Gentlemen Never Wear Brown In London

Grungy Monday Challenge 39 this week we are following:

Tim Holtz 12 Tags OF Christmas 2009 Day 3

This is such clever and fun technique with Alcohol inks!So click the link above to take you there.Again they have the wonderful Simon Says Stamp as the Sponsor .

So here's my entry!

I have used Tim Holtz tag and as i call it Charlie Chaplin dies.Have cut both from hardboard.

I then got some SU glossy Card Stock and with the help of Alcohol inks ,Caramel,Gold,Latte,Aqua,and Mixative pearl .I made the backing paper.I then stamped images in Black Archival ink fromCreative Journey stamps "Gentlemen Never Wear Brown in London quote.And the scene of the London eye and houses of parliment onto the tag.
I then covered the charlie man die in copper alcohol inks.For the umberella used the mosaic technique and around that i used Ultra thick mica embossing powder copper.

As i am also following Tims 12 Tags for 2012 this will also be my March entry.

I then stamped the carnaby street sign from the same set and layered onto Stampin up brown cardstock the same as the tag .To finish i found these lovely flowers whilst clearing out from prima and the brown seam binding is also from my stash.

I am also entering this in over at the Artistic Stamper March Challenge the theme this month for March is "Travel"
Hope you like my creations please pop by love to hear what you think !

Have fab day

hugs

Altered Gravy Pot

Altered Gravy Pot From This to....

This........ Vintage lady holder
Good morning another -5 frosty cold morning sorry i didnt get chance to upload yesterday.So here's the altered gravy pot.This is a swap im hosting alter something from your kitchen cupboard.Now alot of you kept asking how do you get rid of the smell.Well first wash it out this is cardboard pot, dry and then i add a lavendar bag into the pot cover and leave for few days and bingo hey presto no gravy smells!
I first covered the pot with Bo bunny "EtCetera Collection" distressed and stamped some sentiments randomly Artistic Stamper meaning of create.pl;us a couple from Timholtz.

Then i added this gorgeous bit of ribbon with beading work around the top.Ive had this in my crafty stash for while you know the feely touchy lushy one that you dont realy want to use...lol.


I found this beautiful image in my stash that i coated in crackle paint and left to dry for few days .Whilst i got on with the altered domino.which you will see further down in one of the piccies.Once crackle paint had dried i wanted lots on so did take some time you can help along with heat gun but wasnt in a rush so let it crack and dry by it self.I then rubbed down with dry baby wipe and added vintage photo distress inks ontop so the ink went into the cracks.
Hopefully close up in piccy below..(.you may have to click on it to enlarge and see better closeup)
I added tissue tape to cover up the seam of the paper where it over lapped and then added small vellum butterflies punched out with wee pearl on running down the tape

I added various embellishments around the pot ,from tags ,butterflies to charms and few extra pearls onto the ribbon around the top .

The wording DREAM i added glossy accents to to give abit of dimension.

The pot it self is stood on a round wooden piece of board whihc i sanded and then distressed with distress stain vintage photo and the glue guned it onto the base.
Well i hope you like the end result of my recycled altered art gravy pot.Before you throw anything away just take alook and see wether you can alter it!You will be surprised .This is now going off to my swap partner for her to hold her tools,pens ect on her craft desk so do hope she likes it!

I am entering this into januarys challenge over at the Artistic Stamper:Vintage theme.

Have good day and see you tomorrow for WOYWW yes wedensday again where are the days going to!

love n hugs

**Simon Says STAMP-tember Blog Hop**

Altered Journal

Blog hop Prize

Good Morning all and this week over at Simon Says Stamp & Show.

There's a big Blog hop going on until 5th September you can win this big basket of goodies seen To enter this hop you need to enter the challenge
also which this week
is ANYTHING GOES
So here's my entry

I have altered this A5 book actually for a swap im doing.

I first of all covered the book with the lovely Thorndon Hall Papers just cant get enough of these they are lush! Available Here.

also used Tim Holtz Tissue tape.

I then distressed the covers with Rusty hinge,Barn Door & Spiced Marmalade.

I then covered the grunge letters with gesso and again distressed those and added Glossy accents to each letter to get a shine.

The sentiments are all Tim holtz stamps,stamped distress embeoosing clearink .The used ultra copper embossing powder ,heated with gun.

The domino i altered and added vintage image and crackle paint tpo get the effect,distressed with vintage photo. The flower & leaf ive also added glossy accents to to give a wee shine.

The cameo charm was from my own stash and also the back cover pen stickers.

Back of journal

I am also entering this into Septembers Challenge

over at the Artistic Stamper :

To use Numbers &Tissue tape
I do hope you like my altered art Book,hopefully my swap partner will too

Please pop along join in the hop also and have your chance to win some fab prizes.

Love to hear what you think .So please all messages welcome and will be retuned.

Have fab thursday

Love n hugs