Altered Mouse Trap

Here is my first completed altered mouse trap! (yep, I have a few more in the works, just gotta get them completed!) I seen the idea a long while back on Pinterest and knew I wanted to make some. 

I love how it turned out!! I bought a pack of new traps from the Dollar Store and took off the parts not needed and started altering. So fun!

I first stamped on it using StazOn ink and Tim Holtz stamps, then added color by using my homemade glimmer mists. To finish it off, I added a piece of  pattern paper that I had stamped on. I ripped it to look cool! Now this is a very awesome memo holder! Just add a magnet or whatever to the back and put it where it needs to be to hold a little note.

I am entering this in the "No Rules" anything goes challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show!

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August Mixed Media Challenge

This art journal page was done for Limors August Mixed Media Challenge. The sponsor for the month of August is Faber Castell Design Memory Craft!  

The Rules were to create a Journal page or tag with a theme of sunsets/Skyes - Anything to do with a sunset or sky. And we Must use at least 1 Faber Castell - Design Memory Craft Product on our project. 

So for my art journal page I created my sky using Faber Castell Mix & Match (Blue pack) Gelatos.

Other products I used were:
The Crafters Workshop Templates - mini chicken wire, and mini harlequin
Tickled Pink Digital Stamp - Lil Little Lilith
Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz Bitty Grunge stamps
Texture paint
Tissue Paper and textured packing paper
Clouds I cut by hand from cardstock and embossed

The winner will receive a $65 gift package worth of Faber Castell Design Memory Craft products! You have till August 31st at midnight to get your entries in!

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Dragon Frame

This is the last of the Asian themed projects for the swap I was in. I used a frame from China and took it apart and cut a dragon from the Pagoda Cartridge and put it inside along with my own gold background paper. For the outside I painted it using the candling technique by The Gentlman Crafter. It is a Wax Resist Technique. Pretty much you paint it one color, rub with candle wax and paint another color on top and rub/buff it.

And here are all my Asian swap items in one photo together!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today :)

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Altered Notebook

This is another little notebook that I altered, Asian style. Used Pagoda Cricut cartridge for the cuts. 

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Altered Birdcage

I made an altered birdcage for part of my Asian themed swap. I started by painting it black. I took apart 3 photo frames I had in my stash (from a garage sale, that I originally bought for the shadow box frames) that had Asian words in them and used these for both sides and the front of the birdcage.  Inside I included beautiful flowers in a container wrapped with red lace and added 3 decorative stick pins to them that I had made. 

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Altered Chopsticks

To go along with my Asian swap items, I took a set of free chopsticks and altered them by painting them and added cuts from the Pagoda cartridge. 

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Asian Altered Notebook

Here is an Asian themed altered notebook I made for the swap. I used the Pagoda Cricut Cartridge, (that my friend Kelley generously loaned me) for the cuts. I added some lace trim up the edge. Included a ying yang charm on the side. 

 On the inside I included an old photo of some Asian women that I found at a flea market. And another charm on the side. 

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Asian Decorative Stick Pins

Here I made Asian decorative stick pins for the swap. I actually found the beads with the Asian words at a garage sale, and the others I had in my stash. I added the umbrella because I liked the red and the design on it made me think of the asian theme. 

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Asian themed swap

I made this for my swap partner who wanted Asian themed items in colors of red, black, gold, white/cream. It came unpainted in just the brown wood color. I painted it black then used paper from Bo Bunny Serenity Collection. I lined the inside too. I used a Martha Stewart border lace punch and a couple brads to make it pretty.

More Asian themed swap items to come!

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A scrapbook page

I made a scrapbook layout for my cousins new baby girl. I used DCWV Animal Crackers Stack. I fussy cut the animals and tree out from a sheet from the stack as well.

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Love - my first art journal page

I just completed my very first page in my art journal - Love!! Art journaling and mixed media is something I have been wanting to do and I'm finally doing it. It's so much fun to just be free and play with paint and anything else you want to add in. For this page and techniques I used a video tutorial by Limor. You can check her out on youtube HERE

This is for Tracy's July creative dare, as well as Limor's MM July Challenge. I combined them into one piece.

Tracy's Dare

July 2012 Creative Dare

1. Create a project using your favorite color pallet
2. Include YOUR Word of the Year on your project
3. OPTIONAL: Use the quote I used "once she stopped rushing through life, she was amazed how much more life she had time for..."
4. 
   

Limor's Challenge

MIXED MEDIA CHALLENGE INFORMATION/RULES

• Create a project using at least one technique that you have learned/seen on my Video tutorials.
• Your work must incorporate a Mask/Screen of your choice
• For those of you that make Videos please add a Video response to my Contest Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMR3ScUvirE<--Link  And call it "Limor1278 Mixed Media July Challenge".
• For those that do not do videos submit your photos to the Facebook Group  <---Link and post it in the photo album called "MM July Challenge"
• 1 winner will be picked randomly to win some amazing Mixed Media Goodies!
• Last but not least! HAVE FUN! GET MESSY!!!

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Olde Curiosity Shoppe Altered box

This is a cigar box that I altered with Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe collection for a swap I was in. It goes with the 2 previous projects here on my blog. My swap partner likes this collection from G45 and so that's what I went with!  It was my first time altering one of these boxes, it was very fun and I love how it came out! She loved all three projects as well. :)

Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to leave a comment letting me know what you think! :)

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When Pigs Fly Dome

This is another project I made using Olde Curiosity Shoppe collection by Graphic 45. I fussy cut a flying pig out of one of the sheets of paper and attached it to a piece of wire. The When pigs fly sign was cut out from a sheet of the paper too and put on wire. The other pieces were border strips included with the collection. I covered half of a Styrofoam ball with material to stick the wire in for the pig and sign to stand up. The base was originally brown and I painted it black. 

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Olde Curiosity Shoppe Altered book

I used the Olde Curiosity Shoppe Collection by Graphic 45 to create my very first altered book. I took an old book and cut a house shape out of it. Mod Podged the pages together, painted black and created a niche inside and placed a butterfly that I fussy cut from a sheet of Graphic 45 paper. I added some glossy accents to the spots on the butterfly. I wanted the book to look a bit aged and worn so I added some ink in spots. On the cover, I also cut out a hole for eye so it has some depth to it as well.

Thanks for stopping by my blog...

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June Creative Dare

I've been hanging out with Tracy Weinzapfel on Monday nights via Ustream. Every Monday night she goes Live on Ustream and creates a project on canvas or in her art journal. Everyone is welcome to come be a part of it and it is free! She has even made a facebook group for it called Monday Nights LIVE with Tracy Weinzapfel Studios.

Tracy is doing creative dares (challenges) on her blog too. The creative dare for June is to make something using this quote

"Let go of whatever holds you back and no longer serves you because you only get one shot in life" ~ Unknown

So here is my project using the quote. It's the first time I've done something like this so it's not that spectacular but it was fun creating and that is what it is all about!!

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Altered notebook

This is another little notebook from the Dollar Store that I recently altered. I covered the covers inside and out with paper. Added some lace along with some positive sayings from Tim Holtz stamps.

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Altered little notebook

Here is an altered notebook I recently done. It started off as just a little plain notebook from the dollar store and now it looks like this! 

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Graduation Bouquets

Here are a couple bouquets I made for Graduation earlier this month. One I used dollar bills and the other I used a silhouette file of a graduation cap.

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Teacher Appreciation Gift

My 6 year old son made this (with my help) for his Kindergarten teacher. We used one of those clear picture frames as the base. Put chosen paper in the frame where the picture normally goes. Added some diecuts and stickles to glam them up. He finished it off by writing her a thank you note. Pin It

Photo Cube

I made this steampunkish photo cube for my swap partner. It started out as a 5" cube of styrofoam. I covered the cube with paper from DCWV Tattered Time collection and then started adding my embellishments. I used lots of different things; charms, brads, tacks, old key, old watch, images printed from online, gears, lace trim, stick pin, doily, chain, buttons and more. On the bottom, I used screws for legs. The top has an old fork to hold a photo. I had a lot of fun with this, adding all the different things to each side.

I really loved how this came out! It may even be my best project thus far :)

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