White Rabbit Belated Birthday Card

Technique: Papercraft

Materials:
210gsm card stock, cream
Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
* Vintage Photo
linen paper
Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland Papers
* Jaberwocky
* Curiouser and Curiouser
Christina Re "faux" wax seal
glue stick or similar adhesive

Tools:
printer
photo editing software, I use Gimp because it's free
paper distressing tool
Alice In Wonderland brush, free download from here
Beyond Wonderland font, free download from here

This week's challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show is to Show Your Distressed/Torn Edges. Once again I really enjoyed this challenge, because what I started with was so different to what I ended with, and what I thought I wanted to make was nothing like what I actually made!

The other thing I love about the challenges is figuring out what I can do for little or no expense.  It's not that I am a tightwad (well maybe a little) but money I don't spend on something I can make myself is money I can spend on something else I can't, such as a die for my sizzix!  In this case I could spend $30 on an Alice rubber stamp set, or download the photoshop brush set for free, which then allows me to resize, recolour and re-edit any way I see fit.  Digital 'stamping' is limited by what you can run through your printer, but that still leaves an enormous scope for creativity.

The first thing I started with was an image of the white rabbit printed onto linen paper.  I knew that I wanted him to be on a scroll or banner.  Initially I fooled around with making him a banner with a fringed bottom, but the scroll looked nicer.  It's roughed up around the edges with the paper distressing tool and then inked vintage photo before curling up the short edges to create the scroll.

The rest is really just a matter of layering and assembly.  The card is an easel card made from 210gsm weight cream card, aged with vintage photo.  Then a layer of Curiouser and Curiouser, distressed and aged.  Then a piece of Jabberwocky was torn for the front and inside panel, and (you guessed it) aged with vintage photo ink.

The sentiment was perfect for a belated birthday, it's printed out on linen paper using the font Beyond Wonderland.  A little white rabbit card cut from the Jabberwocky paper acts as the prop for the easel card when it's open to prevent it from closing shut.  The faux wax seal was the finishing touch.

I played around with lace and flowers and flourishes, but I liked the clean, masculine feel.

Halloween in Wonderland Tag

Technique:  Papercraft

Materials:
tag
Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
* Aged Mahogany
* Spiced Marmalade
* Vintage Photo
* Walnut Stain
* Sage Green
* Peeled Paint
Wonderland Classifieds paper by Graphic 45
double sided adhesive foam
embellishments
ribbon

Tools:
Sizzix Big Shot
Tim Holtz Texture Fade:
* Halloween Night & Poison
paper distress tool
blending tools
scissors
stapler

This week's challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show is to Show a Tag.  I have been dreaming about my Halloween in Wonderland paper from Graphic 45 all week, so this was the excuse I needed to play.

The base tag was made out of left overs from last week's project, which was 600gsm inked with sage green and peeled paint and then splattered with droplets of water.  After die cutting my tag, I than ran it through the Big Shot using the Halloween Night Texture Fade to emboss.  The raised areas are inked with spiced marmalade, vintage photo and walnut stain.

Alice is cut from the Wonderland Classifieds paper.  I cut away her broomstick because I made a little one to replace it.  I also cut a slit across her arm where the broom handle sits so I could slide in the little wooden one I made.  The image of Alice is already yellow with some red distress so I didn't add anything further to her.

The sentiment is a Tim Holtz stamp, inked with Aged Mahogany and roughed up around the edges.  I think this sentiment is perfect for the Alice theme, as I think both her fears and dreams lay down the rabbit hole.  The poison comes from a piece of grungepaper embossed with the Poison label Texture Fade.  First I inked the texture fade with black and then ran through the grungepaper, then inked it with a little red and green.

White Rabbit Altered Domino

Technique: Collage/Papercraft

Materials:
domino
Jabberwocky paper by Graphic 45
glue or gel medium
clear crackle medium
acrylic paints
fine grade sandpaper

Tools:
scissors
Dremel tool

Use the dremel to drill a hole in each end of the domino.  Lightly sand the domino to give the paint and glue a better surface for adhesion and wipe clean to remove any dust.

Cut your image to size and glue into position with your glue of choice, or gel medium, which I love using for these dominos.  You can glue just on the flat side of the domino and leave the other side plain, or you can glue images on both sides, or you can glue over the side with dots and paint the flat side, whichever sparks your imagination!  I like covering both sides with images, that way there is no right or wrong way to hang them on the tree.

When dry, sand the edges of the paper to ensure they are flush with the domino and paint the edges.  When the paint is dry apply a coat of crackle medium.  Allow to dry off overnight and finish with a coat of varnish or sealant.  Apply bling and hang.  I have used gold crochet thread and antique gold style beads.