The Three Crowns

 

CHAPTER 17: Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!

The White Queen gave a deep sigh, and laid her head on Alice's shoulder. `I am so sleepy?' she moaned.
`She's tired, poor thing!' said the Red Queen. `Smooth her hair -- lend her your nightcap -- and sing her a soothing lullaby.'
`I haven't got a nightcap with me,' said Alice, as she tried to obey the first direction: `and I don't know any soothing lullabies."
`I must do it myself, then,' said the Red Queen, and she began:

Hush-a-by lady, in Alice's lap!Till the feast's ready, we've time for a nap:When the feast's over, we'll go to the ball --Red Queen, and White Queen, and Alice, and all!

-- Chapter 9, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

In the United States, we are celebrating Independence Day this month, so we have a patriotic Red, White and  Blue color challenge for you! Of course here in Wonderland we know those colors are for the White Queen, the Red Queen, and Alice's blue dress! Enter your red, white and blue project by July 27 for a chance at a prize from our sponsor.

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 I read this and then went to Alice in Wonderland books and read the passage again... and saw that Alice had just received her crown .... so I made crowns for all three of the QUEENS...   

The colors... 
RED, WHITE, and BLUE!!!   

How surprising!!!  

So I got out my foil tape, and made three crowns... embossing the band of each one a little bit differently...  Alice's which is the blue... she got the Fluer di lis as she has been seen with one on the end of a ruling wand...  and of course her favorite color... BLUE... with a large A all decorated with Blue Heart gem stones!!!  She is a royal you know!!!!

 The White Queen.... she of course had all diamonds on her crown... (I wish !) and I used the snowflake embossing folder on her band...  white... and pretty... 


The little butterfly just had to go on the white queen's crown... she is so light and frilly... 

The Red Queen's Crown, which is up above... with all the red rubies on it... and the band has embossed hearts... so regal for the Queen of Hearts...  

All three of these crowns were fun to make... and the decorating was the most fun...  They were very easy to create... as I used my Tim Holtz small stapler... to put the crowns all together... so very easy using this...  Now the 'gem' stones... the diamonds, rubies and sapphires are all little clear 'dew drops' that I dyed with my alcohol inks...  and also put them onto the crowns with the Glossy Accents... as a glue!!!  Love that... it dries quickly and clear!! What more can you ask for when putting gem stones in place!!!!    You can get all these at Simon Says... and also MUCH MORE... hope you will take a look at their store front...  and I do wonder who will be lucky person to get this shopping spree??? That is a wonderful prize!!!  Yikes... I love it...  

Well thanks for taking a look at my crowns... and I do hope that you put on your crown and enter our challenge of the month...  it is so much fun.. and look at the PRIZE!!!  WOW...  
 
RED   WHITE    and   BLUE 

Patriotic Alice in Wonderland…

To use the Red, White and Blue theme I thought for a long time… and finally thought I would do a configuration box that I have wanted to do for a long time… but then there were some things that I wanted in my configuration box that were not in the theme of Red, White and blue… so back to the drawing table…

Okay… I could do a fun little album of Red, White and Blue things …. 

Things that appear in Wonderland…  for example the Red Queens dress is red, white and blue!!!  Right???  … but that just didn’t settle right with me…  I need to get really excited about a project that I am going to do…  and this one is being sponsored by Simon Says… and so I am using some of the WONDERFUL 6x6 printed paper pads that they have… I love to go to Simon Says and pick out all my 6x6 papers…  so very many to pick from… and perfect size for all my projects…  as I tend to work smaller than larger…  so I LOVE these pads…  I will use them on my project… with no problem… but what project am I going to do…

laying down 

 

Finally pay day!!!  I made this… and I love it… and I had so very much fun making it… It is only 3.5 inches tall… not very big… and yet it will be mailed to a friend of mine that LOVES Alice things…  and it is will be treasured for ever and ever…  (I love friends like that… ) 

So I used white card stock to create the bones of this little book… and then created a special nook for each Red, White and Blue theme in the three cubby holes…

 RED
 The Red of course had to be the Queen of Hearts…  she is so red… her voice is even RED…  LOL… do you know what I mean…

 These are the 'wall' papers I used ...  I love them...  

 WHITE   

Then the WHITE… well that had to be the WHITE ROSES… that the cards had to paint RED!!! 

I decided to use this really great red rose paper as the three 'cards' were painting the roses RED... 

 BLUE  

And the Blue… well it had to be Alice… but I wanted something more.. so I added the favorite part of the Alice in Wonderland movie to this area… the BLUE BUTTERFLY!!!   

A little bit larger picture for you to see...  The smoke is even BLUE... LOL..   

 The detail on this paper is so very beautiful... and it is so ALICE to me... 

 I had to add this picture of the final scene of the movie... where the magnificent blue butterfly lands on Alice's shoulder!!!  And then flies off...  


So special... so I had to add it here... 

 

So there you have it… I added a few wooden red hearts to the front and back.. and I also used my Dylusion Sprays that you can also get at Simon Says… they are so very special… the colors are vibrant and alive…  I love them.. so if you don’t’ have them… hope fully you will get them from Simon Says…  (which I have to add this…  Simon says ships really fast…  I love it!!!)  

The papers that I used are from the following pads  Sweet nothings by Kaiser Craft, Conservatory by 7 Gypsies, Crush Collection by Bo Bunny  …. And I think a few more??? But when working I am not really focused on which book I am grabbing… but on the colors of the papers… LOL… just my problem…  but the papers are wonderful... 

This is looking down on the project... you can see the RED WHITE AND BLUE very clearly...  oh a little green is good luck!!!  

Hope you will join in on this fun challenge... it is really a fun one... and then go on over to Simon Says and buy some goodies... they sure do have a HUGE selection to choose from...   Thanks for stopping by for a visit today... and hope you will come back soon... 

Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie