One for the Men....

Good evening to you all and a very warm welcome to my latest followers Dorothy H,  Debbie Fisher and Erin Bentley. I cannot believe I am only 10 away from 300 followers, thank you all so much.

 

I cannot believe its been nearly a week since I last blogged, I have been making cards but for some reason I did not get round to posting.... I`m blaming Pinterest for taking all my time up lol along with other things.

 

Last week I decided to enter a few challenges with my Rose card ( see post below) and surprise I got top 3 over at Incy Wincy, I just could not believe it, that really made my day, perhaps I should enter a few more... what do you think?.

 

Now onto this weeks card I decided to make one for the men or new home

1. 6x6 Black scallop card

2. Creative Expressions Village stamp

3. White card embossed with polka dot embossing folder 

4. lamp stamped and cut out and clear gloss over the top.

5. black Ribbon, candi and sentiment stamp from stash.

 

I would like to enter this into..

Crafty Cardmakers and more... Black and White

Creative Inspirations.. Stamping

Dream Valley Challenges.. No Designer paper

Through the Craft Room Door... Anything Goes

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

 

 

Rose...

Hello everyone,   I hope you are all keeping well, sending huggles for those who are not feeling 100%.

Lets get the waffle bit over lol. I treated myself to the new Heartfelt Creations Raindrops on Roses dies and stamp last week and also an A4 embossing board so of course when they arrived the other day I just had to play :), first though I had to get the dreaded h-------k out of the way, boy it took ages... perhaps because I kept stopping for a cuppa, well you just have too lol. Once that was out of the way I then had to decide what I was going to do, as you can imagine lots of things kept popping into my head and I thought oh my goodness where do I start !!!!!!!!.

Well here is the first one, I had to write the other ideas down in case I forget.

 

8x8 white card used for this. The first backing is pink card from stash, I then embossed white hammered card with Picnic Plaid from Die`sire and inked with VersaMagic Pink Petunia. For the main image I decided it was time to get the Promarkers out and and used my own DIGI Image... ROSE, colours used were Blossom, Antique Pink, Pink Carnation, Pine, Grass, and Leaf Green, so glad I printed 2 off as I completely mucked the first one up, still need to practise and hopefully will get there one day lol. I then diecut the Raindrops on Roses and corner die from La-La Land Crafts.

Then I realised I did not have the right colour ribbon.... so off I trot to Dunelm (10 mins away from mine). Shock of shocks they are getting rid of their craft so not much to be had there, luckily the haberdashery dept had loads of ribbon. Last thing added was stick pin from stash.

I would like to enter this into..
Diva`s By Design.. Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge.. Flower Frenzy

 Creative Inspirations.. Ribbon
In The Pink Challenge.. Diecuts/Punches
 

Chris xxxxx

 

Flowers again.....

Good afternoon to all my lovely followers, friends and passer bys, I hope your day is going well. What a day it has been here, we woke late this morning as hubby`s alarm clock did not go off for some reason so instead of being up at 6.45 it was 8 and hubby had to be at work by 8.30, talk about rushing around phew it was exhausting lol.

Well that really put me out of sorts, I was going to do so much today, but in the end I could not be bothered so I decided to have a play with some of my dies and I am quite pleased with the finished card unlike the other day when I used some freebie sewing stamps. Got the card made which I thought was ok but have now decided I dont like it one little bit so it`s in the bin.

Waffle over lol here is my card..... Hope you like it

5x5 white card

Kanban Garden Vistas backing paper which I roughened the edges with scissors then inked with Versa Magic Ink Pretty Petunia. Spellbinders Decorative Labels One cut out in white, then cut  same paper to fit inside. Rose leaves from Signature Dies, McGill punched Designer Pine, flower from Brittania Medium Die sentiment die cut from All Occasion Dies.

I may well have to try this on a bigger card with more flowers.

 

Chris xxxxx

 

Cameo..

I cannot believe we are half way through January already, and it has been absolutely ages since I last blogged oops. Life does get in the way at times.

While I was having a tidy in my craft room last week I came across some cameo`s that I bought from Lakeland when they had a craft department, now that is awhile ago lol, so of course I had to have a play.

 

6 x 6 black scalloped card

Backing Paper was a freebie Prima Botanical Collection pad from

Simply Cards & Papercraft

Cameo from Lakeland

Spellbinders Floral Ovals

La-La Land Corner die

Marianne leaf die

Brittania Dies Medium Rose Die

lace from stash

black card from stash for backing the cameo

 

I really enjoyed making the flowers from scrap bits of card.

 

Thank you for popping by

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

Freebies.....

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a fabulous christmas and got loads of crafty goodies to play with. I promised you a third digi for you, but christmas got in the way lol.

