Positive Choices -

Again, I joined a swap with the challenge to design an elaborately decorated bingo card.  I went to the hardware store and purchased various crimp washers that look like gears.  I had been gifted steampunk tags and accessories from a previous swap.  I found 2 feathers on the floor of Walmart that must have come off a feather duster and I had stamps of feminine faces.  And brads that look like flat head and phillips screws. The challenge was to use a minimum of five elements.  This is what I came up with.  I inked up the bingo cards with a mixture of 3 inks from American Crafts.  The netting is from the hair nets that I have to wear at work.  I am always looking for ways to repurpose ordinary things for crafts needs.

The goal I was trying to accomplish was an elaborately altered bingo cards.  I had die cuts from My Minds Eye, American Crafts, and Die Cuts with a View. I had some ribbon and brads and this is what I came up with. Two have wobblers that make the design spring. We were to use a minimum of 5 elements.  I like how my design came out.  I swap at www.scrapbook.com

The fireworks wobbles

The big graphic in the middle wobbles

I have engaged in a challenge to swap an altered Altoid tin in a whimsical fairy in a romantic design.

So I painted the tin in white gesso.  Followed by a mixture of paints by Claudine Hellmuth.  I used a paper plate as a pallet.  I placed a small amount of painterly pink, smudge of blue with a large drop of  Scribbles shiny petunia purple,  I brushed it over the inside and out side of the tin.  I didn't like the look.  I washed my hands and dried them on a paper towel and began dabbing at the tin.  While still wet I sprinkled silver DreamWeaver metallic F/X. Then I took an eye dropper of alcohol and poured it over the over the metallic F/X which caused it to mottle.

After it was dry I placed a fairy Dazzle from Paper Wishes inside the tin.  I found a branch off the tree and glued Sweet Pea Flower Soft onto the branches with some blossoms from my stash.  The border on the inside of the lid is
Recollections: Glitter on a rolls.

I placed lace on the outside with flowers from my stash and called it complete.

I hope my swap partner likes it as much as I do.  I was almost wanting to keep it.

something folder

summer favorites

summer favorites

money

Birthday

My swap categories I chose this month was something folded, summer favorites {which I made 2 sets}money and birthday.  I like the fun of making these cards and love receiving cards from my swap buddies.  I swap at www.scrapbook.com

Bingo ATC (art trading cards) were so much fun to make.  I found a swap on Scrapbook.com and was excited to join in the fun.  We had to add five elements and could use any type of bingo cards out there.  I chose the exact size of an ATC (2.5 inches x 3.5 inches) and some that were smaller.   There were four categories and I chose two which were spring and feminine. Here are the results.

spring

feminine