Alter It Monday ~ Tic-Tac-Toe Magnets!

Bienvenue au Lundi altéré. Aujourd'hui nous allons créer un amusant petit kit de Tic-Tac-Toe magnétique.

Pour débuter, réunissez ensemble une feuille du kit Pixie-licious de Cosmo Cricket, un cardstock de couleur rose, un bâton de colle, une machine à découpe comme la Slice et enfin 12 cadres en acrylique magnétique de format 2"x 2".


Welcome to Alter It Monday! Today we are going to create a fun set of magnets to play Tic-Tac-Toe with.

To start, let's gather together a sheet of Cosmo Cricket Pixie-Licious in "Flower Fields", some shimmery Pink matching Card Stock, a Glue Stick, a die-cut machine like the Slice, and 12 2"x2" (5cmx5cm) magnet acrylic frames.

Pour commencer, coupez 2 bandes dans le papier de 2" par 12" de long. Ensuite coupez chaque bande pour avoir 6 petits carrés. Ils ont tous la même mesure soit 2"x 2". Nous allons travailler sur le dessus de 6 et le dessous des 6 autres.


To start, Cut two strips from the Cosmo Cricket that are 2 inches (5cm) wide by the full 12 inches (30cm) of the paper.
After you have created strips, cut each strip into 6 squares. They will equal 2"x2" (5cm x 5cm). We will work on the fronts of 6 and the backs of 6.

Ensuite, prenez votre Slice et coupez 2 formes, 6 fois chacune. J'ai utilisé des papillons et des libellules. Ils ont été coupés pour mesurer 1 1/2".

Next, take the Slice and cut 2 sets of 6 shapes each. I used Butterflies and Dragonflies. They were cut at 1 1/2" size.

Collez les libellules sur les carrés ayant le même motif et les papillons sur les carrés restant.

Glue the Dragonflies to one set of the cut squares and the butterflies to the other.

Glissez les carrés à l'intérieur du cadre magnétique. C'est maintenant l'heure de jouer au Tic-Tac-Toe! Nous les gardons sur le réfrigérateur. Les enfants ont beaucoup de plaisir à jouer ensemble!

Slide the squares into the frames. Now it is time to play Tic-Tac-Toe! We are keeping our set on the refrigerator. They kids have been having fun playing against each other.

Passez une merveilleuse journée!

Have a wonderful day!
~Amy

Altered Frame + Flower Tutorial

Hey everyone! This alter frame I made for my Dad, and I had so much fun doing it!! It is also a super cheap gift to make someone! (I know we don't want to think of it but christmas will be here before we know it!) Lets get started!!

To start you need an unfinished frame you can get them at most craft stores the one I used cost only a $1.50! See what I mean cheap!! I took some white paint from Making Memories called "Spotlight", I took a paint brush and dry brushed the frame, I did not want to cover the whole frame because I like the look of the wood showing through the paint.

Once the paint dried I took some :"Gold-like" paint from Adirondack and dabbed it onto my finger then rubbed it on the frame. Once the Gold paint was dried I put a coat of Tim Holtz "Rock Candy" Crackle paint. Just a note about the "Rock Candy" paint I had to apply 2 coats because the paint soaked into the frame. Next time I am going to try putting a coat of mod podge first then the "Rock Candy" and see if it will crackle better.   

When the paint dried I took Tim Holtz Distress Ink in "Vintage Photo", dabbed my finger into the ink and then rubbed over some of the cracks made by the Crackle paint; they would stand out more and make the frame look more distressed.

When I was waiting for my frame to dry I started working on my flower. I took two white Prima flowers.  I sprayed the bigger flower with "Creme de Chocolate" and the smaller flower with "Walnut Gold" Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels.

I set the flowers aside to dry and started working on the pin. I just got a pin with a pearl end, a lose pearl bead and a spacer. I took a hot glue gun and glued the pearl and the spacer onto the pin. You do not have to use hot glue it is just quicker and you don't have to wait for it to dry.

When my flowers were dry I took some Smooch Accent Ink in "Molasses" and rubbed it around the edges of the flower and also some on the petals of the flower.

When I was done with the "Smooching" I took all the layers for the flower and adhered them together. I used Prima rhinestones for the center of the flower and I placed the pin and feathers behind the flower.

The last part is to just have fun with it and decorate your frame the way you want to! I kept mine simple and just added the flower I made and some Prima rhinestones.

Thanks everyone!! I hope you have fun altering your own frames!!!
Melissa

Altering a Canvas

Hey everyone! I have now got into altering things, I know a lot of people have been altering for a wily and it is not new but I always thought that it would be hard and what would I alter, what would I do with it once I was done. I came up with all these excuses on way I should not do it because I was being a chicken!! lol Now that I have started altering I can't stop!! I love it! It is so much fun!!

So I started off easy with a canvas. I just got a cheap one from the dollar store, the size is 8x10.

I also used some paint dabbers from Adirondack the colors are Espresso and Gold. I used some Tim Holtz distress Ink in Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo and his embossing ink. The embossing powder is also Tim Holtz in vintage photo. The stamp set I used is from Inkadinkado named Chandeliers. There is also some Prima on this canvas. the butterfly an the lace. The metal label holder is from Tim Holtz

To start off I painted the edges of the canvas with Espresso paint then once that was dry I toke the gold and I dab some on my finger and rub it into the canvas.

After the paint was dry I toke the paper that I was using and I glued it down with a hot glue gun, but I only glued the middle down first so I could rip the edges of the paper. The paper I used is from Shabby Green Door. Once I have ripped the edges I distressed them with vintage photo and Walnut Stain once I was all done with that I toke the Gold paint dabber, dab some paint onto my finger and just rubbed some of the edges with the gold paint. Once I had the paper the way I wanted it I glued the rest of the paper down.

All this was the hardest part of altering this canvas! Not bad uh. After I was done with all the messy stuff all I did was embellish it!! Here is the finished canvas.

Here is a closer look at the bottom of the canvas

I had a lot of fun altering this canvas!! So to all the chickens out there like me give it a try!! I bet you will have a lot of fun!!

Till next time!!

Melissa

Reward Charts for Kids & Altered Treat Tin

Well, I purchased the Sweet Marmalade Collection Kit by Sassafras and I was so pleasantly surprised! The colours and patterns were beautiful and I decided to use the kit to make a few creations for my little girls. My first two projects were reward charts for each of them. Both charts are 11.5 X11.5 mounted on a piece of 12 X 12 white chipboard with double sided tape.

The pink symmetrical floral pattern of Candied was perfect for laying out the grid pattern that I needed for the design that I had in mind. I simply evenly spaced out each lady bug and used 1/4 inch strips of cardstock to create a grid pattern. I adhered the strips with double sided tape and then used my sewing machine to add the yellow stitching across each green strip.

I mounted the words "I Can" with a piece of chipboard covered with coordinating cardstock, then I inked the edges to make it pop. The stickers for the title came from the same kit. I attached a snap at the end of each green strip and used brads to separate the ladybugs.

For the next chart I wanted something different , so I looked through the papers, and boy was I inspired! I took the Sugary Sweet patterned paper and used the design as the basis for this chart. Again, I used 1/4 inch strip of green cardstock to divide my page, and because I knew what I wanted my daughter to use her chart for, I only needed four green strips.

In order to make the strips go under the red flower, I had to cut the shape from the second piece of paper that was in the kit. Once it was cut out, I attached the green strips with double sided tape, stitched along each one, inked the flower and attached it to the page. The butterflies are also adhered with Velcro circles.

For the title, I decided to mount each letter on circle punched from a piece of coordinating cardstock. Again, I inked the edges to make it pop! To attach the charts on the wall, I used a reusable adhesive called HandiTak. It will hold it forever, and when you take it off...there will be no marks or residue on your wall!!

My last creation was a treat tin. Again I used double-sided tape to adhere the patterned paper. I stamped the title and used dimensional letters to add variety. I had to use Stazon ink for the stamping because the stickers have a glossy coating and I wanted to ensure that it wouldn't smudge. The word "emergency" is stamped using regular ink as it was done on regular cardstock. I embellished with a brad centered flower and I used the trim from the Sugary Sweet paper to create a nice border.

Hope these inspire you to try to use the natural designs of your papers to inspire your layouts/projects : )

Racquel

Altered Tin and Mini Album

I've had this tin forever, I can't even remember where I got it. But I remember loving it and I finally had a great plan for it!! This is an album for my little sister, who will soon be moving across the country. I scanned a bunch of old photos of the two of us for this album. But first...I had to alter the outside of the tin!

I loved the Basic Grey Opaline swirls. I took it apart, so it would fit the space on my tin and sorta pieced it back together!

I cut squares of cardstock, followed by slightly smaller squares of patterned paper for the inside album. I used the WRMK Whiteout/Nonesense collection because I just love the bright, fun colors!

The inside album is very simple and plain. The tin isn't that thick so there was really no room for embellishments (since I had so many photos I wanted to include!). I like how all the pages look all fanned out!

