Altered Gift Box

On Valentines a few years back Debbie got me this little mail box covered in hearts and stuffed with goodies for me. It was one of those things you really don't know what to do with but at the same time it was a special gift. So I kept it but it ended up getting stuck away someplace. I came across it a while back and decided to change it up a bit. I used a glossy black aluminum. The panels that make up the outside were run through cuttle bug embossing templates and adhered to the mailbox. Then I painted it with flat black paint and sanded. In the end you are able to see the glossy black, flat black and the bare aluminum. No disrespect to the original gift, but I like it better this way.

Love Cross

I really like this project. I don't mean that like I'm bragging or whatever. Every crafter or artist that creates things has certain things they like better than others. Anyway the canvas I used is this dense corrugated paper board. Where I work we sometimes get material shipped in with this under the incoming material. Our monthly crop was that weekend and it was my turn to come up with a make and take. So when I saw the cardboard I knew some how it was the project. Granted the cross is not the project the photo frame was the project. I precut pieces of aluminum for the matting to save time at the crop. I offered a choice of colors of paint for the "canvas" and the aluminum if desired. On the Love Cross I used Adirondack Inks to create the pattern on the aluminum. The cross was embossed with a Cuttle Bug embossing template. The letters for the L O V E were cut with a Sizzix over foam adhesive.

Scrap Paper Frame

Well the title says it all. I've been on a kick lately, and I've been trying to use up some scrap paper. We end up with these boxes of paper that get bigger and bigger. So I dug into it and started tearing and Mod Podgeing to the frame then repeat till covered. By the way, the horse in the picture belongs to a neighbor down the road from our place in Jacksonville in East Texas.

My little red barn

At our last church crop I spent the day playing with different things. The barn I built with plain chipboard and coverd with aluminum that had been put through a crimper. Then I added paint. I was planning a trip to our place in east Texas to start builing our barn there. I guess that was my inspiration.

Once again I find myself apologizing for being a bad blogger. This time of year is always so busy. I have been doing some crafting and went to GASC. I have made it as far as taking pictures of some of the things I have been doing but they are not yet on the computer.Oh yes my really great news is I am going to the Tim Holtz class at Ten Seconds Studio next Sunday, as well as the Ten Seconds certification class on Friday. Can't wait. Tomorrow me and Deb are going out to Crafty for a while, perhaps upon our return I'll get some pictures posted. I hope life is treating all of you well. Later!!