Art Tools Restoration Project

Hello everyone,
Rashmi Tater here,

The most used of our tools are our brushes and we happen to replace them every now and then! None of us really wish to part with those creative tools which act like our magic fingers...Agree?

Most of you must have agreed. So, today I am  here at the ItsyBitsy blog as a GDT and I am  going to create a salvage project focusing on RESTORING  the much loved brushes.

The newly launched, paper crafting medley (Olivia ) and the Alcohol splashes have been my buddies for the project.
So without a further ado! lets checkout what I created...

Olivia and the gorgeous colours 

The Glorious Splash 

The Mosaic 

Love my Brushes!

Totally treasure these 

The completed projects

Tutorial:

I have a pictorial for you guys to enjoy and try and create something with all the left over or to salvage pieces in your stash!  "Go get creative"!!

Take a base : I have taken a flat frame 

 Using silicon glue, glue down the mosaic pieces (I have taken broken lamp glass pieces.) Then stick the brushes and any empty tube and allow to completely dry.

Gesso the entire layout (2 coats)

Now start layering the Olivia elements. I also sprinkled some sand to add texture. 

A zoomed click 

I added pearl lace to all the sides of the frame and few individual pearls too.

Gesso it all again and allow to dry !

Now play around  with your alcohol splash and enjoy!!

Supplies used:

Lemon Zing 

Golden Citron

Pink Punch

 Paper Crafting Medley - Olivia 24pcs

Gesso Universal Primer

Embossing Heat Gun

Beautiful 50 Giftbox using Forever and Always Paper pack

Hey Guys

This is Mukta here and I want to share my new project with you all. Before that, I would like to thank Rashmi Harish, Anitha Mallesh and Itsy Bisty for this opportunity to associate myself with them and do a guest DT post here.....Its truly feels amazing!!

The new paper pack Forever and Always is filled with beautiful gold embossed papers which are just the right shade of gold.....not too subtle and not to bright...so in love!!! These linen papers are sturdy and really good quality and when I saw them, I immediately though of doing a celebratory project. So I made this gift box to celebrate my aunt's 50th Birthday......with a nice gift. I used few more new products from Itsy Bitsy to make my gift box and I will list the supplies at the end of the post and if you are interested you can stop by and shop.

I have started by making a 4 1/4" by 6 1/4" , 1 3/4" trapezoidal box using chipboard. To hold it shut, I have used 2 strong magnets which are 10 mm thick. I coated the edges of the box with black gesso and let them dry before I started covering the box with pattern paper from the new Forever and Always paper pack.

After I was done covering the box, I started with the cover. I layered the pattern paper with some glitter covered paper. To make this, I used white cardstock and added red tacky tape to the edges. Then I sprinkled some Fairy Dust in Tawny Gold on it to cover it completely and then brushed off the excess.....got my very own custom colored glitter paper. You can achieve the same effect by using the new Texture Tack too, which is very recently launched by Itsy Bitsy to adhere small beads, glitter and more to any paper to give it some texture....a must have in my opinion.

I distressed the edges of the pattern paper to give it more of a shabby chic appearance and added it to the gold glitter sheet using some dimensional foam tape. In the center I added one of the frames which are a part of the pattern paper. I fussy cut it and added it using some foam dimensional tape as well just to raise it above the paper and draw attention to it.

I then added die cuts and handmade flowers, along with some rose buds, single pollen flowers and pearls using silicon glue. I used the newly launched wild roses and to add more depth I heat embossed it with gold embossing powder and while it was still hot I sprinkled some fairy dust in tawny gold on it. I completed the box with chipboard shapes 'Beautiful' and '50' which I heat embossed with gold and black embossing powder.

Now for the list of supplies used:

Forever And Always 12x12 Inch Stack

Forever And Always 12x12 Inch Stack (Inside)

Chipboard - Charming Words 4pcs

Fairy Dust - Tawny Gold 10gm

PEARL BEADS PLASTIC 3MM WHITE 

PEARL BEADS PLASTIC 10MM CREAM 

SILICON LIQUID GLUE 100ML IB

Wild Rose - Sun Shine 8pcs

DOUBLE-SIDED TACKY TAPE 1/2"

CARD STOCK BRIGHT WHITE 270 GSM 12X12

 I hope you all liked my project.

Chipboard - Shaker Mini Album

Hello Crafty folks!

This is Tanvi & today I am sharing something I really had fun making! In my DT kit was a chipboard album the cover of which was a delicate moroccan laser cut pattern. 

I loved this & wanted to keep the cover simple & just highlight the pattern. Colored the cover with black acrylic paint & added a glitter glue , but this seemed to plain. To add some interest I made this into a shaker! Fun isn't it! 

The album comes with six chipboard sheets for the inner pages all bound together with ring binders.

I have edged all the pages with black paint & used the Maggie Holmes paper stack to decorate the pages. Heat embossed some inspiring words & sentiments from various stamp sets & used these to embellish the photo mats.

Here is a small video to walk you through the chunky mini album - 

Pictures of the inside of the mini - 

Each page has a different insert to maximize the space for pictures & journaling.

This page has a stacked fold -

A pocket with a tag & also a flip page - 

The kraft embellishments & the rustic mini daisies were perfect add ons to the pages. 

On this page is a flip flap insert - 

This tri fold insert holds so many tags - 

Thank you for dropping by today!

Have a crafty weekend! Remember we still have a few more days for the anniversary sale with upto 80% ! Go shop :-)

Supplies used - 

Heat gun

Versamark ink

Black acrylic paint

Glitter glue 

Maggie Holmes paper stack

Foam tape

Transparency sheet

Chipboard album

Black card stock

Stamp sets

Glue

Rustic mini daisies

Kraft embellishments

Silicon glue