TYI 'cute and cuddly'

Just how could I resist this baby image for this weeks Cute & Cuddly tag challenge over HERE.

Thank you to June at 'Arty retreat' for the fabulous image to see more of her gorgeous FREEBIES.. oh I love that word...lol... check them out HERE.

Although I have been home a week now it is taking some getting back into blogging and being creative.

Hope to be back with you all again soon.

Have a lovely week.

chriss x

Easy as123 tag your'e it.

Hello.. I am back from a fab holiday spent with my lovely friends Denise and Stuart.

Thank you to everyone who continued to visit the papergirls blog leaving your warm comments...I hope to get round to you all very soon.

Here is my piece for this weeks ''Tag you're it'' over HERE ...the challenge this week is to use

1, Ribbon

2, buttons

3, brads

the background is a piece of velum that has been embossed and under that is a tag which I created using alcohol inks.

Whilst away Denise and I still managed to have ago at last weeks challenge

''time for tea''

However we didn't manage to get them posted as we spent our days around the pool and making Jewelry.... look out for some of it, I will be posting a couple of pieces including a necklace I made at my very first Jewelry making class.

This first Tag was created by Denise... I adore it and am pleased to say I am the proud ownwer of it ...it's in my collection. :))

Tag number 2 is my contribution as we didnt have anything in the way of stamps tea pots etc ...I came up with an invite to tea...arn't they GORGEOUS.

Thanks for looking and a very Happy Birthday to youngest DGD Jessie she is 11 today.

For those who don't know Jessie this is her holding up a card she made for a challenge last year on Tanda forum.

A very Happy Birthday Jessie, Granny LOVES you sooo much and I am soooo proud of you.

See you later for Birthday Cake ...yum yum. xxxxxxxxx

Chriss x

ATC's using Cosmo Cricket Papers

Hi, today I am sharing with you 3 of the ATC's I have completed for the 'Friendship' challenge on the ATC blog over HERE.

All 3 of the gorgeous backgrounds were put together using Cosmo Cricket papers...you know how much I love their papers...lol.

Good to see Chris is back in blogland... she has created some brill projects why not click on Chrissy on the right and see what she has been up to.

Catch you again later today with my Tag your it challenge and The artygirlz challenge.... having a bit of bother getting them cropped.

love Chriss x

Dirty Art

Thumbs up indeed.

Having a little time away from Blogging but wanted to share these pics with you they were sent to me a little while ago.

take care

chriss x

Tag you're it... Wings

Hi,
Chris and I have just spent a fabulous 24hrs crafting our likkle hearts out with very little sleep taking place.

This tag is for the Tag You're It challenge this week and is one of the pieces that I finished...Can't tell you what Chris created but I will say one of them has loads of lovely lace and both of them have lots of pearls and stamping..keep an eye out for them on her blog...they are stunning.

Now back to my tag, the paper used is one of Cosmo Crickets the stamp is from Karen at Scrapz (paperartzy) along with the German metal wings.

I tried 'dooooood-ling' without my glasses...'cos I've lost them and waiting for my new ones, I couldn't see properly... hence a bit untidy... but never mind I'll do better next time LOL.

I also created a gorgeous holder for wine using even more of the fab Cosmo Cricket papers however thats for a later post as I have challenge Chris to make one too she has just 2weeks to complete it.
Thank you for stopping by this week it means alot to us.

Have a great weekend.
Chriss x

Fashion ATC

Morning,

Sometime ago I was lucky enough to win a gorgeous set of 'The Artistic stampers' 1920's plate on the Arty Girlz blog.
The fabulouse background is from Crafty Individuals over HERE

Here is an ATC I created using this fashion diva on 1 of my monthly swaps over on the 'artist trading club'... to see more of our club members ATC's and those of our friends who often join us.... please pop over HERE.

WE HAVE AN ATC MONTHLY SWAP THEME .... if you feel that you would like to join in with the swaps then please just email me on.

chrissylamata@live.co.uk

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Chriss x

artygirls blue and yellow

Hello once again for the Arty girlz challenge the theme being Blue and Yellow for this week..now I may have told you at some point that that colour combo is not one I would use I am a real Autumn girl...however I did play with inking backgrounds last week and the above is one of them...so on seeing the challenge this morning I came up with this ATC.

The image and words are both from 'Lisa's Altered Art' sheets... the background branch used to give more depth to the sky is one I purchased from Karen at Scrapz over HERE.... It is from 'The Cherry Pie' collection.

This fabulous 'Birds of a Feather' ATC is from Denises in Dubai her take on Blue and Yellow colour combo.

for the Arty Girlz...Thanks Denise.

If you fancy having a go at this challenge click on HERE for more information.

Thanks for looking

ROFPMSL..LOL... you have not gone crazy...I posted the top Moon Fairy ATC earlier however I went back to it a while later and thought ...this is not yet finnished...enough for me... so out came a franked postage stamp to complete it ..now I am H A PP Y with it. xxx

Denise and Chriss xx

artygirlz challenge 'Butterflies'

DGD Jordie (16) came for the weekend and took on the ARTYGIRLZ challenge of Butterflies for this week...

Like her Granny if it sits still long enough it ends up on an ATC... she was doing her homework when her pen broke ...the spring flew out and ended up on her ATC... ROFPMSL.

If you fancy having a go at the challenge this week click on HERE.

Thanks for looking and hope that you have had a great weekend and managed some crafting.

Chriss x

Tag You're It, 'Diamonds'

A BIG hello to say I am back again..sorry to have been away sooo long... a whole 2 weeks without my MOJO, it gets to us all now and then.
My good friend Chris came over on Wednesday evening ...It had been 2 weeks since we got together for a crafting session....life just gets in the way sometimes.
Another crafting friend Debbie joined us and wow did we have some fun... not much in the way of MOJO but we did get get down and dirty playing with inks.

Below is one of the tags I inked ( will show you the others at a later date ) we all did 3 each.
I decided to use this one for the TAG YOU'RE IT challenge over HERE.

The challenge set is to use DIAMONDS and sponsored by Karen at Scrapz over HERE.
Sadly Karen's Dad passed away this week, Our LOVE goes out to you and your family Karen.
I stamped the background using one of myfabulous Crafty Individual stamps and embossed the Crafty Individual harlequin stamp with gold embossing powder.
The gorgeous image is from Lisa's altered art... who would dare to take that cookie off her!! not me that's for sure..lol

the sentiment is from Paper Artsy - Kids plate 5
Click on the tag to get a better look and If you feel like taking on the challenge just pop on over and see the inspiration created by the team, well done girls.... thanks for the challenge.

A Happy Birthday to my brother David xxx

Have a great weekend.
Chriss. xxx

the Crazy Amigos postage challenge

Here is my entry for this weeks Crazyamigo's 'Postage Stamp' challenge it's also one of my 2 ATC's I entered for the Crafty Individual ATC challenge last month and although I didn't win I look forward to the swaps we will be receiving from Jean and Malcolm.

The back ground is one of the latest CI stamp which is made up of postage stamps and memorabilia I love it..and will be using it loads ...look out for it in my work. The postal frank stamps are also Crafty individuals (HERE)....well you all know how much I adore their products. You just have to check out the last 3 posts..lol.
The image is from karen at scrapz.
Thanks for looking,
Chriss x