Altered Tin

before 

after

This is my actual working table. I have been keeping the empty milk can to store my stationery mainly because it is free, just the right size and of course, I thought of altering it someday (which has been lying on the table for months and months...great procrastinator..lol).  Now, it is the right time to call for some crafty touch-up...

materials:

Martha Stewart pinking scallop border punch, Carl flower punch, buttons, Spellbinder Shapeabilities flourish accent, digital bird image which I paper-piece with paper downloaded from Crafter's Companion Everyday Twin-set.

Challenges:

1. Crop Stop - may nightingales (use either bird, birdcage, birdnest and some textured)
2. Loathian's Craft - three flowers and three buttons
3. Simon Says - anything goes
4. Simon Stamp & Show - buttons
5. Paperplay - use an object not intended for crafting (mine is empty milk tin)
6. Stamp Something -things with wings
7. Try It On Tuesday - alter tin (sponsored by The Craft Barn)
8. Charisma Cardz - april showers may flowers

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April Showers May Flowers

materials:
Kreaxions star template, Kreaxions 910 punch, flower rubber stamp, Olfa circle cutter, Spellbinder Nestabilities classic scallop circle die, Copic R81, R83, R85, YG23 and glitter glue.

I use the negatives of the punchy to create embellishment on the card by coloured them with Copic YG23 and shaping them with an embossing tool before I adhered with glitter glue.
Challenges:

1. Just Imagine Kreaxions - use a template to create a different shape with your punches
2. Just Imagine Kreaxions - create an embellishment with your punches and use it on your project. 
3. Simon Says - anything goes
4. My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - flowers
5. Charisma Cardz - april showers may flowers

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LO - Zoo Negara

paper:Cosmo Cricket 'Delovely'
elements: Cosmo Cricket "Delovely Candy Candy' and Giza Designs 'Animal Planet'.

Challenges:

1. Scrapbook & Cards Today - Project 12 Year 2011 March Sketch
2. Simon Says - anything goes

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Spring Flowers

materials:
Carl sakura punch, Kreaxions 910 punch, Basic Grey 'Whisper' flourish clear stamp, hello sentiment from my stash of rubber stamp, cream textured card stock, Ink It Up green and orange ink pad, buttons and green sheer ribbon.


I distressed the punch out flowers with TH Tea-dye distress ink before shaping them with an embossing tool.

Challenges:

1. Basic Grey - spring
2. CES - spring colour
3. My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - #3 flowers
4. Simon Says - anything goes
5. Loathian Craft - three flowers and three buttons
6. Just Imagine - make a monochromatic project and use a punch
7. Just Imagine - using a handmade flower and a punch (I shaped the flowers using emboss tool)
8. Just Imagine - use the little punchy that you would thrown away on your project.
9. Simon Says Stamp and Show - use button
10. Midnight Madness - sketch#101

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Hip Hop Hooray

image and sentiment: Designed 2 Delights 'Bullfrog and Butterflies'
paper: green floral backing paper from Crafter's Companion 'Everyday Twin-Set', pink polka dot from my stash, green card stock.
tools: Martha Stewart PATP lattice, Kreaxions 910 punch,Inksentials white opaque ink pen, Ink It Up green ink pad, Copic R81, R83, R85, YG23, BV00, V06 and green sheer ribbon.

I also use the negatives of the Kreaxions punches on my card. I distressed the tiny flowers with green ink pad to make it slightly different from the green card stock, shaped them with an embossing tool before adhered to the card. The four corner frames on the green patterned paper are the negatives of the punches.
Challenges:

1. Crafter's Companion Easter Challenge - use Everyday Twin-Set freebie download to make any project. (mine is the green floral paper)
2. Simon Says - anything goes
3. Delightful Inspiration - use Bullfrog and Butterflies image
4. Just Imagine Crafts - use more than one punch and use both the negative and the positive from your punches
5. CES - spring
6. I-Copic - pastel colour
7. The Paper Variety - polka dots
8. Papertake - sketch #55
9. My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - #3 flowers

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Wedding wishes card

image: birds from Papermania
sentiment : from my stash of rubber stamp
paper and insert : Crafter's Companion Everyday Twin-Set
tools: Martha Stewart pinking scallop border punch, vellum and brown card stock.
Challenges:

1. Crafter's Companion Easter Challenge - use Everyday Twin-Set freebie download to make any project.
2. Simon Says - anything goes
3. Stampin For The Weekend - wedding
4. Totally Papercraft - wedding
5. Crafter's Companion monthly challenge - #11 aqua and brown

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Eggcellent Easter

Decoupage kit Beatrix Potter. Background paper is a freebie from Crafter's Companion download.
Challenges:-

