MB's Treasurista: shabby chic

Before

Ok so i started with a one dollar paper mache ornament that you can get at michaels.

After

I made this ornament for the November Ornament Challenge at CCL (Creating the Crafty Life) hosted by Lina. This challenge was so much fun!!! I can't wait to make more ornaments. I painted it with pale blue acrylic paint. Then i distressed the edges with frayed burlap distress ink. I wrapped some gorgeous sequin trim from my stash at an angle around the ornament. i used some pearl trim and placed it along two sides. For the top i made a vintage Victorian type stick pin just without the bottom beads and pushed it in the top. Make sure you add some hot glue under the bottom bead cap before you stick it in the ornament. To finish it off i added some bead caps to an eye pin and stuck in the bottom of the ornament also using some hot glue for extra security. i added a little dangle to the bottom that i got from michaels last year. I love the way it came out. It is so my style like a blue shabby chic winter ornament :)

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♥Misty♥

Before

Construction: I started with about 7 sheets of 12"x12" white board, that you can get from Joanns. Its about the same as light weight chipboard. I traced a 9" circle and measured to get 9 equal sections, each section is about 3in wide at the bottom. Then i scored and cut on one of the score lines to the center. I also scored from one corner to another at the edge of each section to get an octogon. Then folded all the score lines and brought 2 sections together overlaping, creating a octogon cone shape. With some hot glue, i now had my top. Then i cut another 8" circle and made 8 sections and placed it under the top to make a ceiling and so it would be easy to attatch the railings and posts. Then cut a 1 1/4"x12" strip. I scored at a 1/4" to make a 1"x12" section (you will need 2 of these). Then scored every 2 3/4". I cut off the excess and made slits on the 1/4" side at each score mark. Then i folded and glued the 1/4" side onto the ceiling to make a 1" hanging lip. For the railing, i started by making 3" post and caps. The post was easy to make by cutting a 12"x3" strip, then scoring every 1/4". Using 5 sections i scored and folded them together, to make a quare. Make sure for the 5th section that you trim just a little off, it will help for a better square. With the post caps, i made a hexagon and scored, cut, and glued the same as i did for the top. I then place the cap in the post and marked where they touched to trim off the tip of the cap. The rails were put together with 1/4"x2 1/2" strips. The tip of the railing strips were cut at about 45 deg on each end for the back 3 sections. The side sections did not need this angle. I placed 6 more 3" post on top of the origional post to make the height 6". For the lattuce, i made one big 12"x12" lattuce. I measured the sections and made a template, then place the template over the lattuce at a diagonal and traced. I cut them out then fitted them in each of the back 3 sections. I then made two 6" post for the front and attatched every thing to the top. I decorated the inside, then glued it all to the bottom section, which is a 10" circle with 8 sides. I also made a 1/2" lip.

After

I painted the top with sage green and white acrylic paint. Also used Folk Art crackle medium. I also used sequin and pearl flower trim on the top edge. I also use white shabby rose trim painted with Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in "Frosted Forget Me Nots".

I used a 1 1/2" rose, and 3 1" roses from I Am Roses for the topper. Also painted the roses with Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in "Frosted Forget Me Nots".

I used white 6" flat lace and white tulle for all the swags. I tied each of them with a painted I Am Roses flower. I also placed the flat lace on the outside of the back, from the bottom to the top, accross all three sections.