Wednesday 17 September 2014

Altered Ribbon Reel -

This is another of the samples that I made for the release of the new Winston CD, you may have spotted it sitting on the counter alongside the altered sardine can. I warn you now there is picture overload on this post but I still failed miserably to capture it properly. It's not often I say this, but the photos really don't do this justice!



I got given this empty ribbon spool by one the members of staff in Hobbycraft who said they just bin them and if I could make any use of it then I was more than welcome to it. So being the hoarder that I am I carried it home with me and shoved it in my stash of altering bits. I have to be honest and say that I'd almost completely forgotten about it until I went to retrieve the sardine can for the other project. That said I glanced at it and thought no more of it until I'd coloured up Sewing Etty and decided that I wanted to decoupage her! Being short of time I decided that I'd scan the image and print multiple copies, however, it changed the colour tone and it no longer fitted with the papers I'd chosen. So I sat and pondered for a while and then suddenly the ribbon reel came to mind and I knew exactly what I would do!


So I grabbed it from the box and sat the image on top of it and as luck would have it, it was the right size! So I set to work and painted the reel with Gesso and Acrylic Paints so that it resembled wood.


Once dry I glued the lace and pearls onto the reel and added some tape measure ribbon that I had in my stash.


I then cut out the image and layered it up before adding glitter and Glossy Accents.


I decided that I wanted the reel to be viewed from all angles so I created a "fabric" panel screen using papers from the CD and hot glued it into place.



I then added the image to reel and started to add various embellishments from the CD such as the hat, pins, scissors, bunting, birds etc...


Once they were in place I felt that the reel needed some 3D elements so I added some little wooden reels available from Polka Doodles.


By this point I was starting to run really short on time so I grabbed my mini flower punch that I seem to use on almost every project at the moment and punched an assortment of flowers from the papers I'd printed from the CD. I then mixed these up with some of the handcut flowers from the CD.


I had lots of fun making this project and will definitely be grabbing more of these reels for use in future projects.


Thanks for stopping by today.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts - Anything Goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes
The Mirror Cracked - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Ribbons,Lace & Pearls
Not Just Cards- Antything Goes
Try it on Tuesday - Recycle It

25 comments:

  1. WOW Claire this is AWESOME! I love this cute bear and all the gorgeous embellishments.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  2. absolutly wonderful you are so very clever xx

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  3. WOW, I love this idea, it's amazing what you can use to help you out x

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  4. I love your idea and your work is lovely x

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  5. Wow Claire, you've done it again. This is stunning from every angle, wow xx

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  6. This is absolutely beautiful Claire so very detailed and pretty. Love your altered sardine tin to bits as well!
    Fliss x

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  7. Oh wow stuck for words, beyond stunning x

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  8. Wow - this is seriously awesome!! It's absolutely beautiful - love it!!
    xx

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  9. ooh wowzers what a beautiful and very clever project...gorgeous well done you ...x carol

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  10. Yet again another fabulous altered art piece xx love it x
    Sandie x

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  11. I am gob-smacked Claire this is just mind blowing,amazingly stunning ,ab-fab and all the rest you are an artist
    hugs Sus xxx

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  12. Absolutely adorable and oh so clever and sweet! It's hard to imagine that it is even better in person, looks amazing to me! All the detail is brilliant!

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  13. Claire - this is absolutely gorgeous - what an amazing creation. TFS

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  14. Claire, this is soooooo nice! I've often wondered what to do with used ribbon reels and you have created something FABULOUS. So many details and I love that no matter which way you look at it, there is something to see!!!

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  15. This is fantastic, I'm amazed....... You're very talented x

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  16. Oh wow another fab altered project so many details these must take you hours.
    Jenny x
    p.s my little girls was looking over my shoulder she thinks it's fantastic and keeps saying wow how did she get everything so small she just had a nosy at some of your older projects too x

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  17. Thats brilliant, love it when an idea comes together, maybe i can do something with the empty fishing spool that hubbie left on table xxx

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  18. Awesome!!!! Just - honestly - WOW!!!!

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  19. WOW, WOW, WOW!! Holy moses what a great make! There are so many great details here, I'm not sure where to start except to say WOW!! I am loving your laces and ribbon! Just beautiful!

    Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and More!
    Hugs Pamellia DT :)

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  20. Hello Claire, Wow I would never have thought to alter a ribbon reel. This looks amazing. So much to look at. Love the screens and the Teddy is just so sweet.

    Teighan

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  21. This is amazing. What a transformation. Very clever stuff x

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  22. This is so pretty. I love the 3 piece section you used to create a wall. Awesome job!

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