Altered Pages Monday ~ Circus Acts!

The circus comes to town soon!!! Altered Pages has some really great circus images. Who doesn't love the big top... What a great way to give a ticket to your favorite boys and girls... attach it to a beautiful tag.

Use these as tags for party favors for a circus themed party! Or in a scrapbook when creating memories of these special events!

Fussy cut images from collage sheet. Cut pieces of the Graphic 45 paper to fit the tag.  Distress edges of tag and Graphic 45 paper with ink, adhere paper to tag.  Stamp circus images on tag with brown ink. Add fleur de lis fiber. Adhere fussy cut images, cover with the image with Sakura Cyrstal Lacquer to enhance the image. Set aside to dry.  Add sari ribbons. 

Supplies:

Sari Ribbon

Graphic 45 Circus Paper  

Circus Stamps From Center Ring Mailbox Muse Kit

Victorian Circus Collage Sheet

Manilla Tags

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Fleur d Lis ribbon (Stash)

Brown ink

Fascinators for St. Patrick's Day

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

Card made with an image from Altered Pages!

You will find these festive fastinators for sale at

Claywerks Too!

408 Pacific Ave Bremerton, WA 

Saturday March 16th 

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Had made with Creative Paperclay® it is hard to believe these were once a clump of clay.  Cut into three pieces and air dried and sanded to smooth the surface. Then the top and brim are attached with slip.  Air dried again before painting. 

The fascinators were painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer & Terri Sproul Mixers. Then embellished with hat band, feathers and beads. 

Here is one of the Fascinators next to a 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 card. They aren't very big, each is attached to a head band. 

Enjoy a safe HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY!

Altered Paint Brush Swap with VLVS!

At Viva Las VegaStamps! we have a swap periodically... I have really enjoyed them the first one we did was altered mouse traps.  This one is paint brushes... I really had a great time with this one.  Only two rules... follow the theme "Nature" and you must use one VLVS! stamp!

The fun part of this project was melting the bristles with the heat gun.  They curled up nicely to give the brush a nice bushy look!  

The handle was painted with Alcohol Inks.. it almost looks like beautiful wood! The VLVS! used were the VLVS! Birds Nest and VLVS! Large Bird Flying Left. Both were stamped with black ink, heat embossed with VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder, colored with Tim Holtz Distress Markers and coated with a thin layer of 3D Sakura Crystal Lacquer.  

Add blue eggs (Dew Drops), paper flowers and feathers for the fishing tackle shop!!!

 Top the brushes off with beautiful silk ribbons!

Keep an eye out for the next swap!!! 

JOIN THE FUN!

My Farewell Post as a Sakura Design Team Member!

First, I would like to congratulate the new Sakura Hobby Craft Design Team.  I am sure we are in for a ton of great inspiration over the next six months!

The 3D Crystal Lacquer is my go to adhesive.  I also love using it as a finish on many of my projects.  Add Terri Sproul Mixers in the 3D Crystal Lacquer and your imagination is your only limit... you can create so many projects with the combination. 

I use 3D Crystal Lacquer on almost all of my paper projects. It gives paper a thickness that I love working  with. There are a lot of digital images you can print from online sites like AlteredPages.com. To give those images a little more pop I cover them with a thin layer of 3D Crystal Lacquer.

Here images from AlteredPages.com are covered with 3D Crystal Lacquer before I cut them from the page. I adhered the German Scrap/Dresden to the pictures with the 3D Crystal Lacquer.

 The tags fold into each other to create a nice card!

Before I leave I would like to share a few of my favorite projects I made with 

3D Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers!

My Paris Book

Sin City Scraps Tree Ornaments

Gingerbread House

Altered Altoid Tin Box 

It has been a great being on the team!! I hope the next enjoys it as much as I have! 

THANK YOU

 Sakura Hobby Craft and Terri Sproul!

Altered Pages Monthly Challenge Red & Gold

This month Altered Pages has challenged the Design Team and followers to create something RED & GOLD!  This was a fun challenge!  Please take the time to create something and link it to the Challenge HERE!

Supplies:
Box from thrift store
Gold Craft Paint
Terra Cotta Cherub Angel
Krylon Cherry Bomb Glitter Blast Glitter Spray
Altered Pages Collage Sheet - Victorian Valentines
Altered Pages Text Page
3d Mixers Mica Pink
Game Pieces - Scrabble Tiles, Alpha Dice, Dominos
Charms - Heart, Lock & Key, Arrow

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

German Scrap
Doily
Sheet Music
Paris Stamped in Clay
Bottle Cap with Image of Eiffel Tower
Red Seed Beads
Salt Shaker(clear glass)- painted with Red Sakura Lacquer
Handmade Red Paper Roses
Large Red Heart
Red Heart Bead
Glitter Glue - Gold & Red
Wooden Fleur-de- Lis painted Gold

First sand, wash off the dust and paint the house shaped box gold.  All items are attached using Sakura Crystal Lacquer. Add German Scrap foil to the edges as seen in the pictures. Adhere a page of text to back panel of the box, layering a doily on the text. Add a little bling to the doily with gold glitter glue. Attach strips of sheet music on the sides. 

Spray paint the Terra Cotta Cherub with a very light coating of Krylon Cherry Bomb Glitter Blast Glitter Spray. When dry gently wipe gold paint over the cherub being careful not to cover the Krylon glitter. Adhere heart bead and arrow.

Print Altered Pages Victorian Valentine images on matt photo paper.  Fussy cut and cover with a light coating of Sakura Lacquer to bring out the colors of the images.  To raise the images on the left, paint two dominos gold and wrap with German Scrap.  The image on right is on an alpa dice with a hint of gold paint toped with a Scrabble tile painted gold and wrapped with German Scrap.   

To make embellishments:

• Use Scrabble pieces to spell LOVE if you don't have an "O" a heart works in its place. Cover the letters with Sakura Crystal Lacquer mixed with Pink Mixers. 

• Bottle cap cut an Eiffel Tower image with a 1" punch. Adhere  in the bottle cap with Sakura Lacquer then cover the image with the lacquer.  Let it dry for 24 hours. Add lacquer around the outside of the image in the bottle cap, add see beads. 

• PARIS - stamp the word Paris in paper clay, let dry.  Use red and gold craft paint, coat with lacquer.

• Clear Glass salt shaker painted with red Sakura Crystal Lacquer. 

• Hand Made Roses made from red card stock and trimmed with red glitter glue.  

Once you have everything made you are ready to assemble. Have fun!

Remember to join the challenge at Altered Pages HERE!! Make a card or tag all, that is required is you use at least one item from Altered Pages!

Sakura Vintage By the SeaShore Valentine!

Vintage Valentines are my favorites. Here is an altered tin with a vintage by the SeaShore Valentine image.

Coat the tin with the Red from the Sakura Primary Color Set 3D Crystal Color Lacquer. While wet add the red doily. Adhere the image with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and coat the image with a thin layer of Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer.  I find the  lacquer enhances the color of the images. 

Adhere small shells around the edge of the doily using the

Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer add a few shells to the bottom of the image. With the Red Stikles add a border around the tin. Use Gold Stikles to create a border around the image. 

Fill your tin with fun messages for your VALENTINE!!!!

Supplies:

Tin

Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer

Sakura Primary Color Set 3D Crystal Color Lacquer

Image from Altered Pages Valentine collage sheet # 2031

Stickles Red & Gold

Stash Sea Shells and Paper Doily

Altered Pages - Paris Tag

Paris is a favorite theme of mine!  Todays post is a tag with a few images from a couple of ALTERED PAGES Collage sheets!

Spritz tag with mist, heat dry. Cut piece of Glitz paper slightly shorter than the tag and distress edges with chocolate brown ink, adhere to tag.  Cut images from collage sheets and mount on light weight chip board (like cereal box), fussy cut and adhere to tag. Layer 2 flowers with a bit of netting in between. Use button as the center, adhere to tag.  Add Glitz lace trim and pearls.  Finish with netting bow. 

Supplies:
Altered Pages Collage Sheets
Vinatge Paris
ATC's Paris
Manilla Tag
Glitz Paper 6x6
Bazzill Paper Lily
Glitz Trims from the Beautiful Dreamer Package
Sakura Crystal Lacquer as adhesive
Spritz - Sand-dollar
Chocolate Brown ink
Button and Pearls from stash

Altered Pages

It is time to make some 

old fashioned Victorian Valentines!

Give a special someone in your life a handmade Valentine!

With lace, paper doilies, glitter and a sweet image.

Did you know, 

Valentine's Day reached its height of celebration during the Victorian Era? 

Or that some Valentines were so thick with layers of paper and embellishments they were given in presentation boxes.  

The image for this Valentine is from the Victorian Valentine collage sheet. It was first adhered to a thin piece of chipboard (about the thickness of a cereal box) and then fussy cut.  Also cut a heart from the chipboard slightly smaller than the largest doily.  Adhere the large  doily to the chipboard, glue lace around the backside edge of the chipboard. Add lace around the backside of the smaller heart.  Attach smaller heart to the larger heart. Use a black marker and carefully edge the fussy cut images.  Attach lace around the heart in the image. Attach the images with foam tape to give dimension. Add gold, red and diamond glitter. Let dry.

Supplies:

Altered Pages Victorian Valentine Image

Doilies - Large (6 inch) and small (3 1/2 inch)

Lace - White and Red & White

Giltter - Red, Gold and Diamond 

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Black Marker

Foam Tape

Please come by and join the Altered Pages Monthly Challenge, the theme for January is "Snow Dancing!" The design team has created some wonderful inspiration.

Valentine Tin with Sakura Crystal Lacquer!

READY FOR VALENTINES DAY?

Valentines is just a few weeks away!!!  It is time to get to work on the Sweet Valentines. Here is a simply way to dress up any tin or heart box, to put that special something for the LOVE of your life.

On the tin use Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer to adhere a red paper doily, then a white doily layered on top. Cover with a thin layer of Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer. With tweezers gently place large red seed beads around the edge of the doily. While the lacquer is still wet sprinkle with Terri Sproul Ultra Fine Glitter. Set aside to dry overnight.   Add another layer of Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and set aside to dry again. Adhere Tim Holtz flying bird with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer! Your tin is now ready to use!

Supplies:

Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer

Terri Sproul Ultra Fine Glitter

Tin (5 x 5 1/2)

Red Doily

White Doily

Large Red Seed Beads

Bird Charm