Keeping Close the One You Love!

Hi Everyone, well its that time of the month again for another Altered Art Challenge over at Altered Pages and this month the theme is Red Heart - Golden Festival in honor of both Valentines Day and Chinese New Year.  We were asked and are asking you to join in the fun by creating something incorporating the colors Red and Gold and perhaps something specific for Valentines Day or the Chinese New Year.

I have had some wooden spools from Altered Pages sitting in my stash for a few months now and was wanting to use them so I came up with an idea of a Love Inspired Photo/Card Holder.

Which I thought would be perfect for keeping your loves ones close (well at least the thought of them).

This is a photo of my hubby and Marvin the Martian taken at a trip to Movie World on the Gold Coast almost twenty years ago.  It always makes me smile when I see it.

Mounted behind the heart is a small clip and I have used a chipboard scroll corner to act as an easel like back to assist in holding the photo up.

Altered Pages Supplies Used:-

Wooden Spool

Glitz French Kiss Paper

Chipboard Scroll Corner

I forgot to take a shot from another angle, but other than my cupid, I have some red tissue paper and gold glittered hearts.  My spool is covered by a piece of French Kiss Paper from Glitz and I have achieved the gold effect by simply buffing some Metallic Gold Gelato from Faber Castell across the spool and my other elements.  This has given it a wonderful aged effect.  A touch of Red Kindy Glitz was also added.

Challenges I am entering this into are:-

Anything But a Card - #12 Share the Love 

Craft My Life - My All Crafts Challenge #4 

UK Pan Pastels - #6 Love and Romance

Design Memory Craft - February Take the Challenge with Mou - Recreate Nostalgia. (Vintage Look Project that can hold old photos)

Thanks for stopping by today!  

Love Struck!

Hi Everyone, just a quick post here to share a picture of my latest DT project for Altered Pages.  I have called this ATC - Love Struck as it uses this cute Cupid Cutting File which I got yesterday teamed with some of the great products available from Altered Pages which I love.

For all the details you will have to pop over to the Altered Pages Blog.

I am also entering this ATC into the following Challenges:-
Wicked Wednesday #70 - Valentine/Love
Papercraft Star #131 - Love

Platypus Creek Digitals - Wonderland Release

Hi Everyone!  This is just a quick post today to share with you that yesterday and today saw the release of the Wonderland Images and Cutting Files at Platypus Creek Digitals, where you will find Alice, the Mad Hatter and Friends.  If you love Alice in Wonderland and Cute I am sure you will love these!

For my release project I chose to work with the Queen of Hearts.

The background paper is a very old Fiskars/Heidi Grace one that has been in my stash forever.  The Circle was cut with my spellbinders die, and then layered with 3 stripes of pink ribbon in between which are some embossed strips featuring Card Suits.  The To My Heart Ticket is from one of my Unity KOTM's and the flowers and heart brad are also from my stash.

Be sure to pop over and view both days for a full look at all the images and cutting files released and get tonnes of inspiration from the DT projects.

Anyway the rain has eased a little today so hubby and I are braving it and going to do a bit of shopping and go out for lunch, so I best be off.  I hope you all have a wonderful day!