NOT A CARD..DT

 Hello everyone,

It is Wednesday, and over here in NZ we are having terrible winds, and too hot for Holly ( 28oC ) so she seems to nest somewhere inside where it is cooler..

this time in the darkness of the lounge on a tiny chair.

so she was comfortable and not annoying me in the craftroom, I set too and achieved  the making loads of Christmas cards  ready for a Fair evening at my sons workshop where I sell my cards along with other vendors and a food truck...yum..

Tags are next up today sometime, and of course gift card holders..

But onto today, it is Little Red Wagon time and our hostess this week is the lovely Brenda and her theme is " Not a Card "..

I went with a tag which I actually made ages ago when I was in the ink smooshing 

mood..

Background made

Stamping time and edge inking..

Luna paste by Simon Hurley, lovely stuff, never dried out yet

and had it for a long time now..

Ha!..top hat still in play and layered up my metal cogs and gears onto die cut 

gears..

Nice quotes - " What seems ordinary "

" Is often the extraordinary "

and done..a steampunk masculine gambling tag..

so do come and join us HERE just remember, no cards.

thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll catch up again real soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

LEFTOVER PUMPKINS AND A BIRD

 Hello everyone,

Back so soon, yes I am, I've been really busy and missed quite a few days as I'm ploughing away at the latest scrapbook and it is going really well, so that's a good thing, I hurt my Achilles tendon, so that's a bad thing and things have been a bit awkward there, no walking for what seems like forever and I miss that, and in between I've been making booklets to share soon, from envelope and hinge binding, that was super fun, so very busy in the background..

these were leftovers from my tags, the pumpkins are really huge and layered

and weren't quite right for a tag..

I glued these leaves down on a kraft sheet of cardstock ( File folder really )

Then these ones on top..

then a fence and a bird were added..

and I had a quick card

bit of dimension going on but not too much..

Some quotes from a quote book and it was done..

" How fast in the time flying "

" Embrace life's adventures "

Nice..

So there we go.

Thank you so much for stopping by, 

I'll see you again soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Cards For Guyz   ( Autumn /Fall )

A Place to Start  ( Anything goes - Pump it up for Pumpkins )

The Four Seasons Challenge   ( Anything goes Fall )

WELCOME ABOARD..DT

 Hello everyone,

It's LITTLE RED WAGON  time, Wednesday is here again, is it just me, or are the weeks going faster, definitely going faster I think..

So, JanR is our lovely hostess this week and her theme is,...Captains Log - woodgrain, trees,etc

I went with woodgrain, but made my woodgrain panel myself with masking tape..

one sheet of A4 cardstock and a roll of masking tape..

This is so easy, no skill required, the messier you do it the better it comes out, trust me.

start adding strips, crinkle them, not smooth,

 if one goes smooth, just stick another on top.

Keep going..until you panel is wide enough to play with..

then we coat with glue, watery glue and ley dry..

Time to choose paints, hopefully not all dried like most of mine..

Move the cat..

oh, she just turned around and tried to squeeze back in, nearly made it..

Back to the panel and first coat of ochre.

Then red brown..

darker brown..

leaving bits of ochre and red brown showing.

then a soft light coat of black, just to fill light gaps.

done..

The anchor die cut and getting some colour..

added it onto burlap netting stuff.

and moss, you cannot forget the moss.

so,, panel is totally dry and trimmed to size..

Now we need hot glue, its the easiest way..to

glue the anchor and bits on..

But I need a bigger panel, layered for someone's wall..

and to save card stock I have saved all these strips and going to add them on.

to make the illusion the panel is wider than it is..

Then some shells and more moss in the corners.

this moss is like string or threads,

 very tight together and you pull it to make it spread, very cool stuff.

I decide on metal lacy corners embellishments on the opposite corners as the shells..

and done..

A plaque made of paper and tape..

So do come and join in with us HERE

thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Crafts Galore   ( Anything goes )

We love 2 Create  (  Mixed media Anything goes )

Creative Artise Mixed media challenge  ( anything mixed media goes )

Creative Inspirations   ( Anything goes )

AUTUMN OR FALL

 Hello everyone,

I have a couple, no that's two, I have three tags to share today filled with water coloured, Autumn colours, leaves galore and pumpkins..

First I die cut leaves, I got these dies from a garage sale here for only $1

and water painted them..

Then my pumpkins, lots of layers, and water painted them..

after several coats on both, I was pretty happy with the colours..

But then added more reddish orange..

Then I was happy..

Using an old stamping up stamp ( one of my favourites)

i stamped and embossed in gold..

then looked in my nook and shuddered..

so many things statrted and need finishing..

Two tags with golden leaves embossed and one with gold smooshed around the edges..

then splatter to death with black and then white paint..

Trust me, the black takes longer to dry than the white 

and I managed to get black ink everywhere..

I also, on the spur of the moment, water painted a sheet of  paper 

and then die cut theses leaves, but this was one die 20 leaves..

glued them in place first, around the edge..

another garage sale find, $1 cut in kraft and spattered and dipped in paint.

love the size of these..

glued around the edges..

and the golden leaves glued around the edges..

then the golden orange  pumpkins and wheat leaves

with white / grey pumpkins, were layered along the bottom..

and a small crow sitting there guarding them by the looks..

another pumpkin on its own this time with a bigger crow swooping down and

some of the leaves on the pumpkin were 3D

I added three little charms on the tops of three the tags..

brass leaf. gold leaf, and a ladybird on a green leaf..

there's the three of them all done with a card coming next, 

just gotta make it..lol..

I'm going to enter this one at Tag along- and ATCs

Tag -along ( and ATC's)  ( Anything Autumn )

So there we go..

I have been busy but still have a lot to get done..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Lux CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Cut it Up challenge  ( Use mor than one die)

Craft Rocket Challenge  (  Autumn or Halloween )

Fab N Funky  ( Colours of Autumn )

Pearly Sparkles  ( Pumpkins and or/ Autumn Leaves )