Altered chipboard card

OH MY SPRINGY GOODNESS!! what an absolutely beautiful day today!! 66 degrees and gonna be nicer tomorrow. 

My mom and I took our bikes out and rode this afternoon, it has been sooooooooooo long since last fall and we rode so we were due!!

I did make a few more altered chipbaord cards.  Love the orangey rust color on this flower.

And I love the black backround on this card with the pop of red ribbon!

Tourquoise blue flower really matches the dark colors I think.

this is one I made using a white basic plain card and did some lavender blue watercolored effect on it to match the blue flower.

I am goin back outside to take the boys out and play a bit while the sun is still shining on us!! 

Have a blessed weekend!

Be back tomorrow!!

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

How to make a grungy bird

Alot of you have asked about my grungy cut outs so thought I would post this again it was quite awhile ago when I first posted them.    Starting out with chipboard, you can recycle things like the cereal boxes  using  the inside, the backs of paper work great, or  insides of mail envelopes and pop boxes work great too.   Draw your design on chipboard and cut out.

cut out bird and seperate wing

I put a couple of coats of acryllic paint on each piece, this bird is blue with light blue mixed.

Next pick your favo rubber stamp and stamp on the pieces, I used TIM HOLTZ distressing ink in black for this part. 

Since this is a thank you card I used my stampin up thanks word definition stamp.

Next I used  of my COLORBOX fluid chalk, in chestnut color use a sponge makeup brush I dry brushed the chalk around edges.  This stuff is also gret to use with your stamps to me it gives a nice rustic time worn appearance to your creations.   When you pick up paint on your brush wipe it off or wipe it on paper towel like you do when stenciling, that way you dont get too much of it on your piece. 

  Here's the bird aged, now I also like to take a very dry brush and just tip the edges around pieces with black paint for a great pop!!

All ready

Next I just used the tip of a fine liner paint brush for the eye.   A snap piece from my clothes makin days came in handy for a nice embellishment on the wing.  Attached using some E 6000 glue. 

Now here is the base of the card.  An old book page is ripped around the edges and also dry brushed with my chestnut colored COLORBOX fluid chalk.     And the backround paper edges are done in the same manner. 

So here is the completed card!! A bit of ribbon, a strip of pattered paper, a chipboard heart and the stamped sentiment!! DONE!!

Here are some of my other grungy altered chipboard cut outs!! 

Use your imagination you can alter chipboard with just about any and everything!!   HAVE fun and remember there is no right or wrong way  just YOUR CREATIVE WAY!! 

So create something wonderful today!! 

If you do share your projects with me and I will put everyone in for a drawing of a gift from me!!  This offer will run thru april so you have plenty of time!!

Get creatin yall!!

Talk to more soon

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

card #9 CR84FN8

This card is made for CR84FN8 also using their color challenge of 

GREEN AQUA  YELLOW and LAVENDER

Here is the green that the leaves are cut from. 

The yellow gingham is what I used for the layers of flowers.   Bought from HOBBY LOBBY by The Paper Studio.  I love the transformation the paper makes after doing all the steps to distress it.  Distressing ink by TIM HOLTZ and RANGER products. 

s~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

So this was #9 in the challenge over at SCRAPFRIENZY and what fun this has been so far.  I am behind though and have to finish up sketch #8 so will post that later today.

The sun is shining out, so pretty, it was 6 degrees this am and now it is up to 32 so that is about what we are used to.  Lots of snow and sun is a good thing! 

Hope yall have a blessed sunday!!

HUGS

be back tonight!!

Darlene

sketch lo #6

IT IS SNOWING really good out now!! LOVE IT!   So I had a bit of time early early this am to work on the lo for the jan sketchathon over at scrapfrienzy.  There is so much creativity and inspiration over there yall really should visit if you havent already.  Yall know my need for prim/altering things!! so when I seen the sketch posted this am I knew exactly what pics to use and what I was gonna do with it!!  So lovin this sketch and my lo turned out perfect!!  This by the way is Carissa at  her 6 month picture taking day.  She is growin up so dang fast and is such a little ham too.  Good thing for that...........means Auntie Darlene has lots of pics to scrap with and make art!! 

 the 6 mo is from Heidi Swapps chipboard cutouts.  but the rest of the embellishing I cut out from chipboard and grungeboard and painted them then stamped them with the Stampabilities love stamp and distressed them with Tim Holtz distressing ink in walnut, and just lightly sanded a bit.

As you know I use alot of the alpha beads from Hobby Lobby and decided to add a pearl hat pin with the word baby on it to the ribbon.  The little gem stones were stick on one from Michaels.  And the paper is from The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby stores!! 

So far this is my favo sketch and my favo page that I have done!!

Close up of my layering of my altered flowers.  Lovin that I can add my primitive side to my scrapbooking!!!!

So hope yall have a great day I will share more tomorrow, I am goin to stop at Hobby Lobby on my way home from market tomorrow!! I know it is right along the way I dont have to get off the main road so that right there is just easy peasy and I printed my 40% off an item coupon so no reason not to go!! LOL

Have a blessed thursday yall!!!

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

An altered organizer and some scrappin

Gosh I am so glad we got some rain this am!! Grow asparagus grow!! cant wait to pick some and grill it!!

I did work in my studio this am had a challenge lo to do and also wanted to TRY to help myself be more organized this year for markets.  I am forever placing orders on pieces of paper and then well not sure where I put it!???  u know all bout it dont you?? LOL

So quite awhile ago I bought pkgs of these pretty pink and brown floral file folders hoping to do something with them!! well so here it is a order organizer for my desk.  I added the days of the week to the tabs, a pocket is inside each one and then added a few pretty embellishments on the front.  Hopefully this will help!!  fingers crossed!! LOL

This is a layout I did for a challenge submission using a black and white photo.  The pic is of my hubby's grandmother and her twin.  CUTIES!! Added a bunch of new paper prima flowers layered and then cut out a vine and leaves from some textured green cardstock.  Then used my wonderful TIM HOLTZ distressing inks to give just the right amount of aged beauty to this piece.  There is lots of ribbon accents too, under the flowers, along the bottom I twisted some black old seam binding and also some brown on the tag.

Double Trouble and when these two get together watch out~~~LOL

 love ya Granmda Jan!!

And this one i like alot, a lo to include butterflies~ some pretty butterflies sure pop off the page dont they?  The bottom one is patterened paper ontop of a chipboard cut out and then put ontop of some old sheetmusic paper and oh love the vintage velvet light green rickrak ribbon!!  love rick rak!!

Love is painted chipboard and then given a bit of bling with Martha Stewart's white glitter.  I used a flourish stamp on the top corners.

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Have a great night and I will be back with more scrappy goodies tomorrow!!

HUGS

Darlene