"Mardi Gras" Mask Canvas

Nothing spectacular...But this is a Mardi Gras Mask that I made for my "bestest friend" Lisa. I forgot to post it on my blog because I procrastinated and got it in the mail late.  She's from Louisiana and participates in a lot of the festivities during that celebrated season...I decided to make the mask for her ...but did not want to go overboard with it....and then I needed someway to display it....so I used a 8x10 canvas.......I forgot to take pics ...but did make a video of it......

I wanted to wait until she received it....But I took too long to get it in the mail............Sooooo....I made her watch the video......(hehe..) ......... I hope she likes it...... I was not able to get it to her by Fat Tuesday....but still wanted her to have it....Enjoy Lisa.....Hope you can find a place for it in your scraproom......

"Dare 2 Dream"- Altered Cigar Box

One more to go ...and I am through.  This is number 17 of the 18 boxes I altered.  Wow...that was a lot and a lot of work.....But I enjoyed evry moment of it making these boxes..........I noticed that a lot of the ladies favored kelly green.......and red.......Each and everyone distinctively different........The ladies are so very proud of their cigar boxes....( I don't think they even know what they are...(hehe..)......and it makes me happy that I could make them happy with my li'l piece of art.............One more and I am "Almost" done though......for this round anyway.......(hehe)...Yeah...they keep me busy.........I think I am going to move them away from the cigar boxes.......I just have to think of something else that they would like......(hehe...)..This cigar box also has her name on the front of it.....I used Thickers in the same color....but forgot to take a pic of that image...I made her one initially and she gave it away .....and ordered another.....I wanted to make sure she did not give this one away.......so I personalized it with her name...(hehe...)

Matchbook Mini Album- KO style

Okay....I absolutely love, love,love Kathy Orta designs.  Check her out......But...I have not had enough time to do anything crafty for "me" lately....So...I set aside enough time for me and challenged myself to complete at least one mini.....I was inspired to make this mini by so many youtubers out there....They made it look like it was super easy and so much fun....Because I had completetd a couple of her minis before I decided to give this one a try.....and yeah....just as I thought it was fun. fun, fun and super easy.....

So...after making this one...I made a few more.....I have not embellished any of them yet but have made the albums  using kraft paper AND  white and black cardstock.......I used the same instructions for all of them ...but each looks different......Here is a pic of the first one I completed....I'll post a pic of the completed albums once I put all of the embellies on it.......I used Kraft paper, "Donna Salizar's- Antiquities" paperstack  and the McGill's Tab punch.....The album measures 8.5x6.5.......TFL everyone....

                                                                                                 (closed Mini with Belly Band)

                                                                                            (opened Mini )

                                                                                                     (mat inserts)

"Sweet Dreams" Layout using Corrugated Cardboard-SaCrafters inspired

Another project inspired by Youtuber SaCrafter using Corrugated Cardboard.  I thought the idea was a cute one because it allowed me to use more of the lil treasures that I was inspired by her to make ......and was inspired to do this layout.....  I have not made layouts lately so this was fun to do....."Gotta get those pics out again".  I used a 12 x12 sheet of corrugated cardboard and I ripped the kraft paper only from the portion of the paper that I wanted to expose the corrugated texture and weathered it with DecoArt weathered crackled medium.  I also framed the 12x12 cardboard with a 1" border of the cardboard and weathered it also using the weathered technique......This was fun ...and brought back memories...I need to get back to creating layouts...It has been a long time......TFL everyone.....

Recipe

12x12 corrugated cardboard

12x12 MME Printed Paper Stack-Lost and Found

Shutters- Handmade using corrugated cardboard

SaCrafters-Faux Bling-turquoise

Prima Flowers

iamroses flowers

Flower Centers - SaCrafters Zibbet

"Sweet"-sticker

"Dream"-Cloud 9 Design-foil trimmed Alphas

DecoArt- Weathered Wood Crackle medium-

Liquitex BASIC Acrylic-unbleached Titanium

Galaxy- Acrylic Paint- Burnt Sienna 

"Believe" Altered 9x20 Shadow Box

I completed this shadow box last week. I had given it to the person that I made it for before I was able to take a pic of it....so I asked her if she could leave it at work until I came back this week....Yay....she did ......This was not a Valentine's project ...though it looks like it....But February is her birthday....and she loves "red"........I added a couple of SaCrafters inspired projects (Roman Clock and a window frame)...and really like the way it turned out....She loved it.....So yeah...I'm happy...The shadow box measures 9x20.......I used the weathered wood technique..and stamped it with a music note stamp using black  Stazon  ink, I also used a couple of the M's  metal embellishments......TFL.....

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Micheal's "Altered" Photo Frame - and SaCrafter's inspired 7 Gypsies Photo Tray - (using Corrugated Cardboard)

I came across SACrafters video where she made the 7Gypsies Photo Tray using the corrugated cardboard.  (So clever Sa....)  Click here to check her video out....Well it looked relatively easy......So...I decided to make one...and while looking around in my Scrapbook room I came across a few photo frames that I purchased from M's a while back ....looked on YT and saw someone else used the same frame and applied the same concept....But she used a E-Valentine 's kit.....I went to the vintage site and purchased the kit ( I cannot remember who it was that posted the youtube video..(Sorry).... ....but the site is http://www.craftysecrets.com/  It is a vintage paper site......Loads of cool vintage stuff for sale......The kit is a pretty large kit, had a bunch of images, envelopes, postcards and other goodies and it was only $5.......If you are looking for vintage images....check the site out......
I'll probably make more of both of these ... SaCrafter's project and the M's photo frame.......TFL....

