HALLOWEEN TAG..

 Hello everyone..

Monday morning and already a great day while I'm writing this post..

The postie van turned up unexpected which really makes me happy as it was outside MY house and a  grey parcel from Temu..yay..this is some of what was inside...

PET stickers..

PET stickers

PET stickers..

and dies, witches hats, three of them, candles for Birthdays and a penguin

 and snowman. .how fun..

So that gave me a kick start to do another Halloween project, but cuteish..

Two layers of black card stock glued together trimmed and eyelet added..

First spray royal blue..yes, I know it is upside down..I ate strong cheese today

Second spray purple colour..

Third spray gold..

and dry..

Die cut the hats, twice and glued them together for stability and added the band..

TH houses die cut and added gold card behind for lighted windows..

Then, 

I wasn't thinking to do this but, 

I just did it and popped the hats on the roofs..

and, look at this tiny bat, who in their right mind would die cut and use it?

Oh, dear, me that's who, it is so teeny tiny..

and then my tag was done after adding some tiny pumpkins and

gold buckles on the hat band, some grey smoke and a PC sentiment

attached with a black ball chain.. ..

Fun..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Tag Tuesday   ( Halloween )

ICE SKATE BOOTS..

 Hello everyone,

Happy Saturday and been a very busy time in my craftroom with orders and even a scrap book, but cannot share that one as it is very, very personnel, but beautiful, and customer was over the moon, her husband even more so..

Moving on, late Autumn / winter where most of my crafty friends, late Spring here, but still really chilly..

So I felt the need to  make a winter style card and .really wanted to use my boot skate dies..

AND, a fancy fold..

With  a panel flipping up..

and all my papers were left overs and I made all my matts..

and snow banks and pockets with tags too..

This pocket with tag under the flap

Snowbank added to panel...

Holding it closed for now..and then definitely

needing decoration..

Die cut my boots, once in white,  the bottom in silver..

Coloured the heels and laced them up with white string..

So they were glued onto the panel with fir tree branches, snowflakes

and berries, all die cut..

This is folded flat ready for posting, the panel lays just inside..

I had die cut candles and layered them up to make them nice and thick

as were the holders and then added dripping wax ( Nuvo stone drops )

Panel ready..

The flap has it's decoration after making one of those folded envelope things

 with pockets everywhere and little bits n pieces poked in here and there..

The tag under the flap had a disc added die cut and 25 glued on 

with some holly and berries..

and a lovely sentiment stamped on..

and finished, the card all ready to go..

So there you,

thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Creative Creases   ( Fun fold )

Cut it Up   ( Add Embellishments )

The Holly and Ivy Christmas challenge   ( anything Christmas goes )

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.

.

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 )