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Gum Box Urn by Debi Tullier Halloween is a fun time for me. I love making "haunted" pieces for everyday use. This little gum box will be filled with buttons in my sewing room! What fun I have so glad that you are here! Here are my supplies: Gum Box on hand Aleene’s tacky glue Alcohol Marker black to color the glass glitter Glass Glitter  Dixie Bell Paints Pan Pastels Punchinella Crayon to melt Batik waxmelter (on hand) Collage Sheet Night Terrors Join me next month! Happy Halloween!

Have you enjoyed all the great projects the Altered Pages design team has this month with Dixie Belle Paints?  I have... can't wait to see what they have in store for the last week of the month!   This month I have been on a roll!!!  For some reason the sea is calling me and all of my projects have had a seas theme.  Here we are today with a sea themed little treasure box.     I love the coverage of the Dixie Belle Paint on plain wood.  I only put one coat of paint on this box! Supplies: Dixie Belle Paint - Sea Glass Dixie Belle Glaze - Van Dyke Dixie Belle Clear Coat Wooden box 3 x 3 inches Burlap Tacky Glue Gold Leafing Charms Dew Drops Shells Sea Stars     Paint wooden box with Dixie Belle Paint - Sea Glass , set aside to dry!   Careful not to paint the hardware!   I painted the box inside and out to give it a finished look!   Once dry apply a thin coat of Dixi...

Who said Dixie Belle paints are only for furniture? I love pushing products and using them for unintended media!  So today I have taken my Dixie Belle Paints scrapbooking... I have a lot of pictures I took on a quick weekend trip with my mother, aunt & uncle a couple of years before my mother left us.  I have been creating an small keepsake album of 6x6 pages for my aunt & uncle!  This page is of a beautiful memorial we passed while walking through town.  On the bench is says '' Greater love hath no man than this.  That a man lay down his life for his country."  My page has stamping & painting, these techniques could also be used on cards! On this page I have a "focus shot" of the face of the statue.  Learn more about focus shots on my earlier post "A Little Birdie Told Me" HERE ! Supplies: Dixie Bell Paint - Flamingo Dixie Bell Clear Coat Corrugated Cardboard Circles Backgr...