Altered Arts Magazine: Quick Pendant

 Welcome!  This is my first post to share for the Altered Arts Magazine Design Team this month. I'm excited to be back online and apologize for my absence.  I had an injury on Jan 28th and I am still recovering; nicely but slowly.

This cute pendant was created with a glass bottle stopper from an oil and reed diffuser.

 

Supplies:

Glass bottle stopper

12 gauge copper wire

glass beads

leather cord with closures

wire cutters and needle nose pliers.  

Here is a close-up of the beads I used, they heart tear drop or almost heart shaped with little wire loops.

DIRECTIONS:
1. Clean the glass stopper thoroughly of any oil from the diffuser to make it safe to handle.
2. Cut a 6" piece of wire and string beads on to it.
3. Wrap the beaded wire around the first indent in the neck of the stopper and twist tightly with needle nose pliers.  Trim the twist to about 1/4" then fold over in the back.
4. Wrap the copper wire along the top of the neck of the stopper until it looks solid.  (about 9 inches)
5. Use the wire to create a loop in the back, twist and secure.
6. Attach the leather cord with closures.

P.S. The kittens are a bit stir crazy from winter and have missed being in the studio too. As soon as I got upstairs, they were franticly chasing the wire I was trying to twist and that lovely box of beads is scattered all over the floor.  oh well!  It's good to be back!

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Craft on!
Becky

Altered Arts Magazine: Journal Cover

This journal cover was made for Altered Arts Magazine with some very yummy preferred partner products!

Journal Cover

Supplies:

5 3/4” x 8” chipboard journal with blank white pages, Kunst & Papier

12x12” decorative paper; Old Curiosity Shoppe Collection, Graphic 45

“Flute” paper, Canvas Home Basics

Ribbon; Urban Couture, Basic Grey

Dye ink, Red Pepper-Adirondack Earthtones, Ranger Ink

Distress Ink, Black Soot-Tim Holtz, Ranger Ink

Leather flower embellishments, So Happy, Prima

Bling Flourish, “Say it with bling”, Want 2 Scrap

Bird Cut out, “Wings and Things”(Cyndi Duncan), Mail Box Muse

Double Sided Super Sticky Tape, ThermOWeb

Instructions:

1. Cut 2 pieces of decorative paper to the size of the journal covers. Adhere one to the front and one to the back. Ink the edges.
2. Cut Flute paper triangle 5” x 2 1/2” and a rectangle 3 1/4” x 4”.
3. Gently fold the rectangle but do not crease and hand cut a heart shape from the bottom center as the bird house “door”.
4. Apply red ink to the triangle roof piece and black ink to the rectangle piece.
5. Attach a piece of ribbon around the rectangle using double sided sticky tape.
6. Attach the “birdhouse” pieces to the journal cover.
7. Cut out the bird image.
8. Glue the flower embellishment into place and slip the bird slightly behind the flower.
9. Attach the bling flourishes. 
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.

Merry Christmas to all!

Make art everyday!

Becky

Hello and welcome to the Designer Crafts Connection hop!
We are a diverse group of Craft Industry Designers, sharing our creativity through hopping.
We hop on the FIRST MONDAY of each month.  This month's theme is Holiday Gifts.

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 For my hop, I'm sharing my Altered Arts Magazine DT post.
This little cutie can be a refrigerator magnet, pin or ornament. 

Victorian Magnet / Ornament or Pin

Supplies:

2x2” wrapped canvas (Canvas Home Basics) (AAM preferred partner)

Handmade flower Item# 556518 Prima Marketing (AAM preferred partner)

acrylic paint: New Grass -EcoGreen Crafts

pink self-adhesive pearls: Say it with Pearls- Want 2 Scrap

Misc: wide vintage lace, brown suede paper, hot glue & gun, Magnet dot

Directions:

1. Paint the front and sides of the canvas with acrylic paint, let dry.
2. Cut vintage lace 4x4” and hot glue to the canvas, carefully wrapping corners and adhering with hot glue on the back side.
3. Cut a 2x2” piece of brown suede paper and hot glue to the back side to give a nice clean finish.
4. Apply the pink self-adhesive pearls around the edge of the canvas. (A large flower design was used for this project but cut apart to apply straight around the edge of canvas)
5. Hot glue the Handmade flower (Item# 556518 Prima Marketing) to the front center of the canvas.
6. Hot glue a magnet, pin back or hanger to the back of the project. 
   
   
   Thanks so much for hopping around today!  Please visit the other designer blogs for more wonderful and crafty gift giving projects.  

Altered Arts Magazine: Meditation Box

Hello, and welcome to my second post of the month for the Altered Arts Magazine Design Team.
I'm still meditating and needed a place to put my incense and candles :o)
This celestial storage box was created from a wooden cigar box.

