It's TRASH to TREASURE time . . .

. . . with my good friend Lana (Blest With Stamps).

If you follow my blog, you will know that Lana & I have gotten on this kick of going to the Goodwill Store and finding items that cost under $4 (we try to get the exact same item) ... then challenging each other to alter it without letting the other one know what style or color we are working with until the BIG REVEAL!

Well today we have another BIG REVEAL for you!

Here is what we are altering today ...

Now mind you ... this clock cost LESS THAN $4 (and it works!).

There are a few scratches in the lower left front corner but not bad looking as it is!

But wait till you see what I DID WITH IT ...

I had this idea in my head but then I decided to get hubby's opinion on it (since he's retired now and just sitting around the house ... lol).  So the original idea was MINE but the end result comes from HIS IDEA.

I still wanted to use it as a clock (since it worked fine) so the first step was to take it all apart (notice the little pieces were wisely put into a ziplock baggie) and draw out a circle on white cardstock to "MAKE A NEW FACE".  Well ... here is the finished product ... what do you think?

I just LOVE how it finally all came together!

I actually started out with ONE COMPLETE scene but that's when hubby said "why don't you make it for ALL FOUR SEASONS!"  So I got busy with my Eclipse Masking Medium ... Stampscapes ... Inks/Chalks and created a 'scene' onto my white circle.  

WELL HE SAID ... "that is nice but why not go one step further and extend your images so you can cut out the face and continue the scene out onto the front panel of the clock."

OKAY ... BACK TO THE WORKTABLE!!!

Of course this meant I had to do ANOTHER set of scenes ALL OVER AGAIN!!  But that was okay because I didn't really care for the 'summer' scene I had created on the first one.

Remember this all started from a BLANK PIECE OF PAPER ... here are some of the products I used:

Stamps - Stampscapes, Inkadinkado, Northwood, All Nite Media, Ala Art

Inks - Tim Holtz Distress ink, Versafine Ink

Accessories - Chalks, Prisma pencils, SU watercolor pencils, sponge applicators, makeup applicators, Eclipse Masking Medium,

I mention this only because I showed this to a lady who thought I had just taken a sheet of designer paper and cut & glued it in place ... Uh ... NO!  It was all done from scratch.

Although I was careful in my cutting & gluing around the outside edge, I still didn't like the 'unfinished' look so I glued Gold Elastic Cording (unstretched) around the entire outer edge with Art Glitter (dries clear) designer adhesive.

I must admit ... I'm really glad I ask for hubby's opinion ... although he teases me about my crafting and all the "stuff" I have in my 'cave' ... he enjoys giving me a helping hand now & then ... even if it is in the form of an idea!  (Would I ever be able to get him down here to make a card --- HEAVENS NO!  LOL!)

Now remember ... Lana (Blest With Stamps) has altered this same style clock and I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see what she's come up with!  NO ... I DON'T KNOW EITHER!  All I know is that it's PURPLE ... Hmmmmm, curious!!!  So be sure to pop on over ... check out her project and leave her a little love while you are there!  I know that's where I'm headed RIGHT NOW!!!

Gee ... I wonder what project we'll work on next?  

It will probably be between these two items:

STAY TUNED FOR MORE ALTERING FUN!!!

A few qualifying challenges are:
Emergency Crafters - Butterflies, Birds or anything with wings 
Hotshot Craft Blog - Distress Inks
Inspire Me Fridays #63 - Anything Goes
Polka Doodles - Summer Scene
Stampin with the Dragon - Anything Goes
 Forever Friends - Anything Goes (include an animal) - horse

Have a fabulous day and thanks so much for taking the time to pop in!

Hugs ...

Darlene