PINK AND TEAL

 Hello everyone,

WOW, what a busy time in my part of the woods, kids, dogs, travel, chaos, flight details change, flight diverts, then they forgot someone !!! not me though.. I was at home doing the hard stuff, but it all worked out, the family had a wonderful 50th birthday down south, home now safe and sound and I'm back in my room and so happy...and have them all tonight for a 4 course dinner..

Today I'm sharing and pink  and teal card mainly to share the leftover bit which ended up in a DT project and showing that tomorrow, so thought I better get this posted so you can see where I was going or came from....confused?...me too..

so these are my papers, they are beautiful from Temu ( sorry )..

I made a card base and papered them up

 then out came a blast from the past, 

my Friskars border punch, my favourite..

I cut a few of them as the papers - panels were a little small 

and the the teal just bought an edge which looked better..

then on the inside a vellum envelope which is not glued together just 

glued inside the card with a panel inside that covers the glue..

added white lace on the edges 

and on the front with a gold sentiment..

an oval to write on..

wide open

and a tag with a doily on it..

then added butterflies inside the envelope..

and back to the beginning..

And now sharing this..it was a sheet of card that when I was doing another project and stamping all over the place I ended up with over stamping and test stamping with many stamps..

Well, I couldn't throw it away..so come back tomorrow and I'll show you what I did..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx

 

WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE..DT

 Hello everyone,

You guessed it, it is Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Little Red Wagon  and our lovely Kate is hostess with another Billy Joel themed style challenge...We Didn't Start the Fire, candles, or even History/timeline..whatever you want to make with a theme of fire...

I went with candles..

and I die cut a few layer to glued together 

to give the candles some dimension

added the dripping wax and using markers I coloured the wick..

then die cut Honey Bee Stamps pinecones and leaves

used plaid papers on my base and an oval inside for writing on..

dimension tape for some lift..

and started putting the card together..

No spatter

with spatter

 it does make a difference especially in real life..

so do come and join us with your fire projects

HERE

Thank you all so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

IN THE GARDEN

 Hello everyone,

I was thinking of something the other day and decided to go for it....a giant gate fold garden card

This was after I made that giant nautical card

and just wanted to do it again..

So, fold is done..8 inches high, 14 inches across.

papers..

such a beautiful pattern and colours

There she is all covered..front

and back..

now the fence

i didn't want to use the railing die for the fence, I wanted it to be a little bit

deeper so made my own..

Branches was a after thought..cut in brown then green then leaves

 were nipped off and glued onto the brown..

Daisies were a definite

and an idea for the centers, but no, looked silly and didn't work..

so die cutting began with these centers.

Yep, much better

another idea for the hearts but they needed severe painting or inking.

die cut loads of leaves from Altenew

glued the layers

nothing straight with my eye sight !!!1

but they passed

The hearts became the nails on the fence..

Then on went details and things...

metal handles with a tiny piece of Camillia branch holding it together..

Wide open..

cute little bird..

tiny white flower glued inp lace with Nuvo crystal drops for the centers..

and standing up..

So there you go..a giant tri fold garden card..fun.

Thank you so much for stopping by, see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter..

Creative Fingers  ( anything goes )

Alphabet Challenge ( H for Horticulture - science creating gardens )

Craft Catz  ( anything goes )

STILL USING SCRAPS AND BUTTERFLIES..

 Hello everyone, 

It is Friday here while I'm writing this morning, Holly and I had a huge sleep in and I was so surprised that I didn't here anything and so surprised holly didn't bite my face to go out, too cold and frosty I reckon and the undesirables were not home so no noisy screaming kids to deal with..lol..grumpy old lady.

So I'm back to share yet another folio and I used up lots of scrap on this one and had a wonderful time making it.

There are 26 photos, and I know because I numbered them when editing so I would not loose my way.

for my pages I have fallen in love with this stuff..

off white,  very large in size, thick, strong and cheap from KMart

all fold and glue together..with the hinges technique..

Tim coming out to play..

and my giant wall display butterflies..

throwing in some Kaiser kraft 12x12, love these..( scraps )

pages all covered

Leftover circles turned into pockets

see..

a photo mat frame that I over inked!!!

I used lace too and the photos are form the internet 

or Temu I cant remember.

Negative frame, I'll save that..

Negative numbers, but crooked, so will try better..

Tray full of stuff all ready to go...

I also used heaps of ephemeras I have made through the months.

my top hat die with sun glasses as I couldn't find my goggles die..

there's my negative and I kept it straight..

The end..

That used up a lot of scraps and a few new sheets for bigger stuff,,

thank you so much for stopping by..

she finely found the winter sun..

luv CHRISSYxx