Altered Altoid Tin A ScraPerfect DT Project

Hello friends and happy Friday! Today I am sharing my next DT project for ScraPerfect.

This time I was inspired to make an altered Altoid Tin.

 

 

I started off by giving the whole tin a coat of gesso.  I then cut out some papers in colours I liked from my stash and used The Best Glue Ever to put them down. I also gave the inside and outside of the tin a coat of Beach Glass colour paint from Martha Stewart. Once this was done, I set it aside to dry.

 

Now it is time to move on to my embellishments. I gave them the same coat of paint so they would match the colour of the tin. Then I used some Carmel alcohol ink to give them a worn and distressed look. I then set these aside to dry as well.

 



 

While everything was drying. It was time to work on my vintage images. I got these images from Pinterest. There is tons of free images on Pinterest that you can use to your liking. I printed the images off, cut them out and then went around the edges with some Vintage Photo Distress ink.

 

I wanted the images to be more sturdy, so I used The Best Glue Ever again and glued them down on some black card stock. I love how this outlines the images.

Now it was time to put it all together. I used the glue once again to attach down my laces and trims.

 



I also used it to attach my images to the inside of the tin. You can see how little glue you actually need, its amazing stuff!

 



 

Now it was time to work on the outside of the tin, as I wanted it to be a pretty as the inside!

I glued down my embellishments and once again used the Best Glue Ever to do some foiling with the Transfer Foils from ScraPerfect around the key and wings.

 

 

I also added some Prima Micro Beads and Stickles to the butterfly wings, and finally went around the outside edges of the tin with some trims from my stash.

 

 

 

I glued down some more embellishments and trims to the inside of the tin, and here it is all finished!

 

 

 

 

I hope you have found some inspiration here, and will check out the ScraPerfect Store for these products and more info from the amazing design team!

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

ColourArte Blog Challenge!

 

 

 

Hi Friends! Today I am sharing a fun mixed media card I created for the ColourArte Blog challenge. We were to use some fun primary colours for this challenge, as you can see below here.

You can find all the instructions on the ColourArte Blog HERE or take a peek at their Facebook page HERE.

 

So here is my take on the challenge. I love mixed media and also have fun making cards, so I combined the two and this is what I came up with. 

I used a lot of ColourArte goodies on this, I have a complete list of them just at the bottom of the post.

 

I began with some stencils and some Sunburst Radian Rain spray, then I got out some texture paste and more stencils to add dimension. Once that was all dry, I used some Teal Zircon and had some fun splattering it here and there.

I painted the chipboard wing and hot air balloon with some twinkling H2o's in Mediterranean Blue and a Silks Acrylic Glaze in Carmen. I added some embossing powder to the wing for more texture and then added some more of the "Twinks" and Glaze on the frame, goggles, metal sentiment and number plate.

Finally I added some flowers, hot air balloon charm and some chain from my stash as some final embellishments.

 

This was a super fun challenge to do, and I understand ColourArte will be holding them on a regular basis, so count me in for next time!

thanks for stopping by today!

 

ColourArte Products Used

Mediterranean Blue Twinkling H20

Silks Acrylic Glaze Carmen

Radiant Rain Sunburst

Radiant Rain Teal Zircon

 

Other Items Used

Prima Stencil

Tim Holtz Stencil

Prima Resin and Metal Pieces

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Hot Air Balloon Charm from Kraftsupplies4U

Chipboard from Gina's Designs Lasercuts

 

Altered Desk Clock Gina's Designs DT Project

Hello friends, today I would like to share a new item in Gina's Store. This is the Picket Fence Clock. I chose to do a black and blue theme, as this will be the clock I use in my crafty studio, and I love these color tones. 

I started off by painting the base in a flat black and using some turquoise paint along the fence rails.  I papered the fence with the lovely Fly Away paper from 13 Arts.  I dry brushed more of the turquoise on top of the paper to give a worn look to the fence.

I added some Tim Holtz rub-ons with butterflies, words and numbers to give it a grunge feel.

I added some of the dragonflies from the butterflies and dragonflies set. I painted them in matching colors and then used gold embossing powder as an accent. I dotted the wings with glossy accents and dipped them in some glitter glass to give them sparkle. I added some flowers to the base to finish it off and I love how it came out!

