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Friday, August 31, 2012

Sparkling Barry for Stampfairy



Hello Everyone....YAY!!! it's Friday...night time here, the end of the day, and not so happy as the last two, but I ploughed through it, and now it is the weekend....[SIGH...]

Okay, it is time for another new release from STAMPFAIRY  and featuring the ever so cute...

BARRY WINTER 3......................



There he is, all sparkly with his paper pieced tree, and already for Christmas...just waiting for the snow, and that is where your freebie comes into play this week...



Papers are Forever Friends - Santas on his way..and Barry is coloured with pencils, glossy accents on his nose, and gorgeous pale blue glitter on his hat brim and snow, and the punched snowflakes....



And the side view, all decorated inside...



There is the whole sheet of images, and your freebie sentiment..

I love him sitting on his sled, that is so cute...

So there you go, great little images for your Christmas cards this year, so pop over to STAMPFAIRY  grab a few and have fun....Thanks for stopping by, will see you on Monday, have a wonderful weekend...

luv CHRISSYxx





Thursday, August 30, 2012

Mandy the Mermaid



Hello Everyone...

Another great day...but with a lot of confusion...[guess who!!]...'My Lady' is now suffering from paranoia, the poor sole is so sure that someone is coming into the house at night time and hiding or taking her stuff...she has set up papers by the door, and if they have moved in the morning she knows they have been...can be quite funny, but oh! so sad too...I have not been able to reassure her until today....I took the house key and got another one cut with a bright blue cap on it, and sneaked it to her...you know, like a secret, that only she and I knew about, and told her it was for the new lock, which she now believes she has...and now no one can get in, no matter how hard they try...hopefully this will work for longer than a week..lol..or back to the drawing board...and my kids still say "Why you so tired"...well, they are lucky they are all grown up and off my hands, or maybe my hands would be on them..lol..

Anyway, enough of my day, hope you all had a good one and the weather was good...I managed to make a card for fun last night, and going to enter it into several challenges..



Little "Mandy the Mermaid"...now this is the horrible bit..I dont remmber where she came from..how awful is that...I'm getting slack again at writing things down..sorry..

But there she is all coloured up with Faber Castell pencils and copics...

A pretty glittery tail, and little Marianne Creatables Shells Die....and lace frame die

MS leaf punch.... papers are MME " Howdy Doody"...and the Anchor another Marianne Creatables, die cut in silver foil.



A close up of image...and it is decorated inside but forgot to take the photo...

These are the challenges I would like to enter...

Card Mania  [In the Sea or on  the beach]

Bearly Mine  [All that glitters]

Ooh -la -la  [Photo inspiration]

Simon Says Stamp    [Anything goes]

Thats it..all done, and thank you so much for stopping by...off to colour a pruple horse!!!!!!

Luv CHRISSYxx

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Futter By Time..



Hello Everyone.........

What a great day I had today......everything went smoothly.....everyone was happy....and the sun was
 shinning...who could ask for more.......

It is time again for........................ FLUTTER BY WEDNESDAY  ......................
and last week, I was so happy to visit so many beautiful fluttering creations....so hope you will all
join in this week and show us your gorgeous Fairies or Butterflies with the inside of your card

                                                                        Decorated

That is our theme this week, "Decorate the inside of your card"  and here is my card........



A gorgeous Mo Manning image "Baby Fairy Bug"

Coloured with copics and pencils...a MB border die "Catalina"....glittered wings and painted tiny
pearls with yellow copic to go on the backs of  the teeny tiny butterflies...papers are Prima"sweet Fairy".




Close up of image......oop's, bent my sentiment...



A side view on the rickety fence......



And.... the inside.

So there you go, would love you to join in, it is easy peasy, just decorate the inside of your card and
use a Fairy or Butterfly.....

Thanks for stopping by, really hope to see you over at FLUTTER BY WEDNESDAY 

See you soonish...

Luv CHRISSYxx





Tuesday, August 28, 2012

A sparkly new challenge at CSD



Hello Everyone..

