MONO..DT

 Hello everyone,

Wednesday has sprung into action and I'm hostess over at Little Red Wagon  and my theme for all is..  MONOCHROMATIC - use only one colour but all shades, and if the background sneaks in another colour, but only a lit bit, I wont look.

Here is my project...

I scored these cute little badges in a dollar shop and thought they would make neat baby embellishments..

I also got some new papers...

and die cut all these outfits, that I shared awhile ago..

paper pieced, lots of them.

but this one is for a baby boy and I went with all the blues I could fine..

but on closer inspection I saw colour in my background papers,

 so that's why I'm being a kind hostess this week and letting some soft colours sneak through..

I love these cute overalls and remember my boys wearing them..

I love the die cut letters in navy..

last time I used army green and it worked a treat them too.

and I added a little boat....done!

So come on over and play HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you tomorrow..

Luv CHRISSYxx

CHRISTMAS #6

 Hello everyone,

I'm onto Christmas card #6 but two for one this time, so easy and fast and very pretty, I even have a video as such if it works.

This how easy, fold the base, make some pink matts, trim pink snowman picture and stick it onto one of the matts, that have been inked a bit, lay onto packaging plastic, stick down three sides, fill with shaker stuff, seal the top

another step was white embossing some snowflakes, that was fun, subtle, but easy to see IRL..

All these clear beads are from my sons shop/garage, they are those moisture beads and he gets hundreds of these packets out of his deliveries, so then I score them too for my shakers..

I also did a Santa shaker..

and the two cards together ( SOLD )

Galaxy has a " New way " to do things and it is dumb, now I have to learn all over again " How to "..

etc etc..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you tomorrow..

Luv CHRISSYxx

FAVOURITE EMBELLISHMENT...DT

 Hello everyone,

Another fortnight has flown by and it is time for another new challenge over at As You Like It where Elaine is our hostess and the them is ..." Favourite Embellishment "

My project this time is a big one, I went so crazy for these adorable images from our sponsor Last Minute Manda and leaves and my favourite embellishment is my " PUMPKINS " and I will slip those things into lots of projects but mainly Autumn ones as that is my favourite season too...

I started this one up with printing, fussy cutting, and colouring my images..

Then I mutilated a cardboard box,

 I did try to be gentle but the cardboard was thick and chewy!!

Now these leaves totally fascinated me, they are not paper, sort of a material 

of sorts, and the colours are amazing, I found these at my local 123 shop.

So, I glued them down across the top of the box after adding glitter cardstock that nothing will stick too, so they were weighted down for quite awhile..

Not that patient to wait at the bottom, I stapled them on.

Then on went all my bits, mushrooms are one of my favourites too.

See, mushrooms, toadstools, I love them.

I found some moss too, have always loved this stuff but can never buy it around here, but can now, so I bought  a truck load, well, not really a truck load, but lifetime supply for sure..

So all glued together and those flaps at the side help it to stand alone..

See, standing up there and looking mighty fine..

The sentiment is a stamp from a Tonic Studio card kit 100 years ago, I stamped into gray cardstock and DONE!!

Thank you to our sponsor this fortnight..

and do come and join us if you can, would love the see you HERE with you favourite embellishment..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter....

Ellibelles I spy with my little eye   ( Colours of the season )

WINTERTIME ..DT

 Hello everyone,

Wednesday and time for....LITTLE RED WAGON  a new challenge and hostess, which is our lovely Imke and her theme is " WINTERTIME "..anything winter, colours, weather, anything like that..

For my project, I went with another wagon wheel, trees and birds..

These trees are pretty good to put together, the layers work and as long as I say all

the layers from front to back I get my colours right...go figure.

Simple pale blue card stock splattered with white ink for snow.

Fortunately I had several wagon wheels made and trees cut and layered

and snowed up, so this was a quick one to put together..

Dimension, but not over the top, it can squeeze through the mailer measure

 so should be okay..

Birds and a few pinecones laying in the snow..

more dimension..

and a simple sentiment stamped and glued in place..

DONE!!

So do come on over and join us HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'm back tomorrow with another DT project so see you then..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter....

Craft Rocket Challenge  ( Christmas / and or Winter)

Creative Inspiration Challenge  ( Anything goes )

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CHRISTMAS # 5

 Hello everyone,

Back with Christmas # 5..

These pictures were scrapbook papers that I cut into strips to fit

 slimlines and a couple of my usual 5x7's..

they just make ready to go background,

 have not used them all yet, 

This one I added a snowbank which covered the bottom

part and lots of foam ..

See, so when my wagon wheel was put in place

there was space for stuff..

Added my bird and fir branches die cust from Honey Bee Stamps, they are soooo good, and the berries too..the bow not too sure, but die cut it, layered it and popped it in place.

As you know Holly jumps up without out warning and we had

already had an episode the day before, so this time I'm prepared...

I hide my berries and all those tiny bits under my artist pad..

So birdie in place, snow plastered on the wagon wheel and ground'

LOTV sentiment stamped and placed, wooden snowflakes and then wished I had not put the white bits on the berries, but it is what it is..

So there you go..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

luv CHRISSYxx

CHRISTMAS CARD #4

 Hello everyone,

Christmas card day #4..This one was not hard, but it sure did take quite awhile, fiddly, loads of die cutting, loads of layers and pockets with tags and the intention was to make it into a journal type card booklet to write down memories of the day 2024 and was made with two envelopes glued together..

left envelope flap..right, envelope #2 bottom

Glue together, bottom onto flap.

see..

Now fold left into middle

FLIP..Then right into middle..

Then fold in half..

And you get this..

now decorate..I embossed pockets which I love,

 ( Brenda showed this over at Little Red Wagon)

Adding all the dies I cut out and glued the layers..

The tags I used patterned papers but blank for writing on other side...

Chief inspector..

This is the cover and you just keep turning the pages until

 you get back to the cover..

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

tag out..

#7

tag out..

#8

#9

tag out..from envelope opening..

Tag out 

All the tags had their own sentiments stamped on the fronts..

And back to the cover,

 this card is in my son's shop for sale..lets see if Kiwis get it!!

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Ill try see you tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter..

The Paper Funday  anything goes- option tags..

The Holly and Ivy Christmas challenge   ( anything Goes Christmas )

Unicorn challenge  ( Anything Christmas an or Winter goes )

Double Trouble   ( Lots of Layers)