Snarky Valentine Shadow Box ATSM 2/2020 #375

Welcome Back Friends,

Happy Valentines Day! Robin here with Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge Blog, sharing my project for February. Our theme is a photo inspired.

I love to use found items, recycled items, or second hand items in my projects, recycle, reduce and reuse. I picked up this box for ,25 cents at a garage sale last summer! It was time to do something with it.

I started by cleaning off the window of the box. Next I cut a piece of card board to fit inside the box. I then covered the cardboard with pattern paper. I used a paper distressing tool and ran that around the image. and inked the edges with walnut stain ink. I then created a mat for my image, using corrugated cardboard, inking the edges and covering it with a piece of red lace. After adhering  my image to the mat, I matted the whole piece one more time on pink pattern paper and inked all edges. I hot glued the framed image to the piece with the pattern paper. I them embellished the upper right hand corner with silk roses and pearl picks. I then tied the box shut with the ribbon on the side and hot glued white heart lace around the edge of the frame on the front of the box. I stamped my snarky sentiment  " I thought we agreed, no more garlic bread" ! I repeated the silk roses and pearl picks above the sentiment to tie the project together.

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Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments.

Until Next Time......

Robin

Shabby Chic and Snarky No More Garlic Bread Gecko Gals Captured Hearts

January 22, 2020

Welcome Back Friends,

Happy New Year! Another decade gone,Yikes!

Robin, here today to share my project I created for Gecko Galz Challenge Blog, theme: Captured Hearts. My first thought was to create something very romantic, you know, pink, lacy, lovers. As I was deciding which image I would use from my collection, I happened to burp the garlic bread I had with my lunch, my grandma's home made sauce and her meatballs, yum! I chuckled while looking at the lovers in different embraces, and one stood out that would be perfect for my project!

                     I stayed true to my lacy and pink idea, just went snarky instead of romantic!

I happened to find this shabby chic metal tin in the clearance aisle at my craft store, can't beat A buck and some change for a substrate! The rest of the supplies are from my stash, and the image is from the Gecko Galz college sheet, J ' Taime  at Gecko Galz Etsy store.

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments.

Until Next Time......

Robin