My first Door Hanger

Happy Friday everyone! 

It's Alphabet Challenge time and today's letter is... X for X-periment! We would like you to try a new technique or use materials you've never used before. Well, I've never altered a door hanger before or have I ever used card making materials on wood so I thought I would give it a try :)

I started with a couple coats of cream acrylic paint, after that dried I added a thin layer of One Step Crackle glaze. I applied some texture paste through the Tim Holtz Burlap stencil, after that dried, I sponged the entire hanger with Vintage Photo DI. I wanted a little shine and sparkle so I sprayed it with Krylon Clear gloss and while that was still wet, I added a touch of glamour dust.    

Here's a closer look at the crackle effect, texture paste and some of the sparkle. 

I stamped one of my favorite poems/verses "Footprints In The Sand" (stamp is from Inkadinkado) with Memento Rich Cocoa and attached it to a Romantic Rectangle nestie. I used the Rose Creations nesties for the flowers, added a coat of Krylon clear gloss and glamour dust to them also. The butterflies were cut with my new Tim Holtz dies and embossed with Shabby White Frantage. The gems, wooden house & hand dyed seam binding are all from my stash... and there you have it- my first altered door hanger!

Now head on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the DT
fabulous Xperiments!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
All Crafts- (Dec/Jan) Anything but a Card
C.R.A.F.T.- Not A Card
Crafty Ribbons- Let's Get Sentimental

Fashionable Stamping- Turn Up the Heat

Ooh La La Creations- Words to Inspire

Penny Black and More– Stencils, Masks & Embossing Folders (I used a Tim Holtz Stencil)

Rhedd's Creative Spirit- Altered Art / Mixed Media only
Scrapy Land- Anything goes + dies in store (Rose Creations & Romantic Rectangle)
Simon Say Stamp- Something New (new technique & new dies)
 Simon Says Stamp Monday- Old and New (combination of old & new dies/new technique)

Gift Box & Note Pad

Good morning everyone!

 It's time for a new challenge at Moving Along With The Times!

This week it's Karina's turn to host and she has challenged us to... 

Make a Box and Decorate it! 

I decided to make a little gift box (thanks for the link Sue!) and alter a note pad! :) The fun flower image is from Bugaboo Stamps and I used Copics for the coloring.  I cropped around the center flower and printed it several times and in different sizes so I could decorate the box.  The papers are from Studio g and the notebook border punch is from EK Success. I use a CB die & Sizzix die for the letters and a Tim Holtz die for the number 4... added the Good & Plenty candies and there you have it!

For more inspiration be sure to stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT fabulous Box creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by... I will see you tomorrow!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Altered Eclectics- Anything Goes (notebook) 
All Crafts- Anything but a Card
 Bastel-Traum- Gifts and Boxes
Crafter's Cafe- Flowers
Everybody-Art- Notebook
Incy Wincy Designs- Black & White + One other Colour

Make it Monday- Always Anything Goes

Butterfly Notes

Good morning everyone! Today is (ABaC) Monday over at Bugaboo and this week it's my turn to share a project with you. For my creation I decided to alter a clipboard. It was sooo easy because the clipboard was already covered in this lime green floral paper and it came with a matching pen!! I picked this up at Michaels for $3! I used one of the gorgeous butterfly border images ...cropped and printed out a few extra butterflies. The small scalloped circle in the center is actually a magnet! A very CAS clipboard but I love how it turned out! Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your Monday!

Challenges:
Bee Crafty- Cropping and Chopping Images
Clearly Inspired - Things with wings
Crafty Purple Frog- Anything but a card
Frosted Designs-Coloring
Little Claire's- Things With Wings
Moving Along With The Times- Don't be square
One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi
Pink Elephant-Butterfly
Sentimental Sundays-Flowers + sentiment
Stampin' Sisters in Christ- Use something from your stash (alphabet die)

Other supplies: Copics, circle & long rectangle nesties, Glossy accents, Sizzix alphabet die, Sizzix rick-rack die & ribbon

Hap-bee Birthday!

Good morning everyone! Today is Anything But a Card (ABaC) Monday over at Bugaboo and this week it's my turn to share a project with you. For today's creation I altered a small black tin. I used this adorable little Bee image ...it's perfect for a black tin isn't it?! ...and the sentiment is included with the image! I had a lot of fun creating this project because I've never altered a tin before! I filled it with some lemon drops to finish it off! :) Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your Monday!

Challenges:
Alphabet Challenge-U for Up in the air
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days-Back to Nature
Frosted Designs-reuse or repurpose items from around the house (my tin)
Paper Playtime-Anything goes
Rainbow Lady's-Tie A Yellow Ribbon

Supplies used: Copics, tin, Nesties, ribbon, paper flowers, sm circle punch, gems & pre cut die from Bazzill (black swirls)

Crafty Notebook

Good morning everyone! Today is Anything But a Card (ABaC) Monday over at Bugaboo and this week it's my turn to share a project with you. So...for today's creation I decided to alter a 5x5 notebook that I found in the $1 bin at Michaels! I used the Dottie Crafting image! I just love this image and knew it was perfect for my notebook! My image is colored with Copics to match my flowery K&Co. dp! The notebook is 100ct...plenty of room to jot down some of my favorite sketches, colors combos or clever sentiments! I don't get out of my comfort zone that much and make ABaC projects ...but I love how this turned out and I had a lot of fun making it...so I'm sure I will make more!! Thank you for stopping by today and have a great day!

My crafty notebook fits into the following Challenges:
Colour Create-3 fruits (banana, kiwi & watermelon) Create with Connie and Mary-Inspiration #139 Lexi's Creations-Flowers Simply Create-the power of Flowers Stamp Something-something with Flowers Stampin' B's-use a Flower on your card Stampin' Sisters in Christ-3 or more buttons Sweet Stampin-Oh so Girly Tellen's Place-Lets see some buttons!

Supplies used: $1 notebook, Copics, K & Company dp, nesties, silk flowers, paper flowers, buttons, felt ric-rac & gems