Easter bonnet!

 

Yesterday Christmas, today Easter! How time flies! Our challenge theme at Sweet Stampin' this week is 'Easter' so we would love to see all of your beautiful spring time makes, there's a £15 voucher from Crafty Devils for the lucky winner this week!

My card is made using a cute image from Time for Tea! Isn't she a sweetie? The nest with chick makes such a fetching Easter Bonnet!  The flowers are all made with punches.

Thanks for visiting, don't forget to pop over to Sweet Stampin' -there's some fabulous inspiration to be seen!

Happy Weekend!

Chris

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Challenges

craftycatz Spring

getinky Spring/Easter

simplycreatetoo Easter

stampinfortheweekend Spring colours

thestampingboutique Easter

Emerald Faeries Easter

crafting-with-dragonflies Easter

handmadeharbour Spring/Easter

toptiptuesday Cute

tuesdaythrowdown use part of a digi (just used her head!)

craftyourpassion anything but square

Cards for all seasons

Good morning my friends. I hope the sun is shining on you! The weekend is nearly here again ... another week flown past it'll be Christmas before we know it :))- only another 214 sleeps to go!
Our challenge at Delicious Doodles this week is 'All Seasons in One Day' so I thought I'd make my first Christmas card this year, nothing like being prepared!  although I probably won't get around to making any more until November!!!!
I used one of Teri's fabulous scenic images , On a Winters Day, to make my card. I printed the lovely scene 3 times, and used dies to cut out the centres of two of them, then mounted them together using sticky pads to give some added dimension. I then printed just the little couple in the foreground, cut them out and stuck them on the top. Lots of frosted lace stickles,  a die cut tree and a computer generated greeting complete the card. I quite like the end result!
Please take time to visit the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog and check out the lovely creations from the rest of Team A! We'd love to see what you create too!
Thanks for taking the time to look.
Happy Friday!
Chris
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Challenges Entered:
craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2 Anything Christmas
crimbo-crackers anything Christmas
abcchristmaschallenge g is for glitter
paperpretties no markers
sweetstamps dies
Make Something Monday Sparkle
52cct combo #23 black white grey (only the sunlight makes it look blue!:)
allsorts use dies
Completely Christmas #5 Anything goes

Cupcake Cutie!

Yayyy! It Tuesday and time for a new Totally Ladybugs Tuesday Challenge at Ladybugs Crafts Ink! It's the turn of lovely Lyndsey to host this challenge and, being a kind and generous person, she has picked the theme of 'Birthdays'.... how easy is that!!!
I made a scalloped rocker card... the scalloped bits are all hand cut  as I don't have any dies that shape big enough (or any dies of any shape big enough....!) The cute digital image is of course from LCI, she's one of the 'Cupcake Cuties' and you can buy her here for just £1.75. I printed the image twice then cropped and enlarged one of them to make the big cupcake she is standing on. The large cake case was paperpieced, the rest coloured with copics and topped with glitter! Papers are LOTV. The card DOES stand up but it was windy in the garden and after retrieving it twice (the second time the 'jaws of death' aka Mathilda almost beat me to it!) I gave up and photographed it lying down (the card not me!).

Well, that's it from me. I hope you will take the time to visit the Challenge Blog and see what the Lovely Ladybugs have been up to! We'd love to see your Birthday Cards too!
Thanks for visiting.
Chris
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Challenges
thatcraftplace buttons
craftycatz anything goes
pattiescreations anything goes
copicmarkereurope birthdays
craftyribbons ribbon and buttons
sassystudiodesigns pretty pastels
divasbydesign buttons and bows

A bit of doodling...

Good morning my lovely friends! Welcome to the weekend and I hope it's a lovely one for all of you!
Saturday means Sweet Stampin' and the challenge this week is to add a bit of doodling! Now,  judging by my lovely teamies it seems that doodling is something you love or you hate- doesn't seem to be any room for ambivalence  here! Can't see a problem myself, you only need to add a few dots or lines! Anyways here's my card, loads of doodling (guess which camp I'm in (shhhh don't tell!). The bear is doodled, I scanned him so I could paper piece him (my own personal digi:) the little hearts are doodled and then I added a dot/dash border. The sentiment is a Stampendous stamp.
now it's time for you to get out those pens and add a few doodles to your creations.. show us which camp you're in! You could win a fabulous prize from our sponsors this week!

Just click here to visit the challenge blog and check out the inspiration from my lovely teamies! Despite their moans and groans they have come up trumps again with some stunning creations...you can have a lot of fun guessing who is 'for' and who isn't!!!
Thanks for visiting!
Happy weekend!
Chris

Challenges entered:-

craftyhands buttons and bows
thestampingboutique recipe
audsentiments anything goes
pennyschallenges buttons and bows
thesisterhoodofcrafters sentiment as focal point
shoppingourstash buttons and bows
sentimentalsundays cute and cuddly

Deliciously Dark

 

Hi, happy Friday! It's time for a new challenge at Delicious Doodles the theme this week is 'Black and one other colour', so not too difficult at all! The hardest part for me was deciding which Teri's fabulous images to use!!! I spent ages drooling over them before choosing this beauty! Her name is Blanch and you can find her here. I love this image, but don't be deceived by her- her lovely face hides a secret... what is that she's holding in her hand? Is it a love potion or something more sinister? What's with the skull in the corner? Is it a previous lover? Just don't trust her!

Blanch and the Skull 'n' Roses Corner have been coloured with copics, glossy accents added to the bottle and a touch of glitter to the roses. The cobweb is stamped. The skull 'n' roses image was printed twice, once onto the dp and again onto plain card, which I coloured and cut out and stuck over the dp image using pinflair gel to add some dimension. A few black gems and a piece of black tulle, held in place with a sparkly brad complete my card! I so enjoyed making this!

Why not pop over to Delicious Doodles now and check out the inspiration from my teamies! Hopefully you'll be tempted to join the fun!

Have a great weekend!

Chris

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Challenges

addictedtostamps colouring

everybody-art-challenge non cute

sweetstamps anything goes

bunnyzoescrafts monochrolme

incywincydesigns monochromatic

markerpop anything goes

 craftitude  ATG/add a brad/eyelet

creativecorner add texture

Flower Power at Southern Girls Challenge

Good morning. My card today is for our new challenge at Southern Girls - the theme is Flower Power!- another nice'n'easy one! We're sponsored by Flourish with a Bling and All Dressed Up and I was given this beautiful image to play with! I coloured her with copics then masked her and stamped the sentiment. The papers are LOTV, the die cut corner is Memory Box, ribbon, flowers and pearls from stash.

 

Please take the time to visit Southern Girls Challenge Blog to see what my lovely teamies have created . We hope you'll be inspired to join us and share your own flowery creations!

Have a lovely day!

Chris

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Challenges I would like to enter:

613 Avenue Create flowers

OSAAT use a digi

Stamping Sensations Pretty in Pink

thatcraftplace flowers

emeraldfaeries girly- pretty in pink

natalieandamy flowers

allsorts pretty in pink

divasbydesign flower power

 

 

For a special lady...

Good morning, Tuesday again already! That means it's time for a new Totally Ladybugs Tuesday challenge at Ladybugs Crafts Ink. The theme this fortnight is a fabulous one- 'For a special

Lady' -set by my lovely, and very talented friend Julie- believe me her blog is well worth a visit!

For my card I used the Winestool Nikki image- isn't she gorgeous! The card was made for my equally gorgeous 'baby' sister's 40th birthday (40 she looks about 25!!!) this image really looks like her!

 I made an oval side-step card from black textured cardstock

 Nikki is coloured  with copics, her hair is coloured to match my sister's ;), The tag is die cut, numbers were cut on the cricut, a bow, flowers and lots of bling added to finish.

(my sister loved the card!)

Please pop over to Ladybugs Challenge and feast your eyes on the rest of the DTs beautiful cards and we'd love to see what you make for those special ladies!

Have a great day!

Chris

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Challenges

tuesdaythrowdown #187 bling, digi, ribbon

createdwithlove #78 girly

ooh-la-la-creations special lady

crazychallenge flower frenzy

throughthepurplehaze bling

whoopsiedaisy make/add a tag

613 avenue create anything/ flowers

dreamvalley big birthdays