A Little Shabby Chic Eye Candy for Your Desk

 

Good morning blogging friends.  If you are in the USA, I wish you a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend.  Hope you can grab some outdoors time with your family!

This week over at Our Creative Corner, Sue Butler is our hostess and she wants to see our Shabby Chic creations.  Well, that's not even a challenge for me - LOL.  It's pretty much what I do.  But I did go a little grander than normal  The Pion Designs paper I used was the small 6x6 version and the particular piece I wanted to use from the From My Heart II pack really begged to be done in a 6x6.  So rather than make a huge card, I set out to make a wall handing, but at the last minute decided it would be better free standing rather than hung.  I pulled out my trusty easel die and set it up to be freestanding.  I really like making free standing art pieces using the easel die.  I use it for tags too so I can stand them up on my desk rather than find a place to hang them.

I hand dyed all the laces which started out as pure white.  They are all available in white in my Zibbet boutique (don't forget, everything there is on sale through May 28th) and I do have some of the deep ivory hearts available there. My rose was made using the Tattered Pine Cones die and the flourish is an old BossKut die I've had for sometime.  The shabby seam binding was dyed with a couple of drops of Tattered rose reinker watered down a bit.  Just about everything here was made with all my favorite goodies that I carry in my boutique.  The only thing you can buy is the vintage image I used, which I created by removing backgrounds in my PhotoShop Elements and layering three vintage images together.  Love playing with photoshop and vintage images to see what I can come up with.

The Tim Holtz metal Word Band was swiped with a bit of gesso, using my finger to apply it.  I frequently get questions on how I affix my lace and metal bits.  I really love using the Claudine Hellmuth Multi Medium Matte because it dries clear and matte, not shiny.  All my edges were sponged with either Antique Linen or Vintage Photo distress inks.

Be sure to stop by Our Creative Corner.  The design team has excelled themselves with Sue's shabby chic team and I, for one, am absolutely drooling over their creations!

Products Used from The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Paper Lace Doily	Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress Reinker	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chitchat Stickers	Rayon Seam Binding
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Bands	Deep Ivory Venise Heart Appliques	1" Venise Lace Trim	Venise Lace Trim - .875 Inches
White Frayed Flowers Ribbon	Alterations Small Easel Die	Pion Designs From My Heart II	Multi Medium Matte
Claudine Hellmuth Gesso	Vintage Photo Distress Ink	Antique Linen Distress Ink	White Corrugated Cardboard
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Gem Clips

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