Paper Whimsy Reliquary

I've used Paper Whimsy's gorgeous Vintage Prints for years. Gale Blair takes an old photo and manipulates it to create a masterpiece in photography.

 

This is my new FAVORITE little gal.

 

Now they've come up with Reliquaries. This piece uses one of them as an add-on to a shadowbox frame.

 

 

 

 

 

I'll take you through a few of the steps to making this little treasure.

 

 

This is what you get for the Reliquary.

 

It's pressed board, and you glue it together. Simple - Easy.

 

 

I started with 2 colors of Distress Stains and used the darker color as shadow on the edges.

 

The front piece had 2 more colors added the same way.

 

Then I stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink using several Tim Holtz stamps to cover the area.

 

 

I covered the back with Brushed Pewter Distress Stain...really cool metallic color.

 

And then stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink.

 

It really is a gorgeous lacy-looking background.

 

I realised that the color was not correct for the picture I was going to use....so I just added Worn Lipstick Distress Stain until I got the color I wanted.

 

 

 

I painted the Spade and the Star was colored with Tarnished Brass Distress Stain.

 

Then I laid out the pieces to go into the Reliquary and glued into place.

 

LOVE the ornate bead cap on the top of the little bottle.

 

The little purse is a vintage piece from a friend.

 

 

Add a few dots of Glaze pen here and there, some Distress Stickles on the Spade, and then put it together.

 

The background paper from Prima's Nature Garden was glued to a piece of chipboard.

 

It had to be subtle and was perfect as is.

 

I cut the frame paper and sprayed with Perfect Pearls for a bit of glimmer...you can't see it here, but it's there. 

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I aged the ribbon with a bit of Tea Dye Distress Stain and glued it to the frame.

 

The little Prima flowers added a little touch of femininity to the corners, and the large rose is a pin I found somewhere....that I edged with some Ice Stickles.

 

The label on the large bottle is stamped onto gessoed Metal Foil Tape with Archival Ink.

 

Lastly I added an edge of Tarnished Brass DS around the edge of the Reliquary to make it stand out a bit better.

 

Take a look at the store at PAPER WHIMSY....you'll love their gorgeous images and ephemera!

 

That's it for today! Create Art and Remember to Play!

 

Linda

 

Products Used:



• Paper Whimsy - Reliquary, Collage Sheet 164
• Ranger - Metal Foil Tape, Jet Black Archival Ink, Perfect Pearls Mists-Interference Red, Ice Stickles-Diamond
• Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Tea Dye, Distress Stickles-Victorian Velvet
• Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous - Mini Holidays, Captured Moments and Papillon
• Tim Holtz - Distress Stains - Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick, Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Tarnished Brass and Brushed Pewter
• Prima - Natures Garden Charme' Rose flowers and 6x6 Paper Pad
• Maya Road - Ribbon
• Inkadinkadoo - Background Stamp 90355
• Sakura - Black Glaze Pen
• Bottles, beads, rhinestones, and other ephemera