Altered Shadowbox Frame in a Steampunk Theme by Nancy

Hi Everyone, Nancy here!  Today I'm sharing an altered shadowbox frame that began as a thrift store find.  The frame was solid wood and painted black,  and there was glass inside.  I removed the glass and the backing and the fun began!

 I left the black paint alone and painted a thin coat of metallic brass over it.  Since the outside of the frame measured 12 x 12, I thought it would be fun to lay one of our texture sheets (in this case the gears style) over the entire frame.  I simply cut out the center, used matte Mod Podge to adhere the texture sheet to the frame, and then painted it with white gesso.  The rest was just spraying some various colors of ink sprays until I got the look I wanted.  

I painted the butterfly of gears with Folk Art acrylics and added some dimensional pearls.  The stacked hot air balloon was painted lightly with gesso, stamped with script and embossed.  The waterworks frame was embossed in copper.  The steampunk lady was embossed with script, edges inked with Prima chalk inks, and the gears with various metal colored embossing powders.  The rolled roses were created with a die and papers from my scraps.  The background paper is by Mambi, and I added some sprays, yellow gelatos, and a little texture paste and stenciling.  Thanks for looking!

Texture Sheet Gears

Gears Border and Corners Shape Set

Hot Air Balloon Stack Up

Butterfly of Gears

Waterworks Shapes Set

Steampunk Lady

Photo Display Tray Memo Board

Happy Friday everyone, Kim here! Today I'm sharing the  Photo Display Tray in the gear theme.  We have the display tray in several styles, and I have created other styles in the past.  I just love making them, they are so much fun to decorate!  For this project, I opted not to use photos, but rather to create something unique.  I've made this one so that the largest section will be used as a memo board.  In the other sections I have used fun embellishments from Gina's Designs.

In each section I have placed different metal and chipboard piece that I felt went with the theme of the Display Tray.  I  used Kaisercraft Base Coat Paper for the background, and  embossed around the edge of the tray with Shabby Blue Embossing Powder.  I have also added embossed pieces from the Waterworks shapes set.

 In the photo below, you can see that I have added one of Gina's Steampunk Hearts on which I have used some Lindys Stamp Gang embossing powder.  I topped it with a metal butterfly from my stash which I also embossed with a shabby white embossing powder.  I added some flowers, lace and a metal sentiment to finish off this area of the tray.

In the section below I have used more of Gina's Waterworks.  This piece features water droplets coming out from the tap as well. I embossed this piece with some aged gold powder. I added some twine and a metal piece to the center, then some lace to finish it off. I have also added some cork to the section beside it, and some fun embellishments to it as well.  You can see another tap from the Waterworks collection, a resin heart with gear and more laces and flowers.

In the section below, I used more of the taps and pipes from the Waterworks, along with some fun metal embellishments and flowers.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my project today and I hope you will check out these fun Photo Display Trays in Gina's Store, they are tons of fun to decorate, and to create your own special and unique piece.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Photo Display Tray Gear

Waterworks Set

Steampunk Heart

Other items used

Stampendous Shabby Blue, Aged Gold, Aged Silver Embossing Powder

Lindy's Stamp Gang Desert Moon Turquoise Embossing Powder

Kaisercraft Base Coat Paper

Tim Holtz Faucet Knobs

Prima Heart Gears

Tim Holtz Numbers and Number Plates

ButterbeeScraps Metal Embellishments

Lace from Craftsupplies1

Vintage Lace from my stash

 Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Ingvild Bolme Junkyard Findings

A Shadowbox by Kim and an Altered Birdhouse by Marfa

Hi everyone!  Today we are pleased to announce our March cross-promotional with CraftSupplies1, an Etsy shop featuring laces, flowers, metals, and other embellishments.  This month, the Design Team members from Gina's Designs, and from CraftSupplies1, will be creating two projects each showcasing products from both companies.  Watch for these projects all throughout the month.  Today we begin with two projects.  First up is Kim.

