BABY GIRL..

 Hello everyone,

I'm off out for lunch on this dreary Sunday so that should be nice, then I'll get dropped at my daughters and help her with her knitting, it is such a painful process watching hold her needles like they have a disease with her elbows poking out in a funny direction, she has never knitted before and so funny to watch..She dropped a stich and messaged me in panic of what to do..she had no interest in anything like craft or sewing and knitting while growing up, now middle aged, and here we go!!

After the baby boy card and such lovely comments here and on Facebook, I had the need to make a baby girl card to sort of match...

This little Teddy die comes like this and you

add clothing like a cut out doll but I forgot to the photos

as I went as the phone was on charge in the other room..

but you will see her dressed in a minute..

Lovely sweet image which I've had waiting for a very long time.

and a pink gingham frill this time..

The card opens as a tri fold and the papers were patched 

as they were only 6x6 and my cards are 8" high..

My Couture Creations pram cut a few times and pieced 

back together into colour.

I then added onto the front those cute little ribbon 

flowers that come in a long strand and I just

snip off a few and used as decoration..

Here's the teddy in her dress with her arms and legs added, 

so much fun to cut and put together..

The sentiment is from Stamping Up, it says..

" One Little Baby

many happy hearts"

The baby Shoes, die cut in white then pink..

the pink went back in the holes..

the pram all finished with tiny resin flowers on the wheels

 and sitting under a tree for shade..die cut and sponged with Altenew inks..

And the opened card...

and close again..

So there you go, a baby girl card to match with the baby boy card..

I had such a lovely time I went and made two more boy cards and a birthday one too, so will share those soon..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

MAY FLOWERS..DT

 Hello everyone,

It's LITTLE RED WAGON  time and I'm hostess this week and my theme is " MAY FLOWERS" and my make this time is so different for me, not a lot of effort but quite effective I think,.but the first came out the best then I tried to copy, not the brightest move but they sort of worked..

These are the originals..

I had these brown tags that I made on tag making day in my stash for such a long time, I've used loads of them but still had some laying around and one day I must have sprayed them with inks etc. and then put them aside..

Then the stickers turned up, and they are BIG and I popped one on just to see as their colours were a bit different, dark navy and lighter blue and creamy colour..

I just reallyl iked them and thought " Oh, I could make more " mmmm....

So I set to, and it was to say the least difficult.

the tag paper wasa different and I forgot what inks i used and just sprayed and played

splattered and did some crazy stuff..

then they curled..

but eventually, I ended up with these.

added the leftover stickers I had..

3 + 4 = a little disappointment..keep going, don't give up.

But I don't give up too easy

and found some chiffon ribbon in blue so added that through the tops..

Then lastly some beautiful golden yellow butterflies stickers

and sold them as bookmarks..boom!!

Come on over and join us HERE

So there you go, new motto, never give up..

just keep adding stuff, layers of colour and stickers and you never know, you could end up with a masterpiece.

Thank you so much for stopping by,

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

BABIES..DT

 Hello everyone,

I'm back as it is Wednesday already, is the time getting faster or is it it life in general and being busy all the time make it seem it's going faster even when I'm laying on the couch and glance up at the clock, it seems to have moved quicker..oh, well, it is time for Little Red Wagon again and this time our lovely Imke is in charge and her theme is.. " N " for Newborn..

This paper pad I bought years and years ago and one of 

those pads that your just look at  for a very long time, but

eventually I cut into it, and decided to use up what was left, or pretty much so..

this is base, another tri fold card..and so sorry about the colours, 

I think it is my gray desk and probably a funny photographer.

Made some pale blue matts

and scrapped the papers on as that really was all that was left.

And all the panels were mixed up to spread

 the pattered scraps around..and I like it.

The front..beautiful gingham ruffled up and lace glue onto that

along with a few tint little flowers.,

The old vintage pram I printed out..

inside the first panels and lots of dies, cute giraffe who needed some thing near

 him as he looked unbalanced so gave him so tiny daffodils.

A large white star with the die cut Baby, so delicate and pretty and lots of yellow stars..

right panel open, and inside again, a place to write your message

and a cute little blue teddy bear.

so there you go..

Do come and join in with us

HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you again soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

The Crafters Cafe  ( Anything but square - I did rectangle )

Crafts Galore Challenge  ( Anything Goes )

Girlz Creative fun art of scrap  (anything goes but must use design papers)

EPHEMERA PLAYING CARDS..

 Hello everyone,

I know, I'm back already and after cleaning up my files renaming a few and sorting things out, I'm now officially organized..and found this folder marked to be watermarked ( TBW) and it already was..DUH!!

So here we go...

first up, I made these cute little envelopes with gorgeous 6x6 papers 

that Janette sent me for my birthday//

and they are quite small and barely hold a playing card.

but that is what I wanted..

Which led me into playing with playing cards..

again, 

I don't know why I took this photo, I just did.

anyway, out came the tissue and glued it down and scrunched it up a bit

deliberately..

then sprayed brown ink on them and not gently,

they got squirted!

packaging..yum, 

but watch it, it bites older skin.

No rules with how many layers or what you gather to be glued together,

 just go for it...layer one, packaging.

layer 2..stickers, nature stickers all burnt and roughed around the edges.

I didn't do that, that is how they came, if I did it, I would have probably burnt the house down..

Layer 3..a flower.

layer 4, 

A chipboard or light card  lady from several sets.

looking pretty good..but one more thing..

side tabs and a number..

and done..

What a great way to fill the morning, or an hour or two ,if not less, 

it was fun and I'll do it again once these are used up..

So there you go..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

IT'S MONDAY ALREADY!

 Hello everyone,

I know I'm pretty quiet these days with posting and I think it is due to projects that take up time then editing everything and getting THAT mixed up and not being able to see properly to sort everything into the right folders and just life in general keeps me on my toes, BUT!!..my back is feeling so much better thank you xox..

So what can I share....remember the Steampunk clock I said I was making..well, I finished it..

This first photo was the frame and the cards I had made for her.

She wanted me to pull the cards apart and put them onto the clock base with other bits and pieces, like the music sheets she supplied and had the have the words Die Uhr showing..

( The clock or the Watch in German )

So I did..and mod podge it within an inch of its life 

as we don't want the hands to scatch onto anything sticking up..

Then came the dismantling of the cards, yea gods, I make strong cards!

What a job that was without messing up the lightbulb and girls face.

anyway, I got there and trimmed the edge and glued them down..

it was about this stage I knew by trying out the hands that I could go a little bit dimensional.

so started adding cogs and gears, so layered a little bit.

but really tried to keep it flat and that is where Stamperia 

die cuts and ephemera came in as they look real 3D but are flat as pancakes..

Then it left my possession and went home for the hands and framiing..

Hands on and still had room to maneuver..

the clock frame..

 My DIL had a first time sponging colours onto it..then,

 the photo was blurry, but it looked pretty good in real life.

mechanism in the back..

 The nearly front photo with heavy brass chains for hanging and decoration.

I was glad it was over and she was very happy with her Steampunk clock and the cards forever safe..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..I have to go and sort my editing..

Luv CHRISSYxx