Santa Tin on the Unruly PaperArts Blog!

Merry Christmas!!

 

My last post over at Unruly PaperArts is this cute Christmas tin.  Creating little scenes in tins is one of my favorites!  This is a tin the size of an Altoid tin... you can alter a tin, if you don't have one you can purchase blank tins (hinged or not)!  What is so fun about making these is the surprise on a persons face when they open them! 

 

 

The front of the tin....

 

Supplies:

Tins at Altered Pages

Altered Pages Cyrillic Christmas collage sheet

Wink of Stella

Flower Soft

Small Tree

BoBunny Snow Flake

Tim Holtz Star

Pattern Paper

Enamel Dots

Trims

Tacky Glue

Glue Stick

 

If you use a tin that you have removed the paint from it is a good idea to give a quick coat of gesso. If you are using a brand new smooth finish tin use a little sand paper to create a few abrasions for the glue to stick to!  

 

 

 

Cut the image for the top and bottom ( pattern paper) of the outside of the tin a bit larger than the tin. Adhere to the tin with glue stick  Use an old emery board to sand the edges down.  This gives the outside a perfect fit!

 

 

Add little Wink of Stella to the candles, Enamel Dots for Christmas ornaments and a star to top off the tree!

 

Add trims to the outside using a Tacky Glue or E6000, find trims that will fit the sides to give the most coverage with out interfering with the opening and closing of the tin.

 

 

Cut the image for the inside of the tin as close as possible to the size of the inside, adhere with glue stick.  Add a few sparkling highlights to the images with the Wink of Stella.  Adhere white Flower Soft to image for the wonderful feeling of cold winter snow with Tacky Glue! 

 

Add a small tree and snowflake to embellish!

 

HO HO HO MERRY CHRISTMAS

to you and yours!!!!

December RAQ ~ More inspiration!!!

Have you seen the Unruly PaperArts December RAQ? This will be the Final Readers Art Quest at Unruly PaperArts!

 

 

Our Prompt for December is: Gingerbread and Candy Canes

Inspiration

HOW TO PLAY ALONG WITH OUR READER ART QUEST:

Each Month you must use our Creative Prompt. You can take extra inspiration from the photo and colors provided.

Once you have created your project use the Inlinkz Link Up on the Unruly PaperArts page to add your link/photo of your project. Entries close 11.59pm on the last day of the month. See the rest of the Rules at Unruly PaperArts HERE!

 

 

 

Here is my inspiration project!

 

Unruly PaperArts - RAQ

Have you seen the Unruly PaperArts December RAQ? This will be the Final Readers Art Quest at Unruly PaperArts!

 

 

Our Prompt for December is: Gingerbread and Candy Canes

Inspiration

HOW TO PLAY ALONG WITH OUR READER ART QUEST:

Each Month you must use our Creative Prompt. You can take extra inspiration from the photo and colors provided.

Once you have created your project use the Inlinkz Link Up on the Unruly PaperArts page to add your link/photo of your project. Entries close 11.59pm on the last day of the month. See the rest of the Rules at Unruly PaperArts HERE!

 

 

 

Here is my inspiration project!

 

 

I made these with the pattern I designed for a kit available at ALTERED PAGES HERE!!! Once you have the kit you can make little houses with the supplies provided and embellish with whatever your heart desires!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope I have inspired you to create your own little village!!!

Unruly PaperArts ~ RAQ November

The Unruly PaperArts Prompt for November is: The Written Word

Our theme this month is in honor of International Family Literacy Month, World Communication Week, National Young Readers Day, National Book Awards Month.

Are you inspired by Books, like to use book/text pages or do the fluorescent colors of this image speak to you. If so then this challenge is perfect for you.
 

 

Here is my inspiration card!

See the other inspiration projects by other artists HERE!

 

 

Join the fun this month!

HERE at Unruly PaperArts!!

 

Supplies:

Text page 

Image from Altered Pages collage sheet Red Hats

Self Inking Stamped words JustRite

Ink to distress edges

Glue Stick

 

Unruly PaperArts - Nautical

Today on Unruly PaperArts you will find my card as one of the inspirations for this months Readers Art Quest!

To participate in the monthly RAQ you must use the Unruly PaperArts Creative Prompt. You can take extra inspiration from the photo and colors provided on the Unruly Blog.

Our Prompt for October is: NAUTICAL

Colors - Red, White, Blue, Silver and Black

 

 

 Once you have created your project use the Inlinkz Link Up at the bottom the RAQ page HERE to add your link/photo of your project. Entries close 11.59pm on the last day of the month.

