Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #38: Dark, Gothic &/Or Spooky

Happy, happy Halloween! I know it's a day early, but it's a new challenge at Tuesday Alchemy and my creation explains it all . . .

Once again, we are lucky to have two wonderful sponsors offer lucky crafters a prize from their shops:

Floppy Latte

~ and ~

LovesRubberstamps

I invite you to share a little (or lot) of spookiness and fun with us!

This card was submitted to these challenge blogs.

2 Sisters: #115 - Halloween
Anything Goes: #79 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion: #134 - Photo
Cupcake Inspirations: #184 - Halloween (See Photo)
LEJ Designs: #27 - Anything Goes
My Time To Craft: #194 - Halloween
One Stop Craft: #202 - Halloween
Top Tip Tuesday: #88 - Halloween

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #37: Random Word Inspiration - Bath, Duct Tape & Sparrow

Welcome to another installment of Tuesday Alchemy's Random Word Inspiration! Three words are picked at random by a word generator. It can definitely be difficult, but it's a challenge after all :)

We have two wonderful sponsors this week, so you have more chances to win if you share a project with us:

Scrapper's Delights

Stitchy Bear Stamps

This card was submitted to these challenge blogs:

4 Crafty Chicks: #112 - Dry Emboss
A Gem Of A Challenge: #57 - Flowers
All Sorts: #177 - Autumn Colors
Crafts 4 Eternity: #94 - Pumpkin Spice (Colors)
Daring Cardmakers: Don't Worry Be Happy
Fashionista: #8 - Anything Goes
Make It Monday: #112 - Anything Goes
My Time To Craft: #193 - Use Sepia

One Stop Craft: #201 - Anything Goes
Speedy Fox & Friends: #130 - Leaves
Use It Tuesday: #42 - Orange

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #36: Color Recipe - Magenta, Olive & Teal

It's time for color, beautiful oh, so lovely color at Tuesday Alchemy!

You can use one, two or all three along with neutrals.

If you use all three, you can earn an extra entry (See blog for details.)

Our sponsors are Di's Digi Downloads and Broken Box Designs.

I chose to use one color because teal is just one of my favorites. What's your favorite color? Is it any that are in the challenge this week?

{ IDEA }

Alter your chipboard shapes, especially if you need them to fit with your scheme or theme like I did with this house shape.

Emboss it! I removed a layer of the chipboard backing, so it would be thinner & would accept the embossing better.

Paint it! I distressed it with teal paint to bring more teal into the look of it and add extra detail.

Embellish it! Add embellishes to it like these silver brads & grosgrain ribbon.

This card was submitted to these challenge blogs:

Anything Goes: #78 - Make Your Own
Bearly Mine: #57 - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T.: #177 - Monochromatic
Make It Monday: #111 - Anything Goes
PaperPlay: #41 - Simply Cute
Tuesday Throwdown: #120 - Tea At Granny's

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #35: Woohoo - It's Anything Goes!

It's everyone's favorite challenge! Yeah, you know the one . . . It's the challenge where you get to decide what the challenge will be or if you will be challenged at all - Ha!

Join me at Tuesday Alchemy for our Anything Goes challenge starting today. We have not one, not two, but THREE lovely sponsors:

Sassy Studio Designs

LEJ Designs

Hugs4TheHeart Designs

I created these clothes pins as a birthday present for a girl who just adores zebra print.

I painted, distressed, sealed & covered with a zebra print paper before adding glitter to the black stripes then topping with a grosgrain ribbon bow.

I have to give my partner credit for part of the idea, though. He told me to put glitter just on the stripes - Wow, he might just be a crafter at heart. (Okay, that's really only my wishful thinking - Ha!)

These creations were submitted to these blogs:

A Gem Of A Challenge: #56 - For The Girls
Anything Goes: #77 - Animals
Come & Get It: Glitter, Black & Ribbon
Inspire Me Fridays: #78 - Anything Goes
Make It Monday: #110 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly: All Creatures Great & Small
Simon Says Stamp: Glimmer & Sparkle

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #34: Anything But A Card Or Tag

It's a fun, new challenge at Tuesday Alchemy this week. Time to break out of the card crafts and create something different. It's Anything But A Card Or Tag!

