THE CREATIVE CRAFTERS CHALLENGE #1

Hello There My Crafty Friends!

 I am so excited to share the news with you today!

My dear friend Mary at Ameera Crafts and I have started a challenge blog together and today is the first day of the challenge. We would love for you to come and join us!

The Creative Crafters

All our challenges are 'Anything Goes'

I want to share with y'all my first project for the challenge. 

I have been working on this on and off for awhile and finally (after I was happy with it) 

I am finished, yay!

I wanted it to look kinda fairy like, though not sure I accomplished that, lol.

Do ya think a fairy would like to live there? :)

It can hang up too. :)

I sure had a lot of fun making it. :)

...For This Project - Step By Step...

Cut a piece of cardboard off of a box.

Took most of the top layer off to show the corrugated part.

Using dies I cut out the window and fence with white cardstock. 

Then used the distress ink pad on the window and fence.

Attached them to the piece of cardboard using Ad-tech glue.

Stamped the sentiment on white cardstock with distress ink.

Cut out the sentiment and added distress ink around it.

Poked a hole in each top side of it, put twine in it with a knot on each end. 

Attached the twine to the cardboard with glue and a pop-dot behind the paper. 

Cut out grape vine leaves and other greenery with dies.

Glued all the greenery on using Ad-tech glue.

Then glued the flowers and curled flower stems on using Gem-Tac glue.

Glued a string of pearls in and around the greenery on the top using Gem-Tac glue. 

Used a dark brown marker on the cardboard inside the window.

Glued two pieces of lace in the window with Ad-tech glue.

Cut two pieces of green cardstock to go across the bottom.

Folded the green cardstock in half and cut small lines across it to make grass.

Used a wet napkin on the grass and twisted the top of each blade with tweezers.

Glued one strip of grass across the bottom of the cardboard and fence with Ad-tech glue.

Made a fold line on the bottom part of the second strip of grass.

Then glued the grass a little lower, folded the bottom behind the cardboard, glued in place.

Added flatback pearls with Ad-tech glue on the top greenery and on the grass.

Cut a piece of twine long enough for hanging, wrapped a string of pearls around it.

Glued the ends of the string of pearls to the ends of the twine to keep it together.

Then glued an end on each side of the top part on the back of the cardboard.

...Products Used...

Cardboard 

Sizzix Vintaj BigKick Die Cut Machine

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad 'Tea Dye'

We R Memory Keepers Precision Press Stamping Tool

Flowers, String Pearls, Flatback Pearls and Lace

Spellbinders Window Die
Fence and Greenery Dies

Clear Sentiment Stamp

Elizabeth Craft Fine Point Scissors and Tweezers

Beacon Gem-Tac Glue and Ad-tech Crafter's Precision Glue

Green/White Cardstock

I hope you like my card and it gives you some inspiration. 

The challenge runs from February 15th to March 8th. 

Come on and join us in the fun!

The Creative Crafters

Thank you for visiting!

Happy Crafty Hugs, 

Sherry - DT/Co-Owner x

...Challenges Entered...
All Things Crafty Challenge #18 - Floral
Cardz TV Challenge #34 - Anything Goes
CropStop Link Party #37 - Use Products CropStop Carries
Creative Knockouts Challenge #233 - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #517 - One Word Sentiment