Lets Get Shabby and Faye's Hen Night

The challenge over on http://letsgetshabby.blogspot.com/ is to createsomething using chipboard, paint and lace. Here's my entry to the challenge, an 8'' square chipboard accordion book in a box.
To make the front cover a bit different from the rest of the album, I cut a square of corrugated card and distressed it in similar colours to the box and the album, created an arched aperture, added lace to the inside of it and a photo.


I created a flower from lace with a pearl brad centre to add some dimension.


For the box, I used green shades of acrylic paints and blended them well along with some white, which was dry brushed to make the finish a bit more shabby looking. I added the words with white acrylic using some large foam stamps by Making Memories.

I made another lace flower with a brad centre and added a couple more bought flowers, ribbon, pearls, 3d paint dots and painted a couple of Chippy swirls with silver acrylic to add some dimension. This was coupled with a photo of Gina and Steve which was cut into the shape of an arch to fit in with the wedding theme.

I used various hand made embellishments and stamped sentiments to accent the inside pages.

I painted the backgrounds before stamping the sentiments, painted the green leaves white and added a few pearls.

The leaves on the page below were made from dried baby wipes which I had used to add paint to the pages. I cut them out by hand and added swirls using a rubber stamp.

The chipboard letters below were painted with crackle paint.

The slide mounts on the pages below were all painted using different techniques and were a great way of showing some of the family at the Wedding. I used my own handwriting through out the book as I think it is so important.

It was Faye's Hen Night last Saturday and here we all are at the start of the evening. We had a fantastic meal in 'the Punch Bowl' in Cleethorpes, then moved onto a couple of pubs, arriving home at 2 in the morning which is very late for me.

Here is Gina, now Mrs Lilley, and Faye on the night. In just 11 days, Faye will become Mrs Wright. I am really looking forward to the day and evening when so many family and friends will come together to celebrate, many of which will be staying over at the Hotel with us. I can't wait!!!!!!!
My next post will probably be of the Wedding, then it will be back to normality......................................................................................OR WILL IT???

We have seen a house and are thinking of moving, will it happen?????? Watch this space!!!

Sue x