Collaged bird journal on sheet music yellow themed.

Collaged this bird onto watercolor then attached to painted vintage sheet music for the cover. In a future posting I will share with you the other portion of the picture and what I did on the inside cover.

Textured gift tags in pinks by Sandra.

These tags were a lot of work but sure to please the recipient. Below is some of the backs to write a message on or the "To" and "From". A friend told me she would like to use them for a bookmark. Go to my Rustic Pixel Backgrounds blog for a free background.
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Blue and white tray.

Made this for my sister's birthday. Used a piece of fabric then added a glass overlay so she could use it on her vanity or as a tea tray. Have enough fabric to make a pillow to match it.

Potential card using my background etc.

Do you remember those old plastic curtains - a long time ago stuff. Well I received this piece from an elderly relative destined for the trash. I love the ornate bench. I scanned it in and played with it using Photoshop by adding my background. See my Rustic Pixel Backgrounds blog for the background. Oh what fun with this old stuff!

Gift boxes with acetate window for grad gifts.

1. Last week I promised to show the picture of the box tops that I decorated to place the grad scrapbooks in. I used Glimmer Mists and a few butterfly etc glimmer screens. On the acetate window I lightly added some alcohol inks then glitter on a glue stamp of the butterfly.

2. On the box above I painted it with watercolors and stamped a few birds etc. The window was stamped and alcohol inks were applied at random. At a later date I will share with you a few other ideas for the windows on these boxes.

Little six by six grad scrapbooks!

1. This is the cover of Jacinda's book. The heart was cut from acetate with a image from Stampington placed on back.
   

2. This cover above was done with acrylic gel medium and a stamp. Her favorite flower is the daisy so I tried to stay with that theme for Nikayla's book.

3. Hand stitched around the above page before inserting it. I felt like I was in a coloring book when I did the initial "J" with some H20's. Used sheet music from a early 1900 Etude magazine.
4. & 5. Hand stitched around each oval for grad photo to be inserted.

6. Background stamp with acetate heart and alcohol inks for Letter "J".

7. On the page below I used a coffee filter that I ran through my cuttlebug to make a pocket to add a few loose embellishments.

8. On the final page I added a little mini card with a quote and a personal touch.
Each book was about one inch thick. Made lots of pages to add photos of their Grad and ruled sheets to do journalling on. Next week I will show you the gift boxes I made to put them in! Thanks for reading!

Fish on my painted canvas background journal covers.

Used my own hand painted canvas background. Printed the images from Dover on tissue paper and attached to book board. I used vintage sheet music for the back covers. If you would like the background image please go to my Rustic Pixel Backgrounds blog.

http://rusticpixelbackgrounds.blogspot.com/

Another version of Life's looking glass music mirror.

The first picture was scanned into my pc in 2 scans; left side then right side. I used Photomerge in Photoshop to bring them together since my scanner bed is only 8 3/4 inches wide. This collage is 10 inches square. So the coloring is a little different from the bottom picture which I took for a closeup of the keyboard I used as a edging. Printed the sheet music on tissue paper applied with Golden gel medium. Texture stenciled a border design and used 2 part crackle. CLICK ON PHOTOS TO SEE THE DETAILS. Last year I did a similar one in a hot pink which I gave away as a grad gift. This one will go to the Art & Craft Show this fall. This took hours and hours - oh maybe I should just keep it!

Lavender lace and hand dyed pillow.

Hand dyed the cotton to make these pillows. They match the lampshade I posted on August 3rd, 2009. Used the leftover lace and cotton on both of these. Oh what fun when I try to customize everything!

Home sweet home using corrugated cardboard and copper paint etc.

Tried to make this rustic by using copper paint, corrugated paper, vintage lace. Blanket stitched around the picture before attaching with metal hearts that I painted with alcohol ink. Background was stamped with gesso at random then outlined with dark pen. Lacey paper on top was stamped with a texture then rubbed with copper. Thought this would make a nice gift for someone with a new house. It probably doesn't look like it but this took a lot of time. I have since put it in a frame which really set it off. Hope to do more in other colors etc.