Monday, October 5, 2009

BBTB Home Decor Chandelier



Imagine my dismay after doing my Spooky Chandelier card for Custom Crops that I would have to come up with ANOTHER project using that cut for BBTB! (Actually dear Regina offered to let me submit that for the BBTB challenge too, but I didn't quite think that was fair so I put my thinking cap on.) Since I'd already had Halloween covered I decided to do Christmas in the form of an ornament. No Design Studio needed here, (although I did use it to figure out size). I just cut the chandelier out 4 times at 4 1/2 inches and scored each down the middle. I used my Cricut cutter with the scoring blade for this, the scorepal would have been too wide a score. Then I folded each one and then ran them through my Xyron. I thought this would be easier than trying to glue each section. Once I had it all together I sprayed it with adhesive spray and sprinkled on the glitter. I used MS super fine because I didn't want to lose detail, but I'd wish I'd used something more sparkly because you can barely see it in the pic.

I was going for the Dr. Zhivago look (you know what scene I'm talking about) and wanted to pile on a little snow. I used Stardust Stickles and MS mica flakes on the appropriate areas and then added some embellies including some gorgeous mirror brads (I cut off the prongs) and crystal snowflakes from my LSS along with my fave adhesive gems. The bad news is they don't stay stuck very well on the glitter so I have to go back and glue them on so they'll stay. Sorry about the pix. Had a really hard time getting decent ones. Now I know you want to play along with this challenge, this cut is sooo gorgeous and to get some inspiration click HERE to see what my fabulous Design Team sisters have done.

18 comments:

  1. How cute is this it looks for real:-) And I'm the first to say it's absolutely gorgeous!

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  2. Beautifull..love it..you are so creative...
    Brenda

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  3. donna girl you are something else...just gorgeous

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  4. Ooooooooh! Absolutely STUNNING! This is a piece of winter magic Donna! I love everything about it!

    (-: Heidi

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  5. Donna, this is ELEGANT and just looks AMAZING; what a great job you did here; BEAUTIFUL!

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  6. I can just imagine a Christmas tree covered in these, they are amazing. Going to have to try one of these, maybe it would help if I had that cart tho.

    hugs
    Kaye x

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  7. Oh my! This is beautiful! I love the crystals! Thanks for the welcome to the Cutting Cafe'! I love your work and can't wait to get started!

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  8. It is so hard to believe this is made out of paper. It's stunning.

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  9. OMG, Donna, this is so fantastic. And boy do I everrrr know exactly what you mean by the Dr. Zhivago look. I know which scene because I've seen that movie about 30 times.
    Carole

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  10. This is awesome Donna, absolutely gorgeous! ~Diane

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  11. your talent is amazing girl!! this is stunning :0)

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  12. Donna, it is striking and oh what a fun ornament to have, you could even do a whole tree of them, lol. Hugs

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  13. This is gorgeous Donna. It looks like something that you would buy at a high end speciality store! Love the crystals!

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  14. This has got to be my favorite this week! How BEAUTIFUL Donna! I love it! HUGS!

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  15. Stunning!!!!I agree...do the entire tree with them! lol
    xoxo Joy

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  16. Thank you for the instructions on this. This is just gorgeous!

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  17. Oh Donna this is exquisite! I love it! You are so so creative girl!

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Thanks for making my day!