Secret Bird Society Altered Box

I LOVE turquoise and brown together. I LOVE the new KaiserCraft 6x6 paper pads, chipboard cutouts, tag books, and coordinating stamps. They take all the guesswork out of putting a project together. The tags are too cute, and they fit perfectly on the 6 sides of the box.

Having said that, this is a box that I made with the Secret Bird Society collection and all their products in this line. I used some Distress Ink, and Distress Stickles here and there. Tombow pens were used for added color on the top chipboard pieces.

Lots of Glaze Pen marks to add some dimension. Add chipboard scraps to lift the little pieces up a bit. The clear stamps have fabulous detail!

Their stamps were stamped randomly to cover every little bit of space I could find. The papers around the box lid are too wonderful. The pictures do not show the gorgeous gold metallic script in the turquoise paper, but it is my favorite of the whole set.

If you want a bunch of great stuff with everything imagined for you, you cannot go wrong with Kaiser.....thanks a bunch Melissa!!! It was great fun making this project.

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The class yesterday at PAS was fantastic. A mix of Newbies and Masters to create a great blend of fun. The Desk Organizer class was sold out by then end of the day....but they decided to add a couple of more seats! So act now!

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Hope you had a good weekend!

Metal and Crackle Paint

We spent most of the day in Springfield again, only this time we were watching U10 Traveling Girls Soccer. Go BLAZE!!!

A Beautiful Day!

Then I came home and had an epiphany of using Tim's Deer on Mocha Metal stamped on the back and embossed. I spritzed with Perfect Pearls and rubbed some Champaign Glitz into the debossed areas. Hard to see here.

Gave it a try.....it is on a canvas with 2 shades of Crackle Paint and trees stamped with Adirondack Bottle Green.

Crackled and Glitzed the stars and added a dew drop.

Pretty simple. Simple is good sometimes.

Want to Rock with Tim????

Have not been a good blogger today, but I do have a great place for you to go for a wonderful video!!!

Jump on over to Tim's Place and see the new video on Rock Candy Distress Stickles and Crackle Paint.

You won't be sorry and you will be hooked!!! I've used them both on the 2 flowers I posted here and they are fantastic.

Two totally different looks to them.

Go, what are you waiting for????

Technique ATCs Class-Bloomington

You asked for it, I hope you like them. The girls wanted to do a class with ATC's and this is what I came up with. Scrapbook Friend'z-Bloomington, Il. Sept. 6th from 1-3PM.

There are at least 6 or more techniques in here learned from the Master....Mr. Holtz! Ha! Lots of Ranger products to use, and Tim Holtz Collage stamps!

We're working on a date and it might be sooner rather than later. UPDATE(Sept.6th)

They were really fun to come up with. I did change the flower on one as it was too much like the other one. And added a little more bling....it was a snap!
Literally.

Enjoy the day!

GrungePaper and Cuttlebug

Had to shop a bit yesterday and picked up the Cuttlebug Astericks die cuts. I thought they were flowers!!!

I was going to take the new Idea-ology stuff to show at class today, but the adorable little tin the Film Strips come in looked just right for a flower.

Here's the layered up flower on Grungepaper, with Distress Inks in many layers and colors, and then the new Distress Stickles Rock Candy!!! Whoo! Hoo!!!

Fun in the sun....It's finally hot in the Midwest.

Have a great day.....and Create ART!'

UPDATE: The Pearl is KaiserCraft-Mango. Should have told you..LOVE their rhinestones and pearls....so many colors. Thanks Melissa for all of them.

Alcohol Inks on Acrylic + Copper!

Margaret asked me to try something with this great little ornament the other day. This is a Pageframe Christmas Onrnament #2 piece of Acrylic. The middle section is punched with tiny hole to allow shiny ribbon to be threaded through so it can hang.

The Alcohol Inks were used on one side and paper on the other as Tim Holtz showed in his demo. Black ink stamped on it removes the color for a great effect. The copper side has a few rhinestones for glitz.

I also used Copper Mixative and Cinnamon Stickles on the the project. The last shot TRIES to show how the Ten Seconds Studio Copper on the middle section shows through for a really gorgeous color through the alcohol ink.

Have fun and Create ART!

Dress Form Collage

Remember the necklace from the last post? Well, I thought I needed a place to showcase the piece.

I've had this dress form since our trip to Carolina Moon during CHA-S 2007. (Bless Cecile's little heart for taking us there. Boy, can that girl drive!! )Sometimes I need time to think about how to use something...no kidding.

And yes, the butterflies are really that vibrant. They were from a piece of Collage papers in Somerset magazine. I don't know why you can't click on to enlarge the back...over my head.

Keys are t!m's, Idea-ology, there are pieces from Vintaj, Maya Road, Grungeboard, Grungepaper, Distress Stickles, and various vintage pieces I've collected. The white knob on top was aged by using alcohol inks. It was too bright for me....so....ink it!

And the papers are 7Gypsies tissue paper I've hoarded for years over several layers of paints that were wiped off and added again until I got a really old look.
I know that look when I see it....I see it every day in the mirror!!!!!

Have a great day!
L