Challenge #3 at Hobbycutz

Good morning and Happy Easter! A quick post from me as I have a busy day ahead - cooking lunch for my children, their partners and the grandchildren! Not to mention organising the now obligatory egg hunt for aforementioned small grandaughters!

The new challenge at Hobbycutz is a simple one -CAS to be exact! There is an optional sketch, courtesy of one of my teamies Kathy K to follow if you want to.

 

Here is my card

as you can see, it's pretty simple and self -explanatory, but I'm quite pleased with the result. I really like the added dimension from the lovely lasercut hearts! These are great to use, so versatile, you can ink, stamp, paint, glitter, distress them ettc., but I used them just as they came as it's a CAS challenge.

This fortnight we are sponsored by

 hobbycutz.

and

Iva Nova Chest

with this lovely prize

So without further ado I'll leave you now so that you can pop over to the challenge blog to admire my teamies' fabulous creations!

Have a great day and a lovely Easter break!

Chris

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Challenges entered :
dutchdare CAS
happycampers add dimension
gingerloft kraft paper
Amusing challenges Anything goes


Gorgeous girl!

Good afternoon! Hope everyone is keeping warm on this freezing cold spring day! I thought I would share some photos of my Gorgeous Girl, Mathilda. She is now six and a half months old, getting to be a very big girlie! It's not easy taking photos of her while she's awake as she desperately wants my camera! I had to resort to bribery (any food will do!) to get these!  That dead looking yellow thing behind her is Dirty Duck, one of her favourite toys, he is still intact (at the moment!). Most of her toys are currently awaiting major surgery to reinsert thei gizzards and have their wounds stitched up (again)! Not the easiest of tasks as Mathilda tends to try and grab them whilst I am performing these delicate operations!

As you can see she is stunningly beautiful (in my unbiased opinion). Some of the time she is good! She is always very affectionate (it can be a bit painful sometimes!!) and extemely friendly....

 

Oh, yeah, I have made a card too....

I treated myself to a couple of the new Gorjuss stamps at the weekend,( no self control) and had time for a little play yesterday. I kept the card quite simple because I really just wanted to play with the stamps!

Thanks for looking!

Chris

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Iwould like to enter these challenges:

graphicatsketchs used sketch

foreverfriends girls

fashionablestamping paper piecing

lacysunshine layer it up

Lots of layers ...

Good morning! I think the title of this post is very apt... we all need to wear lots of layers here in the UK at the moment- it might officialy be spring but it's bloomin' freezin '!!  The challenge this week at Sweet Stampin' is to use lots of layers on your project, a lovely challenge leaving you with lots of scope!
Because I think it should be spring, I chose to make a spring-like card, with pretty colours and butterflies, flowers and a bunny, oh well, it cheered me up anyway!
Now would be a good time to pop over to the challenge blog to see what my teamies have made! It won't make it any warmer here but it might tempt you to join in - you could be lucky and win a prize from one of our lovely sponsers The Ribbon Girl or My Mums Craft Shop.
Thanks for visiting, have a lovely weekend (whatever the weather!)
Chris
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Challenges entered:
creativecreations B bunny , bow, butterflies
littlemissmuffet Easter
creative moments animals
thepapershelter spring (flowers ,bunny , butterflies)
anythingchallenge seeing double
deepocean cute and cuddly
diecuttindivas bunny
ladybugscraftsink spring
everybody-art-challenge spring
lejdesigns add  flower/s
shoppingourstash Easter/spring

Star of the show!

Good morning! Monday again, start of a new week and it's a new challenge at Songbirds! The song title this week is "Oh What a Circus" from Evita - to me this song will always be David Essex, no matter who else performs it! -we would like to see your circus themed cards. Our sponsor this week is the fabulous mayzyart and we were allowed to choose an image to play with, I picked this fabulous liontamer together with her majestic lion! Such fun to colour!!

The card is a stepper card, I made a circus tent as a backdrop, coloured the image with copics and added glossy accents to her boots (doesn't show in photo!) cut it out and mounted it in front of the tent. I then diecut various sizes of stars and added them to the front 'step'!

Pop over to the Songbird Challenges blog now to admire what the rest of the DT have created, you

won't want to miss this one!

Chris

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Challenges entered

abc-challenge just as you like

natalieandamy diecuts

onestopcraft anything goes

chocolatecoffeecards banners

clearly inspired die cuts

myheartpieces  not square

fabnfunky add a sentiment

 

Aloysius in the frame!

Good evening! Second post today, it's all or nothing with me! I started to make this card yesterday but was interrupted by the arrival of my gorgeous grandaughters who were 'sleeping over' at mine! There certainly isn't time to craft when they're around! - well that's not entirely true  - they love to craft, but as they're aged 3 and not-quite-6  they still need quite a bit of help. We made decorated egg princesses! I should have taken photos! By the time I'd cleared up the (considerable!) mess, fed them, bathed them, cleaned the bath crayons off the tiles,  read stories , given them their 'midnight feast' (well 8pm feast) brushed their teeth, read more stories, I was shattered! This morning I was greeted with " Oh, Nanny the numbers on your clock are six dot three three, what time is that?" and two small girls clambered into my bed...
Anyhow, back to the card, quick and simple using the gorgeous Aloysius from Indigo Blu, embossed panel matted onto kraft. Frame also diecut from kraft.
That's all from me, going to collapse in  front of the tv now!
Have a lovely evening
Chris
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Challenges entered:
Less is More Frame it
4craftychicks CAS
vickysplace teddy time

Easter boxes

 Good morning! I hope you're enjoying the weekend! It's time for a new challenge at Hobbycutz this time the challenge is 'Easter'. I chose to make a box in the shape of a hat, which I constructed from card and covered with design paper than decorated with ribbon, flowers and these lovely lasercut butterflies from hobbycutz.co.uk. , which I painted and covered in glitter. First I made this one

 I have two grandaughters so then I made this one!

 Then I filled them with little chocolate eggs. I think they'll be pleased!

You really don't want to miss the amazing projects my team mates have produced so pop over to hobbycutzchallenges now and check out their fabulous creations! Hopefully, you will be inspired to make something for Easter and join in the fun!
Have a lovely Sunday!
Chris
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Challenges entered
paper-craftingjourney anything but a card
craftsandme ribbon and lace
flutterbywednesdays. winged creature (butterfly)
everybody-art-challenge box
try it on tuesdays hats and Easter bonnets
craftuscrazy anything but a card
thestampingshack Easter

There's still a week to go!

Just a quick reminder! The blog hop at Hobbycutz still has a week to run - dont miss it!

Chris

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