I papered the clock in matching paper from the paper collection and painted the clock in a matte black.  I am very pleased with this clock it will be a great addition to my crafty space!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Butterflies and Dragonflies Set

Picket Fence Clock (Coming Soon)

Other Items Used

 13 Arts Paper Fly Away

13 Arts Turquoise Paint

Tim Holtz Rub Ons

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Kraftsupplies4U Flowers

Stampendous Glitter Glass

Recollections Embossing Powder

Americana Black Paint

Family Life Mixed Media Wall Tag Rubbermoon Cross Promotion

Good morning friends! Today I have a special project to share with you. All this month we have been working with the amazing stamps from Rubbermoon. I chose to use the house stamps, they came with some stamping blanks which were designed by Gina for Rubbermoon. 

 

The stamps from Rubbermoon are so wonderful! They are some of my very favorites to use. I chose to do a little family life scene on one of Gina's Super Large tags. I have used these tags a lot, they are really a staple in my craft room.

I chose to do some mixed media using sprays and texture paste for the background until I got the desired effect I was going for.   I also used paintes and sprays on the stamping blanks and when I was happy with the background I used the house stamps on them, and they came out so cute!

I layered on some laces and flowers, and used some of the sprays on some vintage dictionary paper I had then punched out the butterflies and added them to the tag. I then added some fun words and metal pieces from my stash to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

X Large Tag

Rubbermoon Stamps

Crooked Chimney Stamp

Lovely Loft House

Moon Unit House

Other Items Used

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Fireworks Sprays

Paper Artsy Paints

Lace & Metal Bike from Kraftsupplies4U

Other Metals From My Stash

Dreamroad Mixed Media Canvas Gina's Designs DT

Hello friends! Today I would like to share a mixed media canvas I created.  When I saw the new Flight of Fancy Butterfly Girl from Gina's I was truly inspired to create something fun.  I used this

 5 x 7 canvas and sprayed several colors of my Fireworks sprays on the background. I really wanted this to be a fun and colorful piece. I then tore up some dictionary paper and layered that on top, then added more sprays and some texture paste and white gesso just to soften the look.

 

Once I finished the background, I took the beautiful butterfly girl and used some chunky white embossing powder and covered the whole piece of chipboard. While the embossing powder was still hot, I made an impression with my large script rubber stamp in the hot powder and it leaves behind a cool textured look.  After that was cooled I used some of my iris blue Gilder's Paste and gave the whole piece a light going over to pick up the script.

 
I added some lovely resin butterflies and fussy cut out some paper ones to add to her hair. I love the effect it gave. A few little flowers finished it off nicely.
I hope you have enjoyed my flight of fancy today, and don't forget to check out all the new items in Gina's Store!
Thanks for stopping by!
 

 Gina's Designs Items Used

Flight Of Fancy Butterfly Girl

Other Items Used

Imagine Crafts Fireworks Sprays

Crafter's Workshop ART Stencil

Viva Decor Crystal Gel

Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste

Prima Resin and Metal

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Graphic45 Le Romantic Paper
Stampendous Chunky White Embossing Powder

Shabby Chic Heart Wall Hanging Gina's Designs DT Project

Hello friends! Today I would like to share with you this beautiful heart wall hanging. This is a fairly new product in Gina's store, and it's perfect for Valentine's Day!  I wanted to do it up in a shabby vintage style. This fun project is hanging in my craft room.

I first painted the hearts in the colors to go in my craft room. The first and last ones are a light pink. I then tore up some lovely rose themed paper and mod podged it in different spots on the hearts. For the center of each one, I dangled the smaller heart by punching a hole and using jump rings to attach them.  I then layered on more of the paper and the corrugated cardboard that comes with the wall hanging. I added some texture paste for dimension.  The birds from the Build A Layout Love Birds set were heat embossed.

I attached some crocheted lace to each piece to create the wall hanging.

For the two middle hearts I painted them in a teal color, then layered on some paper to match and cut up a vintage pink doily to lay over the top. I used some of Gina's gorgeous wings, which I heat embossed. I then added an angel and flowers to each to finish them off.

 

Lastly, the final heart got the same treatment as the first pink one. I added a metal number 14 to represent Valentine's Day, a pretty cameo, and flowers as well.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Pick up one of these for yourself or give it to a friend for a great Valentine's Gift.

