Anything but a card challenge 7

Good morning!

Today is a new challenge day at Anything But a Card
Where you are challenged to make anything but a card, and this week you can be inspired by this fab picture

At first I was tempted to try to do a painted umbrella,
but alas I live in Arizona, and umbrellas seem to be pretty hard to come by here!
(who knew!)
Sooooo I had this awesome Saturated Canary image and since

my inspiration from the picture was the umbrella, I ran with it!

Yep, I haven't had an altered composition book in a while!

Ok, so here's the back story, when my parents were out 2 weeks ago we decided we were going to do a family weight loss challenge.  So we got a number of family members on board, and we've been doing our best to keep eachother accountable, and as I'm sort of spearheading the operation, I am offering some prizes. 

This is the prize going out to my sister in law in Florida. 

Hopefully she will stay inspired to keep up the good work!

Plus since I seem to always be winning things, and it's so much fun for me to get these fabulous prizes in the mail I thought I should return the favor! 

Here is a close up of the little sentiment on the front cover....

I love this!  I got a pack of clear stamps at Joann's black friday/saturday sale

they are all very inspirational, and I really cannot wait to use some more of them!

Finally, here is a close up of my colored image

yes, I used my copics,

and yes, I was also inspired by some other challenge blogs that I play along with

Please head over to the Anything but a Card blog and join in our biweekly challenge

or at least check out all the creations from this super talented Design Team!

Entering this into:

Saturated Canary Challenge: Challenge 31: a sketch

Just Us Girls: Photo Inspiration (see below)

Diva's by Design: use 2 or more patterned papers

Pinspirational Challenges: photo challenge (I was inspired by the wood of the swing, and also that in the picture there is a pen/ paper/ envelope, and my creation is a comp book)

Tuesday Alchemy: Anything But a Card
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge: Anything Goes

31 Days of Halloween: Day 31

Happy Halloween everyone! 

Are you dressing up and giving out treats?

I will sadly be at work! Luckily I really like my coworkers, and we'll make the best of it!

Sooo today I whipped up this cute little ATC.

After all, the challenge at Wicked Wednesday atc is 

Head covering... I think this cute witch stamp from la la land stamps is perfect!

I colored her up using my copies and prismacolor markers...

Plus I wanted to play along with the Tic tac toe challenge at frilly and funkie

I used the bottom line of glitter, ink sprays, and buttons

Finally I wanted to add a moon, just like the big full one outside! So I punched out a circle and inked it up with wild honey and rusty hinge distress inks. 

Do you love? 

Also entering into:

Tuesday alchemy: Dark gothic or spooky

Cupcake craft challenges: Witches or pumpkins

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

12 Tags of 2012 September

If you've wandered here from Tim Holtz blog, or from Tuesday Alchemy, Bearly Mine challenge,
or Simon Says Stamp and Show

 please feel free to enter

your creation into our challenge blog over at

http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com

this is our very first challenge and it's been an exciting week, and you still have another week to enter!

And it's the super easy "anything goes"

Earlier in the week I shared this beauty with you all

It's from Tim Holtz and it's his September tag

I think personally that he's been hanging out at my blog and that's why he's used

the aluminum on his tag this month!

Ha ha ha I'm sure that's not the case...  but wouldn't that be fun??

This definitely is not a challenge I would be missing

Here's my tag

I used Angie Delarie's typewriter and also my typewrite (yep, that pretty blu typewriter WORKS!!)

I added the key I'd found at an antique shop a few months back, the sticker in the middle

(sorry for the bad pic)

It's a bird wearing a steam punk hat! ha I love it (from Jolee)

The film strip is from Tim's Ideology line the "D" charm I made all by my lonesome

with a quick stamp, some silver embossing, and covered it up with a good dose of glossy accents!

I might be done with the aluminum tape for a week or two!  I've got some great projects planned for the whole month of October!  Yeah for Halloween! 

Entering into:

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

Tuesday Alchemy:  anything goes

Bearly mine: anything but a card
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Read all About it