Take some Cardboard and Glue.

I was lucky  enough  to be a Spot light winner in the April challenge

at Crafting By Designs

with  my Decorated Egg

and very honoured when Doris asked me to be a

guest Designer for July.

Here's what I made for the current Anything Goes challenge.

 

I had seen an Altered Lantern in a recent issue of

Craft Stamper by Elizabeth Borer

using a Glass Lantern.

 

Now I didn't have a lantern to hand 

and not about to buy one when I had lots of recyclable goodies

in my stash

so

Take some cardboard, glue  and torn up kitchen roll

and lets begin.

I cut strips of card to the size I needed and stuck  together

and then started to glue the torn kitchen paper all over to cover.

Once dry I painted using a tester pot  in 'Enchanted Eden'

I also found an old perfume bottle top and painted that to match.

 Elizabeth had used stamped  tissue paper to cover her glass.
I did think to use acetate but as I already had parchment paper
out on my desk to use for another project I used that instead
for the lantern sides. The stamp came free  in the same magazine.

I stamped out using  Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink

and coloured on the reverse with Promarker pens.

Some garden wire and an old chain necklace thread through it  made the handle.

I smudged  black decorative chalk marks on the paint to make  it look like it had been in the shed!

Then rubbed Inka Gold around the edges and  the handle to give an aged appearance.

I used a battery powered candle for the inside.

 

This was the best photo I could get taken inside with the candle charged.. 

 In situ in the back garden using a flash at night time which doesn't show the candlelight.

Added bonus of Evening Primroses in the background!

 

Entering into the following challenges:

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #134: Use up those snippets.

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge #38 Anything goes.

Artistic Inspirations #100 Anything goes.

Curtain Call Inspiration challenge # Anything goes.

Crafting From The Heart #27 Anything goes.

Through the Craft  Room Door # Anything goes.

Fan-Tastic Tuesday #44 Anything goes but must be square.

Penny's Paper-Crafty #184 Anything goes.

4 Krafty Girlz #22 Anything goes.