Good morning! As I’m beginning this post, I’ve had to go back and count the months that I’ve been away from eclectic Paperie. After 5 months of leave, I’m back! You can find me over on the eP Blog today with a project that I’ve done for Toni’s eP Challenge this month – Do Something With a Bag!
You’ll find all the details and more photos on the eP Blog, so I hope you’ll join me there and then check out the challenge yourself!
Thanks for stopping by here today!
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Good morning and welcome to the third Design-abilities blog hop! We are the Spellbinders® Blog Team and we wanted to do something fresh, fun and creative to bring our team together. But before we get started we want to let you know this blog hop is just for fun and creative inspiration. We are not sponsored by Spellbinders Paper Arts®.
Sometimes we might not all be able to participate but we would still encourage you to visit all of the Blog Team Members and check out their blogs. You will find all kinds of ideas for die cutting, paper crafting, mixed media, DIY projects, jewelry, home decor, lots of tutorials and techniques. As designers we are always inspired by each other and we hope to inspire you too.
Including me, the Spellbinders Blog Team consists of:
My project today is another plaque made from chipboard.
Using Spellbinders® Grand Labels Four, 5 pieces of chipboard were die cut and glued together. A thin coat of white embossing paste was added to the top for texture and to make the plaque resemble slate. Once the embossing paste was dry, the plaque was painted with Lowe’s Pantone Cloud Dancer acrylic paint.
I don’t know if you can tell from the photo, but the embossing paste did not entirely cover the chipboard panel. The edges were sanded to remove some of the paint, and then sponged with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.
The flowers were die cut/embossed from watercolor paper using Rose Creations and Jewel Flowers and Flourishes.
The foliage was painted with Bundled Sage and Peeled Paint; the rose with Mustard Seed and Wild Honey; and the Jewel Flowers with Peacock Feathers. Inside the Jewel Flowers are vintage buttons that I found in my stash that still have bits of thread attached to them.
The sentiment “Believe” was cut from black vinyl using the Silhouette Cameo. (I told you I was hooked on the vinyl aspect of this machine!)
That’s all for me today! Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to visit the other members of the Spellbinders Blog Team! I can’t wait to see what they’ve created for this hop!
Note to my sister, Carrie: Did I get the colors right for your new furniture? I threw in some of that yellow color because you didn’t get the gold couch!
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Oh my BADness, I really didn’t mean for it to be so long before I shared my last Majestic Labels One project. This one didn’t make the cut for CHA, which in one way makes me very happy . . . it will now have a permanent spot on my studio wall!
Lets talk about the frame first. It’s made from chipboard that was die cut with Spellbinders® Grand Squares. There were four pieces die cut with the square to form the actual base, that were all glued together and set aside. The top part of the frame was made by leaving the Grand Square taped to the base plate and adding the Grand Labels One in the center. Four or five pieces of chipboard were die cut for this layer and then glued together with the base piece that had been set aside.
(I failed to take pictures of this process, but if there are enough interested in the process leave your comments and I’ll recreate it for you).
The frame was painted black and portions of it were covered in white crackle embossing paste. (I thought the frame was going to process from there into something I could submit for CHA . . . but I changed my mind at the last minute and pulled out my Ten Seconds Studio patina paints.)
I started applying layers of bronze and iron patina paints, letting them dry thoroughly. From there additional layers of paint were applied and misted with patina solution. Ten Seconds Studio has excellent video tutorials on this process so I won’t re-create the wheel . . . Please hop over to their YouTube Channel and see what the fuss is all about.
The inside of the Labels One opening is watercolor paper that I die cut/embossed with Majestic Labels One painted in the same way as the frame. My post on the mini pizza box tells in detail how the Majestic Labels One were die cut/embossed.
Just look at all the wonderful patina and textures created. The orange patina is from the Iron paint, the greens are from Bronze and Copper paint.
I absolutely love how the patina ran into the cracks of the crackle embossing paste! This entire piece reminds me of an old kitchen tin tile that has been left out in the weather for years and years.
I am amazed at the results achieved with simple chipboard and some paint! The middle pieces were glued down with E6000 adhesive.
I wonder how cool it would be to make three more of these, all with different elements, and made them into a larger wall hanging? Hmm maybe some projects down the road!
Well anyway, that’s my CHA reject. So happy that it was because it sure wouldn’t be here with me!!
Thanks for stopping by and joining me today!
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