Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Moments to Treasure

Hello everyone!! I'm sharing a altered wooden plaques that I made quite recently. I've been meaning to alter this wooden plaque that I had bought almost a year back, but never got to it. So finally, I dived into it last week and I'm quite satisfied with the outcome.

Here it is.


I covered it with white acrylic paint using the Adriondack white paint dabber. Then I gave a few coats of blue acrylic paint (I really was not sure if the white coat was necesary. But since this is my first project, I was nervous about the outcome. I'm really not that good at painting. I sprayed water, applied blue paint and continued doing this until I was frustrated ;) ). I then used 2 small Studio G stamps and part of a stamp from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps' Decorative Frame Toppers Clear Stamp Set to create a beautiful background with silver ink pad. I used my heat tool to dry it.



Then I stamped the chandelier and the sentiment "Moments to Treasure" from Whimsy Stamps' A Touch of Elegant Furniture and embossed it with white embossing powder.


I punched out a butterfly using my MS punch and used hot glue to stick it. I bought this glue gun quite a while back and was really scared to use it. But finally I opened the package and I used tweezers to hold the butterfly while sticking it :) But after using it once, I really love it!!!


I punched out a few pine leaves using the MS punch and added a few white flowers from my stash. I used hot glue for this also.

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18 comments:

brenda said...

What a lovely effect you have crated with the acrylics Berina and so beautifully decorated.

It's lovely to see you at Allsorts, thanks so much for joining in.

B x

SD pooja said...

Wow ! I loved the blue bg and silver looks fab on it .

Berina RGA said...

thank you Brenda :)

Berina RGA said...

thank you Pooja :)

somethingcraftybydottie said...

Just beautiful I love altering things as well great choice of colors.. thank you for visiting my blog and leaving me your comment along with becoming a follower I am now a follower of yours as well

Berina RGA said...

thank you Dottie :)

UTs Hobby Time said...

Stunning creation. Love the blue background and the stamping on it, so subtle and beautiful.

Berina RGA said...

thank you Sara :)

aussie aNNie said...

This is fabulous....such a fabulous creation....hope the coming weekend is a good one for you...xx
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Berina RGA said...

thank you Annie :)

Unknown said...

This is really a very lovely project, creative and colorful. Thank you for participating in our 167th AG challenge here at Word Art Wednesday. I hope we will see you back again really soon.
Blessings,
Carole

SarahGeorge said...

What a lovely blue color Berina. Glad to see your craft after a while. Think your little one is keeping you busy :)

Caro-ART said...

Beautiful :) Thanks for joining us Dream Valley Challenge

Alyx said...

Great project. Thank you for joining us over at Scribble and Scrap. Good luck.
xx

Sharon Smith said...

Great Plaque, love the color of the background. Thanks for sharing with us at Scribble and Scrap xx

Dr Sonia S V said...

WOW that chandelier looks fantastic...flawless embossing and love the colors you have chosen...Very Pretty !
Cheers
Dr Sonia
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SarahGeorge said...

Hi Berina,
Have a blog candy, would love you to visit :)

aussie aNNie said...

Hi Berina, just making sure you are okay.xx

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