FOUR PANEL..

 Hello everyone,

I was just playing the other day and tried my hand at a four panel card, different size panels large to small and it worked..

So, here is my four panels all glued together and ready for decorating..

laying down..

and first mat.

Then the yummy papers and the typewriter 

was my inspirations for the cover..

That's where my friend Tim came in..

My die cut machine did NOT like putting this through to start with, but ,

with a bit of gentle encouragement it gave in and let it fly, 

so while it was working I cut a few..

The inside panel needed help as I ran out of this colour gray

so had to do some surgery with scraps..

The papers went on and it is still standing..

I put the typewriter together using two colours and added a little

 note inside the rollers..

I never noticed how undressed this card is until I looked at the photos, 

not like me at  all..

The papers were busy so must have decided to keep it simple..

I did make a pocket though..

the last panel and somewhere to write..

and there he is..and it is what it is..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

SYMPATHY..DT

 Hello everyone,

It's DT time for Little Red Wagon and I'm hostess this week with the theme...I'm so sorry - Sympathy or even apology would be okay..

I find making sympathy cards not too difficult if I don't need one and get orders for them quite often but always in a rush so it is always good to have some in your stash..

This was the easiest way for me on this day,

 I let the papers do the work and just added white butterflies..

and also took the plunge and stamped right on the front, 

no label and very little practice..

and nailed it..

The butterflies were die cut in white, just plain little butterflies

with a black body..

They almost fly off the card front..

So there you go..

Do come and join us HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

IS IT A TAG OR BOOKMARK?

 Hello everyone,

 it is Monday morning here while I'm writing this post,a bit cloud, but for me, not too cold at all, in fact we haven't really even started winter yet, the days are so mild..

Okay, today I'm sharing a tag or bookmark I made yesterday in between lots of busy stuff, and here we go..

I started by cutting fresh tags as I've used all that I had..

with kraft folder from Office Max because that is what I use.

I got my text stamps out, mainly Tim Holtz and Creative Expressions

after adding some floral stickers I stamped.

here and there 3 times to make text cluster.

and again over the top with number stamps..

and did the unthinkable...I cut my floral stickers in half

for the edges, I know I was shocked, but very pleased with 

end result.

on the back of my tag I added a little pocket and popped in a reading list tag

to write down books you have read from Temu.

A little pale blue ribbon on the top and done..

So there we go..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter..

Tag -Along ( and (ATC's ) Add Text

Allsorts ( Anything from the garden )

Craftycatz  ( Anything goes )

TIME FOR A WEDDING..

 Hello everyone,

Brrrr, tis chilly now, I love it ,but not being too cold, of course the sun will come out later and fill my craftroom with full on glowing heat then I'll get all hot and stuff and close my curtains..

Never mind the weather, I'm sharing a card I made to use up ( finally ) this ephemera I made with the brides stickers and book pages...remember ?

So, I sorted these out and picked the one I wanted then found these adorable little hats that I have had forever and decide it was time..

They came without the flowers, I just added them to make the hat pretty band to poke inside some flowers..

see the tiny flowers..

Then out came my wedding box of flowers..( I have a few..lol..)

Gathered my bits and then built a wedding card..

And it all came together nicely..

My wooden stamp collection box one, of sentiments

and got out my favourite for weddings for inside the card..

A simple white die cut up the top and done..

So there you go, getting there using up my ephemeras I made.

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

" O" is for Outdoors..DT

 Hello everyone,

 Welcome to another challenge over at Little Red Wagon and our Imke is hostess and carrying her alphabet going and we are up to " O "...for outdoors..

This is what I got up to using up more ephemera..

These are my masculine outdoors type papers and ephemeras..

and ephemera from Mintay I love ephemeras.

So  picked my papers and started making a scene..

on the card not out loud..

added die cut branches across the top..

Then started placing the ephemera in layers trying to achieve 

balance of sizes..

The inside, a place to write and a log stump

 with a friendly crow on top with some toadstools..

And finally added some more crows on the branches 

done!..

so do come and join in with us HERE 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

I'll see you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY..

 Hello everyone,

My son had a birthday on the 29th May and I made a card for everyone to sign to go along with his gift..plus I cooked a full on roast beef dinner with Yorkshires and all the trimmings, such a great night.

I bought these paper pads a very lone time ago and only used four pages from them and they became my center point for this card, the height and width were perfect and love the galaxy scenes.

I made three panel in black and folded the edge in by one inch

then added the papers and printed and fussy cut Mandalorian.

My son is a big fan of Star Wars, his house is Star Wars..

R2-D2 and cp30 Darth Vader and Yoda

Thank goodness I over bought star dies so cutting was quick..

definitely over bought..

inked them up for depth..

and started adding them to pages..

The front cover with the death Star..

The Death Star was the empires ultimate weapon:

 a moon sized space station with the ability to destroy an entire planet..

The papers were spot on for this card which is 12 inches tall

and 6 inches wide.

added more characters inside the largest star - Storm Trooper

and on the left my favourite little Ewok called Wicket..

He will appear again shortly

A place to write and more stars..

The back cover

close ups..

And finally the gift we all chipped in for, the gorgeous 

Ewok - Wicket in Swarovski crystal..

and so much better than underpants and socks..

So there we go..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter..

Dragonfly Dreams  ( Masculine )

The Paper Players  ( Masculine )

Crafty Calender  ( All about the men and boys )

Krafty Chicks  ( Birthday )