We have two lovely sponsors this week, so you have extra chances to win something for your crafting pleasure:

Robyn's Fetish

~ and ~

Jesseas Designs

These clothes pins were submitted to these blogs:

365 Cards: Day 215 - Non Card
Forever Friends: #46 - Anything Goes
Hiding In My Craft Room: #65 - Freestyle
Inspire Me Fridays: #78 - Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts: Something Old/New (Paint/Rose)
Make It Monday: #109 - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy: Sparkle & Shine

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #33: Random Word Inspiration - Blackboard, Gears & Tart

A new challenge starts at Tuesday Alchemy today. It's Random Word Inspiration. Be inspired by these three words: Blackboard, Gears & Tart.

You can use one, two or all three. Have fun, share you creation and you could win a prize from these wonderful sponsors:

CraftyCat957 - 1 Graphics CD

Floppy Latte - $10 Store Voucher

I was inspired by blackboard and created this chalkboard frame. Yep, it's purple. Everything that is purple can be written on with chalk, erased then written on again!

This creation was submitted to these blogs.

Card Crafter's Circle: #41 - Ribbon & Roses

Come & Get It: Anything But A Card

Crafts & Me: #102 - Roses

Fat Pages/Cards w/Attitude: #23 - Anything Goes

Forever Friends: #45 - Colors

Inspire Me Fridays: #77 - Anything Goes

Make It Monday: #108 - Anything Goes

Paper Pretties: PWC224 - No Patterned Paper

Twisted Tuesday: #25 - No Tools

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #32: Color Recipe - Golden Brown, Mustard & Navy

A new challenge starts today at Tuesday Alchemy.

It's a color recipe, so you can mix it up with color.

Golden Brown, Mustard & Navy - Enjoy creating with this threesome!

We have two sponsors this week, which is always fantastic as it gives your more chances to win!

 Robyn's Fetish - 5 Digital Stamps

~ AND ~

Scrapper's Delights - 3 Digital Images

For this creation, I kept it CAS and I used a new flower tutorial that I found while perusing blogs. I didn't like my finished flower (as I really did need to ink the ends), so I changed it up. You can find the tutorial on Doing Life - A Blog By Desire Fourie. Thank you, Desire!

This card was submitted to these challenge blogs.

4 Crafty Chicks: #107 - Colors
Inspire Me Fridays: #76 - Anything Goes
Make It Monday: #107 - Anything Goes
Shopping Your Stash: #69 - Emboss It!

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #31: Peace, Love & Happiness

It's time to spread peace, love & happiness at Tuesday Alchemy! Create any project & share it with us for your chance to win from these wonderful sponsors:

Sassy Studio Designs

4 Digital Stamps

LEJ Designs

3 Digital Images

This is my very first easel card and I can't believe how easy and fun it was to make! I was lucky to be able to use a digital stamp from Sassy Studio Designs. Isn't this hippie chick just perfect?

I can't wait to see what peace, love & happiness you share at Tuesday Alchemy!

This card was submitted to these challenge blogs.

Bearly Mine: #52 - Anything Goes
Cutie Pie: #26 - No Flowers
Hand Stamped Sentiments: #135 - Alphabets
Make It Monday: #106 - Anything Goes
Sassy Studio Designs: #141 - Fancy Folds
Twisted Tuesday: #23 - Thinking Of You
Use It Tuesday: #39 - Anything Goes (Trim)

Tuesday Alchemy: Challenge #30 - Anything Goes

It's a favorite challenge for everyone: Anything Goes. You get to choose the challenge, so definitely stop by and share a creation with us at Tuesday Alchemy!

By playing, you would win one of two fabulous prizes from our sponsors:

Broken Box Designs - Holiday Digi Stamp Toodle Set

Fabric.com - $50 Gift Certificate

This card was submitted to these challenge blogs.
See below for details, so you can share, too!

4 Crafty Chicks: #105 - Back To School

Art Impressions: #78 - Anything Lacy

Creative Belli: #151 - Back To School

Cutie Pie: #26 - No Flowers

Fussy & Fancy: #70 - Back To School

Make It Monday: #105 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #162

Tuesday Throwdown: #114 - Back To Books

Whoopsi Daisy: Lace With Image

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream

 Have you joined us at Tuesday Alchemy for our current challenge? If not, you definitely should play with us! It's all about ice cream, and really, who doesn't like ice cream?

This creation is a tag/gift card holder. The main part is recycled from a paper towel tube that I flattened. (Just place a lot of heavy books on top for about a day.) I painted, distressed, then added the other details.

