Once Upon a Time there was a girl who loved to create...
This month at Alpha Stamps is all about Cinderella! Y'all know how I love me some fairy tale themed items. Here Cinderella is whisking off to her ball in a coach shaped chipboard book.
Complete list of supplies at end of post.
Molds are one of my favorite things to create with. I used 3 different molds on this project. Here you can see the Wide Header with 4 scrolls silicone mold. I've found that Ice Resin works best when creating with molds that have lots of tiny twist and turns. For this particular piece I used some gold pearl ex powder to tint it gold. Then I covered it with Gilding Flakes. Doing both gives the piece more depth. Instead of a single solid tone you get various levels and shades of gold. However, the gilding flakes are so luscious it was hard to stop gilding.
Believe it or not, but I don't always like my first go at things. I started by trimming the windows in black thin looped dresden boarders. It looked to harsh so I painted over it using Tim Holtz distress paints in scattered straw, picket fence and spun sugar. It's a little hard to see in the photo, but I added some gilding flakes randomly all over the coach. Check it out, Gus is hanging out in the window!
You can't have a piece about Cinderella without some birds. Blue didn't look right so they too got a coating of distress paint. I used the Royal Icons Mold for the crown and the same Ice Resin and coloring process as I did on the scroll mold.
The Mouse and pumpkin boarder set reminds everyone that Cinderella's coach was once a humble pumpkin.
Inside I mostly collaged papers. I wanted to keep the page flat so the front cover would sit flush and the first page show through the windows nicely. The flowers and butterflies are from the Love Clippings Collection paper set. Hanging out on the wheels are some silhouettes from the Cinderella Silhouettes Chipboard small set.
Cinderella is from the Happily Ever After Collage Sheet. And you know I couldn't resist topping the page off with some seam binding - bark colored.
These two completed pages along with two for you to decorate yourself with a few goodies from my stash (some resin bits, sheet music, seam binding and flowers to name a few) are up for grabs. All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what Fairy Tale is your favorite. For additional entries post on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (One additional entry for each place you post). Please use the above image with a link to this post.
Winner will be announced Feb 14th.
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Ice Resin
Love Clippings Collection paper - Little love clippings, Always and Forever
Distress paint - scattered straw, picket fence, spun sugar
Think looped Dresden boarders
Tales of you and me Collection paper - Contes de toi et moi
Gilding flakes (where have these been all my life!)
Happily Ever After CS
Alcohol ink - mushroom
Seam binding - bark tan
distress ink - tea dye
Tim Holtz heirloom roses
Lamp post silicone mold
Wide header with 4 scrolls silicone mold
Silicone Mold - Royal Icons
dove mold
1" pale pink paper roses
small pale pink mulberry blossoms
small white mulberry blossoms
white foam stamen
yellow mulberry blossoms
Mulberry Paper Cherry Blossoms
shoe charm
tiny mixed size flat backed pearls
Mouse and Pumpkin Boarders Set
Cinderella Silhouettes Set Small
Coach book chipboard