I have been sitting at my daughters this evening looking at a new range of jewelry...gorgeous shine
 and sparkle...SPARKLE.!!..I should be home writing my post....I was up and off...just in the nick of
time...and it only cost me $134...imagine all the craft loveliness I could have bought for that..but I
did fall in love with this gorgeous necklace and earring set...will show you when it turns up.

Okay...a new challenge at CRAFTY SENTIMENTS DESIGNS  .....and of course it is...

                                                               SPARKLE


For my card I used this cute image from CSD called 'Opening Presents'
No Papers, I only used green cardstock and red foil card....added a tarten ribbon...and the corners
 were made with a Memory Box die "Catalina Border" cut into bits to fit...
Image coloured with copics and pencils, a lovely sparkly blouse and some liquid pearls..



There is the card open, and decorated inside...
If you can, do pop over to the CSD CHALLENGE BLOG  and check out my teamies gorgeous
cards...lots of sparkle there...and then join in our new challenge, would love to see you there...

Thanks for stopping by, will see you all tomorrow...
Would like to enter this card at the Winter Wonderland  challenge [Red and Green

Luv CHRISSYxx




Monday, August 27, 2012

Make it Monday and a Penguin



Hello Everyone....

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend... I sure did, busy with supervising the building of the new fence, or the finishing of it, visiting 'My Lady' 3 times a day...that is always a mission..and we had Soccer, end of the year presentations on Sunday afternoon, so there was not time for anything else this weekend, so I am so glad this card was done a couple of weeks ago, as it was my G/sons Birthday card..he chose the image himself and nothing would change his mind....


This is a little freebie from Dustin Pike....

Coloured with copics and pencils...papers are 'Authentique "Endless and Fair Weather'..



The ice cubes were drowned in glossy accents and a touch of glitter for the snow.

Needless to say he loved his card, maybe the contents more than the card, but he always takes the time to read the verse inside and big thank yous...before the contents shoot into his wallet...

So there is my card for this week, and our sponsor is for this week is.....


                 Mandy is generously offering our winner a digi paper collection of their choice.

My pick this week is a really cute retro card from Jodi #30..



Fabulous card Jodi, loved the colours and image and great design, so eyecatching.

So there we have it another MAKE IT MONDAY LINKY PARTY IS OPEN 

Hope you will join in and share any paper craft you have, whether you made it last week, this week, or 2 years ago, pop it up and share it with everyone...

Onto a new week then, off to work, and time to listen to the same conversation over and over again..lol..our subject the last few days is her dead friend who used to sit on the kitchen bench in the winter as that was where the sun was..lol..

Have a great week, thanks for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

                                                          
                                                
                        




 

                                           





Saturday, August 25, 2012

Nearly Fathers Day



Hello Everyone...

Look who I found lurking in my ever so untidy filing system...



...............................................................IT'S BARRY!!..........................


                                      BARRY FISHING from STAMPFAIRY

I knew he was here somewhere, but time went on and I forgot him...poor BARRY!

Fathers Day is coming up on the 5th September here in New Zealand, and I remembered this card this morning...well, I remembered I had made him for the challenge at Ready Teddy Go  and then Fathers Day triggered off another memory, so went fishing for him..lol [get it..fishing for him]...never mind!



Here's the close up of this cute little Bear...all coloured with Faber Castell pencils...
Seed beads for the sea, and glossy accents too...and a little glass fish, whose is nearly as big as Barry..



And...there's the side view...all done inside and chipboard letters spelling'DAD' as it will go to my Dad on the 5th...

No neat cutting here, as I ripped my papers as they were scraps, and not square.

So there we are...a lost Bear retrieved and blogged...

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend...my fence is finished today, and a newish gate [old frame, some old trellis..but servicable for now]...the dog is in...the kids are out..but the little blighters have tagged it already...you wait till they come home...grrr...they will know why I'm storming down there ...

Keep smiling...will see you all Monday...

Luv CHRISSYxx



Friday, August 24, 2012

BOO!!! - from Stampfairy




Hello Again Everyone....

