The Altered Alice Week One - Hearts

"First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the corners: next the ten courtiers; these were ornamented all over with diamonds, and walked two and two, as the soldiers did. After these came the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples: they were all ornamented with hearts. Next came the guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among them Alice recognised the White Rabbit: it was talking in a hurried nervous manner, smiling at everything that was said, and went by without noticing her. Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion; and, last of all this grand procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS." -- Chapter 8; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Since February contains Valentine's Day, we at The Altered Alice are challenging you to show us your HEART (or hearts), in whatever form you'd like to interpret that! I have made a Queen of Hearts Treat Box using one of my FAVE Alice images from our sponsor this month, The Octopode Factory, who is offering a $30 Etsy shop gift certificate to one randomly selected winner.

Not only does Lily have tons of fabulous Alice in Wonderland images, but cute and quirky designs for everyone, including rubber stamps and collage sheets for all of your crafting needs. Be sure to visit her personal Blog HERE as well as The Octopode Factory Friday Challenges (TOFF) for tons of inspiration.

My treat box was made by cutting the Wedding Dress box from the Tie the Knot Cricut cart at 11 1/4" and prining the Queen several times in white and once in red, coloring her with Copics and fussy cutting and gluing the images on either side of the front of the box. On the back I added some heart and foil doilies. The inside box is large enough to hold a few yummy truffles.
The back and front fold up to complete the box and are held together near her neck by a removeable glue dot, although I may add velcro or a small magnet instead for a more permanent closure.

I've added popped layers to her crown, eyes and sections of her gown and a lock and key (to Wonderland ;D) as well as fab dangle earrings.

The sentiment is done with Alpha stickers atop hearts cut from her dress as well as several MS heart punches. Get out your readers if you want to see this one, ladies. It's a message to my Sweetie. LOL
Remember, each week we have new inspriation at The Altered Alice so check back each Sunday and be amazed! This is a very short month, so you have only until Friday, Feb. 24 to submit your entry! As always, projects that feature Wonderland will have two chances at the prize instead of one. Multiple entries are fine, but each must be on a separate post. Please join us!

I'm also thrilled that the current Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is Kings and Queens so of course I'm entering it there. And Whimsical Wednesdays is Bring Out the Old. The Sweethearts Cricut cartridge is several years old, and the doilies have been around since dinosaurs roamed the earth so there ya go. The Artistic Stamper Creative Team is also asking for hearts and so is The Sunday Stamper Challenge on Hels' Blog. WooHoo!