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Floral trinket box

With all the awesome flowers available at Altered Pages, I had no problem finding something in my stash to decorate. This is a simple little trinket box that would make a great gift or even just shelf decor. Supply List: Substrate - paper mache heart shaped box (from my stash) But you could use this too Paper flowers - These are from Little Bird and they can be used on ANYTHING! Scrapbook paper matte paint paper adhesive Embellishments I used some little stars from my stash but any of our embellishments would look great! Ribbon   Here are a few of the items I started with. First I want to trace the shape of the box on to the REVERSE side of the paper pattern I want to use.  I did have to trim it down a bit to remove the extra (if you don't want to measure, it's really not a big problem. I just eyeballed the thickness of the sides and trimmed that off all around) that way you have the initial shape of your item. I find that the paper mache...

Springtime Fairies atc

  Hello Thursday and welcome AP blog followers!   Time for my first post this month using our partner product-M-D Hobby&Craft -Aluminum Metal Sheets. After cutting my sheet to size with tin snips, I  painted the metal with acrylic paint and covered the edges with craft tape.   Next I  cut out a fairy and friend from AlteredPages collage sheet- Little Fairies-AP1554  .  The graphic was fancy cut , then glued to black cardstock and the cutout again, leaving a bit of the black around the edges for dimension. Next I coated the fairy and friend with gloss varnish. My next step was to color my AlteredPages Flower Trim from green to a matching blue.     Time to audition my pieces   My finished Springtime Fairy atc! I love how the sun shines through the metal sheet and creates that neat design on the table!  Products used:  M-D Hobby&Craft-Alu...