Soda Farm Art

Ok, so I know this looks alittle bit cookie, but I kinda live in cookie ville and really dig this! I have been really having possibley to much fun with Soda Can's lately. So, I came up with this idea to make a fun little farm scene! I used a round card board piece from some frozen pizza. I mounted it on a old record, painted a landscape type background and used a stencile, scissors, hot glue and ALOT of time and patience to make the farm animals and grass! Enjoy!

Some art I did with Card stock and Paint chips!

These are a few pieces of art I did with some square card stock I have had for a LONG time, and some paint chips I recently picked up!

This first one I added some puffy square tape to give it some dimension, hard to see on the pic but there is alittle space between each tree:)

This one was with a stencil and some free hand on the corners. Then I added the sliced strips of multi colored paint chips to a piece of card stock for the back.

This last one is actually all the scraps from the two previous one on a new piece of card stock! These were really fun, gonna do something like this again soon!

Art Journal crafting.... :o)

I have wanted to start a prayer type journal for some time. I have seen lots of different ideas for these. This is the version I came up with.
Now just about everyone knows about these composition books. These are on sale at Wal Mart right now for 25 CENTS!!! So , I picked me up a few:)

I started by ripping strips of scrap book paper that appealed to me and gluing them from left to right onto the page leaving a strait edge on the left and right side. Then I trimmed the edges to fit the cover. I then kinda decoupaged over the strips with glue again ( I used 1 part Elmer's glue to 2 parts water ). As this drys it will curl your front page a bit so when it's dry I needed to put something heavy on it for a bit.

I then kinda added a title of sorts with sharpies and some paint pens I had in gold and silver.

On the back I made more strait strips and wove them on the page. I took the top long strips and used double sided tape to glue them in place. Then I took the other strips and just wove them top to bottom till it was full. I used some more double sided tape and some glue to keep that down and also put some more glue on top and trimmed the edges.

Then I took the first lined page and glued it to the inside of the cover. I then took the next page and also glued that to the inside of the cover. I then took the next page and glued it to the nearest page to the right. Then those two glued pages got glued to the next page to the right. That way the pages are three layers thick. This allows for paint and sharpies and whatever might have bled through the single pages. I took a piece of green and blue scrap book paper. Cut it to size with some scrapbook edging scissors and glued it on. Then, used a little chalk colors for interest and started painting. This is the fun part:)



My daughter is also doing her own art book. Here is a pic of her front cover.

This is my 8 year olds work. She is cutting out old birthday cards and gluing them to a page to make her own cute little clutch:) Will post when she finishes:)

Finally found a GREAT use for my formula cans!!!

Well, everyone in my house has been bagging on me for keeping all these formula can for so long. I just COULDN'T give them up, WHAT GREAT CONTAINERS!!! ( I am quite the container junkie I must say!). SO, finally as I was down in my art studio God struck me with the idea to screw the lids up to the beam that runs through the studio and clip them on!!! WALLA!! What do you think?? This worked out so great and let me give a THANK YOU shout out to my husband!! That cordless got pretty heavy after....well...number 3 :) So he cranked the rest of them out for me!! Next I will be re-labeling them all with a huge roll of brown paper I have had for many years!! Think I will use sharpies, stamps and maybe some stencils for fun. As far as what is in them: a lot of my sewing stuff..Velcro, elastic, thread, needles, etc... also got hole punches, puff paint, MANY zippers TONS of cross stitch thread , buttons etc etc... Will post when I finish the labels!!

Recycled jeans into a new craft apron!

This project is SO SO easy and really fun to personalize! Just cut out the backside of a pair of old jeans you don't want anymore. Keep the whole top "belt" part intact and use the button backwards to go around your waist. Sew ( or fabric glue) something fun around the ruff cut edges and then go to town on your own personalized craft apron!!
For a cute tutorial, go HERE.

4th of July Shirts!

Here are some fun shirts we made with freezer paper stencils, paint and puff paint.

Benjamin

Samantha

Kayla

Mommy

Daddy

These were a fun family project! We will probably doing something similar for other holidays as well now!!

Quick Red White and Blue Barrettes!

Picked up a bag of barrettes at a thrift store the other day, so I thought I would make some to match the purses for the girls. Here's a quick tutorial:

So, first I drew and cut out a good size star from a stencil. Then I copied that on all the felt and cut those out. I also glued some ... squigilley ribbon on the front of the barrette. Found out later it didn't really need it though.

Now take your exacto knife or something pokey :) and put a hole in the middle of the star. Then poke a brad through and secure it to the back.


Now I found some super perfect fabric type ribbon in my stash and cut three 3-4 inch strips. I took one end and folded it under after applying some super glue. Then I attached the top of the ribbon to the top of the barrette like so.

And there you have it!! I really like how these came out, they should be a fun addition to the purses and soon to the shirts!! That's next!

Recycle those jeans into two 4th of July Purses!!

I have been wanting to play with Freezer paper since I found out how super cool it is. Finally I got to yesterday with a fun idea for some cute festive purses. Check this out!

So, Freezer paper has one side that is waxy and one that isn't. SO, you can trace anything on it, cut it out, and iron it on to fabric!! How cool is that!?! So, fourth of July stars coming up!

This is the waxy side I was talkin about.

Cut out your shapes after you trace them. You can of course use the cut outs and the sheet with the shapes cut out of it. We will use the sheet for some family shirts later. We're gonna use the cut outs for the purses.

I had two of these cut off from last year. Just cut off a couple inch or some wide rounds from the top (after you cut off the hole part).The cut those rounds so they lay out flat. I cut off the seam on one side to do this. Then for quick straps, just fold one side to the middle then the other overlapping and sew. I turned the rest of the jeans inside out and folded them down and sewed to make a smooth top edge. Then sew your straps on and sew up the bottom of the "leg". I added some trim on one.

Now just place your cut outs where you want them and iron. I used paper over the cut outs so they wouldn't move. Then if any of them didn't stick enough I directly ironed on that piece.

Now get your paints and paint on the edges of each cut out. When finished peal and see the coolness!!






This last one included a purse I made last year out of vintage rectangles a friend gave me. Thought it was the perfect time to bring it out again! Enjoy.... now on to cute hair clips!!