Fabulous 40!

 

Well hello again, didn't expect to see me back again so soon, did you? Well here I am, it's still Tuesday and that means it's also time to visit the lovely Ladybugs Crafts Ink Challenge Blog to see what  fabulous new challenge we have for you! I'm lucky enough to be a guest designer  for a few weeks! I have been given some absolutely gorgeous images to work with ( thanks so much Kerry!:)) and am thoroughly enjoying myself!

This fortnight there is a photo for inspiration, this is a first for me!

 

This is the photo.... you REALLY don't want to know how long it took me to work out how to get this photo onto this post!!!!

 Oh, how I wish I wasn't quite so technically challenged!!!

(But I did it in the end...yay!!!)

Anyway, back to the card, I chose to use the Through the Ages -40 stamp which you can find here. I coloured the image with copics, I then printed it again, much larger and cut out just the cake part to mount on the embossed background paper. Hope you like it.

Well that's all from me for now.

Have a good day!

Chris

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 Challenges entered:

emeraldfaeries sparkle

lexiscreations birthday celebrations

ooh-la-la-creations food/ drink

pinkgem more than one fold

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do the happy dance!

 

Good morning my lovelies! It's time for the new challenge at Songbirds!  This fortnight our song is 'Dancing Queen' - Abba of course! We would like to see dancing or a queen (or of course, both!) on your cards. We are sponsored by the fabulous Saturated Canary who very generously provided us with some of her beautiful images to play with. I chose to use Zorana, this beautiful gypsy dancer. She's coloured with copics and a tiny dash of atyouSpica glitter pens. The papers are DCWV ,Mariposa.

Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to visit Songbird Challenges to see what the rest of the team have made, you have a real treat in store, not only does the blog have an amazing and beautiful new look, we also have some very talented new design team members with some fabulous inspiration for you!

Hope to see your card there!

Chris

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Challenges

mytimetocraft butterflies

craftyhands anything goes

creative moments lace/anything goes

fabnfunky distress

 

Mid week reminder and new 'Skinnies' at LCI

Good morning! It's release time for the next 6 gorgeous Skinny Malinkys at Ladybugs Crafts Ink!  Here's my second GDT card for this lovely challenge, I would like you all to meet the elegant and so classy  Kera... she is soooo gorgeous, an absolute delight to work with! As soon as I saw her I knew what I wanted to make, something  quite simple and stylish, to suit her personality. Her dress, hat and shopping bags have all been paper pieced, and a little glossy accents added to her sunglasses and some of the bags.  Oh, how she loves to shop!!! 
                                                   

There are 5 more of these lovely ladies being shown off today to complete the collection, that makes it 12 in all! If you missed last weeks girls just visit the challenge blog by clicking HERE! You can see all 12 of the Skinny Malinkys, and find out how you could win the complete collection of these fabulous digis!. There is also still plenty of time to enter the current challenge 'Anything goes'.
Thanks for looking!
Have a lovely day.
Chris
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Challenges:
creativefingers girls just wanna have fun
wagsnwhiskers paper piecing
milkcoffeechallenge spots and dots
rubysrainbow buttons

Anything but a card....

I'm back again already with my project for our new challenge at Hobbycutz, which is to make anything that isn't a card. I made this quite simple picture frame to show off these lovely photos of my beautiful granddaughters. It's made from mount board, covered with a spotted paper, edged with punched border, the 2 lovely wooden swirls are from Hobbycutz.
We'd love to see your take on our challenge and you could be lucky enough to win a prize from our sponsors this week, Crafty Sentiments, so why not pay a visit to Hobbycutz Challenges now !
Have a great day!
Chris
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Hands up if you have one of these.....

Happy Saturday!
For our new challenge at Sweet Stampin' we want to see your Monster Birthday makes.... you can interpret this in your own way... it could be a 'monster' number! For my card I chose to use this cute little fella from Pollycrafts, and as I can think of several recipients for this card :) I think he's going to have a lot of outings!
I hope you will find the time to visit the challenge blog to see how the rest of my lovely and so-talented teamies have interpreted this challenge. We are sponsored by Sir Stampalot andThe Ribbon Girl, so why not share your own monster creation, you could be a lucky winner!
Enjoy the weekend!
Chris
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Challenges entered:
sisteract #29 anything goes
stampinfortheweekend anything goes
.4craftychicks layers
charismacardz - he is a little bit greedy!!!
milkcoffee spots and dots
fabnfunky spots and stripes
thestampingchef spots and stripes

Shimmer and shine!

Good morning! I'm back again with my DT card for Southern Girls Challenge. This fortnight our theme is 'Shine on'... so we would like to see your shining shimmery creations! Think of the fun  you can have with all those lovely glimmer sprays and mica paints! we have Three lovely sponsors Rhoda Design Studio, Flourish With a Bling and Marianne Design, all with fabulous prizes!.
My card is a fairly simple design, the ivy wreath is made using Marianne Creatables Die LR0206. The image is a Sweet Pea stamp, coloured with copics . I then used perfect pearls to give her wings and dress  some sheen, and the butterflies are stamped, coloured with copics and painted with perfect pearls to make them shimmer. The background paper has been sprayed with glimmer mist to add to the shimmery effect, unfortunately none of this shows very well in my photos, so you'll just have to take my word for it!:)

Thanks for visiting, don't forget to hop over to Southern Girls to see what my talented teamies have created to inspire you, - then get out all your lovely shimmery, shiny stuff, make something beautiful and join  in the fun!

Chris

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 Challenges entered:

craftycreations -sparkle and shine

creativecardcrew sun, moon and stars

ooh-la-la things with wings

rogueredhead die cut divas

totallygorjuss things with wings

A Christmas card!

Well, I had to give in and start sometime! This is actually 5 days early for me... I try not to think about Christmas until my daughter and granddaughter's birthdays are over (19th and 21st October).
For this card I used a Delicious Doodles image- 'Snow Cuddles' coloured with copics. The die cuts are both Memory Box. It's quite a simple card 'cos I don't like to spend too much time on each Christmas card as there are so many to make!- Also I need to post them!!!
Thanks for looking!
Chris
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Challenges entered:
deepocean Christmas is round the corner
addicted-to-stamps Christmas is coming
onestitchatatime Winter Wonderland
robynsfetish square cards only
craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge make it square
papercreators dies and punches
fairytale snowflakes, wintertime, gemstones