Le Pot de Papillon

Good morning! Today on the Altered Arts Magazine blog I am sharing an altered coaster : Le Pot de Papillon—the butterfly jar! As an artist one of my favorite things to do is to upcycle cardboard--coasters from restaurants are perfect! Many are about the size of a fat book (4×4") and make wonderful substrates for small art. 

I covered this coaster with 2 layers of Kraft colored Tissue Stock from Canvas Corp using Nori Perfect Paste as my adhesive. I also used the Nori Perfect Paste to adhere the trimmed "La Fleur" mason jar from the Retro Cafe Art Gallery collage sheet. 

I created handmade flowers with the soft subtle Color Wash card stock from Pink Paislee and adhered them to the side of the jar image. I completed the composition by posing mini butterflies in the jar and upon a few flowers. Knotted Wood ink from Prima Marketing Inc. was edged around the coaster to darken the edge a bit.

Products used in the creation of this journal page : 

Vintage French Mason Jars—Retro Cafe Art Gallery

Designer Dries Clear—Art Glitter Adhesive

Nori Perfect Paste—Yasutomo
Color Wash card stock—Pink Paislee
Tissue Stock 12×12 Kraft—Canvas Corp.
Chalk Ink, Knotted Wood—Prima Marketing, Inc.
dies (Mini Fanciful Flourish - B117S, Daisy Strip - B259, Flourish Leaf Strip - B178, Small Heart Lollipop Fringe Cutie - B391, Miniature Rose - B152, Sunflower - DL121, Tiny Flower Kit (Set of 3) - B376 Mini Butterflies w Angel Wings - D138)—Cheery Lynn Designs
coaster, sponge brush

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my altered coaster!

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Weekly Challenge | Tag You're It at Cheery Lynn

Happy Tuesday everyone! On the Cheery Lynn Blog today I am sharing with you a watercolored fall tag! I cut out all the elements of this tag on watercolor paper. I used both crayons and mica infused cake watercolors to create these fall leaves and back ground. Distress Ink rubbed onto the edges helped complete the leaves once they were formed with an emboss tool. The Thank and You were also painted with the mica cake watercolors and rubbed gently with the Distress Ink.  I really love how the Dimensional Leaves look with the embossed veins--so real looking!

Thank you for stopping by! 

Cheery Lynn Dies used

Thank (Set of 2) - B230
You (Set of 2) - B235
Dimensional Large Leaves #1 - D135
Shoji Mesh Border - B371

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Remember there is still time to join the new challenge!!! Challenge #107 is Tag You're It!. There is a chance to win a $20 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs. Thank you for stopping by today!

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