Shabby Chic Fashion Chunky ATC

I think I might have found a new best thing!  Have you made a chunky ATC? They are so much fun to make.  I signed up to do a swap on Instagram( sidenote- are you on IG? Come find me @twomaddahlias).  I have never made one of these chunky guys, but it sounded like fun.  I love to make ATCs and have been making them quite a bit lately.  It's fun to whip out a creation in a short amount of time.
My swap partner said she liked retro, fashion, shabby chic, and pink.  I only had to choose one of these themes.  I managed to squeeze all four onto my chunky ATC.

I love this tiny dress form.  I covered it with the smallest buttons I could find and filled in the gaps with a chunky glitter.  The vintage head pins I found at an estate sale.  

An old Artchix studio graphic I colored in with colored pencils adorns this side.  

This tag came from a piece of clothing that has long since left my wardrobe.  I couldn't even tell you what it was, but I held on to the fabric tag for years.  How's that for craft hoarding?! It was hard for me to use the tag, but it fit the theme perfectly.  

A Melissa Frances sticker, remnant rubs, and Prima flowers on this side.  

The top got a handmade flower and some vintage leaf buttons.  You can't tell, but I did decorate the bottom and used some pearls from a vintage necklace to make the ATC stand up. 

I know they sell wooden blocks just the right size for chunky ATC's but since I was mailing this I wanted it to be light.  I ended up upcycling the box my business cards arrived in.  I stuffed it full of old tissue paper to give it more stability.  

These are the photos the recipient posted.  She loved it.  Whew!

I can't wait to see what I get in return.

I am entering this in the Frilly and Funkie's Bring on the Bling Challenge and Our Creative Corner's Junk in the Trunk Challenge.  Fussy and Fancy Ribbon Challenge.  Rhedd's Creative Spirit March Challenge

What have you been crafting?

Jess

Mini Album using Echo Park's Sweet Girl

I love to read and I love to craft, but I love nothing more than this...

My awesome little girl is the best thing since sliced bread.  

I was really good about scrapbooking her first year and then I fizzled.  I am getting back into it, but looking at my photo backlog usually sending me running for the hills.  

I decided rather than worry about doing them chronologically I would just scrap them as I feel like it.  That's why you date the pages right?

I made this great mini album using Echo Park's Sweet Girl line.  This post has a ton of photos-starting ....NOW!
I started with a Melody Ross mini album.  Most of the pages are completely recovered.

This is the front cover.  Some bakers twine helps define the clothes line.  A big Prima flower and some tiny forget me nots are on the bottom, along with a row of teeny pompom trim.

I used lots of foam tape to raise elements throughout the album.  I also aged the paper by using Distress Ink in Antique Linen.  

The hounds tooth on the side here is part of the original Melody album.  

I love this fluffy ribbon trim.  A rosette and vintage button give it just the right amount of sunshine.   

No album is complete without some washi tape.

Many of the stickers are a heavy chipboard.  

Vintage yellow pompom trim.  

Handmade rose and petals.  More washi tape and forget me nots.  

There's the ruffle ribbon in yellow.  I just glued the chipboard letters right to it.  

Crepe paper poppy.  

Tulle trim in red and gray.

More bakers twine to make the banner.

Vintage red pom pom trim and a big lady bug.

The back cover is the original cover.  I just added the sweet girl embellishment to it.  

Now I just need to add the photos.

Thanks for sticking with me on this  post!

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Try It on Tuesday Use your stash challenge

What have you been crafting?

Jess

Pretty Banners for your craft room

Last night I went to Michael's.  I had a gift certificate that was starting to burn a hole in my pocket.  I didn't have anything in mind to buy and I stumbled upon tiny wooden banner pieces.  Best part was they were only 29 cents each!  I bought a bunch and came home to see what I could come up with.  A while back I made a big banner for my daughter's room.

I love the way it came out.  It's so feminine and pretty. I honestly have no idea where I bought these banner pieces.  They were in my stash from the scrapbook convention.  The chipboard letters are from Hobby Lobby.  The glitter is Martha Stewart.  The flowers on the "A" and the "T" are Prima.  The flower on the "K" I made with old crepe paper. 

      

The little bird is Melissa Frances.  I colored the beak and highlighted the wings with Distress Markers.  The pearl embellishments are from Want 2 Scrap.

The new banner is tiny compared to this one, but it took me longer to make.  Sometimes I think working on a large surfaces makes me work faster.  The smaller surfaces take so much longer to find the right size embellishments.

My walls are a warm tan color so it is hard to get a photo that doesn't look gold.  I love this.  I think the black paper really makes the glittered letters pop.  I started by coloring the back and edges of the triangles with Shaded Lilac distress ink.  The chipboard letters are from recollections.  They were already glittered blue, but I didn't want to use blue for this project.  I used a mixture of Martha's Purple Spinel and Purple Sapphire.  

Of course I took close ups of each letter too.

These purple flowers have been rolling around in my flower box forever.  The middle one was the perfect size.  The two on the end were cut way down and smooshed to make the perfect bud. 

The bling is from Want 2 Scrap.  The black paper is from Pink Paislee. The brad I used on here is part of the coordinating collection.  

Yay! Tiny pompoms make me happy.  The rest of the embellishments on here are all brads that I trimmed the prongs off and glued down. 

This bling is from Prima. 

More coordinating bits on the side.  Buttons from the stash.  Vintage back and white trim on the top.  

Vintage millinery flowers flank a large silver Prima flower.  A little more bling from Want 2 Scrap.  

Here is where I create.  Messy, but I love it.   

What have you been crafting? 

Jess