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Monday, April 30, 2012

Ladybugs and MIM

Hello Everyone.....Hope your weekend was just as best as it could be...mine was.

I did end up taking one G/son to rugby as Dad had the other one, both had to be at their sport parks at the same time, so old muggins volunteered...but, WOW!! that litle fellow played well, I lost my mind, and screamed out... RUN,TYLA,RUN,...was like the soundtrack out of Forrest Gump...he picked up that ball, and ran from one end of the park..all the way to the other end..only to loose steam and got tackled, his support was not there, they couldn't keep up... and lost the ball..awww.he was doing so well, but so much praise was there for him, and you could see the pride in his eyes...my Champion.

Well, onto to Monday...a blustery day, but the rain that was predicted never came all weekend, and still just threatening....so lets party with....MAKE IT MONDAY    


This week we are being sponsored by the fun and funky
Digi My World!





They are offering the lucky random winner a $10 gift voucher to spend in store - how fab is that?!

For my card this week I was lucky to get this little cutie patootie to play with...




This is "My Little Ladybug"  awww...so sweet.

Coloured with Faber Castell pencils and a few copics...found some scrim netting ribbon [covered all the bases]...spotty ribbon and papers from my scrap box...



Used a new pencil, not from my set, for her hair, and not all that impressed, a bit dull...too ash.


A side view...

Lots of tiny butterflies and a ladybug pin...

For my pick from last week, is a beautiful card.. shared with us by MANDERLY 


A beautifully coloured painting...reminded me of what I used to do, with stamps and inks...

Thanks for sharing with us Manderly...gorgeous colouring...

So thats me done for a new week at MAKE IT MONDAY ...try to pop over to the main blog and check out my teamies gorgeous creations...going to be a great week...

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of your week...will see you tomorrow... 

Luv CHRISSYxx

PS...this post was not supposed to pop up yet..lol...I pushed the schedule button, but something went wrong and up she came, so just pretend it is lunchtime in New Zealand instead of breakfast..lol..

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Totally Tilda Challenge mid way

Hello Everyone....I'm back  today for my mid way inspiration card as Guest Designer for the
                                      
                                                     TOTALLY TILDA CHALLENGE  

WOW!! I have seen some beautiful Tilda cards as I have been visiting entrants.....all sorts of fabulous stitching, as that is the theme, and the most beautiful colouring and card designs...stunning work...

A huge thankyou to all the lovely ladies over at Totally Tilda  for the very warm welcome, and for having me for these two weeks, which I so much enjoyed being part of...



This time I have used Tilda and her Lamb...one of the very first images I ever played with when I first started blogging and the very sweet Squirrel  sent me some images to get started, and I thank her very much for that..



Coloured with Faber Castell pencils and gorgeous papers from Papercraft freebie downloads...
Fabulous ribbon which I ran a thread through and gathered up...and very cute buttons....


All the panels have been maching sewn, and no bad language was used making this card...
Machine and crafter went hand in hand during the sewing process...

So there you are...a bit more inspiration, and do have a look at the teamies creations, as always they will be stunning...

Entering my card at Simon says [anything goes]
                                Magnolia stamp Lovers   [Stitching]
                              Mid week Magnolias   [open theme]
See you tomorrow...and thank you so very much for all your wonderful kind comments....

Luv CHRISSYxx









Friday, April 27, 2012

Roll on Summer

Hello Everyone..

YAY!! It is Friday night for me.. had a great day,. went smoothly and another new client.

The weather is on the turn for the weekend which is not good if you are a Saturday morning sporty fiend.. forecast for rain, rain, rain.

I’m not on duty with G/kids this weekend, so don’t really care about the weather as I’m inside crafting all weekend.

Last weekend, I had a play with a new image from  STAMPFAIRY    and made this little cutie to share with you.




 
 
 
 
Cute little Molly at the beach, a new release from Stampfairy..




 

 

 

Coloured with Faber Castel pencils, and her bathing suit was paper pieced with papers from Paper craft “Sweet Wishes”

 Brown cardstock through my crimper, assorted shells and sea beads and broken bits of paua shell.. [abalone].. and a cute pair of sunglasses from a child’s play set from the $2 shop..

 

 

 

 

Vellum for the ocean, torn into strips and a sticker dolphin playing in the background.. the sun is a prima flower and the sky papers from ‘Bird’..


There's the whole selection of  MOLLY BEACH   




So there you go.. hope this works what I am doing.. if it does, I’ll tell you about it, if it doesn’t.. well ..you wont know will you..lol..

