Christmas decoration in Eco style

Hello everyone!

Today I have something different to share with you - it is my new Christmas decoration in Eco style

My girls helped me to pick up these branches and cones and I did the rest of the job :)

This deco is dimensional enough - there are some close-ups:

To make my stars very solid I glued together 5 layers of heavy cardstock. I used a dry-brushing technique to make the stars pop.

Actually I wanted to make a tutorial for this project but wasn't sure will it be demanded or not...

So if anyone has questions or suggestions don't be shy - you are always welcome :))

Hope you like it!

Hugs, Anna

Altered Birdhouse

Hello!


Look what I have today - a Birdhouse! It is my first altered birdhouse ever.

Look from the side

And some close-ups:

This project was created for Words&Paintery June challenge (as a Design team member).

But this month there are so many beautiful moodboards with such inspiring colors that I couldn't resist not to play along at some great challenges. 

I want to enter into:

- Scrapki-Wyzwaniowo - See it in Pink

- Fabrika Dekoru - The beautiful moments with Vicente Romero Redondo

- Berry71bleu - Summer is here

Hope you liked my birdhouse ;))

Have a great day!

Hugs, Anna

Upcycled Mandarin Box

Hello everyone!

Today I have a quick post just to show you how I upcycled a mandarin box. 

I'm a kind of person who always has problems with throwing things away... 

This time I decided to try to give a new life to this mandarin box – to turn it into a storage box for my craft supplies.

Here are the photos before and after:

If you are interested how I did it:

• I wanted to give an antique look to this box. So, I painted it firstly in brown color.
• When it dried, I did a second layer – in turquoise, and left it to dry for a night.
• Then I distressed a top layer with a sand block and for more contrast I added with my brash a light touch of the same brown paint that I used underneath.
• Of course, I strengthened a bottom of the box with a chipboard and an appropriate pattern paper.
•  And a piece of furniture.

  It was fun! And now I have an additional storage box that looks perfect on my bookshelf.

See you later,

Anna

Altered Photo Frame

Hi again!

Today I came to share with you my altered photo frame.

I altered this photo frame for a present. 

And I’m proud to say that this purple flower just under the bird I did it by myself! J Yes, I’ve never done flowers by my hands before – I always use purchased flowers (it’s faster and easier). But this time I wanted something special… 

So this is my first baby-flower ;)

Some close-ups:

With my project I want to enter the next challenges:

- 13arts - Love is in the air                                                                                 

                    

- Berry71Bleu - A PoP of Colour                                                  

                  

- Fabrika decoru - Stay Gold

Thank you for stepping by!

Hugs, Anna

Yarn Letter

Hi!!

Today I have just a little post to show you a Yarn Letter that I made for my daughter’s room – “V” is a first letter of her name.

I used a letter from papier-mache about 10": wrapped it in yarn and decorated with self-made flowers from felt, pearls and brads.

That's all for today :)

Bye!

Anna

Sea photo frame

Yes, I know that outside is autumn already... But I really wanted to save some sea memories from the summer. Besides that I had a lot of sea shells that we brought from the seaside and I could not leave them lying just like that... So I decided to alter a photo frame!

I bought a simple cheap frame and covered it with 2 layers of white gesso. But the frame seemed to me not enough white so I painted it in white with acrylics. I glued some burlap thread and then all these sea shells.
At the end I added a touch of texture paste and artificial sand.

Some close-ups:

Have a nice day!
Anna

Steampunk photo frame

Today I have something special to share with you.

For this project I bought a simple photo frame. 
I glued some cheese cloth and mesh tape on the frame for the texture and covered it with 2 coats of black gesso. 

And then the fun part began! For altering I used a bunch of metal embellishments and chipboard, but also my stash that I was collecting for about one year (spare parts of tape runner, some metal stuff from shoes, clothes, pens) :) oh yes, I had a lot of fun! 
Another coat of black gesso. 
Then I sprayed it all with copper and brown colors. To put the finishing touches to my frame I used a gold wax.

And some close-ups:

 I should say altering this frame took quite a lot of time but I love how it turned out! 

 Hope you like it too ;)

Anna

Steampunk Wall Calendar

Hello! I am so glad I have a possibility to share my creations with you! Finally!!!
I will start from the project that I really love!

It has been a while since I created this Wall Calendar. It was just like a splash of inspiration!

In the beginning I covered two thick chipboards with Prima's paper. Then I decorated two corners with embossed black cardstock and die-cut a bunch of gearwheels.

I used a lot of metal and wooden embellishments. I LOVE metal, I believe it gives a power to projects! Oh, yes - I glued old clock mechanisms on 2015 and on the owl ;)
To put the finishing touches to my Calendar I used a gold wax that brings a metal effect to a whole project.
Some close ups

I printed calendar pages (one month per page) on the thick paper and distressed them.
To put my project together I punched the holes with my Crop-A-Dile and fastened the Calendar with metal rings.

I hope you enjoyed my Steampunk Wall Calendar. I will highly appreciate your feedback.
Anna