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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Boys and String.. with a sick Bird

                                                  Hello Everyone....

Have a couple of new cards for you today and no story........

Now how can that be...I've always got something to say!!!
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Nup!!....nothing there.

I have only had disasters in my craft area..binned stuff...cursed a bit....tried again...stamped the card up side down.....wasted time..cleaned up a bit....wandered around.....then...................................................

















                                                          BAM...
Got smacked in the face by this gorgeous creature....


Aint he gorgeous....meet "Victor the Vulture" ...lol..I just love him..
He was a freebie from GTC Crafty Corner.

He looked so miserable, just had to use him for a get well card. The owl paper I used yesterday, well this is from the same place I think, but with pine trees and pine cones.

A few layers using old manilla folders, and tried to make each layer merge in with the one before. Made him a branch to sit on with a twig out of my garden.
PC sentiment.....The inside is the same, I didnt photograph it.Coloured with pencils. Added a bit of that puff material paint around his neck, and above his nose.
Wrapped a bit of string around the edge, tied a knot, and theres "VICTOR".

Hope you enjoy, and will see you tomorrow [or even later today]

Entering this little, sad guy at, do it with digis   [make a boy/man card
 
                                                Totally gorjuss   [strings the thing]

                                                All sorts             [wings]

Welcome to my 2 new followers...it's wonderful to have you, and hope you enjoy hanging around with me.

See you all later..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Monday, May 30, 2011

Welcome..

Welcome to another Make it Monday...............

I KNOW!!! another week just flown by.

What a great week last week with talented card makers...congratulations to the winners, fabulous work.

This week we are sponsered by Platypus Creek Stampin and Crafts


And they have this fabulous stamp set for the second prize, called "Pretty Things" by Sunshine Designs.




Are they not fabulous stamps...the creative juices should be flowing through your veins looking at these.

For your chance at winning these beauties...you need to comment on other entrants....the more you comment and mention you saw their work on 'Make it Monday' the more chances you have of winning this stamp set.


For my card this week I used a digi from Platypus Creek stamping and crafts and made it into a welcome to your new home card. The only problem with it, was my brain wasn't in action, and I did not have an image small enough to fit in the door, so searched through my bits and found this wee bird...so this bird lives in a mushroom..ok..lol...

I used papers from my stash which I have always loved and only used once before,but cant remember the name, sorry, this was the end of them, and they have tiny owls and trees on them...very cool.
Mushroom coloured with pencils,and glittered spots on its roof.
Are you ready for this..........................................


I remembered to show you the inside [whoo hoo]

Enough of me, head over to 'Make it Monday' blog, and start linking up, the party has begun....
And while you are there check out the other DT's cards....gorgeous.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Happy Birthday Pink and Girly

Goodmorning everyone,

I'm a little bit quiet today, I seem to have a slight headache.

Oh! I'm sure it was'nt the wine??!!!!!

It WAS a fabulous night. Ended up with 24 for dinner, but thats ok..I always over prepare for  it.
They had me up playing those games in front of the TV. No cords, just, what you do , the TV does.
Dont know what you call it, but, by crickey, I had a good work out..lol..
I threw darts, climbed a tree and collected bananas, bowled,flew a rocket [ I won that one]..fabulous fun.

And...YES I got sozzled...hence the headache...lol..

I made a card the other night and it fits 2 challenges..

So pretty.....

Close up of the flower border, they are so gorgeous.
Papers are Bearly Mine 6x6 glittered...and the flower border is a sticker for scrapbooking, cheaps as chips, from our emporium here, they are getting so many nice things in there now...I think I could easily get into trouble going shopping there.

Sweet image from Whoopsi Daisy sheet #254. Threaded the ribbon through the lacy die.
Coloured with pencils and glittered her frills, wish it would stop showing up green, though, but that is the ink from the printer makes that happen.

Challenges I would like to enter ...Totally papercrafts [something pink and girly]

                                                    ...Whoopsi Daisy [ Happy Birthday]

Done...Thankyou for stopping by, hope you all have a great weekend..it's Sunday here, 10.30am..
You what Sunday means to me.....Nana naps..roll on 2.30..in the mean time, I have cards to make.

