Shabby Chic Dresser / Zeus and Zoe

This is the last posting then for Zeus and Zoe...

 Good Morning crafting friends...Patricia Basson with you again...

This month we have a most gorgeous Inspiration Board at Zeus and Zoe filled with beautiful soft and elegant images! In keeping with the Shabby Chic colours of pink and cream, I took a toy dresser and transformed it into a elegant dresser ready to brighten up a Victorian Dolls House...

The frame is made from a Chipboard frame and some mirrored foil.

I sacrificed one of my large Dollies from my DT stash, cut it up and used various pieces on the dresser and still have much left for future projects. 

The Vintage Locket, Button and Fish ornament are also from my DT Stash. All is available from the Zeus and Zoe Etsy shop.I also used one of the stick pins, thinking it looks like a vintage perfume bottle nestled between the flowers!

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This is what the wooden dresser looked like before.

I painted a base coat of pink acrylic paint and when dried painted a crackle medium over it. After dying overnight it was painted with the cream paint. The crackle medium resulted it the cracks of the cream paint revealing the pink under coat!

Thank you for taking the time to visit my post...I hope I have inspired you to try your hand at the Inspiration Board as well...

Altered Candlestick for Zeus and Zoe...

Good Morning friends...

I seem to have missed posting several DT Projects onto my personal blog....Apologies if I am going to bombard you with a few posts today!!! The first one is an Altered Candle Stick for Zeus ans Zoe...

"Patricia again with my second project for August. Our theme this month is Altered Vintage, and what could be more vintage than these enamel candlesticks from days gone by? I would love to say this one is a real antique...but it was just bought at a general store...Let's see if I can encourage you to buy one and alter it somewhat as well?

I prepared the candlestick by painting it with Gesso to prime it. I then painted several coats of Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze onto it. I used the colours Sangria and Nori. From my DT stash I used the brown lace, stick pins, some buttons and flowers.

All the buttons were Gesso'd, misted with green, blue and a reddish spray and because they were looking quite dull, I decided to add some dimensional accent which then resulted in some pretty marbling effects!

  

This is an embellishment from Ruby Violet, given the same treatment as the buttons.

The stick pins and Butterflies are from my DT pack. They were embossed with  two toned embossing powders from Lindy's Stampgang, Hyacinth Blue Green and Gilded Burgundy Brass...The white Wire Flower and Peacock feather are from Webster's Pages Floral Bouquet. All of the stock is available from the Zeus And Zoe Etsy shop...

Thank you for having a visit with me today...Keep save till we chat again next month...

Patricia Basson"

A hearty Hi to all the Imaginarium Designs friends! It's me, Patricia again with a post for you. It is Saturday here in South Africa, at least it was when I wrote this post...hope to find you all doing well and crafting up a storm!

Today I used the Edward Relief Window and some Flourishes to create this page of my daughter Chantelle.

The papers are some old papers hidden away in my stash, no idea what so ever who they are from. I did a little hand stitching with a few pearl beads on the page. Also whitewashed the background with some Gesso and done some stencil work with a mask and some green Distress Ink.

My Window Frame was covered with a thick, uneven coat of Gesso and sprinkled with Spring Leaf Chartreuse embossing powder from Lindy's Stampgang. After heat setting with my Heat gun, I sprayed LSG Fuzzy Navel Peach Starburst and Treasure Island Turquoise Moon Shadow Mist onto it. The Mists settled nicely into all the nooks and crannies left from the embossing...

My Flourishes were lightly Gesso'd, inked with Forest Moss and Walnut Stain Distress Paint and some Rusty Hinge and Glossy Accents on the Berries.

Loving the Distressed look of the Window achieved from the Gesso...I cut the bottom part in half, rolled the sides to achieve some dimension and tied it together again with some string and a Prima Glass element.

For added texture on my page, I masked with Texture Paste and aged Ivory Embossing Enamel from Stampendous. The canvas frame is also a long time hoarded element, and the Butterfly a new Prima resin piece.

Some Prima and Petaloo flowers and a Prima Wood Bark Heart complete this LO of mine...The 'YOU" was cut from the phrase "Just for You" and also inked with the Distress Inks.

