Wide Eyed and Legless!

 No! The title is not a description of my condition over the festive period!!! It's what I was humming whilst colouring this cute image...it describes her perfectly :)))) This is my DT make for our January Challenge at Crafty Calendar...the theme of which is 'Mythical Creatures'. We have two fabulous sponsors for this...Wild Orchid

and A Day For Daisies

My adorable image, Wild Violet Nymph is courtesy of A day for Daisies, she was a joy to colour! The flowers are all available from Wild Orchid Crafts (there's a lot of wildness going on in this post!!!)

As always, my teamies have pulled out all the stops and created some magicalcards for you to admire, just click here to be transported to fairyland!

Thanks for visiting today

have a lovely weekend and a great week.

Chris

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PS Please scroll down to see my previous post today.

Challenges entered:
craftyfriends #74
MAWTT #62
watercooler #151

Hello 2018!

Hi, hello and Happy New Year! This is my first post for 2018...seems like ages since I had time to blog...or visit my blog buddies, but Christmas is over, all the decs packed away, house clean and tidy so back to business as usual :) I had a lovely time celebrating with my family and friends but it's nice to be back to normal.
So what have I made for today...a Christmas card of course! Isn't that what you do in January??? Our theme this week at Sweet Stampin' is 'Winter White' , we'd like to see predominantly white cards. I made this card in a rush, whilst looking after my 2 eldest granddaughters , so I kept it very simple.  Inkylicious stamp, stamped with Memento London Fog ink, liberally coated with Wink of Stella. Can't remember who the snowy embossing folder is from, but I love it! Added a die cut snowflake and stamped the sentiment with the same ink as before. Quick and easy!
 Meanwhile my girlies were having a fantastic time experimenting with my lovely (new and untouched!!! ) Oxide Distress inks, the things you do to keep the kids happy! Olivia (10) made a beautiful birthday card for her best friend, Ruby (8) made a glorious, colourful inky background which she's keeping to use later! You'll be relieved to know that my ink pads survived unscathed, those girl's have been well trained to respect my stuff!
There's some fabulous inspiration waiting for you over at Sweet Stampin' produced by my lovely teamies and we'd love to see what you make of this challenge too...lot's of white and don't forget to stamp!
Thanks for visiting, will be back in a bit with another DT card!
Chris
x

Challenges entered:
simplycreatetoo #134
craftrocket #44
starstampz winter
merrychristmaschallenge #1
craftysentiments. snowflakes
merrymondaychristmas #271

Merry Christmas!

To all my lovely blogging friends and followers -

I wish you all a  wonderful Christmas and I hope that the coming year will be a happy and healthy one for you and the ones you love.

Thank you for all your support and the lovely comments you leave, it's much appreciated!

See you in the New Year!

xx

Last minute Christmas

Good morning...only 9 more sleeps to go! Well done to all of you who have all their presents wrapped, cards made, written and posted and are just sitting smugly waiting for the big day to arrive...and good luck to all the rest of us!!! Don't get stressed, go with the flow and if all else fails there's always gin! (only joking, don't even like the stuff...give me a (huge) glass of wine any day :)))
I've just worked out that this is my last DT post for 2017,  it's my inspiration card for Sweet Stampin' the theme is 'Last Minute Christmas/ CAS'
I used a cute Stampendous stamp, which has lain untouched since I bought it a year ago. Stamped and embossed the image and sentiment with gold EP onto black card, then added the die cut stars. It looked a bit boring so I stamped the image again onto white card, coloured it quickly, fussy cut and stuck over the first image. Much happier with this and it was still quick to make as the image is small, simple and quick to colour and cut out! In fact I like it so much I made another...no cutting out this time!

Thanks for stopping by at this very busy time of year, it would be great if you had time to pop over and see what my teamies have created...some fabulous ideas for quick and easy last minute cards if you're looking for inspiration.

Have a lovely weekend

Chris

x

Challenges entered:

CAS on Friday #123

Winter Wonderland atg

creativeknockouts #224

craftingbydesigns  atg

craftaholicsrus  #49

cutiepie  #118

cagichallenge. Christmas

Noel

Hello...here I am again with another Christmas card! The last challenge of 2017 starts today at Christmas at Sweet Stampin', so a great chance to join in and show off your last minute Christmas creations for this year...or your first Christmas creations for this year if you're a 'leave it to the last minute' kind of person :))
I used my all-time favourite Christmas stamp to make this card, I think it's such a beautiful image. Simply stamped onto white card, cut an aperture in the gold card and then used gold glimmer paste through a MB stencil. The die cut star is covered with the same paste. I rounded the corners of the card to echo the aperture.
Thanks for looking!
Chris
x

Please scroll down if you want to look at two snowmen!
xx

Challenges entered:
sisterhoodofcrafters  -All about Christmas
merrychristmas #47
words2craftby #48
hollyandivy #21
TIOT Twinkle twinkle
dreamvalley #169
fashionablestamping #130

Two Snowmen

Good morning...well Christmas is almost upon us, in two weeks time it'll all be over and we'll be finishing up the leftovers :)) Hope everyone is enjoying the preparations and not getting too busy and rushed to enjoy it! After all it's a holiday and a celebration.
It's our last challenge of the year at Creative Moments, with an optional Christmas theme. Our lovely sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo.  I used one of their cute images to make this card, 'Two Snowmen' available here. Bugaboo images are great for creating quick cards, they need minimal colouring and always look great! I kept the design very simple, matting and layering the image and papers, just adding a bow and brad and a stamped sentiment.
Thanks for visiting today...hope you find the time to join us...just click here for the challenge blog.
Chris
x

Challenges entered:
cardsundmore #199
pinspirational #205
glitternsparkle #269
sparkleschristmas  #83
cardz4galz. #62

jolly Christmas

Good evening, it's the last day of the Holiday Chaos challenges over at Catch the Bug. I'm so pleased that I've managed to enter all 7 of them, really didn't think I'd have time to do it at the beginning of the week. Today it's a photo inspiration challenge...and they are even kind enough to provide a freebie to play along with if you want to use it. So here's my card, using the cute freebie!
Thaks for visiting
Happy weekend!
Chris
x

Challenges entered:
Catch The Bug Holiday chaos Day 7