HAPPY BIRTHDAY..

 Hello everyone,

Once upon a time there were three little girls who all went to the police academy, and they were each assigned very hazardous duties...................oh wait, that was from Charlies Angels, we never went to a police academy......but we were the very best friends, the three musketeers maybe and to this day still are..and we all turned 70 in the same year, me first and so on ...

This is the card I made for the first friend for 1st July...and Holly helped in her way.

using up music sheets, all trimmed to size and inked..

Her colour is purple and these A5 papers arrived from Temu

 and were just saying her name..

they were matted and tagged and layered..

pockets for tags in place..

theses tags looked small...but..

I also attached a bookmark as the front panel is a pocket too..

this little pocket has a picture on it...not her.

little snippets of lace popped in the layers..

and a little gold bee

and a gold die cut 70th...done.

Thank you so much for stopping by,

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Ellibelle's Garden Party  ( anything in or from the garden )

Creative inspirations  ( Anything Goes )

Crafty Chicks   ( Birthday )

TO BOLDLY GO..DT

 Hello everyone,

To Boldly Go -  is our theme this week over at Little Red Wagon where our lovely JanR is hostess and she wants to see bold / bright colours..

I made ATC's..I'm hooked..

and still using up my scraps,
I'm being so good, so I might go out today and buy myself some chocolate..yum..

Using normal size playing cards and scraps of Franceville modern coastal papers..

and wonderful colourful card stock houses from Temu.

I built some scenes..

added clouds..

Nearly done..

I needed some birds and charms up the top, 

I have thousands of charms, it got out of control for awhile , shopping for them, 

but I'm okay now, ha ha ha..

So there you go..

come on over and play HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by...

luv CHRISSYxx

Make my Monday   ( Summer Fun )

Simon Says Stamps  ( Red, White and or Blue )

All sorts challenge  ( Seaside or anything goes )

JUST PLAYING..

 Hello everyone,

Been having a play with dies and just making things simple for masculine cards..although I love the fuss and bother better, the layers and grunge and all that stuff, especially nautical style, but just wanted to keep playing and simpler way..lack of mojo I think..

anyway inked up this panel with a lot of Bundled Sage Distress ink..

It's not really this dark, I'm only showing it because you can see the water splatter better..

then I stenciled texture paste, love it..

Monte Marte texture paste, it is really good..

After adding the die cuts showing a little dimension, not much..

I really like this one..

the I glued and stuck down on dimension tape the sentiment...

WHY???

I wasn't thinking too hot and I don't like it off to the side..

I then squirted Nuvo black crystal drops on and

gave it a whack or two the flatten them out

and sort of liked it a bit better..

then did the whole thing again with the top hat die that I bought last week..

and added the sentiment along the bottom without the red backing..

here they are together ready for the shop..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

hope you have a great weekend, mine is underway..

still mojo less..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter....

Crafty Catz  ( Anything goes )

Creative Fingers   ( Anything Goes )

Craft Rocket Challenge   ( No Designer paper )

Krafty Chicks Challenge   ( Masculine )

SQUEEZING IT IN..

 Hello everyone,

I have a tag to share today after finding an old die in my stash, slipped inside another set and I was so happy I just had to play..BUT!!

I struggled..

Here's the die and I planned on a shaker

so cut it out and glued acetate behind the openings..

so far so good..

then I fished out these papers and I have a huge amount of them..A5's.

This is where it went belly up..

I die cut the paper and added on top, over the glass..

added beads and shook  it, and the beads went all over the place..ha ha ha..

I sealed it wrong.

so here the beads were gone, so I added the die cut of the glass into the gap..

added a top tab and some inky edges with TH Ground Espresso ink..

then some glass bubble beads were glued on

the outside of the glass and on the tag..

So finally it was done...

with only minimal ear shattering curses..

Thank you so much for stopping by,

see you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter....

Tag - Along ( and ATC's )   ( Drinks or Anything goes )

 

WATER PAINT IT..DT

 Hello everyone,

The week has flown by and it is time again for Little Red Wagon

 challenge and this week I'm your hostess and my theme is - Water paint it..

Water painting is easy, you don't need to think, you put some paint down and add water, easier than making scones...in my world it is, I'm not a scone maker at all..

I'll show you what I have been playing with..

All these critters and plants were painted with water paints..

Nothing was neat and tidy, just paint and add water..

for my project I used this new die set with these adorable little mice..

paint with a little water to start it off..

add water..see, blotchy and shaded all the same time.

if it gets too dark in some places just add a little water and blot gently..

and little gems for eyes..

inside the card..

little mice getting into their places..no pushing please, one at a time.

A birthday die cut sentiment and done..

so do come and play HERE

Oh, dear, I should be scrapbooking and all I want to do now is water paint, good old messy water painting..

thank you so much for stopping by

I'll catch up again soon..

luv CHRISSYxx