August Challenge #37 Chalk it Up

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August is here! Where did the time/months go!? I can't believe my boys will be going back to school in 23 days!!! (doin' the happy dance over here! can ya' feel it!?) 

Connie has a great monthly challenge for August! The theme is Chalk. Either chalk paint, using chalk, chalk vinyl, etc. 

MONTHLY CHALLENGE

You must be linked up by Aug. 31, and no back linking (but you can find all the details on Connie's website!)

Here's what I made ~ 

I had these glass handle mason jars in my pile of goodies for the longest time! I cut out a letter A from my silhouette and put that on 1st. Then, I painted it with chalkboard paint I bought from Targets $1 spot (it was $3).  I'm so not the patient person so I pealed the A off when it was dry almost dry. I made the cutest tag for it. I had these witch feet for about 2 years now and knew I needed to make something for my sister with them (her bday is on Halloween!). I added some washi tape to the bottom of the glass and around the lid. Added the best spiders and web and some paper twine. I added a few goodies from Connies CTMH site as well!

Supplies I used ~ 

$1 tree mason jar

Target chalkboard paint

Michaels paper twine

Jaded Blossom Sweet Birthday Wishes

Jaded Blossom Best Witches

Jaded Blossom Mini Tag Dies 2

Jaded Blossom Treat Tag Dies

We R memory Keepers BEWITCHED paper (for the tag)

Recollections Adhesive Rhinestone spider & web

Recollections washi tape

Close to my Heart epoxy bubbles

Close to my Heart black enamel stars

Thanks for taking a peek! Can't wait to see what you will create! 

Altered Paintbrush

One of my crafty friends sort of conned me into doing a swap with her and a few other crafty gals....the catch was that we needed to alter a 3 inch paintbrush. Uhh...uh-oh! Thats so out of the box for me! But, I'm a sport and decided to go for it! And I'm kinda glad I did =) I love how my brush turned out! 

Ta-Da! I forgot to take a picture of the brush beforehand but it was just a plain, light tan color....BORING! So, I took some ultra sparkly pink paint, and got rid of the tan! I added a fun flower to the front, brown ribbon and some My Mind's Eye washi tap (to cover up the silver spot!) I put rhinestones along the handle, added a cute butterfly and some fun tags! 

I took some mini clothespins, added some bling to them and then attached this great tag to it. The banner came from Jaded Blossom "Candy Charms & Banners Die". The saying is from their "Craft On" set. I inked it with Close To My Heart "Gypsy" Ink. 

And then I have this amazing tag (yes, I'm thrilled with it!). The 2 tags and little scallop are from Jaded Blossom's "Treat Tag Die" set. The Sentiment and lady also came from Jaded Blossom. It was a bonus stamp set with one of their releases. I inked the lady with Close To My Heart Black ink and the sentiment with their Pear ink. I attached it with Lime twine from My Minds Eye.