Sunny birthday card

Oh happy sunny afternoon!

The thermometer in my car was reading at 105 today!

Wow!!! It's Hot!!!

God sure knew when he made the earth just how far away from that big Sun we needed to be!

Sometimes I think maybe I'm just on the wrong part of the earth though!

Ha ha ha

So I was commissioned to make this fab card!

A fun birthday card with some fabulous new Heidi Grace papers.

All of them from a 6 x 6 pad!

Don't you just love those little bundles of fabulousness?

I colored up this fun image from Dilly Beans, (that I've had forever!)

and then I added the glitter embossing to the bow

and matted her on a scrap, and one of those new pieces of paper.

Here's her close up

The sentiments are epoxy stickers from Heidi Grace as well.

It's such a happy and fun card!

I hope it brightens the day for my friend's friend all the way in Wisconsin!



Docerela: sun

Dilly beans: celebrations

Alphabet challenge: glitter or gems

Sketch Saturday: challenge 258

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Little papers

Clear it out: 2 or more patterned papers

Anything but a card challenge 8

Welcome back to another challenge at Anything But A Card
The challenge is anything that represents Light or Sun/ Christmas or December Holidays...

I know this is sort of a stretch...

But my handmade house is also a luminary!

Well I think it is, I didn't get a chance to try it out before I had to head out to work,

The stained glass looking window in the top is actually a piece of vellium

which should make a pretty glow coming from my little house when a candle is inside.

Like I said before, this little house is all hand made. 

I had a couple of 8 x11 sheets of chipboard

(the back piece of the notepade that we use at work, and get tossed on a daily basis) 

which I just hand sketched

the house parts onto, and then cut them out.

I then cut some pieces of Basic Grey paper and modge podged them down

overlapping eachother.

I used some teal washi tape on the inside to put all the walls together,

for the roof I really loved this striped piece of Basic Grey,

And had to use it on the roof. 

I added a piece of aluminum tape to the top because the gap was rather large,

and I couldn't get the pieces to line up.

The tape was dabbed with alcohol  ink (which is now all over my fingers)

I also used the alcohol ink on the window.

Finally for the door I cut out another piece of the chipboard,

added a piece of plain red Basic Grey paper, and a button for the handle.

I did doodle some wood looking strips on the door, but they didn't show up in the pic.

To me this house screams Country Christmas,

I may try another one tomorrow as I'll finally be off work for a few days!

Also entering this into:

Simon Says Stamp and Show: House Rules

Paper Issues: 50 Shades of Basic Grey

Tuesday Alchemy: Anything But a Card

Smudgy Antics: Alter Something  (that would be the chipboard!)

Corrosive Challenges: Anything Goes

Cut it Up Challenges: 3d Holiday Challenge (my window was done with a die cut)

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

Dorothy ATC

I love how quickly ATC's go together!

It's just a quick little piece of heaven!

I wanted the "yellow brick road" so I used my punchinella

and some gold embossing powder to make the road

then I used the little image from Saturated Canary

if you can see, I used some red glitter glue on her shoes

and I wanted to add the witch, but these ATC's are really pretty small, so I added

a pile of green goo with a witch's hat instead!

Then the little tag finished off the piece! 

Hope you love it, and I hope you are finding time this

weekend to create something fabulous!

Entering this ATC into:

Wicked Wednesday Creations: Based on a Story (wizard of oz)

Cupcake Crafts Challenges: Fairytales

Diva's by Design: fairies and fantasy

Simon Says Stamp and Show: for the love of sparkle