Recently I placed an order for some spices online and when it arrived it came in this bright, shiny, yellow box. I think I was more excited over the box than what was in it. From the first moment I knew I was going to have to alter that box into something fun and useable.
I know, I know, I throw you that great tease and then what do I do just give you this little snippet of a photo. But you can already see the fantastic effet the High Impact Aqua paint made over the shiny yellow of the original box! Pretty cool huh? I'd love for you to pop on over to the Canvas Corp Brands Blog and take a look at the complete project.
Not only is there the transformed box but also the cutest little mini tucked neatly inside. You're going to love how I've used the Architextures Collection to make this mini!
As always I've added a video to the mix, a complete walk through of the box and mini. But wait! This time I'm sharing a playlist of three videos, two are process videos, how to alter the box and how to make the mini so if you'd like to replicate my idea with any box you have lying around this will give you great food for thought. The entire Playlist can be found here Upcycled Box & Mini Playlist
Please check out the complete blog post - Upcycled Box and MIni Book using Architextures Collection over on the Canvas Corp Brands Blog.
From my Stash – Artisan Cardstock – Black; Black cording/twine; Versamark Ink; Clear embossing powder; Art Glitter Glue; Kraft Tex – Black; Glossy Accents; Wink of Stella; Metal Rose embellishment; Aleene’s Collage Podge
Tools I used – Fiskars Cutter; Martha Stewart Scor Board; Bone Folder; WRMK pokey tool; Large Eyed long needle
If you follow me on YouTube, Facebook or here on Blogger you'll know I'm primarily a mini album and cardmaker, once in a while I'll throw in some mixed media. Today I'm really stepping outside this safety net zone to share a wonderful product I've discovered. Tattered Angels High Impact Paint.
I have this large metal sun that we got when we first moved to Southern Utah in 2008. Two years ago when we moved to Southwest Washington I knew this fellow would have to be part of our outdoor decor. He brought me many happy memories when I'd look at him. The only problem was as the high heat of the Utah desert and the rainy atmosphere of Southwest Washington had really done a toll on him. He'd faded and weathered and not in a very pretty way.
Trying to figure out what I'd use on him to give him new vitality that would stand the elements let me to the Canvas Corp Brands Store. That's when I discovered Tattered Angels High Impact Paints. OMG I love these paints. They come in small bottles (don't be fooled or scared when you see how small the bottle is) 1.35 ounces. I had all these colors to choose from but actually only ended up using the Copper and the Antique Gold primarily, they are both Metallics. This paint spreads like nothing I've ever used before. I used 1 1/2 bottles on my sun, which is over 3 1/2 feet across! It dries beautifully. You can choose to put in on as a wash by adding more water or use it straight from the jar for more coverage.
I'm only going to give you this teaser photo here but please, pop on over tot theCanvas Corp Blogand read the full blog post with photos. Take a look at the video below, I didn't do live, yep I was too lazy to haul my laptop, camera and tripod to the back yard. I instead took lots of photos and will narrate you through what I did. I hope you'll give these paints a chance when you're looking at revitalizing something around your house. I can't imagine you won't be thrilled with the outcome.
My project is being featured on the Canvas Corp Brands - The Creative Studio Blog today. I'd so love it if you'd pop on over there and give me some love. I had so much fun just playing and creating with the Tattered Angels Glimmermists. Do you have some of them sitting on your shelves just crying for attention? If so find them and start creating today, you'll be so glad you did!
Since I was really running low on Sympathy cards I choose to do a lot of those, you'll see them all on Video 2. If you love watching the process check out Video 1 (links below) where I'll share step-by-step the whole process of making gorgeous backgrounds for your cards. I also tried very hard to have one layer cards so they easily could go through the mail with no additional postage or worry of being snagged before arriving at their destination. This is a much harder process for me than you might think. I guess I like textures and bumps and bows and whatnot, but I succeeded on the majority.
Join me on the Canvas Corp Blog for the whole story and on the videos for the how to's and end results. Thanks everyone, I so appreciate you all stopping by to see what I've made.
