SOFT OR BOLD..DT

 Hello everyone,

That last fortnight flew by, and now we are into May already and time for another new challenge over at ..

As You Like It  where Elaine is our hostess and the theme is " SOFT OR BOLD"...

Well I really like the bold, not often do you see me with pastel, I like them, but prefer the bold..so bold we go.. and another nautical..

Made a bit of a shape for this one, and no designer papers in sight,

 this is all cardstock..

Navy and white is such a lovely bold look for nautical.

This is the shape and yes, it is crooked..

I'm terrible, I do not measure,

 I eyeball with my one eye and get it crooked everytime

But get by, and I think the colours are awesome, can't wait to decorate..

but first lets bold it up a bit more with a thin strip of red, and boom, there it is..

added a die cut chain...

and an oval onto the front panel with a nautical scene..

Added Nuvo gold crystal drops for the porthole detail..

Folds away..

and couldn't get by without Stanley..

a ship wheel, lantern and candle ephemera...

which is really the front, when youo pen you see the oval pop out..

so do come and join us 

HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by...

I'll see you soon, I'm off to cover a few more boxes, my room is looking very cool..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter....

Ally's Angels   [anything goes]

Classic Design   [ anything goes/ optional Happy Birthday]

Love to Craft    [ anything goes]

SHAPELY...DT

 Hello everyone,

Time for another challenge over at Little Red Wagon  and this week our fabulous JanR is hostess and she wants to see, Shapely - shaped projects, anything not square or rectangle..

Time for a round nautical card for me and such a lot of fun...

the first time I ever did this I could not figure it out and kept cutting it half..

but I got it now..

and it stands up..

and now time for layering my cardstocks..

made a frame using to dies and some wood grain papers from my stash..

punched tiny dots for the screws..

glued them down..

using round die cut a sky coloured paper from Couture Creations pad..

Thats the shape and layers sorted..

Ephemera time..

and some fussy cutting, I needed a small ship, and this littler fellow is very small..

But fits in really well inside the porthole.

Gluing some string on for interest..

dry you devil..

need to fix the ends, 

so made a knot and glued it on..

added my birds...

a lovely chunky cluster..

and there she is..all done.

So, do come and join us with your shapely projects HERE  

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you later with another DT project....

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Love to Craft   anything goes]

MONDAY CATCH UP...

 Hello everyone,

What a great weekend, playtime all day Saturday, out to my daughters for dinner Saturday night, pizza and wine, then was taken home after a movie, then all day Sunday and today was mine..

So, I'll share a few things that I have been up to, some bits and bobs are not ready yet, but these are..

Out with old and in with the new...well, sort of, I didn't have the heart to biff them...soooo,

I repaired the damage with plenty of masking tape, glued them up, covered with telephone book pages, inked them, and....

On the other shelf in the open wardrobe, this area is not as popular for stuff I use but a very good storage area, so, there they are, stronger and much happier...

The new ones are quite at home along with the cute and very deep file draws..deep as in length..

Next up, a happy and very pretty accident..

I was cutting a big paper bag and thought it a bit too thick, and inside was another smaller bag, and I had just cut it's top off!!

Waste not want not so I lined it with card stock..

see....made it pretty strong..

and then I inked it....

added some beautiful vellum stickers if Iris's..and...

Nestled it perfectly in the box draws or cubby holes I made..

Next..

I was left this tiny box and had a thought...

So, I wrapped it...

Then covered it, in phone book pages...

and inked it...

pretty small and probably not much use to anyone but me..

Adding Iris's...

all sides....

and although small, it houses my black pens and a lead pencil that make the bottom of my other hold messy..plus they were always tipping and getting in my way, so to speak..

and it fits in there just right..

So, there you go..

Thank you so much for stopping by, I'm still covering boxes and decorating, downsizing all my big containers and stock..

So, I'll see you maybe tomorrow..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter..

C.R.A.F.T challenge  [ Recycle - anything goes]