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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Challenge #149. Glitz, Glamour, Bring on the Bling!!!


Rosemary here and it is pretty plain to see from many of my projects that I like the bling - PEARLS, RHINESTONES, GLITTER, swoon.....

So, naturally I felt it was time to up the sparkle and for that reason, I have decreed the latest OPUS GLUEI theme to be

GLITZ, GLAMOUR,
BRING ON THE BLING!!!!

Create with sparkle and shine and glitter and then share that creativity with us!




I altered a
Tim Holtz Configurations box as a valentine to my parents. 
I included a photo of them on their wedding day, noted their five kids (with blue and pink mica in the crib), and some other romantic items.  Lots of sparkle and shine.  Glitter!!!!!

If you'd like to learn more, please come over to my personal blog.  There's a link in the sidebar.




Let's see what the other wonderful Poobahs have come up with.

Jana here: This challenge could not have been timed any more perfectly. After much deliberating as to what in the world I was going to make, my daughter came to me with a party invitation wherein the guest of honor included a masquerade mask to be decorated for the party. I broke out my paint, feathers and bling, then we went to town.



Her dress is pink and she has silver glitter shoes. Matches the mask perfectly.
She loves it and will be the belle of the ball. I'm sure of it. 


Electra  here   My my, the Poobahs have outdone themselves, don't you think?
My Blingy project is an ATC, three actually, that I have made for a "He loves me, he loves me not" swap.
 You can find the other two and the deets on the background on my blog!


Deena here -I need several little girl birthday cards in the upcoming months...lots of spring birthdays with my girls' peeps, and my niece is turning 8, so bling is naturally a thing to turn to...you can never have too much....right???  This one is a little over the top, but will suit my niece perfectly!


You have until the end of Saturday 9 February to join in with your fabulous creation celebrating glitz and glamour. Add your blog post address to Mr Linky below.
If you would like to join in with a previous challenge we've set (life happens and lateness is absolutely fine, we don't mind a bit) just add your blog post address to Mr Linky below. Please make sure your blog post refers to the previous challenge you are entering so we don't get confused.  
We look forward to visiting you!

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Challenge #148 Pink colour challenge.

Gini here 
This fortnight I thought we could run away from Christmas and immerse ourselves in PINK, yes make anything so long as it is PINK.
You can use black, white and kraft as neutrals. Seeing as just one colour is very restricting you can add one other colour as a highlight if you feel like it.

Also as it is a new year how about trying something new? Pink in a new technique???
I haven't explored photo editing apart from very general exposure improvements on my photos. I tried Photoshop Elements about 10 years ago but couldn't do it (boo-hoo).
But since Santa brought me an ipad, I have a finger and I know how to use it!
So with the help of Phototoaster and Mobilemonet apps I can easily make some adjustments. Hooray!

This is an edited version of a boring photo I took of what is left of Bower’s Yard Lime Kiln, Ironbridge, Telford, England that made quick lime. It was a very grey overcast winter's day when I took it so it was dull, dull, dull colourwise but I thought it had potential if it was altered.
This is the photo Pinkified and paintified and fiddledified.
Click on the photo to make it bigger.


And this is the original photo.


I am enchanted by the whole process, (which these programmes make so easy, I don't do hard that takes weeks to learn). I was creating wonders within 5 minutes of downloading the apps.
Hope you feel inspired to try something new.

Let's see what the other wonderful poobahs have been creating.

 Deena here - I love working with pink..it is one of my favorites and a go to colour for me (good thing I have two little girls, so pink is acceptable in most crafting projects)...I am trying this year (again) to use up many of my older supplies and kits that I have...my goal is to finish up one whole kit before moving on to other projects, so all of the pieces of this card are from a kit I got back in October (that is almost done)....


Rosemary  and oh how I love PINK; what a wonderful, versatile color!  Fun challenge but you're going to think that I didn't use pink because of my horrible camera photos.  SIGH...I really did.  I made a tea bag dispenser for a friend of mine, I think she likes pink.  Oh, who doesn't like pink?  I know, right?

What a fun way to take the humble tea bag to another level eh?

This first photo is the truer color...


Okay, here it is a deep hot pink with patterned papers and embellishments that either have hot pink in them or enhance the pink!  More details over at my personal blog (just click my name)


Jana here and I have embraced the pink. You would think that with 3 daughters I would have pink all around me. Not so. My girls are very non-traditional when it comes to colors. The oldest loves blue, the middle one loves all colors and the baby loves yellow. So finding a pink project that would fit in around here was a bit of a challenge. Then I looked at the refrigerator, and decided we needed another magnet.
(Because you can never have too many of those. HA!)



You can visit my blog to see him at home on the refrigerator. If you can find him.

Electra 
I didn't create anything near as fancy as the other Poobahs.
But I do think Marie's hair qualifies for this challenge:





Your turn to get all PINK with us.



You have until the end of Saturday 26 January to join in with your fabulous creation of a pink project. Add your blog post address to Mr Linky below.
If you would like to join in with a previous challenge we've set (life happens and lateness is absolutely fine, we don't mind a bit) just add your blog post address to Mr Linky below. Please make sure your blog post refers to the previous challenge you are entering so we don't get confused.  
We look forward to visiting you!