1. Crafter's Companion monthly challenge - #11 aqua and brown
2. Simon Says - anything goes 

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Hotspot

image : penguin with presents by Delicious Doodles
sentiment: GTC
tools: Woodware border punch, polka dot specialty texture paper, Cuttlebug candy cane stripes embossing folder and Copic.
Challenges:

1. ABC Christmas - hotspot
2. Simon Says - embossing
3. The Paper Variety - number
4. Little Claire - animal
5. Copic Creations - favourite paper (mine is our local paper ExcelPro digital color printing paper 160gsm)

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Bookmark - Monster Sweet Tooth

image: Little Miss Muffet Stamp 'Monster Sweet Tooth'
patterned paper: Rhonna Farrer's Magic Rainbowtools: Cuttlebug floral screen embossing folder, Spellbinder beaded oval dies, Copic, Ink It Up green ink pad, Woodware border punch and glitter glue (on the lollipop and blue patches).
Challenges:

1. Crop Stop - rainbow (rainbow colours reflected on the patterned paper)
2. Little Miss Muffet - #7 glitter and shine
3. Stamptacular Sunday - pile it on (mine is rainbow colour on the patterned paper which has more than 5 layers of colour)
4. Paper Sundaes - sparkle,pearl,diecuts, yellow choose any 2 (mine are sparkle and diecuts)
5. Simon Says - emboss
6. Allsorts - april showers
7. CES - spring

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Bookmark - Monster Bubbles

image: Little Miss Muffet Stamp 'Monster Bubbles'
tools: Spellbinder beaded oval dies, Woodware border punch, Faber Castell watercolour pencils and glitter glue.
Challenges:

1. Crop Stop - rainbow (rainbow colour patterned paper)
2. Little Miss Muffet - #7 glitter and shine (I put glitter on the bubble)
3. Stamptacular Sunday - pile it on (mine is more than 5 layers of colour on the patterned paper)
4. Paper Sundaes - sparkle,pearl,diecuts, yellow choose any 2 (mine are sparkle and diecuts)

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Monster Sweet Tooth

image: Little Miss Muffet Stamp 'Monster Sweet Tooth'
sentiment: rubber stamp from local retailer.
tools: Cuttlebug Candy Cane Stripe, Spellbinder beaded oval dies, Faber Castell watercolour pencils and glitter glue.
Challenges:

1. Crop Stop - rainbow (mine is on the lollipop)
2. Little Miss Muffet - #7 glitter and shine
3. Stamptacular Sunday - pile it on (mine is rainbow colour which is more than 5 layers of colour)
4. Paper Sundaes - sparkle,pearl,diecuts, yellow choose any 2 (mine are sparkle and diecuts)
5. Simon Says - emboss

Happy Easter

Materials:
Penny Black Flower Gallery stickeroos(my neglected stash), Basic Grey Capella
doily, small butterfly punch, glitter glue.
Challenges:

1. Penny Black Saturday - easter
2. Basic Grey - easter
3. The Beary Scrap - wings 
4. Wacky Wednesday - easter
5. Sketch & Stash - sketch (my neglected stash is PB flower stickeroos)
6. Paper Issues - 50 Shades of Basic Grey

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Tilda - Birthday

image: Tilda with chery
sentiment : Happy Birthday by by lyndseymariedesigns
paper: freebie from Papercraft Essential
tools: Copic B00, B02, B12, E00, R11, E31, E35, glitter glue, EK Success circle punch, MS PATP lattice, satin ribbon.
Challenges:

1. Just Magnolia - birthday
2. My Mum's Craft Shop - glitter
3. I-Copic - monochromatic
4. Paper Sundaes - textured
5. Stamptacular Sunday - use magnolia stamp
6. All That Scraps - magnolia challenge#9 use Magnolia stamp

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Smile

Image: Designed 2 Delights Balancing Act and little flower with smile sentiment is locally purchased rubber stamp.
tools: Nestabilities classic scallop circle dies (to die cut the fabric orange flower), embossed pad, Copic and Faber Castell water colour pencils blending with aqua brush pen and EK Success dotted circle
Challenges :

1. Joan's Garden - orange, red, green, something from nature and circle die cut and dp with lines
2. Delightful Inspiration - use balancing act freebie image
3. Little Claire - animal
4. Paper Sundaes - textured

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Tag - Prepared To See

image: Paperbag Studio 'prepared to see' (candy from Julie's Art, Craft & Life Blog ...thanks sweetie!)

tools: TH Tea-Dye and Pine Needles Distress ink pad, Ink It Up brown, yellow, orange and green ink pad, Cuttlebug floral screen embossing folder, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Flourish Accent, Sizzix flower layers,vine & Center#2, Pelikan Plaka-Lack Gold Glitter#81.

Challenges:

1. Crop Stop - vintage
2. Paper Sundaes - textured
3. Simon Says Stamp & Show - Tim Holz technique (mine is wrinkle-free distressing)
4. Simon Says - emboss
5. My Mum's Craft Shop - glitter (I use glitter on the flourish and flower)

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Handmade embossed gift box

           

This is a small gift box measuring 1.5" x 2" box fit to put in few pieces of the small hershey bar chocolate. I cut, embossed and spray the template with yellow food coloring and then sponged the embossed area with triangular facial foam pad in light green before I fold and glue the box. 

It's fun ..fun..to do this. 

Tools: Ink It Up ink pad, Cuttlebug embossing folder, facial foam, yellow food coloring mixed with water in mini minstral, scor-board.

Challenges:

1. Wacky Wednesday - gift box

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Get Well Soon

image: Penny Black
sentiment: stash of my old rubber stamp
paper: Papercraft Inspiration digital download
tools: Ink It Up ink pad, blings, Woodware corner punch, Carl daisy punches, Faber Castell water colour pencils.
Challenges:

1. Sketch Saturday - sketch #150
2. Penny Black Saturday - week#146 flowers
3. Penny Black Blog - flower
4. Simon Says Stamp - card for a child
5. Cupcake - doctors and nurses

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Easter Tilda

Image: Tilda with basket of chery
sentiment: Papercraft Inspiration magazine online download
paper: Summertime Designs- Sweet Springtime
medium: Tombow water color pen
tools: green organza ribbon, handmade ribbon flower, pearl, bling, doily, Woodware border punch, Ink It Up brown ink pad (for distressing the edge of the patterned paper)

Challenges:

1. Just Magnolia - sketch
2. 7 Kids College - easter or spring
3. Simon Says Stamp - Card for a child
4. Simon Says Stamp and Show - distress
5. Magnolia-licious - pink and green
6. Magnolia-licious Highlites - easter extravaganza (full size Tilda card)
7. The Paper Variety - flower (mine is handmade ribbon flower)
8. Creative Inspiration - easter
9. My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
10. Magnolia Stamp Lovers - easter
11. Stampin for the Weekend - easter

Easter Happy Dance

Image: Happy Dance Nestbit by Digital Delights.
Sentiment: free digital download from Papercraft Inspiration website.
Tools: Cuttlebug embossing folder, Carl daisy and sun punches, paper from Fred She Said freebie and Basic Grey, Faber Castell water colour pencils.
Challenges entered:

1. The Beary Sweet - sketch
2. Creative Inspiration - easter
3. Simon Says - card for a child
4. My Mum's Craft - anything goes
5. Etsy Inspired - Think Fast Designs (my embossing on the card is inspired by the floral vine on the fabric of this picture 

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LO - Giant Tortoise

Paper: Echo Park Life Is Good.
These are pictures of giant tortoises which are more than 100 years old (according to the zoo keeper) and cute rabbits in our Zoo Negara (national zoo)...just a nostalgic reminiscent of the childhood tale rabbit and the tortoise.
Challenges :

1. Sketchy Thursday - sketch
2. Paperplay - animal

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Spring Hello

image: Garden Party by Designed 2 Delights, sentiment from my stash of rubber stamp, paper: Fred She Said.
tools: copic, blings, EK Success chain punch, Nestabilities beaded scallop oval dies.
Challenges:

1. Lilypad - colour challenge  
2. Crop Stop - #14 sketch and Spellbinder dies
3. Creative Inspiration - punches/dies
4. Simon Says - spring colour
5. Papertake - anything
6. Delightful Inspiration - use Garden Party image

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Relax

image: Bugaboo, sentiment is computer generated.
tools: Prismacolour pencils, Ink It Up watermelon ink, Cuttlebug Candy Cane Strip embossing folder (thanks Shirl aka Craftee  Guiri for giving me this..hugs).
Challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp And Show - anything but card
2. Delightful Sketches - sun, sea, sand
3. Papertake - anything goes
4. Simon Says - spring colour

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Rain or Shine

Image: Bugaboo
Sentiment: freebie from Papercraft Inspiration Magazine
rainbow border and paper button:  Papercraft Inspiration magazine
Tools: Woodware border punch, Prismacolour pencils.
Challenges:

1. WOC - sketch
2. Cupcake Craft - #136 funny
3. Papertake - anything
4. Creative Card Crew - rain/water/cloud
5. Creative Inspiration Wednesday - punches/dies
6. Simon Says - spring colour
7. Paper Variety - photo inspiration (inspired by umbrella)
8. Do You Stack Up - yellow

