Decoupage Gift Boxes with Helmar

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to share this cute gift box I made for Valentine's Day using Helmar's Decoupage.  I have a girl friend who made a bunch of gift boxes for Christmas some large, some small.  She used them for gift cards, clothing, all kinds of things.  I thought it was a brilliant idea and I've been wanting to make one since Christmas.

I used Helmar's Decoupage to adhere my Valentine paper onto my paper mache house.  It went very smoothly; I then used Helmar's Craft Glue to adhere all my embellishments.

Go on over to the Helmar blog and see more photos of my gift box project.  These make such great gift boxes.  For this one, I filled it with home made cookies.

Thank you for stopping by ....  

Leaky Shed Studio Julie Nutting Canvas

Hi today my canvas is being featured over at Leaky Shed Studio.  I love the Julie Nutting chipboard dolls over at Leaky Shed Studio where they have several doll options.  I decided to create a cute canvas for my scrap room wall.

I used the following Leaky Shed Studio chipboard pieces.

Willow Flower

Julie Nutting Candy Doll

Large Spring Butterfly

For process photos of how I prepared my Leaky Shed Studio chipboard; please go on over to the blog today ... Leaky Shed Studio

Here are photos of my process after I prepared my chipboard pieces.

First I painted on thick gesso on my canvas.  Then I used strips of G45 "once upon a springtime" and latticed the strips of paper and spread a thin layer of Art Anthology sorbet "vegas gold" to adhere the paper.

I added the Art Anthology stencil "bubbles" with some "vegas gold" sorbet; then I spattered black delta paint on the canvas.   Next I used my finger to add a thick layer of the sorbet around the edges to frame the canvas.

Now that I have my base canvas the way that I want it, I start to layer on my embellishments and my chipboard.  

This next part is my favorite because it is when I add all the little tiny details and extras.  Notice the flowers, jewels, leaves, more lace ...

I appreciate you stopping by for a visit.  Please visit the Leaky Shed Studio blog for the first part of my post where I go through the process of preparing the chipboard.  

Happy Scrapping ...

Leaky Shed Studio Product Used;

Julie Nutting Candy Doll

Willow Flower
Large Spring Butterfly

Other Product Used:

Copic (YG17, YG03, YR00, YR07, R01, R22, R32, RV14, 100, muliliner); Art Anthology (Sorbet: Vegas Gold, Coral, Buttercream, Sand Dune, Mi Bella; Velvet: Tuxedo, Shamrock; Colorations: timeless); G45 (fairy) Glick Canvas, Gesso, Ranger, BoBunny Glitter Paste, Helmar, Prima Marketing Flowers, May Arts

Dream Art Journal Pages with Art Anthology

I went home to California earlier this month to visit my family and also went to CHA.   My home town inspired me to journal some Ocean themed pages.

My pages are being featured over at Art Anthology today, please go on over and see more photos of my post.

Below are also some photos I took of my home town.

Hermosa Beach, CA

Palos Verdes, CA

My baby girl

 

 

 

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Inspired Art Canvas with Art Anthology

Hi - Today I am sharing a little piece of canvas art.  This month Art Anthologyhas challenged our Design Team ladies to be “inspired” by an Artist that you admire.  I chose to be inspired by Cori Dantini.  I love her whimsical view of nature and her choice of colors.

I started off with Art Anthology’s new texture paste “mud”.  I love the smoothness of this medium and it also gave me the texture I was looking for to start my layering process.

My first layer was some pretty vellum that I tore and adhered to my blank canvas.  I then sprayed some colorations “salted caramel” and the new Fairy Dust: “Gilded Gold” 

Next I took out some water color paper and started to sketch my owl.

I cut out my sketch drawing and glued it to the top of my canvas.  Next I had to use some more colorations around the image to “blend” it in.  I also used some water color pencils.  To outline some of my drawing I used my Faber Castel pit pen.

Lastly, I added some prima flowers, cut out leaves from corrugated colorations sprayed board and a leaf I cut out of my vellum.  Along the edges I added sorbet “Vegas Gold”

Thank you for stopping by and come back to see what my team members at Art Anthology will design for you next.

Art Anthology Product Used:

Colorations: Patience, Paprika, Glorious, Salted Caramel, Cinnamon Toast, Hottie, Heart, Gold  Sorbet: Vegas Fairy Dust: Gilded Gold, Dazzle; Dimensional Crystal: Guava;  Tools: Craft mat; Paste:  Mud

Spring Time Flower Bouquet with Leaky Shed Studio

Hi!   I made a bouquet of flowers for a friend.  Go on over to Leaky Shed Studio's blog today for more photos of this cute and easy project.

For step out photos of this project go to Leaky Shed Studio.  Leave me a comment and let me know what you all think.

To "fill Up" my bouquet I added some grass sprigs and some felt flowers I made a while ago.  Tie a pretty silk ribbon to a mason jar and voila - a pretty gift.

Leaky Shed Studio Product Used:

Springtime Flowers

Fern Flourish

Butterfly Garden Sprig 

Spring Butterfly Large

Spring Butterfly Small

Other Product Used:

May Arts, Art Anthology, Copic Felt, Glue Gun, Deco Art

Thank you for stopping by today and happy scrapping,

Retreat by the Shore with Art Anthology

Hi -  Today I am sharing my latest project using the fabulous Art Anthology products.  I decided to make a seashore inspired large tag with lots of color and layering.

Above I started with 2 4×7.5 tags.  I cut 4 inches off of one tag and sprayed both pieces with my Art Anthology Colorations.

Above I used the new Art Anthology “Stucco” texture paste and added Colorations “Waimea Bay” and mixed it so that I could use my new “Bubbles” AA stencil for my tag below.  I started to add layers of vellum, ribbon, jewels, my stencils and crystal dimension “Mermaid”

I hope you enjoyed my sea shore “retreat” tags.  Try some Art Anthology Colorations spray next time you decide to create a little mixed media.

Thank you for stopping by ….

Art Anthology Product Used:  

Colorations:  Waimea Bay, Grass, Peacock Feathers, Salted Caramel; Dimensional Crystals: Mermaid; Texture Paste:  Stucco; Stencil:  Bubbles

Other Product Used:

Helmar, May Arts, Ranger, American Tag, Prima Marketing, 7 Gypsies, Creative Imaginations, Bazzill, Cricut, Sea Glass, Shells, Charms

It's a New Year with Helmar!

Hi, today my simple and cute gift set is being featured over at the Helmar Blog today.  I made this cute set for a special young lady who just started her dream job of being a teacher.

I used the Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA glue for my project.

Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA Glue

Please go on over to the Helmar Blog today to see more images of my note gift set.  I decided to make it a teacher theme, but you can use your stash and decorate these anyway you like.

Happy Scrapping,