Showing posts with label decoupage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decoupage. Show all posts

Friday, June 29

Tutoral: Altered Trinket Box with Faux Wood Grain

This Altered Trinket Box is a great (inexpensive) project for those that what to learn how to "alter" things.  I've made sure to add in many small details that will help you obtain this great vintage look!!

Let's get to the tutorial!!



SUPPLIES
Paper Mache Trinket Box
Hymnal Pages or Sheet Music
Acrylic Craft Paints (browns, black, & gold)
Gloss Decoupauge Medium
Lace (optional)
Miscellaneous decorations (optional)

Step 1: DECOUPAGE & AGE OUTSIDE TOP

Cover the box top's outside using thin pages of music, such as old hymnal pages.
Note: If you don't have old hymnals or sheet music available, another great option would be old sewing pattern paper.


Using a fine mist bottle, spray the decoupauged top with an aging/distressing ink.
Gently wipe away the excess and cover any missed areas and let dry.


Step 2: DECORATE INSIDE THE TOP
Cut a piece of music to fit inside the top.  If you're anything like me, this will come out sorta "wonky".
To cover any cutting mishaps and to hide the paper mache, paint the inside rim with dark brown acrylic craft paint.


Using a strong tacky glue, glue lace to the inside edge of the box top.  Set aside to dry completely.

Step 3: PAINT A FAUX WOOD GRAIN
I didn't care for the paper mache's appearance so I decided to create a faux wood grain on the bottom part of the box.

Paint a coat of light/medium brown over your entire surface.
Add a tiny bit of gold onto a foam brush, dab off the excess until the bruss is almost dry, then gently dry brush the gold paint onto the surface very sparingly and always in the same direction..


Repeat the dry brush technique using a medium/dark brown, then black, then light/medium brown again.

To finish the look and to seal the outside of the box, just add a couple coats of glossy decoupage medium.  In my opinion this gives the faux wood grain a varnished type of look!!
Note: I chose to add little wooden feet to my trinket box, but this is totally optional.

Step 4: PAINT THE INSIDE OF THE BOX

Paint a couple coats of gold (or other color) acrylic craft paint over the inside of the box. Seal with decoupage medium.

I think the trinket box looks great at this stage, so you may choose to leave it as is.
However, I chose to decorate the top so I've included those instructions as well - just keep reading!


Step 5: FOWER WITH MUSIC LEAVES
(optional)
Find a paper flower with a realitively long stem.
Cut the flower's stem to the desired length, but do not throw away the extra stem!
Cut 2 leaf shapes out of sheet music and glue them back to back over one end of the excess stem.
Using a strong tacky glue, attach the flower stem to the leaf stem.
Decoupauge over the attachment point to seal.


Step 6: DECORATE TOP

Gather up miscellaneous items to use on your top.  I used cheesecloth, my paper flower, buttons, a decorated puzzle piece, old stamps, an old key, and a filigree finding.

If you choose to add cheesecloth, just decoupauge it to the top before you add your other embellishments.

Layout your items before gluing them down to make sure you're happy with their placement.
Once you find a layout you like, simply glue them down using a strong non-yellowing tacky glue.


FINISHED!!


Thanks for reading!! Until next time...

Tuesday, June 12

Tutorial: Memory Keychains

This project is so much fun to make and very rewarding when you're done!!  I know you're all going to love this tutorial!!


SUPPLIES
Wood shapes ("Woodsies")
Crop-a-dile (or other strong hole punch)
Acrylic craft paint
Decorations (photos, scrapbook paper, ephemera, lace, etc.)
Keyring
Chain
Charms or beads (optional)
Metal jump ring
Pliers


Step 1: MAKE WOOD BASE
The wood shapes I purchased were inexpensive and relatively thin so I chose to use 2 for each base.  If your wood shapes are made of a heavier wood, you could get away with just using one.

Pair up 2 wood pieces that are the same shape and size.

Punch a hole at the top center of one.  Line up your two pieces and mark where to punch the hole on the 2nd piece and then punch that hole.

Add a layer of glue (preferably wood glue) to the back of the two pieces and press them together.
Clamp the 2 pieces together using clothes pins or other method and let dry.

Once the glue has dried sand off the excess glue and any rough edges.

Step 2: DECORATE
There are so many possibilities for decorating these keychains!!   I'll list some of my ideas after the tutorial.

Paint the edges of your wood base using acrylic craft glue; you may need 2 or more coats.

Using a decoupage medium glue and seal your decorations onto the wood base, making sure to seal the painted edges too.

Step 3: ADD KEYRING & A CHARM
This is where we turn the little decorated wood shape into a keychain!!

Using pliers, add about 1" of chain to the keyring.

If you want to use a bead, rather than a charm, you'll need to add a headpin and a pair of round-nose jewelry pliers.

Once you have your bead/charm and keyring ready, add them to the wood base with a metal jump ring as shown above.

FINISHED!!





As I mentioned in the tutorial, there are so many possibilities when decorating your wood base!!  Here are just a few of the ideas I was able to come up with:
Vintage ephemera (shown in tutorial)
Photo(s) of a loved one
Mini scrapbook page
Map or image of a favorite place
Mini collage of something you enjoy
Your name
This list could go on and on!!  I'd love to hear your ideas so feel free to add them by commenting!!

