BIGGER TAGS..

 Hello everyone,

Back with bigger tags and not all FULL ON animals as I sort of ran out, but cannot show why yet until the postie goes travelling and my kids and grandkids have opened theirs..so something to share later on..

This time I went with big tags and using up so much tartan, plaid or whatever you call it, papers.

I didn't have any 12x12 left that I liked so went with 6x6 and used up heaps..

Cut all my tags with white card stock 3 1/2 x 7 1/2

fished out all my papers that need to be in half ACROSS ways not up and down.

Glued all the papers on, trim the tops and round corner the bottom, 

now already for embellishing..

the top half is bigger than the bottom as it looks better.

now using the ephemera labels from the book the other day, 

I made little tags to hang on the top

and also found some stickers and frames

and made them FIT.

stamped a thousand times ( Felt like a 1000) merry Christmas

and made kraft backing for them, inked them, rough up the edges..

then with a fine marker made a frame around the merry Christmas...see..

made a cute box to stand them up in..

and here they all are...with burlap and white ribbon and two gold bells

Plus..

a few masculine style sort of..plaid papers, loads of die cutting, bit of colouring,

stamping and round tags..what a big day that was, but fun.

Thank you so much for stopping by again, 

Okay, my photos have now got a little mixed up, so off to tidy some folders up..

see you Tomorrow..

luv CHRISSYxx

TAGS..

 Hello everyone,

Sharing today some of my many tags I have made ready for the fair on the 27th Nov, so excited but really nervous to say the least..

These tags were made from papers in my stash, A5's, loads of them and needed to be used, so they were die cut with my NEW tag cutting die.

I glued the picture onto white cardstock for stability

then die cut, that pressed the glue down flat and nice, then came the pom pom trims..

I had quite a bit of pom pom trim and had to be used..

the Santas got the pom pom trim..

Winter snowy scenes here..

These pictures were printed onto card  stock from my PC folder.

and die cut with smaller tag die and also die cut a red ribbon for the top.

that bow die was from Honey Bee Stamps.

More winter tags with pom pom trim.

and some burlap and white ribbon tied on top.

A couple of days. everything was splattered with white ink 

and laid out to dry, and here they all are..

First set..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I had a great couple of days doing this..I'll see you tomorrow.

luv CHRISSYxx

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HOW MY CHRISTMAS THEME BEGAN..

 Hello everyone,

Sometimes  I like themes for my Christmas card, I get an idea and if it flows, it flows, and I make over 200 cards for the season, family, shop, friends, special friends, overseas and then the orders in between.

This year...this is how my theme began..

I shopped on amazon and bought this..

and started cutting..

and card stock backing to make them studier 

I do nothing perfect with my eyesight, and don't really care, 

but all the ephemera was hand cut out and matted with card stock..

and sometimes a die worked, but the tags etc are different sizes so pretty limited.

but the hand cutting was okay and I inked the edges to hide boo boo's.

after buying my  Hero Arts nesting dies I found one good enough for the round ephemera, so that was lucky, I cannot cut a straight line, so a circle was never going to work..

double sided these one as they are pretty small.

and you can see by now my theme is " Animals "

different sizes in this book, so that was fun.

I made so many animal themed cards and tags which I will share as time goes by

and still had bits left over..

Here we are at the end with all the pictures cut and matted and ready to go..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you tomorrow..

Luv CHRISSYxx

LET'S FLY..DT

 Hello everyone,

Time for Little Red Wagon and a new challenge with JanR as our fabulous hostess and her theme is..

LET'S Fly - anything that flies in the sky..

I weakened and bought this Tim Holtz 12x12 paper pad..

and cut into it..I know!

Steampunk die cut balloon and made the base out of gold card stock by cutting again.

added some Bee's and the girls face along with a number.

Dry embossed using my favourite embossing folder

some builders mesh..

lot of clocks and more numbers

and layered my cogs, gears and clocks up 

Sentiment, or quote really, not added a sentiment as yet..

Close up of quote..

and close up of my stacked cogs and gears

and DONE!!

So there you go, 

Come on over and join in HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by,

hope you are getting on or finished Christmas stuff, all my overseas ones are done, family done, special elderly ( the old lady says ) are done..and even my gifts are 99% done..I'm so proud.

See you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

CHRISTMAS SHAKE UP

 Hello everyone,

Sharing a Christmas shaker that nearly sent me into a spin of no return, I shook it, and the stuff fell out, I was so cross with myself, started over and it did it again..I didn't realize that the bag I was using for my shaker window had a hole or ten at the other end, I thought it was a sealed bag..anyway, it work out in the end..

Using my arch die ( love this die ), I cut out a window in  the card base.

Then glued the bag in place ready to fill it with my shaker bits..

Die cut a Santa picture..

filled my bag up..

and glued it inside..

die cut some snowflakes in music papers..

added a pocket with a tag on the backside..

added a music strip on the inside seam.

a die cut Merry Christmas in the music papers..

I love these cellophane bags with the snowflake print on it.

and there she is..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

The Holly and Ivy Challenge  ( Anything goes Christmas )

The Daisy Chain Challenge  ( anything Christmas )

The Merry Little Christmas Challenge ( Anything Christmas Goes )