Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Project: Wedding Mirror

Here's another mirror I made, this one is a present for my friend's wedding (lousy photo though...):
 And here's some close ups:

Just some pink paper strips, a doilly and a dash of Stickles,and voila! A bride's bouquet! (Ok, sort of...LOL)


See, there are more ways to admire a good book!LOL!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Wedding Card

I wanted to make a wedding card for a friend of mine, so here it is!
On the cover I cut a round window and then stamped on it with the Hero Arts "Old Letter" stamp using pink distress ink. Then I adhered on top the images of the girl and the flowers that I had already stamped and colored, they're from a Crafty Secrets stamps set. Last step, I added the gold frame around the window.
I also used a small piece of a doily, some tulle and Stickles in order to make the flower.
On the inside I made a pocket and I decorated it using a doily colored with distress inks. On top of it I adhered a stamped and colored image, from anothe Crafty Secrets stamps set.
Last step, I stamped a tag, on the back of it I just adhered the banknote using a Glue Dot.
Needless to say, my friend went crazy when she saw it!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Project: Cherry Blossom Bracelet

The other day I wanted to make a bracelet with grungeboard but I didn't have anything to use as a clasp. But THIS was exactly what I wanted, so I ordered Tom Holtz's fasteners and here it is!
I started with a piece of plain grungeboard 1 and a quarter inch wide. Then I covered it with white acrylic paint and while it was still wet I smudged with my fingers a drop of distress ink in Broken China and then sprinkled some water and Perfect Pearl mix on it.
When it dried, I stamped on it using a cherry branch stamp from an asian themed Inkadinkado stamp set and colored it with my copics. Then I added a drop of glue on the centre of the flowers and covered them with Martha Stewart's microbeads, while for the larger flowers, I used pearls.
When they dried, I covered the lot with some Claudine Helmuth's Glossy medium, so as to secure everything in place.
Last step, I added the fastener, then I didn't like the hole that much so I also stamped and colored a large flower from the same stamps set and glued it on top of the hole. This way I can also wear my bracelet with the flower on top or underneath, depending on my fancy!
And here is one more photo, to give you a better idea:
It takes a while to make one, but it's sooo cute!

Monday, July 12, 2010

Project: "Serious" Notepad

A colleague of mine asked me if I could make her a notepad like mine, so I decided to make a more "mature" version. And here it is!
The fact is that I had already made the brown leather like cardstock piece, so I wanted to incorprate it in my project. It is very easy to make it, I just used various distress inks in green and brown shades, dried it with a heatgun, then embossed it using a Cuttlebug embossing folder and then lightly brushed with my Versamarc ink pad, sprinkled some UTEE and used my heatgun to set it. Here 's the result:
Then I embellished with a colored Tilda and some handmade flowers for the corners, for the yellow stems I just cut a piece of adhesive tape, made it like a cord and dipped it in some yellow glitter. Then I adhered an acetate piece on the lot for more endurance.
I kept the inside very simple, I just made a pocket using some cardstock where I adhered a piece of a doily, I also added a few tiny flowers that I covered with stickles.
My colleague liked it so much that she gave it to her daughter, she told me it was too pretty to keep for herself! LOL!

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