a shabbified tresor box 36

Hi! Tonight I was in the mood to get crafty and create an altered shabbified tresor box  for the Creative Carte Blanche April's Art Adventure where the theme is to alter a cigar box. I combined a variety of Prima products including pretty flowers, resin pieces, die cuts, crackle paste, acrylic paint and so much more!

Here's the before photo:

and here's the after altered photo:

For color inspiration, I joined along with April's Prima Product Pick:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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REMEMBER and a tutorial 13

Hi there! Today it's my turn to share a project on the Prima blog featuring Finnabair art basics Mixed Media Essentials Kit.

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, I was inspired to alter a picture frame Finnabair style. I featured a photo of my sweet daughter in law and her Mom celebrating their Irish heritage while performing a traditional Irish dance. I created a mosaic like shamrock using fun geo shapes, various Finnabair mediums from the Mixed Media Essentials Kit and mica powders.

In case you were curious about how I made this project, I took several step shots along the way sharing my creative process:
Step 1: Apply white gesso to all geo shapes, metal embellishments, shamrock and photo frame. 

Step 2: Apply white sand texture paste around geo shapes.

Step 3: Randomly apply texture and design to photo frame using stencil and modeling paste.

Step 4: Randomly adhere glass beads to photo frame using gel paste.

Step 5: Mix mica powders with water, randomly apply to photo frame and shamrock until desired look is achieved. 

Step 6: Adhere shamrock to photo frame, highlight areas using white gesso then randomly splatter with white acrylic paint.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my projects. Please be sure to visit the Prima blog for loads of awesome inspiration!
Be Sweet ;)

Prima products used: 584542-Geo Shapes Ombre Crush, 963002-Finnabair art Extravagance Texture Paste White Sand, 962951-Finnabair art Extravagance Heavy Gesso White, 962982-Finnabair art basics 3D Gloss Gel Transparent, 962975-Finnabair art basics Modeling Paste Opaque Matte, 961398-Finnabair art basics 3D Matte Gel Transparent, 961671-Finnabair art ingredients Glass Beads Crystal, 962500-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder Green, 962524-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder Gold, 962479-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder Purple, 963361-Finnabair Mechanicals Metal Embellishments Tin Hearts, 572167-12 x 12 Stencil Mask Rattan, 960322-Finnabair Vintage Trinkets, Mini Flowers, 892210-Ingvild Bolme Jean Plates

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Vintage Decor 23

Hi there! In case you didn't know, this week is the annual Craft and Hobby Association Mega Trade Show where many manufacturers in the business will be revealing their latest and greatest products. Today I have a project to share featuring one of Prima's new products: Iron Orchid Decor Designs Vintage Art Decor Moulds. Please feel free to stop by the Prima blog HERE and say hi! :)

I altered the small jewelry box shown below that I purchased from a thrift store for a couple of dollars:

Using the Iron Orchid Decor Designs Vintage Art Decor Moulds along with some clay, I created the beautiful ornate pieces. Once dry, I removed them from the moulds, adhered to the top of the jewelry box, painted with Americana Decor Chalky Finish Vintage paint then applied both Annie Sloan Dark Wax and Martha Stewart Clear Wax:

Thanks so much for stopping by. Please be sure to visit the Prima blog to see many more inspiring projects!
Be Sweet ;)

Prima Product list:
814786-Iron Orchid Decor Designs Vintage Art Decor Moulds-Baroque 2, 814793-Iron Orchid Decor Designs Vintage Art Decor Moulds-Baroque 3

Other: found jewelry box, Americana Decor Chalky Finish Vintage, Annie Sloan Dark Wax, Martha Stewart Clear Wax

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dream...A Prima Altered Metal Frame Phone 33

Hi there! Today it's my turn to share a project on the Prima blog featuring an assortment of awesome Prima products from various collections including Trims/ Apothecary Labels/ Memory Hardware.

I created a dream vintage menagerie all within an Altered Metal Frame Phone. 

I framed one of the sweet images from the Ephemera Vintage Collectible with a beautiful Shabby Chic Treasures Baroque Farm Resin frame which I custom colored using a variety of Chalk Edgers. 

