Spot of Tea Box from Shanna

Hello all you awesome paper crafters!!! Shanna here today with a special box I made with my new 1-2-3 Punch Board!!!

Have you ever wanted to make a series of boxes for fun or for gifts? Well I got this new punch board and love it. I decided to create one using some kraft cardstock so I could use up some scraps of the paper "Spot of Tea".

I embellished the box with some flowers and lace from my stash. 

 

I really think using a full sheet of Marion's papers would do awesome too!

 

The top of the box locks into place and it best used with stiff paper. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Table Organizer by Irene Tan

Hello Marion Smith Designs fans!It's Irene here with you all today! This time, I'm going to share with you all a table organizer using recycled products. I've decorated this project using the gorgeous Marion Smith Designs "Timekeeper" collection.

To create the piece on the left, I've used an old box and cut it into halves. Then, stack it on top of each other. As for the piece on the right, I've cut an old cereal box and attached it to the earlier piece.

To further decorate this project, I've used some chipboard pieces and flowers.

I used some Color Lab paints to add colors to the chipboard pieces. I've also created a pocket insert on the left of this project.

Supplies Used:
Antique Emporium, Art Nouveau, Carnival, Cogs and Gears, Exploratorium, Marchant, Portfolio, Tinker/Timekeeper
Color Lab

See you all soon!
xx Irene Tan 

Halloween Shadowbox by Yasmin Tölche

Hello all! It's getting closer and closer to Halloween and I've made a halloween decoration with the Marion Smith Designs "Wicked Times" Collection. I love it!

I have to say I do adore making these shadowboxes and gluing all sorts of nicknacks into them. This one was just so fun to make!

This is little shadowbox with trinkes ready to decorate my house. I've added papers for the "Wicked Times" collection to the background and glued loads of junque and gems to accent my piece. The sceleton is the coolest thing ever and are dangeling loosley in front of the box. The flowers are Marion Smith Designs and the small little brown bottle is also a junque and gems.

I can't say it enough the sceleton is just way cool. I've painted the whole box with black gesso, Then I added colorlab pigment into white gesso to make the orange and the purple paints. I covered the whole piece with crackle paint. I'm still unsure if that was the right move. What do you guys think. 

Anyways.. Hope you have a fantastic halloween celebration! Thanks for joining me here today! 

Yasmin

Altered Box by Irene Tan

Hello everyone! It's Irene here again and today, I would like to share a little altered project with you all here! It is a small altered box which I've created using a recycled plastic floss box and Marion Smith Designs Junque Gypsy collection.

Here are some details on it.

To make it more feminine, I've added some lace, pearls and flowers onto the box. To detail the flower cluster, I've also inserted some stamens in between them.

Besides the outside of the box, I've also covered the inside of the box with the gorgeous pattern papers. Hope you all like this project! See you all soon!

Supplies Used:
Junque Gypsy collection
stamens

xx Irene Tan

Trinket Box

Hello everyone. Shanna here to share with you and I love it. 

The Timekeeper collection is just amazing. I love these papers. I had this trinket box that was waiting for some love. I started by painting all the edges with some gold acrylic paint. Then I wanted to tone it down with the papers. 

I had this chipboard compass I covered with some embossing powder to tuck underneath my knob. 

I really love the contrast of the silver and the gold. 

I finished off my box with some Petaloo flowers and popped this badboy on my shelf so I can start filling him up with some goodies. 

Items Used:

Timekeeper - Cogs & Gear

Timekeeper - Art Nouveau

Acrylic Paint

Embossing Powder

Petaloo Flowers

Junque Gypsy Altered Art

Do you love altered art? I know I do. I couldn't wait to busy cut some pieces up and create this beauty. 

First though I wanted to play with my Color Lab and add some pop of color. I combined some Yellow, Cyan, and Aqua Sparkle to get these dark blue green color.  I mixed it with a  little water and some Glazing medium. 

I used just glazing medium alone with the Real Teal for the inside parts of this tray. 

I cut paper to fit the inside of this tiny tray. 

Then I added my fussy cut pieces. 

Some petaloo flowers I had got squished in corners as they are so cute and tiny. 

I also used a small talk sticker mounted on black paper for some words of thought.

I used tiny pieces of chipboard to mount everything to give some dimension. 

This project was fun and a great thing to dress up a wall in any room. 

Items Used:

Color Lab - Cyan, Yellow, Sparkle Aqua

Real Teal Sparkling Pigment

Junque Gypsy - Nota Bene

Junque Gypsy - Dolce Vita

Junque Gypsy - Faux Pas

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Shanna

Altered Tea Tray Decor by Shanna Shands

Hello to you lovelies out there. Shanna here to share something new I created. 

I am beyond excited to share this altered piece with you all. I altered a tray for decor. It is great to set up in a tea party. 

First, I painted the tray with black chalkboard paint. 

I think cut down the paper "Rabbit Hole" to fit the inside and fussy cut the image out of the lower left hand corner. 

I added the cut out image with some cardboard recycled from a shipping box to give it a little dimension. 

I got ready to get some flowers added to the altered piece. I pulled out some pigments from the color lab in the spray bottle. Then I misted my flowers. 

Then I pulled some pieces from the "Cut & Create" paper, layered them, distressed the edges, and added it to my tray.

Then I pulled my flowers together and glued them in. 

I added some dots, and more pieces from the "Cut & Create" paper. I love this. 

Here you can see the flower I sprayed using my Color Lab Kit. The shimmer is lovely. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today Design Team Member Shanna!

Items Used:

Mad Tea Party - Cut & Create

Mad Tea Party - Rabbit Hole

Color Lab Kit

Vintage Rose Pigment

Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop :: Day 03 with Shanna Sands

Hello everyone. Shanna here with my very first post for Marion Smith. I am even more excited that we are doing a special blog hop this week joined with Petaloo. Make sure you come every day this week for some special inspiration and be sure to visit the Petaloo Blog. 

So with graduations happening everywhere, I thought I would create a card and a gift. 

I found this cute little Scrabble notebook at Michaels and thought it would be perfect to alter and fix up! 

For the card, I had some graduation chippie pieces which I first cover with gesso then with a black gelato. I layered some Posh papers and inked the edges black for a distressed look. I finished the card off with some gorgeous flowers from Petaloo. Don't they go so well?

For the notebook, I glued some paper down and trimmed the edges off as the corners were rounded. 

Again the chipboard pieces got a coat of gesso and I used the black gelato on the graduation cap. I wanted to add more pink to the project and decided to have fun with some of the powders from the color lab kit. I added the powder with some gloss gel and a paintbrush to the "unlock you future" piece. 

Aren't these petaloo flowers just gorgeous and a wonderful addition to the Marion Smith papers I picked to work with. They went so well with this creation and I love how it turned out. 

So don't forget to check things out over at the Petaloo Blog.

Items Used:

Marion Smith Posh Papers

Petaloo Flowers

Black Soot Distress Ink

Magenta Pigement Powder

Sparkling Pink Pigment Powder

Smile Altered Frame by Irene Tan

Hi Marion Smith Design fans! Today, I want to share an altered project with you all which features Marion Smith Design Romance Novel Ch. 2 collection. This is an altered frame with a touch of femininity.

Here are some close-ups on it.

I've used the Timekeeper stamp to stamp on the glass surface of the frame and detail it with some liquid pearl.

These gorgeous flowers are Marion Smith Design new collection of paper flowers.

Supplies Used:

Romance Novel Ch. 2 collection

Pink Jasmine flowers

Sweet Pea flowers

Timekeeper stamps

Pearl White Stamens

Color Lab

See you soon!

xx Irene Tan