Mega March Blog Hop Day 3 - $600 in Giveaways!!

Good morning and Welcome to Day 3 of the March Mega Blog Hop!!

30 designers, FIVE shopping sprees each day. No one knows where the prizes will be! Each day of the hop JustRite will have five Mystery Blog Candy Prizes hidden along the hop with a total retail value of $600. JustRite will randomly select five mystery blogs each day of the hop and randomly allocate each of the shopping sprees. For your chance to win, simply leave a little love (a comment) on each designer’s blog including the JustRite blog. The more designers you leave comments with, the better your chances of winning. Each day’s comments will remain open for three days. A winner from each of the mystery blogs’ comments will be randomly chosen using Random.org. Consult the listing of designers at the JustRite blog each day (each day’s designers will be different) and start out on your way! Beginning Friday, March 26, summaries of all the winners will be posted on the JustRite blog. Good luck to everyone and enjoy all the JustRite eye candy along the hop!

Today during the JustRite Mega March Blog Hop (Day Three) JustRite and its sponsors will be giving away the following five prizes:

· $200 JustRite Shopping Spree
· $100 Spellbinders Shopping Spree
· $100 Copic Prize Package, and
· Two additional $100 JustRite Shopping Sprees!

Blog comments for Day Three will be open until Saturday at 6pm EST. On Sunday, JustRite will announce on their blog which five blogs have the mystery candy for Day Three. You will need to go to the JustRite blog to determine where you need to go to find out if you are one of the five lucky winners.

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Debbie Olson
Sherrie Siemens
Beate Johns
Heidi Blankenship You are here! :)
Kathy Jones
Karen Hunsaker
Peet Roeven
Michele Kovack
Cheryl Nelson
Anja Curvers
Kay Sibley
Katarina Menzies
Holly McMillen
Tammy Hershberger
Angela Barkhouse
Heidi Van Laar
Jerri Jimenez
Sarah Parker
Jennie Black
Laura Davis
Ashley Newell
Tanis Giesbrecht
Alice Wertz
Shanna Vineyard
Rae Barthel
Ryann Salamon
Terre Fry
Mona Pendleton
Lisa Silver
Kim Moreno

Here is the project that I created to share with you. I altered a large Altoids tin and gave it a beautiful vintage look.

Here is what the tin looked like before I altered it. It's a 10 oz. Altoids tin so it's not a little purse size one.The first thing I did was to apply foam mounting tape on the lid. I didn't add mounting tape to the word Altoids because it is already raised up and once the mounting tape is on the word and the tape are about at the same level. I traced the tin onto some designer paper from Daisy Bucket, the paper is from the new line Shabby Green Door. I applied the paper to the top of the tin with the foam mounting tape but to seal the edges I used Fabri-Tac from Beacon Adhesives. Although Fabri-Tac is for fabric, ribbon and lace it also works wonderfully with paper. Next I sanded and inked the edges of the paper.Then I airbrushed the tin a pretty brown. Now this part was kind of an afterthought and if I was going to do this again I would airbrush and then apply the paper. *wink*After the airbrushing was done I added a darker brown ink the the edges of the paper and then I set the tin aside while I worked on the embellishments for the top.The stamped image I used is from the Breath of Spring Stamp Set from JustRite Stampers. This set includes 4 Beautiful Floral Images including Violets, Lily of the Valley, Daffodils and Tulips and 4 Interchangeable Borders and it fits the 2-1/4'' x 3-1/16'' Oval Stamper. These are the Copic markers I used to colors the violets.Next I added the green to the stems and leaves.I added pinks for the bow.After the floral image was colored the I used the Wizard™ and Classic Ovals Large S4-110 Die #3 from Spellbinders™ to cut/emboss the oval. I stamped the floral image twice and cut out a few of the flowers and the leaves and used foam tape to adhere the flowers and add some dimension and I also inked the outside of the oval with Antique Linen Ink.I stamped the image again and colored the border with Copic markers, cut out the oval and then inked the edges with Antique Linen Ink.Next I cut/embossed four accent pieces using the Wizard™ and Floral Accents S4-199 die templates from Spellbinders™. I also cut/embossed a scalloped oval using the Big Scalloped Ovals Large S4-251 Die #4 die templates. I cut all of the accent pieces in half.Once I had all of the piece cut/embossed I layered them. The scalloped oval is on the bottom and then the oval with the border is the second layer and then I added all of the accent piece and the small oval with the violets is the top layer. In between each layer is foam tape with gives it this great dimension.Then I worked on the tag. The sentiment is from Joyful Hearts from JustRite Stampers and it contains 6 Wonderful Sentiments with 6 Interchangeable Borders and it fits the 1-3/4'' x 2-5/16'' Oval Stamper. I stamped the sentiment and then made an oval diecut using the Wizard™ and Classic Ovals Small S4-112 Die #3 from Spellbinders™. Before removing the oval I airbrushed with a Copic marker.Here are all of the piece for the tag. I made a tag and accent diecuts using the Wizard™ and Fancy Tags S4-235, Floral Accents S4-199 die templates. Here is the layered and finished tag. These are all of the Copic markers I used for this project.For a finishing touch I added some lace trim and rhinestones.

Supplies~
Stamps~JustRite Stampers-Breath of Spring, Joyful Hearts, 2-1/4'' x 3-1/16'' Oval Stamper, 1-3/4'' x 2-5/16'' Oval Stamper
Paper~Neenah Solar White; Curious Iridescent Poison Ivory; Daisy Bucket Shabby Green Door-Songbird
Ink~Tsukineko-Memento Rich Cocoa; Ranger-Distress Inks Antique Linen, Vintage Photo
Other~Spellbinders-™Wizard™, Classic Ovals Large S4-110 Die #3, Classic Ovals Small S4-112 Die #3, Big Scalloped Ovals Large S4-251 Die #4, Fancy Tags S4-235, Floral Accents S4-199; Copic-Airbrush System, Markers as shown in the picture; My Mind's Eye-Lush Brown Rhinestones; Webster's Pages-Lace Trim; Beacon Adhesives-Fabri-Tac; 3M Scotch-Foam Mounting Tape; 10oz. Altoids TinThank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you are enjoying the March Mega Blog Hop and don't forget to visit each of the designers and leave them a little love (comment). Good Luck with the contest! I hope you have a Wonderful Wednesday!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi