Sunday February 5th February 2012

and we've had snow...........loads of it.....about 4" has fallen since I went to bed at about 11pm last night.  The drive is now clear as are the cars so we're ready if need be, although, today I intend to stay in the warm.

Six of the crafty girls from the Bramford Crop, Janet, Nancy, Karen, Janina and Tracey (and me) take it in turns to set each other a challenge, we have a month to complete it and then swap......  Last month I had bought a box of childrens wooden cubes off the car boot and so decided to challenge them!! lol

Here is my cube and its soon to be off to live with Tracey .................

The cube was painted with Paperartsy fresco paint and then crackle glaze then another layer of paint...then each side was decorated....this side had a couple of Tim Holtz's sprockets with a grungepaper butterfly which has been coloured using distress ink and a bit of bling added....

This side had an image from a Graphics 45 steampunk pad added with a little key.....

This side has a clock face from a Tim Holtz pad, a watch face and a little charm......

This side has another graphics 45 image and some seed beads added......

This is the top of my cube....the base is a piece of lace and across it is a clay hand that I made and have painted with gold acryllic paint before distressing it....I have threaded beads thro' wire and wrapped around the hand and also added a little red flower...some bling and pearls finished it off....

I love challenges like this although I think some of my crafty pals might not agree with me!! lol, I hope that Tracey likes the cube...

Stay warm today and TFL

I'm entering this piece on the challenge blog "Try it on Tuesday" where the theme is "alter it"and this week they are sponsored by The Craft Barn.

xx