Box it Up Alota challenge

It is that time again when we start a new Challenge. This time it is Themed "Box it Up"
This is a fun chellange where you have lots of things you can do,it can be a card or a box as log as it has the theme of box in it somewhere. After you have created your project, put it on blog or n gallery  , tag it with ALOTA87 and go to alota blog here and link it in LINKY. For your chance to win

You can enter as many times as you like . You have to the 31st July to enter.

 

It was my turn to pick this topic and knowing how many box patterns i have cartridges, collected over the many years on web, templates , cd's ect . Thinking at the time i would pick on of them to use. AND DID I ?

NO I had in mind what i wanted to do  I wanted to make a honey jar shaped box and none of the patterns i had suited that so the other night I sat at make the cut and made this box/jar pattern so happy with how it turned out.

 

Q. When is a Vase not a Vase (or a tree)?

I have been playing with the stencils of 3D greek vases from Some assembly Required again.
This time I used the Vase Number 4, but once again  did not look at it as a vase.

  You can also see the vase 1 blog entry  HERE and HERE and HERE

A. When it is a Toad stool.

I turned the vase 4 upside down and cut the base off and added red to the top part and then i used copic white paint to add the dots

3D sliceform vase from Some assembly Required

I have been playing with the stencils of 3D greek vases from Some assembly Required again.
This time I used the Vase Number 4  and some glitter patterned paper to make this sweet vase.
  You can also see the vase 1 blog entry  HERE and HERE

Washing day

have you seen the wonderful new release stamps from Alota Rubber Stamps.

They are witches and they are soo much fun.

I made this card today using the Witch standing on Broom

(though i took her of the broom and had her dancing that she had finished hanging her washing on the line , I then put her broom up against the line)

And the Witches Clothes line 

(which i stamped twice and made the clothes 3D with padded tape)

From Camera to Drawing (Isn't he all grown up now?)

I had a fun time this week  with adventure of turning 

a photo of my son to a drawing on the ZING.

Although it was not an easy task , it was fun learning .

LETs BEGIN

From Camera

Into GIMP (photo editor paint program)

Into Inkscape

Into Make the CUT

Into the ZING to draw

OK let me say  this is my first time at this and

 I don't know if using 5 programs was the 

 way to do it but I am happy with the first try

Having trouble with big files stopping part way through?

To help a friend out who had tried several thing to fix a problem she was having that her BIG project she was having would get 70% through cutting and stop cutting. Here is a solution if this 

happens to you 

LET's BEGIN

P.S. Let me know what you think from time to time I love to hear from you too .

I am off to  cough explore some more.

 If you live in Australia and New Zealand 

and wondering where you can get a KNK Zing 

SKAT KAT  is the place to find them

In a Roll

After seeing these on this website HERE. I knew straight away what I wanted to put in the roll. I found the "I love Droids fonts " some time ago  and thought they would be prefect

designed in make the cut and inkscape , Cut using the ZING.

I am off to  cough explore some more.

 If you live in Australia and New Zealand 

and wondering where you can get a KNK Zing 

SKAT KAT  is the place to find them

Q. When is a Vase not a Vase?

Yesterday I showed the newest release from Some Assembly Required , They are 3D vases (5 in total). Today I am here to show that you can look at that vase I used yesterday (vase 1) and remove the handles and turn it upside down to make a TREE.

A. when it is a tree.

I again used the cuttlebug on the green part only this time.

I am off to make some more things using these.

let me know what you think

3D Greek Vase sliceform from Some Assembly Required

Over the many years of doing papercrafts, one thing that I love is sliceforms and one company that I love now and always have is Some Assembly Required (SAR). They have a huge variety of  3D shapes , one of my first ever purchases was there egg shape and I used to have soo much fun making that simple egg shape into animals , which even inspired a book of egganimals   

Well now there latest creations are 3D Greek Vases (5 in total) , they are soo much fun as you will see in the days and weeks to come . Today I took there vase 01 and made this vase cutting vase out and then running through the cuttlebug to give it texture , BUT then to make it really pop I then got a sepia inkpad and wiped it over the top of the embossed area , then i put the vase together.

I am off to make some more things using these.

let me know what you think

Week 20 adventure 7 peice card set

Week 20 adventure with the Zing/make the cut/ **inkscape.

(**not new to me been using for many years)

Well this sure has opened up a whole new world in papercraft.

Where has the past 20 weeks gone (not finding the "off" button to the Zing that is for sure)

Finding myself wanting to do bigger and better things in the world of papercrafting

One of which is designing fonts again , which by the way I will  have another set of fonts to share shortly just need a bit of tweaking. Also finding easier ways to make backgrounds for my cards ,some  I am showing today  with this set of cards.

Designed in inkscape and Make the cut combined  and cut using the zing. then two stamps (big and small) are from alota rubber stamps.

These first two cards are using the cut outs from the other 5 cards

Now I find myself using the zing on a daily base. I have decided to leave the weekly adventure reports  and just continue to show my Zing creations as i make them all week long  (as well as other things not made on the Zing).

Please come back often and see what i have been up too  and got to share with you all (there will be lots more to come) . P.S. Let me know what you think from time to time I love to hear from you too .

I am off to  cough explore some more.

 If you live in Australia and New Zealand 

and wondering where you can get a KNK Zing 

SKAT KAT  is the place to find them

Alota Challange 86 "Looking through window"

Looking through a window. Create a card with a window, it can be a stamped window, a window die or if you don't have an actual window image/die … then just create a window card. Remember when you look through a window you could be looking from the inside out or the outside in. Have fun!


All you have to do is create your card and upload it to your blog and/or to your online Gallery using the keyword Alota86

Don't forget to Alota Rubber Stamps Blog and link it on Inlinkz so that everyone else can see it too.

I hope you have fun with the challenge.You have til the 15th July to complete this challenge, you can enter as many entries as you wish for a better chance of winning!!! You have a chance of winning some wonderful stamps if you card/project is selected randomly from all the entries received.

 I put the robots in the window of the car
(car designed by me and robots are alota rubber stsmps)