Anything But Cute - #10 - Grungy Love

Hello Everyone!

It's the 5th of the month again, time for another challenge to launch over at Anything But Cute. This time around the very lovely and talented Sara Emily is our hostess with the most-est, and she has chosen the theme GRUNGY LOVE!

Here is what Sara Emily has to say about her fabulous theme GRUNGY LOVE. "To celebrate St. Valentine's Day, we would like to see you make a Grungy Valentine's project for your sweetheart!  It can be a card, tag, or anything else you might give a loved one to show them how much you care. Just be sure it's grungy!"

What a fantastic theme, love it!! I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to put together a Valentine's card for my hubby. Lots of ink sprays, paints and crackle glaze...and of course dimension. It just wouldn't feel right if I didn't add a flower or two, so I grunged them up as well!

The gears die cuts are from Cheery Lynn, the silver gears are real metal pieces that I pulled from my stash. The hearts were cut using Go-Kreate and the black rhinestones are from my stash. The beautiful white flower was sent to me from my lovely and  talented friend Sanderijn of Live Laugh Love. The red roses are from my stash.

For the background I applied some paste through a Memory Box stencil then sprinkled on some Prima black microbeads and some UTEE while the paste was still wet. I drizzled on some Ranger, Tim Holtz and DecoArt ink sprays and then splashed with a little black paint diluted with water. For the hearts, I covered a piece of deep red card stock with DecoArt Crackle Glaze and then rubbed some Carbon Black Antiquing Cream into the cracks.

EXTREME CLOSE-UP TIME!!! 

I am entering the following wonderful challenges:

** - Cardz 4 Guyz - Challenge # 105 Make it Shine or Sparkle
- SanDee & amelie's Steampunk Challenge - February - Anything Goes

** - The Mixed Media Card Challenge - February - #20 Red with optional element Hearts

  

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Some exciting news...I was bound and determined to find an area where I could see the sun set, so off I went with my camera the other night to find my sweet spot. I had to go two whole blocks before I found it, which meant I was in the middle of nowhere when it got dark, but it was sooooooo worth it!! I finally got a couple images of a sun set, YAY!!!! (is it odd that I travelled due South to get there?)

I did make a few stops along the way to grab a shot of these really cool trees, and the plane contrails that were really bright pink and looked oh so awesome!!

Any other winter, this big empty wooden frame on the ground, would actually be an ice rink. I find it really sad to think that the kids in the neighbourhood are probably playing video games because there's nothing to do outside! That white stuff is plastic, not ice.

I got a shot from my balcony that made me happier than a camper with a can of beans. I took about 30 shots with the zoom lens (you remember, the one as big as my head), as I kneeled on one knee on the cold concrete with my neck cranked back so far, I thought it might snap, but here is it...the fruits of my labour! I know it doesn't look like much, but anyone who has ever tried to take a picture of the moon will understand how awesome that detail is.

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.