Patriotic Challenge- Altered Book

In cerebration of the Fourth of July, the Unique Crafters Challenge Blog theme is all about Patriotic projects with Red, White and Blue. I went all out with this project and created an altered multi media Mini Album. I painted a hard back children's book with texture paint and then covered it with scraps of paper, cutouts and embellishments from my stash. Then I used Modge Podge to seal all the pieces on. I love the way it came out.

 

  

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Christmas Elf Shadow Box Display

I love the way this new project came out. It’s a Santa's Christmas toy factory themed shadow box display that I made for my Christmas decorations that has lots of patterns and sparkle. My inspiration for this project is all the little Christmas Elf images that I’ve colored using my Copic markers. I used brown cardstock, Tim Holtz Distress Ink and brown paint on the frame and added lots of sparkle with Stickles (Silver, Star Dust and Platinum).  I colored up several crystal dots and Tim Holtz embellishments with the same Copic marker colors I used on the elves. I loved the cute candy cane stripe ribbon. Many of the images have been raised up with pop dots. The tree is wrapped with gold floss and I added a star charm to the top. The paper is mostly patterns from the Echo Park Season’s Greetings line and the Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium Collection.  

This project has been submitted to:
Charisma Cardz http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/
Kaboodle Doodles http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-98-oh-christmas-tree-oh.html
Paper Crafting Journey http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/
Joanna Sheen Challenge http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.com/
Dream Valley http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/
Crafty Catz http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/
The Pixie Cottage http://thepixiecottage.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas Everybody!