"SEW (long ago)" An altered book containing a collection of vintage sewing notions. The following photos of altered pages end with an explanation of the book and what is on each page. Inside back of book cover contains notions and salesmen samples of buttons. Needles and Snaps. Zipper, Sewing Machine ad, and Baby Buttons. Thread, Measuring Tape, and Advertising. Buttons, Hooks, Eyes, Cross-Stitch. Buttons, Snaps, and Binding. Fabric Swatches, labeled. Quilting, Thread, Buttons, and Needles. Buttons, Needles, and Measuring Tape. Men's Shirt Buttons and Patterns. Vintage Assorted Needle Packet and Advertising. Inside Front Cover has Salesmen Sample Card of Buttons. The great majority of these vintage sewing notions, buttons, and various advertising samples belonged to my maternal grandmother and were passed down to me. A few I have added over the years when I found them in antiques stores and couldn't resist including them in my collection. Back in the day, advertising graphics were (at least to me) miniature works of art. Their colorful illustrations really caught the eye, which is why I believe many of them have survived. They were just too pretty to toss out. This altered book is about 11" x 8" and considering all the 3-D items I have included in it, unable to close completely. Nevertheless, I like having this sewing collection from long ago all in one place and not simply loose in a sewing basket, as it was before. The cover was my favorite part to create - it almost always turns out that way. I saved the best for the cover and it includes an old pair of embroidery scissors, an antique bobbin with thread, a needle threader, tape measure, two cards of vintage buttons, very old snaps still attached to binding, thread, ribbon, cross-stitch, and several pieces of old lace and rick-rack. Small and not seen very well is a ribbon bookmark with a thread card and a miniature silver thimble hanging from it. The book also has tabs on each page - these are marked with the various sewing vocabulary. *Click on any of the photos once or twice to enlarge and see them better.

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Happy New Year!!!! Today I am going to share with you, a card I made & some LO's I did for the year 2014,using the Beautiful Maja Design Collections & Dusty Attic Chipboard... I used the Vintage Autumn Basics Collection I used:no.XIX,no.XIX-BS,no.XXI,no.XXIII.no.XIII-BS,no.VII-BS,no.XX,& Heritage The Dusty Attic used: Skeleton Clock Faces (DA0430),Baroque Frame Set (DA0541),mini script ABC (DA0859),mini Number set (DA0863),page pebbles#9(DA1114) Thank you so much for taking the time to look,& all the Best to You & Yours for the Year 2015! Happy New Year....Rachelle

Back today with another one of my favorite CHA projects. This one is a bit of fantasy after last weeks more personal piece. The shadowbox is made with a 5.75 x 5.75" Configurations box with all but one of the small inner boxes removed. The little girl is part of the Found Relatives pack. Although, I did add vintage tatted lace across the front of her dress. As I said in a previous post about Found relatives, I like to make up stories about the people. Her story is that she wandered into a conservatory where specimens of exotic plants and other oddities are kept...hence the corked domes and low slung branch. A little Alice in Wonderland meets Downton Abby I think. The box was painted with Iced Spruce and set aside to dry. I cut manila cardstock using the new Frameworks die - Courtyard. Then colored the cardstock using Distress Stains Frayed Burlap, Iced Spruce and Tattered Rose. I added a little Brushed Corduroy around the edges of the Frameworks with my Blending Tool. Then added the Frameworks to the sides of the box with Muti-medium, including a layer over the top of the Frameworks to seal it. Once dry, I used my fingers to add more Iced spruce and Walnut Stain Distress Paint over the top. Wallflower paper from the 8 x 8 mini stash and Tissue Tape were added into the inside of the box with Multi-medium...with more paint over the top. I love how the paper really looks like miniaturized chinoiserie wallpaper! While that part was drying I worked on the Foundations feet using Iced Spruce Distress paint and Alcohol Ink in Pebble, as well as Mushroom. For the Corked Domes, I added a butterfly from the Remnant Rubs Sheet to one and a metal flower stock to the other. I painted the flower stock with Adirondack Dabber paint in Aqua and Citrus. A Clock Key was added to the top as well as a Word Band on the front. More remnant rubs were added, as well as a stick from my neighbors tree, a vintage picture frame and vintage pearls. I think the vintage picture frame really makes the piece. Something I bought in a junk shop but not cheap by any means...think I paid $12-15 dollars for it since the case is leather and it did come with an old tintype. I just removed the tintype and added a bit of map paper. I also stamped the front edge with the Distress Damask stamp and Watering Can Archival Ink. Loving this combination. Well, that's it for today...hope this shadowbox inspires some great creations this week! Now carry on! paula InLinkz.com

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Timmy the Giant Golden Snail Timmy is made up from an old, antique, very sad and beat up doll head, taxidermy giant snail shell, taxidermy raccoon penis bones for his antennas, some clay, some golden enamel paint... He is a giant snail and he measures nearly 10" at his longest, 10.25" at his tallest and approximates 5.25" deep or wide. He was so beat up I thought some bling bling might cheer him up and wow... it sure did. His face still shows signs of his long life but at least he didn't have to go to one of those doll hospitals for botox or whatever they do to their crackling faces. His eyes still blink.