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Edward Relief Window

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Kerri Tiny Flourish 

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Kerri Extra Tiny Flourish

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Leaves and Circles Tiny Flourish

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This then is me saying Good Bye till next time...Please remember to leave me a message on this Post and you might stand a chance of winning a generous packet of Chipboard from Imaginarium Designs.

 Everyone is like a butterfly,

 they start out ugly and awkward 

 and then morph into beautiful graceful

 butterflies that everyone loves.

       Drew Barrymore 

Altered Enamel Mug for Zeus and Zoe...

Hello to everybody!

Today I want to showcase an altered Enamel Mug that I created for the Zeus and Zoe blog using products from Marivic Clifton's Etsy Shop... 

I punched a piece of patterned paper to fit around the outside and inside of the mug.. Using the Purple pleated ribbon from my DT stash and a length of the left over from the crotchet Doily from my previous project, I gave the mug a little skirt.

I used some more of my Vintage Buttons and Butterfly elements as added interest. 

From the package of papers and envelopes from Industrial Chic by Susan Lenart Kazmer, I used some envelopes, crumpled them and rubbed clear embossing ink on the creases. I used Stampendous Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel on it. I placed a few of the papers in the envelope and crammed it with my tiny crammer...

Also added a Stick Pin with a Butterfly ornament behind my Pansy Flower from my own stash.

I misted my paper with Mountain Lavender Gold  Starburst from Lindy's  and splattered Sea Mint Green and Tea Pot Purple on the paper. With texture paste I masked some Butterflies and embossed them with Mauve embossing powder from Lindy's Stampgang...Also added some purple half pearls on the punched flowers.

Some more of Marivic's vintage Buttons, and also a peek of the small crochet Doily placed behind my flower.

Please take some time to visit the Zeus and Zoe Etsy Shop for many Vintage products, or ask Marivic to assemble a tailor made kit for you!

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam,
And for a brief moment,
its glory and beauty belong to our world...
But then it flies again,
and though we wish it could have stayed...
We feel lucky to have seen it.

An Altered Vinyl LP for Tresors de Luxe

And here is my first project using those stunning laces and a Doily from my DT pakage from Tresors de Luxe.

I had to really get my designing hat on to decide what to create for my first project...The beautiful  Doily with the added Fabric Rosette is what spurred the idea of taking an old....very old...vinyl LP and alter it. Of course I got a lot of fleck from my two daughter aged 23 and 27 that they now will never be able to listen to the story of  'Nellie the clever Donkey' ever again...phefff...don't know how they want to listen to it any way as our LP player hasn't been working for decades anyway...lol!!!

{ Double clicking will give you an even closer view }

I gave the record a first coating of crackle medium, and once that was dried, followed with a cream Acrylic Paint. I cut a Doily from some Pion Papers in pink and backed it with a green Patterned Paper. 

I used two of the Venice Laces and cut them into separate Appliqué pieces and placed them on the record. I also added some tear shaped half pearls to the lace. I really love how one can make Appliqués from the laces to use them as individual pieces...

Just look at the soft Pink of this Venice Lace...

A close up of the cute flower Spray nestled between the laces...

My Prima Angel got a spray with Lindy's Stampgang Mist, Cocklebells Coral.

Some Prima flowers add a touch of Shabby Chicness to the project...

I did some masking with Texture Paste and Stampendous Aged Rose Embossing Enamel. Of course had a face slap moment when I started to heat the embossing enamel and found my record starting to warp and buckle from the heat...lol...Ended by heating the entire record and adding a lovely frilly touch to it...Imagine the wobbly comments of said daughters to this shape!!!

This then is my début as a Blogging member of the Tresors de Luxe Design Team...I will be back later in the month with some more goodness to share...

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Rustic Pale Pink Shabby Chick Flower Embellishment 

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Ivory Unique Handmade Crochet Doily with attached Rosette

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Ivory Venice Lace

LA 19

Champagne Pink Venice Lace

LA  125

Whether we wake or we sleep,

Whether we carol or weep,

The Sun with his Planets in chime,

Marketh the going of Time.

~Edward Fitzgerald~