See you tomorrow with 'Make it Monday" DT card.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Friday, May 27, 2011

Cooking and squeak!!

Hi! Everyone,

Hope your weather is being kind to you. We are still in semi summer I think, instead of Atumn.
Never known it to be so mild in May, especially near the end of May...phew...

Okay,onto cards...
Two cards to share for challenges, I'm too busy tomorrow to post. I'm cooking for 22 people.
My sons Birthday Sunday, so we are going to have a FAMILY dinner at his house.
Notice...FAMILY...mmmm, well I dont really mind, friends are welcome too, everyone chips in and I'm doing a roast pork, with all the bits that go with it, Caramel flan for pudd...all his favourites, as he is a good son.

First up..ingredients card.with cooking it up with Katie swirls, sunny ,sentiment. [got it]
A Meljen watercan, sunny colours, a Tim Holtz swirl, had to add this bug..he's so cute.and the sentiment in sunny yellow...Coloured with pencils.

Next up...my squeak??

This little honey is for a challenge at lady bug crafts ink and Animals is the requirement there.
Well how cute is this sleeping mouse..it is a freebie from Sliekesstamps, sorry no link, will edit this for you. Coloured with copics[whoohoo] and a brown pencil. Tiny pink pearls on the stamens, papers from my MME and scrapbox, flowers,and pretty lemon ribbon.

There you go all done...aaaand...it only took 45 mins, I'm getting faster. I always think I'm so organised, then all of a sudden 'no links'  or 'links wont work' or lost my scrap of paper...BUT
one day I will be sooo organised it will be frightening..lol..

Thanks for stopping by my friends...wish you could all come for tea tomorrow...but...well you know, time difference and all that....

Luv CHRISSYxx

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Sailing away

Hello everyone,

My lady this morning just told me off for not having a singlet on under my shirt and no cardy either.
LOL...she's a riot sometimes. I tried to tell her with my line of work I get incredibly hot, but I would put my 'cardy' on when I go outside. The heating in her house...well glad I dont have to pay the bill.

Right....another wee card....

Aww..too cute.This is a freebie from Whoopsi Daisy and entering this wee man into a challenge at
Totally gorjuss and they want to see water.

Well everything apart from the freebie was out of my stash, coloured with pencils,sparkled up the dog,made some corrugated card stock with lace trim for waves, whale buttons,the ribbon from RRR. and the yellow button, with another one inside for the sun....which would not have been there had I not dropped the black pen and...blaa...right onto the white..butter fingers.

Well thats me done in another lunch break. on with my skates...3 more clients this afternoon, but no children today, their Dad is picking them up, so I can cruise along, whistling while I work.

Cheerio,
Luv CHRISSYxx

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

My biggest fear

Hello everyone,

Wednesday 12.30 pm....just popped in to home to post this card, scoff a bit of lunch, then off again.

Busy, busy, busy, everyone breaking hips and all those awful things, and I'm their for them getting the house work done. New couple this morning...fabulous pair...you wont believe what they did.
They got their daughter-in-law in to clean so the place would not be dirty for me..lol..bless their hearts.

This wee card is for a challenge at Stamp Fairy and they want to see balloons[yuk] somewhere.

These things have haunted me from childhood.Hate them..terrified...will cross the street if they are in shop doorways...wont allow g/kids or my kids, when they were young to have one.

BUT...I put not one.. but...5 on this card. I'm ok with pictures, and embellishments, will even walk a bit closer to them than I used to...and cant watch them make animals  even on TV..I have to leave the room, or turn the telly off.

Sorry...wandered off the subject of my card...theres wee 'Lenny'. wish I had made him a bit bigger, as he sort of dissappeared into the card. Added tiny buttons around the lace die, and the red THINGS..were a freebie,from 'stamp fairy' as was' Lenny' the other are little wooden ones out of my stash. The sentiment was a freebie from..oh! no sorry I forgot...no. found it..Marion.

So theres my card, I've ramble enough, now I'm running late..lol..crack the whip girl...get on ya bike..all that.. I'm off.