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Welcome Ana! name: My name is Ana Kavcic in blog land also known as Ana K. name of your business/blog: Anina papirckalnica...translation would be, some kind of messy paper corner (even in Slovenian language it’s hard to explain). city and or country you live in? I live in beautiful Slovenia in little town Kocevje when I was a child I wanted to be? I wanted to be a dentist...funny because nowadays I'am afraid of the dentist. Five things on your desk right now? Chaos...lol...I don’t know if I am the only one, but usually I have to clean my desk few times during creating, because I can’t find scissors. Favorite guilty pleasure? In microwave melted ice cream...yeah, yeah I know... it’s strange. I’m very bad at? Singing, but I LOVE to sing...the people around me don’t fully appreciate it! Favorite movie of all time? Seven Do you collect anything? Yes, everything...especially if it’s old :) What’s your strangest talent? I hate shopping (crafting things are exception)! Do you consider that as a talent for a woman? I do :) If you got a free plane ticket to anywhere, where would you go? It is just too difficult to choose just one destination...I would like to go to New Zeeland, Ireland, Scandinavia.... and I would LOVE to go to USA to flea markets and garage sales! People here in Slovenia still don’t know how much money I could spend for their “trash” :) How did you get started in your industry? I didn’t have time to buy Christmas gifts, so I decided to bake some cookies and put it to nice boxes...I visit “uncle Google” for templates and found out scrapbooking...till then I am obsessed. Go to products that relate to your craft? Vintage finds, paper, lace, everything Tim Holtz. How do you get inspired or stay inspired? Nature and creative people from blog land. How/where can people find your work? My blog, http://anina-papirckalnica.blogspot.com/ Don't you just love the layering and texture? thank you Ana for sharing your work with us! now carry on, paula

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Hi everyone, sharing a layered textured page from my large dylusions journal today. Following on from a glorious autumn, the weather has turned blustery and we are probably not far off from some frosty weather. There are always patches of green around even in winter and I love a crisp morning where the frost has touched everything. I was reminded of this as the layers built up on my pages and a frosty green scene appeared, a white frosted bird and foliage just seemed a perfect touch alongside the sentiment. I used a leafy clarity stencil with colour blooms and then added further stamping and stenciling with coordinating fresco paints. Stencils with clear gel medium and a sprinkling of rock candy distress glitter gave dimension and added to the frosty feel. Book text and washi tape were also used in the background. Some stamping in black archival. The foliage is a memory box die which I scraped some puff paint on and added a sprinkle of white embossing powder before heating. Same treatment to the PaperArtsy bird diecut. A little shading and finally the sentiment stamped under the 'branch'. It's a little hard to see the subtle sparkle, but it's there. It's been lovely to have some fun creating and be able to enter this in the following fabulous challenges. Craft Stamper - Take It Make It challenge - take a stamp and Anything Goes for November. Mixed Media World - Anything Goes Try It On Tuesday - Create a Scene Mixed media Monthly Challenge- all about Texture As always, thanks so much for stopping by and hope it is peaceful wherever you are....

Jeg har lavet denne bog til Vintage udfordringen som lød på at lave en bog efter manual på bloggen. Jeg har brugt Maja design papir,en træ chipboard ramme og små chipboard blomster som er malet med forskellige farver akrylmaling,heriblandt guld som også er brugt rundt kanten.Roser i forskellig størrelse, lidt blonde som er samlet med en snor, stempel fra Orion design,bånd og metalhjørner som også har fået lidt guld akrylmaling. Alle kanter er sværtet med Vintage photo fra ranger. Du må have en dejlig kreativ weekend knus Pia

The times when paper was considered to be the primary medium for artistic expression is long gone. Many writers and designers use digital media to improvise and develop their ideas. However, there is something particuliar in this "physical" canvas — something that keeps us getting back to paper when we want to brainstorm ideas in a notebook, doodle around in a sketchbook, collect inspiration in a scrapbook or just draw some sketches for the next project.

This old discarded book made into a music box has been a thought rolling around in my head since my Music Box Project Class this year at the Club Scrap retreat. Finally it was time to put it together! AND glad I took the time! Now, this old book has become a cute little keepsake currently sitting on my coffee table. Also at Club Scrap, the Music Box Mechanism was available separately, so I had what I needed to get started. Crank it up and it plays "Fur Elise", love it! On the inside, I cut three nooks from the inner pages. One large enough for the 2"x1-3/4" music box mechanism to go inside, then one for holding maybe photos or jewelry, and the smallest nook holds a little bottle. I made the smallest nook more shallow to accommodate for a secret matchbox drawer below. Cutting a little nook into the pages behind the key hole hardware so the end of the key can fit inside seemed like a good idea too. Well, ya know, while your at it, you might as well do it right! There is a hole drilled through the book's back cover to let the music box crank work freely. Now for a couple pictures concerning the construction. I started with the easiest step, stamping the front cover with the Vogue Love Is Eternity Stamp. Then moved onto cutting the inside pages. Along with all the cutting, I would have to say gluing all the pages together was my least favorite part, but still enjoyed the progress of each step and getting to decorate it in the end, and especially now that it plays music!!! Who else has an altered book that they can crank up? Anyone? Anyone? I wish I could say I carved the heart with wings wooden pc that is now attached to the lid myself, but I happened to see it in the clearance bin at Michaels Craft store. It was bare unfinished wood and attached to a frame, after it got it home I was able to use a large knife to free the glued on heart/wings from the frame. Then it just needed some acrylic paint and distressing before it embellished my altered book music box project. The possibilities of book altering are certainly endless, and this was a really fun altered book to show you, hoping you like! I'm off to crank up my altered book. Kay

I have been playing at the moment using these beautiful Bezels I have on my website for sale they are from Objects and Elements and I must say I have fallen in love with them. I have been busy and had my wonderful Girlfriend Sarah come to visit from Darwin and play we did. Sarah gave me this wonderful book below for my birthday I just LOVE it to bits, it does have a sealed section in it? Yes with wonderful LiL pictures of our many adventures together. Well I’m off to the good Old USA this Wednesday for two weeks to visit with my chosen Sister Linda, in Idaho; we met over the internet many years ago and share our passion of art together. I nearly lost Linda Last year from an operation, so every time we are together is very special. Linda can’t travel to me because of health issues so I will travel to her. Look out sis your in for some trouble shopping and junking and creating.