Dilly beans for mom

I've been on a run lately...

and most likely you'll be sick of looking at my Mother's Day cards

but I have yet another to share with you.

This one is actually for my own mom

She just loves fuschia, and I know she'll love all the flowers on this girl!

The image is from Dilly Beans, and I've colored her up with my copic markers

Here's her close up

       

Can you see that I added some perfect pearls to her eyes??  I haven't pulled those out in a while!

Linking up with:

Tuesday morning sketch: challenge 197

Dilly beans: For Mom

Pile it on: For mother

Shopping our stash: Mothers day or Pink (mine's both!)

Funkie junkie tag #9

Happy day before Thanksgiving

Are you all prepped and ready for the craziness??

I know I am! Lucky me I don't have to do all the cooking... 

I work Thanksgiving night, and we all bring a part of the meal! Yeah!

I'm soooo looking forward to Steph's green bean casserole,

And I'm trying out my Great Aunt Jewell's chocolate divine dessert... Mmmmmm

Ok ok, enough jabbering on.. 

This post is actually another Christmas tag from The funkie junkie week 9

Hop on over and see what Linda created! 

Then you'll see I was inspired by her layout, and her background

This challenge is being brought to you by her store The funkie junkie boutique

Where she's having a moving sale!  Yep, she's headed to Gainesville from South Florida!

Sooooo for the background I cut a piece of scrapbook paper with that wood!

I then die cut all the hearts out of some distress papers

Then I used my new distress stain to ink up the hearts

I was also inspired by the button on Linda's creation with the twine 

I only had a super small piece, so I made it work

Then I added the ticket, the number 4 and the bow on top!

The leaf is also a die cut that I grunted up with my sanding block

Here's another look!

I also am playing along with: 

Seriously creative challenges: Wood

Shopping our stash: Leaves

Cut it up challenge: Buttons everywhere

31 days of Halloween: Day 9

I am sooooooo excited about today's project!

I have attempted to alter an altoid tin before, and it was an epic fail!

Today however I am very excited about my hand coffin

Yep, that's right, a hand coffin...

Just in case you have some hands hanging around your house and you need somewhere to keep them!

I started this project trying to make the box look rusted. Does it??
I have never really tried this, and I decided to use paints
To achieve this rusted look!


It worked, but was a lot of work... Layer after layer of paint!

I looked at the box when it was done, and thought well, what can I make it into?? So I decided to add the bone hands inside.

I added some lace around the bottom, and even though you can't see it,

There are little feet on the bottom.

I had some white faux fur in my fabric stash that I added to the bottom of the box!

Then I did some embossing and glitter on the top inside of the box. 

Finally I embossed the clock onto some aluminum tape that I colored with alcohol inks.

I ran a little staz on over the face of the clock so the numbers would pop out

Then I pounded some glass beads and adhered them to the surface.

I am finally happy with the outcome of an altered tin! 

Entering into:

Recycle, repurpose, reinvent: Halloween and no bones about it

Simon says stamp and show: Rustification

Craft room: Alter it

Tuesday alchemy: Anything goes

Pile it on: Vintage or shabby chic

Shopping our stash: Tic tac toe (sparkle, ribbon, embossing)

Alphabet challenge: R for recycle

Tea Time For mom

Its been a busy week for me so far!  

Lots of work... not a lot of creating! 

Today I took a little time out for that creating...

I made this card for mom 

(hopefully she doesn't read the blog till she gets the card!)

I found some cool retro looking paper at the local scrap store

and thought I'd try out some new stamps I picked up at 

Tuesday Morning!

Also, over at Shopping Our Stash their challenge is 3, 2, 1, as in 3 of something

2 of something else, and 1 of something... so I have 3 stamps, 2 paper designs, and 1 die cut

Yes, that's an oval die cut in the center..

Here's the fun part of this card.

It's the surprise inside

That's right, a tea bag!

You see, mom and dad are coming back for a visit in a few weeks

And maybe we'll get to go out for tea, but if not,

we could always have a skype session and a cup of tea!

So I know it's hard to see, but I actually layered these strips of

paper all around the tea bag. Layer after layer after layer.

I did the same thing on the front of the card, layering the green stripes around 

the pink teapot paper. 

Hope you enjoy today's post! I hope to have some fun posts the 

rest of the week as well! So come on back and check out the fun!  

And remember to come back on Sunday for a fun new challenge over at

Anything But a Card!!!  

 Entering this Card into the following Challenges:

Shopping our stash:  Challenge 68 3, 2, 1

All Sorts Challenge: week 171 : layers

Pile it on: Patterned Paper

More uses for Aluminum Tape

Ok, Ok, I know you're probably sick of seeing projects with Aluminum tape,

But I'm not the only one!  The Great and Mighty Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2012 September Tag

Is using this fab product.....  Well not this exact fab product, but the Ranger equivelent

So for me, I used some of his techniques on these pretty cards I made for a swap

The challenge over at Dilly Beans Challenge is to use black and white + 1

As I had to make multiple cards, I decided to make the same card in different colors.

The image is Wired Robot Framed and can be found here

How about some close ups??

Blue

Yellow

Green

Pink

I added the googlie eyes and a little glitter around the Hello but otherwise I kept it pretty

simple.  If you wanna know how to do the technique on the aluminum tape (sorry the pics don't do it justice)

Head on over to http://timholtz.com and he'll walk you through it!

Have a great Labor Day weekend!

And please please please remember to come back tomorrow and check out the launch of

Anything But a Card Challenge site!

Entering this into:

Dilly beans: black and white + 1

A Blog named Hero: Use any form of embossing

Shopping our Stash: 66: use your favorite thing (which is currently aluminum tape)

Spark your Creativity: Anything Goes (this is a new challenge blog by the way!!)

Ribbons, butterflies, and the great outdoors...

Ahhhh back in the craft room today for the first time in a week...

It was fabulous!!  I got a lot accomplished, but as I mentioned before,

I can't share too much with you as I'm getting ahead for the anything but a card challenge

Coming to a computer near you September 2nd!

I did take some time out to smash tho! 

I struggled with this one girls... 

Something about these circles just threw me off....

I tried them all over the page! And finally I stuck them around the SC 

digi and glued them down! 

The Challenge over at Saturated Canary Challenge is the great outdoors!

I Love this image, and colored her up with my copics

Then I did something I'd never tried before...

I cut out another image and masked her up and Distressed and glimmer misted the background!

It hurt a little to spray up a perfectly good image

but I love the way she turned out!

I also got a little creative with the ribbon behind the banner... Some ribbon and twine! 

And the butterflies in the circles are from Denami Designs.  

And my new favorite tool the die cut machine churned out the flower and the circles, and the pretty

scallopy design for the butterfly girl! 

I left some space at the top of the page for some journaling. 

Entering into:

Just us girls: JUGS #149:  Technique challenge

Saturated Canary: Great Outdoors

All sorts challenge: Going around in circles

Anything challenge: Summer Days

Crafty Catz: anything goes

Desert Island crafts: Mayzy art (use 3: Flag/bunting, sprays/ mists, texture)

Shopping our Stash: Technique Challenge #64

Smash*ing and a Big Announcement

I have some very EXCITING news to share....

But first.... 

A smash page

 

Over on Angie Delarie's Friday sketch Challenge 

She challenged us all to use her sketch, and some of her fun products

Here's a close up of "angel love" 

 

I colored her up using my blue copics

I am also in LOVE with Dilly Beans digi's,

This week over at the Dilly Beans Challenge

Megan asked us to do something Sewn.

Here's her pretty digi, and you can see the sewing I did on the paper backgrounds

I know it's hard to see, but I used my new perfect pearls on her hair, and on the edges of the tag!

Also, if you can't see the writing, it says "you keep me in stitches" 

Also from the talented Megan from Dilly beans

I added a pocket per Angie's challenge, and a little bit of journaling on the side! 

Soooooooo......  For the Big Announcement!

I got picked to be on the DT for a new and very fabulous challenge blog. 

http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.ca/ 

I am so honored and excited to start this new part of my creative life!

We are going live September 2nd, and the best part..... it's anything but a card..

Right up my alley, and perfect for most all of my creations

Entering this page:

Shopping our stash: monochromatic

Cupcake craft challenges: bunting

Dilly Beans Friday Challenge: sewn

Angie Delarie: sketch challenge

I am Doe: banner challenge

Creative Inspirations: anything goes
Tuesday Alchemy: Bingo (used glitter, die cut, and ribbon or bows)

Black and White + 1

The challenge over at saturated canary challenge is to use black and white plus one other color

I was super excited to color up Krista's newest freebie

I even bought a new copic marker for the occassion.

