spied a lovely lush green lawn- covered with daisies, it was so pretty and inspired me to make this tag. The die cut tag is Studio Light, 2 layers cut from white card, the middle layer is a green striped cardstock. The daisy die and stamp set is Polkadoodles- I used the die to cut the daisy flower but fussy cut the leaf and stem as I really don't like the white borders the die leaves around the stamped image. I used a Visible Image stamp from a set called drag and drip to stamp the green strips behind the daisy in 3 shades of green Dioxides. The sentiment is a TH stamp. Sorry about the photo but the light wasn't great and it's the best I could get. 

thanks for visiting.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

tag-alongandatc #March Challenge

mmmchallenge #273

colorfuloptions March Challenge

daisychain #105

craftrocket #134

craftygalscorner #275

Spring bunnies

Good morning, first Saturday of the month means it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar, the theme for March is SPRING.

The prize is some lovely digital stamps from LOTV

I needed to make some money holder cards for my friend's grandchildren, I always send them a little money gift as I don't think chocolate eggs would be the wisest thing to post! 

I found this cute Whimsy stamp that I bought a couple of years ago, a bargain buy at a Craft Show, never out of the packet before and thought it would appeal to a small girl. I've used Copics to colour. I also used a marker to colour a white ribbon as I didn't have any that matched. The little flower embellishments have been lurking in my 'scary cupboard' for many years- I knew they were in there somewhere and bravely delved into the depths- at least they are a perfect match so worth the effort.

There's a little pocket inside to hold the cash, the sentiment stamps are Lawn Fawn .

 I hope you can find the time to join in this month, please don't forget to check out the Challenge Blog for some lovely inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thanks for visiting, have a great weekend.

Chris

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challenge entries:

CRAFT #775

lilredwagon #848

simonsaysstamp - make it cute

paperfunday #85

aperfecttimetocraft. March Challenge

critter crazy #108

girlzcreativecrafts #65

allsorts #844