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Wedding Card

Hat image by Doodle Pantry.
medium: Copic R81, R83, R85, YG23
tools: Nestabilities classic scallop circle (to make the pink crepe flower), Cuttlebug embossing folders, buttons, white satin ribbon, glitter glue.
Challenges:

1. Sketch Saturday - sketch#149
2. Joan's Garden - #13 emboss, diecut, dimensions, monochromatic
3. Charisma Cardz - wedding
4. Copic Creations - #47 favourite technique (mine is layering of lighter colour over darker colour)
5. Doodle Pantry - #11use DP image
6. Paper Sundaes - spring blossom
7. Craft Barn - glitter challenge
8. Stamptacular Sunday - #105 button, bling, flower
9. Papertake - anything
10. Creative Inspiration - punches/dies

Tilda - Cherry

image: Tilda with cherries (2010 Cozy Autumn)
sentiment: clear stamp
tools: MS lattice corner punch, Nestabilities classic scallop circle smallest dies (for the hand made flower), buttons, butterfly, ribbon flower, Ink It Up watermelon ink pad, dotty pink paper from stash, floral paper from Pink Petticoat, Faber Castell water colour pencils.
Challenges:

1. Just Magnolia - anything goes
2. Midnight Madness - sketch
3. Little Claire - spring
4. Stamptacular Sunday -button, bling, flower
5. Paper Sundaes - spring blossom
6. 7 Kids College - seeing spots
7. Creative Inspiration - punches/dies
8. Simon Says - spring color
9. Papertake - anything goes
10. Wacky Wednesday - birthday

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Tilda - Cherry

image: Tilda
sentiment: clear stamp
tools: MS lattice corner punch, Nestabilities classic scallop circle smallest dies (for the hand made flower), buttons, butterfly, ribbon flower, Ink It Up watermelon ink pad, dotty pink paper from stash, floral paper from Pink Petticoat, Faber Castell water colour pencils.
Challenges:

1. Just Magnolia - anything goes
2. Midnight Madness - sketch
3. Little Claire - spring
4. Stamptacular Sunday -button, bling, flower
5. Paper Sundaes - spring blossom
6. Papertake - anything
7. Creative Inspiration - punches/dies
8. Simon Says - spring color
9. Paper Variety - april showers bring may flowers
10. Wacky Wednesday - birthday

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Happy Birthday bear

Created this digi-card using Papercraft Inspirations CD.
Challenges:

1. Simon Says - sketch.

Instant Coffee

Image and sentiment by Create With TLC.
tools: Faber Castell water colour pencils, MS lattice border punch, corner rounder.
Challenges :

1. Bizzy Becs Store - chocolate,raspberry, mint, cream
2. Wacky Wednesday - something funny

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Birthday - Flower Dotty Watering Can

image: dotty watering can by Designed 2delights
sentiment: cling stamp
paper: MME Quite Contrary
others: green organza ribbon, MS pinking scallop punch and lattice border punch, Ink It Up ink.
Challenges entered:

1. Delightful Inspiration - use dotty watering can
2. Limelight Papercraft - sketch and birthday theme
3. Really Reasonable Ribbon - dies/punch and ribbon
4. Quick Cards - spring birthday

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Punch Art - birthday floral

sentiment  freebie by Bizzy Becs.
Others: Kreaxion 910 punch, Kreaxions circle punch stencil, Nestabilities classic scallop circle dies, Carl daisy medium punch,  glitter, Aleenee's  tacky glue, Ink It Up watermelon ink and hand made roses.
Challenges entered:

1. Joan's Garden - Window Top Card ( an opening in the top of the card with the design on the inside), add three colors of flowers for the focal point, a Birthday card.
2. ABC Challenge - R for rose
3. Crop Stop - shine on (I put glitters on the roses)
4. By The Cute & Girly - cute and girly
5. Little Claire - spring

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Mother - Most Beautiful Word On The Lips Of Mankind

      

image: vintage lady freebie Digital Tuesday

sentiment : computer generated via Photoshop

paper: Basic Grey Cappella

others: Prismacolor colour pencils, MS pinking scallop punch, MS lattice border punch, TH Tea-Dye distress ink and pearls.

Challenges entered:

1. Simon Says Stamp - hat
2. Papertake - sketch
3. Cupcake - #135 mother's day + flowers (mine is floral wreath)
4. Paper Variety - recipe 1-2-3 (mine is 1 image, 2 pearls, 3 different colours to colour the image peach, green and pale pink)
5. Paperplay - for mom
6. Basic Grey - more than 1 fold

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I Won!!

Just a happy shout .. I won the Just Magnolia bingo challenge... it is a $20 voucher to spend at 7 Kids College Fund ... woo..hoo..so many crafty items to choose...(a happy headache..tee..hee..)