Hi everyone! I wanted to share a project I have been working on. This is for a swap at 2 Shabby Sisters Studio. I was to make 4 charms in the style of ART-A-CAKES. I'm sure you have all seen them out there in the craft stores. Kinda pricey, so here's my take on them. I have to say they were a lot of fun to make. I just let my imagination run with it. I was able to use some of those flea market finds that I just knew would come in handy one day.
Here is the first and my favorite. It is very shabby chic to me. I used a brooch and glued the paper rose to it. I glued that on top of a crochet dolie in pink. I then attached beads. On the flat center dangle I attached some little pink cameos. The purple crinkle ribbon was just a little piece I had which fit perfectly. For the presentation I used purple corragated paper and the background is from DCWV, Butterfly Garden. I distressed it and inked using Vintage Photo. This is a one of a kind since I will never find a brooch like this again.
This one is my second favorite. I used a sewing theme for this one. More flea market finds. I found a basket with a bunch of sewing items. They wanted $40 for the basket but I told them I only wanted the items inside and they sold them to me for $3. The wooden spool and metal zipper are just two of the items. I attached my charm to a Tim Holtz swivel clasp. I threaded it through the spool and then attached the bottle cap to the chain. The charms are Paris related and so is the image inside the bottle cap. I wound the zipper around the spool and used a Tim Holtz pin. A button and crinkle ribbon finished it off. My presentation is more corragated paper and a dress form image stamped onto DCWV paper left over from a mini album I made.
Number 3 is Alice in Wonderland theme. I used a Tim Hotlz bookplate and cut a playing card image of the Queen of Hearts. I used lots of glossy accents to cover the image and give it that glossy look. I glued the crown on after it dryed. I used chain to suspend the charms. I filled one of those small bottle sfrom Tim Holtz with blue ink and labeled it "Drink me" and added a clock and mirror. The red beads are for the red in the Queen. I found an image on the interent and printed it off and adhered it to more corragated paper in red for the presentation. To top it off I added red tulle.
For my last one I went western. I found this pair of copper and tourquoise earrings and wondered what I would ever use them for. They worked great on this charm. I hot glued it to a piece of leather and tucked feathers behind it. Then I used a crochet trim and some jute as my bow. The cowgirl image is Geko Galz, "YEE HAW". More corragated paper in yellow. The back was a bit messy so I attached a kraft paper scalloped circle to finish it off.
This was a long post so I hope you're all still here. I would like some feedback on these. Which one do you like? What do think about them? Give me some comments.
Bye, Bye for Now,
KIM
