Sunday Stamper challenge - wings

Catching up with a few challenges now I'm home and I had to take part in Hels'  Sunday Stamper challenge which is 'Wings'.  This seems to be a really popular theme with everyone lately and I'm glad cos I just adore things with wings... butterflies.. birds... fairies...oooooer  gorgeous :D

I adore the new chipboard shapes from Crafty Individuals and I love the way you get double for your money if you cut around the outer shape once you've pushed out the chipboard pieces... you can then create more frames of different look and size... cooooool.   I am also addicted to the Crafty Individuals butterfly stamps...they are just so delicate and all sizes so there is always one to fit what I want to create.

I've used alcohol inks to decorate the frame and the paper behind is one of the ones that Patty kindly sent me when I won her fab giveaway... I don't know how she created it but it is even more gorgeous in real life.. all coppery and shiny... wonderful.

Thanks for looking... be back tomorrow with another challenge... heh heh... mojo in full swing right now...'n'... I'm not knocking it :D

hugs

Chris xx

SCD challenges- flowers and butterflies

It is SCD's first birthday this month... whoooohoooo congrats ladies!!  This month is a month of twinchies (like twinchies... can get my fat fingers round these...lol) and this weeks challenge is flowers.  So my lady says "I can see the flowers from 'ere"  Think she's been watching My Fair Lady... don't talk with a plum in her gob this one!! :D 

I missed last weeks challenge which was Butterflies so had a bit of a catch up with this one. Bit of distress cos I can't help meself.

Quick post cos I've heaps to do... thanks for looking.

See you soon

hugs

Chris xx

Altered mirror

I've had this mirror from Ikea for ages and it has been begging to be altered so while at my last playtime with my buddy Chriss I began to cut out shapes and stamped  to my hearts content... ready to add them to my mirror.  It turned out much better than I expected... more for my art wall :D

I played with stamps from Crafty Individuals... I used glossy accents on the faces...

I played with  lots of distress ink and made flowers from distress coloured print paper covered in modpodge with altered german scrap for the centres.

Some pieces of my card were put through cuttlebug folders before adding my ink and the butterfly and some other areas were given the rock candy stickles treatment.

I added sticky ribbon round the outside of the frame which had half pearls attached so gave my butterflies pearl  antenae too.

Here the Mammy butterfly is looking after the baby one... ;- )

To finish off I added a large butterfly topped flower which has rock candy stickles on too.... love me shiny bits and the chain is a found bit off a little chipboard book.

Hope you enjoyed looking and that the post wasn't too picture heavy for ya.

hugs

Chris xx

Free printable butterflies

Three sizes... ten colours.
Get your free printable butterflies download here
Happy Crafting
hugs
Chris xx

Artygirlz challenge # 71 Red and White

Well I don't know what's come over me since I last posted but I just haven't been in the mood to do much at all... least of all blogging... so forgive me if I haven't popped by to visit I will see you soon. I'm gonna blame the weather cos it doesn't know whether to snow... or not snow...or snow again if you catch my drift :D I want the sun to shine and the weather to be warm instead of having to have the heating on full blast to stop my derriere (bum to those of you who are common like me...lol) from freezing solid. So on to Artygirlz challenge which is Red and White this week and I thought if I can't have summer outside... I can have summer inside with a layout of my niece using butterflies and of course my favourite colour red which always makes me feel good.....
..... and just because I could I decided to do a little mini digi kit to share with you so that maybe you can feel happy and summery too... I even added a bit of my favourite bling...lol (and I used it to change my header too)

So thanks for popping by and if you like the mini digi kit you can grab the free download here

Have a great day

hugs

Chris xx