The start of a new project. (Day 1)

So today is the second day of the Easter holidays and before the kids broke up from school I promised myself I would complete a project just for fun. These days a lot of my time is spent making samples for classes and also preparing for the classes too. So here is day 1, now bare in mind with the kids off I get about an hour free to craft, so I can only do a little each day! Here is a little box that I have had for such a long time, so long I don't even know where it is from! The wooden balls are actually dolls heads but I am going to use them as feet for my box.

So the first step was to paint my box and feet with Acrylic paint, the colour I used is Antique White. Now to leave this to dry.

And here is a picture of the mess I have managed to make in less than 10 minutes! ha ha. You might notice by the photo that i'm not crafting in my craft room today, that's because I have samples drying on my desk, so I have now spread to the dinning room! oh dear! Well no one said creativity was tidy.....did they?

Be sure to pop back tomorrow to see the next stage, I'm off to tidy up!!

Maria

Here is a mini Album made with the My minds eye Christmas paper stack. The pages have all been made using white board. We then covered them with the designer paper and cut the edges with a Tim holtz Die by sizzix Ti give the pages an unusal shape. The frame is also made using a die and has been left open at the back to slide a photo behind.Here is a side view that shows the thickness of this mini album.

The pages have mostly been left blank to add photos and journalling to. Everything has been handmade with either paper or card. On this page you can undo the ribbon to reveal a concertina page for more photos

Here is another page, this one has a pocket containing a little book that holds more photographs.

This was such a fun mini to create for christmas memories. Now need to get the photos developed and put them all in!

Hope you enjoyed this project.

Maria

This page has a corner pocket covered with ribbon roses. These ribbon roses can be made with any wired ribbon. The brown card is a mat to place a photo onto and then you can journal about the picture on the reverse side. than it can slide into the corner pocket. The other page has plenty of space for a large photo or a few smaller ones.

On this page the ribbon is holding closed a concertina which holds 4 photographs, it is a great way of getting more photos into your mini albums.

Faux Pressed Flower technique

These cards have been made using a technique that uses paper flowers to create a pressed flower look on your cards. This technique is fun and easy to do for all ages.

The flowers I have used are paper flowers from Prima. I added centes to the flowers by using self adhesive gem stones. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch. The backing paper on this second card is a designer paper from Bo Bunny.

Hope you all like the cards, any questions please email me

Maria

This is a quick post to show a card I have made using one of the new Tilda stamps from Magnolia. The backing paper is from a paper pad from Karrs. The stamped greeting is from a stamp set from Wild rose studios.

Tilda has been Coloured with Pro markers and then added to the card with 3D foam pads.

Have a good day

Maria

This card is a dimensional card that folds flat to fit into an A5 envelope for posting. I made the cardblank from 300g white cardstock. The images are all stamps from Magnolia stamps. The leaves have been made with a Martha stewert Flower punch using 2 tone green cardstock. All the images have been coloured with Pro markers from LetrasetThis is a view from above which shows you the dimension of the card. The front of the card has an acetate window which Tilda is fixed to.

And below is a close up of the stamped images that have been used.

Have a great day

Maria

A house is a house Altered art class

Here is a picture of a project we made in Fridays class. The class was called a house is a house. This little house started as a plain wood blank. Firstly we painted the house with White Acrylic paint and then gave it a distressed look with some gold rub and buff. Then using Gel medium we cut and stuck some designer paper in the back of each compartment.For the gable we punched the designer paper with a Martha Stewert edge punch and then added it to the house with Glossy accents. The verse in the bottom centre reads "A house is a house, a family make it a home" I have added some pictures of my boys when they were small. I have 2 more photos to add of my husband and I together to finish it off. The clock and bookplate embellishments are from the Tim holtz range. The bird on the front had been die cut with the Sizzix die that is called Caged bird and is also from Tim Holtz. I cut it from White chipboard and then used Distress inks to colour, then I took a clock stamp from Paper Artsy and stamped the clocks over the top. I thought this was a good way of representing that "Time flys"

Here is a Close up of the Bird. I have also edged him with Gold rub and buff. Hope you are all having a good day

Maria