Here she is in her close up!

I colored her using mostly copic markers, and for the black polka dots and black stripes

I used enamel accents

And the whole card.

I'm also entering this card into some other challenges, there is texture on the cutout of the digi stamp, and the buttons were just too much to turn down.  The patterned paper has been in my stash for a while

you could say I've been hoarding it I guess.

and the fun little sentiment is from a new pack of clear stamps I picked up at Joann's this week

I added the eyelets to the side of the sweet sentiment, and ran a strip of washi tape behind that. 

Finally, I had to... HAD TO make an envelope to go with (mostly cause the card turned out to be an odd size) 

 I think they look like a fine pair! 

Hope you enjoy my creation

Entering into:

Saturated Canary Challenge: black and white + 1

Corrosive challenges: use a sentiment

The Poodles Parlour: use a digi stamp

Shopping our Stash: my precious (used my papers that I've been hoarding!)

Desert Island Crafts: challenge 34 (used texture, happy sentiment, and brads or eyelets)

Diva's by design: anything goes
card makin mama's: challenge 50 1 - 2 - 3
seriously creative challenges: un inked, un cut, un opened

All that glitters and shines

I'm working on cards this week! 

One of my peeps at work asked me to make her some cards... 

What's a better way to get better at something I feel I struggle at?? 

This is a Saturated Canary digi from the super talented Krista Smith

This week over at the saturated canary challenge blog the theme is bling!

So I brought it! 

This is "circus trixie" and I colored her using my copics and prismacolor alcohol based markers.

I added some glossy accents to the bow around her tummy, glitter to her hair, and the red along the outside of the spellbinders die cut is painted using red glitter paint.

I added rhinestones along the blue star paper on the side, and red glitter glue to the star in the corner.

I also added stitching to the sides, and the red ric rac (say that 4 times fast!) to the bottom... Finally I finished it off with a button strung with twine on the side!  

I certainly hope my friend loves this card! 

Entering into:

Saturated Canary: bling

CPS (#272): sketch

delightful challenges: primary colours

Dilly beans: fabrics and fibers

Fab n funky: stars and stripes

Shopping our stash: triple threat (used rhinestones, doily, die cut, and ribbon)

Scrap bitz copic challenge: Big Hair Challenge

Cupcake challenges: bright as a button

WOW that fits into a lot of categories! 

What are you creating today???

Tim holtz June tag

How have I missed these fun challenges all year??? 

The challenge is to make a tag and tim (as in TIM HOLTZ) shows you how to 

color an "antique" photo using nibs and your distress inks! 

This photo was perfect for the challenge!

No, it's not anyone I know... I found it at an estate sale a few weeks back.

 The background of the tag is distress inks, mottled with water, and then a stamp of flourishes in black distress.  Once that was done I went to work on the photo, which was originally black and white 

mounted on a piece of blue cardboard. 

I colored her top with barn door red, and her hankie around her neck I did a combo of Crushed olive and Peeled Paint.  

For the "2" I used a "bone button" that I had in my stash from way back, I embossed the 2 using vintage photo distress ink, and clear embossing powder.

The 5 came from a pack of vinyl letters I got on clearance last month.

Some more stamping, and I went to work on the placard. 

I used some paint dabbers, and some black acrylic to distress what used to be a shiny silver.  

I got to use my "new" typewriter to make the sentiment.  I added a little fabric flower underneath, held together with a sparkly brad. 

I really struggled to "fill the empty space" on the bottom of the tag, but I finally ended up adding a sixpence

left over from some of the wedding projects, and tied up with 

some twine from the twinery 

Finally what is a tag without a ribbon?? I colored some white ribbon using my distress inks, and added another piece of twine, added a pin and a rusted washer. 

 

I can't say how much fun I had doing this project!  It really was a labor of love to make all of this tag 

without running to the store to get this or that!  I've stood strong all month.... So far two weeks of not buying any new product!  I hope you enjoy this! 

Entering into:

Tim Holtz tag: http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2012-june/

 Shopping our stash, double the ribbon:  http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2012/06/sos-challenge-55-double-ribbon.html