Grateful for Handmade Home Decor

Happy November to all!!

I am making this month a month filled with 

Grateful, Thankful and Blessings

To start I have decided to create handmade 

home decor

to make our holidays special...

I would love to share with you this adorable

pumpkin candlestick!

Which will be placed on our Thanksgiving table center piece,

I am going for a white decor this year...

(don't get me wrong I love the beautiful bright rusty colors)

I am trying something new and keeping it all

creams, naturals and white color!!

I used a dollar store candle stick, paper doily

and 

a paper mache' pumpkin

gesso for painting it white

Create a junk bow with a rolled muslin flower,

for the topper

is a Christmas ball (tiny) that I pushed down

through the stem of the pumpkin.

Last I sprayed some beautiful glimmer 

with  

Ranger's Perfect Pearls Mists in Biscotti

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a Blessed Day!

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

candle stick

doily

paper mache' pumpkin

gesso

trims and lace

Christmas tiny balls

Ranger's Perfect Pearls Mists in Biscotti

hot glue

Boo Pumpkin Sign

Happy Monday morning to everyone, it's a cool brisk morning we are waiting for snow to show up any day...so with that said I wanted to create a little boo pumpkin sign for Halloween! Which it usually snows on Halloween night and the kids are adorable walking in a snow flurries!!!

Boo Pumpkin Sign

I grabbed a drink coaster and covered it with pattern paper pack I picked up a few weeks ago.

By Crate Paper 6x6 in pad DIY Shop

I so loved it for the wood grain paper that was in the pad.

I went through the pad picking out papers for the pumpkin that I cut out on my Cricut.

Then cut one of the pumpkins in quarters to create a two tone pattern paper.

Inked the edges in Distressed ink-walnut ink.

Popped them up from bottom layer to give depth.

Created some rolled paper roses out of the papers...and leaves..

Cut out tiny little banners out and used Prima alphabet Romance Novel line.

Splattered the whole sign with Perfect Pearls Mists in Heirloom Gold.

and 

Added some touches of CTMH Glitter Gel in Bronze

added some twine...done...adorable!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

supplies

Crate Paper 6x6 paper pad

Prima-Romance Novel Alphabet letters

Ranger-Distress ink in walnut ink, Perfect Pearls Mist in Heirloom Gold

CTMH-glitter gel in bronze

coaster

3-n-1 glue from Beacon

Twine

Nail Art Plaque - CHA Project

 

Hi everyone, I'm really excited today to share with you a project that I created for the Canvas Corp, Marion Smith, 7Gypsies and Tattered Angels booth at the Summer Create -n- Connect 2013 Show (also known as summer CHA). 

 

 

I wanted to create a vibrant mixed media piece with the luscious Tattered Angel's Blue Green mediums but wanted it to be a bit unusual. I was inspired by some string art projects that I found on Pinterest.   Since I live in Florida I decided to theme my project around the beach.

I pulled out all of my Tattered Angels sprays in blues, turquoise, and mint greens.   (colors used are  listed under the photo)

Glimmer Mists: True Turquoise (not pictured),  Lake Shore, Caribbean Blue, Bubbles, Mantis,  Maya Blue, Chalkboard Glimmer Mist:  Sandy Beach, Mantis,  Plain Jane: Sky, and Glimmer Glam: Palm Leaf

 

 

I started by painting my unfinished wooden plaque with white full bodied gesso.  Once it was dry, I began building layers of the Tattered Angels Glimmer, Plain Jane and Chalkboard sprays all over the surface. I started with the blues and added small amounts of the greens to give the colors of the Florida coast line.  I then mixed in some of the Palm Leaf Glam and hit is with my heat gun causing the glaze to crackle and provide texture.  This texture gives the illusion of looking through the water to ground below. I love how all the glimmer swirled to give the piece movement and depth.  I made sure this surface was very  dry before starting the next step.  

 

I made a paste of clear Elmer's Glue & Sea Shells - I spread this paste across the plaque diagonally.  I encouraged the dripping along the sides of the plaque for interest.  The Glue is so thick that it took a long time to be completely dry.  I let it sit for at least 24 hours.    

