March Madness!

In February I won a bloghop prize over at

LeighSBDesigns

and obviously chose

"White Rabbit Grunge Collage"

 "Where's the madness in that?" I hear you ask...

Well Leigh asked if I would like to make something

 to be featured on her blog with my prize, and of

course I was honoured to....

but I had just started redecorating...which turned into

room swapping...which meant all my craft stuff was piled 

in boxes and out of reach....til this week!!!

 As soon as I could I was crafting lol

I had found this "book box" that was a UFO and

decided it was the perfect place to show off the wonderful 

image..

 Using Promarkers I added soft colors to 

"age" the page...

 torn tissue added colour and texture to the book 

surface...

 AND while rearranging I also found a 

WHOLE PACK of Tim Holtz Grunge board

Harlequin Alphabets!!!!

Lost treasure indeed :D

So happy to be playing again that I forgot to take pics.

The letters I gessoed, inked then highlighted with marker...

re-whitened areas with posca paint pen...

 and picked out features on the collage with Heavy Gel Medium

that dried to form a thick, raised glaze.

Hope you are enjoying your crafting.

I was certainly missing mine :D

XXX

I would like to share in the following challenges;

Dream In Darkness# March Anything But Cute

Colour Crazy Challenge # wk 12 Anything Goes

A Vintage Journey # March...Treasure

TTCRD # wk March 27th Anything Goes

OPEN THE BOX!!!!

It may be day 3 of LeighSB's Dark Valentine Hop...

but it is also 

The 7th Annual Vampire's Day Soiree!!!

for this post I will share a secret....

"What's inside the box?"

is the question most asked about just about any box

anywhere ever :D

The box I have in mind has made 2 appearances in my 

life so far....

Firstly in a short story I wrote

"Shrinking Violet Unchained"

and more recently as an altered art piece

"Box of Junk"

but in neither case were the contents revealed...

so before I do...a little ditty...

A Vampyric Lullaby:

(commonly sung by Vampire Nannies)

A Tisket....A Tasket...

A Coffin or a Casket

Wherever you choose to make your bed

Be sure to never lose your Head.

The World's a danger from the start,

So mind your careful with your Heart.

It's just as precious as your Head.

If missing either you'll end up dead!

So flit and Fly my sweet young thing,

Above the clouds on silken wing.

Breaking Hearts if they but ask it...

I'll keep yours safe...

inside my Casket!

 need a closer look?

Well seriously....what did you think I would have hidden
in an old box....at Valentines...buried under the privet????
I do like to stay true to the old ways mwahahahaha...

An InLinkz Link-up

Box of Junk

We all hoard "junk" or as we call it

"treasure" lol

So what better way to use it up than by making a 

"Treasure box"

*inspired by another Ina Solsbery vid*

I kept this old box because my youngest had "decorated" it...

 a layer of crumpled tissue for texture...

 White gesso....

 stuff I would never have put together in a million years

on any other project lol...

 more gesso and paint....

 I nearly left it at this point as it looked quite creepy,

 but I was determined to try the faux tarnished metal look

 So after many drippings and dryings...

 adding paints and wiping aways...

 I now have a box to treasure :D

See I knew they would all come in useful one day...

Enjoy :D XXX

For the following challenges;

A Vintage Journey # January~ Think inside or outside the box

TTCRD # week Jan 9th (and Special Magazine challenge)

Crafty Creations Challenge # 358 Anything Goes

Country View Challenge # January ~ Anything Goes

Dream in Darkness # January ~ This years "use by"