Spread your wings

Hi, I'm back with my DT card for our new challenge at Sweet Stampin', we have a really great theme for you this week...'use your scraps'! Now I always have loads of scraps of dp and card as I'm very reluctant to throw away anything larger than a postage stamp in case it could come in useful, but for this card I chose to use some of those scraps of white stamping card that are left from printing out digis...have loads of those too! I had a lovely time covering one scrap with Distress oxides. I stamped the  frame with black archival ink onto the inked scrap and cut it out (around the easy bits!). I stamped the same frame onto a larger piece of card that I'd spattered with the same coloured inks, then stuck the cut out frame on top. The sentiment was stamped onto a left over strip of the coloured card. Birds were die cut from a tiny scrap of black card. I'm happy with how this turned out!

Why not play along this week and use some of those scraps of paper and card that you can't bear to throw away? For more inspiration click here to see what my lovely teamies have created this week.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenges entered:
diesruschallenge #93
shoppingourstash #345
PDE #11
thesisterhoodofcrafters -birds
useyourstuff #303

One of a kind

Good morning, it's Freebie Friday day at Catch the Bug...hooray! This week the image up for grabs is this cute troll, just visit the challenge blog for details of how to grab yours! 

I really enjoyed colouring this cute little guy especially his multi coloured hair! Thanks for taking the time to visit.

Chris

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Challenges entered:
stempelgarten #71
audsentiments #199 (pattern paper, digi, fave colour -green)
cutecardthursday #521
getcreative #67
 

March Challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'

Well, where did that month go?? It's time for our third challenge of 2018 over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin...and at the speed this year is slipping by it's a good time to get ahead with those festive makes! Much less stressful than leaving it until November...or later!

The stamp is from Wild Rose Studios, coloured with copics, this little bunch look as if they're enjoying themselves.

Take a peek here to see what my lovely teamies have been up to and to add your own fabulous Christmas creation.

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day.

Chris

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Challenges entered:
thehollyandivychristmaschallenge #24
christmaswiththecuties. #13
craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge #376
C.R.A.F.T #458
happylittlestampers -March Christmas Challenge

Catch the Bug Saturday Challenge...Nature's wonders

Good morning, today I'm sharing my GDT card for this weeks Saturday Challenge at Catch the Bug.  The theme is 'Nature's Wonders...big or small', I went for small with these cute ladybirds. The image I used is Scene it - Ladybugs. It was such a pleasure to colour up this sweet image with my copics! I kept the design quite simple as this little scene really doesn't need a lot added to it. The little tag was a magazine freebie a long time ago. The tiny ladybird peg has been living in my cupboard (along with all her brothers and sisters!) for ages....

Hope you can find the time to play along this week, just click here to join the fun and to seee the wonderful range of creations from the team !

Thanks for visiting 

Have a great weekend

Chris

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Challenges entered:
alohafriday #113
audsentiments #198
addictedtostamps #282
thepapershelter #329
colourcrazy #10

Creative Moments # 138

Good afternoon, hope your week is going well so far. My card today is my DT make for our new challenge at Creative Moments, the optional theme this week is feminine as the 8th March is International Women's Day. 

I used a pretty image courtesy of Scrapndipity, one of our lovely sponsors for this challenge. The image is called 'Wind in my hair'  (sorry link doesn't seem to be working) I coloured her with copics, then used a stitched circle die to cut her out,  I mounted this onto a slightly larger embossed circle of card. Two more efs were used to create the embossed background squares. I added the stamped die cut banner and some die cut butterflies.

I apologise for my lack of visits and comments this week, my Mum was rushed to hospital early hours of Saturday. We spent 12 hours in A & E waiting for a bed for her, not an experience I would wish on anyone. Happily, she is much better now and we're hoping she'll be home by the end of the week. Added to this I've had no internet connection since Friday night as we had a problem with our landline phone...not been a good few days.

Please click here to hop over to Creative Moments for full details of all our lovely sponsors and prizes, hope you have time to play along this fortnight.

Thanks for visiting today

Chris

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Challenges entered:

unicorn #30

useyourstuff atg

intaas #28

cccdigicreations #90

digidoodle #3
PDE #10

Crafty Calendar March Challenge

Good morning, I'm a tad late with this post as the March Challenge at Crafty Calendar actually started yesterday, but better late than never! The challenge theme this week is 'add a tag...or make one' and our lovey sponsor this time is Oddball

I used an image I already owned - Tall bookstack. This comes with 2 digi images, I used the smaller one. I printed onto white cardstock then hand cut it into a tag shape. Coloured with copics and faux stitching around the edge. The papers were a magazine freebie, so perfect for this image, not sure where the circular 'like' stamp came from and the other sentiment is computer generated.

I do hope you'll find the time to visit Crafty Calendar to enjoy the fabulous creations from my lovely teamies and that you'll be inspired to 'tag along' this month.

Have a lovely day.

Chris

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Catch the Bug...Anything goes

Hi, this week's Saturday Challenge at Catch the Bug is everyone's favourite... anything goes! Here's my GDT card.

The cute image, Birthday Puppies is coloured with copics, papers are Imaginisce 'Hello Cupcake'.

Please hop over to Catch the Bug and join the fun.

Chris

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Challenges entered:

alwayshappybirthday - March Challenge

craftyanimals #12

bastel-traum #62