Thanks for stopping by!

 Gina's Designs Items Used

Hearts Wall Hanging

 Build A Layout Love Birds
Wings Shape Set

Other Items Used

Paper Artsy Paints

Bo Bunny Madeline Paper

Prima Angels

Tim Holtz Metal

Lace and Metal Hearts from Kraftsupplies4U 

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Doilies and Cameos From My Stash

Fall Door Banner a Gina's Designs Project

Hi Friends! Well, its hard to believe that summer is over and we are now going into my favorite season of the year, Fall. Gina's Designs has created this very cool Fall Banner to decorate your autumn spaces. It can be configured into many different ways to suit your space, I chose to display my banner vertically to fit my front door. The banner comes with 2 rakes, but I have only used one for this project, and saved the other one to use on something else.

I love the layered effect you can create with this banner, as the letters are already cut out for you, and you can show off some great Autumn papers when you decorate your piece. Here I have used some really pretty paper with lots of lovely fall colors. For the rake I used some black acrylic paint then went over it with some silver Gilders Paste.

 

I chose to have some fun with the leaves and background of the banner. In the left photo below, you can see I painted the leaf a brown tone, then used some of my water soluble pastels to draw veins in the leaves and finished them off with some of the Shimmerz Dimensionz Paint to give them texture, I just love the effect!

I then got out some fun Fall themed stamps and some coordinating embossing powders adding texture to the  banner piece, and just the right touch to finish off the project.

Thanks so much for looking and don't forget to check out all the cool Autumn themed items in Gina's Store!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Fall Banner Kit

Other Items Used

Ranger Embossing Powders

Kaisercraft Miss Empire Paper

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Neo Colour Water Soluble Pastels

Martha Stewart Paint

Shimmerz Dimensionz Paint

Seam Binding from my Stash

Dimensional Butterfly Stickers from Dollar Tree

Gilders Paste Silver

Fab 4 Artist Trading Blocks...Ya! Ya! Ya!! A Gina's Designs DT Project

Hi Friends! I have a fun project today to share with you. This is my take on the new Artist Trading  Blocks from Gina's store. I had a lot of fun with this and even tried something new with them as well. You can see it is of the greatest band of all time (well in my humble opinion!) The Beatles.  I have stacked the three boxes and decorated them in a fun style, that I hope does them proud.  I painted the faces of the fab 4 myself, so I am pretty proud of that, I have never done anything like that before, so it was a challenge, but I am pleased with the results, hope you are too!

Here I have used a wooden piano from my stash, and painted it white to represent John's famous white piano. I used a Kaisercraft rub on with the word Imagine on it. Imagine wasn't a Beatles song, but it is my favorite song by John, so I wanted to include it.

 I hand drew and painted the faces of the Beatles and used paints from my stash to color them. I took my inspiration from a famous painting of the Beatles.

Left is John, Right is Paul

Left is George, Right is Ringo

Below here you can see the top of the boxes which I used some wooden letters to spell out the fab 4. I also had some tiny gutiars which I embossed and one of the musical notes from the music symbol shape set to finish off the top. 

Above and below here in these photos you can see Gina's Music Symbol shape set, the number plates and some pieces from the valentine shape set. If you are an avid Beatles fan you will pick up on some of the symbols I have used on the boxes.  For example, the number 9 which represents the track on the White Album, Revolution #9.  Below that you can see the side of the other box with the word "fly" and some black birds to of course represent one of my favorite songs, Blackbird. Also, I have stamped some drums to represent Ringo too!

 

Above here you can see the world help, which of course represents their famous song of the same name. I added some hearts to represent love ('cause that's all we need ;) ) and in the right hand photo I embossed the heart and used a peace sign stamp on top of it.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today, and it made you smile! Maybe dust off some of your old vinyl and give it a listen today while you are crafting!

Thanks for stopping by and Please check out Gina's Store

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Gina's Designs Items used

Artist Trading Blocks

Valentine Shape Set

Music Shape Set

Faux Metal Number Plates

Other Items Used

Kaisercraft Paper

Ribbons, Wood Instruments & Letters from my Stash

Kaisercraft Rub Ons

Tim Holtz Film Strip

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers