CHRISTMAS SHAKE UP

 Hello everyone,

Sharing a Christmas shaker that nearly sent me into a spin of no return, I shook it, and the stuff fell out, I was so cross with myself, started over and it did it again..I didn't realize that the bag I was using for my shaker window had a hole or ten at the other end, I thought it was a sealed bag..anyway, it work out in the end..

Using my arch die ( love this die ), I cut out a window in  the card base.

Then glued the bag in place ready to fill it with my shaker bits..

Die cut a Santa picture..

filled my bag up..

and glued it inside..

die cut some snowflakes in music papers..

added a pocket with a tag on the backside..

added a music strip on the inside seam.

a die cut Merry Christmas in the music papers..

I love these cellophane bags with the snowflake print on it.

and there she is..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

The Holly and Ivy Challenge  ( Anything goes Christmas )

The Daisy Chain Challenge  ( anything Christmas )

The Merry Little Christmas Challenge ( Anything Christmas Goes )

#833 GOLD OR SILVER...DT

 Hello everyone,

it is LITTLE RED WAGON  and I'm hostess this week and my theme is GOLD or SILVER

Well, I'm a gold girl now, I used to be silver when younger as my hair was silver white, very blond and curly and a lot of it, but as the time has gone by I'm grey and thinner, my hair, not my body, ha ha ha..

Okay, seriously though..gold or silver..

I altered a school note book..

Notebook covered with book pages..

then just stuff glued on, nothing matches, 

no reason for any of it as you won't see it by the time I'm finished, 

well, you will but differently..

I stuck stuff on and took stuff off, but finally stopped doing that and ...

painted it black, all over the place, in the nooks and crannies..

until it was covered everywhere, looks grey here, not sure why my phone had a hissy fit

Then when all that was dry, I rubbed Simon Hurly Solar gold cream stuff on the edges and all over the things I glued down..

I inked the pages and added pockets front and back inside covers.

I then decide to add these little stones I found, 

glue down then sprinkle and press gently with finger..

Aren't they lovely, the grey ones, well all of them are those moisture stones they put in new handbags and stuff..my daughter in law saves them for me, they gets thousands of those packets when shipments come through and I benefit..

need more things, so added the gold leaf charms 

on the edge.

see...

                                             and a little rose in the middle....now  I'm satisfied.

So do come and join in with your gold or silver 

HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by, hope you are having a great week, 

I am and will share soon, what I have been up too..

Luv CHRISSYxx

GUEST DESIGNER SPOT

 Hello everyone,

I'm so happy to be here sharing a project as a guest designer of at Creative Artiste Mixed Media challenge #121 as was so thrilled to be asked., thank you so much Andree.

This is my project, similar, granted, to what I've done before but when on as roll..

die cut my top hats and hat band..

added little gems inside, this guy is a high roller..

put them together and tucked the playing card ephemeras in the band..

made an inky playing card background..

lots of ink..

then stenciled with Monte Marte modelling paste, 

lovely and soft this stuff and dries fast..

Once dry stated to add die cut alphas.

close up of paste and stencil.

all ready to put together..

and while on the roll, you make two..

This was my Grandsons birthday card and he loved it..

Thank you so much for stopping by..and if you are into your mixed media

 do pop over and link up in their challenge..HERE

I'll see you again soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

WHITE SNOW OR PINK SNOW?

 Hello everyone,

So, tag making day was nearly successful, but forgetting that distress ink take on colours and move things around, well, lets just say I nearly lost it..

three white card stock panels..

Layer #1

Builder netting stuff..

layer #2

Modelling paste just smearing it on here and there..

layer #3

distress sprays..

Nearly dry and all was well..

Tim Holtz Christmas tree but only used two layers..

and added Honey Bee  Lovely Layer Winter Greetings..Berries

These panel had a few more sprays here and there as they were flat 

and I liked them much better here now.

Then I though how about stenciling some beautiful snowflakes in this lovely 

glitter paste..

So far so good.........................................then they dried!!!!

Damn it, they went pink.

I carried on though, they were alright I suppose.

then decide to add pink gems on the red berries..

turned them all the more pink..

I stapled some ephemera and glued a sentiment on top as a cluster..

But in the end, and that was the end , as I was over it, 

they came out quite pretty..

Jute ribbon and string to tie the top..

This one I will enter into Tag -along ( and ATC's ) it has the least pink on it..

So there we go, 

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Tag -Along ( and ATC's )  ( Add some Texture )