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Incentive Jars – Out of this World/Awesome

25 Nov 2015 Comments Off on Incentive Jars – Out of this World/Awesome

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: back to school, children, Creative Embellishments, incentives, laser cut chipboard, maya gold, mixed media, viva paint, Wood veneer

My 3 youngest children attend cyber school rather than a traditional brick and mortar school. We recently had a conference with our family coach and worked on setting some personal and academic goals for the kids. I put together these incentive jars for 2 of them (I’m still working on the third) to encourage them to work on some areas that need improvement. My daughter, Madison, is working on managing her time better, so I’ve set a goal for her for when she should be done with her school work each day. If she reaches her goal, she gets to put a marble in her jar. My son, Matthew, is working on reading for enjoyment outside of the school curriculum and also working on his writing skills, so his goal is to read non school issued books and write a report, summary, or review about what he read. His jar is a bit smaller since it involves doing additional work outside of their regular school work. Once their jars are filled, they earn predetermined reward. 😀

To create these, I upcycled pill bottles from the pharmacy (I have far too many of these floating around). I painted them with Viva Maya Gold paints, which are delightfully shimmery! I then splattered white distress paint onto Matthew’s and wrapped trim around his, but wrapped lace around Madison’s. The title pieces were altered with the same Maya Gold paints, but the wood veneers were all altered using PITT markers. Here’s how they turned out:

The fabulous CE goodies I used:

Altered Webster’s Pages Color Crush Planner – Creative Embellishments

14 Oct 2015 Comments Off on Altered Webster’s Pages Color Crush Planner – Creative Embellishments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: altered planner, Creative Embellishments, flair buttons, G45, Graphic 45, Happy Haunting, laser cut chipboard, Webster's Pages color crush planner, Wood veneer

I’ve used a planner to keep myself organized most of life, but had gotten away from relying on one the last few years. Then I saw a deal on Blitsy that I couldn’t pass up! I’ve been a long-time fan of Webster’s Pages and love their Color Crush Planners, so I grabbed the pink one while I could (I think they have A5 sized ones coming out early to mid November, btw). 😀 WP is best known to me as a scrapbooking company, so I decided to have a little fun with it! I had a lot of fun combining my love of scrapping with the awesome Creative Embellishments products I get to work with! 😀 I just added a few fussy cut images from Graphic 45’s Happy Haunting paper line from a few years back and here’s what I came up with:

Here’s an altered divider from the planner. It’s paper weight, so I gesso’d the page before staining the border with Distress Stain and splattering it with a few Tattered Angels mists in coordinating colors and some India ink. See that flair button peeking out at the top? I made paper clips using CE’s awesome flair buttons. Isn’t it adorable?!! I altered my wood veneer pieces with a mixture of acrylic paint, India Ink, Distress Stains and TA mists.

Here’s how it looks in the planner:

I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with the pockets in the front cover, but then I thought of CE’s fabulous 3″ x 4″ wood cards! They’re great for pocket pages, project life and cards, but I decided to alter the Halloween one for that space. I just adhered a folded piece of cardstock to the back so I could slip that into the pocket to hold my wood piece in place. 😀 To alter it, I filled all the etched portions of the piece with glossy accents to help prevent the color from bleeding. I then colored in the moon portion with a PITT marker. I laid a quarter over the moon (perfect size!) to use as a mask and misted the rest of the card. It didn’t photograph well, but looks really cool irl. 😀

Here’s how it turned out along with 2 of the other paper clips I made with the CE flair buttons:

A closer view:

I hope you enjoyed my project! Be sure to check out the Creative Embellishments store to take advantage of their 30% off SALE going on RIGHT NOW! The sale ends tonight at 11:59 PM ET!

The awesome CE pieces I used on this project (click the pic to be taken to the store listing)…

Altered Halloween Album Cover

21 Sep 2015 Comments Off on Altered Halloween Album Cover

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: altered album cover, Creative Embellishments, Halloween, laser cut chipboard, Tim Holtz, Wood veneer

One of the things I love best about all of Creative Embellishments products is that they make creating a fun, interesting project so quick and easy! The chipboard pieces and the wood veneers are so easy to alter (or leave bare) and add such incredible details, you literally, just add ink, paint, emboss and go! For my project today, all I used was a Tim Holtz cover for the base, a handful of CE’s amazing chippies, one wood veneer spider and some paints to create my entire cover.

Here’s how it turned out:

Some close of the chippies:

The CE pieces I used (the images are linked, just click to be taken to the store listings) :

Create Art, Inspire double mini canvas for Creative Embellishments

01 Sep 2015 Comments Off on Create Art, Inspire double mini canvas for Creative Embellishments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: acrylic paint. September Challenge, Creative Embellishments, jacquard lumiere paint, laser cut chipboard, mixed media canvas, Scrapbook challenge

The inspo image for this month’s Creative Embellishments challenge, is so much fun! There’s so much you can draw inspiration from and incorporate into your project (they accept cards, layouts, tags, art journal pages, off the page projects and more!). This month’s twist is to add paint and you just need at least 1 CE product in order to enter to win the HUGE $50 gc that’s up from grabs! Here’s what I created based on this challenge: