Altoid Tin Haunted house

Altoids Haunted House



I am currently in a swap using  wood, tin, or glass to make a house. I used an Altoids tin to make a haunted house. I sprayed newspaper with Color Mists and covered the outside of the tin. I also used some of the newspaper for the tree on the back of the tin. I painted the windows, and used an index card for the roof.

The inside of the house has a spider web on tissue paper,and a witch using an image from a birthday card.



This was a fun house to make. The tin was rather small to work on, but it was rewarding.

My Birthday Block

About 6  months ago I sent off a red block for a birthday block round robin. After all these months it has returned home.

Still some red under all the fabulousness, but definitely not the plain block I sent off. I'm not sure who added which things. The pics don't actually capture all the layers and uniqueness of all the artwork on it.

Everyone needs flowers for their b-day

This shoe is more 3 dimensional than it looks

Yummy cupcake

 One view complete w/ birthday candle and a lil bubbly

adorable surfing kitty :)

My Birthday banner and colorful base.

Thanks ladies for a wonderful block to celebrate my birthday!!

Bottlecap Snowman

During one of those nights I just couldn't sleep I was trying to organise some of my mess and came across a pack of bottle caps. It reminded me of a cute Christmas ornament I'd recently seen. Just a simple snowman. A little paint and a ribbon was all I needed. So simple the kids could whip these out in practically no time at all.



Book Wreath

I have seen several versions of book wreaths on Pinterest and decided to give it a whirl. I wasn't prepared to make one so I improvised for the backing, instead of using a foam wreath form I cut a family size pizza box lid to use for the base.

Next I tore pages from a couple of paperbacks that nobody in our house was interested in reading. Rolled them into tubes, folded one end over about 1/4 inch and stapled it.

Next thing I did was break out the trusty old glue gun. I started in the middle and glued tubes around the circle filling in spots as I saw the need in each consecutive row (Of course I burned my fingers for proof I was using said glue gun ). A few one inch strips folded accordion style glued over the sloppy inner circle helped it look more finished. All I need now, is a trip to the craft or fabric store for some festive ribbons and bows to use for each season. It only took about 2 hours for me to figure out what I wanted to do and complete the whole wreath. I think I'll try making another one with some variations in size and colored paper. For now I'm pleased with this one:)



Jar Fairy

I've been begging for the housecleaning fairy to visit my home. She never seems to make her way, I decided to set a fairy trap and lo and behold I caught one. Doesn't look like the housecleaning type, more like the court jester breed. She looks amazingly just like my daughter when she was about five. I'll keep her safely tucked away in this jar and feed her now and then.........I think she only eats ketchup.



Birthday Block

I am involved in a round robin for birthday, artist trading blocks. For the past few months I received a different person's birthday block to contribute to. This is Aileen's block which is now finished, I didn't add much to it since it was so full already. I didn't get pics of the entire block. Trust me it's amazing, full of creative ideas.

The side of the block had this birthday gal on it that I just had to add gold eyelashes to.

On the front and back I added a few paper clay buttons. There really wasn't much room left after seven ladies had done their magic.



Hard to imagine that just a few months ago it was just a plain wooden block:)

Paperclay Buttons

Just a couple quick photos of some paperclay buttons I made.

Not sure what I'll use them for but they were fun to make and I have an almost sick (yes! I said almost) obsession with buttons right now. I think I'll use the  little face one for some kind of button girl. 

Emo/Steampunk Necklace

Last week my friends Aileen and Kris introduced me to paperclay. I mostly made buttons as I am obsessed with buttons right now. But I also made this necklace for my teen daughter who loves everything dark and mysterious. It's designed after a broken heart she has drawn many times.

After letting it air dry , I painted it a deep red, for that blood effect.



Lastly I whitewashed ( or is it black washed?) it, letting the red show in the broken section, and sealed it with PYMII.  She was happily surprised when she saw the end product. Not my style, but fun to make:)



Welcome

Welcome
I've decided that I need a blog to post my tinkerings. Just little art/craft projects that I manage to get myself into. I am so excited to share some things and to complete some projects that I've started and Ok I admit it, there are several I haven't even started yet. Hope we can have some fun here:)