Tattered Florals

What could bring me out of the mound of boxes and do something?

Well a challenge!

A tattered floral challenge....................

You see that tim holtz had to go and have this challenge right in the middle of moving or shall I say unpacking?

Really?
Does he know all of my stuff is half in boxes...?

Dig, dig deeper and deeper until I found my stuff and I started.

Everyone has done such an amazing job, I don't know why I am bothering....but, I had to try!

Huge, Huge, HUGE prize involved!



So here goes.......oh, you know I had to rust it up and make it Halloween! Yes even though it is spring!

A little closer view

Is he afraid of the flower of the ghost in the flower?

Love my rusted tree

Check out his body....this was made using electrical tape and put on chipboard and then embossed with one of tim's folders. Well not tim's, it's mine. He made it though. LOL!

I cut off part of it and used it at the bottem of the canvas

Here is a close up of a rusty floral.

I use metal mesh, electrical tape, chipboard, and Ten Second Studios

Ver-day paint-iron. Most important....I used the tattered floral die, by tim holtz. 

I hope you enjoyed my entry.

Good luck everyone!

Happy Valentine's Day

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

 

 

I wanted to share this cute little teddy bear I did using Cosmo Cricket " Sweet Disposition"

If you want to learn more about this paper head  to : http://cosmocricket.typepad.com/cosmo_cricket/2013/02/how-we-created-sweet-disposition.html

 

 

 

Just to let you know.....I have been away from my blog. Well I guess you know that....Reason...We are in the process of moving. My hubby went back to Minnesota to get all of our stuff and we are headed to the mountains to our new home. Well new to us!

I have been busy trying to get some business finished, articles written, art done and out the door before packing my studio up. What fun this will be. I have 5 days to do this. Rick will be back on Monday to pick up the stuff here and up to the Rocky Mountain we will climb.

This will be a new journey for us. We are excited to get settled in. It is newly painted and just waiting for us to move our stuff in and make it home. I will have to re-learn to cook and bake as we will be at 7100 ft. That in itself should be fun!

So if you do not see much of me it is because I am unpacking and decorating our home!

Then getting my studio arranged and decorated for the most inspiration possible!

Thanks for hanging in there with me!

Chapter 23 :We're All Mad Here, So Anything Goes!

`In THAT direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, `lives a Hatter: and in THAT direction,' waving the other paw, `lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.'
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
`You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
-- Chapter 6, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

"We're all mad here" is the favorite Alice quote of artist Rick St. Dennis, so in January, anything goes! Be mad! Get cute, get creepy, get crazy, because Rick St. Dennis has amazing digi stamps in all those styles, including many wonderful AIW images! Submit your creations by Friday, January 25th for a chance to win three digital stamps from Rick St. Dennis. All projects are welcome, but those featuring Wonderland will have two chances at the prize instead of one. Multiple entries are welcome, but to be counted as separate entries they must be on separate posts.

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Designer of over 100 theatrical productions, Rick St Dennis (Donald McAfee) is also the author of 4 books on decorative painting and contributor to at least a dozen national magazines on crafts and art. St. Dennis has appeared on such TV shows as Home Matters with Susan Powell, Aileen's Crafts and others. He was Crafts editor for Country Folk Art Magazine and sold his artwork nationally through galleries and shows. For a complete bio of his amazing career, see Rick's blog.

Here are some cards that I have made from these amazing images!

First the Queen......Valentine's card

 Alice is a perfect little girl's birthday card

 This image is a FAVORITE! I love this Mad Hatter!



Oh Tweedle Dee and Teedle Dum you are all dirty?

Welcome........to the dirty old man club!

Happy Birthday!

This is the other image I just fell in love with!

I love him!

 

That is all I have! But go check out the Altered Alice blog for other design team creations! I know there is one your gonna LOVE!

Chapter 22:Christmas-tide in Wonderland!

From a Fairy to a Child

LADY dear, if Fairies may For a moment lay aside Cunning tricks and elfish play, 'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.

We have heard the children say -Gentle children, whom we love -Long ago, on Christmas Day, Came a message from above.

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,They remember it again -Echo still the joyful sound, 'Peace on earth, good-will to men.'

Yet the hearts must child-like be Where such heavenly guests abide. Unto children, in their glee, All the year is Christmas-tide.

Thus, forgetting tricks and play For a moment, Lady dear,We would wish you, if we may, Merry Christmas, glad New Year.
-- Lewis Carroll, Christmas, 1887.

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 or share a special project with The Altered Alice and to our other readers.

We do not have a sponsor this month, so we are just sharing for the joy of Christmas in Wonderland, and we hope that you will share too. We will have honorable mentions, so play along for the glory if not a prize!

To celebrate the season, we bring you The Lewis Carroll Memorial Window at Daniell Chapel in England. Notice the left panel where Lewis Carroll and Alice kneel to pay homage to the newly born Christ in this wonderful Nativity scene! This month's quote is actually contained within the windows, do you see it?

Click to enlarge - See Lewis Carroll and Alice in the left panel

The window, designed by the stained glass artist Geoffrey Webb, is a must-see for anyone who loves Wonderland. A wonderful Christmas poem by Lewis Carroll is shown in the center three bottom panels, which include characters from Wonderland - the White Rabbit, Dodo, the Caterpillar, Mad Hatter, and more! Our own Sue Roddis visited this chapel and gave me permission to show her close-up photos here, click to enlarge:

Here are my Holiday cards featuring The Octopode Factory!

I love how Lily creates her images! You should check The Octopode Factory out, I think you will love her images.

 

My cards are not traditional by any means, but I LOVE them!

 

This one I call...........Let It Snow!

This here is My Little Drummer Boy!

And where would we be without Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum?

How about a little Jingle? Check out the Hare's toes!

The Queen of Hearts

All Hearts Come HOME For Christmas!

 Another shot of the Queen

Hope you enjoyed my Christmas Cards.


Please consider adding your own project to share by Saturday, Dec. 29th. It can be a Christmas project or just something Alice-related that you want to share that perhaps did not fit with any of our other challenges! For this month only,we will allow you to back-link projects that were created before this month, as Christmas-tide is all about giving and sharing!

Share your project by going to The Altered Alice blog!

Merry Christmas to one and all, with great love from 

The Altered Alice!

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CHAPTER 22: Christmas-tide in Wonderland!

 

From a Fairy to a Child

LADY dear, if Fairies may For a moment lay aside Cunning tricks and elfish play, 'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.

We have heared the children say -Gentle children, whom we love -Long ago, on Christmas Day, Came a message from above.

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,They remember it again -Echo still the joyful sound, 'Peace on earth, good-will to men.'

Yet the hearts must child-like be Where such heavenly guests abide. Unto children, in their glee, All the year is Christmas-tide.

Thus, forgetting tricks and play For a moment, Lady dear,We would wish you, if we may, Merry Christmas, glad New Year.
-- Lewis Carroll, Christmas, 1887.

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 or share a special project with The Altered Alice and to our other readers.

We do not have a sponsor this month, so we are just sharing for the joy of Christmas in Wonderland, and we hope that you will share too. We will have honorable mentions, so play along for the glory if not a prize!

To celebrate the season, we bring you The Lewis Carroll Memorial Window at Daniell Chapel in England. Notice the left panel where Lewis Carroll and Alice kneel to pay homage to the newly born Christ in this wonderful Nativity scene! This month's quote is actually contained within the windows, do you see it?

