Treasures from the sea - an altered frame for Art and Soul Challenge Blog

Today I would like to share with you an altered frame I've made for Art & Soul Studio challenge blog.

I was inspired by the current moodboard:

The frame looked like this:

I took the back out and covered it with Finnabair's black gesso, then I worked with a modeling paste and a stencil to give some texture. 

The next step was to color with Lindy's Gang sprays (Tainted Love Teal, Tibetan Poppy Teal, C'est la vie Cerise). Then I adhered trinkets, sea shells and molds, and colored them with Finnabair's acrylic paint - metalic light patina and mermaid sparkle.

The same way I worked with the frame itself, only this time the basis was Finnabair's white gesso.

After all was dry, I added more colros and depth with more Lindy's Gang sprays, this time adding some brownish hues (Shabby Turbine Teal, Afternoon Delight Denim, Clam Bake Beige, Fuzzy Navel Peach, Tawny Turquoise Vintage, Treasure Iland Aqua Vintage).

For the final touch, I added some Finnabair's mini art stones, to get the look of the sand, and some white gesso splatters, here and there.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

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A year in review - mini albums and altered projects

It is almost the end of 2012, and it's time to make some scrappy review. This time about mini albums and cards I've made this year (for more close-ups, you can click on the title of each photo, to see the full post about the specific project).

I've made only 4 mini albums this year, so I'll show you all of them:

 Our Vacation - Summer 2011

The basis of the album, as well as the binding, is selfmade :).

A weekend in the north (Cosmo Cricket products):

This lo was made on a pre-cut chipboards and the binding was done simply with a metal ring.

My inspiration mini notebok, made from envelopes (Jillibean Soup dp):

Summer fun with Mom (Jillibean Soup products):

Once again, I've made by myself this album from start to end. It has many openings, tags, etc. I also did the binding by myself, and I think this mini is the best I've made ever, concerning the binding. I hope next year to improve my skills in binding mini albums.

I've made several altered projects:
Altered frame:

Altered notebook:

Altered notepads & calendar:

Altered gift box:

Altered box:

Thank you for stopping by! please come back tomorrow, for another review.

השנה האזרחית מתקרבת לסיומה, וזו הזדמנות טובה לסקור את העשייה הסקראפית במהלך השנה האחרונה. הפוסט הזה, ראשון בסקירות, מתמקד במיני אלבומים ובפרוייקטים מעוצבים (שכולם על בסיס מיחזור).

תודה שקפצתן לבלוג שלי  להסתכל ואתן מוזמנות לבוא גם מחר, לסקירה נוספת.

Bloom - an altered frame

This frame is the winner for

#10 Floral Delight challenge at LESSology!

For English version, please scroll down. thank you!

כשצרויה העלתה את האתגר השני שלה, אתגר "אביב", היו לי כמה וכמה רעיונות מה לעשות  לאתגר הזה. אחד  מהם היה מסגרת מעוצבת, עם פרחים מקופלים לפי ההדרכה הנפלאה של WINTAM, כביטוי לפריחה המתפרצת באביב.

לקחתי קנבס שהכין צעיר הבנים לפני כשנה בגן. הוא כבר בכיתה א', אז אני מניחה שזה בסדר למחזר, לא?... כיסיתי בשכבת ג'סו ואח"כ צבעתי בשתי שכבות של צבע אקרילי. יישנתי את הקצוות עם דיו והחתמתי כמה  חותמות.  כרקע הדבקתי דף של Webster's Pages. הפרחים הוכנו מדפים מדוגמים ששכנו להם בקופסת השאריות (מרביתם של בייסיק גריי) וכך גם העלים הגזורים ביד. 

've made this frame from a canvas my youngest made in the kindergarten a year ago. Well, he already at 1st grade, so I guess it's okay to re-use it, right? LOL

I didn't take a photo how it was, cause I've already covered it with gesso long time ago. Here's a photo of how it looked all covered with gesso:

I took several dp I've got in my scrap box (most of them are Basic Grey)  and made the rolled flowers, according to this wonderful tutorial. A few stamps and Thickers letters, and that's it.

Here are some close-ups:

I'm entering this frame to the following challenges:
floral delight challenge  - #10 lessology (my recycled item is the canvas) 
favorite things (plus BG products) -  basicgrey challenges (my fav thing is homemade embellishments and mostly - flowers. I've used BG products from lilykate collection and a cards box kit I once got and I'm afraid I really don't recall the name of the collection..)
Thank you for taking the time and visiting my blog!

Adorable

It's time for a new sketch challenge at Frosted Designs! We have another fabi sketch by Karin:

I made another page for my eldest "First Year" album. The photo was taken when he was 3 months old.

I used DCWV printed cs, October Afternoon's dp and Basic Grey.

The vine was made according to the great tutorial Angela made for Frosted Designs, here.

Here are some close-ups:

It also goes for the following challenges:

distressing - dream valley; just add ink

use something forgotten from your stash - ssic (the heart brads, the green flowers and the glittered red alphas)

color combo - 4 crafty chicks

Thank you for taking the time and visiting my blog!

דף נוסף לאלבום "השנה הראשונה" של הבכור, לאתגר סקיצה ב-Frosted Designs.

השתמשתי בדפים מדוגמים של DCWV, October Afternoon, Basic Grey, ולכולם עשיתי דיסטרסינג. הענף של הפרחים הוכן לפי הדרכה כאן.  במרכז פרחי הכרוב, בהם התעללתי, שמתי סיכות מתפצלות בצורת לב. 

תודה על תשומת הלב!

An altered frame with a tutorial - how to distress with a candle - מסגרת מטופלת

This altered frame was made with the inspiration of the photo challenge over Frosted Designs:

I took the pink, blue and white colors from the photo (with a little touch of green). The other things from the photo that inspired me were, of course, the flowers, and the like a frame look of the balkony.

I'm enering this altered frame also for the following challenges:

pearls & lace - simon says; #34 fff
material world (lace) - #38 fub 'n' funky

flowers - #3 stamp & create; whoopsi daisy; #14 anything goes; cowgirl's;

anything goes - #54 a little crafty place; #13 the paper players
anything but a card - sisterhood of crafters

distressing - #28 artful inkables
vintage - #13 creatalicious; #bunny zoe's crafts
old & new - #25 tstr (old look, new butterfly sticker)

I did the distressing of the wooden frame with the candle technique, and since I've been asked before about this technique, I decided to make a little tutorial on how to make it.  Here it is:

The materials: a wooden frame, acrylic paints (preferable in two contrasting colors), a brush, a sand paper, a candle.

Step 1:

Color the wooden frame with the base color all over (I chose brown).

Step 2:
Scrub the colored frame with the candle in different places, especially at the edges and the  corners. Clean the leftovers of the candle.

Step 3:
Color the frame with the other color  all over (I chose vintage white).

Step 4:

Scrub the frame with a sand paper. You should follow the places where you scrubed with the candle before.

And this is what you should get:

Another look:

And a closeup on a corner:

For the embellishments I stamped the frame, added lace, pearls, prima flowers and a butterfly sticker.

Now it's your turn to make an altered art, using this technique. It's really simple and the outcome is great.

If you do make something based on this technique, I'd love to see it, so leave me a comment on this blog, so I can look and leave you some love :).

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful weekend!