Alice Book Page

Hello!

I've been working on my Alice Altered Book and completed a couple more pages the other day.  The first I'm sharing is what I call the Keyhole page.  I've been working in an old school dictionary and isolated a couple of K pages for this spread.  After gluing a few pages together for strength, I covered the page in 3 colours of Glaze paints. 

Once dry I used a new Dylusions Small Keyhole stencil and some dimensional paste over most of the page. Once that was dry, I cut out a larger keyhole in the top right.  The Tweety Jill stamps and collage elements pertaining to being careful what you drink was used next. 

I added a Tim Holtz key in the opening using thin gold coloured wire.

Then I used another stencil, this one by Stencil Girl and some black dimensional paint to add depth in the corners.

Voila!
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Mojo Monday 387

Hello!
I guess the way to ensure I have the time to play AND post is to plan out a few posts and then go play some more! 

I subscribe to Mojo Monday who, every Monday, send me a new card sketch.  Follow the sketch and upload your creation.  A great challenge.  Sometimes I get the card done and forget to upload, and sometimes I just run out of time in the week to create!  It's a nice way to get a card done quickly. 
Here is this week's sketch and my creation:

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Unbirthday Party!

Hi!
Wanna know what I've been up to?
I've been planning and hosting an Unbirthday Party!
I do not have many close friends and as the years go, I'm becoming more forgetful of keeping in touch or remembering birthdays... So I planned an unbirthday for a small group here in the house on Feb 21.  (For we are given only ONE birthday each year, but we also have 364 UNbirthdays! - Mad Hatter)  Each guest was asked to dress inspired by Alice In Wonderland characters and to bring a small $10 wrapped gift for a gift exchange game.  The rest was all me! 

I decorated the house:

 (altered dollar store Happy Valentines Day banner)

 (punched playing cards strung on textured ribbon)

(signs mimicked from the animated movie)
Created a Photo Booth area:

 (flowers and bread-and-butterfly mimicked from animated movie)

 (my godchild Larissa and I)

(altered goodwill sunglasses)
I planned and created some some fun food:

And we had fun!

I hope to make this a yearly event on different dates and maybe outside, so more can come!
Quite a fun way to beat the winter blues!

Steampunk time!

Hello!

We've gotten all kinds of weather here lately... -30C, freezing rain, snow, +2C, sun... it's enough to make a body cry! (For those who do not know, I have Fibromyalgia and changes in weather DO make our body ache)  So I've not been too creative, but intend to start up again... Just Because!

This is a card I made for a friend of mine before Christmas.  Rhea is an amazing person with a dream come true basement FULL of scrapbooking and stamping product.  If you get a chance check out her place: http://www.scrapbooking.ca/

I really enjoy the look of Steampunk and combined a few different companies' product to make this card.  I had just received the paper and some of the stamps/dies from Heartfelt Creations and was dying to use them (sorry for the pun!)  The steam butterfly is by Cherry Lynn, used on old Micheals shimmer cardstock.  I also used a large Gear Assembly die from Memory Box to cut out a vellum layer between the butterfly and the background. 

And voila!

And I am trying to get used to decorating the inside of cards now too!

See you next week!

Valentine Tag

Hello!

I joined a local scrapbook store tag swap in January.  As mentioned before, I do like a challenge.  Scrap N Bean set up a monthly challenge using the Prima tags.  The theme for January was Valentine.

I started with the basic vintage tag.  I used part of the Magenta TCW77 stencil and sprayed Lindy's Gang Hibiscus Rose for the heart and swirl pattern.  Then I used Stencil Girls' L169 Kalbach stencil and the Tattered Rose Distress Crackle Paint for the distress texture.

Then I started stamping elements and cutting them out:
- a quote from the Stamper's Anonymous Stuff to Say CMS110 stamped on vellum
- Magenta Heart C43006J and an unknown key stamp stamped on CM paper and cut out.
Then added all these elements plus a Magenta cork heart sticker and a Valentine ticket I received in a swap.  Eyelets and staples to tie it all together.

And voila!

Oriental Art

Konnichiwa!
Nei Ho!

I belong to an online group called Oriental Stamp Art on Yahoo.  We have a lot of fun with swaps and challenges!  This is my third year of participating in a Black + one colour mingle.  We each make one card and the coordinator lets us know who we are to send it to.  Sometimes it's in Canada or US and sometimes its overseas!  This month was Black + Burgundy (deep red) so I pulled out my appropriate papers and embossing powders and came up with this card. 

Deep read shimmer paper was the card base (5x6.5") with a black layer to mat the rest.  Deep red ribbon wrapped all around the left side of the card front.  The inner circles are 1.5" in deep red metal, shimmer red and velvet red paper and the outer ones are 1.75" in black shimmer paper.  The postoid is also a Magenta stamp, stamped and embossed in black on red shimmer paper, then matted on black shimmer paper, then dry embossed red metal. Magenta peel off kanji and word 'friendship' finish off the detail.

Gotta go!  Thanks for looking! Domo Arigato!

New Calendars

Hi all!

My hubby requests a calendar for his desk each year.  I have not yet complied with this request yet this year. (boy is my face red!) I thought I'd share last year's though. 
I started with a generic calendar (3x4") and filled in the dates by hand. Then I highlighted the stats and personal dates in yellow.  I found a picture of our baby for each month, trimmed and matted it appropriately.  Then accented the page with the same two washi tapes.  Final touch is the month stamped and embossed. Magenta made this month stamps.