Welcome Halloween Bubble Frame

It's time for another project with Globecraft & Piccolo! Today's project is a Halloween themed home decor bubble frame inspired by Mary Howitt's poem The Spider and the Fly.

""Will you walk into my parlor?" said the Spider to the Fly."

This was a quick and easy project to put together! Choose some fun papers and embellishments, including the Fancy Labels & Roses Accents, Bling on a Roll and Oval Bubble Frame Kit. Supply links below.

Cut apart the Fancy Frame. Cover the Bubble Frame with the papers, the Fancy Label circle and Accents with Embossing Enamel Powders, glitter and 3D Gels. The circle behind the skull is a mix of Micro Black Embossing Enamel Powder and Pure Sparkle Silver Glitter.

The skull was a plastic ring. I cut off the ring part and used hot glue to adhere the skull to the circle. Cut 2 of the circles from the Bling on a Roll and glue into the eye sockets.

After embossing the wings, I used hot glue to attach the wings to the back of the circle not the frame.

Love the layers!

The dragonfly was covered in Mars Black 3D Gel and Pure Sparkle Silver Glitter was added before the gel dried.

 I only used 1 layer of Embossing Enamel Powder so that the surface would be textured like old wrought iron. Add a little eyelash yarn for more texture and fun...that's it!

Have some crafty fun this weekend!

Inky hugs,
Angi

      

Fairy in a Bubble

  Happy Wednesday everyone! leslierahye here playing with the Small Traditional Oval Bubble Frame Kit! I love the vintage feel of these frames--it reminds me of the photos in my grandmother's house. Today I've used a free vintage fairy download and printed it on card stock to the 3×5" size 4 times. Next I trimmed out "layers" of my image so that I could stack the layers with foam in between  to make my image dimensional. I added a small butterfly charm (I removed the hanging loop) embossed with Bahama Aqua to the stack under the globe. I adhered my layered image to the back of the Traditional Oval Bubble Frame. As I was using the frame sideways, I removed the photo stand backing so that I could display on a shelf with a floral frog.
I next used the bottom ring and layered enamel powder using the enamel powder adhesive to adhere the powder to the chipboard. I began with Bahama Aqua and then added Mermaid Tears. Next I used a music background stamp with the adhesive fluid and Deep Blue Sky. I then used the middle ring and layered Poodle Skirt and Aged Pink.
To Adhere the layers I used a white heavy body glue and held it closed with clothes pins until dry. I added my little metal roses to the base to echo the roses in the fairies hair. I edged around the large frame with a black marker to finish off the edge of the chipboard.

Enamel Powder AGED PINK
Enamel Powder BAHAMA AQUA
Enamel Powder DEEP BLUE SKY
Enamel Powder MERMAID TEARS
Enamel Powder POODLE SKIRT
Small Traditional Oval Bubble Frame Kit TOSM
Butterfly Charm Set CA103

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

  I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

Hunter's Sunset

  Happy Wednesday everyone! leslierahye here presenting a few new release products paired with the Piccolo Powders and 3D Enamel Gels! There are a few frame bubble kits in the most recent release and they are great for stand alone art in your surroundings--they cone with an easel back that can be glued on to provide support for your project.  They have generous mats to make a lush layered home decor accent! 

I began by marking where the opening would be on the base chipboard and brushing a coat of glastique in the oval. The glastique seals the chipboard and in this case allowed me to create a sunset scene with the gels. With a rainbow of gels I created a sunset background in a field by brushing on color in layers.  Once satisfied with the effect I set it aside to dry. 

I next embossed the elements for my scene with black detail emboss powder and Vintage Black. The layers were embossed with Brownstone, Vintage Black and Vintage Silver. Before laying each element I edged then with Black Marker to finish off the edge of the chipboard.

Globecraft & Piccolo Products used
3D Enamel Gel DAFFODIL PEARL
3D Enamel Gel DEEP RED
3D Enamel Gel LEAFY GREEN
3D Enamel Gel PURPLE MIST
3D Enamel Gel ORANGE
3D Enamel Gel SATIN HONEYDEW
3D Enamel Gel ULTRAMARINE
Enamel Powder BROWNSTONE
Enamel Powder MICRO BLACK
Enamel Powder VINTAGE SILVER
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
On The Hunt Accents (set of 9) LA112
Medium Fancy Rectangle Bubble Frame Kit FRMED

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Glastique GLOSS Finishing Glaze 2 oz.

  I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

Globecraft A2 Album

Sandy with you today.  Here is a peek at a new Globecraft set that will be in the store soon.  It is actually a picture frame but I wanted to make it into an album.

