#34 December - Create a scene

Wow it's the first of December and we are now into the busy season with all our preparations for Christmas. I don't know about you but I have a list as long as my arm and I am wondering when it will all get done, but I am sure it will somehow. But to start off December we have a brand new challenge chosen by the lovely Rachel and we are asking you to add any project that fits the title - 'Create a Scene'. The fabulous design team have pulled out all the stops and given you some amazing projects to get you thinking and hopefully started on your own card or project. Let's take a look.

Rachel

Hello there - I hope you are going to like my choice of theme for this month - its time to make a scene!!! For my first make I have done a Christmas card.

There is a full step by step at my blog here.

Hugs

Rachel x

Astrid

I created a card for a child for this wonderful challenge theme chosen by Rachel. Not being a scenic stamper really, I found it quite tricky, but hey, nothing like a challenge.... If you want to see more, just hop over to my blog.

Doreen

I have decided to make a christmas scene today using a variety of stamps 

Thank you Rachel I love making scenes.

You can get more details from my blog

Monika

Hello Ladies, for the December challenge - Make a scene - I created a Victorian shadow box. I have to tell you that I really enjoyed this theme (thank you, Rachel) and I was quite satisfied with my winter street scene. If you want to see my tutorial, please visit my blog.

Nikki

It had to be a Christmas card for my first 'Make a Scene' creation! It is a bright and sparkly project for me this time. For some close ups and the how to guide do pop over to Addicted to Art.

Gabrielle

Now, for  many of my fellow team mates this theme came pretty easily. For me I needed to think outside the box a little - not a bad thing I hope! I chose recreate a scene we saw a lot in the summer - we went to lots of Stately Homes and saw deer heads on walls. One of mine has a little seasonal twist! For how I made these, please pop over to my blog! Gabrielle x

Debs

Hello everyone here is a board I made for this great theme, that the lovely Rachel chose for us.

You can see all the details on my blog here

By for now Hugs Debs xx

Alison 

I was inspired by Rachel's theme to have a play with the fantastic tree stamps from Tim Holtz.  I love how you can layer them up to create a landscape with depth, and I created a snowy scene in one of my art journals with lots of inky layers and texture.  Do come over to Words and Pictures to see the sparkling snow close up!

Jennie

I am afraid my (huge) stash of stamps does not include anything scenic to speak of so I have used a die and Weathered Wood and Hickory Smoke Distress Inks to create my snowy scene in this little shadow box. Having just been on a crackling weekend in Coventry, everything is being crackled at the moment!  If you would like to see more details then please hop on over to my blog.

Sue

Rachel has chosen a great theme for the challenge this month, though it did make my brain hurt at times trying to come up with a scene. Hope you like my Wintry picture -it even snowed for the photograph lol x

More details can be found here at Sue The Iron

Brenda

I thought I would save my CVC workshop project to share with you today as I feel it fits perfectly with Rachel's fabulous challenge theme depicting a very icy and frosty scene in a shadowbox and a vignette or collection of items on the top. With more of a wintry influence than a Christmas one I thought it could be left out for the whole of the winter season and not just for the Christmas period. As always more details will be on my blog - just click on my name above to be transported there.

A huge thank you to the team for creating such fabulous projects and to you all for being part of our Country View Crafts Challenge blog. We look forward to seeing your creations appear and we hope you will be coming back regularly to see all the second projects that the team will be putting on here to give you even more ideas of how you could enter.

We hope you enjoy the build up to Christmas and have a wonderful festive season.

See you soon.

hugs Brenda and the CVC Team. xxxx

An InLinkz Link-up

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 

October Winners Post

Hello everybody!  It's time to find out the winners from Jennie's fantastic Add Some Texture challenge in October.  And, wow, what a lot of amazing entries there were - thank you so much for playing along.

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First of all, here's Mr Random Generator's pick for the prize voucher

from our fabulous sponsor Country View Crafts:

That's Jane of Jane's Journal, with this fabulous spooky tag.

Congratulations!

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

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Now for the October Top Three.

As always, it was really tough to whittle it down to just three,

but here they are, in no particular order:

#88 Beatriz B-Arte

Jennie said: A magical mix of wonderful textures and shades of green all showcasing an amazing photograph. I really felt I was walking through a field on a summer's day.

#123 Katrina

Jennie said: A fabulously creative card and I love the addition of the real shells and the use of the die cut for the waves.

#133 Paper Stamps Colour

Jennie said: A gorgeous mix of gentle textures and colours. The addition of the napkin flower gives it a wonderful ethereal feel.

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And finally our Design Team Member's Special Mention goes to:

#44 Aisha

Jennie said: A fabulous spooky canvas but with a stunning mix of colours, textures, and both feminine and spooky elements. A real "at dusk" piece.

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So there you have it.

Congratulations to all our winners - badges will be on their way to you very soon, and we hope you'll display them with pride.  If you're interested in being a Guest Designer for us in 2016, please get in touch with Brenda on brenda_brown@hotmail.com

And thank you again to all of you for the fantastic array of entries.  You've still got a few days to join in with Doreen's The Colour Blue theme, so we hope to see you there!

Alison and the Country View Challenges Design Team xx

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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!!

Blue With Cold - by Alison

Hello all, Alison here with my second round of inspiration for Doreen's The Colour Blue theme this month.

Alison

I'm even more wintry than before with this second outing for The Colour Blue.  The stamps here are by Sara Naumann, from the fabulous recent PaperArtsy release.  I love the bleak spare look of them, so I've kept the background to a frosty minimum too.  Come over to Words and Pictures if you'd like to see more details, but do bring a scarf and gloves!

I hope you'll be inspired to come and play with The Colour Blue with us, and there's more inspiration almost daily here on the blog.  You have until the end of the month and, as always, there's a prize voucher from our great sponsor Country View Crafts for a randomly chosen winner as well as the honour of Top Three places or even our Design Team Member's Special Mention at stake!  Hope to see you soon.

Alison x

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