31 Days of Halloween 2014: Day 3

Day 3 of 31 Days of Halloween has arrived!!!!
I was so inspired by yesterdays projects.
I'm one of the Wicked Bloggers and you can find the complete Blog Hop Roll on the side bar.

Today I bring you an altered round cardboard box that turned into a candle holder and a candle featuring an image from the As Death rubber stamp set from Smeared Ink.

It was lots of work but I am in love with it.

Hope you like it!Can't wait to see you tomorrow!

Now hop over to Lisa's blog, she has something special for you.
I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Smudgy Antics: Anything Goes October 
• Punkyougirls: Anything Goes with a Halloween Twist
• Artbymiran: Anything Goes
• Sisters of Crafts: Anything Goes
• Recycle, Re-purpose and Re-invent: October Fall Harvest Halloween Part 1
• Rhedd's Creative Spirit: Halloween... or Not
• Altered Eclectics: Anything Goes
• A Little Bit Crafty: Boo
• Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes
• Inky Impressions: Anything But A Card
• Frilly and Funkie: Haunting Halloween
• Fab'n'Funky Challenge: Halloween
• Haunted Design House, Macabre Monday: Ancient Evil
• Divas By Design: Spooky Creations
• Decorate to Celebrate: Anything Goes
• Crafting With Dragonflies: Anything Goes
• One Sweet Challenge: Halloween
• Anything Goes with a Twist: Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards: Anything Goes

Thanks!

Love,

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.

I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

• Make it Monday 110: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #79: Anything Goes
• Sparkle and Glitter with Rick St Dennis: Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes
• No Matter Which Challenges: Halloween
• Pan Pastel UK:Altered / Recycled Item
• Craftymess Challenge: Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge: R for Recycle, Re-Purpose
• Forever Night Challenges: Anything But A Card
• Catered Crop: Halloween Screams
• Recycle, Re-purpose & Re-Invent: October - Halloween and No Bones About It

Thanks!

Love,

Julia

Altered Art!

I have been intimidated by the idea of sharing any project that involves altering items. I love working on them and most of the times I give them away as presents, it is a great way to reuse something.

I have a lot of CD's that are not getting any use, and of course this is what I altered into a wall hanging.

Here is my creation:

Image: Smitten - Night on the Town from  Smeared Ink

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Smudgy Antics: Alter Something
• The Burtonesque Dolls: Alter It!
• Charisma Card Challenge - Alter It!

Thanks!

Love,
Julia