Friends & Updating the Shadow Boxes on my Kitchen Wall

Hello,today I am here to share with you,a LO I did of me with my Best Friend, Tenely of 30 some years.Tenely is a music teacher,so I decided to use DA music Chipboard. I am also going to share with you, my latest home improvement project.

The Dusty Attic used:

music

Winged Rock Guitar

Scroll #2

Heart Attack Border #1

Heart Attack Border #2

Marrakesh Trellis small

Ornate Corner #7

Word Pack #2

mini Butterflies #2

Here are some close ups of detail...

To deepen the color of Veterans Ship-BS,I painted on Tattered Angels Indian corn & rubbed in some pebbles chalk...I inked all the edges of the paper using a mixture of charcoal & grey mist,I used a brush to do this....

way .I will be copying & pasting this on to my future posts,to save time,as I am only about half way through this project,& I am using the same supply's trough out this project.





 

Here we are getting older,but still BEST FRIENDS

Now I am going to share with you a before & after of a corner wall of our kitchen,plus all the LO's I have completed,so far for this project. I really did think I was done, after I did the Scraproom,but it took about 1 day, for me to take a look around my kitchen & decide there was to much going on,with all the different colors, through out my LO's against the wall. I had already received the Nyhan Collection from Maja Design,& discovered the grays in the Kings Square-BS,were the same grays, that I used through out the kitchen. So I decided to make all new LO's, for the kitchen, & as I am doing this, I am transferring these LO's to either the hallways or the family room,that also have shadow boxes,but the walls are a charcoal gray.

A before Photo of  a corner wall in the kitchen...

A after photo, with LO's using the colors in the kitchen....I have about 160 shadow boxes,of LO's through out our home. I started this about 8 years ago, & goggled the shadow boxes,they are still out there MCS Industries INC shadow boxes. You will notice that I left space on my outside edges,you need to do this so that they fit into the box. 

Kings Square-BS

Veteran Ship-BS

Sitting on the Dock

I am using these 3 sheets, from the Nyhavn Collection,for this project. Because I mainly want the gray, as the background,I will not be doing, as much paper layering. I will get my texture through stencils & the DA chipboard.So this is all new to me. I will also be changing all my photos to black & white. My first step,for this project was to go online shopping. I ordered more Dusty Attic Chipboard, the Maja Design, Nyhavn Collection, (I ordered enough,for this project,plus future projects,as it is a limited edition). I also ordered some stamps,stencils,texture pastes & mists or H20,that would be in my color tones. Now I had to wait for my supplies to arrive, so my next step was to paint the chipboard I had on hand. I used my wall paint,for the red,plus I applied a coat of clear crackle varnish. I used distressed brushed pewter stain,paint & crackle on the rest of the chipboard. The chipboard was now ready for a final coat of H20's,or whatever I wanted to apply over the crackle. I also went through all of my flowers,that were to bright for the Maja Collections & dipped them into all the paint colors, that I used in the kitchen (I watered down the paint). Now I was organized & ready for my paper to arrive.....Here is my first project,a canvas using one of my favorite photo's of my boys......

The Dusty Attic used:

Love this,Love That Arrows (DA1074)

String of Hearts Frame set (DA1017)

Heart Arrows #2 (DA1026)

rulers(DA1005)

Film Strips

Number Grid Small (DA1071)

stencils used are Tim Holtz, I used Prima texture paste (Graphite)

Here is another canvas I did using photo's that were taken the same day as the photo above...

The Dusty Attic used:

String of Hearts (DA1017)

Bar Codes 5pk (DA0624)

Film Strip (DA0934)

Number Grid Small (DA1071)

Hashtag Sayings (DA1076)

The stencils are Tim Holtz & TCW,using Prima Texture Paste Graphite.. 

The next is a LO I did of my oldest son Sigurdur,who is now 33 years old...

The Dusty Attic used:

Anchors (DA0558)

Chevrons (DA0992)

Compass Rose (DA0686)

Film Strip (DA0934)

Film Strip Small (DA0935)

Fish net panel (DA0654)

Page Pebbles #3 (DA1107)

View Finder (DA1081)

Zippers (DA0816)

Bar Codes 5pk (DA0624)

My next LO,of my middle son Erlendur,who is now29 years old...

The Dusty Attic used:

Ferns (DA0507)

Spider Chrysanthemum (DA1043)

Flower Buds (DA0849)

mini Butterfly (DA0364)

Monarch Butterflies (DA0819)

Rulers (DA1005)

Filmstrips (SmallDA0935)

mini Chicken Wire (DA0788)

The stencil used is from TCW 12x12 Butterfly Collage

My next LO is of my youngest son Tandri,who is now 26 years old...

