You are my Best Friend!

Hi everyone! I'm sharing a fun fat book page on the AlteredPages.com Art-Sociates Blog today featuring some new items in the store! I hope you enjoy!

Materials :

G45 Steampunk Spells

Glitz Rhinestones

Glitz Stickers

Ephemera Treasures

AP Rubber Stamps : Time on Your Side Set

Dylusions Stencils

AP Silly Sticks

Mix'd Media Inx Truffles and Black

Adhesive Cork Sheets

Liquitex Modeling Paste

Ranger Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy

Foam Tape

Burlap String

markers

Begin by adhering some pattern paper to a 4×4 cardboard square. With Modeling Paste stencil 2 sides of the square with a Dylusions stencil. I then poured microbeads from my Ephemera Treasureson the wet paste. The microbeads stay in place with the paste. Once dry edge the sides with Mix'd Media Inx Truffles.

Stamp a new Altered Pages rubber stamp with Mix's Media Inx Black onto cork paper. Color with Sharpie Metallic and Brown Markers. Add glue to "sand" of the hour glass and dust Distress Glitter. Sand the edges of the Glitz card stock stickers and ink. Layer on the fat book with foam tape.

Giant Rhinestone and bling as well as a burlap string wrapping finish the fat book!

Thank you for stopping by!

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Hot Time in the Summer Challenge at Cheery Lynn Blog

Happy Sunday everyone! I've had a crazy busy summer and am just now getting around to some fun tools that I've recently added to my collection that I found at the Scrapbook Convention this June. For months I've been watching several of my scrappy friends using these incredible super-thin dies from a company called Cheery Lynn Designs. I knew the convention would probably have them and I was THRILLED to find them!! The selection of dies is amazing, the price point perfect and the detail and design is awesome! 

I am a big fan of flowers as you already know and Cheery Lynn has a how line of "Build a Flower" dies that make creating your own flowers super easy.  I used the Sunflower die and the Embellishments 3 die to create all the flower on my card below. I die cut all the flowers out as above in a cream and dark tan color of card stock. I then colored with markers and misted with sprays to achieve the colors on the flowers. I used my McGill stylus set to create dimension on the petals. Little Amanda, "The Thinker" seems to be getting some shade from the sunflower in the pot for the "Hot Time in the Summer" and Sunflowers definitely say "Hot Time" to us here in Texas!

I hope you enjoy my card!  Below is a link and rules in case you want to play along!

Supplies Used

Sunflower DL-121

Embellishments 3

Memento Tuxedo Black

House Mouse Amanda as "The Thinker"

Spectrum Noir [PP2, OR1, GB3, TN3, TN5, EB2, GB4, CG4, CG3, BT1, GG1, CG2, EB1, EB8, BG2]

Maya Road Mist Pearl

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz Sun Kissed & Limolicious

Bazzill Basics

Neena Card Stock

Artist Glitter Glue

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Scrapbook Adhesives Mystix runner

Foam Tape

Robin's Nest Dew Drops 

This week the challenge at Cheery Lynn Designs is

Hot Time In The Summer

Here are the rules:

• You MUST follow the theme and use at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die, of course, we would love to see more than one. 
• You MUST add a link to your blog post in the InLinkz at the end of this post; no back posting, only new projects are allowed
• You MUST link to this challenge in your blog post or on your gallery post
• You may only enter the challenge ONCE per week.

The winner will be chosen based on merit by Cheery Lynn Designs. They will receive $20 towards shopping at the Cheery Lynn website. The challenge will end on Saturday night at 18:00 Eastern time.

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leslierahye's Earth Day Blog Hop | upcycled journals

Welcome back to my blog, your last stop on this awesome Earth Day Blog Hop celebrating upcycled crafting! I love all of the creativity and green-thinking done by my bloggy friends and family and I hope it inspires you as well to go green in your crafting. I have so many fun projects that I have been working on lately and I want to share with you a favorite...
This is a mini journal built completely from upcycled materials--lunch sacks and envelopes from junk mail and bills as well as a book paper. A week ago last Friday I created this little treasure on my leslierahye's crafty gig. I share with you the completed blank journal, ready for adding tangles and lists and art pages! I hope you enjoy. The replay is added in case you missed the show.