Hi Everyone, It's Kim here sharing my latest project, the Postage Stamp Shadowbox, from Gina's Designs. This is really a unique design!  I loved altering it and giving it some vintage flair.  I have used a good mix of Gina's Designs Pieces in this shadow box and also mixed in some great Craftsupplies1 metal and laces and flowers which really added to the project. 

Below you can see one of the clock faces from the skeleton clock set, and the lamp post from the Lamp post 2 set which I have embossed with 2 different types of embossing powder, rust by Ranger and Leather by Donna Salazar. I added some white, cream and gold flowers by Craftsupplies1.   They were a great finishing touch here.

Below is a close up of the compass which will be in the store soon, and the lovely BoBunny paper inside the box. I embossed the compass with some Stampendous aged copper, and topped this section off with some vintage lace from my stash.

 

In this section I used one of Gina's wooden keys and in the bottom right you can see the clock hands. I used African Bronze Gilders Paste on the key and Shabby White embossing powder on the clock hands. You can also see in the corner one of the amazing gold metallic flowers from Craftsupplies1.

In the photo below I have used one of the Penny Farthing Bikes from Craftsupplies1. Originally, it was silver in colour, but I embossed it with Shabby White. You can also see one of the new designs from Gina's in the photo below.   It is the Waterworks frame sets which include pipes, spigots, and elbows.  I really love these! You can connect the "pipes" to go in all different directions! Very cool!

 In this section of the shadow box I used some wood letters from my stash coming out of the Waterworks Tap and inside the box you can see one of Gina's Postage Frames, topped off with a wooden dress form from Which Craft and metal wing from my stash. The bottom corner is finished off with some more beautiful flowers from Craftsupplies1.

 And lastly, here is a shot of some of the gorgeous lace I have used from Craftsupplies1. Julie,  the owner has some truly beautiful Venice trims in stock and this one I have used here is one of my favorites!

This is my first project for our Cross Promotion with Craftsupplies1. I hope you will go along and visit Julie's Store, and see all the wonderful goodies she has in stock!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's Items Used

Postage Stamp Shadow Box

Waterworks

Compass, in stock soon!

Postage Frame

Wooden Key

Skeleton Clocks

Lamp Post 2

Clock Hands

Other Items used

Laces, Metal Embellishments and Flowers from Craftsupplies1

Paper is Bo Bunny Et Cetra

Wooden Ruler by Prima

Metal Pocket Watch & Resin Clock by Prima

Vintage Lace from my Stash

Wooden Dress Form From Which Craft

Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Powder

Lindy's Stamp Gang Midnight Bronze Embossing Powder

African Bronze Guilders Paste

Next up today is Marfa with her altered birdhouse, her first project in our March cross-promotional.

Good morning butterflies!  This is Crafting Marfa today.  March is finally here.  That means....spring!  Woohooo!!!  As a celebration of spring, I want to show you my butterfly house.  I love miniature houses, so every so often I grab one of those inexpensive birdhouses from Micheal's and I decorate them.  I usually give them to my mom, who then hangs them on a wall in the dining room.  The woman puts a big old smile on her face every time that she sees me working on one because I just can't say no to her...LOL  

This one was very simple to decorate.  If you just get the supplies I KNOW that you'll be able to put one together as well.  I painted the house and the chipboard pieces with acrylic paint.  I outlined the chippies with a sharpie marker and a gold paint pen.  Then I hot-glued everything to the house.   I did cover the window with a little bit of Crackle Accents to give it the look of old glass.  That's it!  Easy, right?  C'mon, I KNOW that you can do this too :-)  Scroll down for my short list of supplies and go for it!

Supplies from Gina's Designs:

  Mushrooms Shape Set

Supplies from CraftSupplies1:

Two Tone Cream Roses

10 Colors Butterflies

Other supplies:

Craft Birdhouse

 acrylic paint,

gold paint pen

 black marker

 hot glue