ADS TicTacToe Revised!

A new Artz de Scrap Challenge is to make a TicTacToe. Instead of the typical game of 3x3 box grid, I made mine 4x4x4 by adding a 3rd dimension. Hence, this game is a very challenging one.
To make the boards, I used the plastic containers of the SeeD's stamps. I used 4 of the covers and I stamped a Prima My Rose window stamp 4 times using StazOn white to make a 4x4 grid. I decorated each side of the grid with AC black rubons, then colored the sides with cranberry alcohol inks. To make the TicTacToe grid stand, I used magnets underneath the bottom of the 4th cover. On top of the cover, I used magnetic sticks (Magnetic Stix & Balls) which I colored with black alcohol ink. On top of the magnetic sticks on each of the 4 corners, I placed another SeeD's plastic cover. Again, magnetic sticks and a cover were placed one on top of the other until a 4th cover is in place. This is the playing board.On one of the bottom covers of the SeeD's Stamps, I collected several Rhonna Farrer buttons. These would be the playing pieces. Because the game itself is already complicated because of the 4 layers, I decided not to decorate the buttons to avoid further confusion. In truth, I am not a button person when it comes to scrapping and I've had these buttons for so long, I decided this game is the best way to use them instead.
In general, the game is played with 2 players, playing TicTacToe. To win, you can make 4 in a row, in a column, or in a diagonal either on one level or in multiple levels. This makes this quite challenging. Also, it is possible to also have a 3rd player using different colored buttons.

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Artz de Scrap Altered Tin Can + Rubber pads

For this month's challenge, we were asked to alter tin cans. I chose to use the Van Houten Chocolate Almond tin can because of its unique shape. I made it into a small purse!

To cover the tin, I got a few of my extra See D's rubber padding for stamps. I don't know about you but I just have SOOOOO many of them and they're occupying too much space in my craft area. Anyway, the half-size rubber pads were perfect for covering almost half of the tin, so I was able to use 2 1/2 pads. I did a free-cut design of a spider's web, intending to make the bag more like one Elvira would use in Halloween. Since the pads were naturally black, the design was perfect just as is!

I adhered these rubber pieces one-by-one on the outer tin using a quick-drying epoxy glue. Then I sewed Prima velvet leaves into a flower, added some silver beads for accent as well as for a handle, and got myself a bag! The bag came out pretty well, no one would ever think its just a chocolate tin can.

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Scrappin' Moms Idol3 Challenge2-Reduce,Reuse,Recycle

Here's my LO on the theme Reduce, Reuse, Recycle for Scrappin' Moms Idol 3 Challenge No.2. Do check out the gallery here to see what all the other contestants came up with.
Journal: Father and Son, a sweet twosome from the very beginning and for always.

For this LO, I used one cardstock and 1 patterned paper and 1 scrapbooking item which I reused, meaning I used twice. I also used 3 different scrapbooking packaging for repurposing or recycling. By making this LO, I wanted to prove to myself that it is possible to come up with a LO that is still environmentally sound. Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it?

Half a length of the Prima Viola was masked against the cs, before attaching it to the lower left corner of the cs. The Viola adhesive backing was used to make the opposite of the Viola felt on the opposite corner of the LO. I also used the other half of the Prima Viola as a decorative flower embellishment, then also used the same adhesive backing into another flower right beside it.

Prima Belle Fleur packaging cardboard was used as a photo matting, but I used it first for masking after cutting the design. Hence, the photo matting created a "white shadow."

The title was also cut from the back part of the Belle Fleur packaging name which happened to be black. I used the letters for masking "twosome" and for misting the black words "sweet." The title made a positive and a negative tandem.

The last packaging material I used was a pair of 7 Gypsies Gaffer Tape Tags as an embellishment, but I used it also as a mask to make the perfect journaling spot.

All packaging materials were reused as well as recycled. I wanted to point out that reusing and recycling always come as a pair, just like the "sweet twosome."

Materials:
Required cardstock - Light Grey Bazzill; Required patterned paper - MME Wild Aspen 24; Required scrapbooking item - Prima Viola; Required repurposed/recycled scrapbooking packagings - Prima Viola adhesive backing, Prima Belle Fleur cardboard packaging, 7 Gypsies Gaffer Tape Tags 2 pieces. Others used: Glimmer Mist Deep Plum & Suede, Uniball Gel Impact black pen. Tools used: Sidekick, Quickutz Sophisticate.

Techniques Used:
Masking; Distressing by rolling inside edges plus corner rose of pp; Distressing by misting suede for an aged look; Cutting design of the Belle Fleur cardboard packaging; Making the Viola felt AND the Viola adhesive backing into flowers; Using adhesive backing into lace embellishment; Using Belle Fleur cardboard packaging as alphas and for masking.