Altered Clock

I feel like I have been in a creative slump lately. I'm trying to push through it though and thought I'd share what I worked on over the weekend.


This first picture is a "before" photo of a clock I purchased several weeks ago from the clearance section at Michael's. It actually doesn't look that bad in this photo. It had a cardboard background with a print that was suppose to look aged, but in person it didn't look very realistic. So, I thought I'd alter it as a gift for my Sister.


And this is the "after" photo. I took everything apart and covered the clock face with some Designer Series paper from Stampin'Up! I chose some paper I had on hand called Recollections from last year's Stampin'Up! catalog. It is retired now, but I made a recipe box for my Sister last year with the same paper.

Then I added some chipboard letters that I had colored with craft ink and embossed. The leaf is another chipboard shape. I covered it with coordinating card stock (Mellow Moss) and used a color spritzer and a sponge dabber to add some accents (in Bravo Burgundy.) I was going to add some numbers or some other type markers for the numbers, but when I laid them on the clock face I thought it look too busy.

Finally, when I put everything back together I didn't like the gold clock hands so I colored them black with some StazOn ink.

It feels great to finish something. Doing something "creative" can be a real mood lifter. There's a paper store called Paper Source. Their tagline is "Do Something Creative Every Day." Words to live by. Now I'm feeling more postive about approaching my next project: preparing for my next video tutorial. Curious? Well, stay tuned!

P.S. In the meantime, check out this link for Paper Source's web site. They've got some really cute Halloween projects online right now.