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Saturday, July 16, 2011

My first DT project for little snippets!!! :)

Here is my first DT project using the gorgeous LITTLE SNIPPETS GO CHECK THEM OUT!!!!! This project uses a Tim Holtz small configurations box, graphic 45 papers and my sisters nautical goodies....

It is a gift from me to my sister Aghna for her birthday...

 So, I started with a plain Tim Holtz configurations box....
 Painted the bits I wanted to use a light sand colour....
 This are the bits I used....
 For the main box I added some teal and then crackle medium and again the sand colour which cracked on top-I also used a matt varnish to seal it all...
 I put some gorgeous graphic 45 on the boardwalk scraps that I had from another project....
 That got me to here where I added my LITTLE SNIPPETS shells and mermaid-HELLO??? how amazing are they-and they matched my papers perfectly....
 Close up of a little snippet shell...
 Close up of a little snippet shell...
 Close up of a little snippet mermaid....
 This is the guy who started it all :) my sister got him at a market he is a little vintage wooden painted sailor....
 We got this mini snow globe on a recent holiday....
 And also this little corked glass bottle filled with "fools gold" .....
 And also this lovely mini wooden boat....
 I made this little charm dangle with a Tim Holtz swivel clasp chain and jumprings and lovely charms I got from Ger-Thank you Ger :) xx....
 Here is the finished piece with some room still for any other little goodies my sister wants to add...
Thanks for looking...
I would love to know what you think and also you NEED to go to little snippets Etsy shop-CLICK HERE
Aideen x

11 comments:

  1. Stunning !! Geraldine will be thrilled I am sure!

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  2. Aideen,
    It is FABULOUS!!! The mermaid looks as if she would like to get together with your sailor...
    Your sister will love it.
    Ger x

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  3. wow what a fab project .. love the sea theme
    Lisa x

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  4. hiya aideen , congrats on your dt with little snippets x love the finished box its adorable , the mermaid and shell is soooo detailed , ger is good alright x tfs
    xmaggiex

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  5. Aideen, your sis is going o fall over. This is BEAUTIFUL.
    hugs,
    Maggie

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  6. Oh Aideen I hope you share what magic you create in your Moleskine.

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  7. Wowzers~ This is an AWESOME project! Love the colors!

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  8. Aideen- its absolutly gorgeous-how big is the whole box?I love the sailor doll and the way you've pieced it all together-it reminds me of old time seaside scenes-bet you could do a beautiful xmas one as well.Do you have any craft markets coming up?

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