Just a quick post this afternoon, to share a Mother’s Day card I made using this gorgeous Digi from Imagine That!
I think my colouring needed a little more work, however we have quite a lot going on at present, so had to make the most of time I had today.
Will be back later with another card, in the meantime,
Happy Stamping!
Chris
This week’s challenge at The Male Room is to make a project featuring birds. As you know, I really enjoy making masculine cards, and they seem to be quite popular with the customers at the local shop which sells my cards.
I have based my card on a sketch from The Paper Players, but didn’t get it completed in time for the challenge. Thought I would use the sketch anyway! 🙂
Here is my card:
I decided to use all browns for this one, and use some different papers from the retiring Stampin’ Up! paper stacks. Oh don’t worry, there will be more paper stacks, just in different patterns to these ones.
This lovely bird image is from the Stampin’ Up! stamp set called MoonLake – one of my all time favourites.
Happy stamping!
Chris
“Things With Wings” is the theme for this fortnight’s challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges, now that gives you heaps to play with! Apart from the obvious: birds or butterflies, how about dragonflies, fairies, flies, wasps, or even planes.
I chose this gorgeous Daisy Elf image from Aurora Wings for my card for this week. (Lots of winged fantasy options at Aurora Wings that you could choose from for your project!)
She has been coloured using Copic Markers, and the paper and ribbon are from my stash.
How about damselflies, bees, bats, moths, mosquitoes or dragons!! Or use your imagination and come up with something really unusual 🙂
Most of all, have fun, and make sure you share you creation with us this week at Crafty Boots Challenges.
Happy stamping!
Chris
I can’t believe how quickly this month has gone by, and the last week of April brings me to my final week as Guest Designer with Just Add Ink. I have loved playing along with this great bunch of lovely ladies, and really enjoyed sharing my ideas with all of you.
This week’s challenge is to use this sketch for your inspiration:
I have used the sketch to make a masculine card, featuring the Moon Lake stamp set and the Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stack.
The image has been stamped in Early Espresso ink and then some light colouring added using Markers, and the circle layers cut with Framelits.
Thanks again to the ladies from the Just Add Ink team for having me along this month. Make sure you check out all the inspiration from the Design Team here.
Happy stamping!
Chris
This week’s challenge at Just Add Ink is to use this absolutely gorgeous colour combination:
Lots of pretty things you can do with those colours 🙂
My card this week features the ever popular and beautiful Blooming With Kindness stamp set. I have sponged the Melon Mambo and Blackberry Bliss ink onto the stamp, to create the variations in colour, and then stamped the image two or three times so that it comes out lighter and lighter each time.
The Lace has had some Velvet trim threaded through, and both of those and the metal flower button come from the Artisan Embellishment Kit from the Occasions Catalogue.
Thanks again to the lovely ladies from the Just Add Ink team, for having me as their Guest Designer this month.
Make sure you pop on over to Just Add Ink and check out all the fabulous inspiration there.
Happy stamping!
Chris
A quick reminder today about our Easter Challenge at Crafty Boots Challenges.
I have made two quick and easy cards, both using the “For Peep’s Sake” stamp set.
The first card uses some retired papers, but I love the bright, vibrant colours, so couldn’t resist using them.
And for the second card, I have used a sponge dauber to change the colour on the words.
Make sure you check out some other Easter inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.
Happy stamping!
Chris
I am feeling very honoured to have been asked to be a Guest Designer for the month of April with the Just Add Ink team. I always love their challenges, and this week’s is an Inspiration Challenge.
I was in two minds with this one (well, maybe three or four actually), but in the end the pretty flowers and lace won out.
I have used some of the elements from the Artisan Embellishment Kit in the current Stampin’ Up! Occasions catalogue. The beautiful roses Die cut layer has been spritzed with some gold (although it is a little difficult to see the gold in this photo). Then I have used the Sahara Sand Lace Trim along the edges of the card, and also to make the lacey flower, which has the beautiful Resin Flower from the Artisan Embellishment Kit in the centre.
Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Teams projects for this week, and share your own with us, at Just Add Ink.
Happy Stamping!
Chris
Today is my very first as part of the Design Team at Crafting With An Attitude Challenges. Don’t you just love that name? 🙂
Our sponsor for this month’s challenge is Sassy Studios Designs:
And here is my card, using the Masquerade Ball Sassy image.
I have coloured my Sassy lady using Copic Markers, before fussy cutting the image out with some paper snips. The background image is the Grand Stairway from Make It Crafty, which has been very lightly coloured before Sassy lady was layered over the top using some dimensional tape.
Why not join us in April at Crafting With An Attitude, for your chance to win some gorgeous Sassy Studio Design images.
Happy stamping!
Chris
We have two wonderful sponsors this month for the Creative Ladybirds Creations Challenge number 2, they are Oddball Art and Stitchy Bears.
My first card features a Duet image from Stitchy Bears, which is just so cute!
I kept the rest of the card simple so that the image is very much the focal point of the card, just using some music note papers from my stash.
And my second card features another gorgeous image, this sweet fairy with her dragonfly from Oddball Art.
Again, I have used some patterned papers from my stash in the background, coloured the image and then fussy cut it and layered it onto the card.
I do hope you will join in with our month challenge at Creative Ladybirds Creations, we love to see all of your wonderful projects.
Happy stamping!
Chris
This week’s Crafty Boots challenge is, of course, Easter. I wonder what special things you will do for Easter? Do you have family traditions?
Here in Australia, it is Autumn and the days are getting shorter and cooler, and we are getting prepared for the cold months ahead. So for us, Easter is not a time when the flowers are emerging and spring is in the air, and we often celebrate Easter with fires lit and warmer clothes starting to appear. I think I will get my knitting out!
In any case, it is a good excuse to stay cosily inside stamping and crafting! 🙂
My Easter card today uses a beautiful image from Angels Landing, which I have coloured with Copics. I have combined it with some pretty papers from my stash, and the words from the Stampin’ Up! Hello You Thinlits Dies and Crazy About You stamp set.
Wishing all of you a Happy Easter! And I hope you will share your Easter projects with us at Crafty Boots Challenges – we love to see what you have been making!
Happy stamping!
Chris
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