RIBBON OR TWINE ...DT

 Hello everyone,

That was a fun and fabulous fortnight sharing all your beautiful projects, but a new fortnight is about to start for " As You Like It "  and Lynne is your hostess and the theme is " RIBBON OR TWINE "

For me, twine, I love my twine, especially for tying up my booklets....

Which is what I was making here..using up a scarp of kraft card..

glued together to make it longer, but still only 5 inches deep..

I turned in the ends and made my pockets and inked the edges..

used papers as well to make pockets and my black label die cut 

with a brads for decoration.

and started filling up the pockets with left over scraps

cut into tag shapes and labels..

I had also lined the inside as the colour was off, and it looks better..

and used the rest to cover the back.

I made tab tops on the labels in black.

then numbers..

die cut numbers and stickers

and some printed on the papers..

an old number plate that I printed out and fussy cut at least 50 times..

so now I have loads of them ready to go in my stash..

Great number plate..

then I started stamping, all over the tags and added tags tied with suede twine..

I love all these stamps that look all office type and numbers,

postage, travel etc..

and then this baby was all tied up with suede twine..

So do come and join us HERE

So there you go.

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Thank you so much for stopping by.

Luv CHRISSYxx.

MAKE IT SPOOKY - OR NOT

 Hello everyone,

I'm hostess this week over at LITTLE RED WAGON  and my theme, great for some, not for others, is 

" HALLOWEEN IS COMING - MAKE IT SPOOKY OR NOT" 

I really enjoy making this type of project, we don't celebrate in New Zealand, in my house or street, but some wander around without any effort being made costume wise, and beg for your stuff..

Die cutting, a very important thing for me, and mushrooms, toadstools and pumpkins are number one..

Can you really have too many mushroom dies...NO!..lol..

Pumpkins were inked up with a very old and still to notch Stampin' up ink..

Pumpkin Pie.

Background was a mess for awhile as I tried to blend and my wrists were not happy, nor my shoulder as I stand all day and craft and should have sat down..

So moved on to my water paints..far quicker.

and just kept adding and drying and was a very pleasant time after all.

Needed black..

added some, was not happy..

added more...better.

Made a moon...

It came out pretty good..

Added tree branch and dark grey clouds..

A spider web hanging from the tree..

Dark green grass and rickety old fence..

The Cauldron and pumpkins along with mushrooms..

some black crows along the bottom, bats and little details that I cant even see any more..

so there you go..

Come on over here and share, cute, scary, frightening, terrifying, funny, fun, anything Halloween..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx..

Challenges to enter..

Crafts Galore   ( Anything goes )

The Daisy Chain Challenge   (Autumn and or /  Halloween )

The Crafting Challenge ( Halloween / Fall)

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge   ( Anything Goes - Halloween )

Lost Coastal Portal to Creativity   ( 31 days of Halloween )

Try it on Tuesday   ( Halloween )

Double D Challenge   ( Pumpkins )

USING MORE PAPERS UP..

 Hello everyone,

I'm not quite sure where I was going with this project, I mean I had no reason for it, I just played and used up some more 6x6 papers from my stash.

I became obsessed with making these little envelope pockets

Depending on the size of papers is the size of these little cuties..

this one is tiny made with 6x6 papers..folded down to 4x4

This one is bigger ending up 6 x6 using 12 x 12 paper.

Then I found one million tags to use up..so

joined them together with eyelets ..

and started filling up all the pockets this one sheet made..

This shows the pocket  added to front of a card and the another pocket

 added inside..

Holding till the glue dries..

Scraps and the chiffon ribbon for my ties..

Lots of eyelets on this one with all those tags..

and a lot of stickers too, washi stickers..

rectangle tags and round were made..

open booklet..

closed booklet..

A lot of fun to make and more papers used up..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

TUNNEL CARD..

 Hello everyone,

I had a play a little while ago and attempted to make a tunnel card, which went very well until it didn't, but I finished it and it is ready for my son's birthday in two weeks, but he will be here on Thursday so he will get it then as he won't be home on the actual day..

So lets begin and keep the language to the minimal..

I adore these papers from Mintay called " Garage "..

I bought all the different sizes of pads, I like them that much..

So, I cut my circles going down in size, well, my brain works a bit different and I started with the smallest and came up..these are the negative for this card..

So there's my 6 x6 frames, you could call them.

Fished out all my cut outs to decorate

Ephemera too..

along with other die cuts that I coloured and used..

So here is all my panels together going from big to small...

and the decoration for my started at the back and working forward

 so I don't cover things up too much..

Next layer../

Next layer..

next layer..

Top layer got the mugs of beer..

and although the pages were glued together which I should not

have really done, I  punched holes and added ball chain, just

for decoration and it sounds really cool..

So there you go..I added also a whiteish panel in the background to write on or to ground it, as it annoyed me seeing all the way through..

and standing up..

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous weekend,

 mine has started already, not much planed, all DT work done, posts to share organised, all overseas Christmas cards are done and ready for posting..so I may go out in the garden and have a tidy up, not that it needs it but the boy is home for a few days on Thursday, and I cannot have a weed showing..lol..

See you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx