Altered Vintage Style Mailbox for CCB Crew Challenge: 12 x 12 Kraft Envelope

Over on the Canvas Corp Brands Blog, HERE is showcasing all the 

amazing artwork from the CREW...

"It is All About The 12 x 12 Kraft Envelope Crew Challenge

Here is my take on this challenge using a 12 x 12 Kraft

Envelope I received in my design team package.

Altered Vintage Style Mailbox

I even used Canvas Corp Brands Names on the mailbox

CCB, 7g and TA

I dug through my stash for embellishments as well as created a little

 "welcome" banner using 7g Architextures papers.

I so love how the CCB Tissue Stock with layers of 

Tattered Angels glimmer mist and paint gives such great texture! 

Canvas Corp Brands Creative Crew 

Envelope Challenge

Our challenge was to create a piece of art with the envelope we

personally got in our design team package. 

You can purchase these envelopes over on the Canvas Corp Brands

Shop, HERE.

I received the 12x12 Kraft Envelope in my design team package, 

and this was a super fun challenge. Here is a small walk through

of how I turned a plain 12x12 Kraft Envelope into an 

Altered Vintage Style Mailbox!

I started by laying the envelope down on a scoring board, scoring about an

1 inch in on both sides and bottom.

Fold your score lines a few times helps to give a good crease .

Fold  in on the fold lines to create a bag like shape.

Glue down the two triangle points to the bottom and on the top

fold the closing flap in half as well as the front flap to the envelope.

Not shown-I took chipboard and cut to size of all sides, front and back including 

the closing flaps. I cut to sizes, taped together to create a box shape to slide inside

of the envelope to give strength and shape to the envelope.

I took Canvas Corp Tissue Stock in Natural and Ivory (color doesn't matter)

I crinkled up the tissue stock and glued down to the envelope.

Created chipboard seams and painted with Gesso- white washed everything, this will help the Tattered Angels glimmer mist, glimmer glaze and high impact paint to stick to.

Before painting the final layer this is when I glued down all the 

embellishments like the 7G Architextures Tin Tile, hardware and letters.

Painted it with a layer of  Light Blue of Tattered Angels High Impact paint.

Grab your favorite Tattered Angels glimmer mist and glimmer glazes and color away.

Many layers of mist just keep adding til you get the effect you are looking for.

Allow to dry and then embellish even more, I created a little 

"welcome" banner using 7G Architextures papers.

 I created a little stack of faux letters and adorn it with spring time florals.

Don't forget to jump over to the Canvas Corp Brands Blog, HERE

to see the rest of the Creative Crew's works of ART.

Thanks, Peggy Lee

Supplies:

Canvas Corp Brands

Canvas Corp-12x12 Kraft Envelope

Canvas Corp-Tissuestock

7Gypsies-Architextures-Tin Tile, papers

7Gypsies-metal charms, butterfly stamp

Tattered Angels-High Impact Paint-Light Blue

Tattered Angels-Glimmer Mist

Baby Blue

Bronze

Snowy pine

Graphite

Bahama Blue

Mint Julip

English Ivy

Tattered Angles-Glimmer Glaze-Bon Bon

Ranger-Tim Holtz-Distress Collage Medium-Vintage

Waverly Wax-Antique Wax

Chipboard 

Gesso

Farmhouse Style- Windmill Wall Decor Distressed with Tattered Angels & Tutorial

Do you love the farmhouse style? I sure do, but sometimes wall decor

can be pricey. I knew I really wanted a windmill wall art piece and 

  I knew I could create one. I gathered up supplies and my favorite colors

of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists and got creating. Here is a simple tutorial

for you to follow along with me. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy.

Tutorial

Creating the pattern panels

I hand drew my own pattern, but there are patterns/coloring

 pages to use online just pick one that you like. 

Next I traced the pattern onto chipboard and cut it out (I did 7 panels). 

Now glue the chipboard panels down onto tinfoil (yes you heard me right TINFOIL).

It's amazing what you can create with chipboard and tinfoil together. 

Once you glue the chipboard to tinfoil cut around the chipboard 

panel leaving a 1/4 inch boarder all around.

 Wrap the tinfoil around the chipboard with glue.

 Next I covered the back with piece of tinfoil to fit.

Dry Texture: Embossing

Grab your favorite embossing folder and carefully run the

chipboard panel through the embossing machine.

 I had to run it through a couple of times to cover the whole panel

I love how tinfoil looks embossed.

Sand down the top of the chipboard panel after you emboss it, this will

help the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist to stick to the tinfoil. 

White wash the chipboard panels with Gesso or white paint.

(white wash-brush on paint and wipe it off with a baby wipe, etc.).

Tattered Angels Time

Now onto the FUN PART-Coloring with Tattered Angels

Glimmer Mist. Canvas Corp Brands has a ton of beautiful colors of Glimmer Mist

 for you to choose from. Follow this link to the Canvas Corp Brands Shop, grab

your favorite color of Tattered Angels Glimmer mist. 

Coloring the Panels

I started by spraying the lightest color down first and worked out to the darkness.

Now it's a good idea to let the mist pool together and blend...dry in between the

layers of glimmer mist...you don't want mud color to happen. 

I think I sprayed and painted with a brush to help move the color, 

I used a heat tool and paper towel to dry and dab off the excess of color. 

(I used many different colors of glimmer mist, you can use two or four colors. It's 

really up to you and the look you are going for.)

Here is what the windmill panels look like once the glimmer mist

is dried. I just love the old time feel it gives using tinfoil.

The windmill blades needed more texture so I grabbed a few

embossing powders and I added a few layers over and over.

Sanded down the melted layers to take away the shine and

 give tooth for the glimmer mist to hang onto.

Here is a photo of the back of the windmill to 

help give depth on the canvas I added chipboard pieces

 around the windmill. 

I created a backdrop onto a canvas using chipboard strips

cover with wood grain pattern papers. Distress edges with

Oxide Ink-Walnut Stain..glue down, off set the paper slats.

To give the faux wood grain look to the background.

After the windmill was attached to the canvas and hung

on the wall I could step back and see where the piece 

needed more texture. I used Metallic-Rubs-ons colors brushed

onto with my fingers, highlighting the textures to help bring them out.

Loving the textures....

Thanks for stopping by today!

For more Tattered Angels Inspiration

 check out the Canvas Corp Brands Blog 

Peggy Lee

Supplies

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

-Graphite, English Ivy, Curious, Boardwalk,

Mint Julip, Bahama Blue, Sun Sisters, Key Lime Pie,

Dragonfly, Snowy Pine, Bronze

Baseboard-Blue Bird, Leaf

Simply Sheer-Imperial Blue, Baby Blue

Glimmer Mist-Slate and 

Chalkboard-Cornflower Daze (no longer available).

16X20 Canvas

Wood Grain pattern paper

Chipboard

 TinFoil

Sizzix-Tim Holtz-Embossing Folder-Carte Postale

Versa Mark-watermark ink

Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel-Platinum

Ranger-Embossing Powders-Princess Gold and Silver

Ranger-Tim Holtz Oxide Ink-Walnut Stain

Viva-Ferro Special Effect Paste-Graphite

Metallic-Rubs-ons

Aleene's Tacky Glue

3-in-1 Beacon Glue

3D Foam tape

Gesso-white paint

Hot Glue

Heat Tool