Fly Free Altered Mix Media Paintbrush. GG April 2020

Welcome Back Friends,

 Robin here sharing a project for Gecko Galz Blog,  Spring has sprung! I love hearing the birds early spring after a long quiet winter. I am a early riser and out the door most days early morning, it warms my heart to hear their beautiful song.

I feel in love with the Collage Sheet Fly Free, and was excited to work with such beautiful images!

Here is what you need:
Paintbrush
Paint
Sponge Brush
Lace
Small roses
Flat back pearls
Walnut Ink Stain
Leaf Die Cut
Berry Die Cut
Heat Tool
Hot Glue Gun
Fly Free Collage Sheet

Here is what I did"

I painted the paint brush here and and the bristles top and bottom. I carefully fried it with my heat tool. I hit the bottom of the bristles to not only dry, nut to give it a used look, as the bristles will melt and shrink a bit. I scratched paint off here and there to lend to the used loo.

I die cut leaves, berry twigs and fussy cut the images out I chose to use.

I rounded the corners and distressed the edges on the images.\

Assembly came next using a hot glue gun, add the lace, the die cut leaves and berry twigs, roses and flat back pearls. Viola! Done

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

Until Next Time,

Robin

Shabby Chic Breath Card ADTSM March2020

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Robin here with Addicted Stamps and More Challenge Blog, sharing my project for March, or theme this time is Any Thing Goes. Check out my card for this challenge!

Get crafty and join us over on the challenge blog!

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

Until Next Time....

Robin

Snarky Valentine Shadow Box ATSM 2/2020 #375

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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.

Grab a box and create, then join us on the challenge blog!

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

Until Next Time......

Robin

A Perfect Time To Craft Sheepski Designs Duplicity Sep 1 2019

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I am so excited to share my project with you for A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge Blog for the month of  September ! Our fabulous sponser for this month can be found here:  Sheepski Designs

                                         Duplicity- ties, hypocritical, cunning or deception.

                                    I love to work with different and unexpected images.

I recycled a plaque I had found at my area thrift store. It is black and turned backwards it the perfect glass less shadow box!

I began by going through my stash of patterned paper and found the perfect back ground for my projects. I adhered it to the inside back of the plaque.

I used Tom Holtz Distress Oxide in Antique Paper, using my sponge blender, I covered the image, taking care to leave the edges darker and working into lighter color towards the center. I then added a thin coat, quickly brushing on a layer of crackle. Hoping when it dried I had added dimension and it worked!

After the skull was dried, I fussy cut it out, leaving the rose and butterfly intact. I printed a second copy of the image, and fussy cut the rose and the butterfly from the image. I then colored the rose using a eye shadow applicator sponge taking care to have deeper color on the petals toward the center and working the color out, using Tim Holtz Fire Brick Distress Ink, I did the same application on the butterfly using, Tim Holtz Broken China, Seedless Preserves, and Worn Lipstick.

After the rose and butterfly were dry, I used a script stencil from The Crafters Workshop and  green mousse from Nuvo, for another element in my design.

After all the pieces were dry, I pop dotted the skull, the rose and the butterfly, for a one of a kind project, that fits the definition of Duplicity.

Thank You for your continued support and of course I appreciate your kind comments.

Until next time.........

Robin