Paperbabe Alice Rabbit

Hello, did you watch the football match last night? I am very proud of England for playing an honest, clean game. I am not really a football watcher, but I always watch the big English games. Croatia just seemed  to continually trip, kick, and push our players ? 

On a happier note, I was lucky enough to win a Paperbabe challenge! For my wonderful prize I selected the Alice In Wonderland Rabbit templates and face stamps. The templates come in several parts and you piece them together to create your outline, to then colour. The face stamps have multiple layers of eyes, pupils, eyelashes etc. It looked a bit tricky at first but it was very easy to follow and I soon got the idea of it - I think ! The above picture is my very first attempt at using the templates and stamps, it is far from perfect, but not too bad for a first go. 

I used Watercolours to create the background, with layers of playing card suit stamps over the top,  I also stamped and fussy cut a pocket watch, which I  added gold paint to, and glossy accents for a clear watch face. I used black and some white fun flock on the nose. I coloured my die cut flowers to match the colours in the Picture Inspiration provided by Paperbabe. To finish off I added an Alice Sentiment.

Thank you so much for visiting, let’s hope the sunny weather returns soon.

I would like to enter my Alice Rabbit into the following challenges. 

Paperbabe Challenge  Picture Inspiration

Country View Challenges In The Summer Garden

Stamping Sensations In My Garden 

That’s Crafty Close To Nature 

Alice Day Winner

Thank you to everyone who joined in the fun with my first Alice In Wonderland Challenge, and created such wonderful projects! Random.Org has selected a winner and it is Number 1 Sid.   Congratulations ! Please email me at gillslap AT yahoo.co.uk with your details to receive your wonderful prize.

Sid’s Winning Tag as chosen by Random org.

I do not have any new Crafty makes to share today. So instead  I thought I would share some photos which I took on 1st July during our Guinness World record Largest Cream Tea Party hosted by Mary Berry.

Of course the table was beautifully decorated as the event was held by Cath Kidston.

I wore my Cath Kidston Alice In Wonderland dress!

Mary Berry looked beautiful and elegant as always.

We broke the Guinness world record !

Happy Alice In Wonderland Day

HAPPY ALICE DAY !

To celebrate the day I have made this Mad Hatters Top hat, and decorated it with all wonderful things Alice.

I used numerous stamps and added colour with Watercolours, and fussy cut them all.

I also used some mini playing cards, and painted chipboard pieces. 

I did lots of tricky and challenging gluing so everything would stand up in place.

I wanted the hat to look Wonderland wonderful from every side.

I made roses from vintage Alice book pages. 

I also added dried flowers and moss to enhance her Wonderland garden.

It was a lot of fun to create my Mad Hatters Hat. it is impossible to list all of the items I used, but some of them are 

Chipboard top Hat is from Tando Creative.

Alice sitting stamp is from Dolly Dimples

The White Rabbit and King of Hearts stamps are by Crafty Secrets.

The sentiment is by Carabelle Studio

The jugs etc are by Artful Days they had an Alice themed monthly box last year.

Thank you somuch  for visiting Alice today, have a wonderful day! 

I would love  to enter my Mad Hatters Hat into the following challenges.

 craft Stamper Anything Goes

Country View Challenges In The Summer Garden

Stamping Sensations In My Garden

That’s Crafty Close To Nature

Alice Challenge Enter Today

I have made this Alice tag to tie onto the winning gift for my Alice Fun Challenge. Today is the last day to enter so if you have time to create something Wonderland today please do enter  and of course Don’t Be Late xxx

I will be back tomorrow with something special for the day!

Thank you for stopping by.

Alice In Wonderland Challenge Reminder 7 Days left !

Hello, how are you, are you enjoying the sunny weather? 

Unusually for me I have created a clean and simple card today! If you are thinking of creating something for Alice Day, and I do so hope you are, there are 7 Days left to enter. 

There is a huge variety of  themes you could use for Alice, so why not take a look through your little box of crafty supplies (yes I know it isn’t really  little !) and I am sure with your creativity and talent you could conjure up a little something to celebrate Alice Day.

Alice Theme Ideas 

Tea party, cups, saucers, china, plates, cake, tea, sandwiches etc 

Time, clocks, watches etc 

Flowers, roses, etc 

Doors, keys, locks etc 

Butterfly, caterpillar

Trees, toadstools, rabbit holes 

Hare, Rabbit

Top hat

Playing cards,  suits hearts, spades, clubs, diamonds

Queen of hearts

Jabberwocky everyone must have on of those in their craft stash ! 

Enter the Wonderland Challenge here

One random winner will selected to win the following

Thank you for stopping by today, stay cool xx

Alice In Wonderland Secret Passages Journal

Almost a year ago I went to an immersive Alice In Wonderland Show in the Vaults theatre. The vaults are unused old arches under Waterloo Station, London. I took the wheelchair path which was a little different, to everybody else’s, but there were still lots of passages and turns and surprises. I wanted to represent this in my little journal of the fun time spent there.

I included opening doorways, envelopes, hidden tags along with photos and clippings from the programme.

I folded down the top of this page.

The page unfolded.

Another fold down page with pockets .

Next you need to flip the book over and it folds down three times. I think I missed one page when I was taking the photos. There are also lots of fold outs and pockets etc which are difficult to show in the photos.

Some more fold outs.

There is another page underneath which I forgot to take a photo of. It was fun to create this journal, and brings back happy memories when I look through it again.

On the 7th July it is Alice Day here in the UK, and I am hosting my first  Alice Challenge Celebration to spread the joy of Alice. I hope you will be able to join in the fun, any crafts, cards, journals, scrapbook pages, canvas, mixed media etc are welcome.  More information on how to join in the fun here

I would like to enter this into The Mini Album Makers Challenge I have never joined in with this challenge before, but I became a follower as soon as Autumn started this wonderful challenge.

I would also like to enter them Paperbabe Anything Goes Challenge.  and Mixed Monthly Challenge Wrap It Up I have used some playing card suits ribbon to wrap around my mini album to keep it together.

Thank you for visiting me today, I appreciate it very much xx

Alice In Wonderland Challenge

Every Year in the UK there is an Alice In Wonderland Day, this year it is on the 7th of July. I thought it would be Wonderful to have an Alice Crafting Celebration! There are so very many talented crafters/ designers who I know also love Alice. So I hope we can have fun and fill our blogs with Alice! There are so many different inspirations for Alice - tea party, roses, playing card, hearts, hares, rabbits..

 I have a dedicated Alice page with more info here. It is all for fun, with some Alice themed goodies  (see below) for a random Alice friend to win.

I created my “Alice Falling Down A Rabbit Hole” by strongly persuading some bark to wrap around a circular wooden piece! The Alice stamp is by Artistic Stamper but I am not sure if it is still available to buy. I coloured her dress and stockings blue so I hope it meets their paint it blue challenge. I used invisible thread to dangle a key, hearts, clubs, spades and other Alice whatnots down into the rabbit hole.I would also like to enter Cut It Up Anything But A Card and We love to Create Mixed Media

Hope you can join in the fun! 

Thank you so much for visiting xx