A Christmas Tic Tac Toe

This fortnight at Frilly and Funkie, Linda, of The Funkie Junkie, wants to play. Her challenge is "Let's Play Tic Tac Toe". Make any kind of paper craft or mixed media piece using three in a row...down, across, or diagonal. 

You still have a week left to participate, 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

You are probably expecting a little funkieness here today, but you are sort of getting a little more frilliness. I hope you aren't disappointed! I used all of the Tic Tac Toe requirements. Is that considered a blackout??? ;0)

I love Tim's new Bottle Brush Trees. I dyed two of these with Dylusions Ink Spray. The ivory one was one I bleached that was previously dark green, purchased from a craft store.

I also sprayed this piece of chipboard and the wooden base with Dylusions.

I covered the chipboard with sheet music, inked that with Pumice Stone Distress Ink, added a blingy frame, and some Silver Stickles. 

The wooden base was first distressed with Claudine's Traditional Tan Acrylic Paint and Brushed Pewter Metallic Stain, then given a coat of Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.

I adhered the chipboard to the wooden base, and then added lace trim.

A bottle of vintage buttons, metal pieces, and pearls (From Tinsel Trading) was rumaged through to adorn the trees. The metal stars and pearl buttons were given a little Alcohol Ink to color them up perfectly. I glittered the red and black trees, and the ivory one was dressed with glittered ribbon.

 

 

 

I am also submitting this to Unruly Paper Arts Reader Art Quest 2 for "Home Decor", and The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog Challenge for "Anything Goes".

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

The Beauty Of The Season

Happy Halloween to those of you who celebrate! Chocolate chocolate chocolate is what I hope my kids score tonight! I can't believe tomorrow is November! The holidays are upon us now. The year has really flown by, and there is so much to do. Is anyone else already feeling stress?

Anyway,  there are lots of challenges this week that I wanted to participate in as always, but I've been bogged down with readying myself for classes this weekend, so I thought I would show a small project I did for Make N Takes last month, which happens to qualify for all the challenges I want to participate in. How convenient! ;0) Compendium of Curiousities II Challenge is "Kraft Faux Suede" from Tim's book pg. 40, which is also being sponsored by The Funkie Junkie.  Simon Says Stamp & Show's challenge is "Just Add Pearls", Sunday Stamper's challenge is "Autumn", and Artistic Outpost's October Referral Challenge is "Anything Goes".

 

Enjoy The Beauty Of The Season ATC

This is a real acorn cap from my MIL's tree. I've never seen any like this before her tree. The idea for the acorn comes from the marvelous Shelly Hickox.  I still have a few of these kits left, and have been thinking about offering my extra kits at a lower price here on my blog. If a few people are interested I will do that. Just let me know.

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon, especially with the Holidays so close at hand!