Thanks for looking, hope you all have a fabulous weekend.. I know I will.. lol..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Pink Giraffe

Hello Everyone....

Met 2 of my new ladies yesterday, and they were lovely....the first visit is always the hardest till you get your bearings, but they made things so easy, and funnily enough, the second lady kept starring at me, and her eyes were familar to me....so I sasked her, did she think she knew me...and sure enough her daughter and I went to school together when we were 5yrs.old...Yep...walked to school barefoot through the snow in those days..lol...with no lunch....

Anyway, it was nice to talk about the old days, and catch up with what an old friend was up to these days...

Have a card to share that I made a week or so ago, I made two actually, and both were sold before I had even photographed them, so I snapped a couple of quick shots before she took them out the door, and I think one is a bit fuzzy, sorry about that...mind you, the settings on my camera had been changed too, so that may account for it....ny daughter borrows my things and always returns them changed..



This litte image came to me via a friend, and I'm sorry, I dont know where from, but she is very cute...I was moaning when my PC was down, I could not print anything to colour, and this little pet turned up...



Coloured with Faber Castell pencils...and glitter on her spots...
The sentiment is a  clear stamp set, had it for years, and you can mix and match the words...



Papers are from...oh! cut the brand off...but, it says 'Everafter - Enchanted"
Lace from my stash, and threaded pink ribbon through the holes.

New buttons, lovely jar of pastel buttons, cheaps as chips, hearts,flowers,stars...very pretty.

So there you have a pink Giraffe...better than seeing a pink elelphant, at least you know you wont get a headache the next day...

Thanks for dropping in, will be back later with my Stampfairy DT card, it's a doozey...

Big welcome to my new follower, thank you so much for joining me..
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Luv CHRISSYxx



Thursday, April 26, 2012

Cute and unknown

Hello Everyone.....

I'm going well with the new blogger, we have had no arguments yet,I can only say when you go through your reader list looking for a blog and find it, you have to scroll all the way up to the top again to do anything...but aside from that, it is fine.
See...I do, do change....

Have a card to share, but cannot for the life of me remeber where the image comes from, but I love her, she is so much fun to colour...



There she is, another great image for teen girls...coloured with copics and pencils this time...

No DP's...only red and white card stock...tarten ribbon, and the white panel behind the image was put through the cuttlebug with a music folder...



Punched out black music notes...she is a little hip chick...



Found this big chipboard flower in my stash and the colours were just right.

So there you have my unknown girl...

Have a very long day ahead of me...have 2 new ladies to go to. and my regulars, so will be tired tonight...or maybe the second wind will kick in...hope so...

Thanks for dropping in and all the fabulous comments you leave...I will catch you all up later tonight...

Luv CHRISSYxx




Wednesday, April 25, 2012

It Changed through the night

Hello Everyone.....

It sure did...my interface changed overnight...but you know!..it is not too bad, I have found all I need, read my comments, found some buttons,clicked a few, had a look around, and I'm posting....must be the new hair colour.

Have a card to share from Ctafty Sentiments Design   this is KAYE  



She is so cute and so fabulous to colour...papers from Papercraft essentials 'Sweetwishes' with brightpinkand teal cardstock.....



Coloured with pencils and my blondes are getting better and better, not so yellow...



The pink blossom is from a stem that I found at the 123 shop, and cut it up and the inside is decorated too.

Tiny yellow butterflies and thin teal ribbon finished it off...did a fancy corner cut with the inside of my 1" punch.

My first post on 'New Blogger" and after the sulking and worrying, temper tantrums and saying I wont change... have all gone, as it is quite nice, easy to move around and find things...so there you go...if you have not done it...dont be scared , it is fine.

Luv CHRISSYxx




Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Another brown card

Hello Everyone....

Blogger is testing my nerves, he's threatening to change my interface..and leaving  messages....he said 'April', now he is saying 'This Month"...and I still wont push his button..lol..

I was given a new client to look after, and gave her a call to let her know my name, what day and time I will be going to visit her....then one of my bosses rang me and said, that 'My Lady 2" had called the office saying that 'someone had called her but she forgot what they wanted"...super...another one..lol..

They told her all over again,but of course she has forgotten again, so I visit her on Thursday 9am...should be fun...hope she lets me in..lol..

Have a card to share today using one of the new images from CRAFTY SENTIMENTS DESIGNS 
from the Welcome Little One Collection  

Meet Doctor Tobey...


Coloured with pencils and silver gel pen on his head light[lol]...papers from 'Country Basics'



Got carried away with the shading, but he 's cute isn't he...he can take my temperature...

Made the wee clipboard and used plastic stickers for the sentiment, added a tiny bull dog clip...done.


Side view which I have decorated too..

Time to get a move on...working  today, going to be a long one....6 cleans today..[ugghh]

Thank you so much for your congrats you left me and fabulous comments on my GDT at Totally Tilda
I was thrilled to bits and will be back with my second card on Sunday..

Well, I will be back before then, but if this interface changes we could have a bit of trouble, but you can google a video to watch how it works, so that should help...mmmm..maybe.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Monday, April 23, 2012

MIM and Skate Board Josh

Hello Everyone.......oohhh..it is chilly here this morning...no frost, but  definitely chilly....BUT!



my feet are warm...finally went shopping..two pair for $12....just had to get a size smaller as they stretch so quickly and get sloppy...very cosy.

SO!!...Monday morning, warm feet, chilly air..and time for another MAKE IT MONDAY 

This week we are being sponsored by the lovely, talented Kerry of Ladybug Crafts Ink!

http://www.ladybugcraftsink.co.uk



Kerry is giving away a £10 voucher to the lucky random winner to spend in store!

Now, I was so lucky to win an image from their new collection that was being show cased recently, so here is my card for this week..... 'Skateboard Josh'  .....


He is fabulous for the teen cards, especially boy cards....coloured with pencils, matted onto black card and kraft...distressed..and papers from my 'Country Basics' pad.



He is such a cool dude...added a bit of grey copic to the steps...



I was assurred by my 'Son' that the word 'RAD' was very cool....in his day I presume...and used chipboard letters for that....a giant chipboard button, tied with brown twine...done.

For my pick from last week I went for this beauty from #229  Tracey


Look at the centre of the flowers...fabulous..exceptional colouring.

Thats it..all done..the recycling truck is outside, waking up the birds and upsetting my dog 'Harry'..that means the boys will be here soon and time to get ready for work...have some new clients this week...new permanents...or as permanent as they get in this line of work....already had a phone call from the office to say, that one of the ladies remembers I rang... but cant remember why!! Oh Joy!!

Have a fantastic week...

Luv CHRISSYxx

Sunday, April 22, 2012

GDT- Totally Tilda

Hello Everyone....

I'm back again and this time I'm so thrilled to say I'm a guest on TOTALLY TILDA  

I was thrilled to bits when I recieved an e-mail from CHRISTINE  asking if I would be a guest designer...

The challenge is "TILDA IN STITCHES"...add sewing to your card...gulp...me and a sewing machine...so out came my 30 year old Elna Contessa....dusted her off, and away we went...



First time going around an oval...all panels have sewing...beautiful papers are from 'papercraft inspiration downloads freebies'  really gorgeous papers...matched with olive green cardstock...used an alphabet stamp set for the Happy Birthday sentiment...which crooked...but appealing..lol..



Close up of Tilda..coloured with Faber Castell pencils...gorgeous flowers from WOC and MS leaf punch.

Sparkly socks and gift...lace from my stash...and tiny puched butterflies with pearls.



And a side view, with those beautiful papers inside...

So there you go, and please hop over to the main blog to see all the beautiful Tilda creations from the DT's.. with stitching ..dust off your sewing machine and come and play....

Entering this card at Just Magnolia  [spring colours]
Thanks for stopping by...and thank you so much TOTALLY TILDA  for having me as your guest...

Luv CHRISSYxx

A blue Teddy

Hello Everyone....

When I was at home and had no computer to play with, I coloured....and coloured....and one of my creations was a blue bear....only because a lady turned up [new customer..yay..] and wanted 3 baby cards..2 girls and one boy....and I was happy to obliged...



There he is....a bit hard to photograph as there was so much blue and my back garden is now in Autumn shade...dark.

Coloured with pencils and my new blending stubs from the lovely 'Manderly' all the way from America...they are tops..



He has been fussy cut and popped up on foam dots...added the yellow for interest...



and...continue the sketch on the inside from READY-TEDDY-GO  a really easy sketck and I've used it twice already....

Papers and buttons from my stash, and just went for it...the teddy is from 'Precious Moments' and have used him many times too.

So there is my Blue Bear in all his cuteness....will be back later, with a GDT card...very excited and honoured......

Have a fabulous weekend, and thankyou for all your welcome backs and wonderful comments..

See you later....

Luv CHRISSYxx

Saturday, April 21, 2012

YAAAY!!!

Hello Everyone...I'm baaaaack!!!

