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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

STITCHES...DT

 Hello everyone,

 I'm on fire with my posting lately, probably as my mojo went wandering a bit so a good time to edit and post what I've been up tol..but today is DT day for LITTLE RED WAGON and our fabulous JanR is hostess and her theme for this week is...STITCHES.

This is what I came up with...


I'm obsessed with kraft colour bases only because
 I find it very hard to find coloured cardstock that I can afford..
so I purchase office manilla folders and cut them down..
and the scuffed up really well to give you shabby edges..


I went with shabby chic vintage style, and as I cannot
see details like threading a needle especially on the sewing machine I went with stamping my stitches..


and added little tags from my stash that I made on  one 'tag  making day' 😉


this little hat came from the 123 shop and I bought a small packet of 4
 and they are so fun to add flowers and things on..


The sewing papers from my stash, probably Temu


more stitching stamping


and added a beautiful gold embossed stamped sentiment and glued that onto this pretty oval shaped doily..



So do pop over and join our challenge and check out what the girlfriends have made..


Thank you so much for stopping by, Ill see you Friday with more round stuff..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Creative inspirations   ( Anything Goes )

Crafty Catz  ( Anything Goes )






Tuesday, October 6, 2026

SHABBY CHIC PAPER CLIPS

 Hello everyone,

Back again with the other Shabby Chic project and this time I made hidden papers clips using up more papers of mannequins and all sorts of other bits..


these are my clips on white card stock scraps


and the first papers to glue over the top


Then the ripped or torn papers all pretty and pink


but before that, I clipped a tiny hole in the top of the first layer,
 so the clip peeked out the top..I can hang a charm on that..



then...die cutting, loads and loads of roses die cut and glued from Altenew
and they don't always match up very well but they are very forgiving..


They were then put in place..


and added lace 


Pearls


and butterflies and done..
just some chiffon ribbon it the tab top and they finished 
and ready for  a journal or front of a card..

So there you go..
Thank you so much for stopping by..
I'll see you soon.

Luv CHRISSYxx



Sunday, October 4, 2026

SHABBY CHIC PLAYING CARDS

 Hello everyone,

Back as promised and some shabby chic going on today and tomorrow, maybe the next..


This was  on a card altering day, 

I made heaps of altered playing cards and had such fun..
these ones were gessoed for a base as they are slippery little suckers..


then glued on ripped papers but tried to keep showing the manequins.


these were jumbo playing cards so more space to work with..
and glued on patterned tissue papers on the back.


Lovely..




i die cut circles from the papers as well for added interest..



and then I had lots and lots of these..





Then added tiny flowers and some numbers and I was done..

So there you go..
Thank you so much for stopping by..
I'll see you Sunday..

One of my keyboard keys has a squeak I think it is the 's ' key..mmm...

luv CHRISSYxx




Friday, October 2, 2026

CIRCLE TAGS..

 Hello everyone,

As promised, I'm back already and with a fun project which filled in half a day and kept me very entertained..no " I'm bored " comments allowed in this house, I do something ,whatever it might be, every day..


A die set from Hero Arts and cheap manilla kraft colour folder 
all cut into usable size.


I die cut a load of circles and labels


and some patterned paper circles and also kept the negative, 
I can used that..


TH papers or leftovers from other stuff getting the chop..


added some TH paper dolls and built a circle tag..


all these circles in blue was from another day of making things 
but I just couldn't get my pictures into sharing order,
 so you will get them here and there..


so I kept building and adding bits


Oooo..I'll keep this and use it ..and I did in Fridays post



you can see the pretty pattern better here..


and before lunch I had a set of six..










The flowers were cut from patterned paper as well, and  lined with cardstock to make them firm and easy to die cut, in fact, I used many different papers from food dockets to music sheet scraps..

so there you go..
Thank you so much for stopping by..
Ill see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx


Wednesday, September 30, 2026

AUTUMN COLOURS...DT

 Hello everyone,

I'm back and I think my blogger is nearly fixed, I've had some comments and my reading list does not take so long to load now and when I click load morer.it does...so fingers crossed it will last.

Today I'm hostess over at LITTLE RED WAGON and my theme is Autumn Colours..


I started off with my box ready for spraying..




and spray I did, every yellow, orange and red I had..


When dry, I cut the TH leaves


and had leftovers..


I die cut thin brown card and screwed it up really hard 
to make crinkled dead leaves


They are done..


This is the inside..

This leaf die set is from a Tonic Studio kits, the best kit I ever bought
there is stamps and more dies with it..great stuff.


the leaves on my card front




and after I splattered it with gold ink.


and a simple hello die cut and sentiment which
was in the kit as well..


so come on over with your Autumn/Fall colours and join in in the challenge


thank you all so much for stopping by..
I have some things to share with you so will post a bit more often..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter..

All Sorts  ( Anything Autumn )

Craftycatz  ( Anythnig goes )

Crafty Galz corner  ( Anything goes - Fall Foliage )