Altered boxes

Happy April everyone! Spring has sprung and I for one find myself in a MUCH better mood when I have sun on my face, hear birds chirping their sweet songs, see trees budding out and new little flowers stretching towards the sun. This month's Creative Carte Blanche art adventure is brought to us by our Graphic 45 Guru, Annette Green. She has challenged all of us to take a plain old cigar box and transform it into something wonderful. Last month, I created a painted wooden 5x7 frame using…

Vintage cigar boxes can be revived and repurposed using these DIY craft project ideas. Enjoy their vintage charm in a new, upcycled way. Easy how to tutorial.

Create a pretty altered tin box to hold a mini junk journal! #myporchprints #junkjournal #junkjournalideas #scrapbooking #ephemera #printables #altoid #mixedmedia

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I'm back today sharing how to turn an old flatware box into a Christmas box using the best Christmas transfer I've found

Make your Altoid tins something special! I've altered dozens of Altoid tins, and have learned a few tricks I thought I would share. Here's what we're making today: And here's what you'll need: Mod Podge (I prefer Matte Finish), an old ink pad, heavy scrapbook paper (for this tin, I used paper from Graphic 45), a sharp exacto blade, an inexpensive sponge brush, a straight edge, a ruler, a brayer if you have one, and an empty Altoid tin. Figure out where your pattern will fall on the top of…

Hello crafty friends! For today's post I have decoupage watch box with a touch of mixed media. I did decoupage box after long time and...

**My Desert Cottage**: Altered Tin Necklace/Keepsake Box Class at Audrey's in Phoenix

Transform a box into something beautiful with inspiration from one of these 17 DIY decorated box projects featuring images from The Graphics Fairy.

~ vintage papers made in Sweden

WOW! This was incredible! Thank you all for participating in the 12 Cards of Christmas 10th anniversary giveaway. I got hundreds of comments on the blog and different social media platforms. I loved all your comments and kind words. Luckily I didn't have to collect it all, because I'm sure I would have left some of you out... In today's technology there is special tools to do that for you. So the app collected all the comments and extra entries and I picked the winners in a random draw…

Hello Friends, I am circling back to idea-ology today and a favorite project I created earlier in the year. I love this one, created with the Divided Box, which has been a favorite substrate of mine over the years. I have loved it's size, depth and that it had so many way to configure it. But all things comes to an end of their lifecycle and this is one such product. I know many retailers still have the Divided Box in stock, but when retailers are out, they are gone for good. So fair…

This is the box I made for my sweet swap partner Donna . This is for the Altered Cigar Box Swap on Scrapbook.com She descried working in her scrap room with the window open listening to the water fountain outside as she crafts. So I went with a nature theme for her vintage box. Antique ledger pages were torn and decoupaged on as the background. I used the "Art Is template with texture paste, to represent Donna's crafting. I made the nest from string, and the eggs from crayola clay. A stick…

For this swap My swap partner Laura (Lauralsattic) and I wanted to do something with a steampunk theme. I used a lot of vintage items that I have collected from flea market finds. There is an old radio tube in the upper left box, along with a vintage sp