Obsession with the letter "R"

My decoupaging madness is still raging on....another letter R has hit my bookshelves.  My friend Tina over at Oh, the places you'll go needed a few art supplies sent to her in Germany. So, I ran my happy little self straight to the local Hobby Lobby picked her up a few supplies and one letter "R" for myself:)  If you remember I created  letters for gifts a few months ago.  This letter was created in the same way.  My first step is cutting out the paper to fit the letter.  Paint the letter,  I usually use a base coat of white.  Rough up with sand paper afterward.  Attach the paper with mod podge and let dry...with paper attached, air bubbles out of paper,  rough off the edges of the paper in case of any over hang.Use a distressing pad or antiquing gel around the edges of your letter. Brush on another coat of mod podge over the letter.  Let dry and sand paper again to rough out any ridges.  Spray with a clear coat sealant, let dry and attach embellishments!  On this letter I used spray glitter(if using spray glitter, spray on before sealant)...lately I have sprayed it on everything:)

This first picture is before the last coat of mod podge and before, I still had over hang on the letter and used sand paper to take it off. 

 The finished project is below!

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Letter Project

Before Halloween I worked on this little project.  It is very similar to the blocks I made at the beginning of the year.  The letters were crafted the same way, the same materials were also used.  I did use chipboard letters, but I will tell you that I prefer the wood letters. The wood is easier to use, it doesn't fall apart when you paint, decoupage, and sand!  My apologies for the pictures, I was forced to take a few of these on my phone.

The Q looks a little mod podgy still in this picture, it was not quite dry and in a bright light in this shot but has a more antiqued look now.  


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Super exciting world of paperweights:)

Since I have two followers now:)))  I can't let them down by not blogging about something,  so here is a little project I created about a month ago.....I call it a paperweight, mostly because I like paperweights!  I know...weird, but years ago paperweights were collected and widely produced.  Read more about that here @ Wikipedia

I created this by using a lid to the top of a yankee candle(the wooden lids), scrapbooking paper, mod podge, paint, ribbon, initial stamp, ink, sandpaper, matte sealer spray,  and distressing ink.  I painted the lid white, then decoupaged that paper onto the top of the lid, then used my sandpaper to rough up the paper and take off the edges.  Another layer of mod podge was put on, and I let it dry for about 30 minutes. I distressed again with sandpaper, diestressing ink was applied, then I attached the chipboard which I painted and distressed as well to the top of the lid and placed in the middle.  Using another piece of scrapbooking paper I already had a circle cut out of this, used this smaller circle on top of the chipboard and stamped an "R" for my last name, attached with spray adhesive. I sprayed the entire thing with a matte sealant spray, twice.   I tied a matching ribbon around the edges, and used just a very small amount of glue to keep it attached....since little hands are often picking it up!  The above picture of the finished project is while the paperweight was still wet from sealant spray...it appears a little shiny but if you have the matte it does dry to a duller finish. 

ok, so I couldn't take it and took another picture of the dry and finished project. 

Get to Bloggin'!

Ok, time has gotten away from me...hard to believe January is over tomorrow!!! I have been working on quite a few projects, both large and small.  We are a military family with orders to move this summer so the big clean out has begun!!!  Not sure what I am going to do with all the clothes, junk, and collections but we were very close to being overweight(well we were overweight but with the box and paper allowance..everything was good:) the last time and hubby has informed me the military home we will probably move into is much smaller than the current house we live in now!!! but such is the life of a military wife and like always I will find a way to make the furniture and curtains all fit:)

I finished this little project a few weeks ago but just recently uploaded my pixs and getting them on the blog!  I got this idea from www.howdoesshe.com

 

This project was fun, I bought no supplies except for the wooden blocks and since I save every scrap piece of scrapbook paper I have ever bought it was super cheap!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog...make sure you check out www.howdoesshe.com for a complete tutorial on this project!  With their simple instructions you can give it your own flair!