6 Chicks Project Challenge...

On the 6th of every month, Mandy issues a challenge to the Limelight Papercrafts 6 Chicks for a project. This month our challenge was to create an altered wearable. This was a real challenge for me as I don't usually create wearables so I began trawling the blogs looking for inspiration. I found it at -Ruffles And Stuff-, specifically this POST.

Disney used her dh's shirt for her altered items so I began looking through my closet to find something to work with. I found this sweater and maternity tee and an idea for arm-warmers blossomed....

This is the end result. Kind of a romantic goth look going on, but I kind of like them and they are fun and warm when I am feeling a bit chilled.

I cut the sleeves off the sweater, then I cut the tee into strips and created the ruffles at the cuffs.

To add a bit more femininity, I added the bows and buttons (from Limelight.)

We were also supposed to create a matching card or box to go with our altered wearable. This is the card that I created....

I used more fabric from that tee to create the ruffle bottom (the nice thing about tee's is that you don't have to worry about the fabric raveling so it's super fast and easy to use like this.)

Supplies used:

*5/8" Faux Suede ruffle ribbon

*Unity Stamp Co. Believe in Fairytales

*Basic Grey Origins paper

*KaiserCraft Lush pearls

*Fiskars scallop border punch

*Stampin Up punch

*Palette Burnt Umber inkpad

Be sure to go check out what the rest of the Chicks created:

Limelight Papercrafts Blog- Mandy

Caffeinated Cropper- Amy

Dahlhouse Designs- Lisa

My Little Creative Escape- Lisa

Taylor-Made by JenMarie- JenMarie

Ryann Marin Designs- Ryann