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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Cute as a bug on a rug

Hello Everyone,

Back to share another gorgeous image from scrapbook stamp society by artist Heather Valentin...






This little pet is called "cute as a ladybug" and can be purchased from Scrapbook stamp society  ..just scroll down to promoted products.

No designer papers...no papers at all, just red and black card stock...coloured with Faber Castell pencils, added glitter and beautiful silver hearts...gems on the end of her feelers and gave her Elizabeth Taylor eyes...violet....used my cuttlebug and dies for the corners...and that is it really.
Beautiful to colour...although with pencils the red took forever  ..

Thanks for stopping by and all the lovely comments you leave...hopefully will be back tomorrow....I have 4 after school kids at the moment...I barely finish work and of to school for collection,and things are not getting done here....I found 3 cockroaches in my bedromm...aaarrgghh...they could have crawled on me in the night...but they were very dozy...the spray must be working...dirty little devils..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Monday, January 30, 2012

New week and a Teddy

Hello Everyone,

Wow!! That weekend went fast, and it is Monday already....the only upside with that is it time for

                                                                 MAKE IT MONDAY   

This week we are sponsored by







They are offering a $10 gift voucher.


For my card, I used this little Teddy again, coloured with Faber Castell pencils, but to a 'Wonderful Friend'....not as a thankyou, and thats what I like with a lot of stamps...versatility..                             



There he is...cute little 'Daisy bear.'.and oop's forgot to crop my photo...


Everything on this card was from my stash, papers,flowers,heart brads were all just there so used them up...even the ladybug peg was sitting on my desk, was going to use it on something, changed my mind and so there he sat until I needed him.                                                                                              
                                                                                             
The puff heart was given to me by a clients G/daughter...I was showing her my cards and she left this for me on the kitchen table when she went home, and the lady gave it to me the following week, so this card went to the little girl as she is my new friend.                                                                                                     
It was so much easier to comment and get around a lot more blogs this week, blogger was sooo good, so of course I was able to pick a favourite card  from last week.



#221 made by Debs  wonderful male card. so cleverly done, and you can check out more of the card when it is open on her blog..

Right, thats it, time for work...have a fabulous week, link up to Make it Monday  love to see all your paper projects, and will see you tomorrow...

Luv CHRISSYxx






                                                

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Be my Valentine

Hello Everyone,

I'm late with my new release for STAMPFAIRY  but I'm here now,and here is Molly Love 3



So pretty, love this wee girl....Have paper pieced her dress and boots headband and envelope, all with papers from Andrea Jayne-Linen-Tulip..



A close up of Molly and the bows tied onto the side of the image...



A side view...and the lovely sentiment is a freebie...and I think I will be using that often...



There is the set of images....so very cute...and entering a challenge at Creative Inspirations  [anything goes]

Sorry I was late, supposed to be up last night, but my brain was so fuddled and the weekend was coming and I dont have to do anything I dont want to for 2 days.....[sigh]

Have a lovely weekend everyone, and thankyou for all your wonderful comments you leave...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Friday, January 27, 2012

Hearts and flowers

Hello Everyone,

Have a cutie to share today from Heather Valentin..



This is Hunny Bunny....



A very sweet little girl and so lovely to colour....which I did, with Faber Castell pencils.



Papers are Tatty Teddy, my new Magnolia doo hickey die, flowers and lace from my stash.

The challenge over at Srapbook stamp society   is hearts and flowers....and you can purchase [or grab the freebie] from HERE...

I'm fighting with my PC this morning as windows is trying to update and I wont let it yet, so the struggle is on...

Had a lovely day at my 'young mans' yesterday....his Mum and Dad were up visiting and she had made me some muffins, and I was also given some smoked fish, so made a pie for tea.
His Dad was a real hoot, and made me promise to give him a' thick ear' if he messes up the place again....they were impressed with what I had accomplished so far, so that was good.

Okay, this is not going well at the moment, so will get off, get ready for work...last day, it is Friday..yipee!! and a short one, will be home by 12 noon, and it looks like rain, we are desperate for rain.

Thank you so much for the wonderful comments you left me for my Queen of hearts....will try to see you over the weekend...school starts next week, so things will get busier for me as the first shift for the boys Dad is 2pm - 10om...so I'm going to be chief cook and bottle washer for awhile..

Have a wonderful day, will catch up soon..

[alright windows update...I'm getting off...jeez, so impatient...]

Luv CHRISSYxx

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Over the top

Hello Everyone,

Had a great sleep last night and up bright and early this morning, bit cloudy, may burn off ,but who knows...I found my mojo hat...it went walk about for a few days, and had a gorgeous image to colour from Heather Valentin  and coloured her up, then went blank....but while working at a clients on Monday, I picked up a deck of cards off the side table, the box broke, and the cards went all over the floor, when I looked down there were two cards face up, the King and Jack of hearts....and Mr Mojo was right there laughing at me and said 'you know what to do'...the rest they say is history...



