A different photo frame for this summer

Hi everyone! 

Myry here again and today I'm gonna show you how I altered this helm to use it as a photo frame.

I already had my rudder ready (I glued scrap paper to the faces and painted the edges).

So I chose this "Vitamin Sea" as the main chipboard. I love the phrase (so funny!) and the marine elements.

I also used some elements from "Doodles Set 1". I recommend having some chipboard of this style because these are very versatile.

I painted the main chipboard with a color that stands out.

And before painting the rest of the chipboards, I put all the elements in their exact place: moss and pressed sisal as base, I alternated small chipboards with other small embellishments, and the flowers and the photo on top.

Once I was satisfied with where each element will go, I painted the chipboards with another color.

Now's the time to glue each item on their place!

To finish I used a little white liquid paint to give "drops" effect.

And that's it! A summery altered project!

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts items used:

Vitamin Sea

Doodles Set 1 

Other items used:

Cutter and glue

Polystyrene helm

Acrylic paint

Prima Marketing "Redondo" flowers

Moss and pressed sisal

Die cuts and some "marine" embellishments like shells

Small photo

beachy bath storage-altered containers

Hey there! Lynne here with a simple project showing how easy it is to spruce up small containers to coordinate with your decor. My bathroom has beach-themed items and shades of beige and soft blue, so I came up with this duo :

As you can see, the glass jar just received a layered bow and dangling shells and chipboard pieces, but the other piece underwent a bit more of a transformation; the container coordinated with the room's former colours but hasn't suited it in a long time...

I decided to add texture by podging some tissue paper to the surface, then coating it with tan acrylic paint when dry.

I dry-brushed the surface with small amounts of grey and white, then rubbed Rose Gold Metallique Wax over the creases for added definition.

The chipboard border and small pieces were painted with cream-coloured acrylic paint, then misted with Tattered Angels mists, blending a couple shades of blue and a light silver colour. When that was dry, I brushed on a layer of semi-gloss clear finish to make these items stand out a little more from the background.

I used twine to attach the dangling chipboard elements and added some small shells. I layered decorative jute ribbon below the small twine bow on both containers

A few slightly larger shells were added to the border strip along the bottom edge.

I love that Gypsy Soul chipboard can be used in so many ways; a few small pieces like these can totally change the look of plain household items, and they can be finished to suit any theme. I love making elaborate and eyecatching projects  a lot of the time, but I appreciate the chance to do something simple like this to make use of something I already have as well. I hope you're inspired to give some of the items around your home new life and added interest....have a wonderfully creative week, and thanks so much for stopping by!

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED

Under the Sea Border

Beach Shape Set, small

OTHER ITEMS USED

Tissue paper
Mod Podge
Art Alchemy Metallique Wax, Rose Gold
Decoart acrylic paints
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists
Wired jute ribbon by Recollections
Natural twine
hot glue gun

Be Elegant or Die-altered album for storing dies

Hey crafty folks-Lynne here with a little project I created to help myself out with storing my thin dies....let's just say I seriously outgrew my Art Bin, and even if I could jam them all in there it would weigh about 9000 lbs-lol!

I grabbed a mini photo album from a thrift store for 50 cents (I forgot to take a "before" photo, but it was just one of those generic ones and had an illustration of a topiary tree on it) and then started going through my papers; I wanted to use a play on words for the "die" theme and of course had thought of many, but at the time was leaning toward spelling out "live and let die"-until I happened upon the Graphic 45 Gilded Lily collection with this quote on it!

That settled it-Gilded Lily would be my paper of choice! I covered the album and added a fussy-cut strip along the top before starting to play with placement of chipboard and paper.

I dry-embossed the frame with my Cuttlebug using a damask patterned embossing folder, then painted it with the pearl acrylic paint shown below. When that was dry, I rubbed some Art Alchemy Rose Gold wax  here and there, focusing on the raised areas.

The dress forms were heat-embossed with Stampendous Champagne embossing powder, then rubbed along the edges with a little of the Rose Gold wax as well. I added tulle, pearls and other bits to "dress" them up.

I fussy-cut flowers and heat-embossed them in clear to make them more sturdy, and layered them with foam adhesive around the cover. The sentiment was cut and mounted to a tag to showcase it a little more, and I added some patterned chipboard buttons from the collection to the frame to pull the colours and patterns together even more. I found magnetic sheets at the Dollar Tree which I cut to size and slipped into the pockets with my dies attached.

