2014 first resolution !

Bonne année tout le monde !! 

I am glad to "open" the 2014 Artistic Stamper creative year with an interpretation of my first resolution (that may be the only one this year, by the way, so that I am sure I will stick to it anyways ;-) which is stamp, stamp, stamp !
To illustrate this resolution, I have used a Ranger kraft tag as a support and I glued some scrapped papers here and there (book/phone book pages), then sprayed ink on 2 Artistic stamper's masks :  Chevron Mask and Large Sequin Waste Mask to have a colored background.
Then I started stamping... on the background, on a book page, on a cloth label... everywhere I could stamp !!
I hope this first make of the year will tempt you to stamp again and again all over the year !
 

Here are the stamps I have used :
Katy Fox's Handstamped size , Numerical plate and  Messy Art 
Sioux Jenney's dancers 
Journaling Words #5 
Time and Keys 

Thanks for being here, I am looking forward to reading your comments !
Happy stamping !

A tout bientôt !

Titbelsoeur

Shabby Chic Altered Jewellery Box by Astrid

Good morning everyone, this is Astrid here with my second project for June.
I decided to make a little altered jewellery box as I needed a present for a friend that loves jewellery and adores this style.


I used a medium sized wooden box and first of all sanded it down a bit and then painted it all over with Gesso. When that was dry I painted it with Hazlenut Paintdabber. This colour is not at all like hazlenuts but more an old rose pink, which is just the colour I wanted. Next I sanded it a bit again to make it look shabby and stamped all over it with the Calligraphic Mat 12 in Archival Coffee.

I then darkened the edges and corners a bit with some dark brown chalk ink from my stash and added some gold highlight with Viva Decor Inka Gold.

My next step was to create a topper. I cut some smooth white card to fit the top of my box and sponged it all over with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink  Next I stamped three different stamps, The regency background stamp, the Script stamp again and one of the stamps from the swirls, splats and dots plate. I love how you can create some amazing old looking paper by using these stamps together and destressing the edges a bit.

I also added a strip for which I used one of the music stamps.

To finish the box I stamped one of the clocks from the Time and Key set in Black Archival, cut it out and shaded it just a little bit with The Tattered Rose Distress Marker. I added a lock embellishment from the Tim Holtz Locket and Keys set and finished by adding some lace from my stash.