Smashing again

 It's been a while since I shred a smash page!

This morning I got up with hubby and while I was enjoying a cuppa joe

I wrote out my challenge list!

The new job is going fabulous, and I need some stress relief!

I made this Christmas inspired smash page, probably cause I wish it was winter time

(it's a fabulous time in Phoenix!)

and cause there seem to be a lot of Christmas in July themes going around!

A few weeks ago I found this cool book at the goodwill,

it's a cookbook of sorts, and it's from the late 1800's and is out of Virginia..

Don't worry, it's a reprint, but I thought it was perfect for this little smash page!

The image is from The Ocotopode Factory,

and I added some glittery embossing to her dress and ear muffs

Here's her close up

She was fun and pretty easy to color!

 

I'm linking up with:

Octopode Factory: Inspired by writing

The pink elephant: monochromatic

Designed to Color: Sketch

Craft Room Challenges: Heat Embossed

Diva's by Design: Tags

 

31 Days of Halloween: Day 15

Today I have a tasty and super easy treat for you....

No, not a treat you eat (I should do one of those posts)

But a treat as in something you could use around the house, or you could make a bunch and give away as presents even!

My friend Mary posted a fab tutorial a few weeks back, and I knew I just had to 

try to make her creation!

Check out her fab blog Here

Plus she designs for Saturated canary's video team their like a design team but they do videos

And a lot of super fun tutorials!

Ok, so what I made is a couple of super cute coasters.

I was able to pick up a 2 pack of coasters on sale at Michaels.

They are the tile kind with cork on the back, and they were a blue floral pattern. 

Here they are halloweenified.... Well sort of!

I wanted Halloween but I wanted to be able to use the coasters after Halloween too! 

So I figured the bat was halloweeny, but the sentiment made it universal...

But wait, there is another version as well!

Both of these images started life as a digi!

Yep, from the super talented Angie delarie 

Aren't they just the cutest images? And don't they make the cutest coasters?

Ok, a couple more pics

And.....

I love them! Go try this super fun and easy project!

Entering into:

All sortsToo cute to spook

Craft room challenges: Alter it

Divas by design: Anything goes

Shopping our stash: Tic tac toe (sparkle, yellow, sentiment)

Spark your creativity now: Anything goes

31 days of Halloween: Day 9

I am sooooooo excited about today's project!

I have attempted to alter an altoid tin before, and it was an epic fail!

Today however I am very excited about my hand coffin

Yep, that's right, a hand coffin...

Just in case you have some hands hanging around your house and you need somewhere to keep them!

I started this project trying to make the box look rusted. Does it??
I have never really tried this, and I decided to use paints
To achieve this rusted look!


It worked, but was a lot of work... Layer after layer of paint!

I looked at the box when it was done, and thought well, what can I make it into?? So I decided to add the bone hands inside.

I added some lace around the bottom, and even though you can't see it,

There are little feet on the bottom.

I had some white faux fur in my fabric stash that I added to the bottom of the box!

Then I did some embossing and glitter on the top inside of the box. 

Finally I embossed the clock onto some aluminum tape that I colored with alcohol inks.

I ran a little staz on over the face of the clock so the numbers would pop out

Then I pounded some glass beads and adhered them to the surface.

I am finally happy with the outcome of an altered tin! 

Entering into:

Recycle, repurpose, reinvent: Halloween and no bones about it

Simon says stamp and show: Rustification

Craft room: Alter it

Tuesday alchemy: Anything goes

Pile it on: Vintage or shabby chic

Shopping our stash: Tic tac toe (sparkle, ribbon, embossing)

Alphabet challenge: R for recycle