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June 04, 2014

SHABBY CHIC MUMS :)


Hey Everyone :)

A bit of a quiet week this week for me in blogland, but you can be sure I'm busy beavering away behind the scenes :)

I just wanted to make a quick post to share some mothers day gifts I made for my Mum and hubby's mum this mothers day!

The letters are paper mache letters brought on sale in my local Hobbycraft I think it was about £1.25 for the 3 letters in a nice box (which I'm sure will be used for something else...hehe)


The base's are made from the packing box from some reed diffusers. Stuffed with foam (the type used to package goods in boxes) and then a layer of thick cardboard placed over the base to make it all nice and secure. 

The bases were fully covered in pages from an old encyclopedia and as both of our mums love their gardens, the pages are all about plants :)

The letters were covered in patches of different DP. It was all then given a couple of coats of a white wash of paint. The swirls, hearts and butterflies were created using bits of a mask and polyfilla (yes the type you would get in the hardware store) mixed with a little PVA to make it a bit stronger. I then rubbed a little gilding wax over these areas and around the edges. 


The bigger flowers are all handmade and these also have a wash of paint on them.


A bit of lace, distress inks and some sepia photos of their kids and grand kids, which were distressed to age them and clear embossed to protect them, and they were finished.
(the last photos are different for my mum and hubby's mum, to show my brother and hubby's sister) 


They both loved them, which made me super happy as they took a long time to make...hehe....Mind you it was the first time I had made anything like this and was completely winging it hehe xx

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31 comments:

  1. Holley (Tondre) BarnhartJune 05, 2014 2:01 am

    gorgeous project! Wow.

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  2. jane stillmanJune 05, 2014 6:13 am

    Wow! what a fabulous project, fabulous photos, and flowers. Am now following on Bloglovin x

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  3. Susan HoganJune 05, 2014 6:24 am

    This project is just beautiful and so unique. I am sure both Mum's loved it. You 'winged it' well. Pollyfiller and PVA - saw somewhere today talcum powder (for babies) and PVA works well as well, and you can add acrylic paint to it for colour!! Why did I buy textured paste!! So pleased you entered it at Unstampabelles June challenge - hope to see you back!

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    1. Samantha KJune 16, 2014 10:17 pm

      Hehehe thanks Susan, at least you have some things to use when your texture paste runs out ;p xx

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  4. chrissiesJune 05, 2014 6:26 am

    Stunning make with wonderful textures

    Thank you for sharing it with us at Try it on Tuesday

    Love Chrissie x

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  5. Wendy McCarthyJune 05, 2014 6:30 am

    What a beautiful gift! Love all the textures and lovely shabby chic-ness! Xx

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  6. Linda SimpsonJune 05, 2014 8:09 am

    This is stunning, love everything, the papers, texture and beautiful embellishments.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  7. Jane SavageJune 05, 2014 8:28 am

    What a gorgeous gift, Sam! No wonder both ladies loved them! Great way to use up all those scarps of paper we can’t bear to throw away as well! xx

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    1. Samantha KJune 16, 2014 10:23 pm

      Thanks Jane, yep i think i'll be using up most of my scraps in a similar way now hehe. Hugs xx

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  8. Wynn WaltonJune 05, 2014 1:25 pm

    This is awesome and a great gift. I'm sure it'll be treasured forever. The gilding wax makes the embellishments pop. Thank you for sharing it with us at Unstampabelles. Wynn DT x

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  9. StephanieJune 05, 2014 1:49 pm

    Gorgeous creations and beautiful gifts that will be treasured!

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  10. Beth BrovoldJune 05, 2014 1:55 pm

    FABULOUS creations Samantha!!! Not surprised that the Moms loved their treasures...thanks for sharing with us at Fresh Brewed Designs!!

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  11. Jan LtcJune 05, 2014 8:14 pm

    Wow This is stunning xx Jan

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  12. Dawn LancasterJune 05, 2014 9:17 pm

    Fantastic Samantha!I bet the mums were thrilled with these!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  13. Evil EdnaJune 05, 2014 9:24 pm

    stunning, with such a great amount of deatil. thank you for joining us at TIOT.EE

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  14. Barbara BruderJune 05, 2014 10:01 pm

    This project is stunning. (I agree with many other commenters) So many great details, WOW. Thanks for joining us at the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge this month. Also, Craft-Dee BowZ is having our June Blog Hop. We’d love it if you can join in the hop. Leave comments on the DT posts to be eligible for the prize.

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  15. JaneJune 08, 2014 3:37 am

    Beautiful work - any Mother would be delighted to receive this :) Thank you for sharing with us on UnstampaBelles.

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  16. Tracey FehrJune 09, 2014 3:05 pm

    This is beautiful and I'm sure the Mums were just delighted to receive them. I never would have guessed you were "winging it". They turned out stunningly! Thanks so much for sharing your creation with us at Unstampabelles! Hope to see you play along with us again in the future!
    Tracey, DT

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  17. Cara MalmroseJune 09, 2014 4:52 pm

    What an awesome gift! Thanks for sharing this with us at Through The Craft Room Door.
    Please join us again! (Hugs) Cara

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  18. SAMARAJune 11, 2014 7:09 pm

    oh my G-d! This is just beyond my imagination to do as a project. Where on earth did you get the idea for all of this? I can hardly imagine how one arrives to do something so completely outstandingly gorgeous!!!!! I absolutely LOVE that you put your instructions down bit by bit. When someone sees a project as precious as this it is completely wonderful to be able to learn how to do it as well. Thanks for that generousity Samantha. Great to see you at Unstampabelles and I SOOOOOOOOOO look forward to seeing your future projects. I will look for you! best, Samara DT - USB

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    1. Samantha KJune 16, 2014 10:40 pm

      Thank you so so much for your lovely comments Samara. Hugs xx

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  19. bumblebee creationsJune 18, 2014 3:42 pm

    Awesome...thanks for joining in our challenge at Fresh Brewed Designs!

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