I'm back with my STAMPFAIRY NEW RELEASE  and this week we have MIMI FALLTIME 3..



And... there she is, all ready for Halloween.

Coloured with copics and a promarker this time, well, her clothes are, skin and hair still with pencils.

Gorgeous papers were from my candy win from MINA...they are Magnolia "Turning Leaves" - Vintage Corn...and Magnolia doohickey leaves, with Stampfairy pumpkins...which were coloured with oranges and brown inks and a make up sponge.



There is the close up of the image, with her inked up sky, all grey and nearly gloomy..



And the side view, showing the creepy crawly spider in his spidersweb [more stuffing out of Harry's shredded toy....]



There is the whole sheet of Halloween cuteness with your freebie sentiment..



So there we are again, second post in one night, been awhile since I've had to do that...well 2 weeks really but seems like forever...

Thanks for stopping by again, hope you all have a fantastic weekend...doing a sports run in the morning, weather permitting, then free to craft the day away...now, whats in the jar tonight...ooo...peanut chocolates...yum yum...

See you on Monday...

Luv CHRISSYxx





Fussy & Fancy - New Challenge



Hello Everyone....

Friday night has reached me already, and we have had beautiful sunny days, much warmer..but now the weekend is right in front of me the weather is about to turn..what a shame, I will have to forego the lawns and gardens and craft instead....so sad..[said with a big grin]

So here we go with a new challenge at...  Fussy and Fancy  ...and this week we are looking for "BACK TO SHOOL"...now I dont know about most kids, but this is what my youngest [now 35]..did every year until he was 9 years old...at least..



He will kill me for telling you...lol...

Coloured with Faber Castell pencils, this was an image I found on the internet and just loved it.



A closer look at the image, isn't he great...

Paper are Crafters Choice "Country Basics"...some hessian and number clothes pegs...counting down for the water works...

The sentiment is a 'TILE' font I have on my PC ..when having a browse just fell upon it.



And there's the card open, all decorated inside too...

Going to enter into a challenge at Simon Says [Back to school]
Digi stamps 4 Joy  [Back to school]

and...Inky Impressions  [Back to school]

So there you are, a fun challenge, hope you will join in with us at FUSSY AND FANCY this week..

Thanks for stopping by...will be back soonish....

Luv CHRISSYxx






Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Flutter By Wdenesday with Saturated Canary





Hello Everyone....Thanks to all who played along with us at Flutter By Wednesday  this last week...it was so lovely to see all the butterflies and fairies again...

This week we have a sponsor that everyone knows I'm sure...


You can check out the prizes on the Flutter by Blog......and while you are there you can see what my teamies have come up with for this weeks challenge....you wont be disappointed.





For my card this week I was given this gorgeous image to play with  from Saturated Canary called....
Catching Butterflies  and our theme this week is "Friends" and as long as you have a butterfly or Fairy and follow the theme...then you are good to go.



Coloured with Faber Castell pencils in a purple and yellow combo...and the papers are Prima'sweet Fairy'..

The sentiment was a computer generated one, and says...."When hands reach out in friendship, hearts are touched with joy"...I thought that was really nice.



I just had to make the netting go up over the card with butterflies in it to represent a butterfly net.

Loved making this card,  and would love for you to join in with our new challenge of "Friends" this week at FLUTTER BY WEDNESDAYS 

Thanks for stopping by, will see you on Friday..Keep fluttering...



Luv CHRISSYxx





Monday, August 20, 2012

Meljen designs and Make it Monday.






Hello Everyone...no chivalry is not dead in our small town, and no!, I didn't get a phone number, it all happened too quick...lol..but I will never forget it..and besides I think he was a bit young for me...but I did feel special....for a day...[you can read about it HERE  if you not sure what I'm talking about]
 
Now, where were we...oh! yes...a new week is about to get under way, and so that means another....
 
                                                     MAKE IT MONDAY 
 
is about to start....and what a wonderful week again last week, so many gorgeous creations to looks at, and congratulations to the winners.....
 
