• 12" x 12" piece of chipboard, or a page from a blank board book
• Assorted colors of mulberry tissue
• Assorted lightweight handmade papers
• Liquitex® Matte Gel Medium
• Die-cut letters  and desired embellishments
• Paint brush, wax paper, brayer

1. Tear your tissues and papers into random sized pieces. Trim out any interesting shapes and images too. I like collaging with torn lightweight papers because they layer and blend together nice and smooth.
2. Choose an inspirational word and spell it out with die-cut letters. My letters were white plastic that I painted with alcohol inks.
3. Arrange your tissues, papers, images and letters however you like on your board BEFORE adhering them.
4. Move your arrangement aside carefully, and brush a thin coat of medium to your blank board. Do one small area at a time.
5. Apply the first piece of paper immediately on top and smooth it down slowly with your brayer. Place wax paper in between to prevent the tissue or paper from tearing and to keep the medium off your brayer. Roll the brayer from the middle of the paper outward toward the edges.
6. Continue with each piece of your arrangement until your board is covered. Allow pieces to hang off the edges of your board, then trim it flush to the edges later. Layer pieces on top of each other for different colors and transparent effects.
7. When the board is dry, gently brush a light layer of medium over the whole top. Start where you want to place your letters - use this coating of medium just like glue and press your letters into place.
8. While the medium is still wet, adhere other embellishments as desired, such as rhinestones, glitter, or mica flakes.
9. Trim the edges and display your inspiration board where you can see it all the time!

• White cardstock
• Square punch
• Paint markers
• Assorted old holiday cards
• Die-cut snowflakes
• Ribbon
• Double-sided tape
• Envelopes

1. Trim the white cardstock to fit like a postcard inside of your envelope. Mine is 3.5" x 8.5" to fit inside a standard #10 business envelope.
2. Edge the card with your desired paint marker color - I used red or copper.
3. Punch squares out of your old holiday cards. Look for interesting images to crop inside the squares. Punch some solid color areas too.
4. Edge the squares with a black paint marker.
5. Adhere a selection of squares to your postcard with tape in a windowpane pattern. Leave some space for writing your message.
6. Adhere a strip a ribbon between your squares and writing space, and add a snowflake die-cut inside your "window".
7. Add your message and mail them off!

• Dark colored cardstock
• Watermark resist inkpad and a circular stamp
• Clear UTEE and a heat gun
• Plain grungeboard, a square stamp and an inkpad (I used purple ink)
• Spray wash paint (I used Day-Glo Red by Stencil 1)
• Distress Crackle paint - Clear rock candy
• Selection of alcohol inks (I used the Brights line)
• Bottle cap with a circle die-cut image
• Filmstrip ribbon and a strip of white paper
• Hinge clip, 3 washers, 2 hitch fasteners
• Hole punch, large glue dots, paint marker

1. Trim and fold cardstock to desired size.
2. Use circular stamp with watermark resist ink pad to stamp a pattern on the front.
3. After pattern is completely dry, stamp one last circle, and sprinkle UTEE over it while wet.
4. Shake off excess UTEE and apply the heat gun to image until UTEE is melted (it will be glossy and pock-marked); set aside.
5. Drip alcohol ink around the edges of bottle cap to tint (I used Sunshine Yellow); allow to dry.
6. Adhere circle die-cut image inside bottle cap and seal inside edge to the cap with a line of Glossy Accents.
7. Apply Crackle Accents over the top of image; set aside to dry.
8. Trim grungeboard to desired size and shape, spritz with spray wash paint; allow to dry.
9. Stamp square image in the center of grungeboard, then apply Distress Crackle paint to the edges; set aside to dry.
10. Drip and dab various colors of alcohol inks on top of a length of filmstrip ribbon; allow to dry.
11. Tint the washers with a drop or two of desired alcohol ink colors; allow to dry.
12. Trim a strip of white paper to fit behind filmstrip and punch small hole at each end of both.
13. Attach the white paper to filmstrip by screwing in a hitch fastener through the holes at each end.
14. Use glue dots to adhere the washers to the center of the UTEE-embossed image.
15. Glue the bottle cap to the grungeboard, attach a hinge clip, and adhere to card with glue dots.
16. Use glue dots to adhere the filmstrip to the card.
17. Use the paint marker to rim the edge of the card with a bright color.

• 8" square black Ready-to-Go! Blank Board Book
• 7" square sheet of Lutradur, any weight
• 4-6" square sheet of gold foil origami paper
• 5" square of Timtex
• Die-cut shape (I used a grungeboard flourish)
• 2 colors of spray wash, ink or paint
  (I used Adirondack Color Wash in Butterscotch & Wild Plum)
• Embossing heat tool
• Liquitex Glass Bead Texture Gel Medium
• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium
• Medium size flat paint brush
• Alene's Paper Glaze
• Craft glue (I use Beacon 3-in-1)
• crystals or beads

1. On a protected work surface, spray paint color #1 on to the Lutradur and Timtex squares. Use less spray on the Lutradur so the color bleeds along the fibers. Use a little more spray on the Timtex, since it's quite absorbent. Set both squares aside to dry (the Lutradur will dry in a couple minutes; the Timtex will take at least an hour)
2. Blow the heat tool along the edges of the dry Lutradur. Start further away and slowly move the hot air closer to the sheet, so you can get a feel for how quickly the Lutradur burns. Painted Lutradur requires the heat to be just a bit closer and longer to burn, than if it was unpainted. Just burn the edges slightly to get a lacy look. 
3. Brush a thin coat of gloss medium on the cover of the board book, position the Lutradur in the center. Place some large heavy books on top to flatten out the Lutradur and adhere it to the book. Lay a sheet of wax paper or freezer paper in between, so you don't get any medium on your heavy books. Let it sit for about 10-15 minutes to dry.
4. Use the gloss medium to adhere the 6" gold foil square in the center of the Lutradur. If your foil square is smaller than 6" (some origami paper comes in 4.5" packs), cut it in half diagonally, then split and center the two resulting triangles. 
5. Place your die-cut shape on top of your dry Timtex to use as a mask. Lightly spray color #2 over the whole square.
6. Carefully remove your die-cut shape. TIP: Immediately flip the shape over and press against another piece of paper to "stamp" the shape with the wet paint. Allow Timtex to dry again.
7. Use the paper glaze to trace around the edges of your mask shape. Place crystals or beads in the glaze where ever you want to accent the shape. The glaze will soak into the Timtex as it dries, leaving a glossy line. The glaze will also hold the crystals or beads firmly in place.
8. Brush the texture medium around the mask design as desired, to create extra shine and texture. The medium will soak in and dry clear on the Timtex after at least an hour.
9. When the Timtex is dry, adhere it to the center of the gold foil. Your cover is complete!
10. Fill the rest of the board book with photos, artwork, journaling, ephemera...sky's the limit!
    

• 2.5"x3.5" heavy white cardstock, such as Strathmore Acrylic Paper, linen finish
• 3 colors of Liquitex Soft Body Acrylic paint (I used yellow, copper and green)
• Metallic embossing powder, clear inkpad, heat gun, rubber stamp
• Chalk ink (I used a teal blue)
• Pastel pencil (I used a blue Carbothello pencil)
• Metal embellishment, such as a chinese coin
• Craft glue
• Small paintbrush, foam finger dabber, cosmetic sponge

1. Dab the 3 colors of paint on the ATC cardstock in a random pattern,
working quickly to smudge and blend the colors together with the
cosmetic sponge.
2. Use the brush to dab texture on top as desired.
3. Set ATC aside and allow the paint to dry for 5-10 minutes.
4. On a scrap piece of cardstock, stamp circle outlines of paint using
the open end of the finger dabber, set aside to dry.
5. Stamp an image on the ATC with clear ink, sprinkle the image
with embossing powder.
6. Shake or brush off the excess powder and use the heat tool to melt
the powder, set aside.
7. Fill in the circles on the scrap paper with a small amount of paint,
smudge with the finger dabber.
8. After the circles are completely dry, add some contrasting shadow
with a pastel pencil and smudge with your finger.
9. Trim the scrap paper to 1"x2.25" and glue to the ATC.
10. Swipe the edges of the ATC with chalk ink.
11. Glue the metal embellishment on the card.

• Empty cylindrical tin with a lid
• Fabric trimmed to fit around tin
• Matching ribbons to fit around tin
• Cardstock in two matching colors
• Chipboard embellishment
• Liquid Laminate
• 3-in-1 Craft Glue
• Adirondack Alcohol Ink in matching color

1. Following instructions on bottle, brush a coat of Liquid Laminate around tin.
2. While it's wet, carefully wrap the fabric around the tin, pressing out any creases or bubbles.
3. Brush another coat of laminate over the fabric. Set tin aside to dry.
   (you can apply a second coat on top of fabric for more protection if desired).
4. Paint the side rim of the lid with alcohol ink, using a felt dabber.
5. Cut cardstock into two circles to fit the top of the lid, one 3/8" larger than the other.
6. Glue smaller circle in the center of the larger circle.
7. Snip little cuts around the larger circle, in towards the center, to make tabs.
8. Press every other tab in towards the center of the circle.
9. Glue chipboard embellishment in the center of circles.
10. Glue circles to the top of the lid.
11. Once the laminate is dry, glue ribbons around the top and bottom of tin.