Inchie

For some reason or another I can't leave comments on some blogs-I write them, press send then they don't go-sorry if you are one of the people-will try to see if I can sort it out.

Hello Everyone. Here I am back from my travels and trying to get my brain back into computer mode. The internet is so slow where my daughter lives I gave up trying to keep up with anything so apologies for not visiting your blogs. No way will I be able to catch-up but I will start again from today to see all your wonderful makes. Thank you for dropping by and all the comments while I have been away.

This week at Every Inchie Monday there is the theme Maroon

 Nothing very exciting from me. Just a tangled background printed onto canvas paper-I arranged the inchie on a piece of the paper to take the photograph and show you the texture. The little shapes are decoupaged onto the inchie and edged with white pen

Off now to see what washing needs doing and then for a walk to the Old Town for my prescription.

Have a great day everyone

Love Chrissie x

Tag Along and Wicked Wednesday

Hi All. Last post from me for a few days as I am off to see my daughter in West Cumbria. Today I feel a bit in limbo as everything is ready for the off so I decided to fit a couple of challenges in as I missed both of them last week.

At Wicked Wednesday they have the theme Teddy Bears this week

Someone sent me this stamp image a long time ago so I have coloured it in the England football colours and made an England background. I think he may have played better than some of the England team

For Tag Along this week the theme is quotes.

I must be in a cute mood today which isn't like me at all.

I did the tag colour with alcohol inks to match this Daisy Doodle digi stamp that I coloured a long time ago and scanned. Then I added the little hedgehog and bird from some birthday cards that I had sent to me. The bee and ladybird stamps just filled up the rest of the space. I hope they all fit the quote I have chosen

Thank you for dropping in and I will see you when I get back

Love Chrissie x

Butterfly challenge

Hello Everyone lovely to have you visit Jumbled Crafts today -thank you

I am so pleased that Blogger have sorted out the reading list problem now and that I can visit people on my list again.

This time at Butterfly Challenge the challenge theme is Monochrome. This is something I don't usually even attempt but I do have a friend who loves pink and has a birthday coming up soon.

I have only got as far as making the topper for the card as I need some more pink card to finish it.

I used the technique where you stamp the whole piece of card then remove parts of the ink with something damp. I used a bit of sponge.Then I used my Elusive Images butterfly stamp for the background images and picked raspberry Distressed Ink.  The flower is one I cut from my flower arrangement in the bathroom--I'm sure it won't be missed.

Now for my weekly digi indulgence. The theme at Three Muses this time is Dancers. 

I used one of my photographs of our beach then added various dancers to it. Maybe I should suggest this sort of day to the council-that would liven things up a bit :)

Have a beautiful day all

Love Chrissie x

Try It On Tuesday

A message to everyone whose blog I usually visit and leave comments. Something has gone wrong with my blogger reading list and the lists of lots of other bloggers. I went to the help website and it is a bug that they are trying to fix. Hopefully it will be fixed soon and I will be able to see what you have been doing again. xx

Hello Everyone. This is a scheduled post as I am hoping to be well on the way to Keighley when it is posted. We are going by train and hope to be able to have a ride on the steam train to Howarth which runs from Keighley.
Hope your week is going well and that you are ready for another challenge at Try it on Tuesday. Wonderful entries for the 'One for the Boys' with so many different ideas and styles to inspire everyone

The theme this time is to 'Use a Tag on a project or just make a Tag' so something for everyone to join in.

I made a hanging and took the photograph on a bank of wild thyme that grows under our raspberry canes. This was to match the verse from Midsummer Night's Dream

I started out with a piece of  thick card from a box and gave a good coat of white emulsion to add some textures. Then I used all sorts of sprays to get the colour I wanted. I let down some of the strong coloured Dylusions Ink sprays. The gold is Cosmic Glimmer Mist which I just love using.

The tag was embossed in a Cuttlebug folder then die cut and punched shapes added before getting the sprays treatment. I do love spraying maybe I should get a job in a tanning studio :)

Next I added a fairy by using Grunge Paste and a brass stencil. The butterflies are from Tando and also got the spray treatment.

Thanks to Von for sending me the beautiful stamped quote from Shakespeare a long time ago.

Have a lovely day

Chrissie x

Maid Inchie

Hello everyone. I am hurrying along this morning as we are off to catch the train to Hull. We are going early as I would like to be back in time to watch Andy Murray in the opening match at Wimbledon. Sorry I haven't time to comment on blogs but I will try to catch-up either tomorrow or Wednesday. 

At Every Inchie Monday this week the theme is Maid

I instantly thought of the card game old maid which I used to love to play when I was a child. I bet there will be some amazing takes on the theme--there always is. Hope you will join in.

Have a great day and thanks for calling in

Love Chrissie x

Wood at Artful Times

Hello to everyone who pops in today and thank you for your visit.

This time at Artful Times the theme is to make something using wood somewhere. I chose the theme before I left Artful Times and I hope lots of you will join in with Neet and Wendy and go to see what they have made for the challenge

This is what I have made as my entry for the challenge

It started out as a humble, used, wooden coaster. I bought a box of them for £1 and have already plans for most of them when time allows.

The first thing I did was give it a generous coat of orange emulsion

While that was still wet I sprayed weak solutions of some of the spray inks I have then dried it with a hot drier which makes it all bubble slightly to give some texture and different colours.

The fun bit now. I stamped my CI-264 stamp onto the coaster. Always love Crafty Individuals stamps and this one is so beautiful. Then I played around adding bits of this and that. Texture down the side with a Tim Holtz  stencil and Grunge paste, fruit bag net, webbing, string and flowers. Then I dab bits here and there with a Bingo dabber. Must say I added another bingo dabber in parts and that was green but I had already taken this picture by then. Not sure why I added the gold peel-off as I don't think it says much really.

The last thing I did was give the whole thing a coat of yacht varnish which is a pale brown and very sticky but dries to a lovely shine and makes things stand out really well.

That's it for today I reckon as I am about to demolish all my crafty space to find out where the sockets are in this room. I am sure you, my fellow crafters, will know how scary that job is going to be.

Have a lovely day

Chrissie xxx

Digital Collage

Hi All. Hope your day is going well. I seem to have had a busy week and most of it has been gardening rather than crafting. Love to be outside when the sun isn't too hot and there is a gentle breeze. Nice of you to drop in and thank you for the comments you leave.

Just had time to do a digital collage as I do love doing them.

This time at Three Muses the theme is Book Cover and at Moo Mania and more the theme is Cinema so this collage fits both challenges.

This is one of my favourite books by one of my favourite authors. I loved the film as well which I thought brought out the message in the book. I know lots of people that were offended by the book and the film but that's ok, there are plenty more books and films-enough for everyone's taste.I combined the book cover and scenes from the film for this collage.

Have a lovely weekend all

Love Chrissie x