Summer bouquet

 

Good morning, the August Challenge at We Love Stamping begins today, the theme for this month is SUMMER BLOOMS or Anything Goes

There will be a lovely prize for two lucky winners.

Two prizes, Penny Black stamp and stencil and another stamp from Buddly Crafts (photo's not to scale).

To make my CAS card I stamped the image, a Penny Black stamp, Bouquet ballet onto white card and coloured using my Copic markers, then I chopped it into 3 pieces and matted it onto a slightly larger green rectangle. I added the tiny stamped tag (LOTV) with a scrap of green ribbon and a few clear gems to finish.

As always, you will find loads of inspiration over at WLS, along with full details of how to play along with our challenges.

Thanks for visiting, have a lovely day.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

CAS on Friday #339

Ellibelles Garden Party #17

hesisterhoodofcrafters Flowers

PFM#848 (3 panels)

beautifulblossoms #43

Chevrons or stripes at Sweet Stampin'

 Good morning, this is my DT card for this fortnight's challenge at Sweet Stampin', the theme is 

CHEVRONS OR STRIPES

I made this for a very special friend's birthday, he'll be 92 in September, although you would never believe it if you saw him, he really does wear his years very well.

He is a hero, one of the last surviving veterans of the Korean War, his regiment was the Royal Engineers, my card design is a nod to his passions- his patriotism and regimental colours...and motorcycles! The panel with the chevrons was created with a stencil, the motorcycle is stamped and embossed with white EP (sorry have misplaced the stamp, will add the make when it surfaces!) and the sentiment stamped and embossed in gold. 

There's more inspiration from my lovely teamies over at Sweet Stampin' so do pop over for a visit!

Thanks for looking, have a good weekend

Chris

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GD at Kleuren met Potloden

Good morning, I was invited to be a Guest Designer for the July Challenge at Colouring with Pencils, and was given a sweet sponsor image to play with, Mabel with balloons.  She could be used for lots of occasions but I decided on a Christmas card as haven't made many yet this year. I printed the image onto muti media paper and coloured using my Polychromo pencils, adding a touch a sparkle with glitter pens. I used  aone of the lovely sketches from Sweet sketch Wednesday, matting the papers (The Works) onto silver glitter card, added small gems and a die cut snowflake to finish. 

There is still time to join in with the challenge, the theme is Anything Goes as long as you colour with pencils, please check out the challenge blog for lots of lovely inspiration. 

Thanks for visiting and happy weekend

Chris

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Challenges entered 

CRAFT #785

avenue613. July Challenge

SAS4Kids July Challenge

crafterscafe #332

dragonflydreams July Challenge

sweetsketchwednesday2.  July Challenge

sketch #331

Guest Design at TIOT

 Good morning, I was honoured to be invited to Guest Design for this fortnight's challenge at TIOT.- .

The theme for the challenge is SUMMER BLOOMS.

I stepped out of my comfort zone and used die cuts instead of stamps/digis to create my card...in fact there's no stamping at all which is rare for me. The flower dies are from Polkadoodles, they are a bit larger than I expected when I  ordered them! I cut them from white card and coloured them with distress oxides in soft shades of blue and mauve, two different stencils and same ink pad for the backgrounds. The happy birthday die, cut several times from white card and stacked together, is from Amazon (unbranded). 

There's lots of fabulous inspiration from the lovely ladies at TIOT so be sure to pay them a visit!

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

acutabove July Challenge

polkadoodle. #7

beautifulblossoms #43

daisychain #109

just-add-ink. #790

I'll be watching you

 Hello, I had some time to play yesterday evening and made a tag- O/H was watching the football, not my thing, give me tennis any day, at least you don't see the kind of behaviour that the losing team exhibited after the match, totally appalling! Maybe if they can't be sportsmanlike enough to concede defeat gracefully, they shouldn't be allowed to take part. 

Anyway, enough of that and back to the tag, I die cut a tag shape from a scrap of smooshed and stencilled card (one I made earlier) and stamped the dog, a Pink Ink stamp, directly onto it. The stencilled background showed through and I didn't like the effect (a weird patchy dog!) so I used darker colours of Zig water colour pens to colour him. I stamped the sentiment using tiny little alphabet peg stamps that I've had for many years with Twilight Versaphine Clair ink, then stamped the dots and paw prints. I've used my favourite, blue/brown colour combo so I'm entering the Tag-Along ( and ATC) Challenge.

Thanks for visiting

have a good week

Chris

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Also entering these challenges-

MIUCB #84

craftyanimals #107

asyoulikeit Favourite pet- definitely a dog, because they are the best!

craftrocket #138

Summer poppies

Good morning, a reminder post for this month's challenge at We Love Stamping, the theme is Summertime or Anything Goes.

The prizes on offer are some lovely  Lavinia stamps and watercolours.

