Altered Note Book Cover

Hello Friends, 

This is my project for Lulupu Challenge#49. You will find all the details for this challenge at Lulupu Challenge #49 : Feminine - Use wings & Colour Palette.

I have an altered mixed media note book cover.

Lots & lots of layers here with stamping, misting & stenciling. The images were stamped on the gessoed surface, in two colors of Archival inks - jet black & vermillion. This was followed by misting with Glimmer mists. To mute down the colors I then added another layer of watery gesso. Finally some stenciling & stamping & my cover was ready! To finish it I stamped "Special Memories" - from the Kaisercraft - All that Glitters set, mounted this on black burlap sheet. The butterfly is also from the same set.

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Craft Your Passion#262

Hello & welcome here again!

There's a new challenge on Craft your Passion Challenge blog and our theme is 'Anything Goes'.  For all the details about the challenge, hop over to the challenge blog.

Our sponsor this week is: Aurora Wings

Here is my card using the digi - Primrose Elf. For the skin tone I have used Staedler Water color pencils & the rest of her is colored with Chameleon Pens. On the kraft card base I have stamped the wood grain pattern using Archival ink.

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Altered - Tim Holtz Assemblage Clock

Hello Friends!

I'm here with the DT project for Lulupu Challenge#49. You will find all the details for this challenge Lulupu Challenge #49 : Feminine - Use wings & Colour Palette.

I have altered a Tim Holtz Assemblage Clock. 

To begin I removed the glass & back panel of the clock & generously primed the surface by sponging gesso (2-3 layers). This lends a grainy texture. After this I colored the clock with distress inks - mowed lawn & salty ocean. The MDF cut outs were coated with mowed lawn distress paint & glued as desired with glossy accents.

I used liquid pearls to add defintion to the frame of the clock as well as the MDF frame.

The little angel (wings) here is from G45 - Sweet Sentiments. The bird perched on the flourish is coated with black soot distress crackle paint.

Glued to the inside of the back panel is a colorful printout of a clock face. Hanging here is also a miniature bird house! I have glued a resin door (colored with vintage photo distress ink) too. A flower under the arch of the door keeps it open , welcoming one & all!

Hanging on one side of the clock bell is a cute wish bottle with a secret message & cute feminine charms.

Here are some close ups of the clock! 

Hope you enjoyed todays' project. 

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Metal Bookmarks

Hello!

If you are paper hoarder like me & cling on to the smallest bit of pattern paper, read on as I share a few useful ways to make the best of the smallest piece!

Made some beautiful bookmarks with cabochons using the left over pattern papers.

Next are some key rings. Played around with alcohol inks on the surface of the acrylic tags. Over the other side are pattern papers!

And this one is a bag tag made similarly! Fun, isn't it? How do you use your valueable scraps? Would love to hear!

No papers used in these bookmarks!

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Craft Your Passion#260

Hello & welcome here again!

There's a new challenge on Craft your Passion Challenge blog and our theme is 'Anything Goes'.  For all the details about the challenge, hop over to the challenge blog.

Our sponsor this week is:

http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/

I selected the digi - butterfly scent (colored with Chameleon pens) to make my card.

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A Rose Postcard

Good Morning!

Sharing a card made for Lulupu DT. Head over to the blog here for all the details!

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Craft Your Passion#258

Hello Friends!

There's a new challenge on Craft your Passion Challenge blog and our theme is 'Anything Goes'.  For all the details about the challenge, hop over to the challenge blog.

Our sponsor this week is:

The card I made is very similar to the one I posted here.

The stenciled background was done with embossing paste. 

Once the paste dried I used Wink of Stella to add shimmer to the texture & also on the stamped & fussy cut image.

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Canvas Corp Brands - Invite Us

Good Morning!

"Invite Us" is the new theme for the Crew Challenge at Canvas Corp. I used the apothecary amber bottle from Canvas Corp to make halloween invites, fun isn't it?

To make these I sparayed burlap simply sheer mist on the box (first coating it twice with gesso) to coordinated with the amber bottle. I replaced the acetate cover of the box with a corrugated flute kraft tile paper! Now where is the invite, you may ask! Well it is tied with a hemp cord & hidden inside the bottle!

The computer generated invite is a freebie I found on the internet.

Find this & loads of other invitation DIY by the crew on the blog here.

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Art Journal page with Gelatos

Hello Friends!

Its not a card today but an art journal page that I'm sharing today. The current mixed media & art journal trend is catching up on me too & I went crazy with my gelatos & inks to make this very vibrant page!

I tried the baby wipe technique with gelatos, the one I used to make the bookmarks I shared a while ago. I also have a tutorial for this on the Lulupu blog here. 

Had a lot of fun stamping & stenciling on this page to create layers & textures!

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Craft Your Passion#256

Hello friends.........time to share the inspiration for Craft Your Passion#256.

A simple card using the image by the sponsors Lacy Sunshine!

http://lacysunshine.weebly.com/

 I chose Eleanor & pickles love bugs & colored them with my new Chameleon pens (I love these pens!). I loved the coordination of the digi & pattern papers here. Subtle shimmer over the large heart & the die cut sentiment & some bordering with liquid pearls completed my card.

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