Creative Heart Monday - Curvy Collage Box

                                                Happy Creative Heart Monday!

I hope that everyone is enjoying their holiday season!  My husband and I had a wonderful Christmas dinner, yesterday, with my parents, sister and brother-in-law, nephew and his girlfriend, and my niece and grand-niece.

I'll be honest with you about this project.....it's not one of my best.  My life has been a little chaotic. We've lost two family members over the past couple weeks and it's been hard to feel creative.

But....here's what we have.......



Supplies

Wooden Box  this link is to a different box...I found the curvy box at Joanns
Decorative Papers
Mod Podge
Black Pen
Metallic Acrylic Paint
Black Tattered Angel High Impact Paint

I'll be sending out information this week regarding my two new video projects for 2017......Art Journaling Jazz and Inspiration from the Greats.

Have a great Monday and a wonderful week!!  Happy New Year!

PEACE

Cyndi

Wood Burning - Who Knew!

I was at Michael's a few weeks ago and saw the wood burning tools right across from the Martha Stewart stencils.  I picked up the one for $5.99, figuring that if I'm totally bad at it, it wouldn't be a major, financial, loss.  Last night I decided to mess around with it.  I tried a little wooden tag.  

That went okay, so I moved on to a picture frame.  I have to say that I was pretty impressed with myself.

Tonight I worked on a little wood box, using the same pattern that I used on the frame.  All I did, was draw some curvy lines with a pencil, them started burning little abstract shapes inside the lines.  It's kind of tedious, but I love repetition and tedium.

I need to get some wood stain to finish the box and frame.  I added color to the tag by coloring with a watercolor pencil, brushed water on it to blend, then finished with a coat of glossy Mod Podge.  I stamped the letters for JOY on the tag, then traced around them with the wood burning tool.

The next thing I want to try is a piece of jewelry.  I'd like to find a large wooden pendant or a bangle to burn.

Today was a very exciting day for me.  I've been selling some things on Etsy - vintage items, some of my art, and things that I've up-cycled.  Today I sold the coffee table that I distressed and painted with Annie Sloan chalk paint.  I was so happy.  This was my first furniture sale!  I want to immediately start looking for another piece of furniture to re-do.  Here's the link to my Etsy store http://www.etsy.com/ceeceestudio

Peace,

Cyndi