Anything but a Card Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers

It is an Anything but a Card Challenge this week at Craft Cardmakers. 

A friend gave me this blue bottle. I loved the design on the bottle and I decided to do an altered bottle for my project. 

 This is the bottle I started with. 

Closer look

I painted my bottle with Gesso and chalk paint, next I used Distressed Ink on the painted areas to add some depth.  I wrapped the bottle with some gold twine and lace and then added this gorgeous vintage bird, nest and eggs image from Graphic Fairy 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

Winter Friends

This Christmas card is my inspirational card for November at LeAnn's World 101 on Facebook. I am using one of LeAnn's cute images called Winter Friends. .  LeAnn's has some very lovely Christmas images in her Esty store. 

Pop over to our facebook book page to see the other creations of the design team and members of the blog. Join in the fun. 

LeAnn's World 101 also has a challenge blog. Pop over to see some inspiring ideas from the design team.  

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes /optional girly
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Christmas Easel Card

This easel Christmas card is my inspirational card for November at LeAnn's World 101 on Facebook. I am using one of LeAnn's cute images called Rockin Rita.  LeAnn's has some very lovely Christmas images in her Esty store. 

The poinsettia flower  and sentiment is made with Tim Holts die.  I added some small beads for the center.  The floor of the card is made decorated with a Christmas doily.

Pop over to our facebook book page to see the other creations of the design team and members of the blog. Join in the fun. 

LeAnn's World 101 also has a challenge blog. Pop over to see some inspiring ideas from the design team.  

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Back to Basics and Beyond Challenge - Easel Card
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes /optional girly
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Heart Full of love

I had fun this week creating this simple wooden heart mixed media wall hanging for Creative Artiste.  For the base of  my heart I used a combinations of crackling paste, a selection of acrylic paints and a stencils. 

Our sponsor this week is Tando Creative. 

The pearl frame around the heart was done with white Nuvo Crystal drops.  I just broke down and bought several colours and they  are all fun to use. 

The glitter "Love" is a Tim Holtz die cut letters.  To complete the wall hanging I added a lace white butterfly which I added some colour to. 

Closer Look

I hope you will join us this month at Creative Artiste. Your project must be Mixed Media and can be an ATC, tag, card, layout, altered art or an off the the page project as long as you follow the challenge rules specifications,. You must use three different medias on your project to qualify for qualify for our mixed media rules. 

Remember to pop over to Creative Artiste Challenge Blog to be inspired by our creative design team,

Thank you for stopping by. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafting with Attitude - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - AnythingGoes

Love to Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Encaustic Collage - Flowers for Pretty Lady

Time for another mixed media/altered art challenge at Rhedd's Creative Spirit and I decided to use this month one of my favourite mediums, encaustic wax.

To create my collage I used a combination of bees wax, Panpastels, fiber paper, decitionary paper, lace, and some antique prescription paper from my collection. 

 To create my collage I added 5 layers of wax to my wooden board then layered my background papers, vintage photo and added colour with Panpastels.  The background papers included some early 1800 prescriptions that I found in a antique store on holidays one year. 

Closer Look

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to Rhedd's Creative Spirit to be inspired by the creative work of the design team. Hope you'll join us this month. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafting with Attitude - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - AnythingGoes

Love to Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Altered Wine Box

This is what I started with.

For my project this month at Altered Eclectics was to make an altered  box to hold my paint brushes.  This is the old wooden wine holder I used for this project. 

After I sanded the box I painted it with gesso. I added some gears and metal pieces, the words brushes then painted the entire box with shades of copper.  I next added an antiquing solution to give the project a patina.

Closer look

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by the projects of our design team. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafting with Attitude - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - AnythingGoes

Love to Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Happy Thanksgiving

Time for another challenge at Eclectic Ellapu and the theme of this challenge is Thanksgiving.  I had this cute digital image by The Paper Shelter that I used for my card.  I thought he was such a cute happy looking turkey. 

The card die I used was from Cheery Lynn collection is called Centre Step die. I coloured my image with my copic markers and pencil crayons.  I layered my card base with fall coloured designer papers from my large paper stash and then added brads, a banner and a wooden gear to complete the card. 

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you will join us this month.