A CUSHION COVER MADE WITH IMAGE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES – DECOUPAGE SPECIALTY PAPERS

Hello Friends,
Pratyusha here with yet another project with Bob n Betty Decoupage Specialty papers.

Well, I got bored of using the papers same way!!! So I decided to give a trial run at using the gorgeous decoupage specialty papers for home décor purposes. Thus I came up with the idea of using it to make a cushion cover that could be utilized on day to day basis!!!
I am totally stoked by the gorgeous patterns that are being released in this Decoupage specialty papers series.

So here’s what I created!!!

Yup the trial did work out just perfect. Now this belongs to my mum as she is denying removing the cover and has been using it in our living room and flaunting it in front of everyone visiting our home. J

A little walkthrough about the procedure followed!!!

Like I did in my previous post where I transferred image onto a canvas cloth, this time I transferred the image onto a soft cloth following the same procedure stated before.

Refer the previous post here https://bobnbettyindia.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/a-gift-bag-made-with-ornate-annie-paper-collection/

After the transfer Is done onto the cloth. Cut out the cloth so that you get just the pattern out.

Next select a fabric that matches the color of the image transferred cloth and get down to the sewing machine to get the image transferred cloth attached to the fabric.

As you know that I have basic sewing skills so I took help from my mum to make the cushion cover. This is a simple envelope cover for which tutorials are freely available online!!

And this is how the charming cushion is adding spark to my living room.

Hope you all like the project

Hugs..
Pratyusha

DECOUPAGED COASTERS ADORNED WITH FLORAL NYMPHS PAPER COLLECTION

Hello Folks,

Have you ever thought of giving a creative bend to your table placed at home? Why not add some fun element to your home by incorporating a décor scheme to your table? This idea enthralled me and I decided to use it in my project and ended up making the decoupage coasters to beautify the table appearance in my own creative way. The project reflects coasters which can be used as an exclusive home décor item.

For giving the perfect shape to the coaster, I used the gorgeous pattern papers collection of Bob n Betty, Floral Nymphs. The papers are beautiful amalgamation of vintage and vibrant flowers. It was the best choice for my project. There are so many elements which can be used giving a different dimension to the coaster.

The base is of MDF, which was coated with gesso. The pattern papers were cut into the shape a little larger than the MDF blank. I used decoupage matt glue to stick the cut out pattern paper onto the MDF blank. Once the glue was dry I used sandpaper to smooth the edges and remove the excess of the pattern paper from the sides. The sides of the MDF blank were painted with black and yellow acrylic colors.

I used co-coordinating colors of distress inks to give it a vintage look. I then gave 2 coats of decoupage gloss glue and then gave 1 coat of Varnish to seal the creation!!!!

Hope you too liked the outcome.

With Love
Pratyusha

A FRIDGE MAGNET MADE WITH PAPERS FROM “SUMMER CHARM” COLLECTION

Heya folks,

In the conceptual art of crafting, even the home appliances seem to be a canvas for painting. This truly reflects the creative hunger of an artist who gives an innovative bend to whatever they perceive. Why not make everything around you beautiful and eye catching? A similar speculation knocked my mind when I saw my fridge standing at the corner, begging for some attention. 

The moment I received SUMMER CHARM collection from Bob n Betty in this month’s DT Kit, I made my mind to make a “Fridge Magnet”. 

The project was a bit easy to make as the pattern paper itself had a lot of minute details to be captured. The details were subtle and gave the project more depth appearing to have created multiple layers. The flower design on the paper set was appealing to the eye and reminded of Penny black flower stamp sets, thereby using the Penny black divine stamp set here.

So here is a small walkthrough….

1) I selected the paper and cut it to fit 5X3 inch canvas.
2) Then distressed the edges of the paper, sticking it on the canvas.
3) Used thick gesso to add some texture using Tim Holtz burlap on the top aspect.
4) I stamped the penny black divine stamp first directly onto the pattern paper and secondly on white cardstock. Coloring the flowers red both on the cardstock and on the pattern paper, I cut one of the petals of the flower from the cardstock and added it to the pattern paper used double sided tape to raise it a bit on the pattern paper.

