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

Ocean Floor Grotto

Happy Saturday, everyone! Today I want to share with you how I crafted my vision of the ocean floor. I wanted to depict depth so chose to use the GSL Shrine Grotto, which stands ten inches tall. 

The shrine comes in five pieces that are easily assembled using tacky glue. The paper I chose for the interior is a pretty gradient blue by American Crafts. 

For the seabed, I used cork scrapbook paper cut to size. The color and texture of it reminds me of sand.  The papers I chose for the exterior are from Graphic 45's ocean themed Sun Kissed collection.

I painted GSL Coral Chipboard Set which is available at Alpha Stamps, and GSL Seahorses & Seaweed (coming soon) with acrylic paint to complement the Sun Kissed papers. 

The octopus rests on a perch made of glow in the dark vase filler glued together with E6000 to form one large rock. I could have used an actual rock but glow in the dark is lots more fun!

The octopus is a super detailed Schleich toy figurine. I got out my supply of shells to add to the ocean floorscape.

The finished grotto needed something pretty to top it off. I selected a gorgeous starfish and some silk flowers that complimented the Sun Kissed papers. 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Gypsy Soul Items Used

Shrine Grotto

Coral Chipboard Set

Seahorses & Seaweed (coming soon)

Other Items Used

Tacky glue

E6000 glue

Schleich toy octopus

Graphic 45 Sun Kissed collection

American Craft gradient blue paper

Cork scrapbook paper

Glow in the dark vase filler

Shells

Starfish

Flowers

Summer Journals

Summer is my favorite time of year so I thought Ii would make up a quick journal with a composition book that I  got on sale and have some fun.  My favorite animal in the Long Beach Aquarium where I live is the Sea Horses so  I used that for my inspiration today.

For my project today I used the "Steampunk Seahorse", the "Beach shape set" and "Chevron words travel" small to add dimension to the Me and My Big Ideas beach paper pack that i got at Hobby Lobby.  There was lots of fun things in the pack so it was fun to make and would be great for a summer project for your kids to do.  Then they can write in their journals each night for all the fun things that they did.

The beach pieces were my favorite and there are lots more in the set to use for other fun things.

Below is a quick tutorial on how i did my project... won't you join me?

First thing to do is cover the journal inside and out with your decorative papers.  Sand the edges to make them clean and finished and then chalk with colored inks.

Next.... take your Journey chipboard word and chalk with white chalk ink and let it dry.

Chalk the seahorse with different colors to make it look like a water color and also the shells.  I put clear embossing powder on my seahorse and heat embossed it so that the colors would pop.  The shells in inked again with brown to shade them.

Add stickers and words on the front of the journal to finish the book.

Here is a closeup of the top journaling and the journey chipboard.  I added brown ink on top to antique it just a little and not make it so stark white.....

And to finish it i added lots of fibers and twine that i had in my stash on the side.  And now it's time to get caught up with all the things i have done so far.....  I hope you have fun creating one too.

Supply List:

Steampunk Seahorse

Chevron Words Travel small

Beach Shape Set

Me & My Big Ideas Ocean Collection

Adhesives

Paper trimmer and scissors

chalk inks and stickles

fibers and twine to tie on the book