Altered Clipboards

Good Morning, last week I put the final touches on two altered projects.  

I used my favorite stencils and mixed media mediums on this one.

I was really just experimenting at first and then I decided to push it as far as I could.

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The second one I made is more abstract then the first.  I didn't want to be confined.

I chose to write "today is a new day" because I want to be able to start fresh each day.

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Both items are now available on my ETSY.  Please hop over and check it out.  

Hope you have a creative weekend!

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Painted Burlap Pencil Case Tutorial

I purchased this burlap pencil case a while back from the craft store.  I needed a pouch to take with me when I'm out and about.

                       I used color pencils, watercolor crayons, and acrylic paint for the background.

As I started to paint I noticed that the fabric absorbs quite a bit of paint so please keep this in mind when painting on burlap.  The vibrancy of the paint will also be dulled a bit once dry so I pulled out my neon colors and stenciled away.

I wanted my focus to be abstract silhouette's so I used my charcoal pencil to loosely draw four figures.

The background was too busy so I added purple to make the silhouettes stand out.  I also added blue highlights to the figures to make them more cohesive.

The other side was treated the same way although I didn't know how it was going to turn out.

I really liked the stencil letters but it was too plain.

So I drew in one silhouette and filled the background with color and more stenciling.

I added two additional figures and blue to the background.

All done!!!

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Birds & Butterflys - ATCs

Used: Tim Holtz glass bottle

Melody Ross word sticker

Used: K&Co diecuts/stickers

Used: K&Co diecuts

Used: 7 Gypsies number tab

Tim Holtz tissue tape

Used: Prima Trim

Tim Holtz tissue tape

K&Co sticker

Melissa Frances Altered Canvas

I have an exciting project share today featuring Melissa Frances Resin Wings.  I have wanted to incorporate my scrapbooking embellishments with my mixed media paintings but I wasn't sure how to approach to the idea.  I got my wings out of hiding and used them as the focal point to this painting.

The background has many layers of paint, masking tape, 

tissue papers and gel mediums to create textures and depth.

As you can see the resin wings take acrylic paint nicely.

I used chipboard letters to create my sentiment.  I painted over them many times (I couldn't make up my mind on the color) but finally ended up with blue.  I did lots of dry brushing with white on top of the letters to help them blend a bit into the background.

I had fun mixing in different colors and splattering paint everywhere.

I used stencils and tissue tape within my layers.

I hope you enjoyed this project!

I plan to create a tutorial soon!  

Please visit the Melissa Frances Blog as this project will be featured there!

If you have any questions please ask.

Vintage with Lace & Distressing for Fussy & Fancy DT

 This weeks challenge over on Fussy & Fancy is to create a vintage inspired project and incorporate lace and distressing.  This project is right up my ally!  I love anything vintage and distressed, so I created a door hanger for my room.

This wooden door hanger was under a $1 at Michael's.

Supplies: Vintage Photos; Tim Holtz paper stack

Papers; My Mind's Eye

Locket; Prima

Door Knocker: Art-I-Cake

Lace: Hobby Lobby

Altering projects are so much fun!  

I can't wait to see what you create for the challenge at Fussy &Fancy!

Shabby Chic Altered Canvas Board

I was recently over on the Prima blog just browsing and became so inspired by the DT projects that I had to make something.

 

 Supplies; Letters from Target, trims and spray from Joanns, handmade felt flowers, Recollections leaves and roses, journaling spot 7 Gypsies (I still need to write something!).