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1959 VW Engine Cover

Apr 21, 2009 |
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This began as a joke. We found a red, rusted and dirty 1959 Volkswagon engine cover at a garage sale for $5. We hung it on our dining room wall and taped big eyes on it. I liked it. I liked the big red piece of metal on my wall. However, it needed some loving…

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Time Flies

Mar 10, 2009 |
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This pin was made as a Christmas gift for my friend Debbie: I found a fabulous set of Audubon cards at the flea market. Bird Head: Shrank the Audubon card to fit the size of the stamped wings and color copied it onto photo paper. Wings: Stamp for angel wings, colored with water color pencils…

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Consequences

Mar 5, 2009 |
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I LOVE car parts -so much potential. Consequences is made from Porsche parts. Base is a mount Raised Eyebrow is a window crank Glasses is a gasket Eye is a bolt Mustache is a worn out rubber belt Warning sign is a fasten seat belt sign The tag has a reduced copy of the part…

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Candyland

Jan 12, 2009 |
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I saw a template for making a box out of a game board on Readymade.com . I adapted it to a vintage Candy Land game board. I stripped the graphics off of the extra pieces and glued them on for accents. The feet are the games pieces.

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Asian Calendar

Dec 12, 2008 |
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Angel Pin

Dec 9, 2008 |
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This pin was made as a Christmas gift for my friend Becky. This card was promoting a museum exhibit in the town where Becky lived. There were a stack of the cards in the lobby of a hotel I was staying. Wings: Cut out from the color card. Face: Stamp Other: Watch parts, rhinestones, distress…

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Flower Family Album

Sep 12, 2008 |
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Another NYOBC (Not Your Ordinary Book Club) challenge. However, the only item I used from the packet was the album blank (black card stock). 6″ x 6″ closed All pages were covered by 2 patterns of decorative paper. The front and back covers have glued on cut outs of one of the patterns. The letters…

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Pin up Fan

Sep 8, 2008 |
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Another NYOBC (Not Your Ordinary Book Club) challenge. The theme was summer. Our packet included paper, stickers and ribbon. It would have made a nice scrapbook page but I needed to do something different. Fan: I cut fan blades out of chip board. Papers: Vintage pin up pictures were copied onto paper from the packet…

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Scrabble Card

Jul 12, 2008 |
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Shell Book

Jul 2, 2008 |
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