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

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND...DT

 Hello everyone,

 I'll start by saying thank you for the nice get well comments re my back, unfortunately it is not that much better, I thought it was but I think the pain relief told to believe that so I stopped taking so much pain relief, until this morning when  it bit me again so I'm struggling this Wednesday morning sitting in, should I say, Holly's chair writing my post, but I will get there..

This week at LITTLE RED WAGON it is our lovely Kate who is hostess with her theme of..

New York State of Mind - urban scenes or travel, skylines etc..

I was a little stumped for awhile and treated the theme loosely by making a travelling booklet..

I made theses ephemera pieces using pictures and stickers and layered them all up.

paper matted..

Holtzy papers..

cut them,,,shock horror, but had to be done..

Then folded brown card stock

hinged them together..

and added hessian to the spine for movement..

made and inked up tags

oh no, it got stuck together and I made a mess..

This time ephemera made with stickers and also hidden paper clips..

these a great fun in a book.

So here we go..

just pictures unless I find something to mention.

other wise we could be here all day..

coat button from garage sale  purchases, 5 of them for 10cents

vellum envelopes from Temu and lots of stamping..

fixed the mess I made..

made flip downs as well as flip ups..

so many tickets

and back to the beginning..

so do come and join us HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx