Upcycling

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today sees the next challenge at the 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

with the theme of chosen by little old me which is

Monochrome

take a look at this amazing sponsorship line-up

Joanna Sheen LTD

 ($10 Gift Voucher)

and..............

My Creative Classroom 

(Free Class)


a fab $25 Electronic Gift Certificate
good for shopping at HMD's online store. 

 The Official Site of House-Mouse and Friends!!

 and...

wow so many wonderful sponsors :)

and
We are super excited to announce that STAMPENDOUS is the next company producing our beloved House-Mouse & Friends! Stop by their Challenge Blog to get inspired and enter your very own projects into their challenges. The link can be found HERE. 

The Official Blog of STAMPENDOUS Rubber Stamp Company can be found HERE.

House-Mouse Designs® stamps can be purchased at the STAMPENDOUS site HERE. 

here is my inspirational piece, but do hop over  to the main challenge site to see the rest of the amazing inspiration from my sister meeces :) I do have to warn you this may be slightly photo heavy

I was asked to create several of my altered tins for my MIL who wants to add them to her new hobby of selling on craft stalls, best of both worlds, I enjoy creating and she sells them and I get some money back - bonus :)

So here is one of those tins, this one started life as a dog tin full of biscuits.

This is the front view

On this view you can see the lace around the top lip, the image our adorable House Mouse with an appropriate sentiment, the gorgeous Hobby House flourishes, please see the link in my sidebar and one angle of the flowers all paper and hand made with the addition of Hobby House pearls and brads.

This is one of the side views, here you can see the handmade flowers a little better, I used a range of dies, I am sure you will spot all of your favourites.

Here is the other side again with those flowers :)

This is the back with the sentiment on it, the die is a nestie by the way - this is the one I could not use until I got my new wax papers, genius whoever created that

This is the top, the bobble is made of black honeycomb paper (love this stuff) and the edging is plaited black ribbon from the Hobby House.

The image close up coloured in warm, cool, neutral and toner greys.

and I thoroughly enjoyed creating this although it lasted a few days and maybe a little over indulgent in the pearls department but I think very worth it.

Do hop over and join us for the challenge :)

 Don't forget, you too may submit your House-Mouse, Gruffies and Happy Hoppers creations directly to THE Official House-Mouse Designs site found HERE!  

I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors who take the time to leave me such inspirational and kind comments, and this then allows me to hop on over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

Crafter's Cafe - Flowers

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Dies or punches

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon (woven ribbon on the lid)

2 Sisters - Recycle

CMC - Anything Goes in Any Colour

Sweet Stampin - Glamour and Glitz

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Celebrate September - HM image from SSS

hugs

xxxxx