 

I combined modeling paste and full bodied gesso into a paste and spackled some irregular lines  to give the illusion of waves crashing the shore.  I also spread a little of this into the shells to give the look of sea mist. 

 

Once EVERYTHING was completely dry I sprayed the entire plaque with a clear Acrylic Spray paint to seal the Glimmer mists.  I didn't want them to get wet and run.

 

For the star,  I started with a silhouette starfish image that I found on the Internet.   I printed it the size of my plaque. I went out to the garage and found used rusty nails (they need the flat head on top to make sure the twine doesn't slip). The nails were about 2 inches long. I nailed around the perimeter of the star pattern, and removed the pattern from the plaque before wrapping my twine. The Canvas Corp twine was the perfect "rustic" style to give my start fish life.

 

This was a super simple project that resulted in a cute home decor item.  I think I might hang this  in my guest bathroom.  

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

Tattered Dress Form Canvas Art

I have been adding texture to this canvas piece for awhile now...every time I used some stucco and gesso with stencil mask I would use up the extra onto this canvas.

I created the dress form for another project that I haven't finished so the inspiration for the background colors came from the dress form.

Dress form I white washed with gesso, grunge it up with Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy with water.

Then started dripping Tattered Angels glimmer mist down the sides of the dress form

and letting it run down and around the body.

Stamped the dress form with a few 7gpysies stamps with archival black ink.

 You can just keep adding layers of mist, ink!!

Oh don't forget to do glimmer splats...

I learned this techqinue from Marion Smith a few years back on grunging a dress form.

I knew I wanted to create some paper cone wing shape wreath..

Cut up an olde scrabble game pages into 2x2 squares

and began to roll into a cone shape, glued down

and tucked behind the dress form.

White washed the cones with a few little sprays of glimmer mist to match the background

and more splats!!

Oh adding a chain with dangles with a Petaloo Color Me Flower..

with glimmer mist and stamping

creates adorable touch.

close up of the stamping

Oh I love how the stamping shows up on the Petaloo flower!!!

Finial touch was adding a Art-i-Cake headpin to the top of

dress form...

Love the texture of the canvas background! I encourage you to grab some Tattered Angels Glimmer mist, paints and start playing....you never know where the art piece will lead you.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Tattered Angels: Simply Sheer-Baby Blue

Glimmer Mist-Aquamarine, Graphite, Tattered Leather, Raven and Slate

7gypsies: stamps

Petaloo: Color Me flowers

Canvas Corp: Mixed Media Glue

Prima: Mask-crackle and demask

Tim Holtz-wing/heart die

Ranger: Distress Ink-Brushed Corduroy, Archival ink black

Embossing Folder

Scrabble book pages

Stucco/Gesso

Art-i-Cake: Head Pin

Paper Mache' Dress Form

Chain, gems, buttons, jewelry bits.

4th of July Tri-Fold Mini

Let the 4th of July Celebration begin!

With the 4th among us this week I wanted to create a little tri-fold mini to sit upon the table for all to enjoy. 

Also to inspire you to create  home decor items with your scrapbooking supplies.

To look outside the box!

Like taking this 7gypsies tri-fold journal card to create a little mini.

Here is a little look at front pages of the mini...

back side of little mini...

I started with a tri-fold journal card, gessoed lightly over the card-sprayed with homemade mist with brushed cordrury reinker and water.

Used walnut stain distress ink to ink the edges of the card, papers and embellishments.

Papers are 7gypsies Epicuream 6x6 paper pad cut down to 2.5x3.5 torn the edges and inked.

Die cut stars out of e-fluted kraft cardstock sheet, tied twine and button (also glimmer mist the stars).

Used a chalk marker to write Happy 4th of July on the chalkboard paper.

Fuzzy cut out images from the paper line for embellishments.

4th of July Tri-Fold mini home decor

video

Happy 4th everyone!

