A little note

A little note,

Sorry not been to visit you or had time to blog DGS has been in hospital although he is ok lots to sort out.

Be back with you all soon.

Chriss x

THE SUNDAY STAMPER CHALLENGE

Red is the colour... stamping is the game...

This week over at Hels place 'The Sunday Stamper' she challenges us to use RED ....check her out H E R E

My entry

A Christmas card....yep..... I created the background with the CI diamond stamp which I use ALOT.... lol.... 'cos I loves it...and bubble wrap...'cos I loves that too.

The fab tree stamp ...again, Crafty Individuals and I used Glossy accents to create the 3D effect.

Chriss x

SCD TWINCHIE CHALLENGE

Another twinchie challenge over at S C D as they celebrate their birthday month...wish I could have a birthday with a month of celebrations...lol.

This weeks challenge is flowers and as I was walking past my crafting/dining table on the way to do a bit of gardening I was distracted by this pretty face and before I knew it the gardening was out the window and as I can't get my mower to work I thought I would do the challenge... well you can't blame me, can you?

The image is a fab freebie from Blanco... H E R E

Have a great Saturday evening the weather here is wonderful.

Love Chriss x

THE SUNDAY STAMPER GO FOR GOLD

Blog candy over at the Sunday Stampers with Hels woweee!!!

This week over at The Sunday Stamper is GOLD I wanted to make something other than an ATC but time was not on my side and so I played with some inks and bleach to get the background added an image and then GOLD embossed her crown...

Hope to have more time for next week.

Why not pop on over and visit Hels she also has blog candy just click on H E R E and wooosh you are there...lol

Thanks for looking

chriss x

BIRTHDAY MONTH SCD... TWINCHIE

This week over at S C D see's the start of their 1st birthday where the design team will be setting challenges for the next 4 weeks and will include birthday give aways...woweee.


This weeks challenge is to create a Twinchie using a butterfly on it.

Here is mine

The background image is from a an Etsy shop run by you can find her H E R E.

The Butterfly image is from one of Hermines rubberstamp images you can find over H E R E.

The white twinchie blank chipboard I purchased from Fay at Hab-en-Nabs

Thanks for looking.

Chriss x

SCD X STITCH

For S C D this week we were given the letter X to create something, anything with an X and for mine I gave this pretty little dress some x stitch.

The image is from Lisa's Altered Art (See link in side bar) and the background is my own work... I feel a little tute coming on as to how I did it....

IF I can stop getting butterflys in my belly at the thought of it.

The stamps are from Fiskars which I won a while back.

May sees the BIRTHDAY of SCD and hey there will be some big celebrations going on starting this Friday so do pop on over and join in.

Have a happy Thursday

Chriss x

FREE MARIE ANTOINETTE IMAGES

This is a free image I used on this ATC it's a swap with Carol who challenged me to a Marie ATC swap.

you can find the link to some fantastic images over H E R E

And if you should ever feel like joining in with our ATC swap club just follow the link above this post.

hope you have the sun where ever you are :)

chriss x

Tea Tuesday

Happy Tea Tuesday


More work this weekend on my dining room furniture... borrowed Annies MAN again :)




Nick is Multi tasking... I just kept him topped up with hot chicken and bacon rolls followed by big fat cream cake and a million pots of tea..

Dark wood keyed for painting, top smooth as.... ready for danish oil
well thats the plan it may change...well I am a woman lol

Back in doors ready for a clean up

Still a long way to go but know it will be worth it.

I have been looking at the Happy Mail I received from Kimmie. beautiful, thank you and the Green Ginger tea was delish.

If you would like to join in with Kimmie and others for Tea Tuesday just pop over to Art in Red Wagons for a list of tea drinkers.

Have a good week

love Chriss

Sunday Stampers 100

You still have one day to enter into Hels 100 blog give away, a fab prize awaits one lucky winner so why not join in :) I decided to have another entry into Hels Sunday Stamper challenge... just

because I can.... LOL.

Here I have stamped, painted and clear embossed using the same Tandastamp on this ATC as one I did for last weeks challenge over at SCD see further down the blog. The diamond stamp not used on last weeks SCD ATC is one from Crafty Indiviuals.

Will be back later have some more pictures of my dining room furniture being altered.

Thanks for reading.

Chriss x