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Thursday, October 30, 2014

THURSDAY AT DIGITAL DELIGHTS


Hello Everyone...another day has gone by and I'm back at work on lighter duties..

Time for Delightful Thursday  and I'm here to share a card showcasing a fabbie little image from the
Digital Delights Shop

This is Wizard Toby the happiest little pussy cat flying around on his broom.



Look at that happy smile...

Toby has been coloured with copics and pencils for shading...



He was fussy cut out and popped up on foam dots and placed on glittered card...little purple stars punched out and gems dotted in the centres.



I even managed a double bow on my bow maker...and then added some purple heart gems along the bottom.

So there we go..and I cannot believe we are nearly at the end of another week..where does the time go?...

Challenges I would like to enter..

Crafting By Design  [Halloween]

Inky Impressions challenge   [Halloween]

Nutcrafters  [Halloween]

Bunny Zoe's Crafts  [Animals]

Thanks so much for stopping by..I'm off to make a load of boxes..little ones..see you tomorrow.

luv CHRISSYxx


Wednesday, October 29, 2014

THE RESULTS ARE IN!!


Hello Everyone..

Had my stitches out today and boy!...do I feel better.
The results are not the best..but at least the surgeon is quite certain that he got it all...so best foot forward and on we go..

I have a card to share today that I made ages ago for the magazine at Lacy Sunshine  and just never really blogged her. She managed to get pushed to the back of an unblogged pile, so here we go..

This is the ever so lovely Kenli forget-me- knot   from the Flower Pot Pretties Collection.


The post cards were freebies and I printed them out and inked the edges..reduced their sizes and the suitcases I found in the colouring pages and treated them the same by shrinking them down and printed onto kraft then coloured with  inks and silver gel pens.



Kenli was coloured with Faber Castell pencils...her wings with copics and glitter added.

I fussy cut out more flowers and added pearls to the centres..


And there is the side view..

So thanks ever so much for all your well wishes and strict orders to rest...I did as I was told and back up and running...well, not really running..can't wear a bra yet..[shudder the thought]

Will be back tomorrow with my Digital Delights project..so will see you all then.

luv CHRISSYxx


Sunday, October 26, 2014

FEATURE A HAT


Hello Everyone..

These long weekends throw you out don't they..I clean forgot it was Sunday and time for my DT post for Lacy Sunshine 

Challenge #45 with the theme "Feature a Hat"..

This time I went for a male image, and a cutie he is too..Winter Johnny Sweet Urchin



All dressed up in his green Christmas suit and wearing his posh hat..
Hair and skin coloured with Faber Castell pencils and his suit and hat with copics.



My grandson has just got some new glasses so this card will probably go to him...

Papers are Couture Creations "Vintage Christmas" and added a Christmas decoration that I dismembered with tender loving care.



There's the open card...a side opening for  a change..

It's late Sunday night here and I'm off to bed..

Thanks ever so much for stopping by..I have the day off tomorrow as I went to work this weekend and it went well..be really glad to get these stitches out..they are so itchy and getting rather tight..roll on Wednesday..

Challenges I would like to enter...

Crafting by Design  [Get ready for Christmas]

Little Claires Designs  [Christmas]

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge  [if you want to  ahead get a hat]

All sorts challenge  [Christmas]

See you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx


Thursday, October 23, 2014

DELIGHTFUL THURSDAY AGAIN


Hello Everyone...

Much improved today and getting around doing bits and pieces...the weather is lovely and tomorrow is a public holiday and we have the AMP show..farming stuff...boats..animals..sideshows and rides..just a huge big Fair really..
As the seasons are changing so much and the Summer is taking longer to get here than in the "Old Days"...this weekend, as predicted, will be wet!!
I'm thinking of going to the show with my family [even if I go only for the hotdogs on a stick]..but just a bit nervous that I may get jostled and hurt my stiches...my son says he will stand behind me so I will be fine..so we will see..

But..for today I'm here to share a card I made for inspiration using one of the sweet images from..
Digital Delights Store  as today is Delightful Thursday 

Meet Flower Power Rosie 

 


She is a little sweetie and such fun to colour using my Faber Castell pencils and a few copics..
R81.blouse
G82 green trim
Y38 Dress & hat trim



Stickles added to her flower...papers from  Rosies Studio 'Basics'



The flowers are  Marianne creatables and added some green pearls..punched leaves and a few daisies from WOC...the butterfly from my stash..

Sort of in between Autumn and Spring but not Winter..

Challenges I would like to enter...

Fan-tastic Tuesday  [ Anything goes - Add flowers]

Partytime Tuesdays  [Anything goes]

Thanks ever so much for stopping by, it's always so lovely to see you all..

