Designer Day with Steph Devlin!

Sometimes we just need to play.  As I sat down to think about my first project for my "Designer Day" and I was overwhelmed with feelings of not knowing where to start.  Ever have days like that?  I put a few things together and nothing worked.  An hour went by.  Then I decided not to think and just play.  A little bit of gauze here, some stamping, napkins, gesso and white paint, and before I realised something started to take shape.  Throw in the beautiful "Tea Thyme" line, and add to the mix Ingvild Bolme's gorgeous resins and my project started to adopt a real shabby chic feel.  

I love how stamps can add a layered feeling to a project.  I have stamped on the base and layered it with  Tea Thyme's Roses which can give your patterned paper roses a 3D feel to them.

Here, have just painted some gauze onto this layout, popping some Mod Podge on first to secure the gauze and then giving it a coat of gesso.  I usually pop some gesso in a lid and give it a quick spray of water from my mini mister to thin out the consistency.  

  Materials:

844684 - Challis
844721 - Charmante
844097 -  Composition (Almanac)
844952 - Cottilion
561338 - Encore
561369 - Encore
922092 - Donna Downey Spot Mask (6x6)
891442 - La Coeur 
561840 - Pierott (Juliette)
591596 - Clock Faces
591589 - Clock Hands
890773 - Small Birds Resin
551056 - Stamp
950248 - Stamp (Fairybelle)

When finding yourself stuck for ideas, one idea is to go over to Pinterest and just browse the boards for inspiration.  I saw a photo of a dress form, and used it an starting point for this next project.  It was so easy to create and I love the feminine whimsical quality I finished up with.  

 Just take any chipboard dress form, and paint with gesso and dry.  I love my shabby projects to have a chalky white finish, so for this I inked over the gesso, and once dry, distressed the edges.  Next, I stamped Prima's crown stamp and the beautiful Flourish Frame Stamp using Ingvild Bolme's Black Chalk Ink Edger.

The Prima Press was perfect to use for the "Paris" letters.  I just stamped them on some kraft paper and then used a small tag punch (upside down) to frame the letters.  The skirt was just then layered on over some double sided tape to form a tutu. Adding some flowers just added that little something extra to the project.  Lastly tie some jute string through a hole, and the project is finished !!!!

 
 

Materials:

561437 - Interlude

561352 - Encore

560836 - Prima Press Holder

 

550349 - Prima Press Letter Stamps

551071 - Cling Stamp (Londonery Collection)

559380 - Cling Stamp ( Zephyr Collection)

890995 - Chalk Edger (Black Coal)

My last project combines my love of pastels using Prima's beautiful roses.  There is nothing quite like them.  I find loving Prima's products is not hard because everything works together so beautifully.  

 
 
 

Materials:

561413  - Interlude (Turquoise)
 

561413  - Interlude (Pink)

 

 

561437 -  Interlude (Grey)

559090 -  Journalling Notes (Tea Thyme)

843496 -  Pressman (Almanac)

561352 - Encore (Blue)

561338 - Encore (White)
 

561345 - Encore 

(Pink)

891466 - Resin Collection Dell Arte
890858 - Metal Treasures - Bird Cage
560157 - SIIC (Border)
554613 - Hollow Clocks
891565 - Metal Trinkets (Zipper)
559212 - Wooden Clocks (Rondelle)
560621 - SIIC
554453 - Wood Buttons - (Meadowlark)
559373 - Cling Stamps (Tea Thyme)

 

Thanks so much for dropping by! It was wonderful to share with you again!!

Steph xo