Claire Selby Mixed media Collage

It’s no secret that I love Christmas! It’s definitely no secret that I love old, vintage things, and retro style! For my Shimmering Frosty Artwork I chose all the images and things that brought back that happy childhood Christmas feeling! Although we rarely ever get snow in Texas,( and not enough to make a snowman with), I still love all of the imagery of  retro Santas, Frosty, and reindeers. I hope you enjoy seeing my artwork, as much as I enjoyed creating it! Here are the supplies that I used for my mixed media collage.

- a 12″ gallery wrapped canvas as my base

- blue & white acrylic paint,

- Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™

- mica flakes, & Pearl X Pigment powders in iridescent & copper

- vintage style postcards, papers and sheet music

- 1 vintage red fence trim from Canada

- 1 scrapbooking  jolee’s reindeer sticker

Claire Selby Mixed media Collage

Claire Selby Red & White Cards

I got all of my Red and White tulle, mica flakes, vintage leaves and stamens, pompoms and papers out to make these Christmas Cards. I used a vintage postcard image from Somerset Studio and the faux postage Madonna from Art Chix Studio as my focal points. I cut out an ornament shape from Amy Butler scrapbooking paper for the Madonna card and glued onto the card along with the white tinsel using Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. Let dry under a heavy book so the tinsel will stay flat. I finished it off with tulle and tiny pom poms! For the vintage style postcard card I used my creative memories decorative corner punch for the white paper. I then decorated with vintage millinery leaves and stamens to the bottom of the card and mica flakes to the corners! A great way to use up small scraps and left overs too! If you like to see more of my projects visit my Pinkdilla Facebook page.

Claire Selby Red & White Cards

Claire Selby Retro and Vintage style Ornaments

If you have a 12″ sheet of scrapbooking paper, than you have what you need to make two vintage style ornaments! I used my pinking shears to cut 2 cone shapes out of my 12″ sheet of paper. I then glued one into a cone shape, and added a few staples across the back to help it dry. Once it was dry I glued on the red paper circle cutouts using Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. Next, I glued the vintage Santa face to a red paper diecut, adding it to the inside of the ornament along with Angel Hair tinsel. On the outside of the paper cone I added red and white tinsel and 1 pompom to the bottom. This ornament has that Retro 50′s style to it that I love! For the Vintage Style ornament I swapped the scrapbooking paper for Vintage Sheet music and added a German Dresden Bird Scrap to the front, very 1900′s! Fun and a neat project for the afternoon!

Cut a 12" scrapbooking paper into two cone shapes

Vintage style paper Ornament

Retro Style paper Ornament

I love creating wreaths every year and this year I wanted to do a Candy Cane wreath with lots of pink ornaments. I mostly could only find hot pink and red ornaments so I decided to glitter some white ornaments in pink glitter to add to the wreath! I think it turned out so cute, it is a little more pink in person because my camera’s flash makes it seem a tad more red. For Glittering your own ornaments it’s a quick and fun project, if you mess up or want to start over just wipe off with a damp paper towel before it dries! I used Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™ with a wide flat paint brush and just “painted” the glue on in a wave pattern. I then used the tip of the brush to make the perfect little spots! Glitter with a fine glitter, I used Martha Stewart, and just brush away any excess glitter with a small soft paint brush. The best part about  glittering ornaments for a wreath is you don’t have to glue and glitter all the way around, just the front and sides! I was happy to find the Aleene’s Hot glue sticks for gluing the ornaments to the wreath. When I use Large ornaments I like to wire them on and hot glue them in place. Have fun decorating ornaments for your tree or decorating packages or for use on a wreath! My daughter even helped by glittering a Candy Cane card, the perfect display for the center of the wreath!

Claire Selby craft and Adrianna Selby Artwork

Claire Selby Recycled paper craft

Don’t throw away those little scraps of paper!! They are a treasure trove just waiting to get delved into! With this adorable paper craft you can use a punch or cut out by hand, just go through your stash of left over paper and combine in a sweet colorway. For my Colors I choose palest pink, golden yellow, taupes and browns. This would be a great Baby gift or girls room decor. Most of the papers are Stampin’ up and other Acid Free Scrapbooking paper. The pale pinks are from Paper Source and a Martha Stewart paper pack. I had fun mixing the textures of my paper from sheer, to glittered, to even fabric scraps from a West Elm store! You will need a ruler to at least line up the bottom row and the side row that way everything is nice and tidy! I glued down all of my paper with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. I also used the tacky glue to apply vintage mica flakes and fine champagne colored glitter to 2 of the butterflies. For the last row I added some machine stitching to the butterflies. I’m so happy to be able to recycle my scraps of paper into a fun to make craft instead of just tossing them!

Claire Selby Recycled paper craft Closeup