Bright and cheerful!

Good afternoon! It's dull, dark and raining (again!). I'm stuck indoors, at least it's warm and dry in here so I shouldn't complain! I thought I'd make a bright and cheerful card to remind myself  of spring, summer and sunshine! Tempted by the generous BOGOF at Dilly Beans (until 31 January) I bought some digis last week, they are amazing fun to colour. The current challenge is to use green, purple and gold. I followed this sketch:-

and you can see the result above!

Thanks for looking! I hope it's made you think of warmer, brighter days too!
Chris
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Challenges:
dillybeanschallenge, green purple, gold
thepaperplayers sketch
dragonfly-dreams thoughts of summer

Something to look forward to!

 

Hi Ladies , just a quick post to brighten up a dark, cold, wet January evening! Something to look forward to - a taste of spring with the new release digi stamps at Ladybugs Crafts Ink. If you can't wait that long then click here to check out the lovely re-vamped website! There are lots of fabulous goodies to tempt you!

Chris

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Sketch Challenge at Hobbycutz

Good morning! It's Sunday again already and that means it's time for a new challenge at Hobbycutz! This week we have a fabulous sketch for you to follow, designed by the lovely Kobie herself!

 

 

We're sponsored this week by Whimsey Stamps who gave us some beautiful images to use, I chose to use the lovely Vintage Heart. I coloured this with copics then fussy cut it out. The papers are  MME Bramble Rose, I distressed and inked the edges. The butterflies are from the Hobbycutz shop, and have been embossed using Frantage aged rose embossing enamel.

Thanks for looking, hope you like the card and we'd love to see your interpretation of this sketch at Hobbycutz Challenges this week.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Chris
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Challenges:
fussyandfancy -vintage
winter wonderland butterflies
craftsandme heart
feelingcrafty butterflies
delightful you have my heart
itsallaboutthevintage embossing
paper-craftingjourney vintage/distressed/shabby chic
fantastic Tuesday make it feminine

 

 

 

In stitches!

 

Good morning! Time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin', this week we'll have you all  'in stitches'!!! A lovely easy challenge, just add some stitches to your project...real or faux, we don't mind!

My card is made using another fabulous image from Mitzi Sato-Wiuff, I just can't resist these, so lovely to colour! This little elf girl is coloured with copics, papers from my stash and the die cut bow is Memory Box. The stitching is faux!

Thanks for taking the time to look, now hop over to Sweet Stampin' and feast your eyes on my teamies lovely creations! We'd love to have you join us this week, you could win a prize from

 Di's Digi's, who is generously sponsoring our challenge this week

there' s also a monthly prize of £10 to be won from Cuddly Buddly!

Happy weekend!

Chris

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Challenges:

stampinfortheweekend - Happy Birthday

allwayssomethingcreative -stitching

natalieandamy - for the girlies

creativeknockouts -birthday time

seizethebirthday - colouring

craftingforallseasons -girly

thepapershelter - digi image + sentiment

 

 

Steampunk mermaid!

Good afternoon. I've been very industrious today, cleaned the house right through (it really needed it after having my granddaughters to stay at the weekend, they are gorgeous but busy and messy!-nothing that doesn't clean up though!) and cleared all the ironing! Feeling so virtuous now and rewarding myself with time to play!
This card is made using a  fabulous image from Delicious Doodles, (you can find it here) I coloured her with copics and framed her in some oval shaped die cuts which have been randomly stamped with some tiny gear and cog stamps. Various die cuts are added to the frame. The clock is a Debbie Moore stamp, coloured with copics, cut out and crackle glazed I love the effect of this! I finished it off with a few tiny pearls.

 

Quick update on Mathilda's paws: she actually cut both right hand (leg??!) paws and her right hind leg and needed stitches in all three cuts! Poor girly had to wait until Friday because she'd eaten and the vet needed to anaesthetise her. Here she is feeling a bit sorry for herself, but sporting some very fetching purple bandages

convalescing on the sofa!

 

 

Keeping said bandages dry is a bit of a problem as the local pet store doesn't stock waterproof booties in her size, so we have been covering them with plastic bags when she goes outside.... you never know when you're going to need 'a bag for life'! I wonder if they'll replace them for free now that they have holes in them!!!

 

She's been back to the vet today to have the stitches wounds checked, happily they are healing well! (She now has blue bandages....)

 

Well that's all for now, thanks for visiting, hope you have a pleasant evening.

Chris

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Challenges entered:

avenue613 -anything goes/blue

OSAAT- use a digi

myshericrafts delightful digis

brownsugar anything goes

deliciousdoodles easel cards

punkyougirl stempunk

rubysrainbow film or song title (Mermaids)

Snow Queen, glitter and bling!

Good afternoon! It's dark and it's raining so a good time to be indoors in the warm although lot of drama going on in this house today, Mathilda has cut her paw, blood and bandages everywhere! Just as well our new carpet cleaner turned up last week, it's had a baptism of fire.... well blood! She wasn't terribly cooperative about having said paw bandaged, and can remove the offending object far quicker than we can get it on... she's not going to be too impressed about going to the v.e.t. either......
Anyways, back to the card! I love this beautiful image from AuroraWings, Mitzi Sato-Wiuff is so talented. I coloured the Snow Queen using my copics and with hindsight I wish I'd left her face white! I used loads of glitter and bling so she really sparkles in daylight! The photo really doesn't show it very well! The edges of the image are flitter glued and covered with silver mega flakes and steel blue crushed glass glitter. The edges of the embossed background have added frantage. I kept the design simple to focus on the image. Thanks for visiting, going to check on the poorly paw!
Chris
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Challenges entered:
digistamps4joy glitter and sparkle
cuttinandstampin winter
papertake New Year, new stash
sweetstamps winter blues
.craftyourpassion cool colours
sparklensprinkle anything goes, glitter
OSAAT New
robynsfetish no patterned paper
digihaven baby it's cold outside
funwithshapesandmore frosty

DT call at Sweet Stampin'

   Hi Ladies, just a quick post to let you know about the DT call over at Sweet Stampin'. It closes on 30 January, so if you're interested click here to find out the details! I can assure you that it's a fabulous team to be on!
Chris
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