Two posts in two days! Gosh! Either the world has gone mad or I need a trip to the doctors :D Anyhoo...

The "Altered Sardine Tin" swap (yep, you read that correct) hosted by Suzycad on UKScrappers is fast drawing to a close. The idea was to take a used (obviously) sardine tin or similar and alter it to a chosen theme. The subject my swapee chose was circus. So, after a good wash (of the tin) I painted the outside with acrylics and left it to dry. I made a curtain out of some fun foam, added bobble ribbon, a few circus images and some sawdust nicked from the builders remnants (not literally lol) and voila! Finished. I hope Francis likes it...

 

I am taking part in the UKScrappers Christmas Mini Book Swap hosted again by Lynne. Here is my contribution. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the holly. After sanding down some of the base paper, I swiped the raised areas with a Tim Holtz distress ink pad, coloured the berries with a Dylusions ink spray in bubblegum pink and highlighted some areas with a white Posca pen to look like snow. After adding a Tim Holtz die cut crown and some bling and a strip of wording they were ready to go.