Artfully Musing: December 2017

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

WEARABLE CROWNS - VIDEO TUTORIAL - NEW COLLAGE SHEETS & DIGITAL IMAGE SET

Since I’ve been posting so many miniature-themed projects, I thought it would make a nice change to do something completely different.

In this post, you'll find a video tutorial covering how to make four different wearable crowns that range from easy paper crowns to more complicated wire-framed crowns.

First up is the sparkling Ice Queen crown. The base of the crown is made from twisted wire accented with silver leaf ribbon and alcohol ink-stained acrylic bead sprays. The front of the crown is made from a Dresden crown painted silver and loaded with sparkly leaves (from the new Silver Leaves collage sheet) covered in Twinklets Diamond Dust, glitter picks, and wired beads.

The front of the crown is decorated with flat-back pearl beads, and stamen, rhinestones, alcohol ink-colored acrylic teardrop charms hanging from the bottom, and in the center is a burst of icicles made from mini icicle ornaments.

Next up is the Star crown.

This simple-to-make crown is created by combining images from the Mini French Labels collage sheet (pictured below). You end up with a beautiful crown by gluing together several collage sheet images, adding a bit of gold Dresden Zig Zag Edging and Halos, some brass star charms, and star studs.

Notice how there is a large focal point on the front of the crown and a smaller one on the back.

For an antique look, there is the Elegant crown. Just like the Ice Queen crown, the front is made using a Dresden crown.

Showcased on the crown are images from my Portraiture collage sheet (pictured below). Additional accents are beaded stick pins, acrylic teardrop charms, and flat-backed pearls. To purchase the Portrature Collage Sheet, click on the image below.

The crown attaches to the head with a ribbon secured to the front of the crown and is accented with Dresden Rosettes.

Lastly, is the Golden Autumn crown. The base of the crown is wrapped 18 gauge gold wire accented with white stitched leaf ribbon and white mulberry paper lilies.

Sprigs of more wire rise from the crown wrapped in gold embossed leaves (from my new Gold Leaves collage sheet), wired pearls, and butterflies.

NEW COLLAGE SHEETS & DIGITAL IMAGE SETS

To complement the crowns, I’ve created 2 new collage sheets and a new digital image set. These images would work well for any collage project. Add embossing powder, glitter, Stickles, or Twinklets Diamond Dust to jazz them up. Make them bendable by attaching them to the wire.

Silver Leaves Collage Sheet

This sheet contains 21 unique silver leaf designs with duplicates in different sizes. Add Twinklets Diamond dust to give the leaves an icy look, or add silver embossing powder to the edges to give them a shiny accent. To purchase this sheet, click on the image below.

Gold Leaves Collage Sheet

This sheet contains 17 unique gold leaf designs with duplicates in different sizes. Add Twinklets Diamond dust to give the leaves an icy look, or add gold embossing powder to the edges to give them a shiny accent. To purchase this sheet, click on the image below.

Metallic Leaves Digital Image Set

This set contains all of the leaves from the Silver and Gold Leaves Collage Sheets and 8 additional copper leaves for a total of 46 leaves. Each leaf is approximately 3” tall, giving you lots of flexibility in sizing the leaves for your project. To purchase this digital image set, click on the image below.