She Flies - Imagine If Design Team Project

We have another great blog hop this week beginning with Jo's project that can be found here:
Imagine If

Then you can follow through the blogs or you can check out  Lilian's gorgeous retro pin cushion chair or Carol's beautiful layout.  Once again there is a lovely prize to be won by commenting on one or all of the Design team blogs.  This weeks prize pack is : A set of 4 Imagine If stencils: Rain Go Away, Walking in Sunshine, Snowflakes, and Twinkle Little Star

When Jo sent me out some chipboard for me to use in a project she included a gorgeous little chipboard dress form that I have been dying to use.  So at the weekend I was home with the flu and everyone else it seems was at SENZ I thought it was a great opportunity to use this little piece.  Here is the finished project.

I took a small 6x4 canvas and painted the edges with lavender, pink and aqua paint.  I then glued on some Kaisercraft Fairy Tales paper.

I painted a chipboard corner flourish with the aqua paint then stamped it with a script stamp and then glued it on to the corner of the canvas.  I then used some sequin waste as a stencil and added some spots using warm white paint.  I also added beads to some of the gaps in the flourish.

Using Dusty Concord Tim Holtz distress ink I inked up some pieces from a book page and added them to the canvas to give a bit more visual interest.

Here is the chipboard piece that Jo sent me, isn't it lovely?.  I sprayed the chipboard with Raisin and Cranberry distress sprays and then I added embossing powder to the bodice and randomly to the skirt.  I then covered everything with clear embossing powder.

For the skirt I wanted something with a bit of 'Puff".  I didn't want just flat paper underneath.  Sousing the same sprays I used for the chipboard I sprayed a tissue and dried it with the heat gun.  I scrunched it up and then glued the dress form on to the tissue.  This has given a lovely 3D effect on the skirt.

 

I added wings cut from the Kaisercraft paper line and glued everything to the canvas.  I inked up one of Imagine If's quotes from her Wings and Things quote sheet, added beads and adhered that to the canvas as well.   I also added blue beads to the bottom of the skirt, mounding them up for dimension.Here is a close up (excuse the glue I took a picture before everything was dry), that's me too impatient to wait. 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this little project as I think it is quite a sweet little one and I believe it really showcases Jo's lovely chipboard.

 

Thanks for coming to my blog to see my project and I look forward to the next blog hop with Jo and the other girls.

 

Ngaere



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