The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge -- Dimension Anything but Cute -- Celebrate Earth day. Stamps & Stencils -- Trash to Treasure

For this challenge I have altered a box with the help of Powertex. I draped the Powertex soaked fabric on top of the box. I put some large buttons underneath to give some different shapes. I added some flowers and seed heads that I also covered in Powertex. I painted it with Acrylic paints. I stencilled the sides with metallic paint through a flower stencil.

http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-23.html

I have also enter this into the Anything but cute whose challenge is to celebrate Earth day and to use their colour palette.

http://anythingbutcutechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/challenge-12-april-earth-day.html

I have also entered this in the Stamps and Stencils challenge blog whose challenge is Trash to Treasure.

http://stampsandstencils.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/april-challenge-trash-to-treasure.html

Tag Tuesday -- Medieval

I didn't find this one very easy to do, and reverted to finding images on the internet. As I'm hopeless with digital work I just fussy cut the images and then added some medieval words for clothing, some of which I had never heard of. The castle is Cardiff in South Wales

Every Inchie Monday -- Fish

My new computer is driving me round the bend as it won't talk to Adobe or my scanners. Apple obviously doesn't like Adobe. It's taking me far too long to do a simple scan. Anyway these are my attempts at the fish prompt this week. The sewn one is hand made felt and the stampbord one is shrink plastic.

The Craft Barn Dictionary Challenge -- D

For the challenge D on the Craft Barn Dictionary Challenge I have chosen dress. I used a Tim Holtz die cut for the dress and dressed the form in pink as we have to include pink in our work this time.
I placed it on a dress pattern background and added scissors, dress button, a hanger with fabric samples and a reel of cotton.

http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/alpha-dictionary-challenge.html

Tag Tuesday -- Clean and simple

This prompt sounds simple, but the real challenge was not to put too much on the tag. I distress inked one tag, die cut another, and placed one on top of the other. I then stamped the image and it was finished. I've tied my hands behind my back to stop me from adding something else to it.

Anything but cute -- Crazy for colour.

I am just in under the wire for this one, and have made a page for my Dyan style journal with Dyan's gorgeous bright paint colours. I have also used some of her newish stamps, which I found a little difficult to use.

http://anythingbutcutechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Every Inchie Monday -- Grandmother

Not easy to fit a grandmother on an inch. For the stampbord one I drew a granny sitting in a chair knitting. For the sewn one a head was enough, and for this I stuffed some calico and made it 3D. The glasses are made from wire and the hair is a fancy thread.