That has been the longest week of my life...I felt soooo lost, but I now have a brand spanking new Mother board, so up and running....just in time too, as I have something special to share tomorrow...
but for today, I have another card and box set to share....



Another order for an anniversary card and box set....gorgeous papers are a freebie download and papercraft.com.


I didn't use an image as the papers were so pretty, so I just let them be the focal, but added the silver metal butterflies and flowers...



Close up of the card with red and green matts.



The inside of the card, just a simple anniversary wish, and a magnolia doohickey tag to write a personnal message.

Work is starting to pick up now,as I loose  couple, a few more take their place, but running out of hours to fit everyone in.

Have been to see 'My Lady' a few times, and she is still sooo unhappy, it is so sad...she still wants to come home, but the she will not be, they have taken over her life and dictating where she will die [her words]...I do feel for her....at least when I go, we can pick all the nurses to bits,and have a laugh, but then so hard to leave her.

So, no PC for a week, gave me time to colour and make cards...15 in all..so have plenty to show in the coming weeks, ahead with DT cards too...so some good came out of it I suppose..

Thanks for stopping by and all your fabulous comments, so good to be back, and trying hard to catch up on all I've missed....see you tomorrow..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Friday, April 20, 2012

Still no PC...but I got a Bear!!

And an adorable sporty little fellow he is too!!!!!

Hello Everyone,

Still no PC.......but borrowing and begging where ever I go...

First....Thanks to you all... ever so much... for the Birthday Wishes and the beautiful singing...I heard you plain as anything...and Kevin, you were close..only just a smidgeon past 21.[yea right!!]

Here today to share another Barry...but this time a sporty one...meet Soccer Barry   



Actually it is Barry Soccer...and you can find him at STAMPFAIRY

No DP's...only corrugated card and handmade mulberry paper in a lovely green and thought it made very cool grass....

Corrugated stars, and the stickers in black/white from a soccer sheet of stickers...

The sentiment is your freebie...



Barry has been coloured with Faber Castell pencils...

Well, I'm now really here editing this post as my PC has come home....I'm soooo happy to have it back, and it is running so very fast...and my weekend is all mine, so I will be bye to see you all....

It is amazing how many times I wandered over to my desk to check on things and of course my computer was not there...I must have become very dependant on it..lol..never mind.. I'm back and 103 e-mails to check on...so must get sorted....

Luv CHRISSYxx





















But there is cute Barry, all ready for his soccer game....coloured with pencils and no DP's...only corrugated card and green handmade mulberry paper which I thought made very cool grass...

The soccer sentiment with the ball is your freebie....and you can find Barry Soccer right here, at STAMPFAIRY    ....



There is the whole sheet of images, great for the sporty males in your house...

Thanks for dropping and cant wait to get my PC back so I can come visit you...it is so hard doing it here...I like to sit up all hours of the night to catch up with you all, and here, well, it's just not the same...

See you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Monday, April 16, 2012

Make it Monday on Sunday

Hello Everyone.....A gorgeous sunny day in Napier, in good ole' NZ...well of course it's a good day as it is my Birthday....and this post will be scheduled for tomorrow as I have had no PC for a few days andit is  driving me nuts....have to rely on my G/sons computer and he in his glory that he can rell me..."well..only for 30 mins, as I have things to do"..lol....Those words sound very familiar...

For my Birthday my eldest son popped a 40" flat screen on my TV table last week, and today I am at my daughters getting my hair coloured and straightened and cut....



Before

After...

A little bit straw like, but as my curls are so strong, body will spring back and not look so harsh, but I like the colour....


Okay, we are not here to see my moosh plastered all over the screen, I know you are here for ...............



And this week, we are being sponsored by the ever fabulous


Meljen Designs Digital Stamps are giving away the lovely prize of the winner's choice of 4 single digis!


So here is my card for this week....



Cute little Mermaid...coloured with pencils ....fabulous border from Crafty Sentiments Designs...and Magnolis die leaves...



Close up....and dont rub your eyes...it was me moving the camera....



And an overkill sideview....

No DP's just card stock in different colours...

and my favourite this week is this little cutie...



from SHELBY   ...sweet little Snow White...one of my favourite Fairy stories...gorgeous card...

So thats it, now it your turn,link them up, and lets see what you have to share....

Sorry for neglecting you all, have been trying to catch up, and hopefully my PC will be back after her motherboard transplant and get working properly again...cannot tell you how many times I gave up TV and wandered to my PC and only a dark cold screen looking at me...so sad...

Luv CHRISSYxx