Miniature Suitcase

I found this fab little suitcase template at Mirkwood designs... it's totally cute.  Small but fun and I would imagine you could enlarge the template to make different sizes to stack if you spent a little time. There are so many fab template on this site that you will be spoiled for choice... check it out!!

I used stamped onto my card and clear embossed before colouring with distress ink.  I love the resist effect when you remove the ink from the embossed images.

I did the same for the straps but on paper so the effect is a little different and so is the colour of the ink due to the different porosity.

The handle is made by threading fibres through punched holes.

I used the punched out pieces to add little studs by sticking them to punched out sticky pads and colouring with silver ink.

I think it would be a cool place to keep cuff links or loose change for a guy eh.

Now just check out that shine.... Tim Holtz rock candy crackle.... ooooh how cool is that stuff!!

Thanks for looking... catchya later :D

hugs

Chris xx

Home sweet home card

It's a hat trick... lol.... this is the third easel card... will share something different tomorrow.  I promise :D

This is only a teeny weeny one ... the stamped house images are just over an inch tall.  Just wanted to try something different... cos I get bored easy.  I had to have a little door that opened too... can you see it.

I used alcohol ink on the background and the images were stamped onto patterned paper before cutting out.

I think this is one of my favourites out of my crafty pieces... don't think I can give this away...but then again I could have another favourite next week.  Very fickle...lol

Hope the sun is still shining for you

hugs

Chris xx

Sunday Stamper challenge - Pearls

Well I did warn you...Easel card OCD in full flow... so here's another :D

More pretty papers, chipboard and stamps from Crafty Individuals... went a bit addition crazy with this one... sometimes less is more... but not in my vocabulary.  I just keep adding and adding :D Guess it just depends on my mood at the time.

You were wondering where my Pearls for the Sunday Stamper challenge were weren't ya... well they are here...lol  Only half pearls... hope they count!!

and this little cutie from Lisa's altered art.

Heh heh.... wonder where Mummy got the basin for that haircut...rofl

hugs

Chris xx

Believe easel card

Some of my all time favourite papers are Basicgrey... I love the grungy look that they give whilst remaining pretty at the same time.  

I've been using alcohol inks again to cover this chipboard frame and had to indulge my ongoing passion for flowers.

I have loads of these self adhesive coloured half pearls cos they are so lush and easy to use.  It's great being able to just pop them onto what I create without worrying about glue seeping out from under them.

I am enjoying making these easel cards but as usual am guilty of overindulging when I find pleasure in making something and keep making more....lol

Do you think I'm in danger of  suffering from Easel card OCD!!

Have a great day

hugs

Chris xx

Life is short... do what you love....

is the sentiment on this easy peasy bookmark I made.  The words and paper are from Crafty Individuals and for once I thought I would make something for myself which is pretty and practical.

I used a rectangle of paper adhered to card, roughed the edges with an emery board and snipped into the bottom with my scissors to create some fringing.  I cut out the butterfly from another part of the paper...curling the edges over my scissors before adding it to complete the bookmark.

A hole punched through the top and some co-ordinating ribbon and quick as you like... no need to turn over those page edges again.  That's soooo naughty isn't it and a complete no no with our craft books...lol

Hugs

Chris xx

Three for the price of one.....

challenges that is :D  I used my pretty lady from below to make a card that fits with The Daring Cardmakers Challenge which is ' Ice and Snow' and  The Shabby Tea Room Challenge  using 'stripes'. I'm also joining in with Gingersnap Creations Challenge for the first time with their 'Shades of Blue'.

I made a round card for a change which reminds me of  a snowball...lol  but also used cold colours to fit in with DCM theme.   There are lots of hand drawn stripes for TSTR theme... I am so into sketching and colouring right now so this was fun.

I drew lots of funny shaped flowers and leaves and coloured those and the striped border with my blue Sakura Glaze pen.  I love these pens because they give a gorgeous shiny embossed look.

Unfortunately this wasn't really picked up well with my photos but I can assure you that the blue bits really shine and glisten.  I used 3d pads under my flowers and the main image cos I love things to be 3d.  It's a long time since I spent this long on a card but it was really therapeutic.  Think I need to be sketching and colouring a lot more :D

Thanks for looking and don't forget you can get your own glam girlie free from the post below.

Hugs

Chris xx 

p.s. my lovely pal Chriss sugested I have a little comp to name this pretty lady.... so if you'd like to choose a name and leave a comment.... the winner will receive a signed framed print of the original illustration in a colour of their choice :D

Just because I can....

I decided to have a little giveaway on my blog today.  I have been sketching over the last couple of days... I'm always skipping between projects.  If my hands and time could keep up with my mind I would be a very happy girlie... cos ideas keep sprouting but I don't have enough hours to do all I would like to :D

Anyways I waffle.... so if you would like this free digi stamp feel free to grab it.  (click on pic to enlarge and then right click and save as.)

I decided to colour some of the images for you but hey I'm not the best colourer (sp?) in the world although I'm working on it...lol.

Will come back tomorrow to show you how I used it.

happy crafting.

hugs

Chris xx

Do you know what this is.....

shall I tell ya..... well it's my good girl handbag charm.  It started off with a matchbox which I decorated with a stamp and paper from Crafty Individuals.  I added a bit of bling with a fastener and beads and some lace edging and pearl flowers.

Okay so you wanna know why it's called my good girl charm right :-P.... well that's because I'm gonna fill it with sugar free sweeties and then when I go shopping and I'm tempted to buy chocolate and ice cream and biscuits and other fat laden monstrosities... I am gonna pop a sweetie in my mouth and hopefully deter myself from buying them :D

Then I'll be a good girl right....rofl

Well the thought is there... hope it works in practice!!

Have a great day

hugs

Chris xx

Oh so cute....

this fun image from Crafty Individuals is...can you just imagine getting a big slobbery kiss off that doggy...lol

I used Alcohol inks on the chipboard frame also from Crafty Individuals  ... thought they deserved an airing

and ooops another flower just snuck in there :D

Hope it's hot and sunshiny where you are today.

hugs

Chris xx

Flower bracelet

I keep making paper flowers without knowing what I'm going to do with them... I think I'm obsessed... I see a piece of paper and before I know what I'm doing I'm cutting petal shapes... oh well I just have to go with the flow.   I decided to make a grungeboard bracelet... I covered it with some pretty CI paper and my flower just leapt on top like it belonged there...lol

I used paper stamped with a diamond background stamp also from CI for my petals and once I glued them together and curled them a wee bit I just knew I wanted a bead in the centre.  The bracelet is fastened with some chain and a clasp.

A bit OTT but fun to make.

hugs Chris xx

p.s. Can you just SEEEE how hairy my arms are.....ooooer wrinkly too...lol