THEY CALL IT THE BLUES..DT

 Hello everyone,

Gosh, time is flying by and we are in April already, my birthday month and I'm so excited..but today we are here for a new challenge over at LITTLE RED WAGON  and our lovely Kate is hostess with the theme " I guess that's why they call it the blues " - include blue..

Blue..mmm..Baby boy, blue, I decided to make a booklet..

and used envelopes for my base then the side pockets are already there..

But of course I added more,

 you can never have too many pockets in my mind..

Side ones too,

 these were already there, I just notched them, covered them to make them stronger

 and inked them..

all the pages were covered with trimmed gift wrap papers..

the envelope flaps covered too..

all folded up and ready for decorating..

I die cut theses little elephants

Twice..

and popped the darker blue inside the negative on the pale blue.

Same thing with the tiny boat..

Then snuggled it inside an upside down cloud for waves..

The stork was cut and coloured the bag was paper pieced..

album opened up with the names of events on top of those tags..

added a button closure with velcro dot and added " Our Baby ", alpha die cut..

So do come and join us HERE ..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you again soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

LEARNT SOMETHING NEW..

 Hello everyone,

It is a beautiful Monday morning, sun is trying real hard to shine, a gentle breeze and washing is wafting on the line..what more could you need?

How about letter envelopes, no glue, only for the decoration and even then you don't really have to,...this is a long post, lots of pictures and a link that hopefully works to my idol..

I was watching Natasha from Treasure Books  making these and was impressed and needed to have a go.

isn't this cute..

only paper folding and tucking..

so easy 

and cute..

O ne sheet A4 copy paper..

fold and score both sides into the middle..exactly the same..

Top fold down..

bottom fold up..

Tuck bottom into top

and done..

Go a bit further..emboss it.

So pretty..

Ink it..

and make a bunch of them..

You can turn your paper this way and get

Letter envelope like this..

time to decorate..

Bits of lace and book pages..just scraps..

layer them up..

I missed turning this picture and too lazy to go do it,

 so just turn you head to the side a bit..

So this one got a button..

a brad held this together,

 then glued the flower over the brad as it die cut with a hole in the middle..

same here..

and without a word of a lie, this lace fell out of this box

 as I lifted from the shelf and carried to the table and it is music lace

See..

so added this to the music paper one..

then there were five..

The music one opened up and you write your letter inside

 then close it up, or pop ephemera or small gift inside for a crafty friend...how fun..

and there they all are..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Ill see you Wednesday for DT project..

luv CHRISSYxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY..

 Hello everyone,

My fingers are loaded with plasters as I didn't know when to stop scrapbooking, I'm so close to finishing number four, I pushed on and split my finger tips..ouch, but cream on last night with plasters and feeling pretty good this morning, but it is difficult to type, but we will get there..

This card I'm sharing was my Grandsons, Makanis, he was 18 last week..

all my papers and card stock sorted..

if I only have scraps this is what I do..

Cut a circle for the front, clipped a notch and a gift card slid right in there,

although this is a mock up card as I hadn't bought one yet...

card out and a simple gold embossed happy birthday stamped

and some mock screws...

silver hand punched circles and a black line drawn down the middle..

another card for the colour effect,

 this is my Xmas club card from New World supermarket..

So there you go..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter....

My Time to Craft   ( Celebrate someone)

Seize the Birthday   ( Milestone )

ALL TIED UP..DT

 Hello everyone.

Here with a DT project for LITTLE RED WAGON and this week our lovely Brenda is hostess and her theme is _ ALL TIED UP...that means, twine, ribbon, lace..anything that you can tie and any type of project..go for it..

The beginning of as booklet..

Several folds using a manilla file folder..well, half of one.

I have quite a few of these pads of dockets and receipt papers, and on this day

they were getting used..

Covered all my panels with them..

and then out came my TH paper dolls to play..

I have a few..but not just yet..

stickers, they needed stickers,

Stamps,

clear stickers,

tickets and more labels, just kept layering them on..

Then the washi flowers, so very pretty...

all the pages got flower stickers...

they just layer on top of everything else..

So pretty..

Too hot in here today for someone..

Then the paper dolls...

and also notice I added to folder together ...forgot to mention that earlier...

Folding down...

a bit more..

now something to tie it up..

suede cord..done!!..

So do come a join us HERE

thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter

Ally's Angels   ( Anything goes )

Beautiful Blossoms  ( Anything flowers goes - Optional mood board)

Crafts Galore   ( Anything goes )

Creative Crafters  ( Anything goes)