Reasons to be happy

 Good morning, the April Challenge at Stamping Sensations begins today, the theme is 

Anything Goes with an option of Nature- flowers, birds, animals etc.

There are 2 prizes of Lavinia Stamps to be won.

I have used stamps from Aall and Create, stamped onto one of their ready made backgrounds, coloured with water colour pens.

Please hop over to Stamping Sensations to enjoy the beautiful creations from the rest of the team and for full details of how to join in.

Thanks for visiting -enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Chris

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Challenge Entries

allsorts #820

mytimetocraft #557

CRAFT #752

ellibelles garden party #1

beautifulblossoms #27

tripleb April challenge

18th Birthday!

 Good morning, today sees the start of our April Challenge at Crafty Calendar, 

the theme is FEMININE. 

There's a lovely prize of  a Heffy Doodle stamp set for our lucky winner.

I'm sharing the card I made for my niece's 18th Birthday which was back in November. The image is a digi stamp from Polkadoodle, printed onto a square of white cardstock, coloured with copics and then masked. I printed the large numerals onto copy paper, cut them out and used them to mask over the already masked image...if that makes sense... then used a Lavinia stencil with pink and green distress inks to create the background. The dots are Nuvo Stone Drops, which have a pretty shimmer. Finally I added the large die cut sentiment. 

As always there's some lovely inspiration over at the Challenge Blog, hope you have the time to check it out.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

creativefingers #298

kraftychicks #762

digichoosday #3

stencilfun. #April Challenge

seizethebirthday #302

Fairy dreams

 Good morning, today sees the start of a new Anything Goes challenge at Crafty Catz.  

There is no sponsor or prize this fortnight, we're playing just for fun, but still an opportunity to win one of our Top 3 badges for anyone who joins in. 

I indulged in a bit of colouring therapy to make this card, the gorgeous image from Aurora Wings is coloured with copic markers, lots of sparkle added- which of course doesn't show up! I kept the design very simple, added a stamped sentiment and some sparkly gems. Please check out the challenge blog for some lovely inspiration from the rest of the team.

While I'm here a quick heads up for a great new challenge coming very soon- something a little different 

Here's the link https://tag-alongandatc.blogspot.com/

A new challenge blog is always good news!

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

craftygalscorner #265

ellibelle's crafty wednesday April Challenge

conjurerofdreams #7

mirtillamente #42

morgansartworld #87

creativecrafters #86

aplacetostart - fairy tales

aaabirthday #72

All things grow...

 Good morning, this is a scheduled post as all being well I will be in London on Saturday for lunch and a show- a combined birthday and Mother's Day treat from my daughter. I'm really looking forward to it, the best part being a day spent with my daughter, she is the best company anyone could wish for. 

We've had some lovely spring weather this week, on Thursday we took Marvin to the beach- his first dip of the year (if you don't count ginormous puddles that is!).  I thought it might be a bit cold by the sea but it was so warm I was casting off layers as we walked- perfectly comfortable in a t shirt, Marv was mega excited to see the sea and rushed straight in - we didn't let him swim for too long as I'm always worried that he'll get limber tail again as its happened a few times now, but the sea was so calm he was fine- and very happy. A real bonus to have a day like this in March and I'm so glad we made the most of it.

My card today is for this fortnight's challenge at Sweet Stampin',  the theme is FEMININE, so plenty of scope if you'd like to join in, and we hope you will. 

I used a digital stamp this time, one of my older favourites from Mo Manning, this one is available in the shop. I've used Copic markers to colour, added a stamped sentiment and matted the image onto a square of pink cardstock, adding the dots with a white gel pen. 

While I remember, there's a gorgeous freebie up for grabs over on Mo's Patreon page.  

Don't forget to check out the inspiration from my lovely teamies over at Sweet Stampin' Challenges

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

dragonflydreams March Challenge

ilovepromarkers #579

PFM #781

crafterscafe #317

Double trouble!

 Good morning, hope you're all enjoying a good week so far. Today's card is my DT make for this fortnight's challenge at Fab 'n' Funky. 

Our lovely Pat is hosting this week and her theme is ONE FOR THE BOYS, which was a great opportunity to colour up this fabulous Mo Manning image that I've had for some time. This cute pair look as if they were made for each other, so happy together, sitting on the step planning their next adventure!

I've used my Copic markers to colour, the papers are from stash, I added the ball because Marvin said that every dog needs a ball, the sentiment is from a very old set of Nitwit stamps.

There's more to see over at Fab'n'Funky, some fabulous cards from the rest of the team, do hop over for a look, hope you'll be inspired to join in.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

addictedtostamps #489

unicorn #107

dreamvalley #333

avenue613 March challenge

MAWTT #176

aaabirthday. #71

Spring Time

 Good morning,  a spring -themed card today, my DT make for this fortnight's challenge at Crafty Catz.

our lovely sponsor for this challenge is 

THE PAPER SHELTER

The theme is Anything Goes with an option of Spring Greens.

I used a sweet sponsor image, Sophie in the country,  kindly given to the team, thanks!

To make the background design I stamped the larger clock (Stamperia) onto a square of white card, then masked it to stamp the smaller clock behind it, then masked both clock faces to add some stencilling, script stamp and the leaf sprigs. 

I printed the image, coloured with Copic markers and fussy cut her and placed in front of the large clock. The sentiment is stamped and embossed with white EP. 

There is more inspiration to be found  from my lovely teamies over at Crafty Catz.

We'd love for you to join us this fortnight, 

hope to see you there.

Have a good weekend

Chris

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Challenge entries:

cardz4galz.#246

craftrocket #123

creativeknockouts #543

ilovepromarkers #579

thepapershelter #630

thesisterhoodofcrafters Shades of green

PFM #780

TIOT Spring Fling

Crocus

 Good morning, a little reminder of our March challenge at Stamping Sensations. The theme for anyone who wishes to use it is Spring but it's optional- you can enter with anything Goes as long as there is a stamped element on the front of your card/project. Full details of how to join in as well as details of the prizes on offer can be seen at Stamping Sensations Challenges- there are also some wonderful inspiration cards from the design team, so it's well worth popping over to have look.

My card is made using a lovey Crocus stamp from Aall and Create,  I coloured it with water colour pens, it had to be yellow to match the ones in my front garden which were in glorious full bloom at the time of making the card, sadly most of them have finished now but they really did brighten my day every time I went past. The background is blended using Distress and Elements Inks, 2 different stencils and a splash of water. 

I'm looking forward to the lovely spring weather forecast for the rest of the week, let's hope we all get to enjoy it!

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

beautifulblossoms #27

classicdesign #3

thefourseasons March Challenge

papercraft #117

tripleb. March Challenge

welovestamping March Challenge