Hello, Crafty Friends!! It's another gorgeous day in and out of my craft room!! And I want to share some of that gorgeousness with all of you!!
Today's project was made using GORGEOUS papers from DCWV's Royal Gypsy Stack. This entire stack is filled with beautiful patterns with a variety of rich blues. And as an awesome bonus... check out the awesome gold foil!!
This sheet is just an awesome sample of what is included.
It is also what started this whole project! I was flipping through the pages and found a gold foiled feather. It was part of a panel that had a beautiful sentiment. But the sentiment was too large to what had in mind.
I decided to use it anyway. And used my Marvy Le Plume II Markers and a water brush to color and shade my gold feather. I used Pale Green for most of the feather with Lt. Blue down the center. I added more Lt. Blue up top and Violet in the center for the "eye". Then just blended out all the colors with my water brush.
Once I got the colors to the intensity I wanted, I cut the feather out by hand.
I had this awesome die in my collection and had been wanting to make one for a while now.
So, I used a couple coordinating sheets from the Royal Gypsy Stack and layered it onto some Mat Board. Then ran through my Big Shot stacked on my die... and cut it all at the same time!
It not only cut my patterned paper, it separated the patterned paper pieces at the crease lines (which saved me time from cutting them apart), and it made crease lines in the mat board, all in one pass!!
Next, I ran the segmented pieces through my Xyron Creative Station Lite to add adhesive to the backside of the paper.
Then attached the patterned paper to both sides of my book cover and buffed down the sharp edges with a sanding block.
I added a line of clear liquid adhesive to the inside middle of the book. ONLY down the center.
Then added a 4"x 3.25" piece of felt.
I didn't worry about glue showing through... I simply ran crinkle ribbon down the middle, flipped it over and tied it off on the outside. Finishing off with a basic bow.
Once, my glue had dried. I moved onto dressing up my front. I wanted the feather to be the focal point of the cover but it got lost in the patterned paper I chose.
I found the really pretty gold foil doily on the Paper Lace pad and it was perfect... it just needed to be trimmed down a bit. I cut about 2 inches off and attached it to my front cover.
Then added foam adhesive behind the feather and mounted it onto the doily. I tied eyelash yarn around the feather for more texture, then added a metal embellishment to the bottom of the feather.
I also added a tiny rhinestone to the top of the closure.
Remember when I said I wanted to SHARE some GORGEOUSNESS??!!
Well, I am giving away this Hat Pin Book to one lucky person!!
But what's a Hat Pin Book without HAT PINS, right??!!
So... Included in this GIVEAWAY are three handmade hat pins!!!!
Each pin was handmade (by me) with Swarovski Crystals!
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You do not have to "follow" or "like" to be entered in the giveaway but if you did, it would be greatly appreciated!!
Hope you all have a GORGEOUS day!!
This is such a lovely project! Those papers are gorgeous and the gold doily went perfectly with the Royal Gypsy papers. The eyelash yarn gave just the right texture around the feather too. All around an awesome project!
Another great production by the one and only Mitsy. I'm telling ya, I wanna be you when I grow up! LOVE everything about this project. The colors, creativity, the pins, the stack, oh so many things to love!
a fabulous project and so creative! just love it! and gorgeous to top it off.
Oh my goodness. This is so pretty! I love all the details!
OMG! It's absolutely adorable!!! I love all of your project!!! Thank you for your kindness!!!
Mitsy.... All I can say is WOW, WOW, WWWOOOOWWW!!! Everything looks GORGEOUS!!!
This is just beautiful Great job!!! I LOVE it!!
Wow! You are amazing when it come to things like this. Each day I see the things you make and I am continually amazed. Keep them coming.
Wonderful OTP project. I think I need to make this folder.
I'm in awe! I love your project!
Beautiful project! Love the papers and that pretty feather on the cover! The hat pins are gorgeous! I have a few antique pins on a pincushion, and if I am lucky enough to win, I'll place them on the pincushion too!
This is so deliriously GORGEOUS!! I've put the die and gorgeous DCWV papers on my wish list.
I would LOVE to learn how you make your hatpins!! Do find the pin bases somewhere or make them yourself? I know they look lovely stuck in a bow on cards and I want to make some, just need to get started. Thanks for the fabulous inspiration!!