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Monday, October 8, 2012

Challenge # 8 at Poisoned Peas Please and Day 8 of 31 Days of Halloween

Hi everyone!!!
Welcome to our new challenge at Poisoned Peas Please, an alternative art challenge blog.
The theme for the third challenge is :

Sugar Skulls / Day of the Dead!

we want to see your creations with skulls and flowers celebrating the Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead.
I'm sure we each have a different way of looking at this theme, and that's the fun part, be creative and feel free to express your artistic ideas.
You can use any image for this challenge and we would LOVE to see all types of creations (ex. cards, scrap layouts, fat book pages, artist trading cards, tags, boxes, bags, 3D ~ Altered Art or any other crafting projects that have some form of paper on them). This is a month long challenge.

It is also Day 8 of 31 Days of Halloween! Can you believe it!!!
You should have arrived here from Jean's Blog if you didn't, then follow the blog roll on the sidebar.
To see all the wonderful prizes please go here.
Here is my offering for today:
Image: Sugar Skull & Flowers Framed From Dilly Beans Stamps

 Back View

I altered and Altoids tin. Used acrylic red paint for the outside.
Colored the image with Copics and Prisma coloring pencils.
Added the image to the inside of the tin, the decided that it needed something more, that's when the glitter appeared.
Still wasn't happy, so I colored to flowers from the image, fussy cut then and created a 3D effect, Now I was happy with the inside. 
colored and additional image for the backside and added some ribbon to the sides.
The skull embellies are made using air dry clay and once it was dried I colored them, glued them together and added them to the top of the shrine.
The base is a candlestick and the flowers are handmade with tissue paper.
Hope you like it!!!
Follow this link to enter the challenge at Poisoned Peas Please.
For the 31 Days of Halloween hop over to Jennifer's blog, she has something special for you.
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34 comments:

  1. LisaVeronicaOctober 8, 2012 at 3:08 AM

    Beautiful colors, great!

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  2. UnknownOctober 8, 2012 at 7:23 AM

    Fantastic project! The colours are fab!

    Thanks for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge Blog!

    Sheena
    xxx

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  3. ikeOctober 8, 2012 at 8:51 AM

    Very colourful and I love the way you did the 3D flower.. fabbo :-) xxx

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  4. Bonnie IrvineOctober 8, 2012 at 9:06 AM

    Wonderful altering and recycling of the tin! The colours in your image are so vibrant and the 3D flowers were a great call. Clever use of the candlestick and those handcrafted skulls are an amazing element. Thanks for joining us at Recycle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent. I look forward to seeing more of your art.

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  5. RickOctober 8, 2012 at 10:33 AM

    I love that his is an altered altoid tin-I am a sucker for projects that think outside the box-so pretty the way your blue trim seems to glow-great job and perfect colours for this theme

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  6. Pam S.October 8, 2012 at 10:54 AM

    WHat a fabulous way to repurpose something that was only going to be thrown away. Love the colors. Thank you for sharing your talents.

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  7. UnknownOctober 8, 2012 at 11:58 AM

    Wow this is a really super idea.Thanks for sharing it with us at Panpastel uk.

    Kerry DT LEADER

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  8. silviaOctober 8, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    Great tin!!! LOVE the skulls!

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  9. WendyOctober 8, 2012 at 12:17 PM

    wow...this is fantastic...love the tin...love the clay skullies...love the base...great imagination!

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  10. MirandaOctober 8, 2012 at 12:23 PM

    hi Julia, how are you?
    fabulous creation really awesome
    thanks for joining us on sparkle and glitter
    hugs
    Miranda
    sparkle and glitter DT

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  11. Sharon SahlOctober 8, 2012 at 12:47 PM

    It took me a while to take in all of the wonderful aspects of your altered altoid tin! I love your image - especially the extra flowers and the skulls on top are perfect!!