I surrounded the framed image with beautiful vintage goodness including Memory Hardware Montpellier Apothecary Vials, Metal Embellishments, gorgeous elegant trims along with a collage of gorgeous Prima blossoms.

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoyed my project. Please be sure to visit the Prima blog to see what the rest of the DT members have created.

Be Sweet ;)

Prima Product List: 990619-Memory Hardware Montpellier Apothecary Vials, 991098-Memory Hardware Montpellier Apothecary Vial Labels, 583576-Metal Embellishments Metals 11, 962890-Ephemera Vintage Collectibles, 583019-Trims Daisy, 991050-Memory Hardware Cours Mirabeau Floral Lace, 581251-Evita Flowers: Elia, 581176-Coy Flowers: Walden, 962388-Altered Metal Frame Phone, 583514-Metal Embellishments Metals 5, 583552-Metal Embellishments Metals, 990626-Memory Hardware Villeneuve Antique Rings, 584900-Metal Trinkets Stroked Leaves, 579739-Wood Icons with Foil Keys & Doilies, 579722-Wood Icons with Foil Floral & Faunas, 576059-Epiphany Wood Icons, 576363-Epiphany Crochet Icons, 892098-Shabby Chic Treasures Baroque Farm Resins, 891206-Teal Damask Chalk Edger, 891091-Rusty Bucket Chalk Edger, 891152-Tin Can Chalk Edger, 559847-Prima Buttons Cabochons Tea Thyme

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A Steampunk Style shoe...ColourArte Blog Hop 75

Hi there! Today is the ColourArte Altered Shoe Blog Hop!!! There are many fabulous prizes to be won, all you have to do is leave a comment! The more DT members blogs you visit and comment on, the more chances you have to win!!!

The DT was asked to alter a shoe or pair of shoes featuring any ColourArte products of our choice. 

I combined the following ColourArte products: Dimensional Paint Autumn Leaf, Silks Bolivian Blue and Silks Teal Zircon to create a steampunk themed shoe:

Here's a before and after shot:

To alter the shoe, I adhered embossed Ranger craft foil, applied Prima Black Gesso to the shoe as well as ALL the embellishments. Once everything was dry, I randomly applied the following ColourArte products: Dimensional Paint Autumn Leaf, Silks Bolivian Blue and Silks Teal Zircon.

The gorgeous Butterfly of Gears chipboard piece is from Gina's Designs and made for the perfect focal piece on my shoe:

Note the sole is a tread mark pattern :)

I dug out some dewdrops from my stash and adhered each one to create a studded trim:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit ALL the DT members blogs as well as the ColourArte Blog for lots of amazing inspiration and a chance to win!
Be Sweet ;)

ColourArte products: Dimensional Paint Autumn Leaf, Silks Bolivian Blue and Silks Teal Zircon Other products used: Gina's Designs  Butterfly of Gears, Prima Black Gesso

***Contest remains open until August 5th!***

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Easter wishes 38

 Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have a couple of projects to share featuring beautiful ColourArte products. In case you missed my post from Thursday, ~HERE~, please be sure to visit the ColourArte ~HERE~ blog for a step by step tutorial.

I wanted to decorate my home for the upcoming Easter holiday so I dressed up a ceramic bunny with a custom colored bow and blossom using ColourArte Radiant Rain Plum Crazy and Elderberry Shimmering Mists and surrounded it with coordinating Plum Crazy, Elderberry and Vavoom Red paper mache colored eggs:

I also made an Easter greeting card featuring the same beautiful ColourArte products:

The crackled textured background was created using crackle paste along with a stencil then colorized with all the same products as the eggs:

Here are the eggs up close: Egg and blossom shown below were colored using Radiant Rain Elderberry Shimmering Mist:

 Egg #2 was colored using Radiant Rain Plum Crazy Shimmery Mist:

and egg #3 was colorized using Radiant Gels Vavoom Red Dimensional Paint:

For color and sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Fusion challenge:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a terrific weekend!
Be Sweet ;)








ColourArte products used:
Radiant Rain Plum Crazy and Elderberry
Radiant Gels Vavoom Red

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