TAG IT IN RED AND GREEN..

 Hello everyone,

Now, these tags are not part of my monthly long adventure of getting Christmas stuff done, I made these yesterday because I am all done with my Christmas stuff and had nothing left to do, even orders are done, and it is too hot outside, and besides, who really wants to go outside when you have a craftroom..so I stayed inside and made these tags for Tag -along and ATCs challenge.

I started with white tags, I cut about 20 of the the other day to keep

the tag box full..and planned using up scraps of red and green,

 in stripe form, to fill up the tag..

and I did..but!

I got bored sooooo...out came all my scraps and chose as many red and green I had..

okay, went orangey as well, but red and green was predominate

love the trimming of them and watching the tag shape sort of come alive..

Two done..

Is there a tag here?

Yes, there is, and already for a trim.

then there was 6..

I die cut this beautiful tree from Marriane Creatables in a line coloured foil

and another slightly darker lime and one red glitter, the glitter is terrible to cut, hence only one.

Time for presents..cut in white..

Bows coloured with markers and edges inked with vintage photo distress ink.

Then each one backed with gold. red, or green..

Very easy to do and they look good.

So glued them all in place and now time for more tags..

Sentiment tags, 

stamped in black and rusty bells added with gold twine cotton stuff

which kept fraying and I became nauseated ..lol..

Finally got them all threaded, I put a little dot of glue on the ends  of the thread and smooshed it and that stopped the fraying and my bad temper.

a close up of sentiment.

This is my first tag and entering this one at Tag- Along  (and ATC'S )

All together and those trees are so shiny and pretty..

thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter..

Tag-along ( and ATC's )  ( Anything goes - Red and Green )

CRAFT Challenge   ( Anything Christmas goes )

Merry Little Christmas Challenge  ( Anything Christmas Goes )

A Cut Above  ( Anything Goes with s die cut )

RUSTY BELLS

 Hello everyone,

Another vintage lady today, she is the same, papers same, poinsettias the same, just used up what I had and SOLD..

Gold embossed sentiment..

Tartan and red poinsettias..

Room for writing and a pocket for tags..

and the rusty bells, and they tinkle

Tags for the pocket..

Close up of the pocket..

the scallop edge was done with a very old Fiskars punch..

before the snowfall..

after the snow..

and there you go,..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I have run out of Santas, and ladies, 

I guess the trees are next..

See you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx

BACK TO CHRISTMAS..

 Hello everyone,

 getting down to the nitty gritty's now with Christmas stuff, have a few more to share and now had some orders come in, luckily I'm in a good mood, all my stuff is done so have free time..

Another, shall we say, pretty Santa, these papers were a blessing this year, my Santa cards went very fast..

little snowman charm ephemera..

the poinsettias

and train,

 this one was for aa gentleman who loved trains..

and there it is, all done..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

be back tomorrow..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Moving along with the Times  ( Santa )

CRAFT Challenge  ( Christmas - Anything Goers )

SAD SONGS ( SYMPATHY ) DT

 Hello everyone,

 I here with a DT project, yep, it is time for LITTLE RED WAGON  and this week we have the lovely Kate as our hostess and her them is " Sad Songs "( Sympathy project )..not always easy, I remember a long time ago I had a request for a bunch of over the top loud floral sympathy cards for a very loud happy lady who had died and all the ladies in the rest home, well, nearly all, wanted them, oh my, but this one is subtle..and not nearly as bright as it shows..

I just water coloured, or blobbed some distress ink and water 

onto a sheet of card stock, and let it do whatever it wanted to do.

Die cut a sympathy sentiment.

pattered with water to get those blotches..

added some pearls in matt gold 

top and bottom..

stamped a verse inside

and done..

So do come and join us HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx

VINTAGE LADIES

 Hello everyone,

Back with a couple more Christmas projects, well, cards actually,and using up more of my stash and gorgeous papers..

the gorgeous papers is not this stuff, 

although they came out pretty well, it is gold stripe wrapping paper.

I cut and glued and it onto cardstock and it bubbled and did crazy things

So, I embossed with paste and stencil and that, my friends was that, I won.

they came out really good

so I made four of them.

This tartan paper was a perfect match for this beautiful vintage lady's dress..

it was in my free papers folder..

I just stretched it a big as it would go and printed it out 12 times so I had heaps.

Kept it subtle though on this one and added it by cutting with oval die cutting behind the lady..

flowers snowed up a little bit.

embossing poking out the top corner and some matt gold flat back [earls.

I cut a tartan bow and some pine leaves.

and number one done..

then the idea of using more of that tartan, 

I layered some poinsettias with it..

die cutting continuing, 25 and circles, inking, and leaves for ephemera

Without all the flowers and bow

and with the bow and frills..

There they are together, love this lady and very happy with the outcome of these cards.

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you tomorrow..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Dragonfly Dreams  ( Feminine )

Welove2create   ( Anything goes - mixed media )

Creative Fingers   ( Anything goes )