Good Morning All, This morning Beckam an I woke up before everyone as usual so I thought to myself why not do a quick video with him. This actually helped me because he was starting to get fussy. Here is a quick video showing the mini idea board I created for the Artsy Addicts Blog on Wednesday. This project was so fun and very easy. I would say this project is beginner level so have fun with this one with frieds and family next time they are over. I plan on doing these for the family and give them to the as gifts. Frugal gift giving is what I am all about. Thanks for stopping in and I hope you enjoyed!


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5 Step mini Idea Board! 

Step 1. Start with a blank wooden frame from your local Micheals craft store.

Step 2. Paint the wooden frame inside and out with an acrylic paint such as Deco Art.

Step 3.    I picked some designed paper to glue to the background of my wooden frame. I chose                  to use the Planes, Trains, and Automobile collection from marionsmithdesigns.com. You can use any paper you prefer.

Here is the board that I glued the paper down on. I used Helmar glue.

I cut up the paper to fit the board the properly. You can also tear the paper to get a more distressed look. Remember to always listen to music you enjoy when creating as you can see I have my Ipad2 on the table with Pandora music playing.

All the paper is glued down. Now I just glued all of my newspaper clipping from the paper collection I downloaded.

Step 4. Embellish the frame. I used some epoxy resin to adhere the clips to the frame. 

 

Step 5. Now you can pin up ideas that you have to your new mini idea board. When you have some creativity blocks come up remember to refer back to your board for ideas to push you through. As always have fun crafting and enjoy all your ideas. 

Garett Smith

Today I just wanted to showcase a project that caught my eye. I was helping Marion Smith in our Scraproom Art Studio and I came across this decorated spool and was really inspired. I remember when Marion was messing around with this idea and I was absolutely pleased with the turnout. Maybe I can get her to do a tutorial on the decorating of this hand-crafted spool.