Another scene by Astrid

Hello all and thanks for dropping by!
It's time for scenes here this month, but the good ones:o)
For my second project I created a scenic tag:

I used a ready tag from Graphics 45 and a Sheena Douglass stamp. If you want a bit more detail, feel free to visit my blog by clicking HERE
This one is quick and easy to do, which comes in handy so close to the big day. Hope your own preparations are going well. Don't forget the shop has loads of goodies (and free shipping) for all your Christmas and Yuletide crafting.

Thanks for your visit today,

Astrid

November Winners

Hello all!  It's time to announce the winners of Doreen's fabulous The Colour Blue challenge in November.  Once again there were so many fantastic entries - it's always brilliant to see what you're inspired to make by each theme.

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First of all, Mr Random Generator has picked our Country View Crafts prize voucher winner...

That's Urban Mermaid Designs with a spooky bluesy sugar skull
celebrating the Day of the Dead.

Congratulations!
Your badge and prize voucher will be on their way to you very soon.

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Now on to the Top Three, in no particular order...

#36 Dots Dabbles

Doreen said: I love everything about this...

the background and layout of the stamps used.

#52 Hazel Agnew

Doreen said: Loved the layout and fab paper piecing.

#101 Ink-a-Pink

Doreen said: A stunning background and fabulous techniques used.

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And finally, our Design Team Member's Special Mention for The Colour Blue...

#93 Sara's Closet

Doreen said: A beautiful mixed media tag,

full of fabulous texture and lovely details.

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Congratulations to all our worthy winners.  Badges will be on their way soon, and we hope you'll wear them with pride.  If any of our winners are interested in being a Guest Designer here at Country View Challenges in 2016 then please contact Brenda on brenda_brown25@hotmail.com.

And thank you again to everyone who took part.

As always you made it very hard to choose between you all.

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We hope you're enjoying Rachel's theme for December, Create A Scene.  There's still lots of time to play - take a break from the festive preparations, or use the theme to help with the last-minute card-making!  Hope to see you there.

Happy Crafting all!

Alison and the CVC Design Team xx

More colour blue

Hello again, Debs here, back with another inspiration for this fabulous theme. This time I'm sharing a canvass that has lots texture too. As always you can find all the details and more photos here.

                   

                                                     See you all soon Hugs Debs 

Snowflake Tinsel

HI it's Brenda with you again today showcasing my second 'Blue' project for the current challenge. Thanks again Doreen for a great theme.

I definitely felt very chilly adding this card to the post, but the weather has turned colder here in the UK and at last I feel the winter has come. Now wouldn't it be lovely if we had some real snow for Christmas day? All the details for making this card are at Bumblebees and Butterflies. Thanks for joining us today as we continue to share inspirational posts for you and hope you have or will join us at the Country View Challenges blog.

Enjoy your week.

hugs Brenda xxx

Shabby Chic Christmas

Hello fans and friends of Countryview Crafts! Thanks for dropping in today. Astrid here with my second project for this month's Blue theme.

I don't know about you, but I am well and truly into Christmas card mode. Afteral, only just over a month until the big day...
This shabby card started life as a tag. If you would like to find out how it came together, all you need to do is CLICK HERE for further details.

Well, one more week until our next challenge, but there is still plenty of time to play! And if you need more inspiration, - just come back  for there are new samples from the team almost on a daily basis, and don't forget an awesome prize or honourable mention is a possibility too!!

Thanks for your visit today and happy creating!!

More Blue for your Inspiration

Hello there! Rachel here today with more inspiration for the colour blue theme at this months Countryview Challenge. Today I have been playing with Tim Holtz paper distress mosaic kit and I have used it to help make this christmas card.

For details of how I made this plus the products I used please check out my blog here.

Have a great day!

Hugs

Rachel x

Christmas Blues

Hello all, thanks for dropping in today. My turn to share a card with you for our Blue theme this month

This card was posted on my blog already on the first of November, but gremlins got in the way so it never made it to the blog here. So if you missed it and would like to find out more of how this was put together, all you need to do is CLICK HERE

There is still plenty of time to play in our November challenge and with almost daily inspiration from the team on the blog, what are you waiting for? Hope to see you back here soon again and stay inky!!

Astrid xxx

Baby Your'e a Firework

Hi it's Sue here with my second piece for our 'blue' challenge. I know that Bonfire Night has been and gone, but here's my firework inspired piece.

