For a Friend !

Hello Crafters,

Today I am sharing my Guest Design project for Rhedd’s Creative Spirit with you! Yes! I have been a regular there and was just so thrilled and happy when Sandie asked me to be a guest on her blog for Nov…and what more, it  coincided with my friends’ birthday! So I could make anything to my “hearts content” and share it with you!

It’s always a “anything goes” here at Rhedd’s and only altered art ,which I LOVE! So  play along and hope this inspires you to do so. With that said, I have up cycled an empty liquor carton here into a mini display cabinet and storage space too! I have a surprise when the door opens..wait and see.

I made this for my “Bestie” who introduced me to this wonderful world of crafting and blogging, it is her birthday tomorrow! She loves colors and hardly ever does anything Vintage, so I just decided to make something “special” for her which is NOT her style! Fair enough right???

And so starts my shabby vintage journey…

Firstly I covered this whole box with scraps of paper and modge podge so that it is sturdy and easy to take layers on. Then I cut PP to size from DCWV French garden paper pack. I stamped random butterflies and script using Archival green and brown inks. Then swished out the home made texture paste and using TCW damask stencil, created texture all around except the front panel, for which I had something else in mind!

Once this was done, I inked the edges with crushed olives DI and walnut stain and adhered it to the back and sides of the box.

The front panel – I made a faux frame door for the panel! I took a  piece of chipboard to size and stuck sheets from an old text and stuck this vintage picture of “friends” to one side. Then cut out the alphabets with chipboard and PP using spellbinders die and I inked it and stuck it to the panel. The background has some foliage and butterflies stamped randomly. I then kept an acetate sheet as protection and made the outer frame using another chipboard. On this, I used a stencil from my local craft store to create a border for the frame and I sprayed some walnut stain and worn lipstick inks mildly and when dry rubbed Inka gold all over. Stuck some pearls and added ornate book end corners. A shabby wooden knob helps to open up this frame!

Lastly some shabby chic fabric flowers using lace and TH tattered floral die decorate one end of the frame. You can see the friends dancing in joy! Isn’t it fun ??

Top panel – I took the maximum time to decorate this part. My friend is a passionate “sewer” too, so I took out this stamp set from TH Visual Artistry and stamped the dress form on text paper and heat embossed in brown. I then layered it on chipboard and fussy cut it. Some clear rock candy crackle paint on it and when that dried, I rubbed in the Inka gold here. I then outlined it with gold liner. Look at the yummy textures!

 That was not enough!!! I took some net fabric in pale pink and created a frilly skirt, added some glitter on the hemline and a cute pink bow with pearl fastens it to the mannequin! She definitely found her spot on top of the display cabinet!

Next, I cut the scalloped oval to form a frame using some gold printed PP and set it with glossy accents for dimension. I inserted a vintage quote inside and made it stand on the top along with the body form! Some metal charms hang casually from the frame.

More flowers using lace and Georgette fabric here on a bed of cheese cloth for some extra dimension. The flowers are inked with walnut stain and have applied some gesso too for the shabby look.

And my box has cute little white flat back pebbles as feet!

Are you ready for the box to open?? And when it does, there is a surprise for her!

 A cute suitcase mini in shabby vintage style too! The mini has a lot of space for journaling and photos, All the details on the making of this can be found here.

There is enough space inside for her keep some craft goodies and I hope this will find a place on her craft table too!

 So, please join  me in wishing Shilpa of Neon Diary a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

That’s  pretty much it…Hope to hear from you on this. Thank you so much for stopping by.

I would like to enter my Shabby wishes in the following challenges…

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Use Pink

Frosted Designs -Get messy with Mixed media 

Imagination Crafts challenge - Anything Goes

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Use stamps
Simon Says- anything goes

 Until my next crafty creation,

Happy Crafting and re cycling,

Hugs.