This is the Phototray that I made using the corrugated cardboard......I used 12x12 sheets of corrugated cardboard.....Thanks for the clever idea SaCrafters.........The hardest part was painitng it ...as it had many nooks and crannies......

 this is the M's frame that I altered........

and this is the finished project.......I did use a few different images of background paper...I think only two of the mats are images from the E-Valentine's kit.......TFL.....

   

"Love" Altered M's $1 Hanger

I altered a hanger that I purchased from M's during one of their $ day sales...I purchased a bunch of these hangers for 30cents a piece.......and decided to alter a few.....I also purchased a wooden "heart" charm....and altered it using part of a E-Valentine's kit that I purchased after seeing it used on a video on YT.  I also used most of this e-kit on another altered project. 

This is one of the hangers that I used.......I altered it using the weathered wood technique....(the hanger in the final pic is a different style hanger. I purchased 3 different styles....)

and the wooden heart charm from M's $ spot

And the finished project.......The heart charm has a black ribbon attached that I changed out and used  two different colors vintage wrinkled seam binding and attached it to the hanger........I had fun with this one ..TFL yall......

Just Another "Altered" Cigar Box......"Life Little Notes"

I was down to the last 3 cigar boxes I had to complete (alter)......I just completed another one ....So I had 2 to complete ...But got orders for 4 more .......I have so not put them on my "to do" list yet.....BUT ....I am going to go and pick up more cigar boxes today because "Mother's Day is just around the corner.......

Here is the Altered Cigar Box I completed this weekend......I used Youtuber SaCrafters Corrugated cardboard technique to make the Prima-like Shabby Chic window frame.  Such awesome goodness....Check her out......TFL everyone

the front, back and sides are pretty much the same.....

and the inside of the box contains 2 little journals that I altered.  I also adhered bible verses to the top of the inside lid.....TFL....

I returned my "Imagine"...BUT look what I got....(hehe...I'm elated...).

I got an "Imagine for christmas and kept playing with it....but just did not like it.....I did say I would not buy it anyway because (IMHO)  it  did not make sense to have a seperate tool that printed/cut  images...Afterall..my printer does that......I never purchased the Imagine and really did not want it.....But because I was gifted it....I ended up with one...

Well, I tried it out....again and again...But...having it.....still did not make me want it....So...I packed it up and returned it to Joann's.......and this is what I purchased. (See Pic below)..

I purchased it Wednesday ....soon after returning the "I" and got it the following Thursday (a week later) ...so I have not had a chance to play yet...I am going to check it out this weekend .....and I'll show you ladies all of the wonderful stuff that it does......Come back to see what I create.....I've been told that I am really going to like it..(hehe..).......From the research that I've done thus far...I don't think I'll be dissapointed......(It looks almost like my e-Craft...)

February 2012 "Colors of Love" Tag Swap

I participated in the "Scrappy Style Swaps" Tag Swap.  The theme for the swap were hearts.  We had to make 2 tags and the colors were reds/pinks.  I used  Youtuber SaCrafters corrugated cardboard technique to make the window frames.  The tags were made using TH tag die....Spellbinders Dies  (hearts) and pepsi cans.  The hearts were dyed with TH Red Pepper Alcohol inks and embossed with embossing folders.  The tags are due February 11.  TFL...
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                                                   Closer view of window frame

January 2012 "Winter Wonderland" Charm Swap

I participated in Lia's (aka "Scrapsation) "Winter Wonderland" Charm Swap.  The theme, of course, was a winter theme.  We had to use blue, silver/greys and white.  We had to make 3 tags and they are due January 31....Of course we have a birthday this month,,,,so I made 4.  I used DCWV "Winter Magic" paper stack, TH Snowman die, a stamp heat embossed with A La Mode embossing powder, and added ribbon and fibers to make the presentation.  I also adhered the charms that I made to trinkets that I took off of a candle holder.  This was fun and TFL....

the back of the presentation tag

                                                                                                and the charms ..............

2012 February "Colors of Love" Charm Swap

I participated in Lia's ("Scrapsation") February "Colors  of Love" Charm swap @ "A Piece of My Scraps" blog.  ....We had to use pinks and reds and make three (3). One of the charms is for the February birthday girl. For the presentation I used some wooden plaques (2 different types) that I found at "The Christmas Shoppe" and altered them.  They each had a word across them..which I sanded off.....and covered with printed cardstock.......I left it blank just in case the recipient wanted to place their name on it...................I also stamped words, cut them out and glued them to each of the hearts and on the other two ...I glued the words around each heart........The red and white checkered bows were on two of the plaques ...so I untied them and cut them in half and placed the other half on the other plaques.......I also used  MM creative letter stickers for "14" ........ These were quite fun to make .......TFL

and the charm ...... (each of the charms are different - using almost the same elements in all of them )

2012 Scraproom Organization - Mini cube-ical Desktop Shelving

The beginning of the year I find myself organizing and re-organizing my scraproom.....This year was a  task....and I actually got started early ...so that I had pretty much all of the organizers I needed to reorganize with for 2012.  I found some mini cube-ical organizers from Target on clearance..I purchased 4 and have found space to use three (3) of them so far.

