MARIE in RED!

Marie Antoinette posed in RED with her children in this family portrait!  Marie is one of my favorite personalities in history to use in my art!

Supplies
Altered Pages Collage sheet Marie Antoinette AP1709
Julie Nutting Tag Pad
Bird & Cage Chipboard
Large Rhinestone
Mist Brown
Flowers
Crown Charm
Heart Foil German Foil
Lace and Ribbon trims
Luster Rub
Red satin paper
Half of frame from What Not's
Black Cardstock
Dies from my studio

I love a lot of layers!

Part 3 of 3, Cover for my Handmade Paper Journal

This has been a wonderful paper journal to make.  USArtQuest handmade papers made this a very special paper journal.  Today I am going to share the cover of my journal.  I am very pleased with the outcome. I hope you enjoy it!

 

 

 

 

To start cover the front of the book and the back with USArtQuest handmade papers, adhere with PPA.  

 

Adhere lace with PPA around the border of the front cover.

 

Use a Glam Frame Sticker to frame a Marie Antoinette Altered Pages collage image... use metallic rub-on to distress the frame.

 

Mist three shabby roses with desired colors.  Finally spray with gold Shimmer Mist, let dry. Speed up drying with a heat tool, being careful not to burn the fabric.

 

 

The gold Shimmer Mist gives the shabby roses a vintage look.  Once the roses are dry add a little bit of PPA to the edges and sprinkle with USArtQuest Mica D'lights!  This add more dimension and sparkle.

 

 

First add Glam Frame Sticker around fussy cut Marie Antoinette Altered Pages collage image.  Layer a second image of Marie Antoinette, add German scrap crown to the top of the frame. 

 

Adhere paper flower folded in half below the Glam Frame Sticker, with PPA add USArtQuest Prills to create the flower center.  With PPA add Mica D'lights to the paper flower and around the edges of the cover.
 

 

Add feather with PPA, adhere the shabby roses! Finally add a lot of ribbon to the rings holding the book together!

 

 

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my journal using papers from USArtQuest!

CHA Mystery Box Challenge!

I was very excited when I found out I had an opportunity to attend CHA! If you have never been it is something to experience at least once as a designer. I had to opportunity to meet the wonderful and amazing Jean Moore,  her daughter Stephanie and many more

Days before leaving home I was honored when Elena of Charity Wings asked if I would like to participate in the Charity Wings Mystery Box Designer Challenge at CHA.  How could I resist?  I love a challenge.  Over 17 designers participated!

Charity Wings filled the box with items from several sponsors. Some of the products I never had worked with before.  Like neon fabric paint and Rowlux.  Other items were: brass birds, 3 types of glue, blue glitter, ink, red rhinestones, a picture frame, double stick foam wings, scissors and more.  We needed to use all the items in the box!

Donna Salazar, Elena and Jen Cushman

 Joe Rotella, Elena and Cindi Bisson

Here I am half way through my project. My challenge piece was to be completed in 10 minutes!  While I am creating my project Elena is interviewing me for the audience at home.  I can't remember one word I said.  All I know is I carry a few things with me when traveling to create with if I have free time. So out of my bag came some images from Altered Pages and a Altered Pages BINGO game piece, a key, some Dew Drops and ribbon.

To make my frame I rubbed the blue neon fabric paint into the wood and distressed it with the ink.  From my stash of Altered Pages images I found Marie Antoinette and fussy cut  her. She was given wings cut from the Rowlux.  I glued the wings, then Marie to the frame. Also attached a key, Bingo piece, glitter, red rhinestones, brass bird and double stick foam wings. Added a couple of Dew Drops. The envelope in the upper right I had picked up at a vendor earlier in the show!   

Here you see my finished frame!

Remember it never hurts to carry a few crafting supplies, you never know when you may need them!

 Charity Wings is a great organization.  

I had a great time participating!

Until my next post!

When I share more from CHA. 

Keep creating!

There is still time to join the Altered Pages monthly challenge find details HERE!  

Altered Pages May Challenge - SHOES!

I have seen these beautiful shoes and have wanted to try making my own...

Here is my very own Marie Antoinette shoe! 

Supplies
Altered Pages Marie Antoinette image
Graphic 45 Secret Garden pattern paper
Lace purple & white
Vintage flowers
Decorative Pearls

Shoe Pattern from Joy @ Artful Affirmations scroll down for template!

Join the Altered Pages Monthly Challenge... 

This month the theme is SHOES!

Find out all the details HERE at Altered Pages!

Simply Renewed ~ New Items Dropped Off

A sampling of the latest items dropped off at Simply Renewed.  EVERYTHING IS ONE OF A KIND! If you see something you like be sure to stop by and pick it up.  We don't have any in stock like the big box store and we can't order more!

Simply Renewed  301 Pacific Ave.  Bremerton, WA.   98337 Phone: 360-479-4101

http://www.simplyrenewed.com/


Simply Renewed on FACEBOOK

ATCs from SWAPs - Paris & Marie Antoinette

Here are the beautiful ATCs I received Wednesday in the mail  from the swap I participated in sponsored by Stampin' D Amour! http://www.stampindamour.blogspot.com/

Marie Antoinette: marylynn, prairiejen, superjen and lakelivin

Paris:  parknslide, dora, malunki and plain jane

You will find the ATC's I submitted HERE:   

http://dreamingofcastles.blogspot.com/2011/05/atcs-for-swap.html

ATCs for a Swap!

I mailed these off last week!  I am looking forward to getting my ATC mail soon.  

Theme:  Marie Antoinette

Theme:  Paris

Gothic Arch Challenge

My good friend Kris is hosting the challenge this week at Gothic Arches. Here is her AMAZING sample for the challenge, MARIE ANTOINETTE. If you you have time stop by and create a Gothic Arch.

Created by Kris Dickenson

Art Party... my Marie Antoinette dress!

A few of my wonderful artistic friends and I get together as often as we can.  This afternoon we had a wonderful day playing with paper.  We were going to do paper dolls, but it turned out that we just made paper dresses.  

If you know me I am always one to get side tracked.  We were provided with a template to use if we liked.  I was the only one to take another path.  I have been wanting to play with Marie Antoinette dresses. So I took a paper doll stamp I have and designed my dress around the stamp.  This is my first of many Marie Antoinette dresses, I hope.  

The outer skirt of the dress is mulberry paper.

Bird stamp is Cavallini.

I also used lace, paper, Dresden Foil, crepe paper and a doily

Pink - Crystal Stickers Pearls.

The white pearls are attached to the lace.

I am sharing this with Dress of the Month

over at Alice and Camilla.  

I also hope to get a more traditional dress done for the month of March