Showing posts with label lace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lace. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Embellishments, Trinkets & Trims


The new challenge at Frilly and Funkie begins today and Jenny is the hostess this time.  She calls it Embellishments, Trinkets and Trims and here is what she has to say about it:

Linda sells a huge array of beautiful embellishments, trinkets and trims in her store, from metal filigree pieces and charms to buttons, laces and ribbons. They can be the important focal point on a project or the final finishing touches that complete it. However you wish to use them lets see those embellishments, trinkets and trims in action on your vintage or shabby chic entries.


I decided to alter a very inexpensive composition notebook and make the embellishments the focal point.


I gave the cover a coat of White Gesso (Dina Wakley) and then added a layer of torn strips of Melange Tissue Wrap (Tim Holtz) using Collage Medium (Tim Holtz) to adhere it.


The next step was to add some texture in random areas on the front and back with a stencil called Gothic (Tim Holtz) and texture paste (Ranger).  Once the paste was dry I gave it another coat of White Gesso.


Then I used Gel Medium to adhere all sorts of embellishments on the front cover - venise lace, buttons, metals and gems (some seed beads were added later).


A good coat of White Gesso was added next.  Tip:  Insert a piece of waxed or parchment paper inside the front and back cover to keep the paint from seeping inside.


Now it was time for lots of paint layers.  I used Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Paint (Tim Holtz) along with Lime and Peacock Acrylic Paint (Dina Wakley).  More lime was added after the photo was taken.


I used some Garden Patina Archival Ink (Wendy Vecchi) and two stencils, Checkmate and Dots and Stripes Borders (Wendy Vecchi) to add some random stenciling on the front and back.

Once the paints were dry I rubbed wax paste on all the raised areas.  I used some from my stash but will link to some in the shop that would work well.  Then I splattered some watered down White Gesso over the outside.

Since the inside covers had text on them, I carefully covered them with White Gesso and then used Collage Medium to add some turquoise tissue (Dollarama) that I crumpled up and then carefully opened up again.

I hope you will dig into your stash and create something to share with us.  The Design Team will choose their top picks with the overall winner receiving an opportunity to be a Guest Designer at a future date.  One randomly chosen winner will receive a gift certificate to go shopping at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Links to The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments Floral TH93789

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Whiskey and Lace


It is time for the next challenge at Frilly and Funkie.  Kathy is our hostess for this one and she is calling it Re-purpose, Re-use, Recycle.  Here is how she describes it:

Earth Day is April 22nd, so let's honor the day with a vintage or shabby chic project that includes an item that would normally land in the recycle or trash bin. You can use an old jar, glass bottle, packaging material or other bits and bobs to create your upcycled masterpiece. Be sure to tell us in your post what your recycled item is and how you used it, as it may not be apparent in a photo.


My Son-in-Law recently sold one of his restaurants and before he did I managed to grab a few empty whiskey bottles that he hadn't taken to the recycling depot so I thought altering one would be perfect for this challenge.

I started by giving it a generous coat of a chalky acrylic paint, which sticks to glass quite nicely and then I added a coat of white gesso (Dina Wakley).  When I started I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the bottle and in the end I covered most of this up.  For the next layer I used some collage medium (Tim Holtz) and added crumpled up tissue paper to give it a bit of texture.


Once the tissue was dry I covered the bottle in rows of lace from my Funkie Junkie Boutique stash.  I also added a row of pearls and some pink braid that I found in my stash.



I needed a stopper since the bottle came without one so I cut down a cork that I recycled from a bottle of lovely red wine we had with our dinner (I am sensing a pattern here - 😃) and that exercise confirmed that I will never make it as a wood carver.  Once I got the cork the right size, I gave it a couple coats of white gesso and then added a row of pearls on a string and a row of lace.  An Idea-ology knob (Tim Holtz) was added to the top.


The focal image was created on my computer by combining a couple of free digital files (The Graphics Fairy for the cherub and Creavapeur for the script) and then adding it to the back of a die cut frame that I covered with texture paste (Ranger).


I cut some crinoline petals using the Shabby Posies die (Tammy Tutterow) and dyed them with Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Aged Mahogany Distress Ink (Tim Holtz) before layering them to create flowers.  Adhesive pearls  were added to the centres of the smaller flowers and a pearl cluster was added to the larger flower.

A metal butterfly was altered by covering it with white gesso and then inking it with Worn Lipstick DI.  I also created a bead chain using beads and chain from my stash along with some jump rings from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  The loopy bow was created from pieces of dyed seam binding that came on some packages from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I would love to see what you transform for this challenge.  It runs until 11:55 pm EST on April 23rd so you have lots of time to create.