JUST A QUICKIE

 Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a good weekend..mine was super happy..

My grandson proposed in the middle of a photo shoot that my daughter was doing for him and his gorgeous girlfriend, neither girls had any idea so a very emotional time.

they are such lovely caring kids and I wish them all the happiness in the world..

So, moving on and drying my eyes again..

A request to make a load of " Thanks " sentiments

for cards at my sons shop as sometimes they don't want birthday but love a card..

DONE!

then of course I made cards..lol..

card one..

Die cut a heap of daisies ( Honey Bee Stamps )

leaves and centers..

until I had a tray of them..

Card two..

card three..

card four..

The white butterflies is a die. plain, nothing on it, just plain white card stock, I made the dots on the wings using tiny little black gems, the ones I use for most seagulls eyes and gave them a black body..perfect.

So there you go..

short and sweet and I'll be back tomorrow with a DT project

so I'll see you then..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

ANOTHER HIDDEN TAG..

 Hello everyone,

I'm back with the other tag inside a tag but this one is bigger..

I don't often use blue mainly because I've never found any

 I really like, but these are delicious, sort of vintage blue.

but only 6x6 so..

I had to join them up pattern with pattern,

one of my favourite things to do.

added a Tim Holtz paper doll and gave her some

butterfly wings

The tag that slides inside had half a butterfly

and a big number...BUT

it was too small and dissappeared inside the big tag,

so I had to alter..

I just added a piece of card stock and used up scraps of paper

to cover it then a big number.

okay, the butterfly does not line up as well as my eyesight is rubbish 

and I cannot line up most of anything..

but the hole reinforcing circles  and black scrap of card stock hide the join pretty good.

and now it snuggles up really nice inside without vanishing inside.

added a ribbon tab top and done..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

See you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

  

Tag -along ( and ATC'S )  ( Numbers )

Cardz 4 Galz   ( Wings )

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