Tag: Altered item
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Altering Elizabeth Craft Designs A5 Planner
Altering the Elizabeth Craft Design A5 Planner Binder with ink, paper, and colored pencils netted me a colorful, one-of-a-kind, Garden Journal. Adding the Planner Dangle made with shrink-plastic stamped images added another fun and unique embellishment to the project. The video below covers some of the processes with altering this planner. First, let us…
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What Paper is the Best For Art Journaling?
All paper! Is my fast and simple answer. However, it depends on the media used and the intended purpose of the finished piece. For example, a flimsy booklet with a loose spine isn’t likely to hold up to a lot of mixed media and multiple viewings. In the video posted below, I discuss some of…
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Frosted Designs Friday "Only Patterned Paper" Challenge / Christmas In July – Gift
Recipe Stand Holds 4 x 6 Inch Recipe Cards When I saw this photo stand, over a year ago, I knew that it would make a perfect recipe card holder and stand. Extra sleeves can be purchased and it is easy to add them to the stand. This seemed like the perfect gift for anyone…
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Father's Day Box
Graphic 45 Le Romantique Sweetheart of Mine Paper Lining and Photo Mat It is difficult for me to find presents for my dh. I decided something with a picture of the kids on it would probably be appreciated more than anything else. At my dd’s graduation a few weeks ago we took a picture…
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Graphic 45 Little Dresser Jewelry Box
A Great Place For Keepsakes This dresser started out as an unfinished wood piece from Joanns. It was next to the tissue box covers that I was buying for my two daughters. As soon as I saw it, I knew it would be a great piece for me to use the Graphic 45 paper that…
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Graphic 45 Tissue Box Cover
Curtain Call Moulin Rouge Stamp Paper Strip Across Top of Sides The other day I posted a tissue box made with Graphic 45 papers that I made for my seven year old dd. She loved the bunnies and fairies that covered the paper. Older dd is twenty two and past the bunny stage, so the…
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Fairy Folk Tissue Box Cover
Graphic 45 Once Upon A Springtime Collection Fairy Folk Paper My younger dd loves bunnies and fairies. When I saw this paper I knew it was meant to go in her room. She was thrilled with it when I gave it to her, so it was worth getting all glitter-glue-y from the Sparkle Mod Podge!…
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Reverse Stretched Canvas Shadowbox Tutorial
8 x 8 Stretched Canvas Turned Into A Shadowbox A couple of months ago I made a reverse canvas shadowbox for a photograph taken at my grandparent’s house in 1968. That post is here, if you would like to see it. At the time I knew that the only other photograph I have from that…
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Stretched Canvas Shadow Box Made For Small Picture From The 1960's
Edited on 6/21/2012 – Reposted after having been removed for publication. 3.5 ” Square Photo From 1968 Even though this photo isn’t all that spectacular, it is the only one I have from a family reunion at my grandparent’s house. It was taken when I was five years old. Traveling long distances back then was…
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Halloween Purse (or I Always Like To Have Candy In My Purse)
Wooden purse covered with CTMH Mischief B & T After I decided to turn it into a Halloween Candy dish The “Before” picture This cute little wood purse came from Michael’s. It was about $3 or $4 in the clearance section. The “During” picture The entire purse was painted with glossy black acrylic paint after…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 