Friday, August 28, 2020

Coastal Boat Oars DIY Home Decor

Custom DIY Home Decor 

Creative Embellishments has a new product line featuring wood DIY Home Decor designs.  If you have not seen the designs yet,  you'll definitely want to check them out.  

These have been thoughtfully designed as affordably priced, DIY Home Decor pieces and are large durable wooden shapes ready to be decorated as you please; 
paint them,  paper them,  stencil them, alter them, hang them, gift them.
  
Today I am featuring the new Creative Embellishments Home Decor Wooden - Oars.  I love the beach and everything sea-worthy so this was a perfect DIY choice for me to decorate. 

Creative Embellishments - Oars

 The wooden shapes are large - perfectly sized for a wall, front door, decor grouping. The oars are  12' x12' so there is a lot of surface area to decorate with your special flair.


The shape is smooth unfinished wood,  ready to finish.  No sanding needed.  I chose to paint mine with white acrylic paint to start.  After the paint was dry, I added Authentique's- Voyage Collection - 
12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Seven
 to the oars because the paper looks like old weathered wood.  
Authentique Paper - Voyage Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Seven

Next I used hemp rope and wound it round the oar handles, gluing/stapling in back to secure. 

Once the rope handles were finished, I used a sea sponge and lightly dabbed them with white acrylic paint - more instant "weathering".  

I added a bit of decorative fishing net to the project - securing in the back using a craft staple. 
The staples also add durability to the finished decor.  



My finishing touches come from a few added coastal chipboard pieces from Creative Embellishments.  
These were also white washed lightly with a sea sponge and white acrylic paint thinned with water. 




 


Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Welcome to the Wild West Saloon - DIY Vignette





Welcome to the Wild West Saloon

Today, I'm presenting a DIY  Wild West Saloon vignette.  

Last year my husband and I took our first trip out west to visit our children living in Colorado.  My son took us to the historic gold mining and gambling town of Cripple Creek, Colorado - population 1,287. We loved the rustic western setting. 
 
Sadly, we had to miss our trip out west this summer - like so many other people locked down at home, Since I couldn't go out west this year, I thought I'd pull out the Authentique Manly collectionCreative Embellishments chipboard pieces, Julie Nutting's dolls stamps, and fun bling by Buttons Galore and set to work making my version of an old Wild West Saloon using Cripple Creek as my inspiration.    

Imagine my saloon here... (cue the Twilight Zone theme song please)
The inspiration came from two sources: Creative Embellishments - chipboard House Vignette  and 

I'm totally in love with the Creative Embellishments - chipboard House Vignette for it's versatility.  It can be turned into almost anything you can image.   Creative Embellishments has accompanying chipboard pieces to help make your vision "come to life".   

What inspired this creative thought process? The Authentique Manly collection,  complete with rugged images and strong patterned papers, particularly the rich brick and wood patterned papers.  


Authentique Paper - Manly Collection - 12 x 12 Paper PadCreative Embellishments - House Vinguette




Here are some other scenes I have made using the House Vignette form Creative Embellishment: 

You can see the Haunted House Vignette here.  

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Here are some angled shots of the saloon. 
You can see how the papers are perfect for the walls and outside of the old western saloon. 
The Authentique - Manly - 6 x 6 Paper Pad  was used for the clothing on the doll stamp - yep, from cowboy hat to her cowboy boots, she's dressed in Authentique. 
Giddy-up!

The "Wanted Posters" of cowboys are from the wonderful images in the 6x6 paper pad.  The playing cards and dice on the bar are from Authentique Paper - Manly Collection - Elements.
Here's an image of the saloon in the early phases of the process. I shared this image because  the "B" side of Authentique's Brick patterned sheet is a lush blue subtle pattern used on the ceiling, bar and side walls. 
 
I'm going to take this opportunity to talk about the Creative Embellishments - House Vignette and all the chipboard accessories that helped shape my Wild West Saloon.  

 I used a variety of Creative Embellishments  chipboard pieces and gussied up with inks, paint washes (acrylic paint thinned with water), and heat embossing - nothing complex or overly fancy.   
 Creative Embellishments - House Vinguette

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Creative Embellishments - Saloon Doors

Creative Embellishments - Brick Pieces


I kept all the finishes simple.  The worn, dusty rugged look on the Saloon Doors, rope, wanted sign and animal skull was created using an acrylic wash (white acrylic paint thinned with water ) and dabbed onto the chipboard with a sea sponge.  

The other chipboard pieces were either enhanced using inks or were heat embossed such as the rings on the Barrels and the Lacy Border used as the backsplash of the bar.  


The Creative Embellishments - Dollhouse Slate Shingles complete the weathered rustic look.  They have been finished with a combo of ink and super light dabs of acrylic white wash (white acrylic paint thinned with water).  

The shingles originally were just inked brown.  I photographed the saloon for the blog post and realized the shingles looked flat and uninteresting.  That's when I decided to add some black ink here and there  along with light dabs of the white acrylic.  


Next up, meet the Saloon owner and her best friend.  These are both classic doll stamps from Prima and Julie Nutting (Becky 910457 and Dog Treats 910846) - you'll need to scour the internet for these gems if not in your stash.  

Becky's layered skirt was made by stamping several layers of patterned paper from Authentique - Manly - 6 x 6 Paper Pad, to give her dimension.  I have given her and her dog a base to be free-standing as well. 

 Below are tips on making a standing base for the doll stamp figures. 



Here are some additional images of the saloon, including one of Becky, the cowgirl proprietor, showing off the fabulous brick structure she proudly calls her saloon.  


Becky has some jewel accents on her hat and vest from Buttons Galore's Buttons Galore Doo Dadz - Caribbean Sea .  The dog has a jewel in his collar.  This is also from the new collection of 

The bottles on the bar are filled with shaker mix from Buttons Galore and More. The red mix is their new  Doo Dadz - Merry Mimosa mix.  The poker chips on the bar are Buttons Galore Doo Dadz- Cool Yule.  

The bottles on the bar are filled with shaker mix from Buttons Galore and More. The red mix is from the new their new Buttons Galore - Merry Mimosa Dd100.  The poker chips on the bar are Buttons Galore Doo Dadz- Cool Yule.  

The "Wanted Posters" of cowboys are from the wonderful images in the 6x6 paper pad.  The playing cards and dice on the bar are from Authentique Paper - Manly Collection - Elements.



Here are some additional images of the saloon and of Becky, the cowgirl proprietor.  Enjoy!




Thanks for stopping to visit.  Now giddy up and get crafting.