Yes, all, I know that I haven't been around in FOREVER...and I will type up a huge post for that later on, but right now I want to share with you what I did for Mark's Paper Company Project of the Month. The project itself was VERY easy to do, so I will be sharing with you the step by step directions on how to do it.
Altered Memo Board
I made an altered memo board not using what one would traditionally use for a memo board. Here are the products that I started with.
That would be a $5 frame from Walmart as well as push pins that were 88 cents. Very cheap to do, i promise!
First, what I did was sand the frame, as shown in this photo:
Next, I painted the frame using a cream colored paint (I personally love the Making Memories paints, and that's what I used here. I needed the thicker paint to go over this frame, so that way it would paint into the grooves easier and I wasn't using five bazillion coats of paint on the frame). I also sanded it down a bit more, to give it a more distressed look.
In the next photo, you see what I used for the 'cork' board part. I cut up a piece of thick cardboard from a box I had around the house. Free (if you don't count the fact that I used my box from my new printer that was NOT cheap ;), too!
In the next photo, you see how I applied the Geranium Rosebud paper from the new English Garden collection of papers. Since the frame was 10x13, I knew that I would have to use two sheets of paper for this, so make sure you have two sheets of your favorite Mark's Paper Company paper on hand. I tried to use one piece of paper, but the slip of paper I had left was going in the wrong direction and it would drive me batty if I knew that was on there. I need everything to go the right way (yes, i know i am weird).
This is what it looks like in the frame. Notice that I still haven't done anything about the seam of paper that was showing (and driving me BATTY). I will get to that later, of course, after I have put it in the frame...lol.
I used just plain, ordinary tacks for this project. They cost $.88 at good ol' Wally world. To adhere the papers, etc, onto the tacks, I just used some mini glue dots.
So, in this photo you just see one of this things that I used as one of the push pins. I used a piece of the Coredinations White Wash cardstock and a Cuttlebug folder, as well as a Martha Stewart punch, too.
See, you can hardly see the tack!
So, in this photo you can see the final photo and then the next one is an up close and personal photo of it as well. I used some cut outs (the big butterfly) from English Garden Collection, as well as some of the fabric buttons, too.
{see, you can NOW see how I hid that seam, too!)
So, there it is, my project of the month for Mark's Paper Company. I hope that you all have enjoyed it. And, I hope that you can see just how easy, and cheap, this project was to make. :)
Till next time!
~M
