Zentangled doodling....

is my latest obsession... it's a bit like painting with shapes.  Totally absorbing once you get started and can be as easy or as intricate as you wish to make it.   It's easy to put aside and go back to so I think I am going to have a few on the go at once till my interest fades (fickle as I am...lol)

I love to doodle within shapes and I think it looks lovely in circles so did two... but as always I got a bit carried away and moved on to do....

a fantasy girl :D   All the shapes are still there but formed around her face with a few additional flowers.

The photo I took wasn't good  and I was too lazy to scan this one yet so I added some colour in Photoshop to jazz  the photo up a bit... but I promise you the original WAS hand drawn...lol

hugs

Chris xx

Halloween watercolour painting

Sings.... "I'm so excited and I just can't hide it... la la la la la...la la la la la la"   Do you ever find something in your stash that you put away cos you didn't think it would be up to much... even though you bought it in the first place???.  Well I wanted to take  part in the Willowing Halloween challenge and was looking for something to paint with when I came across some cheap as chips watercolour pencils from Tesco in my stash... I only bought them cos I wanted to alter the box...lol...but I decided to have a go with them and whoooohooopetty whooo I bloomin'love them!!  They are fab.  A box of 12 recycled water colour pencils for about 4 quid (I think that's what I paid) and the colours are lovely.

So I dug out a flat canvas and painted my Halloween witch :D  Now i know I'm not the best painter in the world ( practice will make perfect eh) but I really enjoyed doing this and that's all that matters isn't it.  I think those pencils are going to get a hammering over the next few weeks... better see if they have any more in Tesco next time I shop :-D

hugs

Chris xx

Have you ever felt....

......that you could eat and eat and never be full!!  Today that's all I want to do... no sooner have I eaten something than I want something else.  I am still trying to lose weight so this is NOT good...lol ...is it my body or brains' way of telling me that my fat stores are being depleted and need re-filling or is it just downright greed.  I honestly don't know but at this rate I will be shopping for food tomorrow or looking for a bolt for the fridge!!

So onto crafty stuff to take my mind of eating.  A tag using lots of yummy distress inks and a paint dabber with a Tim Holtz crown stencil.

This gorgeous girlie and butterfly are from Crafty Individuals... she so deserves those wings with that cute look on her face :D

The gold German scrap I altered by covering with Black Stazon and then wiping it off again... tis magic how it turns silver...so coool

Hope you are having a fun weekend

hugs

Chris xx

Anyone who knows me.....

knows I have a BIG BLACK DOG that follows me around from time to time... I try not to bleat on about it.. it is just a fact of my life!! BUT for this reason and because I am unable to work right now I am SOOOOOO excited to have found this. How WONDERFUL, KIND, GENEROUS AND DOWNRIGHT F A B U L O U S !!! IS THIS GIRL to share her art, time and love with us FOR FREE. It isn't always possible for some to take advantage of lots of those wonderful arty courses out there so I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO TAM.... AND THANK HER FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY and also because of the subject matter she is sharing. Please share this with anyone you know who needs a helping hand or could benefit from a little self love and discovery :-D

Chipboard bird hanger

The stamps and inks are coming out to play... DG and his dog have gone home to Mum so now it's ME time and I'm really feeling in the mood to craft... so I am going to finish my cleaning and then drag out my crafty stuff and PLAY...Yeeeeeess.  Love it when I'm feeling motivated :D

Until then here's something I made earlier. 

Using a lovely mini chipboard frame coloured with Alcohol ink and also using  paper and stamps from Crafty Individuals :D

A little bit of ribbon to hang and a lickle half pearl for prettiness... simples!!

hope your mojo is in full swing too.

Thanks for popping by.

hugs

Chris xx

Diamond card

I'm folding again... I can't help it... I love my bone folder!!  Cheap as chips tool but with a million uses... I even spread glue with mine...lol.  I thought that this card shape would be really difficult but found it easy peasy... so easy in fact that DG folded his own too and enjoyed doing it :D

 

I used this little girl vintage image from Crafty Individuals  cos I think her and her gorgeous dog would be friends with...

 

this cute little vintage boy....

and I just know they both like chasing butterflies :D     How do I know... well I just know...lol

Love this CI collage stamp... stamped onto CI paper... lush!!  Love the fabulous ferny thing in the bottom corner. 

Have a great day all

hugs

Chris xx

Alice box

Alice in Wonderland is so popular right now that I just had to jump on the bandwagon.  The older illustrations are still the best and if you love them as much as I do pop over to Grandma's Graphics... (isn't that a great name :D ) and grab yourself some of her wonderful freebies to use in your artwork.  I decided to use mine on this cute little papier mache box that I've had lying around for ages.  I used Lake Mist Adirondack paint dabber to paint the box first before adding my imiage.......

and added this g o r g e o u s bling lace around the side which I received as a crafty gift from my pal Chriss.... isn't it just yummy.

Hope you are all having a lovely crafty time and have got some sun... it's rained so much here over the last few days that I am beginning to wonder if I am gonna need to buy me some wellies!!  If anyone dares to suggest we are heading for a water shortage I am going to S C R E A M... rofl
hugs

Chris xx

Romance card

I love to try new folds but this one was a bit annoying really ...cos I don't do measuring...lol  however once I started I had to complete it.  Won't be making another one any time soon but I think this turned out ok.  The colours of this fabulous Basicgrey paper that I found in my stash made me a tad happier though ... soooooo gorgeous!!

I distressed the chipboard frame from Crafty Individuals with distress ink and added a little heart that I created with a stamp and air dry clay.  More Crafty Individuals stamped images on the inside....

with a lickle bit of lace and a fabric flower just to finish off.

Have a great weekend all :D

hugs

Chris xx

Dipping my toe back in.....

didn't realise it was almost three weeks ago that I last blogged.  Things are looking up though I'm still not having many creative moments but I will share with you any that I do have :D 

My loverly bloggy friend Nancy shared  Paperwhimsy  with me recently and I got these gorgeous images from their free newsletter and blog.

 They make wonderful focal points for my artwork... love them.

 Such cute little faces and the one below has the cutest rose tint to her cheeks :D

Hope to be back soon...thanks for popping by :D
hugs
Chris xx

The antidote to feeling CR*P is to CRAFT?

Well sometimes it works :-)   Sometimes it doesn't :-( 

 But I Try :-D

Things haven't been too good for me lately so blogging and crafting have been more of a chore than a pleasure but I am trying to get back into the swing of things.

I managed to do these Torso's for the challenges over at SCD blog (did them all at once on a good day) but didn't manage to blog them in time.  Thought I'd share them anyway though so hope you like :-)  They aren't in the right order but don't think that matters much.

This one is 'Memories'

This one 'Of the Sea'

Next is 'Black and Red'

and finally 'Bling'

All created with images and backgrounds from Lisa's altered art.

Thanks so much for dropping by and I hope to be back soon.

Hugs Chris xx