Thursday, April 25, 2013
Dress Forms
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Video Tutorial – Creating an Armoire to Showcase ATCs, Tags, Domino Books and other Small Art Pieces
In the
video tutorial I cover how to create an armoire using either a cigar box or
building one out of foam core board.
In
addition to the watching the video tutorial you’ll also want to check-out the
detailed photos and product supply lists for all four samples, the link to the
stained glass transparency tutorial and the free images all listed below. Per usual, I have a downloadable PDF document
that contains all the information in this post as well as the steps covered in
the video tutorial.
Time Machine –
Steampunk Themed Armoire
Made From a Cigar Box
On the
fronts and sides of this armoire I used images from the Hardware
and Tick
Tock collage sheets. I used a Gold
Bangle Bracelet to act as a frame for the collage of gears, clocks, numbers
and chains.
The large acrylic Bulb at the top magnifies the image of the man with goggles. The bulbs come with words on them but it is easy to remove the words with some Windex and your finger nail.
Peacock Dress Form Domino
Book Armoire
Made From Foam Core
Board
To
embellish the dress forms I used real bits of peacock feathers in addition to
peacock feather images from my Whimsical
Frames collage sheet.
After
making the French themed cabinet with an area to stack and display more small
pieces of art at the bottom, I decided to make a cabinet just for small pieces
like domino books.
The
doors are made from two pieces of heavy chipboard with the transparency film sandwiched
in between. To create doors with inserts
that look like stained glass I used a technique of printing and embossing on a
transparency. Click
here for the tutorial on this technique.
Alpha
Stamps Products Used for the Peacock Dress Form Armoire
FRENCH STYLE ARMOIRE
I
created raised panels on the front of the doors using 2 layers of thick
chipboard. At the bottom I added a
decorative chipboard panel where I can display more ATCs. The area in front of the panel is large
enough to display small pieces.
Alpha
Stamps Products Used for the French Style Armoire
Tick
Tock Collage Sheet (Pediment and clocks)
REGENCY STYLE ARMOIRE
Alpha
Stamps Products Used for the Regency Period Armoire
Resin Round Frame and Corners Set – On the front
The
image below is the one I used on the front of the chest. Feel free to download the image and use it in
your art.
HANGERS & CLOTHES
PINS CARRIED BY ALPHA STAMPS:
In addition
to the pediments on my collage sheet Tick
Tock, below are a few pediments that you can download and use for your
armoire.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Altered Postcard Masquerade
Products I Used For This Project
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Butterfly Queens Fan and New Whimsical Frames Collage Sheet
I’ve build these stands in
the past to display an ATC or other piece of art. The stand is made from chipboard
shoes and ornate
name plates. The only difference in
this stand and others that I have made is that the back of the stand is made
from combining two name plates rather than just using one.
For embellishments on the top
of the frame and the tops of the shoes I used images from my “Bejeweled”
Collage Sheets.
Alpha Stamps Product I Used For This
Projects
FAN
Collage Sheets
SHOE STAND
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Fashions Meilleur Postcard
In the side photo you can see
the dimension of the little resin birds. The teardrop beads under the clock where clear. By painting them with alcohol ink I could match them to the paper.
Products Used In This Project:
Mixed Faceted Teardrops – Crystal AB (Painted with
Alcohol Ink)
Stitched Leaf Ribbon – Moss
Green
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Alice in Wonderland – We Are All Mad Here
I love Alice in Wonderland but for some reason, I have never created a piece with an Alice theme so this is my first but not my last!
The overall size of the piece is 8 ½” tall by 5” wide. The base is chipboard I painted red and then applied a chessboard image. The box on the top is an ATC Shrine that I turned sideways and covered with sheet moss.
To create the stairway of cards I cut slits into a wooden candlestick and inserted and glued the cards in place.
The rabbit charm is painted with various acrylic paints.
The Arched fairy Door hanging from the bottom of the box opens to reveal a mouse.
On the top of the box, Humpty Dumpty is pouring tea into a stack of teacups. The tea coming from the spout is Glossy Accents. I spread the Glossy accents on a non-stick craft sheet. Once dry, I painted it with Caramel Alcohol Ink to give it the color of tea and glued it to the spout of the teapot.
