This week at Crafty Boots Challenges we are making summery projects, which was a bit challenging considering it is mid winter here in Australia. That is, until I saw the gorgeous new Serene Scenery paper stack. Then the only difficulty was deciding which particular paper to use!

  
The colours in this paper stack are just gorgeous and the ideas, well, too many for now, but I’m sure I will be using it a great deal. 

The sentiment comes from another new favourite, the stamp set called Flourishing Phrases. 

Happy stamping!

Chris

A quick post to remind you to pop in and share all of your fabulous masculine projects with us at Crafty Boots Challenges. 

Here is another card using up some retired goodies and a favourite stamp:

  
Hope you are having a crafty evening. 

Happy stamping!

Chris

This fortnight at The Male Room, our challenge is to create a Father’s Day project. 

 
My card uses some lovely but sadly retired Stampin’ Up goodies. I love these papers for masculine cards, and of course the wonderful plane image. And I have added a layer of corrugated cardstock (also retired) for some texture. 

Please join us at The Male Room and share your Father’s Day projects. 

Happy Stamping!

Chris

This fortnight at Crafty Boots Challenges, the theme is Monochromatic.  Just in case you were wondering exactly what that means, here is the dictionary definition:  “a painting or drawing in different shades of a single colour.”
I chose shades of pink!

I have had time to play with the beautiful “Fluttering” embossing folder until now, and decided to make that my background.  I have used some light weight pink paper that I got from a local office supplies shop, and it has a lovely sheen to it.
Love all the pretty pink butterflies!
I hope you will play along with us at Crafty Boots Challenges.

Happy stamping!
Chris

I thought I would share some pages of colouring I have been doing recently, just for something a little different. Our family have been struck down with a nasty flu that is going around so we have been taking it easy, and spending time sitting in front of the fire, drinking warm cups of tea, reading and colouring!  

  These first two come from some books I picked up in my local Target (Australia).  I have coloured the top one with different pens which I got from the Reject Shop, gel pens and glitter pens. The second one is coloured with Stampin’ Up! Markers.   This one I found online and it has been coloured with Copic Markers. 

Enough from me for now, back to sitting in front of the fire!!

Chris

This week’s Crafty Boots Challenge is “Hearts and Valentine’s“.  Let’s see some of that romantic in you and share with us a Valentine’s card, wedding page or card, perhaps an Anniversary card.
I have made two cards for this challenge, a cutesy coloured girl, and a more vintage style card.

This first card uses the very cute Toni Heart Balloon Digital Image from Make It Crafty.
I have coloured the image using a combination of Blendabilities and Copic Markers.  I have then fussy cut around the balloon and the shoes, and then leaving these areas outside the Oval Framelits Die when it was put through the Big Shot.  The gorgeous patterned paper is from the Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper Stack from Stampin’ Up! – gorgeous patterns in this stack, not just hearts but some really cool graphic patterns.  The ribbon is from my stash of goodies and the cute metal heart was long retired and waiting to be used 🙂
My second card uses the beautiful Butterfly Basics stamp set.

Again, coloured with a mixture of Copic Markers and Blendabilities, with lots of layers, some retired ribbon, and heaps of paper piercing!

I hope you will join our challenge this week at Crafty Boots Challenges.
Happy Stamping!
Chris