Weekend Creativity

Yesterday I lived in my craft room. Something came over me and I decided rather than naming all the things I should be doing instead I would just put all the must do's on the back burner and do what I "wanted" to do. It was somewhat freeing. I had worked on two altered projects. Both I'm quite happy with. If you missed the beginning of this project it can be seen HERE. Below is the rest of the project. I'll admit it's probably not completed, as I will add this and that too it over the next few days I'm sure.  here is the first part of this weekend play time. Be sure to check out the link above to see what I began with.I'll be posting here shortly the other post, so as to not make this too post too picture heavy.

Work In Progress

I thought I would do a little sharing tonight. In my spare time I've been doing some playing around with some cheapo wooden frames I found at the local Dollar Tree. I love these things. Here's a little tutorial for what I did with them thus far. My advice. Any of you out there who love those Tim Holtz configuration boxes but can't bring yourself to buy them for 10-30 dollars. This is a great alternative. For a whole 6 bucks total after all materials.. even glue, inks and stains. How frickin cool is that!

Ok here, I took a small saw and sawed some of the pieces to make them different sizes. These boxes are a simple 7x7 unfinished box.

I then took Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive and applied it to the sides after I decided how I wanted them. I choose this glue not only because I love it but also because when it tried if you get any over the edge you can simple rub it off with your finger or light sanding.

I use large clips to hold them in place while the dried. Which doesn't take much time at all but make sure their really secure.

Here I am just showing you how you could make these into any shape you so wish. I did something a bit longer and staggered but you could also make a cute cube.

I then used some Tim Holtz stains, as well as some Tattered Angels mists to get the distressed look I was going for. I like the glitz form the mists as well, gives it something fun. I'm very very happy with the aged look it has. I'll keep everyone posted on how I alter it further from here.

15 Minute Project

Here's a little project I did the other night. Took me only 15 minutes. A few pieces of paper, few pics, a little ink, some hot glue, and a few embellishments. Pretty darn simple. I also added some legs to it on the bottom to sit on just to add a bit of affect. I used some papers and embellishments on this I bought maybe 2 years ago but have yet to ever use for anything. They fit quite well with the lake pictures I used on this.

Thanks for looking ladies.