Puppy Power...

Good morning, this week at Sweet Stampin' our theme is 'pets'. 

I'm actually quite proud of this simple card- it's not often I manage to make a one layer card that I like enough to actually send to someone but I like how this turned out! I stamped the puppy and coloured him with pencils (alcohol markers tend to bleed through to the inside of the card) masked himoff and then used a splat stencil and blue and green Distress Oxide inks. I stamped the sentiment and then added a few stencilled paw prints. 

For a quick and simple card it took a silly amount of time to make!

Thanks for stopping by

Have a great weekend

Chris

x

Glitter and gems at Crafty Catz

Good morning, time for a new challenge at Crafty Catz this week we are sponsored by 

Morgan's Artworld

Our host for this week is our lovely Christine who has chosen the theme of 'add glitter or gems' - this theme is optional as always but works beautifully with the wonderful image the team has been given to use. 

My image is Fantasy Fae 15, I've used copics to colour and added tiny gems to her dress and jewellery and glitter to the bird in her hair. The image is fussy cut and placed inside the aperture cut into the embossed blue card, the background behind the image was made on the gelli plate, stamped leaves and flowers. The die cut sentiment is  Sizzix Tim Holtz.

Thanks for visiting, don't forget to pop over to Crafty Catz to see what the team have created this week, hope you can join us there!

Chris

x

PS This and the next few posts are scheduled- Having a short break, I'll be back in a week.

Challenge entries:

aperfecttimetocraft #9

classicdesign #9

cccdigicreations #118

LTCCB #50

morgansartworld #9

thefairyandtheunicorn September Challenge

Fab'n' Funky Challenges are back!

Good afternoon, a quick post to let you know that Fab'n Funky Challenges are back after the summer break..  Our lovely Pat is hosting this week, she's picked the theme of circles- so plenty of scope for everyone!

I made this card a couple of weeks ago, playing with some gorgeous Aall & Create Stamps. Stamps coloured with Copics.  Circular background made using the smooshing technique and stencils. The sentiment is stamped. The flower shaped card base was made using a template and embossing folder. 

Please hop over to Fab'n' Funky for more inspiration, hope you can join us this week.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

x

Challenges entered:

shoppingourstash #428
artsystamper #23
craftinghappiness #65
mytimetocraft #440
colourcrazy #34
Double D-colourful

Ho ho ho

Hello, I hope your week has started well.

Monday is 'Anything But A Card' day at Catch the Bug.

Here's a little treat box/gift card holder that I made ready for Christmas after seeing several  similar ones on Pinterest.

The image I used is Merry Christmas Word

I have every intention of making several of these for the teen nephews and nieces.... hopefully before Christmas eve....

The gift card (or money) goes in the top bit (haven't bought any yet)

The treats go in the little box. In the interest of health and safety I will eat the treats in this one- wouldn't want them to go off before Christmas arrives ...

Don't miss this one day only sale at BUGABOO

Thanks for visiting

Chris

x

challenge entries:

die-cut-divas - september

merrylittlechristmas |#26

CRAFT #568

lilredwagon #565

CHNC #506

hollyandivy #78

Stella Says Sketch challenge at Catch the bug

The summer break is over and we're back to our fortnightly sketch challenges at Catch the Bug- here's this fortnight's sketch

and this is my take on it

a CAS design featuring the beautiful Flower Butterfly Vase-

coloured with copics..

Thanks for visiting- remember you have just two weeks to play along.

Chris

xx

Challenge entries:

creativefingers #192

colorthrowdown. #609

watercooler #287

abitmoretimetocraft #123

creativecrafters #31

craftycardmakers #262

September Challenge at Crafty Calendar

Good morning, our September challenge at Crafty Calendar starts today- the theme is 'anything goes' and our sponsor this month is the fabulous Dr Digi

I made a circular easel card featuring Right Shed Fred, like everyone else in Lockdown he's spent a lot of time in the garden-escaping to his 'man shed' for a little peace from 'She- who -must be- obeyed' 'and her endless list of 'just' jobs!!! Coloured with Copics,  stencilled clouds, embossed frame and base, some die cut flowers, clouds and sun and a little stamped watering can- that's about it!

Plenty more to see over at Crafty Calendar, as always my teamies have produced some wonderful creations, so please hop over and take a look.

My daughter (she's a teacher) and three eldest granddaughters all went back to school this week, so far so good, girls are happy to be back with their friends and having a more 'normal' routine. 

Daughter is exhausted already!

Fingers crossed all the children and teachers stay safe and well.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend

Chris

x

MAWTT  #122

CCEEstampers #2036

digichoosday #35

allsorts #588

mytimetocraft  #440

worldwideopendtchallenge #8

Crafty Catz are back...yay!!!

Good morning- Crafty Catz Challenges are back today with a brand new challenge for you- it's my turn to host, which means I get to choose the optional theme- being a kind person I thought I'd ease us all back in gently so I picked 'anything but square'- rectangles are fine...just not squares! 

Our fabulous sponsor this week is none other than Bugaboo Stamps

I made an easel card using a template from Dutch Doobadoo, my cute featured image is Wishing Ewe..., coloured up with copics lots of added sparkle, framed with a selection die cuts, the 'wishing ewe' part of the sentiment comes with the image  'a wonderful day' is a stamp.

There are some fabulous creations from the rest of the team (obviously well -refreshed from the break) just hop on over to Crafty Catz to take a look, and of course we'd be delighted to have you join us this week. Remember the theme is optional- anything goes at Crafty Catz.

Thanks for visiting

have a good day

Chris

x

Challenge entries:

audsentiments #259

EllibelleCraftyWednesday -things with wings

craftyanimals #42

alwaysfun #178

dreamvalley #231

craftycardmakers #262

intaas. #91