For my card this week, I went for a baby card, as spring is in the air, and babies are popping up all over the  place..a new great niece the other day..9lb4oz...bonny little girl.
 


So this is the card I sent , using a meljen designs image called BABY SHOWER 



Close up of image, coloured with pencils and paper pieced brolly and nappy.



The side view, decorated inside and the papers were' Tatty Teddy' and the small panels on the front were scraps of 'Forever Friends'...and an organza ribbon.

For my pick this week I chose this project from Cheryl #230  a fabulous fun calander page..



Cheryl also has a video tutorial on how she did this on her blog, a lot of fun to watch.Thanks Cheryl..


Our sponsor this week is the fabulous MELJEN'S DESIGNS 


So there we are, all done, and looking forward to another week of wonderful projects.

Hope you all have a fabulous new week and I'll see you on Wednesday..

Luv CHRISSYxx










 
 

 

Friday, August 17, 2012

Friday with Stamp Fairy



Hello Everyone...

I am smiling from ear to ear this evening....and only becuase I was treated like a princess today.

I went to get into my car today after posting some letters and cards away...and my foot caught the bottome of the car and my shoe slipped off, so had to get out to pick it up...but before I  could, this man bent down swooped it up, and placed it back on my foot...it happened so quick, and I blushed from the tips of my toes to the top of my head...either that or that was one beaut of a flush...

I politely said 'thank you' he smiled...gave me a wink, no less and jumped in his truck and was gone..

I think I floated for the rest of the day...lol..

A new release from STAMPFAIRY  to share tonight, and we have sweet little MIMI - TEDDY




She is a real sweetie and I paper pieced her dress to match the background papers which are Magnolia 'Something old ,something new, something blue' collection.



Close up of image, coloured with pencils, and tiny liquid pearls...



The side view, decorated inside, and all the beautiful flowers are from WOC...



There's the sheet of images and your freebie sentiment...cute aren't they..

Thanks for popping by, think I may take a wee drive and look for trucks....well you never know!!

Luv CHRISSYxx




Thursday, August 16, 2012

Digital Tuesday freebie



Hello Everyone....First off, thank you all so much for the wonderful kind comments you have been leaving on my last fews posts..I really do appreciate each and every one of them...

This week over at Digital two for Tuesday  Cora had this very sad little frog up for a freebie challenge...and I could not resist him...



Aww...poor wee frog..lol..and so wonderful to colour, all the shading is there, although, I know,I added more.



Close up of image and my attempt with more copics...with glossy accents rain...



And the side view...

Paper were from my stash, just a random bundle that I was given...and the handmade grasses or reeds, I borrowed the idea  from VICKY  ..hope thats okay Vicky, I just thought they were so effective and a fabulous embellishment for this wee guy...

No sentiment as yet, but have a few in the pipe line that I may use..

Thanks for stopping by..will see you tomorrow...and I'll leave you a wee joke.



Reminds me of 'My Lady'....lol...

Luv CHRISSYxx



Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Fairies and Butterflies



Hello Everyone......I'm so very happy and excited to let you know that Flutter by Wednesdays has re-opened their challenge and  I was chosen for the Flutter by Wednesday  Design team...thank you so much Danni for having me...

To start off the new challenge we are having a bloghop, so you should have fluttered over from Jan's  blog...and if you do get lost, you can see the whole hop list HERE   Our theme this week is OPEN  anything goes...as long as there is a butterfly or a  Fairy..


For my card I used this gorgeous Fairy from Ina Jane..

Coloured with Faber Castell pencils and a few copics...



A close up of image...



And a side view...

Papers are Kaisercraft - the Lake house collection
Memory box Spring border and butterfly
Cheerylyn Leaf swirl die...
Liquid pearls dotted about..
So happy to see this challenge blog come back...and really looking forward to seeing all your Fairies and butterflies.

Your next stop is Danni 

Thank for stopping by..happy flutterings 

Going to enter into a challenge at Fab n Funky  [Angels and Fairies]
Luv CHRISSYxx