Diamonds and Pearls

OK folks so no Diamonds but we have the pearls!

have you ever made a card that you like but know that its not really you. well that's how I feel about this one . I have coloured my baubles in Distress inks then gone over them with glossy accents then stuck pearls in, the stamp set is woodware bubble wreath available from Sir Stampalot.

Thanks for all your kind comments regarding my son, he is settling into school a little better thank goodness.

Oh yes and this one is dedicated to you Pinky, thanks for hurrying me up !!!!!!

back soon love Chris xx

I thought I would enter it into Creative Belli Challenge B themed embelishments_ Baubles

You're one in a million.

Hope you have all had a good week, mine got a little better as the week went on, but the start was hard, my son settled into secondary school OK ish but then missed the bus on the first evening back as no one seem to tell them which bus they needed to go on, there was no number on the bus and all the buses looked the same, sheer Panic for him, anyway I got a phone call and there were about 10 children in the same situation, not a good start, anyway, I had a little word and the bus company have now put a numbers on each one. Ahh!

I kept seeing covered notebooks and thought I would have a go,

this uses Hero Arts Clear Stamp set called SUNSHINE FLOWERS. card stock is SU and ink is Su chocolate chip. hope you like love chris xx

What's new Pussy cat.

This little Easel card is ATC size, and I just loved making it.

hope you like.

The cat stamp set is paperartsy nut and meg

and woodware winter Fayre

xxx

My son is starting senior school tomorrow so feeling a bit nervous with him, I have told him its just the start of another adventure.

Just one more thing to tell you , My very dear friend Lou at Crafty Lou's small world

has been featured in Octobers Craft Stamper, I would just like to say "well done that girl you deserve it"

have a peep at her amazing work.

xxx

I thought I would enter my card in the following challenge

papertake weekly challenge you have to use just one thing. I have used just one photo corner.

also Charisma Cardz inspired by a song, well thats right up my street

and Inky impressions Challenge which is ane Easel card

Sir Stampalot challenge

What about this then girls and boys what a selection Sir Stampalot are giving away this month in the

Sir Stampalot Challenge, This Months Challenge is All Distressed.

Now I don't usually do a lot of distressing but this time I got well and truly distressed, and I am not in love with my card at all.but let me know what you think, you can be honest, you wont offend!

I have used woodware Tipsy tree and woodware bubble wreath the papers are October afternoon.
thanks for popping by love Chris xx

topsy turvey

Hi all you lovely crafters out there.

are you preparing for a great weekend, I do hope so.
I am very excited as I am doing a demo on Bank Holiday Monday at Sir Stampalot, a bit sad in one way though as I am doing it on my own now as the lovely Brenda from Floral fantasies is poorly, get well soon Brenda.

so if you are at a loose end on Bank Holiday Monday, come and see me.

Its the Christmas launch, there's lost of exciting things that are NEW, in the shop.

this car is made using woodware Tipsy tree

the papers are October afternoon again, sorry but I love them.

also I have a friend Mandy who has just started a new blog

she is on the design team for Sir Stampalot check her out here

her work is amazing.

I thought I would enter this into a couple of challenges

Just scraps ....... fussy cutting

Creative Inspirations....... Christmas in August

Stuck on you.

Hello Girls, Sorry I haven't been to visit you this last few days, on my way now!!

I have just got back form a trip around Yorkshire, we have been to Leeds Armories, which made me yawn a bit but the boys liked it, so that's all that mattered, then we went on to Whitby and Robin hoods Bay, now there my mouth stayed closed, I didn't yawn once it was great.

I am in love with this camper van stamp, hope you like it too, I just cant stop using it, and this Christmas its going have Fairy lights on it, well why not! I know its a bit on the Bright side, but occasionally I am Bright!! Honest!

back soon love Chris xx

Moving on up.

Hello all you crafty peeps, how you doin!

this little card stands just 3" square when folded, I just love making small cards.

I have used Molly Blooms washing line and flowers.

heros arts house G5430

and my favourite stamp of the moment is the green leaf edged around the card its so useful

which is Art Impressions F2055

all available from Sir stampalot

Thought I would enter it into a couple of challenges

I have chosen STAMPING B'S "create a scene"

I did it creations "Anything goes"

My Song title is moving on up by M People

2 BECOME 1

Last year I forgot to give My friend Jo her Birthday card, (I am a bit dilatory) I didn't forget her Birthday though.

so this year I thought I would make up for it by giving her last years as well!!

thank goodness her name isn't too long like Esmeralda or Constantine, just having a random moment !!

the papers are October Afternoon I think they are my most favourite ever.

and the letters are cut from the cricut using storybook cartridge.

back soon love Chris xx

Got to give it up!! (still going with my song titles!)

Good Evening all you crafty people, have you had a crafty day, I do hope so.

This is something I made as a demonstration model for Sir Stampalot, In other words I had to give it up!!, every one say arr!! I may treat myself though it would look so nice sat on my untidy desk. the ribbon box comes in a flat pack, If I sold quite a few of them I could have one of my very own, (so if you fancy one just remember to say you saw it on Chris's blog tehe!!) I painted it and added paper and of course those cuttlebug quilled flowers as seen on the last 2 posts, it is made by kaiser craft and I got it from good old Sir Stampalot.

hope you like, here is a close up of the quilled flowers. have a great weekend love Chris xx

Sir Stampalot Challenge. Bring on the bling

I know shock horror 2 posts in a week, a bling card and my first ever Tilda card, though she looks a bit ill on the photograph !

Happy Sunday Morning to you, and Happy 1st of the Month. Is it me or are the months moving on to quickly?I think time moves for us crafters because we are never bored, we can always find something to do.And yes its the first of the month do you fancy having a go at the Sir Stampalot Challenge

This months theme is Bring on the BLING

Here is my take on it, I have used Tilda October Afternoon papers, and yes I told you I would show you what that cuttlebug quilling set does, these are all flowers and border made using 2 different setschrysanthemum and Daisy. click on the picture on the previous post and it will take you there. the edges around the circle are also the quilling set just used as a border.

Everything I have used is avalable from Sir stampalot

THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN WIN.

included in this massive prize is 2 of each of the whole Bling Birthstone range

some gorgeous foiled and glittered designer papers

A set of fiskars Embossing products

glitter gems marvy pens ..................

the list is endless, Imagine having all this lot posted through your door.

Epecially for you!!!!!

Yes I know, I can't believe it either!!

I'm back for a while, fed up with the decorating so having a few weeks off! YIPPEE!

Also had my brother and his wife with 3 children under 7 so been quite busy one way and another.

Just a very simple card to share with you this evening a bit of hessian which I begged of my my friend Fleur of a

"passion for craft" (check her out if you haven't already) some October afternoon papers and a cuttlebug quilled flower which are so easy to do, I just love making them. I know they are a little pricey, but you can make big flowers small flowers even tiny teeny flowers, I have another project on the go with lots of flowers and will show you later next week.

I know you wont hold your breath!!
If you click on the picture below it will give you more information on the product, from good ole sir stampalot!

Gone Fishing

Hello all you hopefully happy bloggers, Have you had a crafty day. I am still using Molly and George here, I am so into easel cards at the moment and trying to change shapes a bit, I think it works, going now to catch up on my commenting, back soon love Chris xx

Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer! Sir Stampalot challenge.

Happy First of the month to all you lovely people out there in blog land.

and yes you know what that means, its the start of Sir Stampalot's challenge all over again, and look down below at the prize, which includes lots of the new MOLLY BLOOMS stamps which are so yummy, designed by

Clare Rowlands. You can get to her blog here, I have used molly on my card and shrunk her on shrink plastic, ain't she a cutie, and if you think she is a cutie, take a look at the accessories that go with her, just click on the link.

Also this Saturday the 3rd of July at Sir Stampalot myself and the lovely Crafty Lou (you have to pop over and see this girls blog here) she is AMAZING, AND HER WORK IS TOTALLY UNIQUE, so if you fancy something a bit different this is the girl to see, and of course you could come and say hi to me as well!! and say "hello my name is ........ and I am a blogger" well girls it is addictive!!!

we will be there from 10am until 4pm

Just also want to say thanks for all the lovely comment's you have left me, I do appreciate them and I will always try my best to pop over to you. lots of hugs Chris xx

PS thanks Lisa-Jane and Brenda for my awards, I will post them next week when I have had a good think.sorry I am so slow.

"Whoops I did it again"

Hello out there in blog land, If you are coming to my class tomorrow at Sir stampalot this is one of the things you will be making, you are maybe thinking that you have seen this one before, you would be right, but it really is quite different, same box with easel just a different layout. I have shrunk just about everything including the whole row of cottages stamp. hope you like .

just a little something else to show you which I have photographed this evening , we just found this wasps nest in my sons play shed, how can something so awful as a wasp make something as intricate as this.

have a great weekend love chris xx

Good Golly Miss Molly

I trust You all singing along to the title!! (before my time, someone told me of it!!)

Anyway Guys, this is Molly and she is part of the new range called Molly Blooms by UK artist Clare Rowland's who has designed them for Sir Stampalot they are distributing and selling them, this little girl isn't the only one, there are loads of different one's, girls and boys, and lots of fab accessories. go and take a peep here .

hope you like, lots of hugs chris xx