TRAVEL FOLIO JOURNAL..

 Hello everyone,

I was asked not long ago to make a folio for someone who is travelling to Las Vegas and wantys to log her days in..so....

I made this..

This is the front..

Quite a full and chunky book..and

all tied up with chiffon ribbon..

this is the back..

 " What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas "

The front untied..

lots of pockets and handmade notebooks for writing, 

and I used up a lot of scrap papers for this one..

These photos look small and I think I must stop doing 4 section collages and go back to 3..

but I think you get it..really enjoyed making it for her...

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'm having a nothing day today..so, craft room it is.

luv CHRISSYxx

H FOR HOLIDAYS..DT

 Hello everyone,

Another Wednesday has rolled around, I'm sure they are coming faster and faster and our daylight saving has started which causes my brain and body to go into a catatonic state until I'm organized which could take up the 3 weeks to sort it all out...then the heat will come..ugh!!..

BUT, today is a good day as it is LITTLE RED WAGON  time and a new hostess, our lovely Imke and a new challenge.. " H " is for Holidays - any kind you want..

I went with a Christmas theme using these gorgeous papers..

and decided on a book..

I had all these pictures in my stash, and although I don't have or never have had a winter snowy Christmas, I wanted one, so I made one up, based on my Summer trips to the top of the North Island here in NZ for Christmas to be with my Grandmother.

This is me, ( wink )..all dressed up ready for our trip to Grandmas house..

We took the train and travelled a long way until we reached the station at grandmas village.

we were driven by taxi to Grandmas, which always exciting as she 

had surprises everywhere for us..

there was always a snowman outside

 near her house all dressed up for the season

and around the next turn there were gifts piled high and scattered with snow.

The village was always a beautiful place to go, with the snow and lights

and bought the romance back to Mum and Dad..

The whole day was wrapped in  a gingham ribbon, a memory to keep.

There were no tags, no places to write anything, just pages of how I wished it was.

So do come and join us HERE

thank you so much for stopping by..

Luv CHRISSYxx

SOMETHING SIMPLE

 Hello everyone,

I played in my room ( everyday ) but,  on this day, I made these old book page ephemeras I suppose you could call them,  using stickers and things..but then decided to make a card with this one as it was so simple and mono coloured, so called it my neutral birthday card.

This is the inside, I always decorate the insides somehow, usually like this.

this is the front, quite boring, right.

This is one of the panels I made with faux stitching and inking and stuff..

Plonked it on and awwww...so pretty..

Added this ribbon which has a very light wire through the edges, very light, and twisted it on and dotted bits of glue so it would stick..

Then added a die cut daisy for the outside in a neutral colour too..

A simple gold embossed birthday sentiment and it was done.

I made heaps of these book page ephemeras some with coloured flower stickers,

Think I shared them before and another project coming up with those..

So there you go,

Thank you so much for stopping by..

School holidays here in NZ,  second week, and I'm having my Grandson Lorenzo tomorrow and Thursday, he's 11, so that should be fun, he still talks...

He doesn't grunt yet..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter....

Dragonfly Dreams  ( Happy Birthday )

The Sisterhood of Crafters   ( Birthdays )

ENCOURAGEMENT..DT

 Hello everyone,

It is LITTLE RED WAGON  time and our lovely Kate is hostess with her song title  theme " I'm Still Standing - Encouragement card/project

I went all inky and stenciling and made my background..

I stenciled in modelling paste then inked..easy.

Then added die cuts that I put together with minimal language

made up a sentiment and cut and matted..

not too much dimension, just enough.

and there we go.

 This went to a young man sitting his drivers test..( psst..for the 3rd time..aww bless him )

so come on over and join in with us HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you again soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

A LOADED TAG..

 Hello everyone,

 Have you ever made some papers, like backgrounds and just couldn't part with the waste ?..

This is what happened here, I was going in one direction and ended up going in another..

So first I wanted to use modelling paste, I'm beginning to love this stuff and seem to want to put it everywhere, on every project.

Left side was good, right side was Hmpff..

Never the less, it dried and I started drizzling paint, colour, raspberry..

with plenty of water..

and ended up with this delicious colour..

Then splattered gold Gansi Tambi Starry colours on..

Then trimmed so I had three panels..

Then this happened ...this scrap was in the bin

and I saved it..

Inked the edges, stamped a  Lavinia flower on it and a little Bee..

very simple and just because, I like this scrap that much with its little bits of paint on it..

So everything got inked and a hole punched and layered up..

and held together with a gold brad..so it swings open and you can also write on the back and it can be popped into a journal..

Then another thing happened..

This is a hidden paper clip, a layered one..

Gorgeous garden style papers with the birdbath and those tiny  ephemera tags hanging 

from the top with  charms, just made me so happy and I needed to use it on this tag.

the charms are this strawberry and some keys from my stash all

linked together with a ball chain..

So paper clip in place tiny tags hanging down onto a quadruple layered tag.

That's a lot of tags in one..

and I love it...

So there you go..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

I'll see you again soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Crafty Calendar   ( Lots of Layers )

The Crafters Cafe  ( Flowers)

Creations in Pink  ( Anything goes mainly in PINK)

Pearly Sparkles Challenge  ( Pink, pearls and or sparkle )

NO CORSET BUT A SWAN..

 Hello everyone,

The day I made my backgrounds for the corset die I had this one I'm about to share left over..it didn't make the cut, but not only that  I had a new dies arrives and this background called for a swan..so I did a swan..

So, this is the backgrounds after they were painted and trimmed..

I just swished the paint brush up with the orange/apricot colour, then swished down the panel,

added modelling paste along the bottom and side....done.

Then some card panels with paper added, patterned but plain, 

the colour makes it simple.

My swan is just so lovely, her wings are layered up with foam squares

 and her crown makes her royal..the beak and nose bit were paper pieced..

So one she went with her layered panels as well and some leaves in my favourite green

for softness..

Finally, added some tiny little flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

a few pearls and a lovely stamped sentiment, gold embossed..

So there you go..

Thank you so much for stopping by, I'll see you soon..

luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

All Sorts Challenge  ( Trees, Leaves, plants or anything goes )

Crafty Calendar   ( Lots of Layers )

A Perfect Time to Craft  ( Anything goes )

Crafty Animals  ( must include animal )

Double D Challenge  ( Make you own background )