This started off as a quite clean and simple piece (for me) but then it kind of grew - surprise! More details can be found here on my blog.
There's still loads of time for you to join in, so please show us your blue. Enjoy your weekend, and remember to keep checking back for more inspiration from our fab team.

Sue x

Monika 2

I hope you are enjoying this months challenge

Here is Monika's second sample for us this month

More details can be found on her blog

Make sure you come back for lots more inspiration from the team

Christmas in blue

Hi everyone, Nikki here with my second design for this month's challenge - the colour blue. I am sure other card makers out there are also busy with their Christmas cards - so I thought I would share one with you today.

I love Tim Holtz Festive Scribbles thinlits which I have used here with Kraft core card stock. Do pay a visit to Addicted to Art today to see more details.

Nikki
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Postcard from New York

Hello Everyone and thank you for joining us again today. Jennie here with my second project of our "blue" month.

I just love this photograph taken during my fabulous trip to New York earlier this year and wanted a layout which didn't compete with it.  I decided that the lady would love blue …  but I did use some vintage browns to set them off. Please join me on my blog if you want to see more.

And of course don't forget you have plenty of time to enter our fabulous "blue" challenge. So get out those blue inks, paints, papers and pastes and create in blue!

Thank you for joining me today!

Jennie x

Feeling Blue

 Hello! Thank you for popping by today! Gabrielle here with my second 'blue' project.

I love this challenge as it means I can make a simple journal page using some of my favourite things! I love this little chap who is standing on a strip of book text. The background has some of my favourite stencils and the painty marks were heated so they 'blistered' to give a little texture. By the time I had finished this I was feeling anything but blue!!! As always, there's more on how I made this on my blog. 

There's plenty of time for you to enter this month's challenge - we're loving seeing your fabulous creations! 

Gabrielle x

Doreen 2

Hello...

Doreen here 

I am back with some inspiration for the "Blue Challenge" I do hope you will enjoy the theme for this month and I can't wait to see all your fab creations

I have been busy with my Gelli Plate for this and also used some JOFY stamps

More details for this are on my blog here

Do come back on Thursday for some more inspiration

and have a lovely week.

November #33 - The Colour Blue

Welcome to November where in the northern hemisphere the nights are drawing in fast and the days are getting colder. Gardens and parks are littered with fallen leaves and soon we can expect to wake to frosty mornings and hopefully some fine wintry skies. So often in the winter season the colour blue comes into our craft work and Doreen has chosen this as our new theme.

Let's see what the team have been up to and how they have interpreted -

'The Colour Blue'

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Doreen

Hello to you all, I have had the pleasure of picking the challenge this month, everyone knows I am hooked on the colour Blue.

The details for this can be found over on my blog

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Rachel

Hello there! Rachel here with my take on Doreen's beautiful Blue theme - I love to see blue on Christmas cards so I'm taking full advantage of that here! Here's my first make:

You can find out about the products I used and how I made it on my blog here.

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Monika

To our new challenge I prepared a blue winter tag with one of the very favourite crazy birds by Tim Holtz. Step by step tutorial on my blog.

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Nikki

For my first creation for Doreen's theme I used various of blue toned distress inks and the wrinkle free distress technique to create my background. Do pop over at Addicted to Art  for more details today.

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Alison

Blue is different for me at different times of the year.  Since Doreen is looking for The Colour Blue in November, my blues have taken on quite a wintry hue.  I also found myself reaching for birds to sit against my blue backgrounds... so this tag gave me the chance to ink up Dina Wakley's Scribbly Birds for the first time.  Come over to Words and Pictures if you'd like to see more details.

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Sue 1

As it's now November and turning a little bit chilly, my guys have all got their wooly coats on. More details can be found here on my blog x

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Jennie

For my first "blue" project I have made a simple tag using an array of blue Distress Inks and some recycled bits and pieces from previous projects. Do join me over on my blog if you would like to see more.

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Brenda

A wintry canvas from me today which has numerous blue tones in it. I loved using a whole range of dies and punches to create the dimensional snowflakes and various glitters to add sparkle to give that cold winters morning feel to it.

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Debs

Wow! how quick is time going? Here we are again with another Challenge chosen for us by the very talented Doreen. I love the colour blue, it's not my favourite colour, but definitely up there.

I'm happy to share this little wall board all the details can be found

Here

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So we're off and looking forward to seeing your blue entries this month. Don't forget there's a £20 voucher for the winner from Country View Crafts.

We'll be back soon with more inspiration from the design team soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

hugs Brenda  xxx

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