Magnet Board

Magnet Board - I have a really fun Altered Art project for you today. 

This week is teacher appreciation week at my grandson's school and I was tasked with coming up with little gifts for his really awesome teacher.

Alison, my Stampin Up demonstrator,  had made a really cute magnet board and several of us at my Wednesday crop group were really taken it. You can see Alison's magnet board here.

Alison was really great about helping me to figure out workable solutions to some of the challenges in creating this. It was her idea to look at the Dollar Tree for something metal that would be a good foundation. 

This project is my DT project for 2 teams. 

Alphabet Challenge Blog challenge is G for Gemstones and glitter. I used lots of gemstones and my black Spica pen for some glitter on the image.

My other team is Crafts 4 Eternity and we are sponsored by Floppy Latte. The challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity  is a fun Tic Tac Toe board. 

I used center across line of Inking, Use Scraps, and 3 of something. All of these can be found in my flowers. I also used the diagonal line of ribbon, scraps and bling or you could go down with pink (in image,) 3 of something, and bling.

My image is Saturated Canary's Starla. She was colored with Copics and my black Spica pen.

My designer paper is Paper Studio.

My blue flowers were made using this wonderful tutorial from Norma Lee. Her flowers are amazing. I encourage everyone to pop over to her blog and spend some time drooling.

I used Peacock Feathers distress ink. It looks really blue. If you look close at the middle flower, you will see some yellow that separated from the blue on the tips. 

The flowers were made with scraps. I made almost all of my cards 5 1/2 by 5 1/2  and I cut off 3 inches from my foundation card stock that is 11 by 8 1/2, so I have lots of those 3 inch strips. There is also a blue gemstone in the center of each flower.

I used a very pale aqua lace for the outer trim of my plate. I used a row of black rose ribbon on the inner rim. It is on a inward curve and doesn't really show up with the camera, but IRL it is lovely.

I used my SB to make the swirls and added a ribbon rose to each side of the aqua flowers. 

The blue butterfly has been in my stash for quite a long time. My grandson really liked it and he was allowed to put it where ever he wanted on the project.

Tyler also placed the wire butterfly. 

The hanger is a ribbon that the white stitching was colored with a Copic, so that it would match.

The magnets are card stock punched several times and built up to add some strength and glued to a magnet. Tyler then added the gemstone embellishment.

Tyler really wanted this butterfly as one of the magnets. 

I hope that you and Tyler's teacher like it!

Crafty Calendar Challenge May Blossoms
Mad for Markers Challenges #12 Feminine
Crafty Bloggers Network #11 Tic Tac Toe - ribbon, stamps, + bling
Craft Your Passion Challenges #161 Floral Delights
Crafty Boots Challenges #Stamper Character
Flutterby Wednesdays #239 Open with butterfly/fairy
Divas by Design Challenge Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz #18 Black and white plus one - Aqua

Celebrate

Celebrate - A clean and simple card for me today. I don't do them very often, so what a shocker this is even to me!

Our challenge this week at Crafts 4 Eternity is a color challenge. We are sponsored by Floppy Latte Designs.

I started my card by scoring 2 sets of 3 lines with my MS scoreboard. One of my favorite tools!

The sentiment is Hot Off the Press and stamped using Spiced Marmalade distress inks.

I don't have a clue as to who make the flower stamps. They were in a kit that I bought eons ago.  I used Mustard Seed and Peeled Paint distress inks. 

                                I finished off the flower with a clear gemstone in the center. 

Cupcake Inspirations #200 cupcake inspirations
Cupcake Craft Challenges #233 Words
Celebrate the Occasion #103 Spring is in the air
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge Floral - everything I used was over 6 months old
Fab N Funky Challenges #162 Add Sentiment
Crafting for all Seasons #47 Spring
4 Crafty Chicks #133 CAS
Cute Card Thursday #260 Anything

Rope Swing

Rope Swing - This is my DT project for Crafts 4 Eternity and Alphabet Challenge Blog. The challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity is Teddy Bear Picnic. The challenge at Alphabet Challenge Blog is A = Anything with Wings.

My DP are K and Company Nature. I love the papers in this pad.

I could not resist using this sweet little fairy bear from Stamp Fairy. Isn't she the cutest?

I colored her with Copics and added Stickles to her wings, bow and bodice. I thought it would be fun to extend the ropes on her swing a little further out with twine, that I hung from a "tree branch." The branch is a Quick Kut die that I inked.

The wings on the fairy are small and hard to see, so I added another winged thing with a butterfly. The butterfly is a MS butterfly. The 3 pearls were made with a Kiwi pearl pen.

My flowers are recollections and a stem that I cut the flower from. I really like using colored wire that is spiraled around a paintbrush.

It has been a while since I have used dewdrops, but I rediscovered them for this project.

Cupcake Craft Challenges #229 Sketch
Color-me-classroom #61 Color with Texture
Shopping Our Stash #89 Birthday
Digital Tuesday Challenge #197 UP, up and away. That is how I always felt on a swing!!!
Paper Take Weekly hearts or flowers - I used flowers
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog #45 B is for Bear, Birthday, Brown, Butterfly,
Craft-Room Challenge  Handmade embellishment - rope swing on a branch

Happy Day

Happy Day - Hi friends. It is time for another challenge at One Stop Craft Stop and this time it is everyone's favorite.... Anything Goes! That's right, you can do anything that you want to do!!!

My papers are Foof-A-La, Summer and Paper Studio. The tag is also part of the Foof-A-La Summer kit. I added some fiber to the tag.

My image is one of our Sponsors-Floppy Latte. I colored the image with copics and added blue pearls made with my Viva Decor pearl pin.

Sketch and Stash Challenge #106 Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges #171 Make me happy
ABC-Challenge G for Going Dotty

Moody Blues

Moody Blues - We are having a color challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity this week. Just look at those beautiful blues!!!!! It is perfect for winter projects! 

I did a page for this challenge. I am so behind in my scrap booking. Cards are quicker, so I tend to do more of them, plus I really enjoy coloring with my Copics. I feel that the photos should be the center of attention on a scrap book page. 

Speaking of photos, this is one of my daughters and her children. Aren't they lovely from the back? LOL Artistically,  I really like this photo. 

This photo was taken a few days before Christmas. We did get snow for Christmas, just a few days after this this photo was taken.

My designer papers are DCWV  Arctic Wishes.

The vine die is a CL. The big blue flower is Recollections and the tiny flowers were made with HC stamps and dies. I speckled different size clear gemstones around the flower arrangement.

I used the same dies and stamp on this smaller arrangement.

This little seal is part of the paper. I just added a few gemstones to the center of the snowflakes. the year was cut with my Cricut using the Plantin School book cartridge.

This challenge is sponsored by Floppy Latte.

Cupcake Craft Challenges #224 Blues
TopTip Tuesday #93 fur/feathers - My seal
The Pink Elephant Challenge #41 Anything Goes