Hidden Stamps

The STAMP ATTACK  

After being invited onto the Altered Alice Design Team, my brain started to switch into high gear... I knew who the sponsor was going to be... and low and behold.. I had won a set of these GREAT stamps on one of the challenges...  so I pulled them out.. and started to plan... could you smell the smoke...  ????  I really was thinking hard...  So I came up with this idea...  so I gathered up all my things... stamps, papers... which by the way the whole project you are about to see... it is made from WHITE CARD STOCK... with the exception of the Red Roses... which is a very pretty red mulberry paper... LOL... everything else started out as white card stock...  I did have a ton of fun with this project... thinking, creating and using the stamps, getting messy, rethinking... and then finally taking photos of the finished project and then sharing with ya'll.... 

So on the outside of this project... which is a hexagonal box...  I am showing you all the stamps from the set  called  Alice in Wonderland ....                                       

The characters all around this Hexagon are the characters we all love and cherish...  Like the Queen ... 

the RED QUEEN of Hearts... 

White Rabbit 

On the top of the box.. there are 18 red mulberry roses in honor of the Queen...  
I made them like porcelain so they will stand up to all kinds of people handling this box...  The leaves are Pretties by Bonnie and colored with Distress Markers... by Ranger.. 

All around the lid there is a band of green leaves... cut from a Martha Stewart punch and colored with five Green Distress Stains...  and then the word WONDERLAND is spaced across with K& Co letters... 

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The feet are from my days of country crafts... and they are little RED apples...  I only had 4... so since this was a WONDERLAND project and things in Wonderland are always a little off.. so 4 feet on a six sided box is a little bit off... but normal in Wonderland... 

Each one of the panels on the sides of the hexagon box are basically the same... each has a stamp by STAMP ATTACK... but the backgrounds are all different...  and I used a separate embossing folder for each panel...  


And then this adorable little ALICE... 
I have cut each one of these out... and they are so adorable...  I love these stamps..













AND of course the MAD HATTER.... with only one show on...  

I left these all black and white ... but have used them often and colored them too.. they are really a nice set of stamps...  






















And here is ALICE sitting on the Throne with the critter under her feet...  with her Fleur De Lis in her hand... and so I used the background of the same...


















And of course the FAMOUS  Tweedle boys... Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum...  how cute are they...  with the stripe back ground... 

I have to tell you that my daughter gave me the checkered stamp that I used on the bottom... it was one of the first clear acrylic stamps that I received... and it was well over 10 years ago... I really didn't know what I was ever going to use it for... and I have to tell you that it is one of my favorite ones that I use almost every day either in my work or in my journal...  I love it... thanks Heather Amy..  On all the edges of the box, I have used Tim Holtz tissue tape... and it helps to make the project work really fast...   Love it...   

 


And a picture of the top of the box real close up and pretty....  This is the only part of the box that is not made from White paper... I used red Mulberry paper to make the roses and then dipped into Utee... love the roses...  










When you take the lid off... low and behold...  four of the sides fall down...

And you see the inner section of the box... which the scene is alive with all kinds of action...  

The Mouse is telling his Sad Tale that is on his tail...  (another STAMP ATTACK Stamp...)  
How wild is that...  

All his friends are sitting around as he tells his SAD TALE...  

A little bit closer ... so you can see this great stamp...  of course I had to take his original tail off... and added the tale ... 

This is the mouse all alone... he is really a very special mouse... as when you lift up the panel he is standing on... as you see here... there is a box... underneath the place where he stands...  

Here is the box... and low and behold... there is a hidden BOOK...  

It is the ROYAL book of Wonderland Postage Stamps...  The mouse must have taken this... I wonder if the Queen knows about this...  Oh well... 

Now when you take the book out... you can see the box... surprised that the mouse didn't have something else in there???  

 

Here is the Royal Book of Wonderland Postage... from 1865... 

And here is each one of the stamps... which I have to say each stamp was colored and then put onto special painted papers that match each stamp... . 

I have used all kinds of paints, inks and you name it... on the papers...  

Each stamp is really cute... and I would say that they are about 1.5 inches in length...  or height...  how cute is this one with Alice and the pig child...  

And of course the Mad Hatter... 

I like him so very much that I had to do two of him...  they are wild... 

I used a post card embossing folder from Tim Holtz on this one... love the look of that with the Tea Party stamp...  how great is that... 

I used some twinkling H20 paints on the paper and then a white gel pen to do the feather...  love the rabbit in his purple vest...  

 

And here he is in a blue vest...  

The colors really change the whole look of the stamp... that is why I colored so many... and then I WAS going to choose my favorite ones...  but I loved them all... LOL...  

And I had a piece of glossy paper that I had used some alcohol inks on.. and had to use them with this Alice stamp again...  

I really have to say Thank You again Carol for these GREAT stamps... I hope that a lot of you will take a look at these stamps and buy them... your Alice Creativity will really LOVE these ...  

Thanks for taking and look at my Entry in the Altered Alice Design Team... I hope that you will enjoy what I create ....Enjoy your day and week...  and your visit in WONDERLAND.... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie