Shabby Chic Clock

Hello again from Glendale.  It's Sunday afternoon and I wanted to share a Shabby Chic clock that I have created.


To begin the clock was an unpainted metal clock from Tim Holtz.

To create the Shabby Chic look I used a combination of flowers, pearl floral sprays and metal vintage pieces.




. The Vanilla and Blue flowers are silk with Pink Angel glimmer spray applied.
. The paper flowers are made from the Once Upon a Time Paper Collection
. I used the Arianna Blooms stamp and matching die set.
. The flowers were accented with Dries Clear Glue and Crystal glitter.
. Tim Holtz Ideology metal accent pieces- Flowers, Wings, Ornate accent piece
. Pearl Spray
. White Flower Stamens.
. White gesso
. Martha Steward Antique Ivory and Light Peach craft paint
. Aleene's Sealer

To begin I used gesso on the metal clock and then painted it with Antique Ivory and Light Peach paint from Martha Stewart.  I swirled to 2 colors together to give an aged look and then sealed it with Aleene's Spray Acrylic Sealer in a Gloss Finish.

Heartfelt Creations has amazing paper collections.  For this project I used the one called "Once Upon a Time".

 For the interior of the clock on the inside back panel I cut a circle from the paper collection in a plain color then layered 2 smaller circles and created a clock face.  To finish the look of a clock I added  clock hands from the Tim Holtz Ideology collection.  At the bottom of the inner clock face I added a spray of flowers of various colors matching the theme of the project.

For the outside of the clock I hot glued a collection of hand made flowers from HC as well as pre-made silk flowers, pearls and leaves.  I began hot glueing the flowers about half way down the left side of the clock adding to the top and bottom of the display as I built the floral spray.

On the opposite side I added a metal angel wing, peals, leaves and flowers. On the top of the clock there is an accent piece from the paper collection that is inserted into the ornate metal piece that says "Let the good times roll"

This was a really fun project and I hope that you enjoy trying to make one your self.  It is part of my vintage collection on a pot shelf in my stairwell.

Please leave me a comment and Have a Blessed Day!

Butterfly Medley Photo Wall Shelf

This beautiful wall shelf has been decorated by inserting a variety of panels created out of the Butterfly Medley Paper collection from Heartfelt Creations.

Additional supplies include:
. Distress Inks in Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar, Tumbled Glass, Bundled Sage
. Prills in Heart of Gold, Lemon Chiffon and Aqua Net
. Gala Glitz in White
. Art Glitter in Crystal
. Dries Clear Glue

 Dies and Flower sets include:
.  Blazing Poppy
.  Leafy Branch Die (flowers and leaves)
.  Botanical Rose

Other Dies: Raindrops and Roses Ornate Circle, the Heart from Timeless Amour Die set, Decorative Oval Die, Border Essentials Die, Bella Rose Die and Butterfly Medley Die set.
Water color markers and some embossing for butterflies.

This panel was cut 7"X7" out of a Butterfly Medley paper  It is backed with a plain brown thin cardboard panel.
.  Flowers are stamped on white cardstock in Distress Ink (Worn Lipstick and softened with Spun Sugar on edges).  Crystal glitter was added to flower edge for sparkle.
.  Butterflies are stamped on white cardstsock with Memento Black ink and colored in Zigg watercolor markers.  Wink of Stella was added for glimmer to wings.
. Heart of Gold Prills were added to all flower centers.
.  Dries clear glue was added to background flowers and Crystal glitter was applied.  I also added Wink of Stella to all flowers.





This Panel is cut 5"X7" from the Butterfly Medley Paper and backed with light weight cardboard panel.
. The flowers are made from the Blazing Poppy Stamp and Die set
. The inks are Distress Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar
. Prills for flower centers are Agua Net
. I added some Pink decorations from "Want to Scrap"
. On the crosshatch background design I applied dries clear glue and White  Gala Glitz for shine.
. Butterfly creation is describe above
. I also added a white die cut from the Bella Rose Die set.

 

 This panel is smaller.  Cut 4"X4" from the Paper collection and backed with light weight cardboard.  
. The flowers are from the Leafy Branch Die collection and the ink is Distress in Tumbled Glass, the leaves are Bundled Sage.
. The butterfly is embossed in a turquoise embossing powder and die cut from Vellum paper.
. The white die cuts are from the Raindrops and Roses die and Timeless Amour Heart die.
. The center square panel was cut out using the Cut Mat Create die set.  Fun foam was also cut out the same size and sandwiched behind the square panel to add a 3D effect.

This panel is cut 5"X7" and backed in lightweight cardboard.
.  Panel is a flower design from the paper pack
.  I layered a 'White' Decorative Oval Die in the center of the page.
.  Flowers are from the Leafy Branch collection and Botanical Rose collection.
. Inks are Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage Distress inks
.  Pink Want to Scrap decoration was added behind the flowers and white pearls were added on the cross hatch of the Oval Die
.  Wink of Sella was added on pink flowers for shimmer and all edges were inked to match the background paper

This panel is 4"X6" cut from the Butterfly Medley paper collection.
.  Center circle is cut out with a Spellbinders circle die. Fun Foam is played behind for 3D effect.
.  Edges of paper are sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
.  Flowers and Leaves are from the Leafy Branch and Die set. Inks are Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage
. White Die cut is from the Raindrops and Rose circle
.  Turquoise Border is from the new Borders and Die set
.  A white string of pearls were added across the bottom of the panel.
.  This panel was a bit smaller than the needed size so I backed it was a coordinating paper to make it 4"X6".

I hope you like my creation and have enjoyed reading how I made it! Enjoy!!
Thank You~Kathie

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