A Spaceman Card, and a Monster Cake Birthday Card

It's card time.

I was going through my photos and realized that I had a couple of cards that I haven't shared yet, and I'm due for a blog post, so HERE!

I made this one using some Viva Las Vegas Stamps images (I can't find which they are, so I can't link, sorry!) to enter a drawing to win 1 lb of unmounted rubber... I didn't win, but VLVS did, because I ended up buying a pound-o-rubber from them anyway. Grab bags just make me happy.... The thrill of the unknown, I guess. And it'll be getting here probably the day after my surgery, so it will be nice to rifle through the stamps in my drug-induced loopity state later in the week.

And this one was a birthday card using AS's Cupcakes collage sheet along with Altered Happy and my Whisker Monster from Stampotique. I cut out his little fingers so he could peek around the cupcake :)

Anyhoo, I have several other posts that I need to do with some new projects and reviews, but I've been fretting worrying preparing for my surgery on Valentine's day. Everything is going to be juuuust fine.

Alice's Wonderland in a Box

How's about something flowery and bright to shake us out of this dreary winter junk?! Have a look at this little Wonderland in a Box I made using Alpha Stamps products.

 I used all sorts of different flowers and leaves to go along with a few images from some Alice Collage Sheets.

 The paper mechanics were such that the box was able to open and shut originally, with some pop-up action, but once I started getting carried away with the embellishing and bloomifying, I abandoned the movement in favor of ludicrous flower content. The levels I made ended up being really great, providing plenty of surfaces to hot-glue flowers and beads and characters. Hot glue was best for this project, so I didn't need to wait for glued-on items to dry before putting in the next layer.

 The flowers were my FAVORITE part. They're paper, and Alpha Stamps has tons of styles of them, some colored and some just plain white. I used the white, because it is SO fun and pretty to paint them yourself and end up with whatever colors you want. To color them, I dipped the flowers in a glass of water, dabbed them on a paper towel to get the drips off, then just used a paintbrush and watercolors to color them. When the paper flowers are wet, they absorb the colors so readily...and the colors blend so nicely... Then I just clipped them up to dry overnight.

 There. Now that's enough flowers to brighten up my chilly winter. I kind of want to crawl into that little box.

And these little character stands are the perfect thing to extend the scene outside of the box. Just glue on a character, and you have a little toy :) Easy peasy. I think these would be fun to use with my monster stamps!!!

Anyway, I hope you're all doing well. And if you want to make a cheery box for yourself, here's a product list:

-Gardenias White

-Tiny Paper Roses

-White Roses with Heart Shaped Petals

-Mini Rosebuds Ivory

-Small White Apple Blossoms

-Old Fashioned Roses White

-Acrylic Leaves in Tin (Fall Harvest AND Spring Green)

-Acrylic Flowers in Tin

-Alice Characters CS

-Mad Hatter's Tea Party Paper Dolls CS

-Seed Catalog ATCs CS

-3'' Cube Box

-Character Stands

Singing Bird Stage - Altoids Tin Lid

I like to pry the lids off of my altoids tins before I alter them, so sometimes I have an excess of tin lids... I think they're perfect for itsy bitsy little scenes. I made a sweet little birdy stage :)

Isn't this little birdy cute?  Man, I wish my budgies played the banjo. That would be adorable.

Pipo is a pretty good singer a capella, though. Popcorn doesn't complain.... much.

You can find most of these items in the Alpha Stamps February Kit! 

Supplies list:

Blank Altoids Tin (lid only)

M for the Magpie CS

La Belle Epoque CS

Romance CS

Valentine Banners CS

Bird Words CS

Chipboard Banners

2mm Silk Ribbons

Lightweight Flowers (Silver)

Tear Drop Mix