A maximum of three entries only are allowed per participant for each monthly challenge.

 

My inspiration card:

 

Supplies:

Papers: Purple card stock

Scallop edge paper (scrap)

Robin's Nest Water Glitter Swirl

 Dew Drops

Penny Black Sticker (from stash)

Ribbon

Brown Ink

Nautical Stamp - Art Impressions

Tacky Glue

Double stick tape

 

 

 

More Inspiration for the September RAQ at Unruly PaperArts!

Today on the Unruly PaperArts blog you will find a couple of my cards as one of the inspirations for this months RAQ or Readers Art Quest!

 

To participate in the monthly RAQ you must use the Unruly PaperArts Creative Prompt. You can take extra inspiration from the photo and colors provided on the Unruly Blog.

(Please note there is a typo on the above image of the challenge theme.  

This is the September Theme not August.)

 

 

Once you have created your project use the Inlinkz Link Up at the bottom the RAQ page HERE to add your link/photo of your project. Entries close 11.59pm on the last day of the month.

A maximum of three entries only are allowed per participant for each monthly challenge.

 

My inspiration cards:  

 

Images from Altered Pages Mine Make Chocolate Collage Sheet

and Altered Page International Coffees Collage Sheet

 

 

Image from Altered Page International Coffees Collage Sheet

 

 

 

 

Glitz 8x8 Pattern Cardstock Shine in My Soul

 

 

 

Supplies used to create them:

Black Cardstock

Glitz 8x8 Pattern Cardstock Shine in My Soul

Altered Pages Mine Make Chocolate Collage Sheet

Altered Page International Coffees Collage Sheet

Ribbon

Brown Ink

KaiserCraft Frame Clear Sticker

Gold Opulence Sticker (Coffee Steam)

Double stick tape

Dimensional tape

Tacky Glue

Doily

Kaise Craft Mists Antique Gold

Computer generated words

Enameling Chipboard ~ Unruly PaperArts

Recently I shared how I enamel chipboard on the Unruly PaperArts blog.  Do you have a lot of chipboard in your stash, chipboard letters leftover from several different typesets? Any ink, clear embossing powder and heat gun laying around? If you do, you have all that you need to "enamel" your chipboard!  

Above is a large gear cut in half and used on two ATC's. To "enamel" ink the surface of the bare chipboard with black ink. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder, tap off the excess, use a heat gun to melt the powder. While still hot sprinkle with clear embossing powder a second time, the heat will hold the powder until melted with the heat gun. Repeat up to 4 times or until you get the desired "enamel" look you like. NOTE: When working with the heated embossing powder be very careful it can BURN!

  

To get the gold on the cogs edges of the gear, ink the cogs with gold ink, sprinkle with embossing powder, then reapply heat with heat gun. The gold will melt right into the existing "enamel" and have a smooth surface.

TIP: If edges are hard to cover with ink due to corners and curves, use a marker to cover the bare chipboard. It is best to do this before you add the ink and embossing powder.

EXAMPLES of "ENAMELED" CHIPBOARD

Black ink on the bare chipboard, then covered with clear embossing power, heat was applied to melt the powder. Repeated three times. Then gold ink was applied to the edges of cogs and sprinkled with clear embossing powder and melted in to the existing "enamel" with heat.

Eiffel glasses ~ bare chipboard covered with black ink, sprinkled with clear embossing powder. The heart has rose ink with clear embossing powder. Both have three layers of embossing powder.

The Eiffel Tower has black ink and was heat embossed with 3 layers of powder. After, dark brown ink was applied to the piece sporadically to give it a distressed look. Then sprinkled with embossing powder, apply heat with heat gun. The brown melted right into the existing "enamel" and has a smooth surface.

The key was first inked with blue ink and heat embossed with 3 layers of powder. After black ink was applied to edges for a distressed look, sprinkled with embossing powder, applied heat with heat gun. The black melted right into the existing "enameled" surface.

If you are like me you have used a lot of letters from several different sets of chipboard alpha sets. Some may even have a paper finish like the "e" pictured above! Here I have chipboard letters from three different alpha sets. If you ink them the same color and "enamel" them they look great for any of your scrapbook pages or crafting projects!

SAMPLE CARDS WITH "ENAMELED" CHIPBOARD

     

     

I hope I have inspired you to use some old product in new ways!

Have fun "enameling"!!!