...and  now how to win my blog prize!!! Donna Salazar Designs created a great recycle stencil to match some of her fantastic GCD Fun & Funky Collection!!! Donna has generously donated these to be given away as a blog prize for this hop!! I'm so excited and can't thank Donna enough!!!

After going to each stop and leaving a comment, come back here and leave one more comment...it can be anything from which project was your fave...to your own experiences with green crafting...to I'm a new fan! I hope you enjoy this collection of talents as much as we enjoy creating! Thank you for hopping with us!!

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March Hare | a Mixed Media Project with Clearsnap & VLVS

if you're looking for my weekly Digital Delights Challenge project, click here.

This week Clearsnap and Viva Las VegaStamps! are partnering together to inspire you with how well Clearsnap Inks and Mists pair with VLVS stamps! Today is my turn to share my project! I hope you enjoy it!

I chose to use the image of the March Hare from the Alice in Wonderland collection of stamps.
Create background on book paper with gesso and smooch spritz. Stencil with Mix'd Media Inx and punchnella. Stamp grid background with Mix'd Media Inx.
On another piece of Book Paper, stamp March Hare in black archival and watercolor. Fussy cut and adhere to your background.
Attach art piece to EcoArtBoard. Trim out board pieces. Sand edges. Ink with Truffle Mix'd Media Inx. Coat entire image with Mod Podge.
Glue image back together with E6000. Adhere 3D pieces with E6000.

For this Project: 

March Hare

Washi Grid Background

EcoArtBoard

Mix'd Media Inx School House

Mix'd Media Inx Truffle

Smooch Spritz Vanilla Shimmer

Smooch Spirtz Navy Twinkle

Book Paper, Watercolor, trinkets, Mod podge, Punchnella, E6000, gesso

Thank you for looking!

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It's Time to be Kind!

The inspiration for my tag today came from the Viva Las VegaStamps! Be Adorable stamp. I had purchased this stamp along with a plate and never had really read it. It didn't dawn on me for several weeks that it had wisdom in the form of simple commands from a to z : Be adorable, be brilliant, be crazy, be daring be excellent, be FUN....be kind... . Upon realizing the true extent of this stamp I felt that it embodied things I believe and have tried to instill in my children. It embodied feelings I have recently expressed about current events in the world. I needed to incorporate this stamp and remind people that NOW is the time-- the time to be caring, to be thankful to be wise to be kind and among others, to be NICE. I hope you enjoy my project! Hop on over to the Viva Las VegaStamps blog to learn how I created this tag!

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VLVS! All Hallow's Eve Party | Day 2

Happy Monday and welcome to Day two of the Viva Las Vegastamps! week long celebration of Halloween. Viva Las Vegastamps has tons of Halloween related stamps including some amazing new plates of stamps--which I'm working with here. During this week there will be fun games to play, some voting to do and some prizes to be won. Hop on over to the Viva Las Vegastamps Blog to learn about all the details. There is a link up below to keep you on track of all the great designers in the hop! Be sure to check daily!
Today I am sharing with you an art canvas that I started a few weeks ago after being inspired by my crafty friend Cheryl Boglioli. I created the base in a manner similar to how Cheryl did. I completed my canvas by stamping a scene with my Viva Las Vegastamps! I embellished with flowers that I created with Bitty Blossoms dies and stamped with my favorite Grunge 1787 stamp! I LOVE the look of my handmade flowers on my art canvas! I can't wait to start another one!! 

 For this project:
assorted distress inks
black ink [ranger archival]
Bitty Blossoms & assorted Sizzix swirl dies
canvas, paint, fibers & mists
German Scrap & Beacon Adhesives

Thank You for stopping by~

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