Butterfly Queen Dressform A Crafters' Palette & Shabby is Chic Boutique DT Project

Good morning friends! I am super excited to share with you my project today. I have created a "Butterfly Queen" dress form. This Project features items from The Crafters' Palette Store. and from Shabby is Chic Boutique

 

 

This month for the Crafters Palette we were challenged to make a mono chromatic project, and I love black and white so this was a labor of love for me. It was a good time to get out my items from Shabby Is Chic Boutique to use as well.

 

 I had so much fun with this project, I am thrilled with how it turned out. In the photo below on the left you can see how the dress form from SCB started out, it was plain white, and I used one of the gorgeous napkins, also from SCB I had , and used some Multi Matte Medium it on top of it to glue it down.

 

 After the mod podge had dried, I got out a couple of different types of tulle, a plain white one and one from Crafters' Palette and one from my stash with some pretty white daisies on it. I used my needle and thread and did a running stitch to gather the layers of tulle around the dress form. I also added the flatback hearts to random flower centers as well, which were from SCB. I then used some of the gorgeous Black Venise Trim from SCB for contrast, and lastly, I added a lovely Seam Binding bow to finish it off.

 

 

For the wings I used a wooden butterfly I had given to me in a RAK from a friend in Australia. I have been looking for the perfect piece to use this on, and this was it! I used black paint on the first layer then some Frantage aged bronze embossing powder on top. Finally, I gave it a coat of Gilders Wax, which gave the wings a lovely shimmery coat. The final touch is a cameo from my stash which I framed in the tiny rhinestone trim from my SCB.

 

 

For the crown, I used a metal corner from my stash and using glossy accents added some of the same rhinestone trim from SCB and framed the metal piece to create the mini crown.

 

 

I placed the crown at the top of the dress form, I love how it came out! I also added a key from the key set from Shabby Is Chic Boutique, and then added rhinestones to it as well.

 

 I just adore dress forms and this was so much fun to make!

Thanks for stopping by today, and don't forget to check out The Crafters' Palette Store and blog, and also the amazing items in the Shabby Is Chic Boutique Store!

 

Crafters' Palette Products Used

 Metallic Gilding Wax

Amercian Seam Binding

Gesso

Frantage Aged Bronze Embossing Powder

Multi Matte Medium

Tulle

Glossy Accents

 

Shabby Is Chic Items Used

Black Venise Trim

Silver Key

Small Flat Back Hearts

Dress Form

Butterfly Napkin

Rhinestone Trim

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standing Oval Frame A Gina's Designs DT Project

Hi everyone, Kim here!  Today I'd like to share a very special creation. This is the Standing Dome Frame in an Oval Shape.  I have used a vintage photo of my lovely Grandmother, Margaret.  She was the one who first introduced me to crafting.  I think she would be thrilled to be featured on Gina's Blog, and it makes me smile every time I think about it.

This frame comes with a stand and also with some gorgeous picket fencing. I have spelled out my Grandmothers name with some lovely scrabble tiles from Which Craft, and added some white floral lace to the front of the fence.

Above you can see one of our skeleton clocks, and a lovely wooden dress form from Which Craft. I cut out some of the shutters from the Bo Bunny "The Avenues" paper line, and added a metal pocket watch.

Above you can see the Birds on a Wire sitting on the fence.  I embossed them with shabby white embossing powder.

In the area behind the fence, I have used some gorgeous flowers from Craftsupplies1 in a lovely sky blue color. I also added the clock paper from the Bo Bunny paper here and then I topped it off with some rosette trims. 

And Finally here is a shot of the Lamp Post with the Large Round Charm hanging from it. I used some metal embellishments from my stash and another lovely flower from Craftsupplies1. I embossed the Lamp Post with aged silver embossing powder.  On the wooden charm,  I added a bit of aged gold embossing powder to give it some interest.  The birds on the inside were cut from the paper line and glossy accents were applied over top of it. You can see in the background another shutter I cut out of the paper, and topped with a wood sentiment from Which Craft.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's items used:

Standing Frame Oval

Lamp Post 2 Set

Large Round Charm

Skeleton Clocks

Birds on a Wire

Other Items used:

Vintage Trims from Lavish Laces

Other Venice Trims & Rosettes from Suhafuah

Wood Dressform, Scrabble Tiles and Forever Sentiment by WhichCraftdoyoudo?

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts & Craftsupplies1

Appliques by Cathy's Crazy by Design

Metal Embellishments by ButterBeeScraps

Antique Silver, Shabby White Embossing Powder by Stampendous

Recollections Light Blue Embossing Powder

Paper is Bo Bunny The Avenues