Where did you get that hat?

Good morning, a quick post from me today as I have a busy day planned...off to visit Mum in a bit, pop into library on the way to top up essential 'book fix', then this evening I'm off to the cinema with my lovely daughter, we're going to see 'Room', I loved the book so I hope I'm not disappointed with the film! Still, it'll be a treat to spend some time with Steph!
The card is my DT make for this week's challenge at Fab N Funky -as it's the last Wednesday of the month the theme is 'Christmas'!  The cute snowman is a Woodware stamp, coloured with copics (that took the longest) , matted onto red then green cardstock . The stamp is quite big and fits perfectly onto a DL size card! Quick and simple! I liked it so I made 2 more, the left hand one using a chalkboard technique, sorry totally rubbish photo but looks qutie effective IRL (quick too!), the other one is paper pieced.

 I'm quite proud of the start I've made on 2016 Christmas cards...it won't last but I'm determined to be well ahead this year so there's no last minute rush to get them finished. Why not join us at Fab N Funky this week with your own Christmas make? You'll certainly be pleased you did when next December is arrives, and you could be the lucky winner of a fabulous prize from our sponsor this week 

Thanks for visiting , hope your day is a good one!

Chris

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Challenges

scrap-creations -snow/snowmen

christmascardchallenges #8

kreativeinkauf snowmen

Rudolph Day January

Vintage...or shabby chic?

Good morning, well the weekends here again and that means it's time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin'. Our theme this week is 'Vintage or Shabby Chic' and we're sponsored by Live and Love Crafts.
To make my card (not sure if it's vintage or shabby chic....perhaps a bit of both!) I unearthed a photograph style stamp that I have had for a very loooong time, I have no idea who it's by, it's wood mounted but there's no name on the block, think I bought it from ebay...anyway, I think she's a lovely image and I'm trying to use some of my old and neglected stamps! I stamped her using a dark brown distress ink onto a piece of white cardstock, then roughed up the edges slightly, mounted this onto a blue die cut frame which was generously treated to some aged silver embossing enamel and a few swipes of the brown distress ink. I added this to several layers of dp and card, each of which was distressed, frantaged etc. A little texture paste stencilled onto the blue layer too. The sentiment is LOTV , flowers and metal embelly from stash. It was fun to make, and I'm so pleased I used this lovely stamp again!
Thanks for stopping by today, hopefully you'll be tempted to join in this fab challenge...just click here to visit the Challenge Blog, I'm sure you'll love seeing what the rest of  Team Jacky have created! We'd love to see what you make too...just don't forget to stamp something!
Chris
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Challenges
craftforthecraic -January blues
stempelsonne # 158 atg
thestampingboutique die cuts/punches
hanna and friends #240 die cuts
inspirationdestination #69
thepapershelter #232 rough it up
thesisterhoodofcrafters Something old (stamp) something new (trellis die)

Birthday Girl

Good evening, hope everyone's well and starting to wind down for the weekend! Just popping in with the card I made for my (very glamourous) 'baby' sister! I picked this gorgeous East Wind image as it has a very definite look of Claire about it! Coloured with copics, simply matted onto different sized rectangles of black and white cardstock, some embossed, some left plain. The letters are die cut from the same card. I added a few tiny purple gems...Claire loves a bit of bling!

Thanks for visiting, have a great weekend.
Chris
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Challenges:
TEW #47- Black, white and one other colour
creativeknockouts #125 embossing
MAWTT #12 embossing
Fantastic Tuesday #120 Girly
avenue613. #159 stylish and elegant
cagichallenge embossing
glitternsparkle monochrome

Snow!

Good morning, I've made a snowy card for for the new challenge starting today at Creative Moments. The optional theme this fortnight is 'Snow'.....some people may have had enough of this just lately to last them a lifetime....! So far I've been very lucky, no snow here...yet! It is bloomin cold though!
I made a centre step card and used some adorable images from Melonheadz to finish the little scene, they are from the melonheadz season winter combo pack - coloured with copics and fussy cut, so many cute images to choose from in this pack, couldn't fit them all on one card!
Hope you'll be tempted to join us this fortnight, we have no less than 4 fabulous sponsors for this challenge, so lots of chances to win a prize!
                                                     

                                                               
                                     

                                       


                                                               

Just click here to visit Creative Moments Challenge blog to add your creation...remember the theme is optional...anything goes!
Chris
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 Challenges entered:
a snowflake's promise #14
ikesworld #55 What's the weather     
melonheadzfriends cool colours
cardmania winter fun
disdigidesigns snow or snowflakes
thestampingboutique winter                                            

Mid challenge reminder for Crafty Calendar

Well, here we are -the middle of January already...Christmas seems like a distant dream...before we know it will be here again...! I'm not wishing the time away, it passes too quickly as it is, but I have to admit I am looking forward to spring, this cold weather is a nasty shock after the mild (if very wet!) winter we have had so far. I'm waffling on a bit here so I'll get back to the reason for this post - it's to remind you that there's still plenty of time to join in with this month's challenge at Crafty Calendar. The theme is 'Something New' so plenty of scope there! There are two prizes on offer from our lovely sponsors this month, Wild Orchid Crafts and All Dressed Up.

For my card I used a sweet image Little Skater, from All Dressed Up, I've coloured her with copics and added loads of  Wink of Stella to her dress. The card shape is my 'Something New' -another gorgeous template from Sandra's Scrapshop, this time an ice-skating boot. It was fun to make!
Thanks for visiting...don't forget to join the fun!
Chris
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Challenges entered:
crafting-with-friends  #12 atg
alohafriday  #63 Winter fun
 RRR#132 looky what I got
Winter Wonderland  Glitter and Shine
cardz4galz  #13 Something new
abcchristmas -A -atg
craftingbydesigns seeing red
alldressedup #47 atg

For a child

 Good morning! Today sees the start of a new challenge at Fab 'N' Funky, with a lovely theme of 'for a child', sponsored by Inky Impressions and hosted by the talented Jools, just click here to visit her lovely blog.
I made this card, using Angelica's Bunny Hugs from Inky Impressions,  with my 6 year old granddaughter in mind, she has long curly blond hair and huge blue eyes, she's really affectionate....always ready for a hug or cuddle...and she is obsessed  (not too strong a word:) with toy rabbits!!!! Like many small girls her favourite colour is pink....
There are loads of beautiful cards from the DT to inspire you over at Fab N Funky Challenge Blog so why not pop over and have a look? Then it's your turn to create something for a child to inspire us!
Thanks for calling by,
Chris
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Challenges entered
avenue613 #158 birthday
lilpatchofcraftyfriends #25
gem of a challenge #160 female birthday
hanna and friends #239 sketch
inthepink #85 atg

Flowers.... to brighten a dull day

Good morning...I'm back again, seem to have been around a lot this week! Today it's my card for our lovely new challenge at Sweet Stampin', which is, as you can guess by the title of this post, 'flowers to brighten a dull day'....how lovely is that?!
I used a beautiful image from A Day For Daisies which I've coloured with copics, papers from stash, sorry don't know the make, a film strip die and a leaf die, a scrap of lace and some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts , who, incidentally, are sponsoring this challenge.
We hope you'll be tempted to join in with this fab challenge, such a lot of scope here...all you need to remember is to stamp something!
Just click here to be inspired by my teamies' beautiful creations...and of course, to add your own!
Enjoy the weekend
Chris
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Challenges entered:
adayfordaisies -anything goes
brownsugar #180 anything goes
craftycatz  #306 flowers
creativeknockouts #123 anything goes
inspirationdestination #67 atg
unicornchallenge get your glad rags out