Spooky Halloween......Boo

Halloween is coming and I always find myself needing more decorations.

So I got inspired by a friend and wanted to give it a go..... And this is what I came up with.

I took a 12"x12" / 30 cm x30 cm canvas and used the back side. Painted the frame with black acrylic paint. Took a cardboard box and teared it apart and took four pieces and glued onto the canvas back. Painted it over with black mixed with blue and on top of the with a mix of black and green.

Found a picture online of a Haunted House and printed it out on card stock twice. Found a spooky moon and printed that out too. Fussy cut the house and the tree. Then I took four elements from the second print and cut those out to create a 3D effect. Glossy accented the window with light to give it some shiny interest to the house.

Cut out the moon... Just loved that picture... Gave it one spritz with a pearl glimmer mist.

Used Iron rod poles with chains from Tim Holtz chipboard pack and the little white scull peaking out from an other tree I cut out is from there too. 

Found a bat template on Martha Stewart's page and cut out some to place randomly on the frame and canvas.

I really like it.

Thank you so much Archana Josi for the inspiration. Archana has an online craft store with wonderful thing and good deals too. 

Go and check it out on www.craftycity.com

If you want one similar I take custom orders..... This size approx. DKK 225,- + shipping

Altered suitcase

Don’t know how, but my mojo is flowing, and I have to restrain myself not to have more than one project on my desk at the time… my desk is quite small :-)

Being at a market day with my sister a month ago I bought this little red children’s cardboard suitcase it was quite beaten up and was used to store a puzzle with huge bricks and one glued on the top.

That lid decoration did not go with what I had in mind, so I pulled it off… and off came three layers of the cardboard, so I began to repair it a bit with pieces of the cardboard using my local decoupage glue. I was saved.

A very sweet and generous friend of mine Kisser had given me some awesome paper with some kind of velvet pattern from My Mind’s Eye “Lush”.

I measured and cut out paper to cover the entire little suitcase. Tried to see if I could remove the closing, but decided that if I did that I would most likely not be able to get back on, it would be too damaged.

When I’m gluing I’m worse than a 3-year old… I get it everywhere…. well, only when I’m using the decoupage glue ;-)

Finally got all the papers to work with me and into place.

Decorated with some of the lace I sell from my blog here… Made a big flower to center the flower cluster I planned. Found a cute cameo that I bought from Wild Orchid Crafts, where almost all of the other flowers come from.

Added a chipboard corner from Maya’s Road painted it silver and clear embossed it. Under the flowers I adhered a swirl from Tim Holtz, which also tasted my silver covered brush and embossed it too…

Finally I dyed some seam binding I’ve bought from a local online Scrap store ScrapFactory.dk.

Think it came out really cute… now I have to figure out what to put in it..:-) If you’d like to purchase it send me a mailJ

Thanks for stopping by… and feel free to leave a comment.

Positive feedback.... How I love it :-)

Getting positive feedback is amazing. A wonderful acknowledgement of my creations.

Just before the summer holidays I got a custom order for a card for a lady that was turning 60. It had to be in blue colors and with flowers... you can find the picture under "cards" and "custom orders".

Yesterday I was told that she absolutely loved the card! It was right up her alley:-). I am so thankful the that information to lighten up a gloomy day.

Now with the option to Pin It.......

Over the past month I've tried to figure out how to add the Pin It button to my posts...

Now since I'm no wiz in any computer language I asked my son - sons are supposed to know stuff like that - I guess not... or maybe he didn't have the patience...lol

Never the less I've spent two hours dead tired, eyes hurting trying to fix it.... and I did... pretty proud of my self if I may say so.

Perhaps I should see if there is a "HTML for Dummies" out there, it could be useful some day..

I have so many new projects in the pipeline, and not enough hours in the day.....Oh oh... and a new flower tutorial in the making.....

Thanks for visiting...

6"x6" canvas.... vintage inspired

This beautiful canvas will decorate anywhere....

And the cards are all ready to be sent......

Wow..... It was more difficult than I thought.... Normally I will make 5-10 cards of one design. However, I wanted some variation in the cards, so there will be a lot to choose from.

I know I'm not the only one making and donating cards, but I wanted to show the thought and care I've put in this project.

Hope you like the end result and feel free to leave a comment. Thank you for watching:-)

A little sneak peek.....

This is just one of the Christmas cards I have been making for the organization "Skriv hjem"/ write home. Where cards are sent out to our troops for them to use to send to family and friends...

I will post a gathered view when I'm done and before shipping them off.

I really love how this card turned out...luckily I still have more paper :-)

Thanks for watching.

poinsettia flower tutorial - very easy...

I know, I know..... it is still 4 months to Christmas, but it is nice to have a head start... This tutorial is very easy. I will add pictures to this post on how to cut out your own 5 petal flower if you don't have a punch..

Try it out.. and please leave a message if you should have any questions... Thanks for watching..:-)

An altered jewelry box... now for sale...

I found this hideous old jewelry box... Quite damaged and water damaged.

Due to water there was a dent in the bottom, so I used some wall filler to make the surface even. Painted the whole thing with Gesso and then Ivory acrylic paint.

Found a 12 x 12 sheet of paper 7Gypsies with a Roman theme. Thought that it would match perfectly with the eyelet fabric I had in a goldish color.

Had to find a way to attach the top and the bottom as it used to be attached by a leather looking paper.... Found an old hinge that I spiked up with some copper  Airondac ink.

I think it turned out quite nice....however, I still need some more practice in this.

Thanks for watching...

  

A tag for a good cause.....

My friend Liz Russell from YouTube heard on FB of a sweet little 6 year old girl Liliana who has leukemia.

The cancer is going back, but it has been a hard and difficult time for the entire family.

Aug. 23. Is Liliana's birthday and all she wishes for are letters. Cards or tags.

So Liz asked among her subscribers on YT to commit to send Liliana a card or a tag.

Sending a letter to Alamo, GA take some time, and being in the finishing of a project, I decided to send a tag I made a while ago..... It is now headed to Alamo hopefully make a little girl happy. 

It is nice to help out.... In Denmark we have "operation skriv hjem" www.operationskrivhjem.blogspot.com where you can make cards for our troops in Afganistan and other places. If you want to help this is a great way to do it.

Go to the blog for further details.