5) I randomly used some mixed media stamps and gave a wash of watered down gesso.

6) Finally for the sentiment used ‘Hello’ from poolside ephemera collection.

For final touches used Viva decor gold paste to add some highlights.

This will now get onto my mom’s fridge where she hoards most of my creations

Hope you loved the creation

Happy Summers

Thanks for stopping by

Lots of love :)

Pratyusha

Gift bag Tutotial- Feat. BobnBetty Ornate paper collection

Heya folks,

Girls love to have an attractive assortment of bags in their closet. Be it a college day or an event, a bag is a must have accessory for every girl. So, how about giving it a creative bend? The bags that you usually carry either have some metal embellishments or of single color. 

The creative beast within me compelled me to try something out of the box. For this I chose Ornate Annie pattern papers from Bob n Betty. No paper could have been a better choice for making these bags.

This was a trial and it turned out to be beautiful. I didn’t take pics while making it, so for the pictorial I’ve used other paper from Ornate Annie.

The  Material required:

• 2 Bob n Betty pattern papers from Ornate Annie collection. ( I am using 6×6 inch papers)
• Canvas that would fit both the pattern papers.
• Mod Podge
• Paintbrush
• Brayer
• Needle and thread
• Distress stain in colors of your choice, stamp pad in colour of your choice
• Ribbon
• Beads and charms to decorate the bag, Viva décor inka gold paint
• Stamps and stencils!!!

Part 1 : Pictorial for Image Transfer

Repeat the above steps for the second pattern paper also and cut both the canvases to size.

Part 2 : Making the bag.

• Once the canvas is cut to size. Oppose the canvas with the pattern to each other and clip them at one end.
• I don’t have mad sewing skills. I just used a simple running stitch to sew the canvases together on 3 sides.
• Once sewing is done. Reverse the canvases to get a pouch with one side open.
• Punch holes to the free side of the pouch to attach the ribbon.
• Now it’s left to your imagination as to how you decorate it. I used co-coordinating Tim Holtz distress stain to cover the areas where the image transfer was not up to mark.
• I used coordinating color of ink pad and used mixed media stamps to randomly cover the canvas on both the sides.
• Later I used Viva décor Inka gold and stencil to add some more interest to the finished bag.
• Once happy with the look of the gift bag. I added in some beads and charms to finish it off

Hope you all enjoyed the process of making this gift bag.

Thanks for stopping by

Lots of love
Pratyusha

Altered embroidery hoops- Feat. Bobnbetty pattern papers!!!

Heya Folks,

For this project I have tried something completely different than what I do. Thanks to Deepika Sharma the owner of Bob N Betty who gave me a push in this direction!!!

For this project I used Embroidery hoops and Anemone paper stack from Bob N Betty.

Completely in love with the stack. It has interesting designs right from the delicate lace design to the bold flowers which I completely fell in love with!!!

So here's the project I made!!! A altered embroidery hoop.

Ain't that beautiful :)

Lemme give you a walkthrough as to how I did it. I couldn't take pics of the project while I was working on it as I was completely zoned out :P

Firstly I applied gesso on the embroidery hoops and made use of 2 sheets from Anemone stack to sketch out the hoops. Cut and pasted them behind the hoops.

Once this was dry, I placed both the hoops in desired style and secured them in place using fevibond.

The same paper stack was used to make the photomats. I was totally enthralled by the lace design on the paper and used tacky tape to secure them.

Anemone stack has some gorgeous flower patterns that I fussy cut and place them in the required shape.

Then I added laces and flowers to make some clusters and added resin and metal embellishments from my stash.

To give it a finishing touch, I gave a coat of gesso using a dry brush and also added few drops of watered down gesso.

This altered embroidery hoop can be used as a decorative piece or a photo frame capturing those special moments of life.

