HAPPY NEW YEAR-2012

Hello Everyone.....and a

HAPPY NEW YEAR ...2012 TO YOU ALL...

I used the wrong image..lol..I used 'Ruby Christmas' from Bugaboo..lol..so I had to make a glass to go in her hand instead of the Christmas bauble that she is holding...lol

I'm so high today on chocolates....

There is my card today...to wish you all a very Happy New Year..2012...it has been the most wonderful year, meeting so many wonderful, kind, caring, people from all over the world.

Thankyou all so much for your kind comments, support, inspiration,sharing,and for just being there.

I have been the happiest I could be this year...the happiest I have been for a long time...and I thank you for that.

Hope you all have a wonderful time on the Eve of our New Year, and may next year 2012 be the best it can be for you all...I wish you good health and happiness....and do take care.

I opted to babysit this Eve....so my G/sons and I are having Fish n chips for tea, DVD's to watch, and CHOCOLATES...WHOO HOO...The best way to close the year down...and I'm taking them home in the morning at 7.30am....to wish their parents a Happy New Year...lol..mean eh!!!..[but some of us have to go to work] so they get theirs kids back early...

I'm off, have to boy proof my craft room, just leave out the stuff they can play with..

Cheerio....see you next year!!!!!!

Luv CHRISSYxx

entering this card in a challenge at ABC Christmas challenge  

How much is that doggy??

Hello Everyone,

I'm back with my Fussy and Fancy DT  card for this fortnight.The theme is "Use animal Print"

Aww....too cute

Close up of bow and embellie [cant think at all tonight..after 4 kids fighting and being..well just kids..]

Love this wee dog from Spyder [Lyn]  he is so cute...coloured with pencils, used my sky template, and drew my own grass..lol..super cute fire hydrant...lots of doggy embellishments in the one packet.
The beautiful paw print ribbon from RRR, a long time ago , no DP's...getting good at using no DP's.

So there you go...hop across to the main blog at Fussy and Fancy  and check out sponsors and my teamies gorgeous creations, and then play with us..



Thanks for stopping by..


Just found this in my drafts...was supposed to be up Friday...oop's
Luv CHRISSYxx

Lil Ragamuffin....

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all well and rested after the big day..I have eaten my through my boxes of chocolates...and thats counting the ones before Christmas, and nearly a whole box of chocolate biscuits...
I deserve to be sick...but I'm not...I have a cast iron stomach when it comes to chocolate...love it.

I had a fabulous Christmas, my daughter and her family bought me a new umberella for the garden table.. huge, no holes, no broken arms, just perfect.....AND..it fits in the hole in my table...no shaving wood off..

My son bought me a new DVD player...as mine gave up the ghost...probably full of dog hair..lol..
and then all the others bits and pieces...and a 12x12 pad of gorgeous papers Crafters Choice 'Country Basics'...spots and stripes and the odd sheets of flowers...fabulous colours...then there were pearls and ribbons,black and white card stock...2 packets...papers stubs for blending my pencils....where they found those was beyond me...been looking all over for those....Oh!!! all sort of crafty things from the G/sons...what a great Christmas.....they took me shopping on boxing day so I could choose for myself most of my goodies...and hears me moaning that they dont buy me crafty stuff.....I take it back.

Then I went and won a candy from the lovely  Marianne   

and then from the sweet   Kylie 

Thank you both again...so much.

Now I have a card to share.....

Freebie image from the artist 'Sherri Baldy' from Addicted-to-stamps  called Lil Ragamuffin
"Best foot Forward"...

Close up of image.....coloured with pencils, added glitter to her hair and skirt...she's beautiful.

Side view...

Fabulous image to colour....kept the card fairly...well.!.. very plain with just the added die, from Marianne creatables.

Be sure to check out the Facebook page for Addicted to Stamps, as they often introduce new products on Wednesday nights and have specials. You can also see a wonderful gallery of projects. Check out the store for both digital stamp and rubber stamps at ScrapbookStampSociety.com

So there you go...all done and I'm smiling from ear to ear...might celebrate being so happy with a chocolate biscuit..lol..
Welcome to my new followers, thank you so much  for joining me...and thank you to all for your lovely comments you leave me...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Boxing Day Special

Hello Everyone,

Today is boxing day, Christmas day is over, and a fabulous day we had..I am sunburnt, over fed, over tired,and had a marvelous time.
We had water pistol fights, water balloon fights.everyone and everything got soaked..lol..but it was so hot and we dried out so fast, great day....what happened to the water pistols we used to play with...these days the kids are running round with AK47's which hold 6 litres of water and never seem to run out..lol..

Wonderful day, and today is shopping day at all the sales...I love it.
Then we start all over again next week for New Year...

So onto MAKE IT MONDAY

This week we are sponsored by

http://www.didigidownloads.blogspot.com/

Prize - $10 store voucher

My card this week is for a lady who owns one of these cats....the most spoiled and pampered moggy I have ever come across...lol...she is a princess in her own right...

The image was from Just Inklined  a freebie that is no longer available.

Wonderful to colour as the shading is basically done for you.

Close up of flowers..

Used gold board for the matt and paper from my stash.Coloured with pencils and added some lace, when the flowers were put on..the' King of Siam' [which is the digis name]  turned into the princess...

I didn't pick a favourite this week, you were all my favourites...

Wishing you ALL...huge wishes for a wonderful...    "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012".
May the New Year brings your dreams to reality, take care, and will see you next week...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Merry Christmas Everyone

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas...it is Christmas morning here in New Zealand...a beautiful bright sunny morning, and going to be a long and happy day.

The Grandchildren have already rung me this morning and Tyla, being young, has already told me that he has a secret....."and I'm not allowed to tell you that we bought you some bling blings nana, it's a secret"....bless him.

I'm off to see 'my Lady'...and then my Dad, around lunchtime we will head off to my daughters and crack open a bubbly, and away we will go.

Food is all prepared and the men are cooking the rest....we have changed our plans to tea time, as the 2 girls [G/daughters] cannot join us till after 3pm....so we will indulge in chips,pate',dips etc till later.

So hope you all have a very Merry Christmas, and thank you, from the bottom of my heart for all your support, inspiration, and encouragement, over this wonderful year of blogging.

Will see you again soon, Happy New Year for 2012


Luv CHRISSYxx


                                            

Join in with Debby-favourite five

Hello Everyone,

Are you playing along with .DEBBY..show your favourite five Christmas cards from 2011..

Accetate front card....

Teddy Bea white on white....

Street Urchin....

New Zealand Christmas.....

and....snowman with pearls...


These are my five favourites for this year...even though some may not have started like that...but at the end, I loved them all..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Christmas Eve photos

Hello Everyone,

Well, it is Christmas Eve morning for me, and have a few things to do...off to see 'My Lady' this morning and sort her day out, then back into my the kitchen for few hours of prep for tomorrow.

The Ham is spectacular this year..mmm...and have got 30 or so chicken on sticks to make..yay!
As we are in summer,[not that you would think so today] we are leaning towards a BBQ...but with a bit of posh stuff on the side....prawns being my favourite, and I made sure there were plenty.

The fish pie I'm making is mainly for my son and one of his daughters, they dont like meat!!!
so I dont want them to eat just a bun with some salad...thats the reason behind that.

I tottered off last night before it got real dark to take pics of the house with all the lights...so mant people, and not being quite dark enough, these are the best I came up with.

I would have waited till it was very dark, they would have looked so much better, but I'm night blind, so had to get back home before darkness took over.

The young man who owns this property has had a different and hard life, but has proved that anything can happen.

When he was 17 years old, he lied to his parents about going to the movies with some friends...instead they went joy riding....one of the boys in  the back seat got snippy and wanted the change seats with [Mark]..so they did...and coming down the back hills, the driver lost control, and the car went over the edge of the bank....the driver died, the front passenger was decapitaed, and the boys in the back were seriously injured and Mark was left a quadraplegic.[not sure if thats how you spell it]..and as no one knew where they were... they were alone down the bottom of the gully for about 14 hours....

So if there are teens reading this...dont fib!!!!

Years of therapy, he is now in his 30's and has many businesses...lights are one of them, and have become very popular, and this is his over the top, but gorgeous show home.

So there you are, no card today, but hope you enjoyed the photos.

Had better get cracking, lots to do...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Last of Christmas

Hello Everyone,

Hopped of to the supermarket yesterday before work and picked up some plain roast dinners for my lady...after the phone drama, she still prattled on, so took them to her, and told a white lie, that they got them in store expecially for her for Christmas....well, she beamed at me, was very happy and contented,felt very important.....now I have 2 days left to make sure she understands to take them out of the cardboard box before she puts them in her oven..lol..I will organise that on Christmas morning I think...

Have a couple of cards to share,, these are the last of my Christmas cards for the children, so I will just show with not a lot of tell...

The border behind the image is a load of punched snowflakes...the bow is a christmas decoration on a close peg.

Close up of Santa and his reindeer,,the nose of the deet was already black when I printed it..
This card is for Zach..Santa cloured with copics, and the deer with pencils.

Yay....mouse on a bauble...if I cannot  have an elf, then a mouse is the next best thing..lol.

Papers were from my stash, already prettied up.,mouse coloured with pencils,bauble with copics.
This one is for Tyla....

The last one for my Dad...

Poor Santa, stuck going down the chimney..lol..

Open the card, and the chimney is on the roof,where it should be...lol..
Just plain dark blue paper for the background, and I stuck the silver stars on it, the roof is just a piece of cardboard cut to shape.Santa coloured with copics and pencils,

I'm quite sure thats the last of the Christmas cards...if it isn't...well then, I have a head start on next year..lol..

Off to work now,to see 'My Lady'...hope she didn't cook those dinners yesterday, I never thought of that..lol..naaa, she's not that bad...

Have the boys this afternoon as they are already on holiday...so silly finishing school 2 weeks before Christmas....2 more sleeps...done everything, just a fish pie to make and a few salads, the weather looks pretty promising, wines are chilling, and the chocolates.........................................oh..

Well you see, I live on my own, and well, no one stopped me, and well, I just couldnt help it....

Shame on me........I only left 6 in the box..lol..I felt quite sick..even after taking the photos, I still ate more..lol..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Neary the end

Hello Everyone,

Well did I have a special treat last night...sitting here getting ready to colour in some new images, and the phone rings...was my son in law asking if I would like to go round for tea [fish'n'chips] and then going for a drive to see all the pretty lights on houses, as we have competitions here.

I was right chuffed that he would ask me, so thats just what we did...wheres the photo's you ask....come on now, we are talking about me...I left the camera at home..

There was one very special, over the top house, and I might whip back tonight and get some pics....we'll see.

Phew..I've picked from the garden my Christmas lillies, and they're on the cabinet right where I'm typing, and the perfume hits you suddenly, ..

My mother planted these years ago when she lived in this flat.When she died and I moved in, I had a tidy up and split the bulbs, moved things around, and these babies sulked and never flowered for a long time...last year they tried, but were nothing to rave about...but this year the whole 5 spikes did their thing, so I have a very perfumed house for Christmas..

My card today is for a one year old child, but the Mum didnt want it too babyish......

So found this little pet at Raising our kids site.

Close up of image, coloured with pencils, but the red, I used a copic,
papers from stash, and the bow came off the christmas tree,

Thats me for today, 2 more work days...then 4 days off...except I still go to my lady everyday, even Christmas morning...but just a bed make and cuppa, make sure she is ok...then I'm free, to do what ever I want....

Luv CHRISSYxx

Fun Card

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for all your comments yesterday...and I did listen to myself on the answering phone...didn't sound like me, I knew I had a deep loud voice [talk to deaf people all day] ...but didn't realise how loud and deep..lol..I'd be good in a movie talking on the phone, if I didn't know better, I'd have thought that I was actually talking to someone...
Anyway. it worked...

I was kinda dissappointed about the cones not being used but relieved at the same time, as it was going to be such a big job, right on Christmas, and New Year...but have managed to finished the invitations last night....can show you after the wedding..

Bit more news before we hit the card....I had an e-mail from an artist known as Heather Valentin..asking me if I would be a designer for Scrapbook Stamp Society  and join their 'Dream Team'..I checked out their images and they are gorgeous, said I would be delighted to and will be starting just after Christmas.

Onto todays little number....a real fun card for me to do, a Kenny K image, boy with goldfish.

I loved colouring this litte guy..Coloured with pencils and papers from Rosies studio pad..

A close up of the fish in the bag which was so overfilled with clear glue to make water and a few pearls for the bubbles. [hard to see how thick the glue is]

Sideview...

And the other side...clipped my corners again with the circle punch, and did some shading around the image..dont usually do that cause I forget to.

Entering this card in a challenge at CRAFT US CRAZY   [Christmas and or humerous.]
and KKKgirlz challenge  [anything goes]

Right you are then, time to push on and go to work...4 more sleeps..whoo hoo.

See you tomorrow with some animal elegance...thanks for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx


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Diamonds...are not my best friend

Hello Everyone,

Getting closer to the big day....it is causing all sorts of havoc with my eldery clients.
'My lady'...[bless her,through gritted teeth]...was adamant that she drove to the shops last year and bought Christmas roast dinners for her freezer....so why cant I find them??

I tried to explain that the roast dinners are the same [they are the only kind you can get] but she still thinks that they made Christmas ones last year.............................so picked up the phone, rang my house, had an argument with my own answering machine, and demanded why they have not made Christmas dinners this year, as my lady is very dissappointed.....came back to her and said they were very sorry, but this year they just sticking to normal roast dinners....she was satisfied....I left her house with a headache.

Diamonds.....they gave me a headache as well...only because there was a challenge at TEDDY BO 
and it is, use your birth stone, and mine is diamond April. Dont know why I found it difficult,maybe getting tired so near the end of the year.

Anyway came up with this Teddy Bea card....

Coloured with pencils, and papers are Prima 'Sparkling Spring'..added tiny butterflies to the flowers and crystals...

Bit of a side view...

Close up of Fairy Bea...now...this is my theory.. she is sending magical diamonds from her wand and turning the butterflies into diamonds on the vine...she would be a very handy Fairy Bear to have around if she could do that..lol..

So there you go, another card done, in between these invites...the cones have gone out the window, as the reception is on a beach, and with the sea breezes the cones were too light, she loved the one I made, but could be too light, and I was not going to offer any advice on fixing the problem, just too much to do, and didnt want the fluff around with only 4 weeks notice.

Cannot show the invites yet, as she wants me to wait till after the wedding, very plain anyway, but nice...the wedding theme sounds really lovely though.

Here is the one and only cone...

I added butterflies and pearls to it, but she shot off with it before I could take another photo.

Anyway, that is over...just have 30 more invites to do, and thats over too.

Better get ready for work, time is rolling fast this morning...hope the rest of the day does too...it's going to be a long and busy one.

Big welcome to my new follower, thank you so much for joining me, and thank you all for your fabulous comments.

See you tomorrow...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Night sky?

Hello Everyone,

The weekend is over for me and what a fabulous one I had.

The weather turned to custard, so what else could I do, but sit and make cards, without an ounce of guilt.
Poor Nelson, down in the South Island has suffered really bad weather, but here in the North we just had rain that we desperately needed.

So now...Monday is just getting started...and time for MAKE IT MONDAY   to get started again for a brand new week.

This week we are sponsored by the lovely Emma over at

http://www.craftyemmasstore.co.uk/

Emma is offering a £10 voucher to her store.

Congratulations to last weeks winners, even though it is such a busy time of the year, you all pumped out those paper projects and linked up, so thank you, such lovely projects and blogs we get to visit every week.

My card this week was going to be a Christmas card for my G/son [the youngest one], but, someone spotted it, and wanted it, so I sold it...lol..but, I have made him a new one which you will see later in the week.

There's my little reindeer, with his night sky. I worked on that sky for ages and my wrist got so sore..lol..I used my sky template and a stampin up ink called 'blue Bayou' but it is a very fast drying ink, so you could only do little bits and quickly or it didnt blend, then went over in lighter blue and black.I used make up sponges, and trust me, there's not much left of them left..

Added white card along the bottom, shaped like a small hill, and glitterd it up, for snow.
The tiny tree is a gold Christmas decoration branch out of a floral centre piece display, but no one will miss it..lol..

Close up of my sweet little reindeer, by Elizabeth Dulemba...coloured with Faber Castell pencils..but for the scarf I used copics, and forgot to add the glitter on the white bits and his chest...

The 'sentiment was from Ladybug Craft inks, a freebie in a magazine...and tied to the tree.
Added gold stars to the sky....done....and I loved him, but he is gone...hopefully to be loved by another .

My pick this week...well, lets just say, I nearly had to pick by random org ...but I did love this one.

#119 Claire..   I coludn't get a picture, sorry, it came up blank, but please pop over and have a look, really cute owl...lovely colouring.

Well, thats everything for this post...love to see all your paper projects, so keep linking up, and check out my teamies gorgeous projects at the MAKE IT MONDAY BLOG  

Big welcome to 3 new followers, thank you so much for joining me, and thank you to everyone for stopping by and all your wonderful comments...will see you tomorrow...been busy, busy,busy..



Luv CHRISSYxx