Luv CHRISSYxx
P.S. ..lol...didnt get far did I ...just a wee note to let you know that I love commenting, my favourite pass time but at the moment blogger is being a twat, and I cant say hello to most of you, he keeps wanting me to sign in, but , even after I do and go to publish again, the ning nong says 'sign in'
Some blogs are fine, and some are not, but I've visited, and you are all fabulous.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Armchair Tilda

Hi! everyone,

Just a quick post....and another little scene to share.

Was surfing the freebies the other day and came across this fantastic 'Armchair''
at Dianes Digital Designs

Is this not the best armchair...and guess who sits in it perfectly..................................................





She does does'nt she...just right.

Another gorgeous Tilda from the lovely squirrel coloured with pencils and cut out. Then sat in the chair, after I coloured that and cut it out. The floor is red felt, I pinched it off my g/son, it was only a scrap....then embossed the white cardstock to make a wood  panelling effect, with a skirting board and chair rail [learnt that word from watching makeovers on the T.V.]  Wallpaper is some gorgeous papers from Michelle thanks Michelle...and the clock from a sticker sheet from Rosies studio.

Quite effective, I thought. Was going to add flowers and bit and pieces, but ended up keeping it simple otherwise the 'theme' would have become cluttered.

Anyway.. thats it 'Tilda in an Armchair'

Thats for looking and welcome to a new follower...thankyou.. and do hope you keep calling in, and we will catch up.
Going to enter a challenge at Simply create
Luv CHRISSYxx

Monday, May 23, 2011

'Make it Monday' DT

Hello Everyone,

Unbelievable....Monday here already..where did the weekend go?...where's last week?
I just put my Christmas tree in the right place...where it belongs...glad it's easy to get out, the way the time is racing I'll have to lug the giant thing out again.

Well, 'Make it Monday linky party' up and ready for another week.

What fabulous entries you clever crafters are putting up every week...

Congratulations to last weeks winners...[glad I dont have to choose]

This week we are sponsered by Crafty Emmas Store

with a ten pound voucher to spend in store [p&p not included] for second place..which is....
of course......commenting....
The more you comment on other entrants work..AND mention that you saw their work on 'Make it Monday' the more chances you have at winning this second prize.


For my card this week. I wanted to put 2 images together again..both Meljens designs....

Coloured with pencils, bits of glitter here and there..sooo cute. And theres the other cards in the background again, such a tacky photographer...lol...

The mailbox was another winners choice pick for me...I thought it would be very versatile...we'll see.
The little boy and his dog...well I just love this image.
Papers from 'Rosies studio' called "Transit Lounge" 40 sheets A5..cheap as chips...and that does not happen very often here.

Not the best photo in the world...but gives you a rough idea...cool huh!!

Right... thats me done for today...thanks for stopping by and saying Hi!...

Check out the other DT's cards on the 'Make it Monday' blog..you wont be sorry..leave a little bit of love,
makes us all happy, we all love it.. dont we?

By my friends, see you later in the week.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Two more for the guys!!

GOOOOD morning!! WOW!! woke up to sun today...what a beautiful autumn morning.
The dog is sprawled in the sun in front of the ranchslider...

Theres my 'Harry' he was sprawled and I took a photo.. but he's a boy..........and dont like boys sprawled, so I called his name and he glanced up.

Onto a couple of cards.
 Another 21st card,  for my client this time to give to the same boy, as his mother is her night carer..
She didnt want BIG....most certainly not a Rapper, regardless what he likes..lol...can you hear her..lol..so music is his thing, I came up with this standard size card..

Found these headphones on the net, and printed them off,coloured with pencils,and a bit of silver gel pen, papers from Basic grey,and chip board 21.
She was delighted, decorated the inside and added a personnal message from my lady.

The next card is for my son. He loves 'cobra cars'. Mechanic by trade and a God send in the family, as he is always needed. He is so patient, quiet, very intelligent,brilliant mechanic [top mechanic in NZ 2 times now] and [11th place in the world comps in Korea] just a wee plug there for my boy...lol..


There you go...that took forever to pop up..

Another search on the net, and came across this pic, so copied it and coloured with pencils.
Fabulous papers are from a pad, from 'Rosies' studio...all boy papers.
Added the buttons as tyres, by putting small brown button, on top of big black one, looks quite cool, I reckon.

