Saturday 3 September 2016

Shades of Autumn - CD Sunday

People who know me well will know that I love craft magazines and buy lots of them. When I saw the Crafter's Inspiration Issue 11 Autumn from Crafter's Companion I just had to buy it.The magazine comes with a free CD, a DVD,leaf dies, leaf stamps and a vine embossing folder. I love autumnal colours  and I knew the magazine would provide me with inspiration for the next theme at CD Sunday. It's Pauline's first time to chose a theme and she's chosen Shades of Autumn.
I looked though the magazine and found an article on how to make luminaire's - basically they're just boxes with lights in. I didn't have the same dies that they'd used so looked through my stash for something suitable. I wanted to make a 4 sided luminaire whereas the one in the magazine is 3 sided so I made the measurements up as I went along. I took five photos to show the luminaire from different angles and with and without the lights inside switched on.

This first photo is of the box without the lights switched on:


 This is taken slightly from above to show the flowers on the lid:


A close up of the lid showing the flowers and leaves made from backing papers:


And finally 2 more photos with the lights in the box turned on:




The challenge runs until Saturday 17th September at 13:00. To be in with a chance of winning a prize you must use something printed from a craft CD Rom and you must name that cd in your blog post.


CD Papers used - The Seasons Collection by Kanban (printed onto vellum and glued behind the cutout panels).
Perfect Floral Companions by Creative Crafting World (for the yellow and pink flowers)
Dreams Come True by Funky Hand (for the green flowers)
The green leaves and flourish were cut from paper printed from a CD but I didn't make a note of the which cd it was.
Leaf stamps used - free with Crafter's Inspiration magazine
Dies used - Art Nouveau Collectable Die set from Tonic (to cut the panels in the box)
Fanciful Flourish (Left) by Cheery Lynn Designs (to cut the green flourish)
Autumn Morning Tumbling Leaves dies from Sara Davies Signature Collection (to cut the brown stamped leaves)
The flowers were all cut using a die free in a magazine and then curled up using a quilling tool. They were finished off by adding colour coordinated Tonic Nuvo Drops to the centres.
The green leaves were cut using a leaf die free with a Tattered Lace magazine.

I'm adding a link to the magazine - click here.  The luminaire is the fourth photo under the main one.

7 comments:

  1. A great project Pamela it looks amazing when lit.

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  2. What an amazing creation Pamela. A lot of work obviously went into this, lovely flowers too. It looks beautiful lit up.
    Jocelyn xx

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  3. This is an amazing project and gorgeous with the lights on, certainly a project with the amount of work in it.

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  4. Wow Pamela - now I understand what it is all about. What a fabulous project and what patience. You should be very proud of yourself.
    Hugs
    Carol
    xx

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  5. What a gorgeous project! I love the yummy colours too!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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    1. Thank you Dawn that's really nice of you to say so.

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  6. This is stunning Pamela, such a fabulous design with so many beautiful details.
    Pauline
    x

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