2 February 2014

MY ARTISTIC ADVENTURES "ANYTHING GOES" CHALLENGE (Feb 2/14)

Valentine's!  I can't get enough red/pink/vintage/glitter splendor!  Heather makes it so easy to keep the ideas coming with the versatility of her images. She is busy building her inventory at My Artistic Adventures Etsy adding banners, bases, alphas, colour variations, everything you need in your own inventory to create your own artistic adventure.  Heather also produces videos to demonstrate how you can recreate her fabby projects and these are linked in her Etsy shop along with her images or find her at  My Artistic Adventures YouTube .   Heather is making it as easy as possible for the creativity to flow!

Join us in the twice monthly  MY ARTISTIC ADVENTURES CHALLENGES , make them part of your own adventure!


I adore chenille figures :)  For me they add just the right nostalgic touch to a projects or perfect little gifty bits for the grands..even girlfriends.   I used Heather's Shabby Valentine Cupid Tags  for both the head of my figure and the medallion on my "Key to My Heart" Valentine Candy Basket.  Pink bumpy chenille stems, hearts and key from my stash and a bit of white feather for wings.


The candy basket started life as a 3" peat pot which I first painted with white gesso.  The gesso makes a nice finish inside and is easier to cover on the outside.  Next step should be to create your handle and attach before you cover the pot with crepe paper.  I used a red chenille stem with pink ribbon twisted around it.  I laid down a strip of DST (double sided tape) around both the top and bottom of the pot and created gathers in the pink crepe paper as I went.  A row of gathered red tulle trim around the top really made the colours pop.  I added a sweet and sparkly pink trim along the bottom.  Then more sweetness in the ruffle edged ribbon bows.  I cut out the smaller version of the tag to use as the medallion, popping it onto a plain white scalloped circle punch.  Glitter, glitter, glitter!  My favourite..Platinum Stickles and a bit of Ruby Slipper and Fuchsia!  Hope I have inspired you to create a sweet and easy basket of sweets of your own.

Note:  I have entered challenges at; ABC Challenges "E is for Embellishment",  Natalie and Amy's Challenge "Love is All Around", Really Reasonable Ribbon "Anything but A Card", Rhedd's Creative Spirit

16 comments:

  1. Sandi...your little Valentine piece is so sweet and very vintage! I love little chenille figures, too! Your little cherub is so cute and looks absolutely darling grasping onto the handle of your sweet little basket! <3 Candy

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  2. Gorgeous Sandi!! You always have the best ideas...and I love when you use the chenille pieces to create your little vintage characters! They are always darling!! Who knew this started as a peat pot!! Thank you for explaining how you created this...it is truly adorable!! Thank you for creating this for my challenge...and for the shout out about my Youtube :0) Hugs!!
    Heather

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  3. ooh I love your beautiful Valentines basket Sandi, hugs Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  4. Sandi, I always like looking at your blog and seeing all the different things you come up with...this is adorable! I never would have thought about using a peat pot like this and your chenille figure is adorable! Super cute project!
    Hugs!
    Carol

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  5. This is gorgeous Sandi. I love the vintage feel.
    hugs
    susan s

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  6. Gorgeous piece, love the colours, and hope it will be filled with pibk candy! Valerie

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  7. I can't get enough either Sandi! So sweet!

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  8. Very festive, Sandi! I love the feathers and combo of pink and red! Happy Ground Hog Day :)

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  10. love this! it would go nicely in my Victorian home!

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  11. This reminds me of cute Valentine's decorations I used to know as a child! How very vintage and retro and SWEET!!

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  12. What a gorgeous basket and great idea. Thank you for sharing with us over at The ABC Challenge. Take care, Ann-Marie xxx

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  13. A stunning entry in to our very first challenge here at Rhedd's Creative Spirit...love the Valentines theme...x

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  14. WOW, what a fun basket! I love all the pink and red!


    Thanks for joining us at RRR! Hope to see you again soon.

    Jenn
    DT

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  15. oh what a gorgeous card. thank you for joining us at ABC Challenge. hugs! Mojca

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  16. Very pretty! Love the colours and the little doll! Thank you for entering your project at Rhedd’s Creative Spirit. Sammy-x

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