Lock and Key Swap

These are the ATCs I made for the Lock and Key Swap.  They are being sent to Veronica in Maryland.  AND.............................

These are the Lock and Key ATCs I received from Veronica.  Not sure where the lock or the key is on the heart card, but that is the luck of the draw.

Pinterest Repost from "the 3 R's blog"

This is a little paint chip art project I tried and am very happy with.  Instead of trying to glue those little strips down, i completely covered my base with double sided tape and went from there.  Pretty easy.  The thing I had a hard time with was cutting all of those skinny strips.  All of them did not turn out perfect, but good enough for my first try.

Kinda Steampunk from Pinterest

So someone on Pinterest had this wonderful idea of decorating a plastic ball with buttons and various other findings to create a sort of Steampunkish feel decor.  The one I saw was made of mostly silver items, which may look better than mine.  But, c'mon I did give it a good try. 

Blue and White ATC Swap

3/3 Blue and White ATC Swap.......and these are the returns I received March 2nd.

Shades of Red Swap

3/3 swap due on the 20th.  This is the second swap in a color series .... a different color each month.

 These are returns from the shades of red swap.

Pinterest Project

 

 

Using scrapbook paper, I made this piece of artwork.  Needs a little twinking, but I am pretty darn happy with it.  It was made for a specific room so the colors are a little out there!

My husband picked up a 5-1/2" x 6' board for me and then cut the six squares.  I sanded all edges and then painted them a light gray color.  After they dried I found some scrapbook papers that kinda worked together.  This is perhaps the hardest thing for me - coming out of the box trying to blend papers.  The papers were then cut to size and glued to the wood squares using a little "thick and tacky" glue watered down with a tad of water.  You have to watch out for bubbles and make sure the edges stay down.  Keep checking while they dry.
Once they were all dry, I applied a little sepia colored stamp pad ink to all of the edges to give them an "old" look. 

I found a thin 1/4" board in the basement that I used for the background.  After cutting it to size I painted  the edges and a couple inches on the top before using wood glue attaching the squares to it.  Later I decided to sand the edges to rough them up a bit.  Last but not least I attached a picture hanger to the back.  The end.

Free Theme Swap

This swap was a "Free Theme" swap (3 for 3), meaning you can make whatever you want.  The above cards are what I submitted.  Returns will be received after the 15th of Feb.

Nailed It

So I have tried a few things from Pinterest that have gone well, but not this one.  Guess I should have used a hair dryer instead of the heat gun I use for embossing.  Nailed it!!!!