Aug Challanges

 

 

Hi, welcome to my blog, I just had to join in this month as I have a few very old photos to work with,
which fit this months More Than Words theme. And 7 Dots studios challenge, I love things from yesteryears. This is my Gran at age 16.

 

 

I used 7 Dots papers from writers block range, which work so great with my photo

 

 

Hope you in joy my layout, Have a great Day or Night

Loveing this old world look

Book Ends

Welcome to this weeks post, you are going to love this project.

For some reason bloger is being uncooperative and decided

to reverse my photos, so we are going from finished to starting.

My project is book ends from Imagine If I went for a vintage look







 

The Tops are cut in a beautiful delicate vine  pattern 



 

Here is one of the little draws, the handle end

is also mdf, which makes it very strong, this

means your handle will never fall of.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a tip, when glueing your bottom together , use rubber bands

to keep the pressure on so they stay tightly squeezed together well  it dry's 

 

Here is a close up of the aged look

 

This is the front of the draw

 

This is looking from the bottom, as you can see its

very sturdy build, it has two reinforcing beams

 

To get the old cracked paint look I painted the panels a

very dark brown, next I coated with crackle medium, then 

once this is totally dry I painted vintage cream over the top. 

I covered the bottom in once of the cigar papers ,I love

this range, it works so well for vintage things.

 

Here I have the bottom all ready to glue

 



 I am very pleased with the finished  look,
what I love most about MDF products is that
you can mix and match your designs to match
a room. This could be designed to look good
in a boy or girls room simply boy changing this to
camo or pretty bright pink and white. I'm looking
forward to seeing what others do with this kit.
Happy crafting
stay cool

And don't forget to keep checking out the
Imagine if site as Jo is adding a few new items
every month :)

Vintage Girls world

 

Hi  all and welcome to another exciting week of seeing so of Imagine Ifs new products on display

   If you have come from Tash`s Blog then your in the right place, if not you need to start at Imagine Ifs

   Blog HERE

 

 

This week I have done a canvas, using two of Imagine If stencils to
make my back ground. See below.

 

A lot of stencils haven't been loaded

onto the shop yet as poor Jo hasn't had a chance to catch here breath yet,
So just e-mail her and ask if you would like one until they are up.
 

 

I also used a frame and corner piece`s and then painted over them

as I wonted them to blend in and be a part of the back ground

 

Next I used 3 different sprays. Tattered angels glimmer mist "tiger lily"

and "sunshine. To get a little more darkness in the corners I used

Dylusions "black marble. You can see the back ground show here.

 

This is just a close up for you

 

I then used a small piece of bubble wrap which I inked with

jet black archival ink  and doted it about randomly .

I had a play with a few flower :) as you do

 

 

I knew I wonted to use this awesome dress form  and the words "vintage girl"

and maybe the key, but decided the key was to much

 

Added  half a film strip and some cogs which held the Tim Holts film strip.

The gorgeous lades I cut from a paper arts paper arnt they so cool :)

This is a super close up so you can see my back ground.
Oh and I covered the dress form ( which is stunning on its own)
with some bits I had in my stash and used Good old Tims
distress ink on the lace to show the pattern up more and help
it blend in.

 

 

 

If you would like to check out the Imagine If online outlet

Click HERE

 

Thanks for playing along with us this week. Your next stop in the hop is

Ngaeres Blog HERE

 

Just a quick demo on how to get the raise back ground using a stencil

This is a stencil I had on my table, it just arrived from Imagine If .

with this one I am doing a specific area, but when doing a back ground

with a pattern I jut hold the stencil down and randomly apply the past.

 

 

The pot below is what I have been using, there are a few different

types, this one dries clear, some dry white, it has a very thick consistency

With this stencil I have used some masking tape to cover the top
part so the past doesn't go through as im pretty rough lol

 

I have covered  around the edges so I can use my mister to colour

the back ground.

 

Back ground has been done

 

 

Next I will place the wing pattern part over my back ground of

blue spray as below

Then using some thing with a nice clean flat edge (I am using an old credit card)
scoop out some past and spread it over the stencil until all the gaps are full.

 

Then carefully remove the stencil and there you have your raised surface.

When doing a back ground (all over pattern) when this is dry,

you cab paint it or use sprays.

 

Here I just wonted to show you the raised edge

 

Have a play, this is a fun process .

 

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