Add a sentiment at Crafty Calendar.

Good morning, the June challenge starts today at Crafty Calendar,  I've scheduled this post as, all being well,  I 'll be going wild in the aisles at the Kent Stamperama show. We get very few craft shows locally so it's a real treat! 

This month our theme is to ADD A SENTIMENT- as simple as that!

There's a prize of some lovely Heffy Doodle stamps and dies for our lucky winner.

I used a cute All Dressed Up image, coloured with markers, added sparkle to her rainbow wellies (I have been reliably informed by my youngest granddaughter that these are the best wellies to have.) The die cut panel looked a little bare so I inked the edges, some stencilling and stamped the sentiment.

The papers are from The Works.

There's more inspiration from the rest of the team over at Crafty Calendar- hope you can join in this month.

Enjoy the weekend

Chris

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Challenge entries:

Ellibelles GardenParty May Challenge

ilovepromarkers #584

alldressedup #162

New Home

 Good morning, our new challenge at Fab 'n' Funky begins today,

 this fortnight our theme is Use your Die Cuts, so nice and simple!

 I needed a new home card for my lovely hairdresser who recently moved house. I used Aall &Create frame and alphabet dies to cut the background and letters from a piece of card, the result of a session with the gelli plate with some added stencilling. The house is a Picture This stamp, coloured with markers and fussy cut.

There's more inspiration from my lovely teamies at Fab 'n' Funky- hope you can find the time to join us!

Thanks for visiting 

Chris

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Challenge entries:

Double D - Frames

craftsgalore #136

thecraftingchallenge  June Challenge

acutabove   June Challenge

cutitup #331

allsorts #824

For Emily

 Good morning, June has arrived, I wonder what the weather has in store for us this month- May was pretty amazing so fingers crossed we'll get more of the same.

The June Challenge at Stamping Sensations begins today, the optional theme for this month is 

Our Furry Friends, chosen by Anesha ,or you can take part using the Anything Goes option.

There are 2 lovely prizes of Penny Black stamps  from Buddly Crafts  to be won.

It was granddaughter Emily's 11th birthday last month, as part of her gift I decided to give her money as she likes to choose her own clothes now. I made this gift tag and holder to put it in. 

I made the holder first- a simple kraft card, folded down the corner , clipped the edges into curves and decorated with the tartan patterned DP. I added some faux stitching and a chipboard flower, glued the open side and bottom edge

The dog stamp is from Aall & Create, I stamped him to sit on the strips of DP and coloured him with pencils. I thought it looked a bit bare so added the candles- part of the same same stamp set-how lucky that there were 11! I made a tag from kraft to fit inside the holder, adding a pocket cut from the dp. 

As always there is plenty of inspiration from the rest of the team over at Stamping Sensations, so please do head on over to check it out and for full details of how to play along with our challenges.

Thanks for visiting

Happy Sunday

Chris

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Challenge entries

allsorts #824

inkspirational #342

alphabet D for dogs

creativeknockouts #547

MAWTT #179

crafterscafe #319

CCC #99

kleurenmetpotloden May Challenge

tag-along and atc June (atg)

Usual bedtime!

 Good morning, time for a new challenge at Crafty Catz,

sponsored  this fortnight by Dr Dig's House of Stamps.

Ginny is hosting this challenge and has chosen the optional twist of 

Make us smile but of course you can always enter  using the Anything Goes option.

 

The image I used is Netflix and Chill- this made me laugh out loud when I saw it, could definitely be me and hubby! (Although I like to think we're not quite that round!) 

I coloured using my markers, then fussy cut round the image and placed it the panel with the tasteful green wallpaper and wood floor, their 'room' looked a bit stark so I gave them a furry rug to keep their toes warm- still something missing...so I gave them a dog!- that's more like it.

(dog image is from Perfect Sunday- flipped and fussy cut)

The stamped sentiments are from a set with missing packaging so not sure of make.

There's plenty more inspiration to be found over at Crafty Catz! 

Thanks for stopping by- have a great weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries

digichoosday #5

addictedtostamps #493

dreamvalley #337

kraftychicks #770

allsorts #824

Did someone say cake?

 Good morning, I'm back from my holiday and here to share my DT card for this fortnight's challenge at Sweet Stampin'-

 the theme this time is Boys, boys, boys

and this is the card I made for my boy who celebrated his 41st birthday at the beginning of this month. How can my baby possibly be that old???!!!

The image is a digital stamp from Beccy's Place, coloured with my markers and fussy cut. I  gave them a fence to lean on, stencilled the clouds and stamped the sentiments. 

While I'm here I'd like to say a huge thank you for all the lovely comments left by my lovely blog friends while I was away- very much appreciated.

I'll leave you with a photo of Marvin- he thoroughly enjoyed his holiday- lots of walks in woodland and several visits to the beach- no problems with his 'swimmers tail' this time thank goodness! 

We went for a peaceful forest walk... Marvin found a bog to play in... he was happy- I was not - particularly when he shook right next to me. We then took him to the beach for a cleansing swim...he was even happier...

Thanks for stopping by

Chris

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Challenge entries:

kraftychicks #769

addictedtostamps #493

PFM #789

craftyanimals #94

FQCB #71

girlzmakesguyzcards #27

welovestamping May Challenge

allsorts #824

Everyone was thinking it...

 Good morning, another scheduled post, this time for a new fortnightly challenge at Fab 'n' Funky, the theme this time is a simple one- ADD A SENTIMENT. 

I made a fairly CAS card, featuring a fabulous image from Art Impressions- these ladies just crack me up! She's coloured up with Copics,  I added two fun sentiments and some stencilling, so quick and simple today! 

Please do take the time to visit the Challenge Blog, you'll find some wonderful inspiration from the rest of the team and we'd love to have you join us.

Thanks for stopping by

Chris

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Challenge entries

PFM #789

TIOT Keep it simple

dreamvalley #337

snarkystampers #262

Deco Birthday

 Good morning, this is a scheduled post, a reminder for our May Challenge at

  Stamping Sensations. 

The optional theme for this month is FEMININE, but as always Anything Goes as long as there is visible stamping.

I used a stamp that I've had for years and remains a firm favourite, it's an unmounted rubber stamp, part of a set I think- but its packaging has disappeared and I cannot remember the brand. The image is coloured with Copic markers and various glitter/sparkle pens of different brands.( Never seem to have a lot of luck with these. I've tried so many different brands, I'm careful to replace the lids but lots of them seem to dry up/block up very quickly- with no rhyme or reason! Some of the pens in the sets are brilliant and go on for ages while others just give in and turn up their toes in no time at all. I've tried looking at UTube for solutions to the problem but no luck there either!  So if anyone can recommend glitter pens that don't dry/block up I'd be grateful!)

Anyway, back to the card, image was placed in a die cut frame- cut from glitter card. The background design is built up from strips of card which have been dry embossed. I inked the embossing folder first with Bermuda Elements ink (love that colour!) I matted the strips onto silver glitter card to match the frame, then matted onto the black card, then silver again. I added some very narrow strips of the glitter card with tiny square gems to finish my layout, stamped and heat embossed the sentiment onto black card.

Please head on over to Stamping Sensations Blog for lots of inspiration, full details of how to enter, and the lovely prize on offer.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

aperfecttimetocraft May Challenge

letscreate #219

morgansartworld #88

creativecrafters #88

CRAFT #755