Burned Cork Gift Card Tins

Hi! Dana Tatar here today sharing a fun way to alter metal tins. As both the sports season and school year come to a close, I find myself giving a lot of gift cards to the teachers and coaches that have helped my daughters over the year. Instead of tucking the gift cards into an envelope, I decided to upcycle some metal tins. I used some of my favorite Paper Wings Productions stamp sets and a wood burning tool to embellish pieces of cork. I love using my wood burning tool on soft materials like cork and leather.

Here's what my metal tins looked like before I started this project. The bottom half of the tins are a solid color, so I chose to leave that portion of the tin untouched and focus my efforts on covering the top of the tin.

Metal can be tricky to cover with paint, so instead I applied a strip of fabric tape around edge of the lid.

Next, I cut pieces of cork to size and stamped designs onto them using archival ink.

Once I was happy with the designs, I used a wood burning tool to trace over the stamped images.

Finally, I simply used hot glue to attached the burned cork pieces to the top of the metal tins. I love the look of burned cork. I plan to wrap a piece of colorful ribbon around each tin before I give them away. Markers work great on cork, and would be a great way to add color to the burned designs.

Paper Wings Productions Supplies:
Hanging Stars Clear Stamp Set
Fairies Clear Stamp Set
Paris Clear Stamp Set
Evening Primrose Cling Stamp Set
Mexican Hat Cling Stamp Set
Black Eyed Susan Cling Stamp Set
Bluebonnet Cling Stamp Set

Other Supplies: Metal Tins, Cork Sheet, Archival Ink, Fabric Tape. Wood Burning Tool

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Dreaming by the Sea

Hello Friends! Larissa here with you today with a card I made using the Clip Art Sheets. 

I have been trying to work out of my comfort zone lately and thought about this card being the perfect project for me. 

I started with one of the images from the Clip Art Sheet BY THE SEA

I took the image and transferred it onto a piece of watercolor paper using gel medium. Once it dried I roughed up the edges of the image a little to give it the worn vintage look. I then added some clear sealer to the top of the image.

Once it dried I wanted to tone down the image so I added a pearl shimmer paint to the top. Just a very thin coat. 

 I liked the way it aged the image. Before I adhered the image to the card front I turned it over and sprayed water all over the back. Once it dried I was happy with the way it looked.
I roughed the edges of the card front a little to also give it the vintage look. 

I wanted to add a sentiment to the front but could not find any that I really thought went with the image. So I pulled out my drawer of embellishments and found this little round embellishment that said Dream!
It was perfect. It finished off the vintage look I was going for.
As much as I would love to send this card off to a friend I fell in love with it.
I decided it would look better on my shelf in my studio so I grabbed a 4x6 clear frame I had and slid the card inside.
What do you think?

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed my post.
Have a wonderful day friends. 

Mixed Media Monday - Burlap Canvas

Hello crafters!

This is Zoey and I am super happy to be with you for this month as Guest Designer!!
For those who do not know me, I am a mixed media artist that lives in a small town near Bologna (Italy) who thinks she is a dinosaurus in disguise. (LOL)

For my project today I will use products from the For the Birds Nesting Components Mixed Media Kit . The kit comes with a Clear Stamp of choice and I choose the Bird Panel Clear Stamp Set.
For the complete list of materials I used, make sure to check the list at the bottom of the post.

I covered my burlap canvas with some gesso and some pages from an old book, then I added some color with the Gelatos- Steam Punk.

After that, I grabbed the 12x12 stencil that is included in the Kit and I traced one of the birds and to do that I used a black watercolored pencil.

In the kit, there were also included some flower - sadly they didn't match my project so I decided to use again the Gelatos- Steam Punk and color it so it would match my whole project!

For the sentiment I just stamped that beautiful quote on the Bird Panel Clear Stamp Set over a white cardstock (that I lightly colored with...again...Gelatos- Steam Punk) and then cut it in pieces to create some movement. This is the project I made -- what do you think? 

I really like the outcome and do you see that girl in the image? No it is not me, although I wish I had such a cool photo with a bird, but it is an image I cut out from the sheet of Clip art included in the kit.

I love Clip Arts and you if you didn't already you should check out the entire shop section for that!

Here is a detail , I love to use the stencil with a watercolor pencil especially with this one , the bird also seems like is sitting on the group of flowers!