Supplies from my stash include Canson Cold Press Watercolor paper, embossing powders, embossing folders, dies, stamps, Big Shot, Score Board, bone folder
I think you're all going to want to pop on over to the Canvas Corp Brands Blog today and see this mini I've created. Wow, oh wow have I fallen in love with Aga Baraniak's new collection Compose Your Life. This is such a different collection printed on many different weights and textures of papers, some of which is printed heavy mixed media paper. While some of the coloring has been done for you there's still a large assortment of papers just waiting for your personal coloring touches and techniques. A great assortment for any crafter. Click here or on the photo for the Canvas Corp Blog Post.
I have a complete video walk through of this mini here
And as an extra bonus this was created using my Loose Spine Mini tutorial series. So if you're interested in making a mini with a similar design check out my playlist here
Supplies from my Stash:Country Craft Creations Artisan Cardstock in White and Red; Core’dinations cardstock in green; Art Glitter liquid glue; Magnets; brads; Dies – Spellbinders Arched Elegance Pocket, Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson Dorado, Spellbinders Divine Eloquence, Spellbinders Superellipse, Sizzix Framelits Tags, Marianne Designs Envelope, Spellbinders Pierced Rectangles; Tim Holtz Distress inks in Worn Lipstick and Vintage Photo Tools: Big Shot, Scan -n- Cut, Martha Stewart Score board, bone folder, scissors, kraft knife, corner punches,
Hello everyone, just a little sneak peek at a project I just completed for the Canvas Corp Brands CREW. I had this paper mache pitcher and decided it would be the perfect holder for my stencil brushes. I used the luscious DIY and Decor Paint in Scarlet to transform it to fit into my crafty space. Yep, you guessed it I use white with red accents anytime I can in my space. Red is my happy color. I hope you'll pop on over to the Canvas Corp blog to check out the full post and see how I did what. As always I'll also have a full video of the process and the after photos. Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget Canvas Corp Brands is based right here in the USA and if you place a minimum $10 order in the USA shipping is free, yep you heard me right free. So jump on over there and check out the fabulous offerings they have. Be sure and hit the NEW button since new 2018 items are being added weekly and you sure wouldn't want to miss out on any of the yumminess available for your crafty hands! You can see the full blog post, video link and how to steps and photos HERE
This post will be featured in it's entirety on the Canvas Corps Brands Blog, I hope you'll check the whole article out there. I'll be just previewing a snippet of it here.
It's always fun when you can have a never ending supply of product to work with. That's what my cards today are comprised of, a never ending supply of leaves from my yard, my sisters yard, the neighborhood, anywhere that has an interesting leaf to incorporate into my card designs.
On the video below I'll share the whole process of gathering the leaves, pressing the designs into the cardstock, what worked and what didn't, if you haven't checked it out yet I hope you'll do so today. Don't forget to stop by the Canvas Corp Brands blog for a complete pictorial step through of how to do it yourself.
I also wanted to give a disclaimer, this isn't my idea, I wish it had been, but it's been floating around the Pinterest Boards, Blogs and YouTube for quite some time, I just gleaned my information from Understanding Blue, she had a great video that really got me inspired to try it for myself.
Supplies from my stash Distress Ink - Aged Mahogany; Ground Espresso; Cardstock; Art Glitter Glue; scrap pieces of chipboard; cardboard box packaging; JustRite Stampers Bokeh Time Stamp set; JustRite Stampers Sympathy Handwritten Sentiments; Joy Clair Clear Stamps Thank You for Everything; Penny Black Transparent Stamps Elquoence; leaves from my yard
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I was so excited when I was selected to participate in the first Match Up for Canvas Corp for 2017. Teaming with TCW (The Crafters Workshop) was such a perfect match! Of course this is lots of mixed media product and I must say I'd take everything out, drool a little and then put it all back. I did this for several weeks so afraid I didn't know how or what to do. Finally I said enough and just started playing. How silly I've been, maybe you're feeling the same way? This mixed media stuff looks fun but I don't know how! Please don't feel that way. There is no right and wrong, there are no set rules, the mixed media police won't come yank you out of your craft room if things don't go as you perfectly wanted. It's a process and as with all processes, especially new ones, there is also a learning curve as to what works well with what. How fast things dry, what create mud and what stays true to color. Lots of stuff but if you're like I was and don't take the leap you'll never realize a whole fantastic area of crafting that's just waiting for you to get your fingers inky and your craft space excited!
