NOT TAGS BUT CARDS..

 Hello everyone,

Brrr...still very chilly mornings over here, Holly does not like it, and she sits and waits for the sun to peep in the craftroom window and then she's a very happy cat...

I thought I had some travel tags to share, but I already have and what I had left were cards, so I'm here today to share travel cards..

These are all my bits that I pre make, fussy cut, die cut, colour, stickers or whatever..

then I make little ephemeras...

#1

and the ephemeras go onto my cards with a ball chain as a dangle..

pockets on the inside with little tags and postcards...

#2

I add hats and sunglasses..

which makes the dangle longer and more fun..

same goes inside..

#3

Depending where the traveler is travelling too

I make different  ephemera and no ball chain, just glue it down..

inside the same..

#4

Even the lady's cards get layered up..

no spot for tags on this one..

#5

But they all get their ephemera just added on differently..

This lady has a glass dome with a zebra inside as she's going to Africa..

And has pockets for tags/postcards inside..

#6

This young fellow is just travelling around, no fixed destination..

no pockets..he is not going to write home..lol..

And here they all are and off to the shop and then to new owners..( some were orders )..

Thank you so much for stopping by..

It is a pretty Saturday so far, sun is shinning, but really chilly around my ankles,

better go find some socks then off to the kitchen, cooking for 10 tonight, dinner at my daughters, but doing perp here, you know your own kitchen better..

See you again soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Cut it Up  ( add a sentiment )

C.R.A.F.T Challenge   ( Summer Vacations )

Dragon fly Dreams  ( Lots of Layers )

BE KRAFTY..DT

 Hello everyone,

Wednesday again and time for a new challenge over at Little Red Wagon and the lovely Brenda is hostess and her theme is " Be Krafty - use kraft paper "..but if you haven't got any you can use files folders, or the colour of kraft..

Okay, here's where everything went south...on my clip board list just above my computer I have my DT commitments and for today I was going to post up my folio made with kraft, or should I say, office kraft colour file folder.. but noticed I had TBW next to it...which means..to be water marked..but it was not there, nothing, nada, gone, deleted, never to be seen again..oh, dear, now what.

So I had a scrounge around in my files and found this, will just have to do..I am not going to stress and going to be calm, everything is alright..and this is picture heavy, sorry..

this project started off with my box full of brown kraft paper shopping bags.

I opened one up and laid it flat

another one laid on top in the middle

and...glued.

paper panel in the middle..

pocket panel..

another one..

and this lady,

isn't she lovely, reminds me of my mum..

cutting scraps, loads and loads of scraps, all joined together

to make panels and pockets..

stickers and left overs..

leftover playing cards already inked and grunged..

belly band to slide a booklet inside.

Booklet made with coffee dyed papers..

and pretty corners stickers..

another bigger floral sticker

the brown and black paper cover for this booklet was wrapping paper from my birthday last year..I saved every bit I could..

inside is brown wrapping paper from my sone shop, 

my DIL keeps it all, sometimes tidy and folded flat ..other times,not so much..

but the wrinkles add character, like on me ha ha ha..

all the tops had washie tape like stamps..

filled the pockets..

even the secret ones..and edge with lace..

more stickers and notebooks..

popped into place..

Then all tied up with pink chiffon ribbon.

Oh, dear, I didn't think that was enough and started die cutting tulips

then coloured them with my markers..

and added them onto tags..which I also covered..

just to fill some empty pockets..

The things we do..

put these one under the belly band

added punk chiffon ribbon on the tops..

them more stickers..

PUT IT AWAY!!

folded it up, put it aside, then SOLD..

so do come and join us HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by and putting up 

with all my rantings and picture heavy post..

I'll catch up again soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

BRRR..MONDAY MORNING

 Hello everyone, 

Well, we had the coldest weekend ever, it was freezing, I even had the heat pump on and watch my power gauge rise frantically, but I didn't care, it was COLD!! and I spent most my time watching old movies under a blanket with Holly..

I'm sharing some more tags today with a travel theme..

Choosing a stencil, this took the longest, just about.

selected three as I mostly do things in three's

I also have these packets of washi stickers that are awesome, so many bits inside

top lay with, so bought a bucket load of them..

I chose several bits, put into three bundles ready 

to make ephemera..

I made my ephemera and stapled things together

then time to emboss with Mont Marte modeling paste.

I know the shadow is annoying, but the paste showed up better under my shadow

 as I had the lights on on this dreary cold winters day..

Inky time..

squirt squirt,  then water, let it run..

fun..

Blue and brown mix, beautiful.

Then vintage photo and Mica Stain

Jack-O- Lantern

and brown and green, forest Moss, and vintage photo..

I LOVE the distress ink so much better than oxides, but

each to their own..

an ephemera cluster done and ready to go on, but which one!!

TH suitcases, BUT, I made them smaller to fit my tag by, die cutting them, gluing them etc, then photo graphing them and shrinking them in my editing program so you can end up with all different sizes for different projects..

I stamped the passport sign  from Creative Expressions collection 

and glued it onto a black name tag

added some cargo numbers dies onto

this ephemera cluster.

I die cut a world globe and cut it in half, stamped world

stamp discs and punched them out..

This is where the first ephemera went and more suitcases.

and there all are together, I was in my element on this day..

thank you soi much for stopping by..

I'll see you soon..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Challenges to enter...

Tag Along ( and ATC'S )  ( Travel )

Creative Crafty Uncles   ( Layer it up )

Girlz makes Guyz Cards   ( Anything goes Men )