Creative Artist Challenge ~ A Heavenly Bit of Design

Hello Bloggy Friends,

Over a month ago I was asked if I would like to participate

in a crafting challenge.  Having never really done one,

other than swaps, I decided I would love to give this a try.

My sweet friend Ele over at

A Bit Of Heaven

was our hostess and supplier of the

materials we would use in our challenge.

We also were given some adorable hand stamped ribbon

from OwensAcres etsy shoppe.

Can you see all the wonderful goodies that came in my kit?

Papers, ribbon, twine, crepe paper, glitter, buttons

and oh, so much more.

I actually had an idea right off, of what I thought I'd do. 

Having seen shadow boxes on Pinterest and etsy,

I really wanted to do one of these.

So my first thing was to secure a *shadowbox*...which

I snagged on ebay. 

I then had to put my goodies aside as I was

sadly dealing with my sweet kitty Chloe who was in

kidney failure.  We then went on our family vacation

the middle of June.  Once I returned, I knew I would

have to get my creative juices flowing.

My theme:

Adoring and Loving...

HEARTS and ROSES

I REAAAAALLLY had so much fun with my

theme.  If you know me or are a follower you will KNOW

this is SOOOOO me!!!

I used up most every piece of the papers what were given me.

The main colors were pretty pale blues, green and fadded

sheets of paper.  I then tried to use this theme in

different ways, showcasing the fun materials we were

given.

Being a lacy girl I added tons of lace,

and my own hand made clay and felt roses too.

I was able to incorporate most of the fun items

we had received, the glitter on a heart, the beads

on another heart, the buttons everywhere, and

best of all...I had to use my imagination!

I used our *free* sweet ribbon in two ways.

I created a ribbon rose and then added

a ribbon box with my felt roses

in one of my sections. 

A Perfect compliment to the other

lovely items we had to play with.

Thank you Owens Acres!!!

There you have it a lovely Collage ShadowBox.

What do you think?

Wasn't this a great idea?

Please be sure to stop by Ele's blog and her etsy shop

to see other great goodies and items she may have listed.

Be sure to also see Ele's blog for Other's who participated

in the fun challenge!

THANK YOU Ele!!!

Be Blessed

Lorena