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You might think it is based on my sweet little project today. Howdy, It's Jean with another Foundations Decor item for the winter holidays. This sweet little tree is a place card or photo holder.  High-quality wood with a metal spindle for the photo and a little MDF heart for more decoration. 2 x 2 1/2 wood only, add the metal and it reaches  5 1/2 inches tall.   I used very simple ingredients for the project. Foundations Decor Wooden Pine Tree Mica Aleenes Glue scissors Jute and Wood Trim ~ 75% off last year! Lime Green acrylic paint   So easy and so colorful.  This may inspire you to use more than papers.  Think paints, glitters, baubles, pearls and most anything that you can glue onto the wood. Stay tuned for more fab wood from our Team and Foundations Decor. p.s. this week all Foundations Decor is 10% off!

 Welcome! Today I have for you something a little boho...a little Gypsy. What a perfect pairing with our partner this month...Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts.   I have made for you a Sari Silk, beaded, charmed and bejeweled necklace.  The crowning jewel on this piece, however is not a jewel at all... it is a Gypsy Laser Cut Clock Hand .     This is what we started with, Sari Silks, charms, and the hour hand laser cut. I want to point out that this is not a silver toned necklace or gold toned piece. I purposefully used silver tone, gold tone, semi-precious beads, wood beads and crystals.    I wanted this to truly go with anything.  This is also not symmetrical. This is whimsically asymmetrical and actually convertible....keep reading.  :-) I embossed the clock hand in a few different colors of embossing powder. Basically, I used variations of gold, silver and a glit...

Monster Ball! Halloween Ornament! Day 31 of the 31 Days of Halloween! I love Halloween not for the Scary Boo stuff but for the time we spent with our family watching old Monster Movies and being together. Time has moved on yet when we do reunite when the time is right we can’t resist reliving  our love of Monster movies! For this Month’s challenge AlteredPages joined with Art Anthology to rock our crafting world! I just want to tell you that in addition to the beautiful products that AlteredPages has, Art Anthology has some of the coolest dimensional metallic medium! I can’t get enough of it! Copper and just a pat with a spatula makes beautiful peaks of texture! Supplies: Hollywood Glam & Horror Mailbox Muse Kit Collage Sheet Craft store plastic Ornament Altered Pages Trims Sequins for AlteredPages Grosgrain Ribbon Adhesives Stamp Ink PanPastel tool used as spatula (this is a craft have to have) Additional it...

Welcome!!! If you visit the blog often, and I know you do, you are  well aware of the fun partnership for the month of July between   Altered Pages  and  Leaky Shed Studio . My project that I have for you is a cute little  bottle cap wind chime.   The really exciting thing about this project  is that it will soon be offered  as a kit from AlteredPages.com.  So, check the site in a week or two  and you can have everything you need,  including detailed instructions,  to make your very own chime  shipped right to your front door. This idea came to me when I saw the sweet little  Barn Swallow  from The Leaky Shed.  They gave our AlteredPages Creative Team such fun chipboard to play with.  Pretty cool job this is, I tell ya!  The next few pictures document the supplies & tools I used.   (too perfect)       ...

A few weeks ago I asked Jean about these amazing Sari Silk ribbons that she got for the store. I had been inspired by some beautiful creations that an online friend does with ribbons, fibers, beads and such. I wanted to create a wrapped bracelet my style! with some beautiful remnants [I LOVE upcycling], some altering with my favorite alcohol ink markers, and of course beads and charms. I hope you enjoy! Along with the gorgeous Sari Silk Ribbons, Jean sent these fabulous charms and beads. they are a great silvery-pewter color which makes them PERFECT for coloring with Alcohol Inks. If you don't have alcohol inks, the next best thing for coloring them [and in my opinion the BEST option] is with your alcohol based markers...Spectrum Noir, Copics, Sharpies, BIC Mark-Its are all alcohol based. They make it easy to make your accessories match your ribbons. Figure out the length of your wrap up by wrapping an length of beads [loosely strung], or your ribbon around your w...

Have you ever tried making transfers?  These tiny inchie  quilts were made using Omni Gel and the great assortment of Inchies collage pages available at Altered Pages .  You know what would be even easier than Omni Gel?  The Transfer Artist's Paper (TAP) --I hear it's magical! Have a wonderful weekend, everyone--if you'd like to see more of the bracelet, please stop by my blog and have a peek. :)trisha

Happy Sunday to you all.   Jean here with a truly whimsical yet lovely  project for you OH MY GOSH This has to be one of the most beautiful bouquets ever!  YOU can make it.   I will be making one for Halloween  My Halloween bouquet will use AP collage 1787 Vintage Butterfly Graphics and horrid dyed cheesecloth in place of the ribbon.    There may be a few bats flying thru the butterflies too! This would be lovely for formals, prom and of course, a wedding.   Thinking out of the box, what about a party centerpiece in a basket or vase? Alteredpages.com has fabulous Butterfly collages to fancy cut and then bind together. Find Collages, Glitter Tubes, Crystal Lacquer, Maya Mists, Washi tapes and Mixers at www.alteredpages.com You will need: AP collages of your choice 1065, 1066 or 1787 .   (4 or 5) depending on how full you want the bouquet) Crystal Lacquer * ...