I think thats enough for today...lol...I have some tricky cards coming up...you must use your imagination to view them...Oh! the suspense...

DT card tomorrow, then I should be organised with my imagination card...

See you then, and thankyou to another new follower, great to have you here, hope you enjoy.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Same 21st...new card

Hi! Everyone,

Do you remember the 'Rapper' card I did a few posts ago....well grandma of the young man liked it
when I e-mailed to his mother  for approval.. so asked me to make her a card, but,  not a rapper.. but something to do with music...so heres goes.

Sorry about the cards in the background...how tacky...lol...did not notice till I posted this picture.

Have used a CD for the background, music paper, and music note stickers, with chipboard '21' from the $1 shop. Bit of distressing, only cause I cut it crooked..lol..

And then this one....

I was going to give  my Dad, my DT card from a couple of weeks ago, of Magnum the cat...but Dad is such an ardent golf fan just had to do this for him... is'nt he great...lol..

Papers out of scrap box[ my father gets the scraps...lol] and I made the tee and golf ball. The card is decorated inside too, but I never remember to photograph them.

So there you are, two more, hope your weather is being kind...our wind has gone, and all back to normal,bit cloudy, not too cold, I think we have hit 12oC.[double it, add 30 to get F]

Great to have you visit, love reading your comments, some have me laughing, some I think awww,
ALL are just wonderful, to know that you took the time to say 'Hi!' makes my day...

Luv CHRISSYxx 











Friday, May 20, 2011

Three challenges... one card!

                                                       Hello Everyone,

Friday night for me at the moment, and just arrived home after a looong day...

Was'nt a hard one just the time went so slow,and I was itching to get on my blog...lol..
[ I know...I think I doooo have a problem]

Right..onto  a card I made last night..it just popped into my head, so I played for awhile, then I found 3 challenges for it...well I hope I have ..lol..been wrong before you know.


I love cute stuff and scenes...this is my last fairy off sheet #199 from Whoopsi Daisy.
I stamped the branches on pale blue card by mistake...but it came out like pale blue sky, saved me the trouble on inking. Cut the fairy out,  and the hearts she was blowing..off.. and replaced with the tiny butterflys. Added the sticker fence with sunflowers[last one] and the grass from Dora.
Coloured with pencils...added glitter to the wings and the mushroom dots..and thats it.

Challenges I'd like to enter.

                                      Cupcake Crafts   'things in the garden'

                                       Flutter by Wednesday   Anything goes

                                       Some odd Girl         'Make a scene' 

There we go... all done
.Welcome to a new follower, thankyou, and thankyou everyone for your wonderful commments.

See you soon...have a few more up my sleeve, but one post at a time...it's too stressful..lol...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Orange...could be my new Pink...

Hi !Everyone,

Hope you are all well and busy crafting, keeping cool..or warm...

We are having a wee polar blast at the moment in NZ...extremely high winds, rain in lots of places, and my neighbour lost half his roof on Monday night. My dog 'Harry' was whining most of the night right next to my bed...which kept me awake more than the wind. I took him outside to show him it was only wind and he settled a bit after that...10mins later the screech of iron being dragged off in 200k winds was heard, and I waited with baited breath for the crash into my house...but fortunately.. it drifted to the ground in his own yard..satelite dish and all...and rolled down his drive...so that was a night I dont wish to repeat...


Anyway the reason we are here...an orange card.

My first time..successfully...paper piecing..her hat and pants.I won 4 rubber Kenny.K. stamps in a blog hop from Bearly mine a couple of weeks ago, and this is the first one I've inked up.

Paper is from Basic Grey...ambrosia..chipboard flower,ribbon from stash.
Really enjoyed using orange..coloured with 3 copics..lol..and pencils.

This card is going in a challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink .....use orange.

Thats it for today...off to school to get the boys..and the sun just came out..yay!!!

Thanks for stopping by....love to hear from you..
Luv CHRISSYxx

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Lemon and blue

Hi! Everyone,

Have a wee card to share today and it is for a challenge at DZ Doodles they even supplied the freebie
for the challenge, and they want you to use Lemon & Blue.

Such a sweet, lovely to colour, image.

Now...is that lemon & blue..or is that lemon & blue...

I could not control myself, just kept putting on flowers and bows and things....BUT..never strayed from the colour theme...lol...

Now the other thing is...I know an 'Angel'...............
And her name is Dora and look what she sent me today as a surprise.....


How cool is this.....I love those grasses, they will be an awesome thing to use for scenes...which I like doing..and all those beautiful stars...thousands of them...ok..not thousands....but heaps!!
AND...2 images to play with, as I mentioned in a comment how much I liked them.

Thankyou Dora how wonderfully kind you are...

Well another stress free post done, thankyou and welcome, to another new follower...lovely to have you.
And a very huge thankyou to all my blogging friends for your comments,and support,and for following me along this wonderful,sometimes crazy, path of crafting.

See you all soon....
Luv CHRISSYxx

Monday, May 16, 2011

Icing on the cake...DT

Hello...Hello...Everyone..

Welcome back to another Make it Monday and are we all glad to be here...Whew...Blogger nearly had to take care of my medical bills if it lasted much longer......but we are all back safe and sound...lol..

Another week gone by...and even with the drama in the middle...you all pumped out some gorgeous projects.

Congratulations to the winners last week...great stuff....very well done.

Onto this week and we have another wonderful sponser, Mad for Markers


And the fabulous prize is...............


An amazing book on colouring hair and skin.......now that is what I need...I'm such a one colour face girl, with a bit of pink on the cheeks.
This book has pages [A6] size with the faces shownon the cover...printed inside...on each page one is coloured and tells what marker were used and the other is black/white...free for you to colour/practise on!

They are printed on Xpress It blending card and will be available to purchase through the webstore by this Friday...they cost $5.
Coming soon is a sequel on colouring...people [clothes]

A great prize.. and to be eligible just keep commenting on other entrants projects..mention that you saw their work on Make it Monday and everytime you comment...the more chances you have of winning this book.

For my card this week...I just had to use this fabulous Meljen designs image, which was one of the images I chose, after winning a place in the top five.


Does'nt that icing look yummy...strawberry icing on top of chocolate cake...mmmm.....

Papers are from MME, ribbon is actually brown, but looks black, tiny orchid flowers from my stash,and a freebie sentiment, coloured with pencils. Now for the icing I used, Dimensional fabric paint...called Rose Pearl. I've had this stuff in the cupboard forever, and it seemed perfect for lush.. thick.. icing.

Ok...now that your mouths are watering....pop over to the other DT's and see what delicious cards they have come up with this week, over at Make it Monday



See you all through the week, and hope you have a wonderful one...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Jack the Janitor

Hi! everyone,
 A gorgeous Sunday afternoon...made an attempt to clean the gardens up...but ...well...you know....blogger is back...and...well, I just could'nt keep away.....had to blog, and comment, and make another card......

This was a real quick card, the colouring with pencils, few buttons, my own sentiment, with a freebie from...
Dude Time Doodles and their challenge is to use this cool image, add a sentiment of your own.
This is for guest designer spot.

This is 'Jack'...lol...is he not a hard case. Just used an old brown piece of manilla folder and ripped it for the background.. and on the inside. Did the double button thing again..inked around the edges..and put some glitter glue under the mop...for water...and the sentiment says...
                              
                                               'Just Doin' my thing'

                                              Thats to wish
                                                                    You a
                                                             Happy Birthday

Thats it...all done....Time to re-charge my battery, so time for a nana nap...love Sundays....

See you all tomorrow...
Luv CHRISSYxx
                                                    
 

Look what the Stork brought

Hi! Everyone,

Ain't it great eh!!! Back blogging...looking at everyone's gorgeous work, reading about everyone elses stress
about being without blogger, knowing that you weren't alone..you did not press a silly button,[sigh....]

I'm so relaxed today.............so heres a card...for a challenge at Simon Says  'Look what the Stork brought.'

