Back to School Project

Yes, we survived the hurricane! Just a few days ago our studio hometown Sarasota, FL, had one of the first hurricanes of the season barreling towards us. Luckily, we were spared with no more than a little wind and rainfall. Our local school kids enjoyed the prolonging of the first day back to school however! Instead of Snow Days our kids look forward to Hurricane Days!

This altered art project was submitted by Design Team member Linda Beeson. Check out Linda’s blog for more of her creative art! The project is a small, metal locker she found at a thrift shop, which she sanded, painted and then altered! It stands about 12″ tall and is decorated with lots of crafty papers and rub-ons!

Materials:

• Papers: School Writing Tablet and Back to School Alphabet by Bo-Bunny Press
• Embellishments: Li’l Trinkets Rub-ons by Li’l Davis Designs; Spectrum Rub-ons by Heidi Grace Designs; Impress-on Graffiti by Creative Imaginations; Fortunes and Elements Rub-ons by 7gypsies; Date Rub-ons by Autumn Leaves; Yellow Tag by Making Memories
• Other: Rubber Stamps by Catslife Press; Colorbox Charcoal Fluid Chalk Ink by Clearsnap; Glossy Black Paint; Sand Paper
• Adhesive: Mod Podge Decoupage by Plaid

Instructions:

•  Sand down your thrift store find and cover with glossy black paint. Use two coats for complete coverage. 
• When paint is dry, cut and paste patterned papers as shown. Adhere with Mod Podge. 
• Add Rub-ons as shown. 
• Stamp tag and tie with ribbon snippet. 
• Cover entire project with final coat of Mod Podge if desired. 

This project can be used as a storage tin for just about anything: pencils, pens, photos cards, special notes and much more.