Santa is coming (but not for a while...)

 Good afternoon, a little late but here's my DT card for the new challenge at Sweet Stampin',  I seem to have totally lost the plot this week and forgot all about it. 

The theme for this fortnight is GINGHAM/ TARTAN/PLAID. 

Tartan always makes me think of Christmas so I decided on a Christmas card- then picked gingham paper! The image is of course one of Mo's cute digis, which I've coloured using copic markers. 2 different papers from my left overs box which matched the colours, the gingham piece quite large and smaller strip of the the one with the red hearts which I cut with a scalloped border die to allow the gingham pattern to show through. I added the red die cut frame and tiny heart buttons to finish and stamped the sentiment combining stamps from 2 sets. 

Thanks for stopping by

Chris

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Challenge entries:

kraftychicks #811

addictedtostamps #512

ConBC #18 (I-Christmas/ Free/Stamping)

MLCCB #67

Birthday Girl

 Good morning, once again it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Catz, the theme is, as always -ANYTHING GOES.

March is rushing past at a fair old pace and my eldest granddaughter's birthday is coming up at the beginning of April so I thought I'd get ahead and make her card now. I'm finding it hard to believe that our sweet little Livvy is almost 19! She's away at uni at present but will be home for her birthday as it will be the Easter break, I know she is happy and doing well but I miss seeing her regularly so I'm looking forward to catching up with her adventures.

The image I've used is from Mirtillamente, I've coloured her to look like our girl with dark brown hair  and grey/green eyes. Both of the background panels are stencilled, the pink one using an A&C stencil and one from Uniko for the grey panel. The two sentiments are from LOTV. I've added some little die cut embellishments (I love the paperclip, it looks so realistic!) and tiny glossy dots. 

There's some lovely inspiration makes from the rest of the ladies over at Crafty Catz, so do check them out- hope to see you play along this fortnight.

Thanks for visiting, have a good weekend.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

craftrocket #134

creativeknockouts #566

TIOT feminine

digichoosday #3

ilovepromarkers #602

aplacetostart -no squares

mirtillamente #53

Daisy tag

 Hello, some time to play and I finally managed to make something that isn't for a DT! I haven't managed to make anything for the ATC and Tag Along Challenge for a while and really wanted to join in this month. Walking back from the woods with Marvin, enjoying the sunshine and pogging into the neighbouring gardens (as you do ) I spied a lovely lush green lawn- covered with daisies, it was so pretty and inspired me to make this tag. The die cut tag is Studio Light, 2 layers cut from white card, the middle layer is a green striped cardstock. The daisy die and stamp set is Polkadoodles- I used the die to cut the daisy flower but fussy cut the leaf and stem as I really don't like the white borders the die leaves around the stamped image. I used a Visible Image stamp from a set called drag and drip to stamp the green strips behind the daisy in 3 shades of green Dioxides. The sentiment is a TH stamp. Sorry about the photo but the light wasn't great and it's the best I could get. 

thanks for visiting.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

tag-alongandatc #March Challenge

mmmchallenge #273

colorfuloptions March Challenge

daisychain #105

craftrocket #134

craftygalscorner #275

Spring bunnies

Good morning, first Saturday of the month means it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar, the theme for March is SPRING.

The prize is some lovely digital stamps from LOTV

I needed to make some money holder cards for my friend's grandchildren, I always send them a little money gift as I don't think chocolate eggs would be the wisest thing to post! 

I found this cute Whimsy stamp that I bought a couple of years ago, a bargain buy at a Craft Show, never out of the packet before and thought it would appeal to a small girl. I've used Copics to colour. I also used a marker to colour a white ribbon as I didn't have any that matched. The little flower embellishments have been lurking in my 'scary cupboard' for many years- I knew they were in there somewhere and bravely delved into the depths- at least they are a perfect match so worth the effort.

There's a little pocket inside to hold the cash, the sentiment stamps are Lawn Fawn .

 I hope you can find the time to join in this month, please don't forget to check out the Challenge Blog for some lovely inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thanks for visiting, have a great weekend.

Chris

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challenge entries:

CRAFT #775

lilredwagon #848

simonsaysstamp - make it cute

paperfunday #85

aperfecttimetocraft. March Challenge

critter crazy #108

girlzcreativecrafts #65

allsorts #844

Shades of green

 Good morning, I'm hosting the challenge at Fab 'n' Funky  for this fortnight- 

my chosen theme is 

SHADES OF GREEN - my favourite colour.

I love this time of year when every day brings new growth and the trees start to wear their fresh green leaves, everything looks so vibrant and beautiful- especially when we're lucky enough to enjoy some early spring sunshine as we have here for the past couple of days.

My card is one layer, stamped and stencilled directly onto the card blank, the only colour I've used, apart from the black silhouettes is green, apart from a few details picked out with a gold liner pen. The fairy's wings are coloured with green sparkle pens, which doesn't really show...all of the stamps and the stencil are Lavinia.

I'm so looking forward to seeing lots of lovely green creations so I hope you'll find the time to join us this fortnight. There's some lovely inspiration for you over at Fab'n' Funky so please do take a look.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenges entered:

colorfuloptions. March 2026

pinspirational #335

avenue613 March 2026

asyoulikeitchallenge - green is my favourite colour- makes me think of trees and spring.

Amongst the bluebells.

Good morning,  1st March- meteorological spring has arrived, so this month's theme challenge at Stamping Sensations is a great choice- SPRING, or of course there's the option of Anything Goes. 

There are some lovely prizes of Sweet Poppy Stamps and Stencil.

I used a mixture of old and new Lavinia Stamps to create my card, The catkins and fairy are new, the rabbit, robins, bluebells and grass are older. I've also used a couple of stencils to add some colour to the background. 

Thanks for visiting today, please check out the main challenge blog for details of how to enter and some lovely inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

Chris

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Challenge entries:

avenue613 March Challenge

creativecrafters #97

Blossom

 Good morning,  I 'm not sure where the time went since I last posted- and that one was scheduled, but here I am again with my card for this fortnight's ANYTHING GOES challenge at Crafty Catz.

Many years ago I was on the Design Team for Delicious Doodles, sadly one of the many Challenge Blogs that have now disappeared, this lovely image is one that I coloured at the time and never got around to using so now I have! Image coloured with Copic markers, various papers from stash matted onto blue card- I printed the butterfly again to finish, coloured and fussy cut it (doesn't quite match the colours on main image as I had to try and guess which I had used). 

I followed this sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday

We had a wonderful taste of spring here on Wednesday- the sun shone all day and it was so warm and lovely- absolutely no rain at all - even saw a butterfly in the garden- spring is definitely around the corner.

Please pop over and check out the challenge blog to see what the rest of the ladies have created.

Thanks for visiting

Chris

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Challenge entries:

cardz4galz. #270

paperfunday #84

addictedtostamps #511

PFM #826

classicdesign #2

crafterscafe #327

sweetsketchwednesday Feb challenge