Click to enlarge - See Lewis Carroll and Alice in the left panel

The window, designed by the stained glass artist Geoffrey Webb, is a must-see for anyone who loves Wonderland. A wonderful Christmas poem by Lewis Carroll is shown in the center three bottom panels, which include characters from Wonderland - the White Rabbit, Dodo, the Caterpillar, Mad Hatter, and more! Our own Sue Roddis visited this chapel and gave me permission to show her close-up photos here, click to enlarge:

Please consider adding your own project to share by Saturday, Dec. 29th. It can be a Christmas project or just something Alice-related that you want to share that perhaps did not fit with any of our other challenges! For this month only,we will allow you to back-link projects that were created before this month, as Christmas-tide is all about giving and sharing!

 

Share your project by going to The Altered Alice blog!

 

Merry Christmas to one and all, with great love from The Altered Alice!

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Friend, Ornament, New Tool and a Thank You!

I have been busy, really I have!

Since I posted last I have been to Minnesota,Vail Colorado, Minnesota, back to Bennett Colorado and again going to Vail Colorado. Boy am I tired.

But I have been doing some crafting!

These are a couple of ornaments made of Cosmo Cricket papers.

This first one is a stocking cut from my Cricket. I cut two of each of the pieces so that I could sew them together. These would be great for children to do if you cut them larger and punch holes around the outside, the child could then stitch it together with yarn or shoelaces. I lightly stuffed these with tissue paper. After being stitched together I added mica glitter flakes.

I cut two trees and stitched them together and added a Maya Road star to the top of the tree. I also added silver studs and punched circles.

 

Everyone is talking about making Christmas cards, but don't forget about those

Thank you cards!

How about one like this?
                 I love the way this turn out!

Just using some of Cosmo Cricket Jolly Days paper and a tag from the Element deck you could have one of these ready in minutes.

I am dedicating this card to a long lost friend I found not to long ago. She was the first scrapbook teacher I ever had. It was at CKU! I had never gone to a crop, class or anything related to scrapbooking and I went to CKU......what was I thinking?

Any way I THANK YOU Kim and I enjoyed seeing you and bringing you a Vented Pumpkin Latte thingy!

And if it were not for her......I would have never ever got one of these Epiphany Craft Shape Studio that made the cute embellishment on my thank you card. I am in love with this tool! I bought another already and I see more in my future! If you have never tried one you should, they are AWESOME!

 

Christmas-tide in Wonderland

 

From a Fairy to a Child

LADY dear, if Fairies mayFor a moment lay asideCunning tricks and elfish play,
'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.

We have heared the children say -Gentle children, whom we love -Long ago, on Christmas Day,
Came a message from above.

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,They remember it again -Echo still the joyful sound,
'Peace on earth, good-will to men.'

Yet the hearts must child-like beWhere such heavenly guests abide.Unto children, in their glee,
All the year is Christmas-tide.

Thus, forgetting tricks and playFor a moment, Lady dear,We would wish you, if we may,
Merry Christmas, glad New Year.
--Lewis Carroll, Christmas, 1887.

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 and to our other readers.

 

We do not have a sponsor this month, so we are just sharing for the joy of Christmas in Wonderland, and we hope that you will share too. We will have honorable mentions, so play along for the glory if not a prize!

 

To celebrate the season, we bring you The Lewis Carroll Memorial Window at Daniell Chapel in England. Notice the left panel where Lewis Carroll and Alice kneel to pay homage to the newly born Christ in this wonderful Nativity scene! This month's quote is actually contained within the windows, do you see it?

Click to enlarge

The window was designed by the stained glass artist Geoffrey Webb, a must-see for anyone that loves Wonderland. The Christmas poem by Lewis Carroll is shown in the center three bottom panels, which include characters from Wonderland - the White Rabbit, Dodo, the Caterpillar, Mad Hatter, and more! Our own Sue Roddis visited this chapel and gave me permission to show her close-up photos here, click to enlarge:

Echo still the joyous sound, Peace on earth, Good will to men. Merry Christmas to one and all, with great love from The Altered Alice!

 

If you would like to join us this month in wishing everyone a happy holiday season, just hop on over to the Altered Alice blog and join us! We can't wait to see what you create!

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