Luv CHRISSYxx













Tuesday, October 21, 2014

NON TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS



Hello Everyone..
I'm not whinging today..moving around and doing stuff...the sun is shinning and going to have a drive in the car as I'm ready,so off to see my Dad and Stepmother [just around the corner really]...but too far to walk as the fat in my back wiggles and with no bra on I can feel my stitches pulling..lol.

Too much information?...probably.

I have a Christmas card to share today using untraditional colours...and who better to pull that off...no other than BARRY...



There he is all purple and cute...I made this before surgery too and was just waiting for the right challenge.



Barry coloured with Faber Castell pencils...lashings of snow and glittered trim...

The snow is from "Sullivans"...comes in long tubes and so many different textured snow and glitter...so mixing and matching is always fun..but not getting it out of the carpet though where a lot of mind ends up..



The papers are  Rosies Studio 'Basics Brights"...a magnolia snowflake or two and the ribbon from my stash..

The sentiment stamp from Kaisercraft...and I made a tag and tied it onto the ribbon.

Challenges to enter....

Merry Monday  [untraditional Colours]

Crafty Hazelnuts christmas challenge extra  [anything goes as long as it is Christmas]

So there we go...no moaning or growling and have decided I quite like being at home..well, today I do..
See you tomorrow and thanks so  much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx







Monday, October 20, 2014

TIME OFF IS HARD!


Hello Everyone..

Time off from work is hard when you cannot do too much..
I'm bored by nine in the morning and looking forward to lunch..AND IT'S ONLY DAY ONE...
I guess I'm just not used to sitting around...

At least I found a challenge while surfing and decided to have a go..

Less is More has a challenge going on with the theme "Little Creatures"..they don't care what the creature is as long as your card is CAS and has a little creature on it.

Soooo...



I made one..CAS and a little Squirrel..

This is from a rubber stamp set I've had for a long time "Firecracker Designs" by Pamela Clark.

No papers just green cardstock and a squiggle line for a frame.



The stamps set has many little forest animals...and tiny acorns,birds and things like that...
The sentiment "It's the little things"isI from the set with about 5 other sentiments.

Both images coloured with Faber Castell pencils and entering the challenge at..
 Less is more  [Little Creatures]

So Monday afternoon now and promise to go rest for an hour or two..I'm trying to be so good.

See you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx

Sunday, October 19, 2014

ALL SEWN UP!!


Hello Everyone...

Thanks ever so much for the well wishes..

I'm out hospital with 21 stitches in my back, but feel terrific..I had the operation under local as I don't like going under...no problems and can't believe there was hardly any discomfort at all...now I have to wait for the results[ which is a bit distracting].. stitches out and results on the 29th.
My Dad just rang and was waiting for the agony in my voice and was thrilled to know that all was good..
I coloured a wee bit today...short intervals as I cant hunch over like I do...and have a dozen CAS cards to make up for overseas posting....standing making those should be fine..

So onto a card I made a few weeks ago and for a few challenges...



This cute little elf was a freebie from somewhere and I'm so sorry I cannot remember where...could have been colouring pages, just not sure..



He has been coloured with Faber Castell pencils and his wings all glittered up..and the shading looks so much better IRL...the camera or my fussing around has washed him out a bit...



The lovely papers are MME  "O Christmas Tree"....mini snowflakes punched out and the tartan ribbon from my stash...
I bought a card of lace from "Little Birdie" and added that to the card..a bit of gauze and that is about it..


Challenges I would like to enter...

Fab N Funky   [Xmas]

Little Claires Designs   [Christmas]

Partytime Tuesday  [Anything Goes]

Crafty Girls challenge   [Anything goes]

There we go all done and time to rest up a bit more...I have 5 days off work so better go get healing...My Lady needs me...lol..

Thanks so much for stopping by...see you soon.

luv CHRISSYxx

Thursday, October 16, 2014

DELIGHTFUL THURSDAY DT


Hello Everyone...

Hope you are feeling chipper...I have butterflies in my tummy as I'm off to hospital tomorrow for a bit of surgery on my back.I'm having a melanoma removed as it started to grow rather rapidly and was really left too long..but hope it all goes well and be back blogging over the weekend.

But for today it is Delightful Thursday..and time to share my inspiration card showcasing another fabulous image from the  Digital Delights Store 

This time I got to play with the cutest little guy..." Water Turtle " 




There he is..sitting up on his rock taking a little breather after all that swimming around in his pond.

He is all coloured up with Faber Castell pencils and parts of his shell..flippers and weed was decoupaged.



The water was coloured with  B00 copic and shaded with blue pencil and glossy accents added for shine...added some glitter to his spots on his flippers..



Gave him some ric rac and loads of tiny buttons...even tied a bow in the bigger button up top..

So there we go..just ate a lovely bowl of hot satay and blistered behind my front teeth.. but I think a pixie caramel may make it feel better  [yep!...fell off the wagon]

Thanks so much for stopping by...will try to catch up with you all when I'm back from hospital...meanwhile take care and will see you soon...

luv CHRISSYxx








Monday, October 13, 2014

THIS IS A VERY SAD DAY!!


Hello Everyone...

I have such a heavy heart today as it is my last EVER post for STAMPFAIRY...

I hope you managed to get over there and get your images at sale price before the doors are closed.

Today I have a busy card that took me quite awhile to make but I really had fun with it..[sorry picture heavy]



It all started with Barry trying to untangle his Christmas tree lights...there were wires and stars all over him and although his tree was a silver tree, he really felt the need for more sparkle.[ don't we all]
So there he was all tangled up when he stopped suddenly as he heard this lovely singing...



So he rushed to the window [die from Pia..thanks Pia] looked out over his Marianne ivy and the  planter box made by me..to see what he could see..


Low and behold..Carol Singers..three of his friends were wrapped up in their scarves and singing their heads off while standing in the cold snow under the golden glow of the street lamp...surrounded by snow covered  trees..



I made Barry's brick house for him, just with pencils and a marker..



A side glance of all the layers...



Another side view as there is a fence tucked in there..and the little bird.

So that's it...

Thanks so much for stopping by and all the wonderful comments you all leave...really appreciate each and every one of them..

Challenges I would like enter...

Pink Gems Designs  [Make a scene]

Little Claires Designs  [Christmas]

We Do Doobadoo  [Christmas]

Delicious Doodles  [Christmas in October]

I will see you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx







Sunday, October 12, 2014

BOO! IT IS HALLOWEEN FUN WITH LACY SUNSHINE.



Hello Everyone....
Sunday is here in my part of the world and off to the Gypsy Fair with all the grandies and my daughter so that should be fun if the weather behaves..

Time for a new challenge at Lacy Sunshine and this fortnight we are looking for Halloween...spooky..scary...cute...whatever tickles your fancy as long as it is a Halloween.

For my card this week I used this pretty image called Rory Devil Costume 




And I made her pretty too...

Skin and hair coloured with Faber Castell pencils...the rest with copics and trimmed her up with glitter..



One huge bow and a couple of spiders and the papers from my stash...



Then just a sentiment ticket and we were done..

The colouring took most of the time as I botched it 3 times..then had to print her bigger so I could see the details..must be going blind and I wear two pairs of glasses..hobby over the top of normal..better with none at all, as long as I don't go wandering around, I could end up anywhere...

Thanks so much for stopping by..and I will see you tomorrow

Challenges I would like to enter....

Bloggers Challenge  [Halloween]

Fairy Tale challenge  [Happy Halloween]

Crafting for all Seasons  [Too cute to Spook]

Luv CHRISSYxx


Thursday, October 9, 2014

DELIGHTFUL THURSDAY



Hello Everyone...another glorious Spring and nearly too hot day...but the winds are light and have done a bit of gardening this afternoon before the tea time rush...

The dog [Harry] lays out there gasping and panting in the hot sun and I just shake my head at him as he will not move until it is unbearable..

Today is Delightful Thursday at Digital Delights...a place to showcase some of Wendy's gorgeous cute images...and this week I was able to play with Fishing Donnie .. AND recycle at the same time..I love it when that happens.



There is sweet Donnie and he has caught himself a little beauty...

No DP's on this card either...just blue card stock for the sky...glitter card for the Sea...and ripped  Kraft for the sand...and I added a wave die in white.


Donnie is coloured with Faber Castell pencils but his hat and pants with a blue copic and pencils for shading...his fish is coloured with silver and gold gel pens and his fishing basket and starfish with button from my stash.

The clouds were made with a MB die.. and I used the plastic tray from my packets of chocolate fish...and you all thought I just wanted the chocolate fish..well there you go...a method in my indulgence.[I'm such a fibber...I needed those fish]

I added white card behind some of the clouds..



And the side view...decorated inside to match.

Challenges I would like to enter....

Love to Create  [2 dies and sparkle]

Sisters of Craft  [Anything goes]

Stempelgarten challenge  [sweets packaging]...total coincidence

So there we go...thanks so much for stopping by...no choccie fish or pixie caramels tonight..I'm into Bananas at the moment..lol..I know, I'm such a worry.

