Hello Crafters,
It was festive week here in Bangalore…we just celebrated
Diwali (the festival of lights)! It is a much celebrated festival with lots of
merry making , bursting crackers, lighting lamps all around the house, meeting
friends and relatives and yes finally binging on a LOT of sweets! With all
these, how do you expect one to craft???
But, never the less
the after effects was a creative
hangover and I decided to make something classy and vintage for Xmas!! I
can never make cards and my memories of wishing friends for Christmas is just
calling up or wishing them with some flowers or sweets!
My 1 year of blogging has made me see some lovely creations
by co crafters all over the world and thanks to the challenges, it has pushed
me to create something this year..NO, not a card!
True to being vintage, I took out this last bit of lovely
textured handmade paper in vanilla which has been with me for the past 6yrs
now! I had used it loooong back when I started with dry pastel coloring and had
just rolled this piece and kept, the sight of seeing it rolled up just inspired
me do a scroll hanging.
Here is the process..I
decided to work on layers, but not layering PP but paints, yes…I started with
the damask stencil (TCW)and yellow och re acrylic paints and then moved on to TCW
flower burst with misters and the next layer was another Damask stencil by Itsy
Bitsy which I misted in festive red. Sorry for the bad lighting! It's raining here!
Couldn't stop there, so the next layer was the clock stencil
form Prima and I used some modeling paste and sprinkled gold embossing powder
on it, when heated it took the bright gold and some places and in some areas it
was just dull…perfect antique look!
As if that was not enough, I spattered some
black color and tore the paper, distressed with the tool and inked it with DI
!!!
Phew, so much for layers…No, wait I then stuck a green damask PP from DCWV
so that it peeks out of the torn places. I think I am done here!
Next, I took out
these lovely vintage pictures from the net and altered it to my hearts content
to make it more vintage! I layered a piece of paper from an old novel and then
backed it up with gold carstock and the picture mat was ready to find its place
on the scroll!
The word “JOY” was cut using spellbinders die. I stamped
music notes on old novel paper and stuck it to chipboard from an empty cereal
box and then cut the alphabets. They were then inked and the edges were heat
embossed in gold!
Lastly, my first attempt at a Poinsettia flower using TH
tattered leaves die…saw a tutorial and tweaked it a bit to my taste! Made the
flower with 3 layers of hand made paper in bright red and green For the leaves,
I stamped some text on it and the flower center is mini pompom from my
daughters toy on which I glued Twinklets Diamond Dust, and applied gold glitter
to the petal edges…sparkle and shine??? Gesssoed some ready made pine leaves and
tucked it beneath the flower!
The flower is really bid...a palm size, unbelievable! Done, here too…
And finally, the last part involved making the scroll, for which
I used an old dandiya stick( a wooden stick we use for dancing)!!! I made
provision for attaching an antique gold chain to hang the scroll and attached
some gold and red tassels ( remnants from my daughter’s dress gain)!
To add jingle to my project, I antiqued some gold bells and attached
it to the top.
Yes, and its ready…after a 5 hour creative journey, I made
my first elaborate Christmas creation! A Vintage, Festive, Xmas Scroll…how do
like it??? Pl, pl let me know…like I said, my first try …would love to hear
from you, I just love to read what you have to say!
For me, this was a very satisfying journey and so would like
to link my scroll to the following challenges..
Craft Hoarders Anonymous- Layer It!
Divas by Design – Christmas flowers
Crafting By Designs – Get ready for Christmas
Craft Room Challenge _ make your own background
Delightful Challenges – 3 embellishments ( flower, bells and
tassels)
As You Like It Challenge _ your style ( classy and vintage)
All sorts Challenge _ Christmas
Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a peek at my
creation!
Until my next creative journey…
Happy Crafting and Re Cycling.
Cheers.
