" M " IS FOR MASCULINE..DT

 Hello everyone,

Wednesday time again and I'm in mid morning on the day writing this and nearly had a panic attack as I had not got my post ready for this weeks Little Red Wagon even though my post does not go up until 11.30pm at night, still..anyway, I'm onto it now, and our lovely Imke is hostess this week and her alphabet theme is " M " for Masculine...my favourite kind..

So what did I make...I made a masculine Nautical style booklet journal card..

12 x12 fold up along the bottom 4 inchs...open it up

the fold side to side...

fold up the bottom again and glue the edges and down the center

 and you have a two pocket page.

cover every panel

with full sheets or scraps or both..

scraps..perfect.

then I glued in a hinge technique.

adding papers..

until they were all covered and I had a booklet with

 pockets  and all in one so to speak.

Then the decorating which is always the best bit..

die cut stars, stickers, inking etc

Die cut  Anchor( He's a big one )..and layered up the ropes wrapped around it

a lighthouse sticker which is a little card itself leftover from the die cut panel to write on, I couldn't throw it away..

Front..

untied..different tie you will notice, a shoe lace wa sthe final cut.

first two pages..lots of ephemeras and die cuts..

lift up flap panel and pockets underneath..

old packaging covered and pocket made..

Flap lifted out..

Tags..

tags out..

Stickers and die cuts in other pocket..

tag out using scraps of leftover netting paper on the edges..

another tag with die cut waves and a boat.

Tag out and it is a shaker..

Tag inside pocket, and the stars have sticker in

their middle to brighten it up..

Tag out...more torn papers with book pages..

another pocket ( I know..lots of pockets )

2 tags with small tags

And back to the beginning..

so do come and join in with any masculine project you want

HERE

thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you again soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Cardz4guyz  ( Light blue and Brown )

ROUND STEAMPUNK BOOKLET..

 Hello everyone,

You ever had on of those  days when you want to, but don't know what you want to do, so just start doing something and then having a blast and nearly not know when to stop...me too...on this day.

I made a round booklet..and Steampunked it with stickers.

Using my round die I cut some panels in white card stock.

then again in patterned papers, blue again.

Then sorted through my small Steampunk stickers

and numbers and clocks..

Cut brown and gray circles in half for pockets..

Then I started to decorate with the stickers

buttons and layered up cogs, wooden and brass..

Tiny envelopes that gave me a blister!!

Film strips and cut up bingo cards

home made numbers

Tiny little buttons..

scrabble letters

Keys

more ephemera

And back to the beginning..

What a fun and busy day it turned into, so went off a made roast chicken for dinner to celebrate, I'm always ready to celebrate..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you again soon..

luv CHRISSYxx