I used several Lavinia stamps and a Lavinia stencil to create my summery scene-Garden Poppy; Wild flower; Orchard Grass; Birds; Small Pixy Houses; Small Pine Trees., I used the same stencil and a couple of Lavinia fairies on the front of the card, and decorated an envelope to match

 

For full details of how to play along with the challenge along with some fabulous inspiration from the rest of the design team please click HERE.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

HQFSCAT #18

LTSCB #180

MIUCB #84

thefourseasons July Challenge

tripleb July Challenge

creativeinspiration #40

Ellibelles Garden Party #17

Petal Pixie

 Good morning, today sees the start of a new challenge at Crafty Catz- the last one before we break for the summer. As always the theme is Anything Goes and you have two weeks to join in. 

My card, a very simple design-it was  too hot to think of  anything else- features a new Mo Manning cutie, Petal Pixie Pansy. If you haven't visited Mo's new shop recently you've missed a treat- new images are coming thick and fast at the moment, all of them so tempting!

I've used my markers to colour, old papers from LOTV, a stamped sentiment and a border die, brand unknown.

Well that's it from me, there's more inspiration from the rest of the team over at Crafty Catz, so why not pop over and join in with this challenge before September.

Thanks for visiting

Have a good weekend

Chris

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Challenge entries:

HQFCB #53

polkadoodle #7

CRAFT #784

Ally's Angels #108

classicdesign #07

MAWTT #191

lilredwagon #867

creationsinmostlypink #94

Noel

 Good morning, today sees the start of a new challenge at Fab'n' Funky, this will be the last one before we break for the summer. 

The theme chosen by our lovely Pat, is Christmas in July.

To make my card I've merged three little angel images, available in the new shop. The background paper comes with one of them. I've used my Copics to colour and given them some die cut clouds to float on. The die cut musical notes are Memory Box and the 'noel' is part of a TH set.

There's more inspiration over at F'n'F so please do hop over and check it out- hope you can find the time to play along, you'll be needing those Christmas cards before you know it.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

addictedtostamps #521

CCAYR N for Noel

craftingfromtheart June challenge

MLCCB #69

pearlysparkles #121

girlzcreativechristmas #184

POE #115

hollyandivy #207

dreamvalley #364

Bees and blooms

 Good morning, it's the first Sunday of the month so time for a challenge over at We Love Stamping.

The theme for July is SUMMERTIME or Anything Goes.

There are 2 fabulous prizes, Lavinia Stamps and watercolours.

I used several Lavinia stamps to create my card, Bumble and Hum, Flower Divine and Forest Creeper, the background is Distress Oxide Inks and a honeycomb stencil, I also used a sunray stencil but doesn't show up very well. The sentiment is a sticker. 

Check out the challenge blog for full details of how to play along and to enjoy some beautiful summery creations from the rest of the ladies.

Thanks for visiting- have a good day.

Chris

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TIOT In the garden

mmmchallenge #291

ellibelle's garden party #16

allsorts #853

thefourseasons #July Challenge

Birthdays at Crafty Calendar

 My second DT card today is for the July Challenge at Crafty Calendar, the theme this month is

 Happy Birthday

Again, I've used one of Mo Manning wonderful images, this one is a Patreon image.

The card is for my lovely friend (and Marvin's 'baby sitter'), she has a gorgeous dog of her own, a handsome long-haired German Shepherd, whose soppy temperament belies his looks! His coat has an unusual reddish tint and I've tried to capture that with my markers and pencils. The patterned paper came with the image, the sentiment stamps are MFT and I've added some stamped embossed paw prints, they'll remind Helen of just how often she has to wash her floors when the weather is bad!

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog- and please check out the Challenge for details of the prize and some great inspiration from the rest of the ladies.

Have a good weekend

Chris

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craftrocket #138

kraftychicks #827

crittercrazies #112

Christmas in July at Sweet Stampin'

 Good morning, a bit late with my posts today, totally slipped my mind that these DT cards were due- blaming it the heat...or could be just my age! Anyway this one is for Sweet Stampin' Challenges- the new challenge begins today and runs for two weeks, the theme is Christmas in July. 

These two cute little guys are Mo Manning, available from the old shop. I've used Copics to colour. Snow added with Ink spatters. The falling snow EF is one of my favourites, but no idea of brand. The die cut is an old one from Memory Box, it's been very well used over the years I've had it.

There's more inspiration over at The Challenge Blog, it's easy to  play along- just remember to include stamping and follow the theme.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

alphabet E for embossing

creativeknockouts. #574

abcchristmaschallenge - L

hollyandivy #207

pearlysparkles #121

aperfecttimetocraft. JulyCh.

crittercrazies #112

The Legend!

 Good morning, another fortnight has flown past and once again we have a new challenge for you at Crafty Catz. 

The Theme is always ANYTHING GOES.

