Claire Selby Eco Birthday Vintage Banner

Here is a fun and addictive Eco Party Craft to make that is also Acid Free!  I made my Banner using vintage papers and acid free cardboard, the kind that comes on the backs of scrapbooking paper! The 12×12″ cardboard was the perfect size for these large Pennants. For my Banner I printed out the pinky peach Vintage Sheet Music Download from pinkdilla, cut them out in Pennant shapes and glued them to the acid free cardboard with Aleene’s® Acid-Free Tacky Glue™.

For decorating the Banner I covered the tops with ribbons and trims, and embellished with Close to my Heart adhesive pearls. The middle of the Pennants are decorated with vintage paper, crimped party paper stitched into flowers, and ribbon roses. I then finished off the Pennants with pom poms, Collage Stuff vintage paper, and pearls folded into flowers, an Art Chix butterfly, and vintage scraps. Just have fun with this step, you really can use anything unique like old book pages to decorate with.

Lastly, punch one hole on the top corners of each Pennant and string  together with seam binding ribbon. Now just hang  in a window or over a door for a gorgeous, one of a kind decoration!

Claire Selby Eco Birthday Vintage Banner

Claire Selby Eco Birthday Vintage Banner

Claire Selby Eco Birthday Vintage Banner

Claire Selby Glittered Vintage Sheet music Party Crown

I just finished this Glittered Birthday Party Crown for my 2 year old’s birthday and wanted to share it here for my friends and fans. I started the hat with a copy of Vintage Sheet Music cut into a semi-circle cone shape with a half inch flap on one side. I shared one of my vintage pinky peach Sheet Music for download HERE. I used Aleene’s® Acid-Free Tacky Glue™ on the half inch flap and stapled the Crown closed. Next, I stitched the Hot Pink flower out of crimped party paper and glued it to the vintage paper flower cutout. I hand stamped glue on the hot pink flower and added chunky silver glitter, and let it dry. I used an old checker piece to create the Robin’s egg Blue circles painted all over the crown. Once that dried I covered the crown in the Aleene’s® Acid-Free Tacky Glue™ and chunky iridescent White glitter and topped the crown with a pink pompom. I let everything dry overnight and then finished the crown by gluing the flower decoration to the front and threaded stretchy thread to the sides of the crown. Since my daughter was turning 2 I added the 2 die cut to the front but it could be left blank or add the number you need! This was a fun project and I hope to make more soon.

Claire Selby Glittered Vintage Sheet music Party Crown, just make it blue for a boy!

Claire Selby Lord of the Rings ATC Swap August 2011

I’m celebrating the Lord of The Rings extended edition Blu-ray Release with an ATC, Artist Trading Card, Swap! I hope you will play along with me, I got to make my ATCs  using my Lord of the Rings ATC kit and some of my For sale items! Here is how to participate:

1) Email Me to let me know you are going to participate, you may make 1 set of 4 cards or 2 sets of 4 to swap.

2) Make 1 set of 4 Artist Trading cards 2.5″ by 3.5″ with the Lord of the Rings theme, you will get back 3 ATCs, I keep one to photograph and share here on pinkdilla

3) Postmark date is Monday, August 8th 2011, Email me for my mailing address, and Include a self addressed label with your package

4) Only original artwork No Photocopies Please and NO Orcs, Goblins or Gollums. Thanks

A few words about ATCs;  Make sure to put your contact info like email address, name, date and blog on the backs of your cards. Most artists like to enclose their cards in a plastic sleeve or atc size bag this is a nice feature, but optional. You may use Fabric or textiles for your cards. Please respect all copyrights and only use free for Personal use images or original trading cards. This is a free swap open to Us and Canadian Residents. Please Check out my For Sale Items to get some ideas of ATC supplies or to Purchase a Lord of the Rings ATC Kit.

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Claire Selby Lord of the Rings ATC SWAP August 2011

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Pinkdilla Lord of the Rings ATC Swap background demo

For those who have wondered where to start when making ATCs or for someone looking for a new technique here is my Easy to Make backgrounds for Artist Trading Cards. I have been inspired by the release of the Lord of the Rings extended edition movies to Host my First ever Pinkdilla Swap! This will be a Lord of the Rings theme, I will post all of the info with photos coming soon. I covered my work surface with Tim Holtz’ craft sheet and have taken some of my extra Lord of the Rings trading cards to demonstrate with, they are the exact size of ATCs, 2.5″x3.5″.

First, I lightly hand sanded with fine sandpaper on the fronts of the cards to take away the glossy finish, (You don’t have to sand away all of the ink or down to the paper, just the glossy finish).

Pinkdilla Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo sanding

Pinkdilla Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo finished sanding

Next, I generously covered one of the sanded cards with Claudine Hellmuth’s Studio medium in glossy with a paint brush. I used background paper from my Lord of the Rings ATC Kit to cover the card with. Firmly press down the paper from one edge and then slowly press out any air bubbles all the way to the opposite edge.I place my card on a paper towel to dry under a very heavy book, I use a huge Bible for 2-3 days to make sure the cards are dried and flat.

Pinkdilla Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo Studio medium adhesive

Pinkdilla Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo paper background

Pinkdilla Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo pressing out air bubbles

For the second card, I liberally applied Gesso to the top of the card. I let it air dry 15 mins and then placed under a heavy book to dry for 2 days

Pinkdilla Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo applying Gesso

Pinkdilla Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo liberally apply Gesso

Once the Gesso is dry I used Twinkling H2Os in rainbow and watercolor paints to cover the card, it only takes a wet paintbrush and no water to make the H2Os and the watercolors vibrant, thick and creamy.

Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo Twinkling H2Os

Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo Twinkling H2Os

For my third card I used paper from my Lord of the Rings ATC kit and pieced paper around the pretty sky scene using the Studio Medium adhesive in glossy. Let dry for 2-3 days under a heavy book for the best results. I have 2 Arwen and the Elves Kits available and 2 Men of the rings kits available they are $12 each and included several cards and several ATC papers all ready to be decorated! Have fun making backgrounds and don’t forget to come back for the Swap Sign up!

Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo pieced paper background

Lord of the Rings ATC Swap demo pieced paper background

Men of the Rings ATC making Kit $12

Arwen and the Elves of the Rings ATC making Kit $12

Men of the Rings ATC making Kit $12

Arwen and the Elves of the Rings ATC making Kit $12