I was able to find the mini canvas boxes on sale also....but was only able to find about 8 of the pink and green......I am on a shopping ban ....so everything that I had purchased so far I purchased before the end of year 2011.  I may have to allow myself a scrapbook budget so that I can get things done as planned.....So far ...I'm still on the BAN wagon..(Yay me...)....

I placed one cube-ical on one of the workstations that I use frequently to finish my projects.  Its a 2x3 black mini desktop expresso storage unit ...so it matches my IKEA Expedit units.  The other two (2) I placed on another workstation ........

These two are laid on their sides (3x2) and stacked on top of one another

I did not have space for my "I" and my Big Shot Pro without using the workspace that I have on my Expedit workstations......And they take up all of the space that I had left on this workstation......

The "I" sits  next to the Big Shot Prot.....and both are functional where they are......without moving them ...Both are huge pieces....so that pretty much took all the tabletop space I had for working.....

This is how I am storing my Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing and Mica powders for now...I ran out of space on my rack that I use to store my embossing powders, stickles and such......But I have another Mini cube-ical and I thought I would find somewhere to put it so that I can put them in the canvas storage boxes.....

I really added to what I already had....I made space for the cube-icals...But may have to figure out how to re-organize it all so that it is a better fit........Right now I am just using the space that I have......

2012- "Creative Minds-Enter into the World of New Beginnings"- Altered Canvas using handmade Shabby Chic Treasures



I came across a YT video by SACrafter making the Prima Shabby Chic Treasure windows, doors and shutters.....So I decided to give them a try.......These are the windows, doors (red-below ) and shutters That I made (pictured above )......I used Corrugated Cardstock by Canvas Corp, LLC. .....They come in 12x12 sheets...I found it very easy to work with ..and it saved me time of  stripping and cleaning a cardboard box.  I also did the crackled technique on all of the pieces....I finally decided to make a "Red" door and just had to incorporate it into a project......I altered a canvas...and used one of the red doors...

Okay....I'm off to make more....to make them or for instructions you may want to check out SACrafters YT videos..I did not follow her instructions totally ...but was able to create them using the basis of her instructions........She does a great job with making these.....Thanks for the inspiration lady......

 




This is the canvas I made using the handmade Shabby Chic Door.......







January 2012- Altered Cigar Boxes

I was commissioned to alter 16 cigar boxes.  Some had specific details that they wanted but for most many specified color.  I am down to the last 6 boxes and decided to get these off of my plate before I got too far into the new year and a few of the ladies have waited patiently.  After doing the first 10 or so ...I got bored with them.(I was making about three at a time).........and had to put the project aside......  I don't think I'll be doing anymore of these for a minute.....(hehe...)...Well, I'll see......

These are 3 of the last six boxes that I have to complete.....and boy am I happy..I'll  probably complete the other 3 this upcoming weekend....I did not paint two of the boxes because I wanted to use the mahaghony/walnut look of the box as it was......For one of them I thought the deep dark wood gave it an elegant flair...I did paint one a soft lavendar and decoupaged it......the red box was also decoupaged but most of the maple wood look of the box was left the wood shade.......  TFL....

And the inside of the box....... I covered the inside of the box with Cardstock and made a pocket for cards, mats, notes and pics.  I included bible verses in this one.....

I painted this box lavendar and decopauged with  a DCWV Printed paper allowing most of the color of the box to show through.......

and this is the inside and the lid of the cigar box.  I also made a pocket and included matted bible verses.  I did not adhere the pocket to the lid....

 I also left this box the original wood tone and used fabric and printed paper to cover the box. 

And the inside of the box was simply covered with Bazzill cardstock......

"2012"- Happy New Year Mini Album

Wishing everyone a happy "New Year" .........and hope that all of your creativity and inspiration continue to flow....Best wishes throughout the year.......

This is the first project of the year that I started...I haven't completed it...But it's a mini and takes time to complete...I have a few other projects that I want to work on over the next few days...But thought that I would at least start a mini for "2012"........I'll make a video once I complete it.......Sending blessings and best wishes to everyone...Hope you get a chance to "create" something over the next few days......

Tag 12 - 12 Tags of Christmas

Yahoo....I'm doing a "happy" dance......I made it to Tag 12 .....WooooHooooo.......And of course he saved the best for last......Here is Tim's tag...."Amazingly Beautiful".........



And this is my take on Tim's Tag......I am sooo glad that I did this challenge from beginning to end...I learned a lot ......I was inspired in so many ways ....and I enjoyed every single day of all that Tim had to offer.... His  creativity is beyond belief........Way to Go Tim....You should be proud......