Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog ~Challenge #14~

Welcome to challenge #14 ~Button Up~ at Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog!

Crafters of every stripe are button hoarders!  Buttons are pretty, inexpensive, and extremely versatile.  If you are a card maker, quilter, layout artist, or anything in between, you probably have a button hoard!  Buttons come in many sizes, styles, shapes, and colors, plus they are easy to store...usually in cute containers!  Pull out those bins of buttons and use some of them for your challenge project!

This challenge is also a Blog Hope with Altered Pages!  Here's a little introduction for you!

Altereing your creativity - That's what we belive in at altered Pages.Com.  Our job is to supply you with inspiration and the tools to make it happen.  We enjoy the creative process of all skill levels and mediums.  So dive in and have fun with this challenge!  Both design teams are creating inspiring work to spark you into creating inspiring work to spark you into creating too!  Grab those bins and boxes, drag out your stash and let's go!

One lucky winner will receive this prize from Altered Pages!  Leave a comment and you will be entered into a random drawing for a blog prize - Japanese Oil Pastels and a huge ephemera package!!

Here's my DT project for this challenge blog hop.  I made a file folder mini album inside of a larger file folder from Heidi Swapp.  I used several images from Altered Pages for the pages and some buttons that I had in my hoard along with some stamp stickers of buttons from my Tim Holtz hoard as well!  Along with some sewing stickers as that also is the design team theme for this challenge..so fun!

This is a photo of the cover of the large file folder (from Heidi Swapp) which holds the file folder mini album.

Here's a few photos of the inside and pages of the mini album

Challenge Rules are here: http://gloriadesignschallenge.blogspot.com/p/about.html.

Make sure to link your project using the link tool on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.
Don't forget to visit your Design Team blogs and check out what they've done to share!

Donna Idet
Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel (BLOG OWNER)
Karen Zueger (YOU ARE HERE)
Pam Bray
Tammi Bennett
Amber Milone
Christi Butters
Debbie Seyer
Ginny Nemchak
Jan Marie Ennenga
Kathy Clement

And here's Altered Pages Design Team links

Roni Johnson
Trisha Too
Daniella May
Stephanie Siatta
Tonya Trantham
Robin Horassian
Debi Tullier
Barbara Rankin
Lyneen Jesse

Supplies Used:
Altered Pages Emphera
Canvas Corp Black & White Kraft Paper Collection
Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Vintage Photo & Soot Black)
Tim Holtz Button Stickers
File Folders
Heidi Swapp File Folder
Graphic 45 Flowers
Webster's Pages Journaling Pages

Craft Hoarders Anonymous ~~Challenge #13~~

Welcome Sweet Friends, This is Challenge #13 for Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog ~~Let's Cycle..Up Cycle That Is~~

Being frugal and going green is what it's all about.  Show us how you can up-cycle something using "junk" from your hoard.  Most crafters also hoard boxes, tins, packaging, and bits of this and that.  Our mantra is "I can MAKE something with that!"  Now is your chance!  Up-cycle!

Our sponsers this month are Altered Pages and Canvas Corp.  This challenge is sponsored by Canvas Corp

One lucky winner will receive this prize donated by Gloria full of awesome Canvas Corp. goodies!

Here's my DT project for this challenge.  My re-cycling item was a Graphic 45 packaging from their brads.  I have been hoarding them forever and it was fun to use one!!  I used the fun 6 x 6 canvas and mini canvas from our sponsor Canvas Corp.  I also used some of the gorgeous papers from Canvas Corp..Black and Kraft along with some of the tags.  I used a vintage dress pattern that I altered with some Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze and mists for behind the recycled G45 packaging.

Challenge Rules Are Here:  Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog Rules.  Make sure to link your projects using the link tool on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.

Here's the links to hop around and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for this challenge!

Donna Idet
Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel BLOG OWNER
Karen Zueger (YOU ARE HERE)
Pam Bray
Tammi Bennett
Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Ginny Nemchak
Jan Marie Ennenga
Kathy Clement

Products Used:  Flowers and Mini Rosebuds from I Am Roses
Canvas Corp Black and Kraft Paperline along with tags from the collection
Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Ornate Key Holes and Keys
Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze Saffron and Woven Burlap mist
Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink