Altered Book Box

Hello!! It's Sandie here and today I have an altered Wooden Book Box to share. 

I painted the whole box with white acrylic paint and quickly dried it with my heat gun. Then I applied a layer of  Crackle Medium. Once that dried I applied another layer of white paint and waited for the crackle medium to work it's magic. Once it had all dried I distressed all of the edges with Brushed Corduroy ink. 

I stamped out the Kaisercraft sentiment onto some Prima patterned paper. 

I embellished the box with Prima Flowers & Vines, shabby chic resin Railing and some pearls. I also added metal corners, a Tim Holtz Curio Knob and a metal charm which reads MOMENTS, all of which were in my stash. 

Sandie

xXx

Classic cards by Marta

Hello crafty people,

Can you believe it's June already ?

New month means new design team products.

Today I would like to share with you two classic cards. 

Why classic ? 

Usually in my creations you will find lots of mixed media products like gesso, paints, mists etc.

This time I decided to create something without the mediums and texture building materials. 

My focus was to create some simpler cards that could be made by both begginer and professional crafters. Classy is always in fashion. 

Not complicated but stylish is always a good way to go.

I used wonderful papers from Bo Bunny Paper Pad Our Lil' Monster.

Flowers were from my stash. Wording was made from Kaisercraft Texture Clear Stamp Today.

I love Kaisercraft stamps - there is lots of different ones in the shop. Perfect for cardmakers !

By cutting paper strips I wanted to show you how fun, colourful and cute are the papers. You can play around with shapes and ideas there. I inked the edges of the stamped paper.

Materials used:

 

I hope you enjoyed my creations and I would love you to feel inspired and ready to create some cards.

Wishing you a great weekend.

Love,

Marta x

Little Joyful Message- altered canvas by Sylwia

                       

Hi Art Souls:)

This is bonus project for May:)

I choose word 'JOY' as my favourite and guiding word for 2014 and I  decided to alter this 6x6 canvas with JOY and other embellishments:) 

Art Supplies used in the project:

Tim Holtz Adventus Idea Ology Paper Stash Pad

Ranger Inkssential Memory Frames

Prima Marketing Chalk Fluid Edger Pad
Chipboard Background Lattice 
Derwent Inktense Pencils

Acrylic Paint
Vintage Music Sheet
Twine
Cheese Cloth
Moss
Flowers by Prima
Buttons
Paper Doily

Firstly, I teared papers by Tim Holtz and vintage music sheet into smaller pieces and I glued them to the canvas as a background. I added some definition with Inktense pencils and acrylic paint. Next I added paper doily and  chipboard background lattice. I also found a piece of cheese cloth and distressed it with chalk fluid edger pad. I placed  my word in a Memory frame and glued flowers, buttons and moss around it.

 

And few close ups:

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I hope you enjoyed this project:)

See you in June!

Love

xx

Sylwia

Altered Papier Mâché Letter

Good morning :) It's Sandie here and I am sharing a project I made for a recent RAK. 

I started by covering the letter with the Tim Holtz Wallflower papers and sanding all the edges. Then taking a stencil I applied some metallic gold embossing paste.

I cut some butterlies from the papers and applied some of the embossing paste, and some glossy accents along the body on each butterly. 

I cut out a date stamp from the papers and glued it to the memory frame, then applied a layer of glossy accents over the whole thing. 

To embellish I layered on some leaves, flowers, flower vines, chipboard elements, pearls and a metal charm. 

Hope it inspires you to be a little bit creative today!

Sandie

xXx

Bonus Cards

Hello lovelies

There was loads left from my May kit so I made some cards with the leftovers.  I added a few bits of my own stash that was on my desk, so that saved on the tidying up!!!  I really love this paper, I will be making more cards so I can use it up.  It needs sharing and not storing in my paper pile.  There was loads of sewing on these cards along with loads of ink using the Prima Chalk Inks in Dark Rust, it is the perfect brown shade.  Thank you for popping by and I am looking forward to seeing you next month with some new projects.  Mandyxxx

Jewellery piece - bracelet by Marta

Hello crafty friends,
I would like to share with you my last project for May.
We received great kit for this month. One of the element from the kit was Ranger Memory Frame.
It consists of 3 small metal frames.
I decided to create something different this time. I made jewellery piece - bracelet.

 
This is how I did it ;)
I cut out 3 cute, small images from Tim Holtz Papers. I covered those images with Ranger Glossy Accents. It's a great medium, you can use it as glue, shiny dimentional dots or like me cover whole piece. In this case I left the pieces to dry till the next day as the layer of the medium was thick.

It is easy to open up the frames and put in there anything you want.

The next step was to stick the tiny square images into the frames.

I added few jewellery circles to create the bracelet.
Here it is, I hope you will like it. You could add those frames to any project you like - card, layout or journal page. You could make other jewellery pieces like necklce or ring. Possibilities are endless.
Have fun, think outside the box and enjoy it !

If you didn't see my other May project here they are :) my vintage layout and my vintage cards.
Lots hugs, Marta xx

My Vintage Angel- mixed media painting by Sylwia

Hello Arty Souls!

This is my second project for May. I decided to incorporate  this divine vintage kit into my mixed media painting. I love creating whimsical girls, fairies and angels so there it is My Vintage Angel:)

Art Supplies used in the project:

Tim Holtz Adventus Idea Ology Paper Stash Pad

Ranger Inkssential Memory Frames

Prima Marketing Chalk Fluid Edger Pad
Chipboard Background Lattice 

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Acrylic Silks

Acrylic Paint
Texture Paste

I started off by tearing pieces of paper by Tim Holtz and gluing them to the background. Than I outlined my angel and painedt the background using old credit card. It is more scratching than painting but trust me I didn't use any brush in this painting. I 'painted' it only with plastic card. That is why the texture looks uneven and grungy.

The same technique I used to paint the face and hair...

I decided not to cover whole background with paint. I love this butterfly/moth:) 

I also sprayed the pieces of chipboard background lattice with  glimmer mist and glued it to the background. It is hard to see it on the photo, but this mist gives beautiful gold shimmer effect:) Love It!

And I used Memory Frame to make a necklace for my angel. I cut the inside of the frame and a heart out of piece of cardboard, which goes with a vintage theme:)

As for wings I decided to use texture paste and stencils:) And also I decided not to cover the dress with paint completely, as I wanted beautiful papers to show through.

I hope you enjoyed this project:)

xx 

Sylwia