I used a Meljen design image, coloured with pencils, papers out of the blue folder in my stash.
Finally cracked open my new buttons...all pale baby colours and put small onto big, then glued down.
Sentiments from me....
Joining in with a challenge at Moving along with the times they want 2B's. I have a bow, buttons, blue,and a baby...[thanks LJ]
Had a great day babysitting yesterday...never saw the boys for 4 hours or so...they were helping a friends Dad move fire wood.....for reward of course.....so I just sat and coloured..so much natural light at my daughters place..huge windows with low tint.

Thats me done, will be back tomorrow [Monday for me] with 'Make it Monday' DT card...
See you then..and a warm welcome to another new follower, thankyou.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Saturday, May 14, 2011

I survived--just

Hello Everyone,

I have just survived the most horrid few days............I've had no blogger. I was all alone in the world...detached from all civilisation..I broke out in sweats....I almost had panic attacks.....there was Nothing, I could do....

But this morning it is back, and I only had to re published my last 5 comments...so now I'm going to bombard you with my creations, in case it goes AWL. again.

Three cards for challenges, self explainatory really...

A purple 'Tilda'...first time for this colour, I made my own lace flower,and used a metal snowflake in the centre, as I had nothing else that looked right.
This is for a challenge at 7 kids challenge they want to see circles...

This wee pet is for a 'sketch' challenge at Stamp Fairy just follow the sketch...really fabulous sketch..had a great time with this and such a sweet image from Whoopsi Daisy sheet #199.


And the last one...again from Whoopsi Daisy and for a challenge at  Cup Cake Crafts where they want to see Gingham and Roses.
I loved colouring this one. I blended green and yellow pencils together, gave a nice soft colour.

Well so glad to be back with the living.....it was pure torture. I'm telling you...

I'm babysitting my boys today, as I did the other day, and spent the whole day colouring....and thats what I'm doing today...colouring..now thats a good way to get cards made. ..lots of coloured stock and them bang them out....go on say it...[We know Chrissy we do that all the time] mmmm...

Love and leave you...have a great crafting time, and catch up soon....[I hope]

Luv CHRISSYxx

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Fairys and wings---Ahhh!! Thats better

Hi everyone,

Well so glad to get back to fairies and wings and things...I did like my rapper card but wouldnt like to challenge myself too often like that...lol...Thankyou for your wonderful comments and compliments...very much appreciated.

I have a challenge for this little honey, from sheet #199. at Whoopsi Daisy and their challenge..'things with wings'....right up my alley.

There you go...pretty little thing.

Flowers, doily,and glass bobble thingy from WOC...papers from stash, and leaves are from a new leaf die from Joy Crafts. I was not happy with it for awhile, as it would  not cut clean, so I put heavier card in the cuttlebug and put it through over and over and now it works in 2 sweeps.

Welcome.. and thankyou, to three new followers, lovely to have you..I'll pop over and see you soon.
Thanks for stopping by, see you soon...
Luv CHRISSYxx

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Out of my comfort zone-------Big time

Hi! Everyone.....

This is a super duper quick post...I have 15mins before work.

A friend asked me to make a card for her sons' 21st birthday. Usual questions...what colours, what does he like, big-small or other wise[ card size]...well...he is into' Rapping'....HUH!!!

Onto the internet...and found this image....


Coloured with pencils, papers from stash, 21 from cake icing set, and key charm from a container hidden away...forgot I had them. Some music note stickers.


This is the inside to write a message.....love all these papers and the layers have made it strong.

Not much else to say really...I did enjoy putting it together, and quite like it...but I'm really into funny and pretty.

Thanks for stopping by and all your fabulous comments with my cards.

Back with pink and pretty later...lol...Just quickly...my friend was over the moon with this. so hopefully I've captured her son as well.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Monday, May 9, 2011

MAGNUM---and not PI or ice-cream

                                                             Good morning...

And hello to eveyone....Well another week is over, and I hope you all had a fabulous one.
With the week over, it can only mean one thing....

MONDAY IS HERE!!!...which also means, Make it Monday Linky Party is underway again, and awaiting all your gorgeous creations to appear.....and believe me, I have seen some beauties.
Cards, scrapbook pages, boxes, it's all here on Make it Monday....

Congratulations to last weeks winners....thanks for sharing, and fabulous work.