The beary sweet image is from When The Scrap Hits The Fun, who is just one of sponsors this week. You could win the entire Beary Sweet collection just by creating something new & sharing it with us!

And if that doesn't tempt you, you could also win a papermaking kit from Save On Crafts. It would be such a fun activity for you, your kids or a fellow crafter.

This tag was submitted to these wonderful challenge blogs. See below for details.

4 Crafty Chicks: #101 - Distressing

Inspire Me Fridays: #70 - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop: #68 - Ice Cream Flavor

Pile It On: PIO34 - Cute As Can Be

Robyn's Fetish: #118 - Summer Fun

Top Tip Tuesday: #82 - Focus On The Ribbon

Use Your Stuff: #45 - Zig Zag

Tuesday Alchemy's Challenge #25: Ice Cream Social

 July 23rd was Ice Cream Cone Day - Did you celebrate it? If you did or didn't, you are invited to join in a celebration at Tuesday Alchemy by creating ANY project featuring this sweet dessert.

My favorite ice cream is Peanut Butter & Chocolate by So Delicious because its SO DELICIOUS - Ha! However, I really love to have 1/2 super rich chocolatey ice cream (think Chocolate Brownie) & the other 1/2 a refreshing Mint & Chip.

What's your favorite ice cream? Do you like it in a cone or in a bowl? Plain or dipped in chocolate? Sundae-style?

Oohh . . dear . . I have to stop thinking about it - Me want now!

If you decide to join in, you could win two fabulous prizes from our TWO sponsors this week. First, we have Save On Crafts, which is giving one lucky crafter a papermaking kit - Wouldn't that be a fun project?

Our second sponsor is close to my heart as it's one of Tuesday Alchemy's design team members. Marion of When The Scrap Hits The Fun is offering up the entire set of her Beary Sweet collection.

I was lucky enough to use one of the images from it AND it was pre-colored, which I loved!

This card was submitted to these wonderful challenge blogs.

See below for links, so you can join the fun after you join me at Tuesday Alchemy, of course :)

Bearly Mine: #46 - Anything Goes

Celebrate The Occasion: #73 - I Scream For Ice Cream

Fashionista: #5 - Baby Or Birthday

Forever Friends: #41 - Anything Goes

Make It Monday: #100 - Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts: #90 - Ice Cream

Paper Playtime: #80 - Anything Goes

Pile It On: PIO34 - Cute As Can Be

Top Tip Tuesday: #82 - Focus On The Ribbon

Twisted Tuesday: Anything Goes

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #24: Very Vintage

Very Vintage is the challenge we throw your way this week at Tuesday Alchemy. Don't have anything that's vintage? That's okay - just make it look vintage!

By playing with us, you could win a whopping $20 Store Voucher from our sponsor, Flonz! They offer rubber stamps with a vintage flair, so you will definitely enjoy using them in your crafts.

Also, Leo, Flonz's owner, will be picking his favorite creation & that person will win a $20 Store Voucher, too!

This card was submitted to these wonderful challenge blogs.

See below for details, so you can join in, too!

365 Days: Day 143 - Opposite Day

Anything Goes: #72 - Let's Not Be Square

Forever Friends: #41 - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays: #68 - Anything Goes

Make It Monday: #99 - Anything Goes & Leave A Comment

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #23: Button, Button, Whose Got A Button?

Do you have buttons? I have a few. I'm sure you do, too. Why not use them this week for Tuesday Alchemy's challenge? All you have to do is add one to ANY craft, share it with us & you could win a prize!

The prize is provided by Robyn's Fetish. They offer a variety of digital stamps for every style, occasion & need. Come play with us & you may just win FIVE digital stamps of your choice. Wouldn't that be fantastic? Yep, I know it would.

For this creation, I used a digital stamp from Robyn's Fetish. I added a smattering of buttons, faux flowers & twine. It's CAS, yet so much fun AND it's made up of my favorite color scheme: red & light blue.

"There is no snooze button on a cat

who wants breakfast."

- Unknown

"I say, if you believe what you read in comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with gold buttons on their pants & drive cars."

- Mort Walker

"It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and the testy buttons are."

- Matt Lauer



This card was submitted to these wonderful challenge blogs.
See below for links, so you can join in the fun, too!

