My Weekend Project #2 ~ Altered Recipe Box

My second project for the weekend was an altered recipe box. I absolutely love how this turned out! I bought a wooded recipe box from Goodwill for $1. It was kind of ugly with a resin thing on the front. I wish I would have taken a photo of the box before I started. But take my word for it it was ugly. I started out by taking off the resin thing and sanding it down a bit. Then I gave it a coat of Gesso. This helps the paint to stick well later.
Then I painted it pink, very pink! Now don't go screaming from the room yet!!

Then I painted it with a crackle medium. This is clear and when you paint over it with next coat of paint the paint will crack into a weathered looking finish. Reveling the color underneath.

Then I cut out my patterned paper and inked the edges. I used a tacky glue that I thinned with water to decoupage the paper on the box. I used a brayer to help to smooth down the paper and get out the air bubbles. After the paper dried I put a glue coating over the top of it.

After this was very dry I gave the whole box a coating of clear varnish that was tinted with acrylic paint. This gave the box an antiqued finish.

I made embellishments for the front of the box out of a laminate sample, a lid off of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls stickers, clear sealer and a few micro beads. Then I antiqued them with the same thing I used on the box.

I attached the embellishments to the front pop dots. This project was my first of this nature and I think it turned out super!! I LOVE it! Next weekend I plan to make the divider cards for the inside.

Let me know what you think of this project! I am going to keep it by my computer to keep recipes and scrapbooking tips I find while surfing the net.

My Weekend Project #1 ~ Photo Candle

The altered scrapbooking bug has hit me this weekend. I had seen in Donna Downey's book photo decor a great photo candle. I decided I would try and make one for my bedroom. I found a great heart shaped candle at Hobby Lobby & I knew I had the rest of the stuff in my stash to make this project. So I got started

I gathered up my supplies: candle, photo, flower shaped eyelets, black sharpie, square templates, plaque & ribbon.
I cut out my photo and rounded the corners with my corner rounder. I punched holes in the corners and added flower eyelets. I used the heat gun to warm up the wax a little and pressed the eyelets into the wax. I did the same for the plaque. Then I wrapped the ribbon around the candle and warmed up the wax and it soaked into the ribbon adhering it to the candle.
I love how this came out. I will burn the candle down just until there is enough of an indentation for a tea lite to fit in, then I will just burn the tea lite to save the candle.
Hope you like my project.

Another Scrappy Gift Idea

As I was making my way through the crowded mall this weekend I realized just how nice it is to make your own gifts. I found this great idea for a very cute sticky note desk stand. So take a look and maybe you will be able to avoid that super crowded mall too!!

Sticky Note Desk Stand

This would make a very cute teachers or babysitters gift.

Scrap Paper Ornament

As scrappers we have a lot of small scraps of pretty paper we absolutely hate to just throw away. I found a fun way to use up some of your scraps and create great ornaments for Christmas. These would make fun secret Santa gifts. Check out the link:

Scrapper's Ornaments

Creative Christmas Tree Ornaments Using Scrapbooking Materials

I put up my Christmas tree yesterday and am now in the Christmas spirit so I am looking for ways to use my scrapbooking supplies to make some creative ornaments. I searched around the web and found some ideas. Here are a few I found.



Sheet Music Ornament
This would be very pretty with metallic paper too.




Quilled Tree Ornament
Use a paper shredder to make your strips.
These are just a couple of the things I found. Post your ideas too!