As the dies say (albeit backwards), THANK YOU for stopping by and giving my little album a look; I love how easy it is to alter and embellish these great chipboard pieces to personalize my projects. Have a terrifically creative, colourful and elegant week....to DIE for! xoxo

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini
Steampunk Shape Set

OTHER ITEMS USED

Graphic 45 Gilded Lily collection
Art Alchemy metallique wax-Rose Gold
acrylic paint-baroque pearl
Champagne and clear embossing powders

Princess Standing Flip Book with Alicia Barry

Today I have created a Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Standing Flip Book album with a princess theme for my daughter.  I have decorated the front of the book as an album cover, and will add to the inside pages after our next Disney trip, with photos of her with the princesses.

 Here's what the kit will look like when it comes to you.  The finished project will stand around 12 inches tall.

The first thing I did was to cover my pieces with gesso. I did this before assembling.  The pages themselves will be covered with paper, so it's really just about getting the edges covered. I glued mine together at this point, but you may find it easier to wait til the end. 

Using the page edges as templates, I cut patterned paper for the front and back of each page, leaving a small border. I also distressed the edges of the papers before adhering. Don't forget that you will need to punch holes in the patterned paper. The easier way is to do one side, turn it to see the hole in the back, and punch before doing the other side. The other way is to cover both sides, then line up a finished page over the top and punch through.

I was a little concerned about the weight of the pages toppling the project, so I added pieces of ribbon to stop them from pushing back too far.   I covered the whole base in clear embossing powder. It ended up with some flecks of glitter too as a happy co-incidence. I guess it got picked up from a previous project. 

I used gold ink to colour the birds. I like the silhouette effect. I cut apart one of them to have the bird and leaves spread across the project, then added paper flowers, leaves and ribbon over the top.  I attached them with a triple layer of foam dots so it would sit out from the frame giving the illusion of dimension. 

For my cover, I used this Lace Frame (coming soon)piece. It reminds me a little of the mirror from Snow White, but in gold, it feels elegant and princessy. I covered the piece in gesso first, then layers of gold ink, gold and clear embossing powder until I was happy with the result. You can see the bird that came with the leaves on the base. 

Supplies used:

Standing Flip Book

Lace Frame (coming soon)

Bird on a Branch Assortment

Altered Frame by Kim C.

Welcome to this weeks project!

I have altered a picture frame that I picked up at a yard sale (best place to find those items to alter and make beautiful)!

The frame was painted with white gesso first then pattern paper was added.  I added an intricate doily to the top and bottom corners as well as flowers from my stash. Flat back pearls were added to each scallop of the lace.

The large butterfly I painted with snow-tex then added some H2O paints from ColourArte and then used some distress ink on it.  

I then painted the word "Love", also with snow-tex.

A view of the top corner with the intricate doily under the flowers.  I wanted this to look elegant with just a touch of color to it.  I think I managed that.  I hope you like this weeks project and please stop back!

Gina's Designs Items Used:

10 Words

Delicate Frames & Ornaments Set

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Other items used:

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Gesso

Flatback Pearls

Lace

Mirabelle Paper Collection from The Paper Studio(Hobby Lobby)

Snow-Tex

Streampunk Chest

Happy Friday! I hope you are all well and have some great plans for this weekend. What I have for you today is what I call my yearly steampunk project! On the top, I used the medium dressform from the Dressform and Wings Shape Set. The set come with three different sizes!  By the bottom of the dressform is one of the clock hands from the Clock Hands Shapes Set. The Heart with Gears is coming soon to the store. You can substitute with one of the hearts from the Steampunk Hearts set.

The drawers have one of the plates from the keys and plates set, several gears, and gears that were part of the Steampunk Frame.  Below you can see the smallest size dressform and wings!

This air balloon was part of the Steampunk Frame with the gear on the left added from the Gears Shape Set.

On this side,  you can see I attached part of the Texture Plate - Gears to it.

This is a close-up. I applied different colors of inks to the raw chipboard. In the picture below, you can see that I used the same texture sheet with texture paste. Once the texture paste was dry, I applied different purple inks over the top of it.

There are several different texture sheets in Gina's Store. Stop by and check them out!



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Have a great day!

Mary

Gina's Designs Products

Clock Hands Shape Set

Dressforms & Wings Shape Set

Steampunk Frame

Texture Sheet Gears

Gears Shape Set

Keys & Plates Shape Set

Heart of Gears (Coming Soon!!) - you could substitute with Steampunk Hearts