HONKY CAT..DT

 Hello everyone..

It is Little Red Wagon time and this week our lovely Kate is in charge and her theme is..

 Honky Cat - include a cat, dog or other house hold pet..

For me, it is always, these days ..metal dies..and I have a few..

All the dies today are older, and I can colour them quite easy..

nothing too fancy..

I embossed a brick wall in white and put in place my cats and bee

along with tulips....

then I cut out quite a few more flowers and paper pieced..

see..

Then cut out more until my garden was full..

I think the black cat has his eye on this birdhouse..

definitely!

not too much dimension, so will go through the post without as hitch..

and there it all done and on its way to recipient with its gold embossed sentiment....

so do come along and play HERE 

Thank you so much for stopping by, 

I hope you are keeping cool in the heat or warm where it is chilly....

I'll see you Friday hopefully..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter....

Make My Monday  (embossing wet or dry )

Ellibelle's Garden party  ( Anything around or from the garden )

Try it on Tuesday  Summer Blooms )

TOP HAT NO TAILS

 Hello everyone,

Hope the weekend went well for everyone, mine did, I went out for dinner Saturday night then to the movies with my daughter and son in law, they very kind to me, I treated the lollies and chocolate which cost more than the meal as I couldn't make up my mind..lol..

Today I'm sharing a background making day project..I made five different background, or was it four,, not sure, but this one I'm sharing today..

I just used cheap white card stock that bows and whatnot but

flattens out when dry, so that's a bonus..

and stenciled with texture paste, then when dry, drizzled distress inks down the front

along with water, plenty of it too..

Then when each layer is dry, I would do it again, but, the last lot of ink I left,

 more or less concentrated..and did it upside down..

Then stuck it on the card upside down so now the darker ink is at the bottom.

Out came my top hat, which has never been put away since it arrived, I just keep playing with it while the ideas are hot in my head..

and it is raining cogs and gears..

I used the belt and buckle that came with the hat in a matt silver.

and added a gold embossed on black sentiment, using my favourite wooden stamp.

So there you go, that was fun, be back maybe tomorrow with Bees or maybe another hat..

see you then..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter..

Creative Artiste mixed media challenge  ( Anything goes use mixed mediums )

Moving Along with the times   ( Masculine )

BIRTHDAY CARD..

 Hello everyone,

It is a beautiful Saturday morning while writing this post, in fact I'm getting a bit warm in my craftroom, I get a lot of sun in here, and even in the middle of Winter I get hot..can't complain..

I have a birthday card to share today..for a lady who loves flowers, birds and just bought a new bird bath....so....

I felt a birdbath and tulips, yellow ones, her favourite, were called for..

Birdbath die all put together with minimal language.

( some of these dies are so small and difficult to put together )

patterned papers Mintay paper pad from my stash, 

layered up with yellow background card stock...

My shadow peeking in..each panel layer with foam tape.

Tulips and grass in place..

a gold die cut Happy Birthday, so soft and lovely.

Birdie in place..

and you cannot see, but there is glossy accents in the bath..

and these she is, all done and ready to..no gone.

Thank you so much for stopping by

I'll catch up again soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter....

Crafts Galore   ( Anything goes )

Crafty Animals   ( anything goes must include an animal )

Lets craft and create  ( AG - must use punch or dies )

CHRISTMAS IN JULY..DT

 Hello everyone...

It's that time again, Wednesday has rolled around and time for a new challenge at LITTLE RED WAGON

and the theme is Christmas in July and our hostess is the lovely Brenda..

So I went a bit nuts again and mad a booklet..they just develop while you are playing and time flies by and before you know it it is dinner time and and you don't have the chops in the oven..

So here it with it's bow tied upside down !!!!!

I'm a lefty and my bows always go upside down, I have to remember to turn the book upside down and all is well...

Untied..all the sentiments are stamps from LOTV, the best size for my punches.

pocket and tags galore..

next opening with hidden pockets, and inside is...

two journals for recording the days or adding photos..

see, that's where they go..

back page, another tag and room for gift tag..

popped in place...

So there you go..so do come and join us HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

613 Avenue Create   ( Any Holiday - anything goes )

C R A F T Challenge   ( Christmas )

Fab n Funky   ( Christmas in July )

ATC's IN THE GARDEN..

 Hello everyone,

I'm back and sharing a few more ATC's..

This time....water colouring, with distress inks.

and lots and lots of die cuts..

Squirt it, water it, let it run and dry well.

added one more colour, and dry..

Toadstools and baby snail..

Mama snail..

Daisies...

Little bird singing in the tress..

more daisies..

tools, and a ladybird..

The sentiment stickers are Tim Holtz small talk..

These are what I find in my garden..

Challenge to enter...

Tag-along ( and ATC's )   ( In the garden - anything goes )

A Cut Above  Anything goes use a die cut

BOOKPAGE EPHEMERA..

 Hello everyone,

I have some fun ephemera to share from Natasha at Treasure Books, she made them and I fell in love and made a bunch of them..

These were my mess ups, but kept them in my scraps box.

two book pages ripped in the centers, then inked.

pretty flower sticker and packing acetate.

put that between the two book pages..and!

Fabulous..

So I made purple flowers ones..

Then orange ones..

then neutral ones..

until I had a whole bunch of them, 

using up pages and stickers which is a good thing..

I have added these, or some of these to projects, just cannot share yet

and some top picks..

and...

and..

So happy...