Supplies:
chipboard
wood cigar box
Perfect Pearl pigment powders (Ranger Ink)
Mini mister (to set the Perfect Pearls)
Dimensional metallic copper paint by Tulip
Black Spray Paint: Krylon

Directions:
1. Spray paint the box black, use as many coats as necessary for good coverage.
2. Dab blotches of Perfect Pearls in blues and purples on each side of the box, spritz with water to set and let dry completely.
3. Cut the star shape from chipboard and spray paint black.
4. Apply gold and copper Perfect Pearls to the "rays" of the star, apply blue/purple to the center and mist to set.
5. Draw the circle and ohm with Tulip Metallic Copper dimensional paint, let dry.
6. Adhere the star shape to the top of the box.


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Make Art Everyday!
Becky

Altered Arts Magazine: Ohm Pendant

Hello, and welcome to my first post of the month for the Altered Arts Magazine Design Team.
I'm meditating and finding my center of peacefulness :o)
This pendant was created with chipboard and a bottle cap.















Supplies:
chipboardPerfect Pearl pigment powders (Ranger Ink)
Mini mister (to set the Perfect Pearls)
Dimensional metallic copper paint by Tulip
Black Spray Paint: Krylon
3d Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul's Mixer: Pearl Blue Mica Powder
jewelry findings: silver ring and necklace cord

Directions:
1. Cut 3 star shapes out of chipboard and spray paint black.
2. Apply a different color Perfect Pearls medium to each layer and spritz with mini mister to set, let dry.
3. Glue the star shapes together as shown.
4. Mix 3d Crystal Lacquer and the Metallic Mixer together and fill the bottom of the bottle cap, let dry.
5. Draw the Ohm sign with the Tulip Metallic Copper dimensional paint, let dry.
6. Adhere the bottle cap to the center of the star.
7. Pierce a hole at the top center sun ray to attach the silver ring and put onto the cord.



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Becky

Altered Arts Magazine: Repurposing

Fall is in the air! Today I'm repurposing an old fabric swatch book.
Of course, I have found many uses for the lovely fabric it once held: Scrapbook embellishments, collage, quilts, applique and more. The books themselves are so durable, there is much more life to them.

Ideas:
(1) This note pad, decorated for fall but can easily be refilled and the flower changed time after time. (instructions below)
(2) Decorate the top/front, spray the long area with chalk board paint and add a little chalk holder.
(3) Decorate the long writing area around the border only, then cover it with laminate to use as a dry erase board, attach a marker on a string at the top.





Supplies:
Decorative paper (Jeanine DeOre digi kit "William")
Fabric Flower
Ribbon
lined note pad
3/8" and Super Sticky sheets adhesive
Liquid glue or hot glue

Directions:
1. Disassemble the fabric book and remove the fabric swatches.
2. Untie the hanger that came with the book by unknotting it inside the cover or snipping off as little as possible to remove it for the next step.
3. Cut decorative paper to fit the panels on the cover and adhere with super sticky sheet. I used one piece to cover the front and top, making it about 1" longer than needed so I could over lap the large panel on the back side.
4. Pierce the holes where the chord hanger was and put the handle back into place.
5. Cut a lined pad of paper to size and adhere inside using super sticky sheet adhesive.
6. Wrap the ribbon all the way around the project, meeting on the front side under where the flower will be placed. Adhere with 3/8 super sticky tape.
7. Glue the fabric flower into place with strong liquid glue or hot glue.

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Cheers!
Becky

Altered Arts Magazine: Domino Pendant

I'm altering dominoes into jewelry, what fun!

Supplies:
1 domino
spray paint
Creative Imaginations Sticky Naturals
Perfect Pearl pigment powders (Ranger Ink)
silver "outlines" stickers-nautical
Silver heart bale and 3d Crystal Lacquer by Sakura
Krylon Silver metallic pen

Directions:
1. Spray paint the domino on the back side, let dry.
2. Cut the Sticky Naturals to size and place onto the surface.
3. Brush with Perfect Pearls pigment powders (at least 2 colors)
4. Color the sides of the domino with the Krylon Silver metallic pen.
5. Attach the silver fish from the "outlines" sticker sheet.
6. Adhere the heart bale with 3d Crystal Lacquer.



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Make Art Everyday!
Becky

Altered Arts Magazine: TAG art

Welcome to my second project for Altered Arts Magazine this month.
This artful tag was fast and easy!