Here are a few closeups of the project

This collection has 8 designs, available in 6″x6″ and 12″x12″ inches. you may follow the link to check out these gorgeous papers at http://www.shopbobnbetty.in/browse/anemone

I was mesmerized with the outcome. Hope you too like enjoyed the complete process.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Love of hugs, 

Pratyusha

Decoupage pendants- Feat BobnBetty pattern papers (A Tutorial)

Heya folks,

When I posted the tutorial for decoupage quilled jhumka, I was surely looking at ways that I can substitute the decoupage napkins usage with some other material which was easily available. Decoupage napkins with a perfect pattern is difficult to come by sometimes. So here's a solution.

You can use pattern paper. Yup, You heard me right!!!

With slight modifications to the previous tutorial. 

Here's a video tutorial featuring bobnbetty pattern papers.

I have already shared the tutorial to make the jhumka so wanted to share the procedure to make the pendants as well!!!

Here's the Final result!!! The tutorial is simple to follow I hope. Do leave me your valuable feedback!!!

Here are some more trials with bobnbetty pattern paper. This particular one uses  Tim holtz distress paints and distress inks!!!

I am sooooper happy with this variant!!!

  Here's the tutorial link!!!!

List of supplies

1) Quilling strips 5mm- Itsy bitsy

2) Pattern paper- BobNbetty

3) Camel Gesso- Itsy Bitsy

4)Decoupage gloss glue by artzone- Itsy bitsy

5) Jewelry findings- Various sources

Hope the tutorial helps

thanks for stopping by

Hugs,
Pratyusha 

Mixed media bracelet- 1st trial!!!

Heya folks,

After not being able to craft for a few days coz of family health issues, I am back in action.

And yup I have a exciting news to share!!! I am part of a very talented design team at Bob N Betty.

 

And they have a huge variety of good quality pattern papers to offer. I  had a hard time while choosing the papers to work with for this month.

I chose one of the papers from Vintage bloom set. VIBL009
I simply love the floral pattern and the vintage look of the paper.

So here's what I created with this pattern paper. I am soooper happy with the way its turned out!!! Though its my first trial at it I think that the way the end product looks, it was worth the effort!!!

I made a mixed media bracelet using this pattern paper.

Here's a small pictorial as to how I made this!!!

1) I cut the pattern paper into smaller strips of different widths.

2) Covered a desired shape with plastic wrap.

3) Wrapped the pattern paper strips onto the plastic wrap covered bottle.I used decoupage matte glue to adhere the strips together. I placed the strips in a fashion such that the flower pattern is more prominent.

4) I gave it a gesso wash using a dry brush.

5) Used stencils- The crafters workshop ( harlequin and Art is) and added texture using modelling paste at random areas. Gave a nice coating of decoupage matte glue to seal the surface.

6) Once everything was dry, I started assembling my focal spot using various embellishments using various colours of flowers from my stash and to zing it up a bit added a metal chain that runs through the back of the metal sunflower to the side of the bracelet. Used viva decor Inka gold- gold paint to highlight a few areas of the textures added!!! Also used two Studio G stamps (mini flower and mandala design) to add in a little more interest at random places on the bracelet!!!

7) The final step was cutting the bracelet open at a point exactly behind the focal point. After trimming of the edges added a soft padding to the inner surface of the paper so that its comfortable to wear. Last but not the least added Brown ribbon so that the bracelet can be used on various wrist sizes and voila its ready!!! :D

Here are a few closeup views of the final bracelet!!!

And here's me wearing the bracelet :D Ofcourse I had to try it on :D

Here's a closeup as to how it looks when worn :D :D

Hope you enjoyed my process of making the bracelet. Do leave me some love and suggestions.

Thanks for stopping by,
Entering it For

1)  Lulupu Challenge 2-0-1-6 recipe  
 2- stamps
0- washi tape
1- 1 Pattern paper
6- flowers-types and colours (Bronze, yellow, pink, red, purple and blue) (Mulberry roses, resin sunflower, resin marigold, metal sunflower, the pattern paper has 2 types of flowers incorporated, stamped mini flower ) ]

2) Just add Ink #296... Just add nature--- Flowers



Lots of hugs
Pratyusha