Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

It is the first challenge of 2020 over at Crafty Cardmakers. The theme of the challenge is anything goes. For this challenge I created this small canvas in remembrance of my dad.  He loved the old song called "Five  Foot Two, Eyes of Blue. 

 I used a couple of musical dies, old sheet music, chipboard guitar and notes, walnut ink, and some small metal embellishments.  The song Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue was written by Ray Henderson in 1925 and sang by several artist over the years. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to pop over to Crafty Cardmakers' Challenge blog to be inspired by our creative design team.  

Pretty in Pink - Altered Box

Time for another great challenge at Splashy Mix Challenges.  This is the mood board for this month's challenge.  

I love the colours and textures of the mood board and they inspired me to create this project. 

 I chose to alter an old Christmas card box, which I had in my stash of things to alter.

This is the box that I altered.

This is my finished project.

Here are my steps that I used to create my altered box.

painted my box with a few layers of  white gesso

created a mould using Stamperia Texture Impression - Lace and Stamperia Cream Mixed Media Paste and adhered it to the top of the box

added gems and ribbon

painted the project with Pink Chiffon Pearl acrylic paint

used Metallic Gilding Polish and Pentart Gold Wax Paste to highlight the textures

and added metal findings, moulded heart, and gold wooden birds to complete the project

Here are some other views of the project.

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 Hope my altered mixed media project inspires you. I hope you will join us this month at Splashy Mix Challenges.

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I am entering this project in the following challenges

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes/Shiny

Love to Create - Mixed Media

Challenge Up Your Life - Anything Goes

Creations in Pink - Anything Goes

Welcome Little One

I made this baby card for a friends new baby using a image from The Paper Shelter.  I loved this image and thought it went well with this pretty designer paper I had in my stash. 

Inside and back view of the card

I coloured the image with Copic markers, fussy cut the image out and then layered it on my mix of  designer papers.  I also added some die cut stars and a sweet baby sentiment.   I  used gel pens, Nuvo Crystal Drops, and a Wink of Stella to add texture, shine and colour.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter - New Beginnings

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

Winter Fun at Crafty Gals Corner

I am excited to announce that I have been invited to participate the Crafty Corners Challenge Blog.   I look forward to being inspired by the talented design team and using these great images by our sponsors. 

The theme for this challenge is:
Winter Fun

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

The Paper Shelter

Prize: 3 Digital Stamps

This is my project for the challenge, an altered cylinder pillar candle holder

This is what I started with.

Her are some other views of the project.

I used several different products for the project including

gesso, silver paint,  Pentart snow paste, Nuvo crystal drops, copics , die cute snowflakes, dollar store snowflakes, glitter paper, gel pens and gem.  I used a regular image of the  snowboard girl along with the reverse image.  The image can be found in the winter collect or individually here.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our creative design team.  Hope you will join the challenge this month.

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky - No Designer Paper

Digi Tuesday - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - It's a Cutie

The Paper Shelter - New Beginnings (new Snow)

Altered Coffee Container

Time for another mixed media challenge at Splashy Mixed Media Challenge.  

Create any mixed media project with inspiration from our mood board and let us know what inspired you.  Love these colours together. 

This is my project, an altered container that I made using the inspiring mood board. 

This is my container I started with.

I sanded my canister and removed the hardware then painted it with a coat of gesso primer. I added some designer paper from my stash in grey tones. Added some hand painted butterflies, splashes of yellow paint, handmade felt yellow roses, and created a top for the canister using the center of of a ribbon container and some paper flowers.  To complete the project I used ribbons and dollar store gems from my stash. 

Here is another view of the project.

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CHALLENGE WINNER

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$30 USD value prize from CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS

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3 DT Favourites

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One DT favourite will receive Goodie bag from Letzcraft Store 

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1 Random Winner

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One Random winner from Indian Participants will get a goodie bag worth Rs.500 from Creative Minds

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to check out our challenge blog to see the inspiring ideas of our talented design team and the wonderful prizes for our lucky winners of the challenge.  Please join us this month. 

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Christmas Canvas

This canvas was made for  our Christmas theme challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and our last challenge of 2019. 

I made this Christmas canvas using several designer papers from Stamperia, it is their Make a Wish Collection. 

To make my canvas I used a snowflake stencil and Ice Effect by Pentart on the paper I used for the base of my 12 by 12 canvas then layered pieces of other papers such as the tree and angel.  The houses were hand drawn on cardboard and layered with papers from the collection. The windows were cut with a die cut and the door was cut by hand.  The snow effect on the houses and tree is a Pentart product called snow paste. I added a twisted ribbon  in Christmas colours. I also used Pentart glitter pen, Nuvo Crystal Drops in white and clear and a  Merry Christmas die cut.

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you will join us in this Christmas challenge. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our creative design team. 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  See you in 2020. 

Altered Heart Tin

Time for another great mixed media/altered art challenge at Creative Artiste  this month.

I  decided to alter this tin heart shape box to create packaging for a Christmas gift.

 This is what I started with.

This is my finished project.

The product I used on my altered tin are:

Gesso

Stamperia thin butterfly mold

Dollar store gems

An assortment of Distressed Strays

Pentart Gold Metallic Wax Paste

Here is a couple of other views of my project.

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