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies

Tattered Angels-Simply Sheer Imperial Blue and Chilli Pepper Red

Canvas Corp-Mixed Media Glue, E-Flute Kraft

7gypsies-Epicuream 6x6 paper pad, Naked Scalloped tag, Naked Tri-fold journal card

Ranger-Distress ink Walnut ink, Brushed Cordrury

Sizzix-Star primitive die

CTMH-Chalk Marker

Gesso

Twine and buttons

Canvas Pocket Home Decor

I am really enjoying creating little home decor projects to adorn my home for the 4th of July celebration that is just around the corner...and I love grunge primitive wall pockets!

I had to create a little flag wall pocket using Canvas Corp's mini canvas shape pocket (which are great for creating mini banners). But a light turned on and I said ohhh a mini wall pocket with a glimmer mist painted flag would be adorable.

Here it is....

Mini Canvas Flag Wall Pocket!

The mini canvas pocket comes sewed up.

I carefully inserted my sharp scissors into the back of the pocket.

Being sure to only cut through one layer of the canvas.

Punched two tiny wholes on the corners to add wire through.

Tore a 1/4 inch canvas sheet strip.

 Sprayed with tattered leather glimmer mist to grunge it up.

Hot glued to wire wrap, then wrapped canvas strip around the wire hanger.

Flag:

I freehand a flag in pencil.

Started to paint with Tattered Angels mist.

Blue: Imperial Blue Simply Sheer

Red: Chilli Pepper Red Simply Sheer

Grunge: Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist

Splats: Graphite Glimmer Mist

White: gesso

Star:

I traced on the back of E-Flute in White, cut out the star.

Grunged it up with Distress Ink-Brushed Corduroy.

Button from my stash.

Burlap twine to finish it off.

To finish this little prim wall pocket I added some cranberry pipe berries.

I love all the canvas strings hanging!

Thanks for stopping in,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Canvas Corp:

Canvas Minis-canvas shape pockets

E-Flute in White

Burlap strings from Canvas Corp burlap sheet

Canvas Sheet

Tattered Angels:

Imperial Blue Simply Sheer

Chilli Pepper Red Simply Sheer

Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist

Graphite Glimmer Mist

Ranger:

Distress Ink-brushed corduroy

Gesso

Wire

Button

Cranberry pipe berries.

I Love the UK Altered Frame // Altered Photo Tray

I have an obsession with the UK. I love the culture, atmosphere, and oh the accents make me swoon!! I just love the UK and I can't wait to go visit. I've been obsessed with the UK ever since I was a little girl and I wore my first beret...I bet I'm saying all the cliche' touristy things right now but I don't even care.

I wanted to commemorate my love of all things european with a home decor item. Something that I could look at everyday and just be inspired to make my dream of living in London come true.

I had this Photo Frame tray from 7 Gypsies. The portrait frames left lots of room to stack things up and that's just what I did.

I went more simple for this piece because my home decor is quite simple but I went bold with the color choices. Red, Black, White, Kraft, and Gold. Some of my favorite colors all wrapped up in one.

The patterned papers are all from Canvas Corp and they are such great patterned paper to work with because it's so thick it cuts like butter and it covered up the white background of the frame without having to be painted. All of the paper embellishments came from a couple different sheets of that wonderful Canvas Corp patterened paper that I simply cut out, matted and added with pop dots. Easy peasy.

I used a few die cuts from the silhouette america store that I sprayed and painted with Glimmer Mist & Glimmer Glam and Mr. Hueys. They were a bit of a challenge to handle because all the pieces were tiny. They were flying all over my scrap room when I was spraying them and again when I was drying them with my heat tool. Ha!!

All in All I have the perfect home decor item to commemorate my love of the UK!!

I'm in such the travel mode right now probably because I know my hubby and I want to expand our family soon. Where do you think we should go before the baby planning starts??  We really want to travel abroad.

What are your favorite international travel destinations?

Thanks for stopping by everyone and Happy Crafting.

Angela B. Carter
www.alwaysangella.com