I'm sharing the card I made for my brother. The idea for this is unashamedly nicked from my lovely teamie, Chrissy, who's brilliant design can be seen here! As soon as I saw it I knew it would be perfect for my brother- he really can turn his hand to anything. Thanks so much for the inspiration Chrissy.

The image is a digi from QKR Stampede, sadly no longer trading. I've used my Copics to colour and used a brick wall stencil for the background, the papers are I think from Do Craft? Computer generated sentiment.  

Hope you can find the time to join in this fortnight, for more inspiration please check out the fab creations from the rest of the team here.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries

kraftychicks #827

digichoosday #7

themaleroom #212- DIY and woodwork are just 2 of his hobbies.

avenue613 June Challenge

carlinskaartenparadijs #96 (July)

MAWTT #191

dreamvalley #364

Merry Christmas to moo

 Good morning,  after winning a recent challenge at Christmas Or Not Bingo Challenge I had the honour of being invited to Guest Design for the July/August challenge.

Here is the card I made using Column B from the Bingo board.- Christmas, red, gingham, digital image.

I made a circular easel card using a digital image by Mo Manning, coloured with copic markers. The very old gingham paper is from Docrafts the die cut holly leaves using even older Sizzix die with red flat back pearls for berries. 

Please do take the time to check out the CONBC Challenge blog for some fabulous inspiration from the Design Team- there's lots of options on the board to give you a great starting point for a card design and, the challenge runs for 6 weeks so plenty of time to create something fabulous and join in.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

cdsunday #186

peaceonearth #114

creativefingers #325

CRAFT #783

Something beginning with B

 Good morning, my turn to host the challenge at Fab'n' Funky this fortnight, the theme I have chosen is 

'Something beginning with B'

My B's are Bear, bloom, bee , bow, brown, blue.

The stamp is from a set by Anita Jeram (Colorado Craft), coloured with pencils, sentiment from same set, I've used kraft card and an odd scrap of DP, no idea of brand.

There's more inspiration from my lovely teamies, so please hop over to F'n'F to take a look, hope you can find the time to play along with the challenge.

It's very hot here... seems wrong to be hiding indoors when the sun is shining but you can have too much of a good thing. Poor Marvin's routine is totally disrupted- he's still getting his early morning walk but has to wait until it's cool enough (if it is cool enough!) to go out again. The heat has not affected his appetite in the slightest though...and he still wants to play with his ball, I'm not keen on indoor ball games but it's too hot in the garden!

Keep cool everyone!

Chris

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Challenge entries:

aperfecttimetocraft #6

craftyanimals. #106

daisychain #108

creativecrafters #101

allsorts #852

asyoulikeit Blue and brown is my favourite combo, aways looks good together and works well for both masculine and feminine cards.

CRAFT #782

lilredwagon #864

We want cake!

 Good morning,  a new Anything Goes Challenge begins today over at Crafty Catz, my card  is for a lovely friend who is a dog -lover...he is also very partial to cake!

I die cut a rectangle of white card and stencilled the brick wall on the right, masked it and stamped the TH Crazy dogs' heads. Coloured with Copic Markers, then stamped the sentiment (Your Next Stamp). Quick and simple but I know he'll like it!

Don't forget to check out the Challenge Blog, there are some fabulous cards from the rest of the DT- hope you can find some time to join in this fortnight.

Thanks for visiting,

happy weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

craftrocket #137

kraftychicks #825

addictedtostamps #519

mirtillamente #56

pearlysparkles #120

sparkles #201

mmmchallenge #280

aaabirthday #86

Good for the soul

Good morning, I'm here with a reminder of our June challenge at We Love Stamping- the theme is SPORTS or HOBBIES or Anything Goes. There are 2 prizes of Visible Image Stamps.

I made a set of ATCs, using Distress Oxides for the backgrounds and to colour. Some of the stamps used are Visible Image, Drag & Drip and Make Me Smile sets, no longer on their website. I've also used stamps from A&C, Indigo Blue and Kelly Panacci. 

As always, there is loads of inspiration over at We Love Stamping- so go enjoy! You will also find full details of how to play along and the prizes on offer.

I'm home now after a very enjoyable holiday cruising on the Rhine, we visited some beautiful places, enjoyed watching the scenery go by and ate too much! The ship was great, very comfortable, good food and pleasant, helpful staff . We made new friends too which was a bonus. The only downside was the journey home. I never ever want to go anywhere near Frankfurt airport again!!! Complete and utter chaos- totally disorganised -queues everywhere, automated machines not working,  hardly any security desks open so queues didn't move, just got longer and longer, people stressing everywhere over missing their flights and trying to push in! Luckily we did get through in time but I personally have no intention of going anywhere in Europe until they sort out the EES and get rid of the ridiculous queues.

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks to everyone who kindly left comments on my scheduled posts.

Have a good day

Chris

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Challenge entries:

thelittlethings  #05

avenue613 Craft or Hobby

welove2create #04

tag-alongandatc # June Challenge

 

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