Supplies:
Ivy patterned paper (my design)
pink & variegated pink/purple eyelash fibers
Instant Art by Suze Weinburg
Flourish Stamp (Stampin Up!)
Copper leaf Pin it! (Purple Cows, Inc)
Versa Mark Pad
Adirondak Wild Plum Embossing Powder (Ranger Ink)
Fabric flower
Jewel Brad
beaded fringe
Sand paper
Super sticky tape (ThermOWeb)
Corner rounding punch
1/4 hole punch

Directions:
1. Cut patterned Ivy paper to 2.5 x 5 inches.
2. Cut out "Instant Art" from Suze Weinburg's book. 3 vertical rectangles and one large circle. Adhere to the tag.
3. Distress with sand paper.
4. Stamp and emboss flourishes.
5. Add flower and leaf embellishments.
6. Use super sticky tape to adhere beaded fringe.
7. Punch hole near the top, centered and add eyelash fibers.




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Make art everyday!
Becky

Altered Arts Magazine: Asian Fan Pendant

Welcome to my first Altered Arts Magazine Design Team post for August!


Today I've created a pendant from a broken CD which, to me, resembles an Asian fan.

Supplies:
Broken CD
Melting Pot, Heat resistant craft sheet, Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE Brights, Green Zinna and clear) Perfect Pearls ( Turquoise and Purple Violet) and Bedazzles (Disco Ball) by Ranger Ink.
Emerald pigment ink by VersaCraft
Vine background stamp (Stampin Up!)
3d Crystal Lacquer, Heart bail and silver chain by Sakura

DIRECTIONS:
1. Pour UTEE into melting pot, cover and let melt, stir gently to blend.
2. Cut or break the CD to desired size.
3. Use metal tweezers to dip the CD into the melted UTEE.
4. Place the dipped CD onto the craft sheet and stamp the background stamp using VersaCraft Emerald ink. Leave the stamp in the melted UTEE until it cools and sets up, then remove the stamp.
5. Brush random blotches of Perfect Pearls colors onto the surface of the project. Spritz with water to set.
6. Dip the bottom edge back into the UTEE and immediately into a tray of the Bedazzles.
7. Coat the entire project and attach the bail with 3d Crystal Lacquer.

Thanks for stopping by today.
Make art everyday!
Becky

Altered Arts Magazine: ATC Magnet

Hello and welcome to my Altered Arts Magazine Design Team post.

I've been having some colorful fun with collage. I turned a 9x12" sheet of music into a collage and made multiple ATC panels from it with words that inspire, then used one to make a refrigerator magnet.

"Inspiring ATC/Fridge Magnet"


SUPPLIES:
FONTS by duetica.com
Adirondak dye ink: Lettuce, Clover, Sail Boat Blue, Lettuce Color Wash (Ranger Ink)
Memory Mist Blue Hawaii
Versa Mark Pad
Silver Embossing Powder
CR 1,2 and 3 and TN5 Alcohol Markers (Spectrum Noir)
Periwinkle, Lake and Butternut acrylic paint (ECO Green Crafts)
Butterfly Stamp from Butterfly Post Collection Eco Green Crafts
Flourish by Stampin Up!
Small glass beads-frosted mix by Create A Craft
PC AND PRINTER, Sheet music-miscellaneous
Drill or Dremel tool, beads and wire, magnet.

DIRECTIONS:

1. Select a page sheet music (9x12)
2. Add 3 colors of acrylic paint randomly with a brush, let some of the music notes peek through.


When I make ATCs, I'm usually creating multiples of the same design for swapping, so I like to lay them all out at once. The blocks I used in my document are 2x3 inches so I can layer it onto something else. For the magnet, I used a piece of Stampbord 2 1/2 x 3 1/2.




3. Create a document the same size as your project and insert text.
4. Stamp flowers using the "huffing" method. HUFFING: use watercolor markers to color directly on the stamp. When finished "huff" your breath onto the stamp to moisten the pigment, then stamp onto your project. Use a sheet of paper as a mask so that you won't stamp into another square.
5. Add color to the flowers with alcohol pens.
6. Stampflourish with Lettuce Adirondak ink.
7. Stamp the flourish with Clover Adirondak ink. (bottom right)
8. Spray the entire project with a light coat Krylon Matte Finish. Let dry completely.
9. Print your word document onto your project.
10 Stamp the butterfly using Sail Boat Blue Adirondak ink.
11. Heat set the entire project and spray again with Krylon Matte Finish.
12. Cut squares apart.
13 Spray the Stampbord with Lettuce Color Wash and Blue Hawaii Memory Mist. Heat set.
14. Stamp the Stampbord with Versa Mark and emboss with silver embossing powder.
15. Adhere the paper square to the front of the stampbord.
16. Use a drill or dremel tool to pierce a small hole in the bottom right corner.
17. Attach the large beads to wire and twist the end, place through the hole and secure.
18. Apply glue to cover the hole and sprinkle with small glass beads.
19. Attach magnet to the back.

Thank you so much for visiting, I hope you enjoyed the project. Please be sure to visit Altered Arts Magazine to see the wonderful project ideas they have to offer. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

Until next time, make art every day!
Becky