This week we are being sponsered by ladybugcraftsink...

and a stamp of your choice to the value of  six pound is  the prize for second place.
[ had to write the amount long hand as I'm using a kiwi  keyboard...only have $ sign]


First prize is of course is having your card show cased for the whole week.
Now, my card this week is the adorable Magnum from Ladybug crafts ink called  'Tiptoeing Lily


Magnum has one eye open and on his prize too..lol..
The sentiment on the bottom is off my computer, and the font is fishbones...with evenly placed [not] silver fish beads, a few more down the side, paper MME, coloured with pencils.
I'm giving this card to my Dad, on the 23rd, he's going to be 85...and very proud and lucid with it.

So...all done, dont forget to pop over to ladybugcraftsink always something new to see.

Have a great week,
Luv CHRISSYxx

Don’t forget. .if you leave a comment on another entrant, mention that you saw their card on ‘Make it Monday’ for a chance at second prize.. the more you comment on and mention MIM, the more chances at winning second prize.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Blondes---------No offense

Back again, Hope everybody is having a wonderful day...or sleeping peacefully at 3am-ish....


Two cards today, both for challenges.

Digis with attitude want us to make them laugh....well, I'm trying.

I chose 'Gardener Tween' because of her eyes......made her blonde...then made the sentiment.....[ I think it's funny] her plants coloured brown, for the purpose of.. they are, supposedly dead...and she's watering them...
mmm..ok.....Little picket fence with sunflowers are from Jenni B collection, real nice stickers, papers MME...and coloured with pencils.


The next one is a challenge for Bling it on Colours or flowers from photograph...I chose colours...pink..lavender..yellow..and flowers.



Freebie basket of flowers, papers from stash, lace, paper doily, coloured with pencils. A gold corner filigree from woc.and a few pearls.

No sentiment....the challenges for no sentiments are the easiest in the world for me as I never think about it, until I'm 100 % finished, and photographed,then the penny drops. Dont know how many times I've had to go back and fix things...lol...

Anyway, thats all done, back tomorrow with my DT card...lol..[always wanted to say that]

Luv CHRISSYxx

Saturday, May 7, 2011

MUM

                                              Hello All......

Had a great day today [saturday]...my auto transmission blew itself, poured with rain, could'nt get to client, unless I walked, 30mins each way, no thanks, so rang her instead, she was fine.........................................
So what else could I do....C R A F T .......whoo hoo!!
Grandsons came after rugby and we all crafted the day away. They made cards for their Mum, and I made her a breakfast menu...she just has to tick the boxes, and it's hers.

Made a little cutie card today.......
Really enjoyed making this...
Papers are the Hanoverian Linen, freebie image, ribbon is paper with gold trim...not the easiest to tie,and did the tail swirl look [you get the picture] spellbinder butterfly die in lemon yellow, woc flowers,pearls and glitter. Just simple word ...'Mum' along the bottom.
This is going to my sons' friends MUM.

Entering challenges at Flutter by Wednesday
                                 Stamping with Dragon

Thanks for stopping by and leaving your wonderful comments,Sunday for me tomorrow, and hopefully another day of fun and colouring.....

See you soon...
Luv CHRISSYxx

Friday, May 6, 2011

Mum's Time

                                                    Hi! Everyone..

Only had one client today....very quiet for a Friday for me...two in hospital, one away on holiday, and another has moved in with her son for a week or so as she's getting new bathroom....so that will be nice for me too...as I have to clean it.

My heads been in the clouds for the last few days...think I'm getting a cold or something...just feel heady!!
And thats not always good, as I start doing dumb things.......................................AHA!! You thought I was going to tell you the dumb things I've done...well I'm not...lol..no one in their right mind tells anyone that they put the milk in the cupboard instead of the fridge...............................


Have two cards today.......

This little cutie is for a clients Mum...it is a freebie from Squigglefly  and thats where the challenge is for this card...[add flowers] and my lady liked the image a lot so I made it for her. I've always loved black/white gingham ribbon and never used it....when I did, it did not look right, but this time, I stuck to my guns, and I think it looks ok. WOC flowers, papers from stash, and oh! so cute gingham brads...love these.

The second card....well.. that was a challenge alright, but had fun doing it.

