MATCH BOX SWAP-GOT IT!

Got my match box swap in the mail today! Flowers, rhinestones, old skeleton keys.... sweet!Filled with goodies!

Who would believe you could get all this in that little box

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All kinds of altered art projects in there!And more!

Mail man made my day today, with this package from my match box swap partner. Victoria at http://thingsilearnfrombear.blogspot.com/ it is truly amazing what you can get in one of those boxes.I do love these swaps !!! Today I worked on some art , altering an eye glass case. I was just wondering if these might be something to make and sell at a craft show, thought I would try making one. Not to happy with it yet, still work to do on it. I am having problems logging on the this blog...is anyone else having problems logging on? To my blog.

All for now thanks for looking and come back soon

Blessings Donna

ALTERED ART BOX

Hi everyone, worked on this box that has been rolling around my house. I was found a few years ago, figured I would do something with it at some point. I have been purging and getting stuff gathered up for they tag/yard sale and almost pitched this box. But some how it ended up on my work table so I just did it. On the top I used a magazine pic of a vintage lady, and used one of the watch faces I got when waiting for my new muffler.

I covered the whole box with old hand written letters I got at a yard sale, and pages from and old book. On the front top I had some left over mini rusty tin stars glued them on. Put on one of my stamped and colored with chalk pencils butterflies. Old one cent stamp .

On this end of the box put punched heart from the letter, and old blue button, with some vintage lace on top.

On the other end a cut out bird some sheet music, and fake rhinestone. I still have a hard time with this live writer. I put 5 pic’s on so lets find out if they all show up. Yesterday they did not. Tomorro my swap partner should have gotten her match box so I will post on that.

I wonder what you all do when you sit down to so some art work. I have a hard time figureing out what to use. Do you all look over all your supplies and then gather up what to use and go from there? Or do you figure out a theme and go that way? I have a problem in this area. Please give me some feed back thanks Welll that’s all for now thanks for looking and come back soon.

Blessings Donna

FIRST MATCH BOX

I have been wanting to do an altered match box. So when  Tee offered a swap I jumped at the chance to make one. This is not the one I made for the swap, but they come to in a package so I made two! This is one side of the box. covered with vintage sheet music, cut out bird from a book with mesh ribbon. The other side of the match box. Covered with sheet music, stamped and colored with chalk pencils distressed and fake rhinestones. I love doing these!

All the goodies I put in the box.

The top of box covered with scrap book paper, hand crochet vintage mini doily, added some fashion yarn and pieces of vintage paper doily. Heart rhinestone.

Close up of doily. I found these in a old antique sewing box so I am thinking the are very old. Most every thing in the box was old enough to be antique.

I am not sure where these pic’s and text will end up on blogger cause I am using live writer, I will tell you again this is not the box I sent to my swap partner. Post that one soon as she gets it. All for now thanks for looking and come back soon

Blessings Donna

ALTERED SPOON FOR MY SWAP PARTNER

I put it in one of the paper towel roll, containers I made. Since it is a Christmas ornament, I chose a Christmas theme one. I love making these!Wrapped the spoon in white tissue paper with red bead string tying it together.The total package.The spoon painted all white, sweet snow man face painted, the painted the spoon handle pepper mint candy cane. Wrapped handle with wire, added red ribbon bow, and a pearl snowball button.



Weather in Greenville PA: Temp today 84 cloudy this AM. Cloudy most of the time this summer.
I like the FL sunshine better! This swap was an easy one for me. I use to paint these spoon ornaments when i was in the craft show business. I made these and other spoon, and knife ornaments, I will show you some of them at Christmas time. I guess I was doing altered art before I knew what it was called. I finished my match box swap, all ready to go. I will show you what it looks like when I think she received it.
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Blessings
Donna

"YOU GOT MAIL"

Look what the mailman brought yesterday!And inside was this!And inside that was this great altered mini comp book! The mini book is a gift from Tee at The Altered Paper http://creationsbytee.blogspot.com/ . She sent these out as a thank you for doing the swap. Thanks so much Tee I love it.
Inside of the front cover sweet dove.Inside of back cover.The back of the book.I am so happy with my mini books that came with this swap! I am sending out my altered spoon in the morning and going to the store to day and get my match box for that swap. I have been wanting to do a match box ever since I seen one last year. Just wish I had all my stash with me, so I could load up with a bunch of vintage. Maybe there will be another one I can join this coming winter. I was wondering what you all use your altered books for. Please leave a comment and tell us.
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Blessings
Donna

ANOTHER ALTERED MINI BOOK

This is a book I had that is about this same size as the mini comp books. I made this one for my DIL for her birthday on Friday. I seen other's using corrugated card board in their art work. So I thought that I would give it a try. Sun flower is the card board, on a back ground of ink distressed crackled scrapbook paper. Inked the flower and put on a little yellow paint. Vintage button, fake rhinestone, and embossed wall paper strips, with a few wipes of yellow paint. The leaves are cut out from another paper with flowers. Distressed all around and fashion yarn added.The back is green stripped scrapbook paper distressed with ink. Butterfly cut from note card, bird cut from old bird book, and he is chirping fake rhinestones music notes on a piece of vintage sheet music. The front and back of book. A little tea stained lace on the bottom.The inside pages of the mini book are brown craft type paper. Cover of mini book is brown chip board. I seem to be making a lot of small piece's of art. I have about a dozen larger canvases ready to work on and cant seem to figure out what to do with them. Maybe small is my thing. I will ask Pearl to help me get started on canvas when I get back to Florida.Went to a few yard sales this morning and got a few things, I will post about them next time.
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Blessings
donna

MINI COMP BOOK I MADE

FRONT OF MINI BOOKFRONT AND BACKINSIDE BACKINSIDE FRONT Now that Jeanie at http://jeanieatc.blogspot.com/ got here mini book I made for her, I can post it here on my blog. I didn't want her to see it before hand. I had so much fun making this book that I want to make more. But have to find the mini comp book first. This one I happened to bring with me from Florida, glad I did!
Glad you like it Jeanie.
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Blessings
Donna

BIRTHDAY LOOT

PAPER ART GOODIESJELLY STAMPSTABLETS OF TAGSBUGS, BUTTERFLYS & BUTTONS
On my birthday yesterday,went to my son and dil house for dinner. And dil went to joanns and hit the jackpot sale day. She found all this for me! Love it.
Thanks so much for everything.

GOT MY MINI COMP B00K SWAP!

This is what my swap partner Jeanie at http://jeanieatc.blogspot.com/ Thanks so much I love it. It is so pretty I hate to use it and mess it up.Front and back. Look close at the peacock feather.... it is a pic of a woman. So cool!

Got this in the mail today, just in time for my birthday that happens to be today! Love it when you get unexpected things in the mail on special days. Not doing much today, going to son's for dinner. For some reason my puter started ringing a bell when I type, whats with that I cant figure out how to stop it, very annoying.

That's all for now, thanks for looking and come back soon.

Blessings

Donna

PAGE IN JUNK JOURNAL - YARD SALE FIND

Found this potpourri pot at a yard sale last weekend. I have been looking for one so I could start to use some beeswax in my art. And I only paid $1 for it.Then a few yard sales later I found some beeswax, in the form of honey comb sheets, used in making those wrap candles. About 2 lbs again only $1. Could not believe my luck, just a couple a weeks ago I was looking at the price for beeswax, but held off buying it. Glad I did. I melted some of it down and now need to look for some info on how to use it in altered paper art.KITTY & MOUSE PAGE.....Here is a page from my junk journal. I used a greeting card and cut out this kitty, and used the paw print envelope that came with it. I added the extra glit & glitter.Mouse was there and I added to it. The flowers are tiny stickers and I painted the leaves. Put some rhinestones on the cute little kitty paws. I put the good luck on there for the mouse! That's it for now thanks for looking and come back soon.
blessings
Donna

WORKING ON HAND PAINTED PAPER

LOVED THESES SHOES...... I have been working on some hand painted paper in my learning journal. These were white then on the right side I used a stencil I got at a thrift store, it has the hearts on it. Then I used a stencil with small sq's and sprayed over the top. On the left same white back ground found this heart doily, 10 cents at a yard sale, and sprayed the red paint again. The red was to stark so I lightly sprayed white over the pages. IN A RED MOOD......I loved these red polka-dot shoes the second I saw them in a magazine add. Even tho you could see the % off tag on them I cut them out and will work around them. When I found the heart stencil I knew they were ment to be together.LEAVES.....This again is on a white back ground. I used some leaves from my locust three in the front yard. I am always on the look out for something to use as a stencil. I like the way the way these turned out, not sure what I will put with them yet or what else I might layer on the page.

CLOSE UP I sent my mini comp book swap to Jeanie at All My Art blogspot today. I loved doing the book and plan on making more to sell at a craft show I plan on doing with Pearl next year. Hope you like it Jeanie, as soon as she gets it I will post pic's. I love doing these swaps and glad I can do a few here in PA.

OLD PAPER DOILY......Used a red back ground sprayed some blue over vintage paper doily. Put some white dots and ran over them with an old gift card.
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Blessings

Donna

GOT MY SWAP PACKAGE

LOT OF GOODIES!

LOVE THE BIRD CHIPBOARD!A GREAT TAG TEMPLATE!

I got my RAK swap package today, my swap partner was Jenny from Jenny's Heart blog. Love all the goodies she sent. Way to much to list, so click on the pic to enlarge and see details. I will be using these and what fun I will be having.
Tee at The Altered Paper was the host for this swap. I also sent in my Bird Song Swap tags, I am having them sent to Fl since it will be later that they will be due and sent out.

Well that's it for now thanks for looking and come back soon.

Blessings

Donna