November Challenge at Crafty Calendar

Good morning, time for our November Challenge at Crafty Calendar, this month the theme is one of my favourites...Paper Piecing. We have 2 fabulous sponsors this month too...

Dr Digi

and Crafty Ribbons

...so there'll be two lucky prize winners this month!

To make my card I used Elvis the Elf, such a handsome little guy! He's coloured with copics and I paper pieced his jacket, trousers and hat, he's very proud of his snazzy new work -wear!

Hope you choose to play along with this fun challenge, for more inspiration hop over to the Challenge Blog to see what my lovely teamies have created this month.

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend

Chris

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Challenges entered:
sheepski #20
merrychristmas Oct 15-Nov 14
craftyfriends  #96

Crafty Catz Challenge #436...anything goes with a twist

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Catz...where did that week go! ? 

Before I give you the details I have some exciting news to share...I'm no longer a guest designer for this fab challenge, I'm now part of the team! So pleased to be invited, as I've said before it's a great challenge with a lovely bunch of talented and friendly ladies...so thanks for having me Crafty Catz.

Incidentally, the DT call is still running, why not pop over and check out the details.

Ok, back to this week's challenge, the hostess this week is our lovely and very talented Janette and the optional theme is...'add a sentiment' . The sponsor for this week is Crafty Sentiments

 I used Snowman at the Window digital image, coloured with copics and made a simple layered card. The papers are freebies from a magazine, the die cut sentiment is Sizzix Tim Holtz.

As always the team have made some beautiful cards to inspire you, so do hop over and take a look, then it's your turn to create something fabulous and play along!

Thanks for stopping by today

enjoy the weekend

Chris

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Challenges entered:
4craftychicks #427
artimpressions #244
hollyandivy #39
watercooler #194

Happy Halloween

Good morning, this week's challenge at Fab 'n' Funky is up and running! The theme?...you guessed it...-'Halloween'!

I used a template I found online and  drew a pumpkin shape on orange cardstock, cut it into segments, inked the edges and fitted it all back together again onto my black card base and the black gingham ribbon, the cute little witch is from Polkadoodles.  I added a few pairs of goggly eyes, a die cut sentiment and doodled some stitches around the edge of the card with a white gel pen...a non-scary card for youngest granddaughter!

Hope you choose to play along this week...there's some fun and fabulous creations from the team to be seen here, dare you to take a look!

Thanks for stopping by ...and happy Halloween!

Chris

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Challenges entered:

digichoosday. #44

cutencrafty #12

disdigidesigns creepy or cute

polkadoodle #43

Christmas sparkle!

Good afternoon, just popping in with a Christmas card to share, a Mo Manning fairy, coloured with copics, loads of Wink of Stella and tiny added gems. I followed the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Thanks for looking , hope your week is going well.

Chris

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Challenges entered:

Sweet sketch Wednesday #148

allsorts #491

Rudolph Day -October

hollyandivy #39

cutiepie #128
Winter Wonderland - colour it

Colour challenge at Catch the Bug

This Saturday it's a colour challenge at Catch the Bug, and I love the gorgeous colours in the inspiration photo! I made a card featuring the fantastic Magical Tidbit Hat and lots of embossing, the sentiment is stamped (I added the 'h'!). The colours of my card are deeper than in the photo, I lightened it a bit to show the embossing! My granddaughters are obsessed with anything Harry Potter at the moment so I know this will go down well! 

As always there are some very generous prizes on offer for the lucky winners of this challenge so why not try your luck and play along! 

Thanks for visiting my blog today, hope you enjoy the weekend! Don't forget the clocks go back tonight (UK) ...so an extra hours sleep in the morning ...bliss!

Chris

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Challenges entered:
cardz4galz. #83
creativeknockouts #269
throughthepurplehaze #149 (Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone)

we need glasses...

Good morning and happy weekend! Hope you've all got something lovely planned! I'm looking after my two eldest granddaughters tonight and we're planning a trip to 'Go Ape' on Sunday, weather permitting. Needless to say I'll be a spectator...I'm a bit too old now for swinging around on ropes....although it does look like fun...

My first card today is for this week's challenge at Sweet Stampin', our theme is 'humour'....well everything does seem funnier after a few glasses of wine!.Lots of stamping going on here...the image stamp, all the sentiments and the wine glasses. This was the card I made for my sister's birthday...she loved it! Please take a peek at what the Sweeties have made this week...then it's your turn to make us smile, just click here to visit the challenge blog.

Thanks for visiting, I'll be back in a bit...

Chris

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Challenges entered:
creativefingers #153
qkrstampede #319
audsentiments #215
thesisterhoodofcrafters. humour

Guest Designer at Crafty Catz

Good morning, the weekend is almost here and it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz. This week the fabulous sponsor is none other than Bugaboo

so I'm well within my comfort zone there!

As always the challenge is 'anything goes' but there is an optional twist of Halloween for those who prefer a theme! This week it's hosted by our lovely Jac.

The DT were given some great images to play with, I chose to make a side step .

 card featuring Halloween Poem and added some Bugaboo images I already had, Witchy Girl and 2 black cats, cut from Happy Halloween Cat silhouette. Images coloured with copics and a few die cut bats added.

Please hop over and see what the Crafty Catz girls have created for you this week, promise you won't be disappointed, then why not join the fun by adding your own fabulous creation ?

Also check out the Design Team Call, you can take it from me ...this is one fabulous team to be a part of!

Thanks for stopping by

Chris

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Challenges entered:
MAWTT #83
craftygalscorner  #177
thepapershelter #359
TIOT-Halloween
doubletrouble #12
thepapergirlsl #162
dragonflyjourneys #128