Testing my blogging skills ... time to try posting a few favorite projects. A is for asmART1 or angel or ART!

Painting, stamping, masking, spraying, embossing, gluing, collaging... these are a few of my favorite things.

I love building things! Thank you Graphic 45s Old Curiosity Shop!

 I built this curio cabinet while looking at and loving the cover of the Curiosity Shop paper pack.  I wanted to recreate the cabinet and I really like the results.  The big key, peacock feather, hand in the corner and clocks on top are a daily reminder of one of my all time favorite paper collections.

 Love Graphic 45! Inspirational the 45th degree :-)

From this? to that! Happy birthday jeep project for my son.

 From this?  to  that!   

My son's pride and joy - his jeep.  For his birthday I made a chipboard jeep with an embossed metal card.  

The back panel is crinkled just like the real jeep - he's a 4 wheelin adventurer :-)

I learned how to make this from Laura Denison's (Following the Paper Trail) ustream class. I modified her "Heart Beeps" truck to make a jeep.
Laura Denison is absolutely amazing!

Hubbie made the sticker inside - there is one just like it on the real jeep.The back opens up to a secret compartment where I put some birthday $money$

Happy Birthday A.J. (A.Jeep :-)

"You're late...You're late" An altered clock - idea from one of my favorite youtubers (channel below).

Tim Holtz die "Tick Tock"--Graphic 45 "Hallowe'en in Wonderland"-I am Roses flowers (from Lindy's Stamp Gang) --charms from Hopscotch crafts etsy store. Amazing idea from Bona at http://www.youtube.com/user/LiveLoveScrap/videos?view=0

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From This? to That! Hubbies latest car project ... and mine to match.

From This.........?

 Hubby's latest car project and my birthday gift to him to commemorate the completion of this cute little car!

 ........ To That?
Green - my hubby's favorite color.  He painted his car green and this project matches his amazing work on his great looking, fast running car.

Altered Z using Lindy's stamp gang spray over masked front and sides.  Gears from Oriental Trading Company.  Scrabble letters, key, "z" and numbers from my stash of doo-dads.

Mixed media box for the hubby... a collage of some of his favorite things.

  A cigar box -- first covered with gesso, then some crafter's workshop templates smothered in modeling paste and finally a variety of metallic paints sponged randomly over everything.  Tim Holtz embellishments along with some miscellaneous doo dads from his shop. And of course a picture of our precious grandson!

It's like a puzzle, everytime you look at it you see something different.

I call him deer, he calls me antelope :-)

Happy Birthday deer!

From this? to that! What can you make out of empty paper towel rolls?

  After school I have an amazing group of kids come to the library for craft club.  We are always trying to make fun projects with doo dads from home. One of our members inspired us to make something with cut up paper towel rolls.  The kids came up with some amazing projects.  Here's my take on the idea.

 This is a shadow/configuration box using cut up sections of the paper towel roll.  I randomly glued them together to make a place for an assorment of doo dads. This is one of those projects that could go on and on and on but I had to stop somewhere     :-)