The Dusty Attic used:

Arrows #3 (DA1000)

Chevron Panel small (DA1068)

Circle Mesh small (DA0884)

Cogs #2 (DA0002

Number Border #1 (DA1049)

Number Grid Small (DA1071)

Heart Arrows #1(DA1016)

Arrows #1 (DA0994)

Love this,Love That Arrows (DA1074)

The stencil used is TCW 6x6 the story, I got my inspiration from the stencil, to choose the DA chipboard,that I used on this LO

Now I am working on this wall...

The first LO,a family photo of us, & of course I had to include the 5 Barking Dogs...

The Dusty Attic used:

Door #3 (DA0690)

Fancy Letter Box #2 (DA0608)

Ivy Corners (DA1018)

Vine Boarder (DA0459)

Ornate Corner #7 (DA0466)

Mini Words #1 (DA0386)

mini ABC upper (DA0861)

My next LO,using a photo of my youngest son Tandri,& girlfriend Renee...

The Dusty Attic used:

String of Hearts Frame Set (DA1017)

mini Heart Boarder (DA1015)

Vine Border (DA0459)

mini words #1 (DA0386)

My next LO,using a photo I took of Renee,when she got excepted into law school...

The Dusty Attic used:

Vine Corner #2 (DA0897)

Live Beautifully (DA1170

Monarch Butterflies (DA0819)

Birdcage #5 (DA0678)

My next LO,using a photo of Siggi & I using some of this months new releases....

The Dusty Attic used:

Lacey Heart Frames

Key to my Heart

Heart Attack Border #2

Heart Attack Border #1

Marrakesh Trellis Small

Branch #3

Sweet Pea Frame set

Ferns

Page pebbles #2

word pack #4

My next LO,using a photo of my middle son Erlendur & Siggi...

The Dusty Attic used:

Barb Wire Frames

Cogs #2

Film Strip Small

Page Pebbles #10

Pipe Works Mini

Pipe Works Small

View Finders

Cyclone Wire

Hashtag Sayings

My next LO,using a photo of my sister & I...

The Dusty Attic used:

Leafy Scroll

Mini Scrolls

Fancy Flourish 2pk

Word Disks #1

Hashtag Sayings

My next LO,using a photo of Tandri & Milo....

The Dusty Attic used:

Dream Catcher #1

Filmstrips small

Fish Net Panel

String Frames small

Live Beautifully

Word Disks #1

My next LO,using a photo of Siggi & I & our dogs...

The Dusty Attic used:

Ferns

Flower Buds

Maiden Hair Fern

mini Branches

Wild Flower #3

Spider Chrysanthemum

Flutterbies #3

mini Butterflies #2

Monarch Butterflies

Bird Cage #5

mini words #1

My next LO,using a photo of me with my sister & Birth Daughter...

The Dusty Attic used:

Ferns

Grass Cluster Border

Lavender

Wild Flower #3

String Frame

Fancy Trim #2

Word Pack #2

My next LO,using a photo of my oldest son Sigurdur,with my sister Audrey...

The Dusty Attic used:

Decorative Frame #1

Decorative Scroll #2

Ferns

Maiden Hair Fern

Brick Wall Panel

mini Dragonflies

Chevron Panel small

Cyclone Wire

Word Pack #9

Tandri with my Mom & Dad

The Dusty Attic used:

lacey Heart Frames

Heart Attack Border #2

Heart Attack Border #1

Key to my Heart

Baroque Frame set Circle

Skeleton Clock Faces

Decorative Frame #1

Maiden Hair Fern

Mini Words #1

mini Words #2

mini Words #3

A younger ME

The Dusty Attic used:

Fancy Trim #7

Dream Catcher #1

Feathers

Divine Divas

Corsets

Cogs

Zippers

Ornate Crosses

Lavender

Ferns

Decorative Scroll #1

Word Disks #1

A getting older ME

The Dusty Attic used:

Just Me

Branches & Berries

Vine Frames

String Frame Set

Branch #4

Branch #5

Branch #4 small

Birdcage #5

Flutterflies #3

Baroque Corners
My Mom & her Siblings

The Dusty Attic used:

vine corner #2

Wild Flower #3

Ivy Corners

Branches & Berries

Vintage Name Plate Set

Word Tags #1

mini ABC upper

My Mom & her Siblings

The Dusty Attic used;

Corner Flourish #1

Decorative Scroll #2

Skeleton Clock 

Branch # 4 small

Ferns

mini Branches #2

mini Butterflies #2

mini Butterfly

Enjoy the Moments

On a count down,only 18 LO's left to go! Thank you so much for taking the time to look....Rachelle