Prima Flowers

Hi.  Today, I made my own prima style flowers.  Its very easy and cost effective.  All you need is lace, needle and thread, cardstock or scrapbook paper, hot glue, and your choice embellishment for the center.
 
God bless, Chan




This was the flower I used on my altered message board project




For color contrast, I used red rosettes for the center of these black flowers

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Altered Message Board

I purchased an old message board from a yard sale. It was very damaged but it only cost a dollar. It was a bargain that I could not pass up. I've had it for a while now because I could not figure out what I wanted to do with the piece. Recently, I watched a video by FaerieCrafts on Youtube. She did an altered shadow box. This inspired me to do something with the old message board that I had purchased from the yard sale.

First I painted the frame a light pink. After that I added some antique white for distressing. However it still did not have the old vintage look that I was after. When I thought about it some more I actually decided to give it an old wall feel. When you are in an old house that has been painted several times, you can see the different layers of paint peeking thru. I decided to mix a light mint green and distress the board with this. I wanted it to look like the pink paint was wearing off and showing the green paint underneath. After that was done, then I distressed the edges of the board with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink. It really made the message board look very old and vintage.

To decorate the piece I used an assortment of paper roses in the colors of light pink, white, tan, burgundy, and green. I also used two handmade flowers that I made from lace. To add to the vintage feel of the piece, I used some vintage stamps and adhered them to the piece. I had a New York Liberty Stamp, 2 Paris stamps, Tim Holtz Admit One movie stamp, vintage postcard stamp, clock stamps, and an old Model T Ford Car Stamp. I also added a stained manila package tag with twine to give it a vintage country type feel. To add a little bling, I made 3 antique style buttons and I added a little pearl trim and some vintage white lace.

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Altered Picture Frame

Hi.  I made this altered picture frame.  This project was inspired by a video produced by CraftSponge on youtube.  After watching her video, I felt inspired to make this project.

I selected my color scheme for the picture frame from a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906).  His poem is one of my all time favorite poems. 

An angel, robed in spotless white,

Bent down and kissed the sleeping Night.

Night woke to blush; the sprite was gone.

Men saw the blush and called it Dawn.

 

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Scrapbooking Tag Ideas

Recently, someone requested a video about tag ideas for scrapbooking.  I did a few different techniques that I picked up along the way.  First I used color pencils to color in stamps of two of my tags which were the Paris Tags, and the Robin Tag. 

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Floral Bird Nest

Hi.  Over the weekend I brought two baskets from the Dollar Tree.  I got them because I wanted to use the little birds that I had purchased on ebay.  I thought the oval shaped baskets would make the perfect bird nest.

 

I painted and distressed the baskets then I added scrapbook paper to cover the background.  I also cut out messages for the background from the Ciao Bella Paper Stack put out by DCVW.  I also make little bird nests to sit underneath the little birds.  I used twine and dark beige yarn mixed together for this.  Then I finished out the project with lace, ribbon, and a few paper and fabric roses.  This would be a great gift and it can also be personalized with the person name on the background. 

Items that I used:

Ciao Bella Paper Stack by DCWV

IamRoses

Prima Flowers

Fabric Rosettes

Pink, blue, and beige Lace from my stash

Dollar Tree Baskets

White spray paint

Blue Spray paint

Antique White Paint for distressing Apple Barrel by Plaid

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Envelope Mini Scrapbook Album Fancy

Hi.  Here's another scrapbook that I did this last week.  I was inspired by a video made by ArtSongandSoul on YouTube.  In her video "BB Country Album - Mini Album" she used cardboard and envelopes for her scrapbook.

 

What I liked the most about her video was the fact she exposed part of the corrugated part of the cardboard on the front of her cover.  I thought that was a very creative thing to do.  I did the same thing for my scrapbook.  This is a very inexpensive way to make a mini album.  In fact, I didn't have to spend anything to make it because I already had everything around the house. 

Items that I used in my scrapbook:

Cardboard box

Pink Cardstock paper

White Cardstock Paper

JoAnn Craft Essentials Glitter Glue Pink

White Paint Liquitex Titanium White

Pink Paint Folk Art Baby Pink 633

Pink Nylon Butterflies

Martha Stewart Matriarch Butterfly Punch

Scrap Lace and Ribbon I had around the house

Prima Marketing Fancy Flora Paper Stack

IamRoses

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Rubber Stamps

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Mother's Day Crafts

Here's some Mother's Day Crafts!  I made a matching card and picture frame set.  I made these from items that I had around the house.  I used cardstock, cardboard, paper roses, and ribbon for this project.

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