 

I have decided to give you another 2 digi`s to play with for all your wonderful comments throughout the year and for not giving up on me when I have disappeared for a while whether it was personal or when my mojo had gone walkabout.

 

I hope you like them and look forward to seeing what you create.
Hopefully I will get some cards made before the new year,
if not I would like to wish you all a very
 Happy and Prosperous New Year

Chris xxxxx

Wedding Anniversary......

Hi folks, I hope you are all keeping warm and are all prepared for christmas,  not long to go now.
You may also have noticed I have been playing and created a new header.
  I hope you like it

Thought I would pop on and show you the anniversary card I made hubby for today, 3 years married and 13 years together in total and one or two other cards as well along with the freebies I promised so here goes.

I made this using Craft Artist2 and freebies downloaded from

With a Russian Heart She has some amazing kits.

 

This one is for my granddaughter Chelsea who`s birthday is tomorrow. The main image came from Jems Designs cd called `Gorgeous`, I took it into Craft Artist2 and had a play. My next one is also for Chelsea

Yes this one was also created in Craft Artist2.

 

Now for the freebies.........

Pansies

 

I have to say this is one of my favourite drawings.

Daffodils

Just click on the images to enlarge then right click and save to your computer.

I had to include this one as it is just right for the spring when it gets here.

In my next post I will have one more freebie for you and this time it won`t be flowers.

Chris xxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poinsettia plus more.....

Wow busy day today, I decided to have a clear up in my craftroom today, what a silly move that was lol, at least its looking a bit better than it was with one nearly full bin bag. Just a few bits  and bobs to go through and that will be it for this year.

 ( note to self keep it tidier in future lol).

 

This idea came from Pinterest, I have just changed the composition a bit and added embossed backing card,papers from Dovecraft.

 

 

6x6 white card, Marianne Poinsettia Dies, Tonic Frond Die and Dee`s Merry Christmas Die.

 

 

This one is for my Granddaughter Ashley and her boyfriend JP ( mummy & daddy to Isabella)

8x8 white card topper created in Craft Artist2.

 

 

Thats all for this evening, well nearly lol.

 

 Seeing as it is nearly christmas my next post will include a couple of my own digi`s for you to have as a thank you for visiting and all your wonderful comments throught out the last year.

 

Thank you for popping by.

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas is creeping up on us........

Good evening to all my followers and friends, I hope you will enjoy your visit. As promised just a few more chrimbo cards

6x6 white scallop card. Tonic Boudoir Square Die, Brittania Large Poinsettia Die, and small poisettia die, Rainbow Seed Beads and Merry Christmas die from Dee`s Distinctively.

6x6 white scallop card, Create it bell stamp and embossed in white, green holly mirri card, Christmas paper from Raspberry Road Designs, Dee`s Distinctively merry Christmas Die, ribbon from stash.

 

And lastly for this evening my Great Granddaughters card

8x8 white card, Main image made in Craft Artist.

Thank you for popping by

 

Chris xxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seasons Greetings......

Phew I think I have finally finished making all my chrimbo cards with a few extras in case of emergencies, we`ve all probably had them lol. Don`t worry I am not going to show them all tonight otherwise I will be on all night.

I thought I would make a few simple cards and here they are.... more to come later.
No please don`t groan lol

5x5 white card, Holly stamped and embossed in copper,

copper mirri card, paper from Dovecraft, Spellbinders Stately Circles, Brittania sentiment Dies.

6x6 scallop white card, Gold mirri card, white card stamped with Creative Expressions christmas stamp and embossed in gold, Dee`s Distinctively sentiment die.

6x6 scallop white card, silver mirri card, white card poinsettia stamped and silver embossed, Dee`s Distinctively sentiment die.

 

Chris xxxxx 

 

 

 

 

 

More Petals & Wings.......

As promised I can now show you the rest of my samples for Jems Designs new cd Petals & Wingswhich was on Create & Craft this morning.

This one is Ballerina Fushia

8x8 white card, silver mirror card, Ribbon from Cuddly Buddly,

Flourish Die Brittania Dies medium flower,Leaves are Signature dies from Joanna Sheen. Yes I did make the fushias

 

This one is Beautiful Roses

8x8 white card, blue pearlised card from Hunkydory, Spellbinders butterfly die, flourish die, flowers/gems/ribbon & lace from stash and Memory Box Precious Hearts die.

And finally this one is Sepia Beauty

8x8 white card candy and lace from stash, Marriane leave dies and brittania medium flower dies again I made the flowers.

Hopefully I shall be back over the weekend to upload a few christmas cards

that I have done.

 

Chris xxxxx