Wonderful Day

Good morning, Friday has arrived again along with a new challenge at Crafty Catz, the optional theme this week is 'Anything but Square' hosted by Helen and  sponsored by Time for Tea Designs.

The DT were given some cute images to play with, I chose to use Fall Leaves, coloured the image with copics and made a twisted easel card, didn't realise how easy to make this design is...thought it would be a lot more complicated! 

There's plenty to see over at the challenge blog, lots of beautiful cards from the talented DT, so why not hop over and take a peek, hope you're inspired to join us this week.

Chris

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Challenges entered:

craftrocket #53

words2craftby. #58

pinspirational #226

daisychain 24

useyourstuff. #333
craftygalscorner #176

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' October Challenge

Good morning, time for our October Challenge at CASS....only 2 more challenges to go after this one...that's scary!!!

I've been playing with the Distress Oxides again to create the background for this moonlit scene. The stamps are from a set by Sweet Dixie called Christmas Winter Scene. I stamped and masked to create the forest scene using Versafine Clair pigment ink. The 'snow' is Decoart Snowtex, lovely texture. I used a white pencil to add a bit of 'snow' to the trees, and a white gel pen to highlight the deer's antlers and to add a few stars. 

Apologies for the photo, the frame is white not a dingy beige! Tried to take another but light no better.

Do hop over and take a peek at the DT's makes this month, if you haven't started your Christmas makes yet their lovely cards will be sure to inspire you! We'd love to be inspired by your creativity too so why not play along this month...anything goes as long it's Christmas related!

Thanks for visiting.

Chris

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Challenges entered:
addictedtostamps #313
hollyandivy #38
merrychristmas Sept/Oct
crafterscastle. #10
winter wonderland atg

Puppy Pile

Good morning, it's new Release Day at Bugaboo Stamps and who could resist this gorgeous pile of puppies! Certainly not me! I coloured the image with Copics, die cut with a stitched rectangle die and matted onto dp from my stash. I added a little  die cut tag with a stamped greeting and a die cut butterfly coloured to match the one in the image. Hop over to Catch the Bug for more inspiration using this cute image.

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely day.

Chris

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Challenges entered:
alwayshappybirthday Oct
alwaysfun #79
mmmchallenge #81
intaas #43
craftyfriends #94
cutecardthursday. #550

October Challenge at Crafty Calendar

Good morning, it's the first Saturday of the month...time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar. This month our theme is 'Autumn' and our sponsor is Lemon Shortbread with a lovely prize for the lucky winner.

The DT were given some lovely images to play with, I used the sweet Hedgehog Leaves. Once again I used my trust copics to colour, I fussy cut the image and placed it inside a die cut wreath. The dp is from my stash, not sure of the make but I love it, sadly only a little of this left now!

To see the fabulous creations from the rest of the DT please click here. Hope to have you play along this month.

Thanks for stopping by

enjoy your weekend

Chris

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Challenges entered:
allsorts #488
alphabet # n for nature
MAWTT #81
animalfriends #67
lemonshortbread #77
kreativeinkauf #67

Guest Designer for Crafty Catz

Good morning, I'm delighted to be a Guest Designer for Crafty Catz, it's a fabulous challenge blog with such a lovely talented DT, they're a friendly bunch too! The challenges are 'Anything Goes' but have an optional twist each week to keep it interesting! This week the  host is Dianne, the sponsor is Crafty Ribbons

 and the optional theme is 'Make a tag. 

I made a tag with hidden pockets to hold the cute bunny and the extra tiny tags. All the tags are die cut the large one cut 3 times from the same DP to layer up and create the pockets. The bunny is a previously unused rubber stamp I've had for ages, coloured with copics and fussy cut.

The tag is to decorate my granddaughter's birthday pressie, she loves bunnies!

Thank you for visiting hope you choose to play along with the Crafty Catz this week, there's loads of fabulous inspiration from the DT so why not hop over now and take a peek.

Happy Weekend

Chris

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Challenges entered:

4craftychicks #423 (The bunny stamp!)
littlemissmuffet #199
craftycreations #375
cutecardthursday #550
2craftycrittercrazies #19
craftyanimals #19
craftaholicsrus (Sept)

Siren Song

This month's challenge theme at Aurora Wings is 'Inspired by Music'. The inspiration for my card is

Siren Song (Bat for Lashes). I used the beautiful Siren image, coloured with copics and  glitter gel pens. I wanted the scene to have an eerie atmosphere in keeping with the story, the music and the image. After all a siren is no Disney mermaid! Luring sailors to a watery grave isn't very pleasant behaviour.

I kept my design simple to keep focus on this gorgeous image, there is a fair amount of texture though from the embossed vellum, liquid pearls, ribbon and the fibre-y stuff I've matted it onto.

Thanks for taking the time to visit.

Chris

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Challenges entered:

aurorawings #71

Create and Inspire  #77

sheepski #19

dreamvalley #187

A little monster...

Good morning, hope everyone's week is going well so far. Mine would be better if the boiler wasn't playing up...I can cope without the heating as it's not too cold yet, but no hot water is a nightmare! Apparently the new fan that we had replaced a couple of months ago is faulty, so we're waiting for a new on to arrive, such fun!!!

Anyway I'll stop whingeing now, people have much worse things to put up with

My card today is my DT card for this week's challenge at Fab 'n ' Funky, this week we have a colour theme for you, orange, black and green. I made a CAS card featuring this little monster from Dilly Beans Stamps,isn't he cute?! Printed him out and coloured with copics. Sentiment is stamped. The DP I've matted onto is  a digital paper from Bugaboo, available here.

Hope you choose to play along with us this week, just click here to hop over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT have been up to and to add your own fabulous creation!

Thanks for visiting

Have a good day

Chris

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Challenges entered:
addictedtostamps #312
unicorn #37
fabrikafantasy #25
cardsinenvy spooky
colouringinscrapland #18
dragonflyjourneys #128
snarkystampers #119