Our Creative Corner Jan. 2015 Challenge

Design team member Pamellia came up with this great challenge for Jan. Here's what she wrote for the challenge.......

 With the holidays merely a shadow behind us, my guess is you still have bits of Christmas leftovers stashed everywhere, not to mention bags of Christmas bits meant for the recycle bin. I am a hoarder of all things I think I might get around to using one day, and Holiday bits are no exception! Every closet, drawer and cupboard is overflowing with the little things I collected throughout the holidays. Things I think I might use and things heading to the curb.

Christmas wrapping, gift bags, tinsel, ribbon, gift boxes, tissue paper, Christmas crackers, wine boxes, empty gift wrap rolls, Christmas cookie tins, even the images from the fronts of cards I received...you name, I hoard it!
Let's put those bits to good use this month!
With that in mind, for my introductory challenge theme, I have chosen........
 CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS
To be clear, your project does NOT have to have a Christmas theme, I only want you to recycle your Christmas scraps.
If it's not obvious what Christmas leftovers you used, make sure to tell us about it, somewhere in your post.   

So bring your Christmas leftovers to OCC! You could be our winner and be one of our Top 3 or even the lucky Random .org winner who will win a gorgeous selection of treats from our Sponsor this month  Nicecrane Designs .

Hugs, Pamellia 

 "Christmas Leftovers". What a fun challenge! Take a Christmas leftover and give it new life. Well you all know how much I like to creating something with tins and this challenge was just perfect for me to take a Christmas tin and make myself another vintage yummy for my home.

I took the tin and painted it first with Gesso. Then took "Rusty Paper" by Viva and gave it a good thick coat.
                                      

Here's a few of the products used to create this look. They can be found in my Artfire store. 

I took metal feet and covered them with Caramel colored alcohol ink.

To the rusty finish I added alcohol ink here and there along with Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Rusty Hinge. I finished off the tins inside, bottom and inside of the lid with burlap that I used TH Distress inks to give the edges a rusty look as well. With a touch of gold from my metallic Rub Ons set the tin was ready to add the embellishments. 

Next I used one of the resin frames from Prima, painted it with cream colored paint and used the gold Rub On to high light the decorative edges. I placed a vintage photo into the frame. Took chipboard pieces from The Dusty Attic and use gesso and ink to complete the look.

The resin camera I bought from Hobby Lobby and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

 I have a video on my Youtube channel with a tutorial on how to get the rusty look on the tin. www.youtube.com/user/MooreArtFromTheHeart

Come join us at Our Creative Corner for challenges and inspiration.

Link to the challenge....ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/2015/01/christmas-leftovers.html

Also here is our current Sponsor....  Nicecrane Designs

Happy Crafting,

Laurie Moore

My Artfire store 

www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/MooreArtFromTheHeart