I wrote on the back of each page what the year was and where we are in the photo. It will be fun to look back in 10, 15, 20 years at all the moments we've shared together! My kids also had a great time looking through it, the couldn't believe that little baby was their Aunt!!

Thanks for checking out my mini album!! It was so much fun to go back through photos and preserve them all in one place. Because that's what scrapping is all about!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: DCWV
Patterned Paper: WRMK Whiteout/Nonesense Collection
Alphas: WRMK Whiteout/Nonesense Collection
Pearl Flourish: Basic Grey Opaline Swirl
Flowers: Bo Bunny
Others: Ric Rac, Newsprint Flower

Organization is key!!!

This is for all of you who simply love to organize... I took a steno notebook from a local office supply store and altered it to fit my needs!!!

Since I made the Posh Design Team (and what a fabulous team it is) I thought what better way to keep track of everything! I made nifty little dividers for the side. One for every month. I tied ribbon across the top to hide the spiral binding and give it a little more flare!!!

My choice of paper is Sassafras!!! I simply love this paper. I used two different lines. I choose the Vintage Yummy and Anthem line. One of the wonderful things about this paper is you can mix and match styles and it works great together and looks FABULOUS!!

Something Old And Something New

I was out this weekend looking for treasures at garage sales and I came across a bag of unfinished building blocks! These blocks mixed with yummy supplies from Posh Designs Scrapbook Store equal cute blocks you can use as home decor!

First I covered all sides of the blocks except for the sides I wanted to put photos on with some yummy paper from Cosmo Cricket - Jacks World! I then sanded all the edges to give them a nice smooth look. And finished the edges with chalk to add some colour. I then added the word love from the fuzzy felt alpha letters from Making Memories Felt Alpha Stickers - Green!

Stop by the store and pick up a beautiful Printed Pack of Paper to turn something old into something fabulous and new!

I also made a layout of my cute Nephew Caleb this weekend. First I matted my photo and then adhered it to my base piece of cardstock from BoBunny.I then inked the edges and I also inked the edges of the gorgeous chipboard flourishes from BoBunny and added a bit of cute ribbon.

And I added additional layers to a gorgeous Prima Flower to make an extra large flower!Make sure to check out all the flowers that are in full bloom over in the store! A girl can never have to many flowers!

Are you wondering how I got my perfectly rounded corners????

From my new tool......the We R Memory Keepers - Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper!! It can easily add perfectly rounded corners to paper, cardstock, chipboard, leather, plastic, acrylic/poly and more! The Chomper also gives you two corner options, 1/4" and 1/2".

I hope you enjoyed today's projects, until next time Happy Scrapping!

Having fun in Jack's World ~ Jackie's Creations

I love giving gifts! And a pretty gift bag brings a smile to everyone's face! I am not sure if you are like me, but I have never decorated my own gift bag. Well one item in this months Design Team kit was a gift bag just waiting for me to decorate!

I cut the words and flowers on my cricut using the George Cartridge. I cut numerous flowers in different sizes and layered them and curled the edges to give a 3d effect! I then used a gorgeous brad from Basic Grey Glazed Brads - Offbeat Collection for the center of each flower!

And the gorgeous papers are from Cosmo Cricket - Jack's World! These papers are so cute and are perfect for all your projects about your little ones! Adorable monkeys and bears to smiling alligators!!


It only took one evening to make this cute little mini album and gift bag.I first covered the album cover and pages with super the cute papers from Cosmo Cricket - Jack's World I then trimmed the edges and chalked the edges with some brown chalk.

The cute ribbon is also from Cosmo Cricket - Jack's World. And to make my title I used funky chipboard letters by Bo Bunny.Next I added some pretty flowers by Bo Bunny as well, and a sweet little bird sticker from Imaginisce - Twitterpated - Bluebird .

I used the photo of my Daughter as a pocket to hide my journaling card. I then added some cute rubons also from Cosmo Cricket - Jack's World!

My little Nephew is such a little character the cute little monkey was the perfect rubon to add on this page! I also made his photo double as a pocket to hold my journaling card. I stapled some ribbon from the same line Cosmo Cricket - Jack's World onto the journaling card to give it a playful look. And the cute chipboard buttons are from Bo Bunny.

I ruffled some paper and applied it to the back of my photo using my new Glue Glider Pro Unit! You have to check out this Glue Glider it is so cool my new favourite adhesive!It is refillable and easy on the wallet, defiantly worth every penny!

I hope you enjoyed today projects, and until next time Happy Scrapping!