An Altered Tray!

Hello dear friends! Today I have a project to share with you, not quite chipboard related but still very pretty to look at! 

Here is an Altered Tray in a very nautical theme!

The tray is from 7gypsies, the paper, tape and enamel dot are from Teresa Collins. I used Viva Las VegaStamps! Crown and Chevron banner, MME's Epoxy Brad, American Crafts pearl brad and wood grain thickers, Ranger's Stormy Sky distress stain, Amazing Mold Putty resin pelican from the previous UmWowStudio handmade embellishment kits, and from my stash: Floral beads, twine, cheese cloth, dymo label maker and a cork. 

You can get a quick tutorial on fitting paper inside little glass bottles on the CropChocolate blog post HERE.

I've been lucky enough to have been asked to inspire people at Anything But A Card!!! So you can see my piece for the ABAC Challenge #17!

Tattered Floral Challenge - a bracelet

It just so happens Mr. Holtz is hosting a challenge using his Tattered Floral die. 

This is my entry a gorgeous wristlet: 

The flower is made of a natural colored muslin (cut from the daisy shaped portion of the die) and stained with Weathered Wood Distress Stain.  The Weathered Wood DS has a very grey/blue nautical feeling and felt so perfect for this! The center is recycled cork and glitter.
The base of the bracelet is leather. The base of the destination unknown is a rounded rectangle of chip that has been slightly soaked in water and curved to match your wrist. It's covered in gesso and stamped with a Viva Las VegaStamps! Washi Tape Grid Stamp. Then I covered it in some more of the Weathered Wood DS and stamped VLVS!'s Destination Unknown in black Archival Ranger ink and covered it in VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Ep. The cheesecloth has also been soaked in Weathered Wood DS.

Destination Unknown was secured to the leather with eyelets and May Arts Burlap String. Between the center of the flower and the petals I beaded some dangles. I used miscellaneous plastic and glass beads. 

To close the bracelet I cut a hole in one side and shredded and knotted the other side. As one final "bring it all together" I secured a couple of the beads used in the dangles into the cheesecloth!

I'm so super fond of this bracelet and just adore it to pieces!! What do you think??

VLVS! 12 tags of Christmas Day 1

welcome to our 12 day long blog hop!! Me and some of the other DT from Viva Las Vegastamps! are so excited to show you tags for TWELVE days!!! (I cannot believe it's Christmas already!) Hopefully you'll make our blogs a stop every day just like Tim Holtz's!!

Each day of the hop we are using stamps from Plate #1363 -- which is also a PRIZE! for people who hop all 12 days, leave comments and become followers! 

You should have started @ Terri's Blog. if not, click the link and be sure to go in order :)

My Creation:

I have also managed to base my tags off of Linda (The Funky Junkie)'s 12 tags! So I will be linking up there each day :) Today's is linking to tag 1 -- I loved the monotone sort of tea stained look, the giant rosette, Santa, and how the bow is not THROUGH the hole on the tag, but more as an embellishment. :)

Thanks for stopping by!! You're on your way to Susan's Blog next!!!

-DeeDee