Thanks for reading!!  Until next time...

Thursday, January 19

Guest Post: The Stuff of Success (Flip Deck of Photos)

Today, Athena from The Stuff of Success is going to share a really neat Flip Deck of Photos!!  This is a really neat project!!  Be sure to check out her blog, where you can find more fun tutorials!!  I'll let Athena take it from here!!


Hello...  I am Athena from The Stuff of Success. I am so pleased to be here today with Lisa on Lisa's Craft Blog! This is a great opportunity and I thrilled to meet you all.

My blog is the pride and joy of my kids and I!  The Stuff Of Success is dedicated to living life well, inexpensively.  Our blog was developed to help prove that success is not the result of wealth.  We focus on crafts, family, repurposing/recycling, cheap or free deals, with a bit of life's humor along the way. As an added bonus - every now and then my children do a "solo" project specifically for the blog.  Another aspect of our blog is that my children are all adopted with special needs. As a result, many projects are adaptations or solutions to everyday difficulties that may be helpful to families with similar situations.  I look forward to showing you all one of my project's - The Flip Deck of Photos!


You need a large binder ring, wallet sized photos, a hole punch and time… I also used a very heavy scrapbook paper for the front cover and a plain heavy scrapbook paper for the back cover. You can certainly use photos printed on regular photo paper but I printed these with my inkjet printer on the heaviest cardstock I could find. I selected photos from our previous full year with all of our trips, activities, holidays and celebrations.




I also made a set for my husband but that set was with 3 1/2 x 5 photos and required two punched holes for two rings. And for the covers on his I used scrapbook paper adhered to chip board - I wanted to add a layer of protection to the larger sized photos.

I hope you enjoyed this project and there are so many other ideas at The Stuff Of Success such as my favorites below.



Tuesday, January 17

Version: Framed Heart Button Art

It's not too early to start working on Valentine's Day projects is it?!?  If it is, oh well!! I went ahead and did it anyway!! hehehe

In this post, I'll show you how I made this Framed Heart Button Art!!  Pretty nifty, huh?!?


When using another blog's tutorial, I always want to take a moment to tell you about that blog and the original tutorial. I just think that's the right thing to do, don't you?

Today's project was created by following the 

Crystal is super creative and does a great job with her blog, A Pumpkin and a Princess!!  Her blog is packed full of crafty tutorials, delicious recipes, decorating ideas, storage & organizational tips, and much more!!  You gotta see this blog!!


When I found the Button Ghost and Pumpkin tutorial at A Pumpkin and a Princess, I knew I had to give it a try!!  Here's what Crystal's button art looked like...


I'd never made button art before, but Crystal made it look so easy!!  Since Halloween was long gone, I decided to use a heart as my button art image.  I also decided to decorate my frame a bit!!  Here's the tutorial for my version...

SUPPLIES
$1 Wooden frame
Old book pages & sheet music
Acrylic craft paint
Burlap
Cardstock (matches burlap)
Various sized buttons
Glue
Decoupage medium
Paint brush

Step 1: PREP FRAME
Remove the frame backing, glass, and anything else that came inside. You can get rid of the glass, but keep the backing.

Step 2: COVER FRAME
Cover Frame: Decoupage torn pieces of old book pages onto the frame, covering the entire front side and overlapping onto the inside and outside edges.
Note: You do not need to completely cover the inside and outside edges of the frame because you'll be painting over them shortly.
Add Accents: Add torn strips of sheet music to accent the frame.

Step 3: PAINT FRAME EDGES
Paint the inside and outside edges of the frame with two coats of acrylic craft paint.

Step 4: PREP BACKGROUND MATERIALS
Trace & Cut: Trace the frame's backing onto your burlap and a coordinating sheet of cardstock.  Cut them out. 
Glue Together: Glue the burlap onto the cardstock, making sure to line up your edges.
Place in Frame: Put the burlap/cardstock sheet in the frame with the burlap side facing out and replace the frame's backing.

Step 5: TRACE SHAPE
Trace your desired shape onto the burlap using a pencil.
Note: Make sure you choose an image that is very basic!  Choosing a complex image will be hard to make out when it's covered in buttons.

Step 6: ADD BUTTONS
Before gluing any buttons down, you will want to plan them in advance.
Place 5-8 buttons onto your shape, making sure there are no large gaps in the image.
Once you have figured out where they're going to go, glue them in place.
Cover your entire shape with buttons.

FINISHED!!


Real quick, I want to show you the first image I tried turning into button art.

This was supposed to be two hearts side by side, but ended up looking like an upside-down bikini top!!  Since it was so hard to see, I decided to re-do it as just the one heart.  So when I said, "Choosing a complex image will be hard to make out when it's covered in buttons.", I knew what I was talking about!!

Anyway, I hope you like this tutorial!!  Be sure to look at the original tutorial,  Button Ghost and Pumpkin tutorial, over at A Pumpkin and a Princess!!  There are a few differences in our tutorials, not to mention Crystal's blog just rocks and you need to check it out!!

Thanks for reading!! Until next time...

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