just another box

Had a play in the craft room & altered this box, not sure what will become of it, or where it's home will be, but hay, I had fun!

Fabric

Ju over on All Things Crafty Forum has challenged us to use fabric this month! Well, anyone who knows me will know I don't so sewing OF ANY KIND! But thankfully my good old matey Connie came to my rescue with some fabric! I covered a notebook with fabric, added the picture mounted on chipboard & inked the edges!
Hope it will come in useful to it's new owner!

Vintage

Alison was last months winner on the All Things Crafty raffle & she has chosen this months theme as "vintage", so here are 2 little boxes I have altered. Hope the winner likes them!

2nd set of altered drawers!

While the kids had a nap this afternoon, I ran upstairs into my craft room & came up with this. It's amazing what you can come up with just like that, no planning at all with this & I have to say, I do rather like these!

Altered Drawers

These are my little drawers that I have altered. I only have 3 more sets to do! :) :)

Altered wooden boxes

Been messing about in my craft room these last few nights & have altered these boxes, given to me by my good friend Connie
The big one, I gave it a coat of Gesso, then stamped my images, used various DI, then Rock candy. The hinges had rust AI added to them.
The smaller one didn't have gesso, but again, stamped images, DI, rock candy & AI.

Altered Pen Pot

This is my take of a tutorial by Deanne, but I'm really not sure about it! I think I might be having another go soon!
You can find it here

Distressed Note pad

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Front Cover

Back Cover


I have altered & Distressed this cheap black notepad for the lots to do challenge, which this week is distressed.

I used Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo inks, Gold dabber, Clear rock candy, Grunge paper & grunge elements.

Thought I might as well put his TSV to good use!
But I did drop the wet notebook on my lap, so I hope rock candy comes off in the wash!

Altered Mirror

Please excuse the naff photo!

I have seen a few altered mirrors on friends blogs, so thought I'd have a go myself.

This mirror we inherited when we moved in, so spent no pennies on it!
2 coats of black gesso, 1" stampbord, inked with various distress inks, then lots of different stamps used, then I used crackle glaze & glossy accents on all of them.

Thanks for looking.

Word Challenge

The challenge over on Lots to do Challenge blog is to use a word. Sorry the word is not very exciting! I used an old mint tin. I found some die cut chip board letters which I stuck onto the lid. Then covered the whole tin in self adhesive metal, which I have never used before, so it's a bit rough round the edges. I then used alcohol inks to decorate the tin, I finished using a gold leaf pen to highlight the letters better.

Thanks for looking.

Canvas

Nearly forgot how to do this again!

I have to thank Hilda for giving me the inspiration to do this with her altered canvas on her blog, so thank you Hilda.

Anyway, I altered a canvas yesterday. I started off by putting a thick layer of Windsor & newton Mineral texture gel all over,including sides. After it had dried, I then glued cut up pieces of newspaper. With the remaining mod podge, I added 1 drop of vintage photo distress reinker (waste not, want not!) to give an aged look. After that had dried, I then added my frames which also had the mineral gel & the lighter ones had sand texture gel on them, with CI images behind. (thought I had some larger frames, but can't find them!!) The final touch was stamped images on tissue paper & glued on.

The picture does not look great, but hay ho, I'm pleased with it, considering I have not crafted in an age!

Watch this space for am altered mirror I am working on!

Thanks for looking!

Week 22 Challenge

This weeks challenge has been set by Andrea & she has chosen to Recycle it!I used an old butter tub for this. I painted it with acrylic paints, then I had planned to stamp onto it, but this didn't work, so I had to rethink, so I thought she could use it as a penny saving jar for craft goodies, so added peel offs onto it. It does look abit dull & boring, for which I am sorry, but the master plan went wrong.

Paper Doll

Sue from www.paperparadise.co.uk very kindly donated some dolls via Sam for us to alter, so here is mine.I used various handmade papers to decorate the dress, then layered them on top of each other, then used gold ribbon & star jems to decorate. On the neck I used acrylic dabbers. I then used an old bottle top with an image in it, then used glossy accents & finally a crown from grungebord with gold acrylic paint.I hope I have done my doll proud!

Week 17 challenge

This is my work for this weeks challenge.
I used acrylic paint as my background onto oval stampbord, then added my male & female images.

Notebook gifts

These are 2 little notebooks I have personalised for the 2 ladies who run the craft group I go to. It is the last tomorrow, so thought it would be a nice way to say thanks for running them.

Beer Mat Swap

These are my beer mats for a swap I am hosting on Lots to do forum.
The theme is "Tim Holtz", which has been left open, ie, stamps of his, papers of his, his style etc etc.
I have used various mediums to create these, 2 dominos which I have used alcolhol inks on, his backing papers I have used, crackle paint & a stamp of his.

Distressed Moos

These are my moos for a swap being hosted on Lots to Do Forum.
I inked them all up then used various stamps for the background.
I then played about with Grunge board & acrylic dabbers.

Missed Challenge Work

This is week 9 challenge, & the theme was use any medium of CI, ie stamps, backing paper etc & was set by Hilda.

This is week 8 challenge, set by Ang & the theme was Decoupage.

This is week 7 challenge, set by yours truly and the theme was 9x9 atc's

This is week 6 challenge, altered cd, choosen by Hilda.

This was week 3 challenge, set by Hilda, which was collage.

Altered Picture Frame

This is my picture frame for a swap hosted on lots to do.
I firstly done 2 light coats of gesso, then used mustard seed, dried marigold, spiced marmalade & vintage photo distress inks dabbed all over with kitchen roll.
I then stamped various words all over.
Finally, I used a versamark pen round the edge of the inner frame & used Marigold, gold red Moonglow, which is similair to perfect pearls & sealed with hairspray!

Fridge Magnet

This is fridge magnet I have made for myself. I decoupaged this Beautrix Potter image. I used an oval piece of stampbord, with distress inks & white acrylic dabber for the cloud effect., The sun didn't turn out how I wanted it to, but I am happy with the end result.