Flowers.... to brighten a dull day

Good morning...I'm back again, seem to have been around a lot this week! Today it's my card for our lovely new challenge at Sweet Stampin', which is, as you can guess by the title of this post, 'flowers to brighten a dull day'....how lovely is that?!
I used a beautiful image from A Day For Daisies which I've coloured with copics, papers from stash, sorry don't know the make, a film strip die and a leaf die, a scrap of lace and some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts , who, incidentally, are sponsoring this challenge.
We hope you'll be tempted to join in with this fab challenge, such a lot of scope here...all you need to remember is to stamp something!
Just click here to be inspired by my teamies' beautiful creations...and of course, to add your own!
Enjoy the weekend
Chris
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Challenges entered:
adayfordaisies -anything goes
brownsugar #180 anything goes
craftycatz  #306 flowers
creativeknockouts #123 anything goes
inspirationdestination #67 atg
unicornchallenge get your glad rags out

Never too old.......

...for fairytales, so true! I've been an avid reader ever since I can remember, a lot of my childhood was spent with my nose stuck in a book, totally oblivious to the world around me! I always loved fairy tales, the dark scary core hidden in the best ones is irresistible!
 I was lucky enough to win this fabulous Bookaholic image in a previous challenge at The East Wind and couldn't wait to colour that gorgeous hair! Instead of creating a card with her I did what I have been promising myself for ages and dug out my altered book journal, made from an old hardback book, (started  in a class several years ago, and sadly neglected!). So a journal page rather than a card this time. The image is so stunning that I  kept the page quite simple, printing out a page of a story, sticking it in the book and hiding the join by painting a deep black border with acrylic paint. I stamped the border with a tiny swirl stamp in gold metallic ink and doodled some stars with Cosmic acrylic drawing ink. The fairy silhouettes are Lavinia stamps. The main image is coloured with copics. I sooo enjoyed making this! I'm definitely going to make some more pages this year!

The cover of my altered journal

A closer look at the image

Thanks for visiting, hope you have a lovely weekend.

Chris

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Challenges entered;

The East Wind  #46 Flag on the play

imaginethat colouring

One for the girls

New Year, new challenge and some lovely new teamies! It's all happening at Southern Girls Challenge! Just click here if you don't want to miss out on the fun! The theme this fortnight is 'one for the girls' -so a lovely easy one to start the year! We have two wonderful sponsors All Dressed Up and Ppinkydolls so there are some gorgeous prizes on offer for our lucky winners.
For my card I used the adorable For You image from All Dressed Up (thank you!). I printed her onto white card, coloured her with copics then cut the bottom edge of the white card with a curved edge die, faux stitching around the edges. This image is so sweet I wanted to keep the design very simple, so after matting onto the dp I added a little die cut heart banner and a flower (die cut with a new Crealies flower die)...and that's about it!
As I already mentioned we do have some lovely and talented new teamies starting today...and as always there is loads of fabulous inspiration to be seen on the Challenge Blog, both from the new girls and the 'old faithfuls'!! so why not pop over for a look!
Thanks for visiting and hope you have a great day!
Chris
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Challenges entered:-
rubysrainbowSomething new (Flower die)
thepapershelter punches or dies
craftingfromtheheart  #93 atg
craftyourpassion #293 atg
craftyboots something old (papers) something new  (flower die)
ooh-la-la-creations girlie
cagichallenge something new
allsorts what's new

New beginnings at Creative Moments

Good morning, hope everyone's new year has started well! There's a new challenge starting today at Creative Moments with an optional theme of  'new beginnings' - interpret that as you will- so I decided to make a new baby card (my sister's bestie is due to produce her first baby any minute!). I was asked to make some cards for her.... sex of baby not yet known, so neutral colours in order! I'm a bit disappointed with the way the colours look in the photo as the card is shades of cream and brown - not yellow and green, but was the best I could get given the current lighting conditions! The image I used , courtesy  of QKR Stampede, our lovely sponsor this time- is Special Delivery. The  big birdie  and his little bundle were coloured with copics, the sky with distress inks..The cream card is embossed with tiny hearts. sentiment stamp is Paper Smooches. I added twine and a safety pin charm.
It's been great getting back to crafting after the Christmas break, nice to have a little time to myself again after all the festivities....so if you're feeling the need for a little 'crafting time' why not join us this fortnight...remember the theme is optional so you can make whatever you choose, a great opportunity to try out those lovely new goodies Santa left you!. Just click here to be transported to the Challenge Blog, there's plenty of fabulous creations from my lovely teamies to inspire you!
Thanks for visiting, have a lovely day!
Chris
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Challenges entered:
digichoosday CAS
ikesworld #54 new beginnings
lovetoscrap #69 new beginnings
/qkrstampede feathers and fur

Happy New Year

First of all I'd like to wish you  a very Happy New Year and hope that 2016 will be full of  great things for all of you! It's been a busy couple of weeks for me, taken up with friends and family, so apologies if I've been a bit lax with visiting and comments, life should be getting back to normal now the festivities are over....quite a relief as far as eating and drinking are concerned!
On to todays creation which is my DT project for this month's challenge at Crafty Calendar...the theme...'Something New'. We have 2 amazing sponsors this month Wild Orchid Crafts and All Dressed Up stamps, who gave the DT some beautiful images to play with! I made this snowglobe box using a template from Sandra's Scrapshop (my 'something new'). These templates are amazing...and easy to use! I coloured the cute Cool Dudes digi, which includes the boy and the dog, and then ruthlessly cut it up to fit in the 'globe'! I added some small 'snowballs' behind the acetate. The little dog is attached to the wooden tag on the front! The box was filled with choc coins (and some cash!) as a gift for my nephew! He liked it!

Thanks for looking today, please take the time to pop over here and see what my lovely teamies have made for you to enjoy. Then it's your turn to get out all those wonderful new goodies that Santa brought you and join in!

Chris

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Challenges:

craftingforallseasons #116 Christmas anything but a card

craftygalscorner anything goes

asnowflakespromise. #13

2craftygirls winter blues

craftycardmakers snow
Winter Wonderland -bingo (top line horizontal)
crimbo-crackers atg
allsorts what's new

I'll drink to that!

I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful Christmas break! Yesterday was a fabulous day for me...spent with my husband, children and granddaughters (not forgetting Mathilda of course....she made sure she wasn't forgotten, she loves presents and wrapping paper...anyone's present will do!)
Just popping in today with my DT card for this week's challenge at Sweet Stampin'...theme 'food and drink'....think I've had enough of both to last for a while now!  
Our sponsor this week is Flat Friends Boutique, we'd be delighted if you played along.
Enjoy the festivities!
Chris
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Merry Christmas

To all my lovely friends, followers and visitors  - 

thank you for visiting and for all of your  kind and encouraging comments!                                             

                    
                                       MERRY CHRISTMAS

and best wishes for a happy, healthy 2016