Altered Alice Chapter 10 Challenge, Week 1 - A Lewis Christmas Carol To All!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from The Altered Alice! This month the Design Team brings you their holiday wishes, and we invite you to send your holiday greetings to The Altered Alice. You have until Friday, 23 December to enter. The winner post will either be a little early or late, as the last Sunday of the month falls on Christmas day!

Our prize this month is a $40.00 gift certificate to Custom Crops, the premier online retailer for crafters of all kinds. From Accuquilt to Zva Creative, adhesives to vinyl and everything in between, Custom Crops offers a huge selection of the products you've been looking for at competive prices with fast, friendly customer service.

I decided to create a double page journal piece for this months creation using images from IndigoBlu.

I applied a layer of Gesso to prime my pages and then added Gesso through a snowflake stencil and allowed to dry.  I then applied broken china Distress Ink to my page, spritzing with water to blend. I then sprayed sky blue ink spray by Dyan through a mini numbers Crafter's Workshop mask to add a further layer of interest. Evergreen bough Distress Ink was then applied through the same snowflake stencil to add more dimension and interest to my page.

I added some text "WINTER WONDERLAND" and some black and white interest to my pages along with a border to the bottom of my page.

 

I cut out baubles using the carved ornaments die and stamped my images onto each bauble, adding a crackle background to each and sponging with broken china ink and then adding to my page. A little computer generated text completes my double page spread.

We look forward to seeing your holiday greetings, If it features Wonderland, you will have two chances at the randomly awarded prize instead of one. Multiple entries are fine, but each must be on a separate post. Link your entries over at The Altered Alice.

Thanks for stopping by. Tracy x x

A Mix Of Steampunk

I have been using the Alchemy Symbols, Large Hand Holding Blank Card and Gears to create a steampunk card for this weeks DT piece for 100 Proof Press.

The background has been coloured with Distress Ink vintage photo and my images stamped in black Archival Ink. I have added copper brads down one side to add to that masculine, metal, industrial feel.

Wooden cogs have been added to the top of the card along with a little Idea-ology. The edges have been distressed and I have added STEAMPUNK to metal jump rings, again to add to the industrial feel.

Gears have been added to the card in the hand along with a hinge clip and cog. I have also stamped the gears image to the inside of my card.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend. Tracy x x

Bon Voyage

I have had a little creative time today for my weekly DT post for Creative Expressions, using the Bon Voyage set from JustRite, this set works perfectly with the Spellbinders dies, in this case with Spellbinders Labels Four.

I decided on a classic black and white card this time around, embossing my background using the polka dot mask. I then matt and layered onto black and white card and added a little machine stitching for dimension.

I cut one of the labels from black card and again embossed with the polka dot mask.  I stamped my image in black Archival Ink and left the die in place, sponging around the edges with Distress Ink black soot.

I have added some filmstrip using Tim's die, cut from black card and added crowns to the centre, again from the Bon Voyage set of stamps. To complete, I added a pewter crown from Tim's Idea-ology and added the text PARIS.

Thanks for stopping by, Tracy x x

Merry Christmas................

....................Using the fabulous Here Comes Santa set by Indigo Blu from The Stamp Attic.

I used some gorgeous papers Authentique for my card this week. My card blank is from this range and so are the background papers.

I stamped the trees with Stazon Stone Grey onto the Authentique paper, cut out and added to my card blank. I then stamped them a second time, cut out and added a second layer for a 3D appearance to my trees. I stamped Merry Christmas onto white card with vermillion Archival Ink and added to the top of my card.

I also added a large flower, cut using the Tattered Florals die adding 9 layers of flower and shaping to give a very dimensional flower.

Thanks for stopping by. Tracy x x

STARS........

................For Simon Says Stamp and Show this week and I decided Christmas was the way to go and created a Christmas card and matching gift bag charm using Tim's Season's Silhouettes and Odds and Ends stamps along with the Reindeer Flight die.  The stars on the charm and on the card have been decorated with Ten Second Studio metal and embossed with the Snow Flurries Texture Fade. Embellishments include Christmas Adornments, Jump Rings, Placquettes and Swivel Clasp.

The background has been coloured with Distress Stain Faded Jeans, applying a couple of layers to give more depth of colour.

I used a Sizzix die to cut my stars and matching metal pieces (there is a great die HERE), which I embossed with Tim's Snow Flurries Texture Fade.  I cut the reindeer from card and music paper and some recycled packaging and again the packaging was embossed using the Snow Flurries texture fade. To complete the card I added tickets from Tim's Odds and Ends set.

I also created a matching gift bag charm to add to one of my Christmas gifts, again cut using the Sizzix die and embossed with the Texture Fade. I have sanded the raised areas on this piece to add some highlights. I have added JOY to Jump Rings adhered with Glossy Accents to the bottom star; a Plaquettes to the middle star and a Christmas Adornment to the top star.  I have attached each star with jump rings and added co-ordinated fibres to each. A unique gift tag for that special friend.

Please pop over to the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog and take a look at my fellow team members they have created some inspirational projects and remember there is also the chance to win a $50 prize from Simon Says Stamp.  I always look forward to seeing your creations each week.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, much appreciated.  Enjoy your week. Tracy x x  

 

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I had an hour to myself this morning and thought I would make a quick card for the Grungy Monday challenge which I have not had chance to join in with for a while. The challenge is to create a little something taking inspiration from Tim HERE.

I used the technique Tim used on my snowman using Alcohol ink colours, stonewashed, sail boat blue and denim. The background is stamped with the stamp from Season's Silhouettes in manganese blue Archival Ink.

I added SNOW to jump rings and added them as buttons to the snowman. I also added BRRR to memo pins.

A little blue scarf from ribbon completes my piece. A simple card but one I enjoyed making just for fun.

Thanks for stopping by, Tracy x x 

The Hat Makes The Man

Another little steampunk creation for my 100 Proof Press DT project this week using the Large Hand Holding Blank Card.

I am loving this hand at the moment, there are so many stamps I can use alongside to create a steampunk piece.

I have embossed the background with a stencil and coloured with Distress Ink black soot. A couple of Tim's Steampunk stamps have been added alongside the hand and some Idea-ology cogs.

To complete I have added an Idea-ology timepiece and the sentiment "The Hat Makes The Man".

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend. Tracy x x