I just can't get over how much I love that cute clip art!

...and here is the whole panel from the two sides perspective

I hope you will find this creation I did as inspiration - I had so much fun playing with the For the Birds Nesting Components Mixed Media - if you want to see more from this kit you can check out Dana's post right here where she created a really awesome scrapbooking layout or the one by Carrie here! As you can see, this kit is really versatile!

Do not forget that our September challange is still going on, the theme is "use twine or ribbon".

That is all for now, stay happy stay creative!

Till next time, xoxo!

Zoey

Bird Panel Clear Stamp Set

For The Birds Mixed Media Kit

Gelatos Steam Punk

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Key to a Kingdom art deco: stamping over different surfaces

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my Spotlight Sunday PWP post.

This is my altered chipboard deco made with Tando chipboards and a lot of PWP stamps and even more mediums.

I call it " Key to a Kingdom" and it's a masculine piece that can be given to a man in our life.

I used 3d textured  paints (over the frame); a lot of embossing powders over the chipboards.

I stamped into the molding paste on the background and then misted the wet paste with  a mix of mists. 

The very same stamps were stamped with black permanent ink over already embossed outer surfaces. The inner circle was heat embossed with black powder and then misted over. 

The King and a Crown stamps were stamped and heat embossed with Gold powder and then hand cut and glued over the art piece.

There is a lot of paint and embossed texture on this project  and after all it was just a " play with your supplies" work: I used a mix of mediums we all keep and my heat gun just worked extra hours.

See you again in a couple of weeks!

Royal Melange Cling Stamp Set

Art Textures Cling Stamp Set

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Butterflies are free

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to PWP Feature Friday. Irit is here again and as always I try to make a different project and this time it's a home made gift wrapping.

 I used a simple white paper, not even a cardstock and made my own stamped piece of patterned paper with PWP gorgeous butterfly stamps , mists and heat embossing.

Then I stamped, heat embossed and hand cut a couple of butterflies and added them over the box. Some chipboards and blings were also added over to get this fancy lovely gift box done.

And now it's your turn: get yourself some fantastic PWP products from the list below and make your own, one time only and unique  butterfly papers.

Winged Creatures Cling Stamp Set

Angel Wings Cking Stamp Set

Starburst Set- Mermaid Seashells

Wings Cling Stamp Set

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Joy to the World Ornament

Hello PWP Fans, Norma here with you today!!

I hope ya'll are doing well and enjoying all of the beautiful projects that my DT sistas have been sharing.  The days are going by so quickly and Christmas will be here before you know it so I'm trying my best to get the tree done and the rest of the house decorated.  Since I have a house full of guys, most of the decorating is left to me. Any who, with the holidays in full swing, I thought it would be fun to make a new ornament for our tree.

I altered a gift card tin to create this beautiful vintage inspired ornament.

I started out by stamping this beautiful fairy from the Fairy Friends stamp set.  She looks like an angel to me and the dove makes me think of peace, perfect for Christmas.  Next I created a mask to cover my fairy and then stamped/embossed the Starburst Pattern.

I colored her in with Prismacolor pencils then added Stickles to the dove and the flowers in her hair.  I also added small pearls to the center of the flowers.

I built the layers and then attached it my tin.  To create a woodsy scene, I used the pine tree from the Pines Cling Stamp set and the Acorns Elements stamp set.  I simply fussy cut each then used foam dots to add depth.

Once I was happy with all the layers, I glued her in the tin and added gold tinsel all around the inside edge.  I also added "Joy to the World" from the Wise Men stamp set.

To add the ribbon, I punched holes with my Cropadile.  I left the rest of the tin unfinished because really liked the look of the old rusty metal mixed with the tinsel, glitter and velvet ribbon.  I think she is gonna look beautiful on my tree (if I ever get it done, lol).  I'll add a pic of it on my tree to the PWP FB once my tree is done ;D

Don't forget to pick up one of the Dec Nesting Components kit, it's another beauty!!  Click HERE for all the details and to purchase your kit :D

Thank you so much for joining me today, have a wonderful day!!

Fairy Friends Sunburst Pattern Clear Stamp Pines Cling Stamp Set Acorn Elements Cling Stamp Set Wise Men Cling Stamp Set

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