See you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx








Tuesday, October 7, 2014

BARRY AND SPOOKY BATS



Hello Everyone..

Thank you so much for your comforting comments on my silly computer.. I'm learning as I go but have still lost all my links to images and stores but slowly I'm finding them and have started a new page.

I'm now on Google chrome!!..have Microsoft 2006!!! A new editing thingy!!! and I have a headache..lol.

Back to cards and tonight I'm sharing another Halloween card using ..you guessed it Barry..

Barry Spooky Bats from Stampfairy



There he is all coloured up with Faber Castell pencils and his inky spooky sky using a sea sponge..



I 3D the fence and parts of Barry and the Bats...added some purple flower buttons and MB clouds.



This is nearly the last card EVER for my Stampfairy DT inspiration as Stampfairy is closing down..so very sad...

I have a Christmas finale card on the 13th Oct and really looking forward to showing you that...

Thanks ever so much for stopping by and now will try and link up challenges..[this could be fun

Come and get it challenge   [Halloween]

The Paper Players      [Halloween]

Crafting at the weekend  [Anything goes]

See you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx





Monday, October 6, 2014

YOU LITTLE DEVIL


Hello Everyone...well, that's been the longest weekend of my life..

My PC died....gave up the ghost and DIED....e mails gone..contacts gone...blogger gone...documents gone..all of it..I was DEVASTATED..

I went to one of  my clients houses on Saturday morning and he asked me "Why the long face"..I told him my world fell apart..lol..well. he was on the phone and said a few words.. handed me the phone and told me to tell the bloke on the other end what happened...I did...he came...took my baby away...and bought her back tonight [Monday]..and although a lot has changed with updating stuff and the pages look different and I still cannot find my links pages and DT pages and stuff like that I can at least post a card...so here we go....with no links.

I'm here today to share my DT card for Stampfairy  [knew this link]



And look who it is..it's BARRY...the cute little devil.

Barry is all coloured up with Faber Castell pencils and a red copic on his pants horns and fork, which also got a lashing of glitter.





There's no DP's on this card either...just corrugated card and red cardstock...

The moon, bats  and clouds was a freebie from Stampfairy and I made them pretty big.. coloured with a yellow copic and glittered the cloud edges...



The side view..nice and simple...

So thanks ever so much for stopping by and I'm so very happy to be back I missed you all so much and was so lost for a couple of days. I even did some  housework for goodness sake..

Have loads of catching up to do so better get to bed early tonight as there will be and early start in the morning..

See you tomorrow...

luv CHRISSYxx






Thursday, October 2, 2014

CRAFTY LITTLE FAIRIES DT


Hello Everyone...

WOW!!... That month has gone so very fast and now onto our new monthly challenge at CRAFTY LITTLE FAIRIES ...

This month we want you to use "One Designer Paper Only"

For my card I used this gorgeous image from the East Wind Shop...
and her name is Flower Fairy



There she is....such a pretty little Fairy holding onto a little bird...

She is all coloured up with Faber Castell pencils and a few copics on her flowers...



The one DP I used was from Rosies studio "Prim & Proper"...

I cut a slit in the background paper and slid my image inside, enough to cover the one corner and added a strip of  machine embroidered flowers.[I sure didn't machine stitch anything - they came like that from My Lady]



The other pretty flowers are from my stash...added a few pearls and all done.

Thanks so much for stopping by and will be back with a new release from Digital Delights shortly...see you then..

Oop's...I made a boo boo and my digital delights is already up..lol..it is under this one if you want a peak..

luv CHRISSYxx




DELIGHTFUL THURSDAY DT


Hello again...

Back with my Delightful Thursday post with a new release from Digital Delights

Snowy,Slippy and Flurry...




There they are..three little Christmas cuties..

I used copics on this one...pencils for rosy cheeks and lots of glitter...


I paper pieced the word snow and all the papers I used were from Couture Creations "Vintage Christmas" 12x12 pad.

The big snowflake is a cuttlebug one and I used glitter card for that.

Squeezed some gauze into the ripped bit and added gauze behind the image...



The side view...the sentiment is from Digital Delights Store 

Challenges I would like to enter...

Craftyhazelnuts Christmas challenge   [make it colourful]

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge extra  [anything goes as long as it is Christmas]

The crafty bloggers network  [anything goes]

Holly Jolly Christmas   [anything Christmas goes]

That's me done...thanks so much for stopping by..off to work now for the tea time rounds and poppiung this onto schedule...
Will see you tomorrow.

{OOP'S...went live..forgot to press done]

luv CHRISSYxx