Open The Door

Hello!

Today's project is another canvas board as I'm a tiny bit obsessed with doing these at the moment, and Oozak is hosting a fun challenge where Anything Goes with Texture.  To me that means altered art.  Yay!

I wanted to use these hinges that I had made several months ago using grungeboard as the base, then painting/embossing with various metallic paints and embossing powders then doing a final rub with black Staz-On ink.  So as I was playing around with ideas on how to make a doorknob, my daughter suggested I use an antique drawer knob that we bought last summer in a small Texas town we visited.  Perfect!

There are various stamps used, but the black ones all come from my favorite set, Paris, which you can find in the Inspired By Stamping store.

The flower is made of sticky back canvas with various treatments including paint, stencils and inks.  A couple of layers of tulle (painted blue and teal) were adhered and then blasted with the heat tool to cause them to partially melt and curl.  A tiny cupid sits on top, having been inked in black to tone down the bright gold.  That's cheesecloth underneath, dyed with Vintage Photo, adhered with matte medium, then rubbed with gold Rub N Buff.

Here's the vintage drawer knob including the rusted hardware inside.

Because we should let it out.

The tiny bits are watch parts which I found on eBay.

The diamond shapes are molding paste applied through a stencil and painted.

A small tassel and tiny key charm.

And that wraps up today's project.  Thank you so much for joining me, and I wish you a lovely day full of crafting goodness if possible!

Happy crafting!

Challenges entered:

Oozak #18 - Anything Goes With Texture
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Loves Rubberstamps #62 - How Charming
613 Ave. Create #29 - Anything Goes

Father's Day at A Gem of a Challenge

Hello!

It's time for another challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge, and this week (Challenge #84) the theme is "Father's Day/Male."  This challenge will run from 8:00 AM June 15, to 6:00 PM June 21, and the prize for the winner will be 2 individual digi images (NOT SETS) from Pink Gem Designs. So do head on over and see what the rest of the lovely Design Team have created, then join us, won't you? We'd love to see you!


As I already had a card for my husband, I decided to do a little something extra to go along with it and make this treat container to hold his favorite sweets, miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.  (It won't hold a whole lot, so he'll get the rest of the bag later.)

The lights played tricks on the paper giving it a gingham appearance.  It isn't gingham.

I cut the shape out using my handy dandy new Silhouette Cameo.  When I first started playing in paper I scoffed and said I'd never need or get one of those "cutting machines."  Then came the Big Shot about a month into it, and that is what I've been using and loving ever since, about a year and a couple of months.  Then...well, I kept seeing cute projects and reading the words "Silhouette Cameo" in the same posts, and one thing led to another, and voila, I am the proud new owner of said cutting machine.  This is my first real project using it and I'm just tickled half to death.  No more tracing, guessing and fussy cutting, and the choice of shapes is nearly endless.

I used the Vintage Occasions sentiments stamps from the Pink Gem store.  Among the other sentiments included in this set there is a blank frame into which I put the word "DAD" using an Old English font.

I stamped another sentiment on the piece of canvas strip, then attached it between the centerpiece and burlap behind it.  A crown charm (as he will be King for a Day) and a few buttons finish things off.  Well, that and the small rope ties.  Those rope ties were just pieces that held some lengths of ribbon together in an order a few weeks ago and I saved them thinking they might come in handy.


Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend.


Happy crafting!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Stamp & Show - The Button Challenge
Crafty Cardmakers - Father's Day
Creative Card Crew #38 - Metal
Fussy and Fancy #91 - Button Up
613 Ave. Create #23 - Anything Goes w/option: Celebrations