Baby Shower Keepsake Box

Happy Monday morning to all our Artsy Addicts fans....it's Peggy Lee here 

sharing with you all my altered keepsake box.

 That I created for my daughter's friend who is having a baby,

they just had her baby shower! 

Started with a simply dollar store box that I painted the edges.

Added beautiful scrapbook papers-distressed the edges.

With my mixture of plaster and gesso along with a mask (stencil) 

created the texture all over the box.

Added some color with beautiful sprays (your favorites).

Trimmed with laces and trims....vintage buttons and resin pieces.

Handmade fabric flowers, mother of pearl buttons, 

along with embellishments in my scrap piles.

Chipboard bunny came from my stash...gesso it many layers...

sprayed with a mists a few times to build depth.

Thanks for stopping in today,

hugs,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Recycled Mini Album-Part 2 & Finished Album

Here is my Part 2 of the Recycled Mini Album...using card board from my recycle box.

I finished white washing the pages of my mini....inking the rough edges.

Tearing the photo mats out of Kraft printed paper...white washing with gesso 

and adding plaster with a stencil to give even more texture.

Adding a chipboard cutout of a clock I had in my stash, gluing down

onto the cover...along with punching my holes and binding my mini

with white cording.

Roughly tore out a photo mat just shy of 5 x 7 size

inked edges and glued down.

Now time to finish the album repeating with photo mats.....

adding embellishments, cutouts of paper, staples, etc.

Splashes of glimmer mist.

Finished Mini Album

5 x 7 

Front Cover

side view....

Here is a closer look at inner pages.

even made an envelope with the cutout of paper...

Back cover!

Binding

Hope you enjoyed this walk through of my mini album!

Thanks for stopping by today,

hugs

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Recycled Card Board

Gesso

Plaster

Tattered Angels-glimmer mist in Tattered Leather

Prima-mask Damask

Canvas Corp-White Cording, Kraft Printed Paper

Trims, Brads, Bits of Scraps

Grateful for Handmade Home Decor

Happy November to all!!

I am making this month a month filled with 

Grateful, Thankful and Blessings

To start I have decided to create handmade 

home decor

to make our holidays special...

I would love to share with you this adorable

pumpkin candlestick!

Which will be placed on our Thanksgiving table center piece,

I am going for a white decor this year...

(don't get me wrong I love the beautiful bright rusty colors)

I am trying something new and keeping it all

creams, naturals and white color!!

I used a dollar store candle stick, paper doily

and 

a paper mache' pumpkin

gesso for painting it white

Create a junk bow with a rolled muslin flower,

for the topper

is a Christmas ball (tiny) that I pushed down

through the stem of the pumpkin.

Last I sprayed some beautiful glimmer 

with  

Ranger's Perfect Pearls Mists in Biscotti

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a Blessed Day!

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

candle stick

doily

paper mache' pumpkin

gesso

trims and lace

Christmas tiny balls

Ranger's Perfect Pearls Mists in Biscotti

hot glue

Mixed Media Monday

I got to have some creative play this week with a friend and knew I wanted to create a mixed media canvas for someone special. That is why there is no title on this art piece yet (I will post after I have mailed this art piece out)! This was a lot of fun to create...

It all started with a plan 6x6 canvas, I glued down some wrinkled natural tissue paper.

I forgot to snap a photo of me trying out my new find which was Martha Stewart Stucco Paint where I used Crafters Workshop stencils with Splash of Color Primary Elements: Majestic Blue-Costa Rica and Dragon Wing powders those are so cool to mixed with molding paste or stucco like I used.

I used my favorite Tim Holtz Sizzix die: Tattered Floral which I cut with Coraline fabric with some of my favorite Tattered Angels glimmer mist. I just love how the Coraline will hold it's shape while being dried. I also used some Petaloo flowers that came in white.

I used some Dusty Attic chipboard pieces, which I cut apart and gesso them with spraying glimmer mist to give a weathered look.

These are Tim Holtz Sizzix die: Gears gesso-glimmer misted!!!

I just love how they came out.

Here is a close up of the handmade flowers with a Prima flower.

