The Altered Alice - Time!

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Now to the fun stuff!  I had a blast creating this card for The Altered Alice and the "Time" challenge.  Even more fun, because I got to play with one of my new Tim Holtz dies and used one of his techniques from "A Compendium of Curiosities."  If you don't have this book, run and get it.  Even if you are not a grunging fool, the techniques are amazing.  I used grunge paper for the die cut and stamped clock.  The smaller clock was cut with the Pinking Circle die from Spellbinders.  Way back, I saw my friend, Connie Paxman, use this for a clock piece and just thought how brilliant.  It works so well for clocks and gears!  All stamps are from Artistic Outpost's Wonderland Collage and I am linking this for the May referral on Artistic Outposts Blog.  Love this set!  The background paper is from G-45's "Halloween in Wonderland."  I embossed this with a Cuttlebug folder and then highlighted using Stampin Up White Craft ink.

Wishing all of you a wonderful weekend and for those celebrating Memorial Weekend, be safe!  Really appreciate your comments!

Alice Gets An Honorable Mention!

I was so excited this morning to find that my first time challenge piece over at The Altered Alice received an "Honorable Mention."  All stamps used were from Artistic Outpost and were a blast to use!  If you want more details, you can find them on my original blog post right here!

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful Monday!

The Altered Alice!

This is my first time playing a challenge at The Altered Alice!  The challenge is to use colors of Blue and Yellow and is being sponsored by Artistic Outpost!  Now it just so happens, that I have the Alice in Wonderland set from Artistic Outpost and have used them often.  I love that set!  Since we were playing at the Altered Alice, I did!  I masked off the King from Alice and he was replaced!  Removing the King, was a bit complicated, but not impossible!  A crown was created from another little stamp within this set and I added bling!  This was not easy to cut out!!  The background is a collage of various items from the stamp set.  The time piece I clear embossed, inked the background with blues and yellow and then stamped my various images in black and blue.  I then dry ironed between blank newsprint paper to remove the raised embossing.  The frame was colored with alcohol inks and then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  A couple of time piece were added to the frame.  The image and frame were adhered to another chipboard frame for dimension and then mounted with dimensionals.  It really has a nice pop to it! Camera picture is a bit brighter than the actual card.  Either bright or gray today!!

This was fun, challenging and fun again!  Thank you visiting me today!  Have fun and go create.

GC91 and Simon Says Stamp and Show some Metal

Do you ever finish a project and then while blogging about it, remember you were going to add a pretty little bling hairband or other little embellishments!  No, me neither!  With that being said, Gingersnap Creations GC91 challenge is "Crowns."  The inside has the sentiment, "if the crown fits" and obviously we have a crown upon the king's head and of course have used the "Man's" texture fade folder, which also delivers a crown.  We used some metal and aluminum foil, so we shall go visit Simon Says Stamp and Show some metal!

All stamps are from Artistic Outpost from the Wonderland Collage collection.  The stamped image was stamped on a Glitter Ritz background using Stazon.  Before stamping, I burnished the glitter.  I love the softness and slight sparkle this glitter delivers.  The King and Alice were colored using Stamping Up markers.  For the background, I used two techniques from the Technique Junkies, Al Foil and Cuttlebug Highlights.

I appreciate your comments and thank you for taking the time to visit!  Have a wonderful week!

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC38

Well this is my first challenge with the Play Date Cafe. The stamp I chose "Alice" is from Artistic Outpost. All papers are from Stampin Up and the the white paper I sponged on the three PDCC colors and did a light Glimmer Mist Spray. Alice requested a jewel on her crown and so it is! This was a very fun challenge!

Thank you for stopping by to visit Alice and me!

Gingersnap Creations "Mad Hatter Day" Blog Hop!

Over at Gingersnap Creations the incredible DT are having an Alice in Wonderland blog hop and it is so inspiring! I certainly had fun visiting the talented DT blogs and could not help but join in. Not to mention the giveaway is really cool!





I decided that today would be tag day. All stamps are from Artistic Outpost, die cut gears, black background scalloped bottom edge are from Tim Holtz Sizzix line along with one spinner, all other clock and gear parts are an e-Bay buy! I used two techniques from the Technique Junkies, antique glimmers and artwork marker water color. Distress Inks and Glimmer Mist was also used.

This truly was fun to play along! I hope you enjoy and go take a look at some wonderful art at GC.

Have a Mad Day!

Another Birthday and I'm Not Late!

When I first saw this Rabbit coming through the Technique Junkies group, I knew I had to use it on my husband's birthday card! The stamp is from Artistic Outpost and is their new Wonderland Collage set. I used the Artwork Marker Water Coloring technique from the Technique Junkies newsletter. This was so much fun to make!