Seahorse Gift Box

Good morning...how was your weekend? I hope it was filled with family and friends to celebrate our country's birthday...for us here, we just stayed in...they had cancelled the fireworks here, and it was just to darn hot go anywhere...

Today I'd love to share a project that I just love how it turned out. I have always had a fascination with seahorses since I was a little girl. I have loved this seahorse box from Dreaming Tree SVG  ever since it was released...and finally found a chance to make it...

If you know me, you know I love to make gift boxes that aren't your ordinary gift boxes...today, I've added photos to show you how I put this one together using corrugated boxes, acrylic paints, dollar store items and some chipped colored glass...Enjoy!!!

I'm sorry for any photo that is grainy or lighting is horrible...

isn't she a beauty.....

 the back I just added strips of corrugated box and distressed it with the distress wheel...

 the sides I over lapped them to make shingles effect...here you can see where I tore away some of the paper to expose the ribs...use this as a texture effect...

 first paint black with a stiff brush...

 use white paint and add water to it for a white wash...using a flowy kind of brush...

 

then dry brush the pool blue on using a fan brush...

 

then used distress ink to add more highlights...

 

I started with the glass in the areas I wanted to emphasize and edge...

 

sort out the glass pieces per sizes...this really helps in the process of filling them in...I also used super glue....it gives you time to move pieces and dries kind of fast....and glues very well once dried...

 

 the next couple photos shows the direction I was going in...but I didn't like it and changed my mind and used the glass instead of the glass beads...now mind you, the glass beads are still underneath the seahorse..

 

this is what it would have looked like..minus the tree, flower and ribbon...it just wasn't working for me...

 

the pieces I used...I doubled every cut and glued them together before I painted...I also added foam board cut up so I could lift the seahorse off of the box...

 this was an old tree decoration...I cut the base off and glued it down....I even used supper glue....

 these are the tools and embellishments I used...below photos as well...

 

 

this is what it would look like without any other embellies....

Well I hope that you enjoyed your visit...and that you will give this a try with your next project...I absolutely love how this box feels in my hands....thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.....hugs from a very warm Charm City....

3D Valentine's Day Projects

Here's a little bit of some 3D Valentine's projects from years past....Enjoy!!!

Curvy Card Caddy

It's finally Friday....what are your weekend plans? Anyone going to any Halloween spook houses? I always enjoyed going to them in my younger years...now, I just listen to the stories and all the fun from the kids....

Well today I wanted to share the cards that are in the card caddy that I posted below...I forgot to add them last night....you can purchase the curvy stationary organizer from Simply Crafty...I made these cards some time ago and have prolly shared some of them...these are what I call one stamp wonders...they are very simple (for me anyways) so that you can put a single stamp on it and put it in the mail..Enjoy!!!!

 Well that's all I have for today...thanks for stopping by and I do hope you all have a wonderful weekend....hugs from a nice fall day in Charm City....

New June's Challenge for Magnolia-licious

Good morning peeps...today I'd like to share my new DT creation for this month's challenge over at Magnolia-licious...this month the challenge is to use lace and or bling on your creations....Enjoy!!!!

 

I truly love how this card turned out...I totally left the inside blank to...I figured this would be a perfect note card for someone...here are the products that I used that you can pick up at the Magnolia-licious on line store...

Polkadoodles Believe Stamp 

Lemon Craft Sense and Sensibility paper

Lady E small leaf die

Foamiran

white  pink

Vintage seam binding

Flower centers

Chipboard brick background

Metal corners

Isn't she gorjus.... I totally love the simplicity of this image...I was able to finally get the hair to work for me, kind of...lol...I used distress inks to do all of the coloring and a Tim Holtz snarky sentiment...

Well, this is all I have for today...hop on over to Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog to see what my team members have created...they have really rocked it again this month for the challenge....And make sure you take a gander over to Magnolia-licious on line stoip to stock up on all of your crafting needs....Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you at the challenge....hugs from a chilly Charm City....

A Cameo Appearance Challenge @ Simon Says Stamp

Happy Saturday blog land...I have a quick post for the Cameo Appearance Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge...and a sneak peek on an up coming project I'm working on....ENJOY!!!

 

(this is very pic heavy...click on pics for bigger view)

 

Well it's Sunday morning now. How did everyone sleep? Me, not to good. My first weekend off since the first of the year. Woot Woot!!! Well anyways, here's my card. I created this card using only water color paper. I love it when I do. It just loves ink...the front of the card kind of reminds me of a train pulling into the train station...ha ha!!! There are 2 layers of paper coming through the window that is holding the clock medallion...I used polymer clay and a metal locket to create the rose cameo center piece...glued the clock stamp to chipboard and added some fur...Punched holes in the clock and anchored it using brads...



this is the inside...here's the backside of the medallion...I stamped the checkerboard stamp then added a metal cameo (Horizon Company) to the center...the right side I stamped the image and the rolled the paper from the backside to the front after I stamped the stripes...added the image from behind....the sentiment was added using pop dots to give it some dimension....

 



the backside...was playing with white picket fence distress marker and it turned out kind of grayish...still need to fix this...I really don't like how it looks right now....

 



left side of inside of card....I used See D's checkerboard stamp and Tim Holtz notebook paper stamp (scraps left over from front of card)

right side of inside of card...all 3 stamps are Tim Holtz with the exception of the striped stamp and that's See D's...

clock medallion with a polymer cameo rose

here's the locket...I removed the front of it--pushed a piece of black clay into it to form the size--used a mold to make the rose--baked and layered together--I used distress paint to color in the roses...

here's how I created the center...click on photo to get a better view...

it all stared for the love of Distress..ha ha !!!! And a few stamps..

I just wanted to show you the different steps on how a card can take on life with just adding a little more details..here's the front..I think it looks good...slap a greeting on and you're good to go, right!!

(stamps are from Se D's stripped at opening--and Tim Holtz note book and clock stamp)I used distress stains to color paper..

here's what it looks like with the greeting..I also added some cameo rose clay pieces...

and here's going even one step further and added this stamp...this stamp just reminds me of people waiting on a train...lol...you can see that I bowed out the greeting cuz I wanted to add a third stamp in front of the other ones...this is just adding more dimension to your card with just the twist of the paper, so to speak...ha ha!!!

and wa-la...your finished card...I hope I was able to show the different stages of how I make my cards...I have been asked how I come up with my "stuff"..ha ha!! So I thought I'd share a little in site... You know what they say about left handed people, we are way out in "left field" ...*smile*

Well, if you know me, you know what time of year it is for hubby and me...it's HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY...every year I try to come up with something new for our costumes...so this year, well I had a brain fart...ha ha..I wanted to change up my shoes...and this is what I'm starting with....any guesses on how much I paid for these???

what do you think? this looks really awesome in the dark as is, but I'm going all the way...lol...can't wait to put idea to "boot" ... so to speak..

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Well blog land...I do hope you all have a wonderful week ahead...I have so much on my plate this week....I do hope that you all stop by and check out the ohh soo inspiring designs from the DT at Simon Says Stamp Monday....they are freaking spectacular!!! ....hugs from Charm City.....