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Wednesday 9 January 2013

Shabby Chic

2013 and I have decided
I am going to investigate all things Shabby Chic



So for my first attempt at Shabby, but Chic....here is a card I made for someone who was visiting us over the New Year and who loves all things bling:


Another photo of the same card:


I saw the main image somewhere, downloaded it, added Happy New Year to it and then printed a few copies onto kodak ultra premium gloss photographic paper.  I then chose where to cut the pieces to make it decoupaged.  The image is royalty free.

Using a pale cream A5 base card, I layered a wide holey lace onto the card, adhering it with anita's tacky glue.  Once it was dry I trimmed it to fit the card. The main image was then fixed to the card using double sided sticky tape.

I decoupaged the pieces of the the torso, slightly bending the top part above the centre rose to make it shaped.  I decoupaged the necklace too.  Around the centre of the torso I layered pearls to highlight the fabric rose I glued to the image, and also fixed a metal heart charm to the waist.  

Along the bottom I fixed cream lace with pink velvet along the centre, and down the right hand side I adhered white lace, using clear double-sided tape.  Down the flat part of the white lace I glued pink gemstones and plain pearls.  

On the left hand side I added organza pink ribbon layered with white satin and organza ribbon and tied a knot.

This is my first attempt at anything near shabby chic, and I hope it is more chic than shabby to those of you who take a peek.

Please leave me some feedback, as I really would appreciate it.

See you soon

Love and hugs

Annie xxx



12 comments:

  1. Beautiful Annie, there's nothing Shabby about this creation :) Love it!
    Hugs
    Dawn x

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  2. Thank you Dawn x. Happy New Year xx

    You are always very encouraging when you post on my blog.............. Thank you so much.

    Love and hugs

    Annie xxx

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  3. I love it Anne, it has everything romantic and chic about it. The colours are right, the lace is over the top which is wonderful. I say "Well done on your first attempt".
    Susan p.b. xx


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  4. Thank you Susan p.b. I am really encouraged and I'm looking forward to making some more.

    Love and hugs

    Annie xxx

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  5. Gorgeous card. I love all the lace and bling - it really goes with the image well.

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  6. Thank you Gwyneth, that is so encouraging. Thank you for popping in and leaving a comment. I have spent all day die-cutting and maybe will do some more tomorrow, then I will make something with it .....I have managed to acquire some royalty free images to use so I have to work out what I will do with them.

    Love and hugs

    Annie xxx

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  7. It's a lovely card Annie, love it!

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  8. love the card and easy instructions to follow thank you Anne

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  9. Aw thanks Craftmad xxxxx

    Love and hugs

    Annie xxx

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  10. Annie thats so good the way to make the paper flowers it is looking a lot easier than I first thought thanks for such a good blog and brilliant instructions on flower making

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