SmudgeFest - Day Two

Today is Day Two of SmudgeFest. The challenge for today was called Trashy Tuesday. The challenge was to create something out of trash! I love to repurpose and recycle so I really enjoyed making a "trashy" project.

Raven's Nest Brooch

I saw all the newspapers hanging from my neighbor's doors this morning and my creative juices made a smoothie. My brooch is made from paper circles punched from newspaper that I painted with gesso and stenciled with red polka dots. I had to cut the plastic bag circles with scissors.  The raven image is from Smeared Ink Quoth the Raven set. I printed the raven on scrapbook paper and then used a paper punch to pop it out. The raven was then adhered to a bottle top that I flattened with pliers and a hammer.  I gave the layers a little scrunch and hit it with a little brown chalk to make it look old and vintage. This brooch would really add some fun to a boring headband or purse.

Along with Smudgy Antics SmudgeFest, this brooch also qualifies for a slew of other great challenges going on today.

Paper Play - layer it up
Diva's by Design - #46 flower
Dream Valley - #38 die cuts & punches
No Matter What - #1 anything goes
Pile it On - #32 add some metal
The Crafty Pad - #182 show some metal
Di's Digi Designs - no squares allowed
Craft Your Passion - #122 anything goes
Critter Sketch - #127 circles
Love to Create - #27 punches & dies
Simon Says Stamp & Show - paint it up
Whoopsi Daisy - die cuts & punches
Vintage Elusions - #1 anything goes/mixed media

Wow! I hope you have time to view the beautiful artwork displayed on the above listed sites. You will be inspired to get out your paper and stamps.

Whew! Day Two of SmudgeFest is complete for me.....can't wait to see what we have to create on Wednesday.