ATC & Cards With Attitude: #18 - Anything Goes
Cooking It Up With Katie: #99 - Birthday, Buttons & Blue
Inspire Me Fridays: #67 - Anything Goes
Make It Monday: #98 - Anything Goes & Leave A Comment
Oldie But A Goodie: Flower Power (Buttons are 8 months old.)
The Shabby Tea Room: #123 - Sew Crafty

Since I adore these colors, you can find them among my other creations, too!

Cherries & Sky Distressed Clothes Pins

with Sparkling Sky Dust

Sky 3-Tiered Swirl Cake

Card with Envelope

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #22: No Work, Just Play!

If only life could be no work, just play - Right? Well, it's not, so we have to get our fun in when we can! This week at Tuesday Alchemy, we challenge you to create ANY craft that is inspired by play. So, get out your supplies & create fun, fun, fun!

If you do join us, you could win a fabulous prize from this week's sponsor, Sassy Studio Designs. The name says it all - SASSY! They offer digital stamps that are hot, sexy & oh, so fabulous.

I used a digital stamp from Sassy Studio Designs in this creation. Her name is Ashlee & she is ready to have a fantastic time!

{ My Favorite Play }

Playing board or card games

Swimming in a clear, cool lake & splashing those who haven't gotten in yet - Ha!

Kicking butt on my PS3 (Skyrim, yeah!)






This card was submitted to these wonderful challenge blogs.
See below for links, so you can join the fun & share your own creation!

Make It Monday: #97 - Anything Goes & Leave Comment
One Stop Craft: #190 - Summer Flowers
Simply Create Too: #17 - Summer Vacation
Whoopsie Daisy: Make Your Own Embellishments (Flowers, words)

Want A Cup Of Tea?

When I was creating my project for Tuesday Alchemy, I printed out two of this adorable digital stamp from our sponsor, The Greeting Farm.

I had planned on cutting different pieces of one image to place on top of the other image to create more depth. However, I only used the hat, so I decided to create my own hat. It's a smart little thing with a large bow & birdcage veil.

My first creation can be seen here, which was used as inspiration for Tuesday Alchemy's 21st challenge.

They are similar in color scheme, but I used different styles to create similar yet different looks.

This creation has also been submitted to these wonderful challenge blogs. Click the links below for details & to join in the fun!


Anything Goes: #70 - Polka Dot Birthday
Bearly Mine: #42 - Ribbon & Bows
The Ribbon Reel: #31 - Let's Have Tea
Tuesday Alchemy: #21 - Anything Goes

And just for fun, here are a few of my purple creations that I offer at the shop, Pin & Tack.

Tofu & Raven Distressed Clothes Pins

with Violet Sparkles

Butterfly Royale

Boutique Bow
Hair Clips

Tuesday Alchemy's Challenge #21: Anything Goes

Oh, yeah! It was perfectly wonderful to have our Tuesday Alchemy challenge be anything goes. I love to be challenged, but sometimes, my brain just goes kaput & needs a little more freedom.

This week, we are blessed with a way to get an additional entry & two sponsors! If you create anything but a card or a tag, you will receive an extra entry, giving you more chances to win.

As always, you can enter Tuesday Alchemy's challenge as many times as you want AND combine with as many other challenges as you want. Why am I telling you this? Well, I just want to give a hint that the more you enter, especially if it's not a card or tag, the more chances you have to win!

Our first sponsor is The Greeting Farm. They are offering a 4x6 Clear Or Rubber Stamp Set to one lucky crafter. They have oh, so adorable digital & physical stamps. I used one of their digital stamps for this creation. It's called HG - Classy & you can find it here.

A Beadiful Life is our second sponsor. They are giving another lucky participant a $10 Gift Certificate for beads & jewelry supplies. Fantastic!

Ok, so let me just tell you a little bit about my creation before I go. I kept this card clean & simple because the image is just SO cute. I painted her gloves, shoes & all of those polka dots. The scallop edge is actually on the inside of the card as I trimmed the front flap just for fun!

Thank you for visiting me! Lots of joy to you :)


This creation has also been submitted to these wonderful challenge blogs. Click the links below for details & to join in the fun!

Make It Monday: #96 - Anything Goes & Leave A Comment
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #20: Furry Companions

This week at Tuesday Alchemy, we are celebrating our furry companions. Do you have any in your life? I have cats & a dog. They are a great joy, provide lots of entertainment & offer unconditional love. I can't imagine my life without them!

I decided I would give my picture frames a new look. They currently reside in my dining room, displaying my big pup (He's over 100 lbs, by the way!) & flowers that bloomed in my garden a few years ago.

I wanted to move the frames into my living room. It's main color scheme is red, black & white. I painted, distressed & sealed the frame before adding red glitter to the corners.

To add more pizazz, I created the flowers & punched out leaves from vellum. I made my own matte for the three photos, which are all the same. Three different cardstocks are layered on top of each other.

The photos are my pup when he was actually a pup. Isn't he the cutest thing in the world? He wasn't little for very long & I can hardly remember him not being HUGE. This snapshot of him is a wonderful reminder of those brief puppyhood days.

I would love to see your furry companion photos, or better yet, why not join our challenge at Tuesday Alchemy & include it in your project?

If you participate, you have a chance to win a prize from our wonderful sponsor, Di's Digital Downloads AND Latte Dah's Design. Yep, we have two prizes this week, so two people will win!

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #19: Lime, Orange & Plum

Since it's summertime, we decided to do a color scheme that is perfectly suited for the season at Tuesday Alchemy. Lime, orange & plum are bright & juicy, so it was a lot of fun to come up with this creation.

What colors do you like to use for summer? I'd love for you to share your favorites with me :)

This creation started out as a plain wood frame. I painted, distressed, glittered & sealed it for a funky & vibrant piece that will brighten up any room.

I made the wood heart match this chalkboard & added a handcrafted chalkboard clothes pins to it. This way you can display a photo as well as write a note!

WINNER: Tips, Tutorials & Anything Goes Challenge & Blog Hop

Thank you, everyone, who joined us for the challenge & blog hop at Tuesday Alchemy! It was fantastic to have so many lovely people participate! (Please forgive the small speech as I am just too darn tired to think!)

And the winner of the $10 Store Voucher to Pin & Tack (Yes, that's my Artfire shop) is . . . may I have a drum roll, please . . . drum roll . . .

Kez

This sweet lady visited, became a follower AND left comments on all of our blogs. Thank you, Kez! I look forward to seeing you about the blog world & I hope you'll visit us often :)

Please contact me at pinandtack@gmail.com with your information no later than Sunday, June 24th NOON Pacific & I will get your prize to you. If it is not claimed, another winner will be picked.

Tuesday Alchemy's Tips, Tutorials & Anything Goes Blog Hop & Challenge

Welcome to Tuesday Alchemy's Tips & Tutorials Blog Hop AND Anything Goes Challenge! First, the challenge is anything goes, so create ANY craft & share it with us here. If you provide a tip or tutorial, you will receive a bonus entry! We will provide tips & tutorials for you, so make sure to check out our blogs :)

{ Prizes }

TIPS & TUTORIALS BLOG HOP

One winner will be randomly picked to win BOTH prizes from our sponsors!

DT members are offering prizes for the blog hop, too!

Each DT member will pick their own winner - See their blogs for prize details.

3 Digital Images - A Creative Need

$10 Store Voucher - Stitchy Bear Stamps

I will be offering a $10 Store Voucher to my Artfire shop, Pin & Tack. Winner will be randomly picked from qualified participants of the blog hop & announced no later than Friday, June 15th.

{ Rules/How To Enter )

For the Anything Goes Challenge, click here to go to Tuesday Alchemy for details. One lucky participant will win a Digital Paper Pack from Karen's Scraps And Graphics.

Tips & Tutorials Blog Hop

To join the Blog Hop, you simply visit each blog in the list. Make sure to follow the list provided, so you don't get lost during your journey. It will be posted on every blog, too. To win any of the prizes from TA's sponsors & the DT, you must:

• Comment on every blog in the hop.
• Become a follower of every blog in the hop.

When you are ready to hop, just click on your next stop & you will be on your way :)

Corrinne - You Are Here

Maria - Your Next Stop

Laine

Kelli

Katya

Tuesday Alchemy

Eileen

{ Tip }

Use natural materials in your crafts! You can just step outside your door & find something that is natural, beautiful &, best of all, FREE. Isn't that wonderful? Also, it's eco-friendly, unique & depending on what you use can add scent.

For this card, I created natural trim. I cut leaves from my Japanese Maple, taped them down, then covered the stems with cardstock.

Create a specimen card by attaching an herb, flower or other plant then stamp it's name. I chose rosemary, which adds its fresh scent to this creation.

Pick a few different plants & tie them together to create a small bouquet. For this card, I used twine to hold together lavender & grass.

Here are more examples that I have created:

Japanese Maple Leaves

River Rocks

Twig