There's Two Sides To This Story!

Hello everyone! Sorry it has been a little bit since I've been on here. I've finally beaten back the horrible sinus problems, and hope they don't show themselves again for a long time! However, they have gone off with my mojo as well! So if you've seen it, please send it around to me again! Until then, I will have to make due with the little bit I've managed to scrape off the sides of my trash can, when mojo was so plentiful a little bit fell to the floor,  and was then cleaned up instead of stored away. Don't you hate it when that happens? I certainly do!

Alas though, here it is, another new fortnight...already!  "Hey hey, we're the Funkies! People say we funky around!" ....Sorry...I couldn't help myself. I've missed talking to you all! Okay, back to business now! Sue Carrington, of Stamping Sue Style, is hosting the challenge this time at Frilly & Funkie, and she wants to see Anything But A Card, And There's A Twist...Something Must Be Hidden! So, it's time to let your imagination run wild! You could be thinking of a 3D project, an altered item, or keeping it simple with a tag, but don't forget that twist. You must include somewhere to hide something. This could be a flap, an envelope, a pocket, or even a gift box with something inside. Have fun with this one! You still have a week left to play along, and if you need a little inspiration or even a lot, please visit the other Design Team's blogs. 

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps and Scraps 

Teresa Kline - Paperie Blooms

Terry Horrall -  Terry's Work In Progress 

Sue Carrington - Stamping Sue Style 

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose

Well like I said before, the mojo is definitely lacking at La Casa de Houston, so when I saw the challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show for "Inspired by Wendy Vecchi", a little low voltage light went on inside my head, and while it's not 100 watts, it's at least something! So my F&F piece is totally made of Blossom Buckets and Art Parts, and you already know how much I love my Parts...or is that Wendy's Parts???

Front Cute Side: Bursting with luscious green  healthy plants, a black bird, and glorious flowers!

I really wanted this to turn out much different, and try as I might I couldn't figure out how to maneuver a Flip- Flopper Over for my hidden part. I am really going to have to dive deep in my engineer/architect files that are hidden somewhere in the confines of my brain, lost at the moment. So instead of revealing my hidden secret with a Flip Flop, you get the Turn Around instead! WOW...right? :-(

Scary Back Side: A wicked old zombie witch, with poisonous snakes for hair, a mean crow who wants to peck your eyes out, and not a feather on one of her wings!

A ton of Art Parts were altered, reconfigured (These will be her hat.)...

...stained, inked, and stamped. Tim's skull was stamped with Ranger's Jet Black Archival onto Specialty Stamping Paper and adhered to the Art Part Head.

I am also submitting this duo sided piece to the challenge at the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group for "Creepy, Freaky, or Just Plain Weird", the Stamp Man Challenge of "Butterflies, Birds, & Bees", and the Blogger's Challenge for "Alter It". 
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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Maple, Oak, & Birch In Metal???

Nothing like waiting until the last minute to create my make for Linda's Compendium of Curiosities II Challenge of "Perfect Pearls Palette", based on the technique in Tim's book by the same name, and it's being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp...woohoo!  And, to up the challenge for myself, I threw in Hels Sunday Stamper's challenge of "Metals". 

I embossed a metal tag with Tim's New Leaves Texture Fade from Sizzix, (I love it!!!) then added a little Metallic Distress Stains to the raised portions. I gave this a little Vintage Photo Distress Inking, and then heat embossed that with Ranger's Fine Clear Embossing Powder. I wasn't sure Tim's technique with the Perfect Pearls was going to work on a metal tag, but as you can see in the next picture, it did! I am in love with how this turned out!

I really didn't want to cover up my tag...you know how I am about backgrounds, but I've been aching to use Mario III's Leaf Blueprint Stamps. I cut out a piece of plastic packaging from some Grunge Board to use as my base.

I stamped the arranged trio of Blueprint Leaves in Jet Black Archival onto the packaging. LOVE! I gave this a little heat to dry well.

I die cut the packaging, and now it's a tag too!

I painted and glazed some Vintaj leaves with Vintaj Patinas to add to the tag. I added some Seasonal Chit Chat Letters and some Dresden Foil Lace to the tag, and then added this plastic tag on top of the metal tag.

I stained some seam binding to finish my tag off.

 

 

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!