The next sets of photos show case the textures of adding layers of:

gesso, stucco, glimmer mist and stamping.

the fibers are cheese cloth covered in glimmer mists....

oops-I was being lazy and used my hand to clean my stamp...lol

and whoola my finished canvas (only needs a title) and will be complete and I hope my friend that someone special will enjoy it.

Don't be afraid of mixed media grab a few supplies and just start playing, it's all about the layers...enjoy!!

Thanks for stopping in today, remember to leave a comment!!

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Splash of Color: Primary Elements

Martha Stewart: Stucco paint

Gesso

Ranger: Archival Black ink, stamps and Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium Matte

and Perfect Pearl Mist: Heirloom Gold, Blue Patina and Sunflower Sparkle and handmade distressed mixture of vintage photo and brushed corduroy.

and Tim Holtz Alternations Dies: Gears and Tattered Florals

Prima: flower

Petaloo: white flowers

Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist

Turqouise Blue

Graphite

Aquamarine

Coffee shop

Melissa Frances: resin lock

Coraline

gems, cheese clothe

Dusty Attic: chipboard pieces

Spring Flowers on my Mind...

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Wow it's April 1st already and we are finially feeling spring here in New England, yesterday was Easter and it was a beautiful 54 degrees (and yes that is a heat wave for us)...:)
With that being said I thought I would share an olde video with you all made for the Artsy Addicts Challenge awhile back. I created some handmade flowers using glimmer mist and bucram (I know I am not spelling that right). it's amazing fabric that holds it shape when wet.
I love spring  and planting spring flowers but even better to creating your own...
hope you enjoy....
Peggy Lee
http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Happy Easter Banner

With Easter being this weekend I thought I would create a little wall art to hang in my home. I knew I wanted a vintage feel, I was drawn to this 7gypsies paper collection "Trousseau". This paper collection is so vintage inspired pretty, I started with layering different size pieces of the beautiful paper collection, distressed the edges (can you believe there is no ink at all). The base is made out of a 7gypsies Ringed Accordion (naked journal board book) that I took apart and now can create little wall arts for my home.

I rolled one side of the paper to give depth and a place to tuck little goodies in....

I of course had to fuzzy cut out the roses from one of the papers, added the collection stickers "Trousseau" to write "happy easter"

Did you see I tucked in "mother of pearl buttons" here and there!!!

got to have mother of pearl buttons...

I had rolled some sheer material to create a little shabby rosette!

Added a pearl button for the center, with a stick pin to tuck behind it.

And a little bling and lace trims.

This is a great start on my Easter decoration and yes "little vintage inspired".

What have you created to celebrate Easter?

Happy Easter,

hugs Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

supplies:

7gypsies: "Trousseau Collection" and stickers, Ringed Accordian Boardbook

Prima: Say it Crystals bling

Petaloo: Spring Darjeeling Collection butterflies

Gesso

Seam Binding

Lace trims and vintage buttons

Handmade flower

Romance Novel Christmas Pin/Ornament

Upon this Christmas Eve I wanted a special Christmas pin to wear to Church service tonight. I thought why not use one of these store bought snowflakes (come in many colors) and add some Romance Novel paper scraps I have laying on my workspace. Couldn't resist using this Prima flower with bling turning out to be one of my fav's!!

 Added some Prima leaves (they were gold tone colors) I colored them with Tattered Angels Olive vine glimmer mist and Perfect Pearls Mist Heirloom gold. Tucked in a Prima Genie Stone to dangle and finish it with a pin back and you have a one of kind pin or ornament to give as a gift or wear.

(thought of Marion with the green gem stone)

                                                        so pretty pinned to a handmade scarf

                                                                    pretty side view

 Wishing you all a Merry Christmas,
Peggy Lee
http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:
Prima-Romance Novel papers by Marion Smith
         -Genie Stones #556693
         -Pierott B Flower #562090
         -Leaves #170660
Tattered Angels-Olive Vine glimmer mist
Ranger-Perfect Pearls Mists-Heirloom gold
Martha Stewart-Doily punch
Snowflake ornament
Pin back and felt
Adhesive-glue gun and scor tape 1/4'