I'm only going to share this one photo with with you. I'd really like for you to visit me on the video below so I can share the process of my six cards with you. I can tell you I'm totally head over heels in love with TCW shimmering Gold Gesso, you may begin to see it on everything, I loved the way it played so nice with Tattered Angels Glimmermists. So stay tuned I'll have more fun projects to share with you and entice you to start playing too.
Links to Canvas Corp Brands, TCW and the supplies I used from both will be directly below the video.
For those of you that know me, and follow my blog or YouTube, you'll know I keep procrastinating about art journaling. I had created one page last year, with high hopes of doing so many more. It's such a foreign medium to me and I guess as I've also said before I must think the Art Journal police are going to pound down the craft door, haul away all my stuff and ban me from creating if I don't do everything exactly just so. What a crock, who am I kidding? I can do it, I just have to remember it's all a learning process you don't start out learning to read by picking the fattest novel off the shelf you learn with baby steps, 'See Spot Run, See Spot Jump' for those of you young ones out there we really did learn to read stuff like this, way back in the olden days.
When Canvas Corp and TCW, The Crafters Workshop, decided to do a Match-Up to see how their products played with one another I was super excited to find out I'd been asked to participate. Well super excited until the box arrived, that's not true either, I was still super excited. I took all the products out, TCW sent Gel Medium and Gessos in Black, Gold and Clear along with a Texture Paste and the most fabulous assortment of stencils. Of course the super generous Canvas Corp sent their own array of Glimmer Mists, papers, bits and bobs like clothes pins, cord and mini envelopes, burlap and canvas so many things how can a crafty girl choose. Here take a look for yourself.
I'd take all this luscious stuff out, even open some of the jars and peek inside, spritz some of the Glimer Mists, run my fingers over all the different textured papers and then I'd carefully put everything back wondering all the time how I was going to know what to do with all these things. Paper, glue, scissors, they go way back with me, I create a lot with them but the other stuff well it's newer, more intimidating, more 'you silly woman what are you going to make with this' feelings.
Finally after a couple of weeks I had a big self talk and told my inner crafty child, the one that kept saying 'I don't know how' 'maybe I'll fail' 'maybe my crafty friends will thing I shouldn't have tried this', well inner crafty child and I got a few things straightened out during that talk. I realized I can do this, it may not be the quality and expertise that many of the YouTubers I follow make. BUT, it will be a start, it will show the learning process for after all if I have this much trepidation trying something new there must be other crafters out there with their own crafty inner child telling them the same negative stuff, 'you don't know how' and 'you can't do it'.
I'm telling you right now, banish that nasty little inner child and the annoying little voice that keeps telling you you can't, banish them from your crafty space, better still banish them from your life. Because my crafty friends, I found out I can do it and so can you.
This post may be featured on a Match-Up write up for Canvas Corp and TCW so I'm only going to share a sneak peek of my page. Check out my video, and yes I left all the goobers and do overs in so you can see I perservered, I stayed the course, I plugged on, well really I got mad and said I'm gonna do it or else. And the jist of the tale is I ended up with an art journal page I don't mind saying I created. After I've done many more mixed media projects I'm sure I'll look back and think wow you were really at the beginning 'See Spot Run' stage then weren't you. How else my crafty friends do we get to that huge novel on the shelf if we don't start and learn at the beginning. It's all a fabulous, crafty adventure in learning something new. Maybe we'll love it and embrace it more or maybe we'll say I don't think this is for me, doesn't matter, what matters is we gave it our best shot!
This is a tell it from the heart blog post, I am anticipating having a lot more of these as this New Year moves forward, I hope you enjoy my little rants and raves and can relate to my feelings. It's just like with everything in life, we always assume we are so unique, that no one else has our fears or insecurities until something is said and then darn it all we find out we aren't unique at all that there are many many many of us all feeling the same way but too skittish to say it aloud. At the bottom of this post, under the video link, I'll post links to both stores and links to the products I used to create my art journal page, oh by the way I named it Fly With Confidence, that about sums it all up in a nutshell. Happy crafting everyone, I so appreciate all of you that stop by to see what I'm doing, that view my videos and leave me such fabulous comments. Patti
Oh one more thing, if you're wondering what I wrote on my page, I don't mind sharing -
