WHAT TO DO..

 Hello everyone,

What to do on a rainy day, when there is no mojo and

orders are all done..

I MAKE EPHEMERA..

and decorate sticker pouches..

These pocket pouches had stickers in them nd

just too good to toss and didn't want to spend hours covering them.

so I used number stickers to cover the barcode

so quick and easy and then added little people stickers

 that came inside the pouches

and done..

patterned paper is next and I made envelopes..

then these little things, I think I've used on already

but they make a fabulous pouch for the front of a journal, or inside, 

I added a closure that I learned to make, but didn't, 

these are shop bought and had them in my stash forever..

another envelope and this time I lined it and

dealt with the flap.

using a big brush marker from Faber Castel

I went around the edges to look like a black envelope.

made a punched circle closure and used a small velcro dot

and before the sun came out, I had all these to play with..

So there you go..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

PICTURING LOVE..DT

 Hello everyone,

I hope you week is going well and you are ready for anew challenge over at Little Red Wagon where JanR is hostess and her theme for this week is " PICTURING LOVE " love or Valentine day.

So, what did I do, I made a book card..one of those cards that stared out relatively normal then just kept going on ..

I sorted my papers from this beautiful romance type pad, some were scraps inside the pad

and also some sheets were cut apart sheets and that's where the tags came from.

Next up I made pockets and started a little heart shape booklet to pop 

into the pockets..

decorating the arrow with the gold flat back gems.

the front...

first inside pages with pockets and tags..

Tags out and all the front of the pockets have gold die cut

love words..

Second pages with tags..

Tags out..

Third pages with tags..

Tags out..

little heart shaped booklet

pages linked together with thin white ribbon..

last page..

and there you go...

So do come and join us HERE  

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter..

Everybody Art Challenge   ( Have a heart )

Try it on Tuesday  ( All Loved up )

Ally's Angels  ( Anything goes )

Creative Moments   (Anything goes / Love and Romance )

THE DEER THAT WENT WRONG..

 Hello everyone,

Awhile ago Chris from " Here's one I made earlier " made a card, her name is linked to it, and I really wanted to case it, so I tried, by doing it my way, and messed it up.

As I didn't have a stencil of a deer head, I did have a die, so I cut that out

of the card front which left an aperture, thinking it was the right thing I'm doing here.

Then put paper on the back of the aperture ?????

okay, that's not the what I wanted but didn't figure that out yet..

added die cut branches

I'm still not awake..

gave it some gold berries and a gold sentiment and liked it...but

this is what I was really going for, I wanted it open

with the patterned paper behind there was no place to write, so I made a tag with the said paper and writing can be on the back of that..

What a nightmare and a lot of time fluffing about.

but at the end of this I actually liked both of them, so there you go..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

luv CHRISSYxx

IT'S HERE..IT'S WEDNESDAY..DT

 Hello everyone..

It is indeed Wednesday, but I'm writing this on Sunday, so excuse me if my brain wanders off the path and I'm here to share a small project, yes, I went small, for my DT project for Little Red Wagon where I am hostess and want to see " Neutral - anything in neutral colours, any project, anything at all, be it big or small..

I had an ephemera day, sometimes I just need, no project just ephemera.

I started with book pages ripped around the edges and then inked.

and I had all these little frames in my stash and it was

time to use some of them up..

as they were stickers ( my favourite thing ) I stick them down

 onto the papers.

more stickers, PET stickers, so no borders of brides, all sorts.

so sorted around my tin of brides, picking out

which ones would suit the purpose..

and settled on these girls..so so pretty..and tiny!!

sorting through, again, my tin of flowers this time as each 

each bride needed a flower..a rose bud to be precise..

and there you go ..

 eight ephemeras panels for journals, or a card, or three

or maybe just pop into an envelope as a surprise inside with a cheque!!

So do come and join us HERE

Thank you so so much for stopping by,

I'll see you again soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

ATC's BUT TOO SMALL - FIX

 Hello everyone,

I had a play not too long ago with some more playing cards to make ATC's..

When I started I didn't measure, or think to measure,  my playing card, and thought everything was okay....until..

So started off by gluing with a glue stick the cards

onto old book pages..

done..then trimmed, then thought about it!

These were the cards..

against other I had covered..oops!..

Quite a bit of difference.

So I came up with a fix....

glue another on the back and folded it over and made a flap.

good or bad, it fixed the size.

same size now..

Stickers..

how I love  my stickers...

They all got stickers, some were fussy cut out as the border

is not my pet.

on the stickers went here and there..

label stickers as well..

I have a few to use up!!!

inked them up, homemade number labels, now I need something else..

I have these dies that make clip tops..

Yep, I like that..

need more though..

die cut this little bottle..

and used a ticket die to make labels to fit..

inked up and glued on.

added numbers on the bottles

big bugs on the back ( PET stickers )

and tied them all up with string..ATC booklets.

So there go, everything can be fixed..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'm off to the shop with my new trolley...

it's a good walk and going to be much easier wheeling shopping home

than carrying bags..

Have a good week I'll see you Wednesday..

luv CHRISSYxx