Glamour and glitz...it's birthday time at Sweet Stampin'

There's a party over at Sweet Stampin' this week and you're all invited to join in! We're celebrating our 9th Birthday so get out your sparkly, shiny stuff and come and join in! 

If you see a few sad and tearful faces amongst all the revellers it's because we're also saying goodbye to our lovely Abi, who has looked after us all (and kept us under control :) for over 8 years and during the 6 years I've been on the team she has been a wonderful leader, an inspiration and most of all a good friend. I'm going to miss her support and wicked sense of humour, 

 However it's not all sad news,  Sweet Stampin' will be continuing as usual under 'new management', Susan and Wends will do an excellent job! We also have some lovely new teamies joining us, so please hop over here and join the party!

Thanks for stopping by today

Enjoy the weekend

Chris

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Challenges entered:
justkeeponcreating (November)
leannsworld #8
lets craft and create #143
worldwideopendesignteam #11
audsentiments #216
unicorn #38

Freebie Friday at Catch the Bug

It's freebie Friday! Here's the card I made with this week's fabulous free image! As usual I used my copics to colour...glossy accents added to the glass.

Hop over to Catch the Bug for details of how to grab your freebie!

Thanks for visiting, 

enjoy your day

Chris

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Challenges entered:
craftingfromtheheart #228
LTSCB #115
qkrstampede#322
ttcrd (13 Nov)

Crafty Catz Challenge #438

Good morning, this week's challenge at Crafty Catzis hosted by our lovely Nick who has chosen the optional twist of 'something with wings'.

Our fabulous sponsor this week is A Day for Daisies

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watercooler

I used one of my all time favourite ADFD images, Braid in my hair. I think it was the first one I ever bought!, still love it! I used copics to colour and made an upright z fold card. The little added birds are chipboard, coloured with a brown copic, the die cut flower are Sizzix Tim Holtz.

As always my teamies have created some stunning cards to inspire you, why not hop over to Crafty Catz to admire them! Hope you choose to play along this week...remember the theme is optional...anything goes!

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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                                                                     Challenges entered:

colourcrazy #46

crafting-with-friends #75

fussyandfancy#225

polkadoodle #46

simplycreatetoo

watercooler #196

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' -November Challenge

Hello, I'm back again already with my DT inspiration for this month's challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'. I thought I'd share something a little different this time...my Tomte family!. These are made from scraps of fur fabric and wool...and empty yoghurt pots. The largest stands about 10 inches high from base to tip of hat. They're fun and easy to make and great for using up left over knitting yarn!I don't have any patterns to share as i just cut the scraps of fur to the size of the pots and glued and stitched them in place. The noses are small circles of flesh coloured fabric wrapped around a bit of wadding (cotton wool would work as well) and sewn on. 

My teamies have been busy too, creating beautiful projects to inspire you, so please hop over to CASS and take a look, then please don't be shy, we'd love to see your Christmas makes too...not long to go now  before it's time to panic if you haven't made your cards!

Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely day!

Chris

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Challenges entered:
getcreative #75
avenue613 #215
notjustcards November Challenge

Fabulous called...!

Good morning, it's time for another challenge at Fab'n'Funky,

 sponsored this week by Dr Digi

and the theme is 'with an animal', we'd like to see an animal somewhere on your entry...as simple as that!

I used the wonderful Onesie Winona (thank you Dr Digi)...unfortunately she now seems to have disappeared from the shop... I used my copics to colour and followed a sketch from Sketch Saturday

Papers from stash and a stamped sentiment.

There's more inspiration from my lovely teamies over at Fab'n' Funky, so please hop over and take a look..

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenges entered:
artisticinspirations  #209
craftingfromtheheart #228
craftycardmakers #222

pileiton #148
sketchsaturday #539

#Happy Birthday

Good afternoon, a quick card to share following the sketch from the current challenge at Back to Basics Challenges.

The image is from the Paper Shelter, coloured with copics, papers from stash, stamped sentiment. I punched 2 circles from cardstock and drew on the faces to make the emojis, which are covered in Glossy Accents, as are his specs. I needed a card for my nephew... teen boys are difficult to create for!

Thanks for visiting,

Chris

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Challenges entered

bbbchallenges #15

craftyfriends #96

sendasmile4kids ( atg for kids)
pattiescreations #152
thepapershelter. #361
crafterscafe #207

It's all white at Sweet Stampin '!

Hello, and happy weekend. The theme for  this week's challenge at Sweet Stampin' is 'White on White'. I used a set of patchwork dies and various embossing folders to create my circular card. The poinsettia flowers were stamped onto vellum and heat embossed, then fussy cut and layered together with die cut snowflakes and tiny pearls for the centres. Die cut foliage with more small pearls and a white ribbon attached with a pearl brad. 

We've had an unwanted and unwelcome visitor in our garden recently...a large and very bold fox! He has been wandering back and forth this morning, bold as brass in broad daylight, practically thumbing his nose at poor Matilda who is going berserk on her side of the fence ( lawn is fenced off so Matilda can't pee on it...need somewhere safe for the granddaughters to play!) He's a beautiful fox, and I don't wish him any harm, but apart from the dog freaking out I worry about fox mange and fleas and I don't want him to use my lawn as a loo either! I'm not that keen on the muddy pawprints that Matilda spreads on my carpets from running in and out of the garden either!!! Usually she spends a lot of the day snoozing happily, but with Foxy around she's on guard at the patio doors..have to open them if she spots him as 10 and half stone of Great Dane hurling herself at glass doors is a bit disturbing!

Off now to spend the rest of the day cooking, we've a load of friends coming for supper this evening...hmm may have to clean some mud off the carpets too!

Thanks for stopping by...would be great if you chose to play along with us at Sweet Stampin' this week!

Enjoy your weekend

Chris

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Challenges entered:
craftrocket #54
creatalicious #150
creativecraftcottage #113
sparklesforumchristmas #95
hollyandivy #40
incywincy (5/11-17/11)