Dressing Up With Spellbinders, Stampendous And Scrapbook Adhesives By 3L

Re-edited: I am absolutely thrilled to bits - my dress form is the Top Pick at Frilly & Funky challenge! Yaaay!!!

Hello everyone! So lovely to see you popping in here today. First of all - a special heartwarming welcome to my newest followers - thank you so much for joining the 'gang' :). If this is your first visit here - welcome to my blog! Please, grab a cuppa, make yourself comfy and enjoy the read.

I am so thrilled to be taking part today in the Spellbinders Partner Hop featuring supplies from Spellbinders, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, DecoArt and Stampendous!

During Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week partnering companies will be joining in the fun offering inspiration and fabulous prizes. Each day selected companies will share fabulous project tutorials from their featured designers. And I am blessed to be Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's featured designer for this Springtime Hop :).

Join in the Hop for great project tutorials and fantastic prizes!

My offering today is an altered papier mache dress form. I recently found this old gal at a charity jumble sale in my town. She was originally decoupaged with Decopatch papers by the previous owner and she's definitely seen better days. The stand was also quite wonky and it broke off when I tried to straighten it. But I wasn't at all worried as I didn't like it anyway. I knew I would want to replace it and I already had something in mind for the job (more on that in a moment).

Luckily I could see the potential in this girl so I altered her with this shabby chic number.

From drab to fab - an altered shabby chic papier mache dress form

True to the nature of my special assignment, I have a lovely tutorial for you - to see the full details, you'll need to hop over to the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog. Simply click on the photo below and I will magically transfer you to the tutorial post :). I truly hope that these following pictures will tempt you (even more) to check it out (not to mention the prizes that are for grabs!).

Give an old papier mache dress form a shabby chic make-over! Click on the photo to access an easy to follow tutorial.

I have recently fallen madly in love with the crushed glass mosaic finishes that are currently trending in the home decor stores across the UK. You can see them on lamp bases, vases, mirrors, frames and even small table tops. For me the most exciting thing was to discover that you can easily recreate this sophisticated look with Adhesive Sheets and Mica Fragments.

On-trend - crushed glass mosaic effect that can be easily created with Adhesive Sheets and Mica Fragments

You don't have to be limited to the straight lines of your Adhesive Sheets either. And that's because you can die cut your Mica covered sheets with a guaranteed full coverage and no gummed up dies :) - just as I have done to create a rose lattice trellis in my recent Roses of Friendship card.

The inspiration for the outfit was drawn from this beautiful project made by Gail Schmidt from the Shabby Cottage Studio. I created my layers with Canvas Ribbons, Lace Ribbons and a paper trim die cut using Spellbinders Oval Regalia set. The flower was made using Peony die set.

Flower skirt created with Peony die set and Canvas Ribbons and lace

Supplies:

Adhesive Sheets 6x12", DODZ™ - Small, DODZ™ - 3D, Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/8", Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/4" (available soon); Canvas Ribbons and Lace Ribbons (Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®)

Other supplies:

Spellbinders: Peony and Oval Regalia die sets; Ephemera Papers

Stampendous: Pearlized Mica Fragments, Vintage Ladies and Charmed Art Perfectly Clear Stamps

DecoArt Americiana Decor Chalky Finish in Lace and Primitive, StazOn Mini Cloudy Sky ink by, seam binding, ribbon roses, decorative pins, pearls.

If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen this picture (below). I also invited guesses what I would be making from these old chess pieces...

Although I can't play chess, I can still put old chess pieces to good use :).

And here is the answer... I used them to make my new stand and a top/head for my dress form :). Up-cycling at its finest ha ha ha! :)

I up-cycled old chess pieces to create a new stand and top for my dress form.

So what do you think about my dress form? Better before or after? I'd love to know what you think!

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Have a fantastic creative week and good luck in the prize draw!

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Challenges for this project:
Vintage Stamping Challenges #30 - Olde Worlde
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - An Altered Art Challenge Blog March - Anything Goes
Frilly And Funkie - Bring On the Bling
Our Creative Corner - Junk In Your Trunk
Country View Challenges - Anything Goes
Craft Stamper Magazine - Anything Goes
Retro Craft Shop #9 - Retromania