Woo Hoo! Shabby Cottage Studio Time:) :) :)

Greetings One and All

(Well it was different from Hello Everyone! LOL)

Here we are again, with one of my 

Favourite Internet Shops and the 

Lovely and Talented

Gail Schmidt

of

Shabby Cottage Studios

Who I am so proudly the

Artist in Residence for:)

Gail Offers Up a Fabulous Assortment 

of Workshops and Classes

on

Shabby Cottage Studios

by a plethora of Wonderful and Talented Artists!

And today, Gail has posted a

New Workshop Class

of her own!

'Exploring Digital Brushes

Artfully'

by 

Gail Schmidt

And to Celebrate She's put it on Sale this Week

to Introduce you all to it!!!

So please do pop on over to see the Fabulous Collection

of Workshop, Classes and Gail's New Class as well as

New Products beginning to arrive for her 

Wonderful Shop!

But in the meantime, I have a 

Brand New Tutorial

which I hope you will enjoy and to inspire you

to try some of these ideas yourselves!

Cigar Box Assemblage

by Denise Phillips

Using Products from

Shabby Cottage Studios

It may only be a few more days until 

Valentine's Day

but Love should be Year Round!!! 

(grin).

So Lets Get Started!

Using Gail's 7gypsies 'Roma' Book Covers

I wanted to come up with something a little 

different than what would come to mind first

off in using them.

I love using them to make Mini-Books, Cards even!

Backgrounds for wall displays but this is what

I chose to do this time....

Gail also sent me these 2 wonderful 

New Products 

Maya Road 'Vintage' Wood Doily's

I love these Lazier Cut Doily's!!

And this adorable Tin Heart Pan!!!

So being the main elements used in this

Project, I had an assortment of 

Vintage Faux Pearls.

Using Ranger's Glossy Accents

I put a layer of the Glossy Accents all over

the bottom of the Tin Heart and

filled the Tin Heart with the Pearls:)

Doesn't take long for the Glossy Accents

to dry, with a not too thick layer to

adhere the pearls.

Next was the Maya Road Wood Doily

Using ('Mr. Tim's':)

 Tim Holtz 'Distress Stain' 

(which Gail also offers in her shop:)

I coloured the Wood Doily with ease.

I love these Stains, they're so easy to use!!

I then took one of my favourite Script Stamps

and using StazOn Ink Pad 

I gave a gentile stamping

of the script on the Wood Doily.

Then using Tim Holtz 'Distress Ink Pad' 

Walnut Stain I Distress Inked all the 

edges.

So now, using the 7gypsies Book Cover

and the Maya Road's Wood Doily 

I added a Tim Holtz Metal Clip

and using what I find works great if

you need a little extra bond strength 

when glueing, 

Bathroom and Kitchen Clear Caulking!

It takes longer to 'cure' actually overnight is

best to really let the caulk set up, but it's such

a 'pain free' way of gluing something that

is questionable in weight or material.

In this case it was weight, because next...

I glued the Tin Heart Pan to the Doily:)

Then playing around with a salvage edge of

a Vintage Dictionary Page, I printed with stamps,

then used Distress Ink to rough up the edges.

I cut a piece of chipboard to back the little 

banner piece, as the Dictionary salvage edge

being Vintage you can imagine how fine the

paper is. But I love the look using the

Vintage paper:)

Then using the Ranger Glossy Accents again,

I glued the little banner to the pearls in the tin.

I deliberately made the banner wider so that

when it was mounted on the cigar box it 

would 'flow over' the pan.

I had this Fabulous Vintage Cigar Box 

( a gift of an assortment of them from a friend!)

That was already lacquered in the black on the

outside, with rich details of wood on the inside

(absolutely gorgeous!!!!)

So I printed up one of Gail's Fabulous

Digital Graphic Background Sheets

'Damask'

Cut it down to size and used an edger punch to

round the corners to match the box and the

book cover to mount to it.

And while the other piece was still drying

I worked on the inside lid of the box.

Again using Gail's 'Damask' Graphic Background Sheet,

I lined the top of the lid,

(I will explain later why I didn't do the bottom:)

Then I used the other 7gypsies Book Cover 'Roma' that

came in the package, and using the Glossy Accents

glued it onto the Digital paper.

Using one of Gail's Shipping Tags from her shop, I covered

the tag with Tim Holtz Tissue Tape,

then glued it to the top of the book cover, then

Using one of Gail's wonderful charms that she

has in her shop, this one is by Blue Moon

Angel Key:)

I glued it using the Bath/Kitchen Clear 

Caulking to get a good hold:)

Again using the Bath/Kitchen Caulking

I glued the book cover to the top of the Cigar Box

and there ya go!!!

Cigar Box Assemblage!

Now there's a reason that I didn't do the inside

bottom of the box....

Here's the reason:)

If you are interested in having my 

Cigar Box Assemblage

Tutorial Piece....

yes, I'm giving it away!!!

Then please leave a Comment

on this Blog Post, 

sign on as a Google Follower

here on my blog,

then go on over to 

Shabby Cottage Studios

and sign up for 

Gail's Newsletter

and leave a Comment on

her blog and

you'll be

Entered to Win

my 

Tutorial Assemblage:)

Deadline for Entries is

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

With the Winner being Announced on

Friday, February 24th, 2012!!!!

So I hope this Tutorial gets you inspired

to do some assemblages yourself!!

And please stop by 

Shabby Cottage Studio

To check out all the fun New Products

Gail will be offering soon!!!

Till next time!

Enjoy!!!