Hello there my fellow bloggers, I am delighted to have you stop by today and to
be able to share my Nautical project with you on my blog and also on
Countryview Challenges Blog after being chosen in their Top 3 Stencil It
challenge. This is my second time as GD at Countryview and to say I was excited
to be back is an understatement. Click on any of the pictures and they can be viewed larger.
For my Nautical project I decided to make a memory frame
book that
held memories and keepsakes of a Victorian couple as
they embarked on
their World Cruise and as they travelled the world
picking up souvenirs. You may want to grab yourself a cuppa before you start
reading my post as it goes into many details.
My book was made out of a couple of cereal boxes. I
cut my card to
size, scored and glued down the spine. The finished
outside measures 7x9 Closed by 2 inches in the spine.
Next I added a whole layer of
tissue paper with multi medium crinkling it as I applied it. Once dry I placed
a swirl stencil on top and added Grunge Paste for more texture and interest.
The spine I covered another piece of cereal box in
tissue paper and added some string for dimension and then glued onto book.
Once this was all dry I applied a coat of gesso and a mix of Deco Art and Paperartsy paints with a brush and baby wipes, gradually building layers. I also spritz on
some distress stains drying my layers in between as I built them up too. The
stains pooled in the textured areas, giving depth. I finally highlighted with a
little gilding wax, I now had my Olde Worlde look. My metal embellishments on
the front and the corners were all given an aged rusty look, by adding some
paint and distress powders, finally highlighting with a little gilding wax on
them too.
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Now let's go inside. You will notice I carried my tissue
paper and painting around the edges of the inside of my book. The pages glued
onto the cover of my book, were yes, you guessed it cereal box again. This time
I wrapped my patterned paper around the cardboard. I then distressed the edges
and added some more random stamping to the pages and some of Tim's remnant
rubs. I built up the arrangements onto these pages until totally happy with my
layouts before finally gluing in.
My Eiffel Tower and anchor, I used distress powder on to give an aged rust look.
My ticket was stamped using Archival ink onto kraft
card, I also stamped on little damp marks. I then tore around the edges,
crumpled the paper and swiped through distress stain and distress the edges
with ink. I made a mould from an old navy button my dad had. I then poured
platinum utee into it and rubbed with gilding wax.
My ship I stamped firstly onto kraft paper and another on
white card. This one I pressed into Versamark and embossed with powders twice
heating from underneath to give a lovely glossy feel to the ship, of it being well polished . I then fussy cut it out
and placed onto the kraft paper.
My Victorian couple - a free stamp, were coloured by
Copics and fussy cut , I arranged a collage for interest. My little ships knots
placed on the pages and in the frame my dad kindly made for me. After years in
the Merchant Navy he has never forgotten this art.
The reason behind my jewellery embellishments hanging on the inside spine were to
highlight a possible safe in their cabin to keep treasured keepsakes and the
jewels worn. You will see a padlock, key, glasses and jewels on the chain.
Now for my picture frame. I decided on the size of frame
I wanted and scored at half inch intervals, folding back and forward to mimic
book pages, I glued into a box shape and added distress to age my pages. My
Cheery Lynn anchor and ships wheel were both cut out of cereal packet and
several layers glued together. My anchor was painted, distress powder and
gilding wax added. My wheel was coloured with Copics.
My little bottles I placed Remnant Rubs onto, filled with
sand, shells, glass beads and tied a little twine around them. My image from Tim's lost
relatives pack, I coated with distress rock candy paint and once dry I added
distress into the cracks. I decorated the edges with pearls and mounted onto my
die cut. You will see in the mix some shells more pearls and another ships knot
made by my dad.
My chandelier was to mimic some of the opulence in the
ship. It started off as a wooden shape. I added ferro paste and pressed some
bling onto it whilst still wet. My candles I used a distress pen on the wick
and added glossy accents. The actual candle had beeswax dripped onto it.
Well I do hope you managed to get to the end of my post
and have enjoyed reading my journey with this project. It was an absolute
pleasure to make and the icing on the cake is it being showcased on CountryviewChallenges - thanks.
If you need to know anything about a product please just
ask me. However, the majority of my products used will be found at CountryviewCrafts, fantastic service and 99% of the time next day delivery. Also CheeryLynn designs.
Would love if you have time to leave me a comment.
Happy
Crafting,
Julie x
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