"Her Majesty Queen of hearts" from artist Heather Valentin which you can purchase Here  




Coloured with Faber Castell pencils, and glittered her dress trim,gloves and her neck ruffle.
Distressed all the edges of the cards and inked the edges with Heritage ink- dark walnut.



Lots of cuttlebug hearts in red/black/gold and one red rose....


We have a new challenge over at Scrapbook Stamp Society....  "Hearts and Flowers"..

So there you are....the beautiful Queen of hearts, and so many more gorgeous drawings over at Scrapbook Stamp Society and Addicted to Stamps


Right, time for me to get organised, no sun yet but he is trying..thank you so much for all the great comments you leave....have a wonderful day/evening...keep warm or cool...will see you tomorrow....

Luv CHRISSYxx



Tuesday, January 24, 2012

In the pink

Hello Everyone,

This is a surprise...me posting this time of the night...but I was having a tidy up on my PC and came across this photo...



Okay...it's not broccoli....but baby socks...give me a second or two and the penny dropped..

I was at the dairy, weeks ago and saw these socks....but my eyes really saw the lace, and thought" how pretty"...so I bought them....and did this......



Sinful.. I know....found an image, coloured it and made this.....



A lovely 50's...60's image from.....sorry, cant remember and didn't write it down on my paper...but there is that pretty lace...



I wish the sparkle showed more, because looking at it on my desk it just glimmers under the light...



Coloured with my Faber Castell pencils, loads of white glitter, half pink pearls, and papers from my girl folder of scraps...

Going to enter into the Ready-teddy-go challenge   [In the Pink]

Amazing what you find when having a tidy up.....found this too, which should have been posted ages ago...a  little gift from my G/sons on Christmas morning.



A little garden watering can....cute huh!!



This is where he sits, outside my back door, could not bear to put water in him, so he just sits and looks cute...



Time for my jim jams...had a big day and getting too sleepy to play....see you in the morning with an OTT...creation....
Welcome to my new follower, thank you so much for joining me...


Luv CHRISSYxx

Monday, January 23, 2012

One sheet of paper and pearls

Hello Everyone,

Well that weekend went fast...mind you I worked hard at my daughters on Saturday, cleaned out a huge area of bark off the play area and cleaned all the weeds out of it, raked it all level again, re matted it, and put all the bark back, then we tackled the old kitchen units behind the garage and took a ride to the dump...5 hours we all worked, and the boys were amazing,especially Zac, what a machine for some one so young. He is so blonde and fair skinned,when we finished and he took his hat off the dirt was thick in his eyebrows and all over his face, he did look funny, with black eyebrows...yesterday we chilled at the movies [their treat] and watched a re take of 'Journey to the centre of the earth' and was so pleased with myself....I never nodded off....

So today though.. it is Monday, and time for a new MAKE IT MONDAY  
This week we are sponsored by the lovely Mandy over at Cupcake Cards & Crafts!






The wonderful prize this week is £5 worth of paper collections in downloadable form!
 
For my card.. to hopefully inspire you.. I used one sheet of paper, an image and a few pearls....
 
 
There it is...a cute puppy in a box...what a neat gift.

Pink card base, and a sheet of pink paper called 'just ducky baby 'from provocrafts.
The cute image is from The stamping boutique...one of the images I won.



The puppy is coloured with pencils...and the box paper pieced, even the ribbon on the box was card pieced..lol..as I use the scraps from the base....a few pearls, and a sentiment, one of my favourites from a cheap clear set I bought ages ago...love the font.



And...I added a thin pink ribbon, from my candy win from Vicky...so there you have it..

Now the part which I find so difficult...my pick from last week and we are back over the 200's...so it takes a bit of time, such wonderful projects to gaze at...but found this little honey....

#17...FAYE   gorgeous work....a beaded card...



So pretty Faye...

I read all the comments on the MIM blog, to the DT's ..and thankyou...such lovely comments, really appreciated them all...

So thats it...I'm off to work today...will see you tomorrow.....
Happy crafting and lets gets those cards and projects linked up at  MAKE IT MONDAY

Luv CHRISSYxx

Saturday, January 21, 2012

From this...to this

Hello Everyone,

I came home from work on Tuesday afternoon...shattered...and walked into my living room and was greeted with this...



And this....



I turned on my telly, made my coffee, kept looking at these objects in my room...wondering..where did they come from?....my kids were not at their place when I rang..so just waited, in case they were here by mistake.....

My daughter rang me about an hour or so later and asked what did I think...they were from her work, where she is manager of a baby store, and they were having a refurbish, and she told HER boss that I would love these, so they were mine...

My craft room went from this......



to this....




And storage from this.......




To this.....





The old desk over to here.....and great space to fill with my trolleys and a place for my G/kids to sit when they feel inclined....




AND....They can talk to the fish...who are resonably clean this time....Widget and Blinkie.

And still got gaps to fill...I love my new desk and bookcase, and very thankful...have so much more floor space, my chair wooshes across the carpet to get what I want....so very cool...


This has taken well over an hour to post as loading up images took forever....on a rfeal go slow today, and now I'm off to see 'My Lady' for an hour and then I'm free at this stage to get things done at home.

Thanks for dropping by, and will see you all later...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Friday, January 20, 2012

Valentine gorgeousness...

Hello Everyone,

Today I'm sharing adorable images from STAMPFAIRY   all ready for those gorgeous Valentine cards...with added cuteness...

This is not American Idol...This is Barry Love 4...



Too cute...coloured with pencils and papers from Forever Friends, and more of the beaded ribbon, but red this time.



Barry's heart has been paper pieced, and another heart added to  the centre..cuttlebug double heart die.



Then lots of little hearts on the side....sentiment is a random wooden stamp..

Here is the preview sheet with all the cute images...



and bottom right...your freebie...how awesome is that... a freebie that gorgeous.

So there you go...heres the link to STAMPFAIRY STORE 

Sorry about the American Idol bit...but the new series starts tonight, and I'm so excited..love it...

Thanks for popping in...will see you over the weekend...by the way 35o today...shocking....thought I was going to die working in that heat...am so glad to be home....I took Harry down to the reserve for a run...and not thinking about the creek, and no rain to clean it up...IN HE WENT....pooh...my car stinks...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Another day,another dollar

Hello Everyone,

I can say at last that thursday is over.....Friday morning here in NZ, my last day of the week...for cleaning at least, only visit 'My Lady' Sat & Sun morning and I talk a lot [as if you hadn't noticed] and she listens....loves to hear about my blog...my wins and the stories I tell her....even if she does forget them minutes after hearing them..I even collected my parcels from the letter box and didn't open them till I arrived at her house, and she  just loved it...

I had a top three win at Whoopsi Daisy, and was thrilled to pick 2 sheets of images as my prize, and lovely new release sheets..gorgeous fairies..so I'm sure I will be back to girly next week....but for today..




A beautiful Teddy Bo....a nice simple card..for the Teddy Bo Challenge   [anything goes]



coloured with my pencils, papers are 'Crafters choice Country basics' and my new Magnolia doohickey die from Kylies candy that I won down the side.. the sentiment is from Ladybug Crafts Inks and they were a win too, and gorgeous, clean, stamping sentiments...



Nice and tidy on the inside as well...

So there we go...I'm up early this morning, as I was run ragged yesterday..but it all went well...my man actually started picking up beer bottle caps yesterday off the lounge floor and from around the fireplace, I think he veryhappt with whay I have managed so far, so hope he does keep it up....but I doubt it....and it wont be my worry after 8 weeks....but I will remember the name, and to say NO if he ever needs help again...lol..

See all tomorrow, and thank you so much for all the comments you leave, and support...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Lil Susie

Hello Everyone...

Another day has dawned here, and I'm nearly dreading it...back to my 'man' today..

This is how the the system works...just so you're in the picture.

This man had an accident, went to the Dr.and was put on ACC [accident compensation] and asked what sort of help would he need...he must have said house work and washing etc, as  his arm is all strapped up to his body....so the Dr gives him a form for my work,[ they] my work, dont  assess the situation like the hospital does, and sent me in blind...I could have walked out...but I need the money[how sad] and as I said I like a challenge.

Just another small detail I left out yesterday...I put a new bag in the vacuume...twice ..and
have not got it all yet..I used a paint scrapper on the kitchen floor where his cat eats..have the rest of the floor to do today...but hot water and handy andy will fix that...At least the worst will be over and it will be easier the following week...that of course depends on what he has been up to in the last 2 days...lol...but I think he would have cleaned up his breakfast mess..and I think he will tell me that he did.. like a proud child...as he was so embarrassed, and I dont think he saw what the place looked like until I started to work....then he opened his eyes...now I know why my Mother always used to say to us kids "have you got clean knickers on...as you never know"...well said Mumxox.

Rightio...onto a card to share,have to get ready for work, have 'My Lady' first thing...cleaning..yikes!
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This little cutie is from artist Heather Valentin...form Scrapbook Stamp Society  and is my 'DreamTeam' DT card for this week.



Still got that attitude look in the eye, but so lovely to colour..meet "Lil Sue"



and she was coloured with pencils, 60's designer papers from 'Jillybean' and a giant flower as background..I paper pieced her dress and stool..which was rather fiddley..big pink blings in her flowers..and a chipboard tag,tied with vevet cord.

There you go all done...

Thanks for all your wonderful comments and thank you so much to my new follower, lovely to have you join me...

Will see you all tomorrow...isn't it nice to be able to comment on blogs again...to 90% at least.

Luv CHRISSYxx