This is for a challenge at Meljens designs and you have to make a business sized card. Thank goodness for digis...I expanded this little guy as I wanted a long image. I pulled and stretch him till he was just long enough.
Coloured with pencils, papers from stash again, WOC flowers, and that gorgeous blue/white spot ribbon, again out of my comfort zone, but liked it, except it sticks out the side too much.

The card I used was really quite red, and I wanted spotted paper...but did'nt have any...so I used pink!!!but for some strange reason it looks red.[ish]
I'm going to enter into the challenge at Ladybug Crafts ink to, their challenge is 'going dotty' seems fit to enter that one...

So there you go...two more done, and I made it through this post with my fuzzy head.....and no fresh milk...lol...

Thanks for stopping by...love reading your wonderful comments, thanks ever so much,catch you soon.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

CAS

                                                        Hi! Everyone,

Just looked at the clock...one and half hours to go.. then off to get my boys from school...should be just enough time for me to post this..lol..I dont know why it takes me so long..

Anyway this is a quickie for a challenge at simply less is moore.

Black card base,then a couple of white panels, 4 brads, sentiment ,stamped image from sullivans clear stamps, and used a score pal to score lines down and across the top panel. Popped a wee bit of glitter onto the images flowers. Well ,that's it...I'm impressed.
 Posting it took me longer than making it..lol..

I'm off now...will catch you up real soon, thanks for stopping by.
Luv CHRISSYxx

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Wings and glitter

                                                      Hello Everyone....

Well my peace and child free moment has come to an end.....back to school...Yes! they are...but Dads' had a shift change.....noon -8pm...groan....that means to me....no blogging till 8.30 at night [shudder] after working all day, then cooking for five everynight for FOURTEEN days straight.......the only advantage is , again, I eat for free...what a saving...[ I can sneak to the craft shop]

So theres good stuff and [not] bad stuff....because my grandsons are angels....

Speaking of angels...


Awww..too cute. There is so much glitter and rotten winter light, he photographed shiney...well he is shiney with all the glitter..
He is a cute freebie off the net and he was actually lying on a star.... but everytime I tried to print him his head was half gone and the bottom of the star dissappeared...
So I cut him off the star...couldnt find a mushroom big enough for him to lay on....so I made one...lol...

Coloured with pencils and glittered his wings, and the spots on the mushroom. Butterfly pre-glittered. The white frame is the backing off another sticker[ waste not, want not] the tips off a die cut branch and a ladybug sticker.[might replace that ladybug with another one yet]

So thats my card today..entering a challenge at Stamp something they're looking for wings...

Thanks to all.. for the fabulous comments on my DT seahorses, yesterday,I'm really glad you liked it.

Time for a snack. 3 hours till tea time...I will never make it....

Luv CHRISSYxx

Monday, May 2, 2011

Another week gone by already

                                                           Hello Everyone..

Can you believe another week has gone by already...now we are in May.....Winter time for me...
rose pruning just around the corner...and my Dads 85th birthday creeping up on me.....gotta do a MAN card!!!!

Well, what a fabulous week at Make it Monday you all knocked my socks off with your wonderful creations...and made me work hard to keep up with commenting....my happiest time of all.

Congratulations to the winners this week, you can be extremely proud.
Thankyou to all who shared this week.......

This week we are being sponsered by Delicious Doodles and they are offering 4 digitals images of your own choice for second place.....and wow! they have some gorgeous digis...so please pop over and check them out.


Dont forget...to be in with a chance at winning the second prize, you just have to comment on other entrants creations and remember to say that you saw their work on Make it Monday the more you comment...the more chances you have for second place.

For my DT card this week, I used this gorgeous image from Delicious Doodles

These are my Seahorses ...........


Are these guys not the cutest....
Coloured with pencils, glitter glue added to the bubbles, papers from stash. and pearls threaded through a leafy swirl...small silver shells and beads along the bottom.
Here comes a close up of the image....she says hopefully...

I added tulle behind the image to act as sea foam...or not....just wanted to add tulle....

Well... hopefully, I have covered everything on my list...yes...I write lists...lots of them.

Have a great day [evening] and will catch up soon.
Luv CHRISSYxx