Believe In Yourself Canvas and a Sweet Gift from Amy

Happy Friday!  The kids and I will be visiting Mom today and helping her with some yard work and cleaning.  I haven't seen enough of Mom lately and I'm going to enjoy our time together.
I'm so happy with the way my canvas turned out..and I love the message. 

A few close-ups

Supply List:
Prima (Say it with crystals frames and swirls, Flights of Fancy, #539160, 547158, 542344, 543891)
Tattered Angels (Glimmer Mist:  Hula Hoop, Vintage Pink, Creme de Chocolat, Creme de Cocoa, Brick)
Plaid (Decorative Lettering and Mod Podge)
K & Company (metal letters)
Glue Arts (Hot glue gun and glue sticks)
Liquitex (Matte Medium)
tsukineko (Memento Black Tuxedo Ink)
wooden fence, moss, mini clothespin, scrabble game pieces, script stamp

Oh what fun to go to the mail box and have a special package from Amy.  She had so many little treasures tucked inside and a cute little handmade card!  We're talking clock parts galore, wooden bumble bee's, a sweet bunny tin with jelly beans inside, the cutest little yellow chick, beads, gold leaves, paper clips, ribbon and more!  Have a look :)

1912 Correspondence and Photo

Can you guess where I found this frame?  Yep, a thrift store.  I painted the green frame black and let it dry.  Then it was Mod Podge time!  I applied Mod Podge to random areas on the frame and then placed a page from an early 1900’s dictionary on top of the Mod Podge.  Let this dry completely and then sand off the excess paper.


Here’s how I started the frame and hanging cardboard.

I decided to leave off the moon…I liked it better with soft Prima goodness!
Use the Glue Glider Pro on the back of the vintage envelope and photo.

Supplies used:
Thrift Store Frame, photo and envelope
 Prima (535599, 538033, 543891)
 Glue Glider Pro (Glue Arts)
 Ribbon (May Arts)
 metal frame (K&Company)
 Enchanting stamp (Scroll’s Work)
 Swivel Clasp (Tim Holtz)
 eyelets (We R Memory Keepers)
Mod Podge and Black acrylic paint (Plaid)
recycled cardboard
OH!  Speaking of Glue Arts…will ya look at the happy mail I goy yesterday??  I’m lovin’ this box of Glue Arts and Epiphany Crafts!

Birdbath Mini Album: Recycling with Glue Arts

Hello friends!  I made a 5.5” x 5.5” Mini Album and really like the way it turned out!  Glue Arts has a challenge to Recycle, Reuse and Repurpose.  I used my Glue Glider Pro to adhere the ribbon, tulle and birdbath.
Here are the items I’ve recycled:
~Corrugated Cardboard from a pizza box
~A dictionary page from an early 1900’s dictionary.  It’s amazing how these pages have naturally aged.  I distressed it a bit with my sanding block.
The Chenille/Center Dot Ribbon is May Arts. (WP34).   The little Sugar Pick pins are Jillibean Soup.  White and black acrylic paint is Plaid.
I used Glossy Accents in the birdbath and did a touch of coloring for the water with a Copic Marker.   Mom crocheted my flower.  Lucky me!  The corrugated cardboard pages were distressed with Distrezz-It All and the Album was bound with Bind-It All and gold Owires by Zutter.  A bit of Silver Smooch was added to the cover where I sanded through the dictionary page.The sweet little bird is Prima. 



Glue Glider Pro in action.