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  12. marionOctober 8, 2012 at 2:44 PM

    Briljant take on our theme at NMWC. Thanks for joining and good luck. Hugs, Marion

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  13. UnknownOctober 8, 2012 at 2:50 PM

    Ooooh I love sugar skulls - so pretty yet so spooky!
    Thanks for joining us at Challenges 4 Everybody!
    Hugs xx Cara xx DT

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  14. UnknownOctober 8, 2012 at 3:30 PM

    Awesome love it
    Hugs xxx

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  15. Monique's artOctober 8, 2012 at 4:10 PM

    love these kind of projects, very beautiful and love the bright colours, thansk for sharing at Sparkle and Glitter,

    Monique

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  16. Candace JedrowiczOctober 8, 2012 at 4:32 PM

    Cutecutecute!

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  17. Linda SimpsonOctober 8, 2012 at 5:03 PM

    Fabulous entry and loving the way you have used the skull. Thank you for joining us at Sparkle and Glitter.

    Hugs
    Linda
    EDT xxx

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  18. Brenda BrownOctober 8, 2012 at 5:18 PM

    Wow it's amazing what you can do with a candlestick and tin. A fabulous alteration.
    Thanks for sharing this with us at PanPastel UK this week.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  19. DonnaMundingerOctober 8, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    Absolutely FABULOUS! Love what you did with the image. the tin look wonderful with the glitter frame and I love the tissue paper flowers which look like giant marigods, the traditional flower of Dia de los Muertos.

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  20. Croms' Cubby HoleOctober 8, 2012 at 5:44 PM

    Hi Julia, Love this project in all it's 3-d beauty. Those flowers are a great finishing touch to a fabulous image. Thank you for sharing with us at the 1st ever challenge at the RSD Sparkle and Glitter challenge blog as well. x

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  21. StephOctober 8, 2012 at 6:09 PM

    Amazing altered tin. Love the skulls you've added to the top and the ruffle around the edge.

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  22. lozOctober 8, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    Stunning creation Julia and colours. I saw this on MIM..Loz

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  23. ~Lady B~October 8, 2012 at 9:15 PM

    Wow! A lot of work went into this beauty! Cool shrine!

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  24. ScrappingBeautyOctober 8, 2012 at 9:26 PM

    really fabulous art! I love the trail of flowers and the topping of skulls

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  25. ChrissyOctober 8, 2012 at 10:56 PM

    What a brilliant project, love the colours of the flowers, such a lot of work went into this.


    Thanks for sharing with us at ‘Make it Monday’
    Luv CHRISSYxx

    Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

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  26. Lindsay Craftymonster81October 9, 2012 at 11:27 AM

    Oh this is brilliant, I love the bright colours
    Lindsay xx

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  27. UnknownOctober 9, 2012 at 2:22 PM

    Awesome sugar skull. Thanks for playing along at NMW Challenges this month, good luck. Hugz Suzanne

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  28. Hazel (Didos)October 9, 2012 at 2:59 PM

    Oh WOW this is brilliant, what a stunning creation.Thanks for playing along on Ricks First Sparkle and Glitter Challenge, Hazelxo

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  29. KristyLeeOctober 9, 2012 at 9:16 PM

    This totally rocks Julia, so festive looking, great coloring! I truly love Julia beautiful!
    Peace,
    Kristy

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  30. UnknownOctober 11, 2012 at 9:59 AM

    Hi Julia! This altered tin and candle stick are awesome and very beautiful! Love your imagination. Thanks for sticking with us too.
    Love,
    Aletha

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  31. LoriOctober 11, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    So smart to use the altoid tin and put that pretty ruffle around it! The tissue flowers are a perfect touch to compliment that pretty skull. So glad you linked up at Recycle, RePurpose & ReInvent!

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  32. MummyladeOctober 12, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    what a fabulous creation. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Sparkle and Glitter challenge and good luck!

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  33. Roxx.T BarnesOctober 12, 2012 at 10:07 PM

    Wow!Pretty cool..love the vibrant colors,esply the 3D flowers! Thanks for joining us at Alphabet Challenge Blog.

    Roxx.T

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  34. UnknownOctober 17, 2012 at 4:55 PM

    This is a gorjuss make, love the colours, thank you so much for joining us at Craftymess challenge blog

    Hugs
    Judie xx

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