Snowflake Shawdow box

Hi and welcome to the blog today. It's Teresa here and I am sharing a gorgeous wintery shadowbox frame that I did for my daughter and her new husband.  He actually proposed to her high up on a snowy mountain last year so I thought this would be a nice gift to give them for their anniversary this year and to remind them of that very special day that started it all for them.

1. So to make this project you will start with the Deco Front Shadowbox.  I took apart all the pieces and wiped around the edges to clean them up and then started to glue it together.

2. Glue the sides to the base first and then let it dry.

3. Then glue on the top frame and let it dry too.

4. Then I painted the box inside with silver paint inside and on the back.  For the top of the frame I used a blue ink that matched my papers and let it dry. ( Using inks to stain the pieces keeps the edges cleaner and then you don't have any drips.)  Then I used a little chalk ink and just barely touched around the edges to first darken it and then add white to make it look like snow. ( See below)

5.  Then I added papers from the Kaisercraft Frosted collection to create a base for my picture inside the shawdowbox.  The 6x6 paper pad comes with borders and stickers so it was easy to create a simple design for the inside bottom of the frame.

6.  The snowflakes are from the Snowflake Shape Set and these I kept in the brown color to make it a little more rugged looking and not so girly.  The snowflakes in the set are beautiful and you can add little rhinestones like I did to make them pop more.

7.  And to finish it I added some adhesive letters from Ruby Rock-it and a few little word tags to add a little more wow to it.  Oh and the arrow is also from GSLC and there is a whole bunch of them in that set too so it's perfect to add to all of your other projects.

This was such a fun and easy project to make and these are great boxes to make up for gifts for the holidays too.  Imagine how fun for a wedding, a new baby or even for those special christmas memories you want to save.

Here is a supply list for you just in case ....

GSLC- Snowflake Shape Set

GSLC Arrows shape set

GSLC Deco Front Shawdow box

Kaisercraft Frosted Collection 6x6 paper pad

Ruby Rock-it adhesive alphabet letters

Gloss enamels shimmering silver

Folk art white chalk paint

Versamagic Aegean Blue and Ocean Depth

Prima chalk in white

scissors, paper trimmer and rhinestones

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

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It's 5 O'clock Somewhere

Hi Everyone! Barb here, keeping the birthday party rolling. No doubt you've heard the old joke - early in the day someone says they want a drink and someone else replies, "Well, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere!" That's what inspired me for this week's project. 

I began with a 5 x 7" canvas panel and simply slopped some paint on it that I had left over from a bigger project. Never waste paint, or ink, or any artsy gooey stuff! I free-handed the martini glass and phrase, and added some Stickles to the inside of the glass to give it a liquidy, bubbly look. The flowers were punch-outs left over from another project, and all I did was add a dab of Liquid Pearls in the center of each.

For all of the pieces of the clock, I began by sponging on fuchsia colored acrylic paint.

Once the paint was dry, I coated the outer bezel with Gothic Purple StazOn Studio Glaze. For the dial part of the clock, I spritzed it with neon yellow and neon pink irRESISTibles sprays. I put dots of Liquid Pearls on the hands and used bright pink Stickles on the arrows. I capped it all off with another one of the flower punch-outs.

Thanks for coming to the party - happy crafting!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Arrows Shape Set

Skeleton Clocks

Other Products Used

Acrylic paints

irRESISTibles sprays

StazOn Studio Glaze

Liquid Pearls

Stickles

Memory Keeping Organizer with Dividers

I had so much fun putting together this great organization station for my Project Life goodies! I used lots of items from Gina's Designs so I will list them now:

Memory Keeping Organizer

Memory Keeping Organizer Large Dividers

Memory Keeping Organizer Small Dividers

Word Elements

Word Elements 2

Arrows Shape Set

Talk Bubbles

Camera Clips

Word Frames- Hello

Word Frames- Live

Word Frames- Moment

This storage piece is a great size: 13x11.5 and 4 inches high. The final picture is listed first so that you can see the finished product:

As you can see, the back slot perfectly holds Pocket Letter Pages,

The middle slots hold 4x6 dividers and papers, and

The smaller slots hold 3x4 dividers, papers and embellishments

Here are the contents of the kit:

 Align everything without glue first to make sure the placement is right.

HINT: If it doesn't easily slide in place, flip it around or try the other identical piece.

Gina's Designs are made to fit together perfectly:-)

 Once you've figured out where the pieces are supposed to go,

glue the inner structure together first.

 Next, glue the side and back pieces, pressing firmly in place.

You're final result will look like this:

Now all you have to do is spray paint it and add some dividers:

Add fun embellishments:

 

And you're done!!!

Enjoy making this fun organizer

and personalize it with your favorite Gina's Designs Embellishments:-)



Carla