Some updates on a couple projects

It has been too long since I posted something. I just started a project. A fabric book journal. I have more to do on it so I will post this and then the finished picure. I also altered a cardboard box to store newspapers in to sit next to the fireplace. I covered this with various pictures and odds and ends of leftover papers. Then put tissue paper over it all. Wiped it down with walnut ink. I put silver tape through my cuttlebug inked that with alcohol inks and wraped it around the top edge and the middle. Tried to make it look like metal. I still need to put a sealer on it. But it will really serve the purpose that I intended it for. Hope this gives you some ideas

Another project finished

This was a project I finished that was started in the class I took from Suze Weinberg. It is an image that was transfered using hot wax. I mounted it on some background paper then framed it. The bird is embossed metal. This was a fun project. The wax gave it a vintage look, especially after I rubbed Perfect Pearls over it all.

A FUN WEEKEND

This past weekend I had the privilege of taking a two day class with Suze Weinberg. WOW! it was packed with Bees Wax and UTEE. The store was Scrappy Chic in Livonia, MI. This is a wonderful store with anything you could possibly need with competitive pricing. You must take time to visit if you are in the neighborhood. We made bees wax picture frames on Friday, then on Saturday we did UTEE all day. So much to learn. We could of been there all week and still not get it all. The class was super and I would recommend it.

Finally got the pictures to post and they came out sideways!!!!!! So sorry.

fabric friend book

I am trying to post a "friend book" I made. I used a couple of 3.5" diskettes, you know the ones we all have sitting around. And you know me...I don't throw ANYTHING away! I covered these disks with fabric and then punched a hole in the corner with the Big Bite (Croc-o-dile) punch. Inside the pages have various quotes devoted to friendship. The rest of the pages are blank that can be used for pictures or whatever........The last page has a little envelope to put something in. This was great fun. If I could figure out how to put a slide show on this blog I would....but me, not being computer savvy, will have to figure that out later. Right now my blog will not even let me post a picture. OH..... I need to figure this out! It is driving me crazy

Started doing some new things

I finally finished some new projects. A good friend of mine was taking a trip to England and I made her a little journal for her to record her experiences. It was the first time I made a fabric covered journal

I also altered a picture of an old post office/store that just recently went out of business because of the economy. So sad. It was a very quaint place. This was done in a distressed look. Hope to keep my inspiration on a roll. I will post again tomorrow. As a side note I do want to thank the kind words about my dog Tasha. She was really special.

I will remember Tasha 1996-2009

Yesterday was a really bad day. One of my best friends died. My precious pet, Tasha. She was a wonderful, one of a kind dog. Never any trouble and she will be missed terribly. My heart is hurting

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Already the Middle of June

Can't believe summer is finally here. It was a long winter. My son and daughter-in-law will be with us for awhile as they are building there first home. I just came home from the dentist needing to redo a crown but also had a wisdom tooth pulled. Wow, can't say I felt any wiser. My husband had his job terminated. (Worked for a supplier for the car comanpies) OUCH! And my creative juice has dried up!. HELP i need inspiration!

I have been very bad at posting lately.

So I will show a few things I have been doing for the last

couple of months. A couple of vintage purses (which still needs

handles). Some tags, distressed and some waxed. And some

ATC's. The wax on the tags is applied very thin as they will crack

if applied too thick. I hope everyone will be patient with me as

I am very new to this blogging thing and am still learning how to

post and add pictures. Please enjoy and if you have comments please

feel free to get in touch with me.

Another attempt at hot wax frames

I think I am offically hooked on these hot wax frames. I picked up these two on the clearance table. Brought them home and sanded them up a bit. I put a layer of hot wax on first, then wrapped the frame in homemade paper I had sitting around. I then put another layer of hot wax on top. If you brush on the hot wax, you will need to fuse each layer with your heat gun. Just slightly until a shine comes up. If you use the hot wax stylus tool, you can skip that part as the tool does the work for you. Pretty neat huh? To embellish. I waxed a couple of slik leaves and then layered two flowers on top with a little bling. These I glued on with Aileens this holds on the wax. The other frame I just used some hinges from Tim Holtz grungeboard collection. I distressed them a little and put on a light coat of perfect pearls (copper). The knob is a wood bead with a brad, also brushed with perfect pearls. So simple, so fun.

Cyndi's Beeswax Projects Posted by: "Cyndi Szalma" http://us.mc820.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=clszalma@sbcglobal.net&Subject=cyndi61012 Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:35 am (PST) Thank you for the nice comments. These were the first things I ever posted, but I am hooked on bees wax!The mat was already a burgundy color. I just bees waxed a coating a few times fusing in between each. I then made four divisions (uneven) with the edge of the stylus. The top left corner has some color added (green wax) then I added an embellishment from Tim Holtz Grungeboard ideaology collection. That gave it the look I was looking for. On top of the swirl I kept adding beeswax so that it was encased. The other corner is beeswax drops with Pearl-Ex. The other two corners are impressions from a metal screen I had found. (This suggestion was actually my husbands!) The frame was an older wooden frame I had. On this I used brown and red crayons melted with the stylus. A brass stencil was used to indent for texture and I used the beeswax drops with Pearl- Ex also. I was really happy with the results.Cyndi[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

These were the fun projects I completed using the hot wax stylus tool. They were done with bees wax, some crayons, and grungeboard, Pearl-Ex, and then buffed to shine. Texture, by using an old metal screen. This was great fun

Can't believe it is already 2009. Time certainly flies. The end of the year was cerainly busy. My father-in-law passed away and we took care of my mother-in-law for a couple of months. During that time I started playing with my hot wax stylus tool for Kandi Corp. Oh what fun. I am completely hooked! I posted a few of the projects I finished on Suze Weinberg's yahoo group. I will try to post some on my blog soon. As you can tell I am not a very good blogger. I need to be more active at it. I am so inspired by all the blogs I do read. We have such talent out there. Keep it up

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