Altered Pencil Box

Whilst out shopping today I happened to go into our local poundshop and I spied this pencil box and pencils. I thought they would make a good altering project.

I used alcohol inks on the pencils and distress inks on the box. I added chipboard letters.

9-4-9 January swap

Here's another 9-4-9 for a swap on the Lots to Do forum. This time the theme is recycle your Christmas cards.

Tag made from a Christmas Cracker

What do you think about this????

Its made from a christmas cracker!!!!!

Paper Mache box

I painted the box with black acrylic paint and then added glimmer mist.

Once it had dried I decorated with peel offs and gems.

Freebie from the pub

Last week my hubby came home from the pub with a pressie for me from the landlady!!!!

She wondered if I could make use of some promotional advertisements.

I cut off some of the card and then covered in a backing paper, then I used distress ink around the edges. I stamped a border around and then stuck a calendar on. Added 2008 underneath. On the reverse I stamped a border and an image.

What do you think????

2 inch square - mountboard swap

These are for a swap on the Lots to do forum.

This is the first time I have used mountboard.

I coverd some of the squares with backing paper, some with some images printed on photopaper and some with some other printed images. I decoupaged some of the squares and on some I used my CI rubber stamps.

Around the World - Belgium

These were done for a swap on the Lots to Do forum.

The theme is "Around the World" and the destination for January is Belgium.

I have entitled these as "My favourite things about Belgium".

Firstly its the chocolate and their beers!!!!!

I also love the buildings. I think the Mannekin Pis is great and as for the Atomium - well...............It's out of this world!!!!!!!

My favourite place in Belgium is Bruges.

Ryan's Christmas Card

This is the card I have made for my son this year -

I used distress inks in scattered straw and peeled paint on the embossed edges of the card and then used walnut gold glimmer mist all over it.

I found an image I liked and decoupaged it.

Added a greeting and then coloured peel offs for the message.