JUST THE WAY YOU ARE...DT

 Hello everyone,

It is Wednesday and time for a new challenge over at Little Red Wagon and this week our lovely Kate is hostess and her theme " Just the Way you Are " - ( celebrate someone love, birthday etc )

For my project I made a card using up a stash of lace trim..and papers older than I am..

These flower trims are so popular now, I remember them years ago

and so happy to see them again with so many different colours.

My card is like a pocket..

with this little tag inside decorated with die cuts of

dresses and purses and an even smaller tag with the bow threaded through..

and a tiny little strawberry charm dangling off it.

even added a bunch of the flowers I cut off very carefully onto the waist line of the dress.

As for making the panel to be able to stand I made this contraption, right or wrong the panel can stand, good enough in my book..

So there we go..

Come join us HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

A Cut Above Challenge  ( anything goes with a die cut )

Make My Monday  ( use 2 dies)

HIDDEN TAG INSIDE A TAG..

 Hello everyone,

I have seen a lot of tags in my time but Pinky showed a very cool one the other day, (click her name and she will there,)  and I really liked it and wanted to have a go.....so I did.

I cut two tags the same size, glued the three edges together.

Then covered it in Mintay paper scraps and inked all the edges with Ranger 

inks ground espresso, my new favourite brown.

added my frame stickers and little Victorian ladies

and some number strips..

SURPRISE!!

This little one was inside, same date sticker different lady..

In my  head, this was the sister of the one in the painting ( frame ) and daughter of the lady sitting under the frame, I feel she is jealous of the sister as the mother sits and looks up all the time, and I also feel there is going be trouble..

I watch too much television!

I love the added side tab to pull, 

even though a few didn't get it and had to be told,

but that's okay..

and there we have a cute tag inside a tag, I made another one too, will share that later..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

challenges to enter..

Tag - along (and ATC's )   ( numbers )

AND...my love book 

OLD ENVELOPES ALL FIXED UP..

 Hello everyone,

Sunday afternoon while writing this post and the wind is howling outside..we are having a Summer storm and not too warm either..but, I'm in my room all cosy and just finished a project using up some envelopes using double sided papers that I made last year or even the year before and just never got round to doing anything, well, maybe once in a while I did, but still had plenty to play with..

These little card stock panels were in my stash, I think I was under the illusion 

that they were going to at least A5, but they are only half that,

 so they got put away and never used...until now.

these are the envelope I made using My Minds Eye  12x12 papers

The card ( only the brown ) with  trimmed corners 

popped inside the envelopes and NOT trimmed down, I wanted them sticking up.

This shows the back and front and how much

 they are sticking up over the top..

and now ephemera time with these gorgeous Mintay ephemra flowers 

and light bulbs, some dragon flies and number panels..

these were from my Son at Christmas, clever boy.

so after inking the brown panels with black ink and crazy stamps

I popped the flowers and whatnot where I thought I wanted them..

I finished one completely first and just love it..

Out of the envelope....then went for it..

almost half way through and still loving every minute.

getting through these too..

Before I knew I had nineteen done..NINETEEN!!

that is unacceptable so whipped up a spare..

which use up nearly everything left..

And done..20 envelopes with tags and florals..

Love them..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Crafty Catz   ( Anything goes )

Craft Rocket Challenge   ( Flowers )

Creative Inspirations   ( Anything goes )

SEEING RED ..DT

 Hello everyone,

It's LITTLE RED WAGON time, yep, Wednesday has rolled around again and our lovely Brenda is hostess and her theme is " I'm seeing red " - primarily red project.

My project started with these beautiful papers that Janette sent me for my birthday last year..

and I glued  them down, inside and outside the card, and never changed a hair in their head.

and because I didn't want to cover anything I added a simple and not too big

white heart to write on..

On the outside a big red bold die cut LOVE and a heart.

Do come and bring your red projects, be it valentine or anything you want,

HERE

Well, that makes a change in my design and believe it or not nearly took me longer to than the fancy stuff, I kept over thinking..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

ATC's AND NUMBERS

 Hello everyone,

Time for another set of ATC's and numbers, I love numbers, I can't add or multiply so much anymore, but I love using them in my projects and ATC's, as tiny as they are, are no exception for loads of numbers..

ATC card from my stash cut to size this time..

( notice the suspected stencil on the side )

Book pages

Gluing said pages onto to cards..and filing the edges.

Then the spraying began with vintage photo,

 speckled egg, and cracked pistachio..by TH

Once dry and pulled out the labels and tags of similar colour from my stash..

Tiny little stickers from Judycraft..they have numbers too..

This I think was Stampmeria papers, 12x12 of vintage office drawers

and every ATC got one..that was my starting point, as at this stage

I realised I forgot to stencil!!

so stickers, stickers and more stickers..

About five labels on each ATC layered up and all had numbers..

Out came my drawer with my own design numbers and discs with

 numbers, and die cuts with numbers..

and when I thought I had 12 I actually had 14 ATC's

and this is what I'm entering into Tag- Along ( and ATC's ) ( Numbers )

then I had these package flaps I suppose and my ATC's needed a home..soooo...

I picked some papers..

cut little panels for the flap, glue it done

and poked my ATC's inside..

They were perfect for them..

Even the odd two out found a home with the ruler sticker packaging

just cut to size, covered it and glued it.

DONE!!

Another lot of ephemera for journals or whatever without even thinking about..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you Wednesday..

luv CHRISSYxx