The set comes with 3 of each of the pieces you see above, including the globes (a total of 3 frames).  The outer dimension is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.  A tip when assembling these; make sure your hands are clean when handling the globe or you will get fingerprints.  If you do, just clean gently with some window cleaner and it will be back to new.

For my album, I used two Piccolo embossing powders; Girl's Night Out and Starry Sky.  I added a French Oval Frame, also embossed with Starry Sky for an elegant look.  Inside the dome, I have Large Floral Daisy Accent, which I colored with Rose Pearl and Avocado 3D Gel Enamel.  The butterfly is from the Butterfly Earrings set which is on clearance.  I colored it with Gold 3D Stamp Paint, adding some black accents with a Copic markers. 

I love the rich look of the embossing powder and look forward to filling my album with happy memories.

Vintage Photo Frame

  Happy Wednesday everyone! leslierahye here to share with you a project that reminds me of the vintage photos with the domed glass. We received a bunch of photos from my husbands great-grandmother and several were in antique domed glass frames. They were simple amazing. When I saw this new kit in the Spring Release, I immediately knew I wanted to use a vintage photo of his great grandmother on her wedding day. 

I began by printing the photo so that it fit in a 2¾×3¾" square--a little larger than the actual opening of the frame. I positioned the frame where I wanted it, traced around it and cut it out.

I adhered the photo down to the backing in the kit. I embossed the frame in Gilded Rose and the lacy overlay in Victorian Bronze. I brushed on Matte Glastique on the lacy overlay for a bit of contrast. I sandwiched the globe between the frame and the photo covered backing with Beacon 3&1. The lacy overlay was added with glastique.

Globecraft & Piccolo Products used

Enamel Powder VICTORIAN BRONZE
Enamel Powder GILDED ROSE GOLD
Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

Glastique MATTE Finishing Glaze 2 oz.
French Oval Bubble Frame Kit F100kit

Tip: I have found these aluminum roses at  my local jewelry and bead shop. They come in a variety of colors. I prefer to buy one kind and then use my emboss enamels to color them. In the above photo the one in the middle is the original unaltered rose. I tested different Emboss Powders on the roses [Mermaid Tears is on the left/ Aged White on the right] For my project I used the Gilded Rose. I used my piercing tool to hold the rose on the hole in the back. I heated the rose and dipped it into the preferred powder. I then melted the powder and set aside to cool. These become very hot so use tweezers or pliers to handle.

 

 I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

A Little Vintage Love

Howdy folks!

Aimee here with a sweet little project to share with you.

 

Today we will play with the awesome French Oval Classic Bubble frame kit

along with Vintage Dress Form embellishments, flowers, inks, and enamel powders.

Want to make it?

Sweet!

What you'll need:

Piccolos Vintage Dress Form Embellishments & French Oval Bubble Frame Kit

Enamel Powders: Gilded Rose Gold, Aged White, Vintage Black 

Enamel powder Adhesive

Enamel Gels: Rose Pearl & Gold

E600 glue

Adirodack inks- Butterscotch, Cranberry, and Ginger

Flowers

Pink Gelato

Paint brush, water, stipple brushes or sponges, heat tool, tooth picks, clamps/clothespins, heavy book, word sticker, scrap of black wire, Ranger's Sticky back canvas (or some good card stock and adhesive)

 

1. Use the oval ad trace the sticky back canvas/paper. Cut out.

Adhere to the oval.

2. Use the stipple brushes or sponges and color the canvas.

3. Add a little pink Gelato and smoosh it around

 a bit with a damp paint brush. Set aside to dry.

4. Use the adhesive fluid and Aged White powder to coat the oval frame. 

I did two coats.

5. Use the adhesive fluid and Gilded Rose Gold powder to coat the lace frame.

I did two coats on it, too.

6. Use a tooth pick to add E600 glue to the back of the lace frame.

Adhere it to the oval frame and stick it under a heavy book for awhile

to make sure it's good and adhered.

7. Use the adhesive fluid and Vintage Black powder to coat the dress form.

I really love the way it looks!!!

8. Now begin assembling your piece.

Use a toothpick to put E600 glue onto the back of the dress form ad adhere it to the canvas oval.

I used E600 to glue everything down on this one.

9. Once the inside is done, place the clear bubble over it,

using E600 glue to adhere it. Clamp it down for awhile to be sure it's

really stuck on! Add the frame using the E600 glue and clamping it down as well.

Add some flowers and it's done.

Isn't it pretty?

Vintage style French Bubble Frame

Morning everyone, Tracy here. 

Have you been and checked out the new Spring release ? there is some fantastic items in the release, so if you haven't checked it out, then what you waiting for ! 

Onto what I have been creating this week. 

I have used one of the fab Bubble Frame kits, the one I have used is the new French Oval Kit, and it is beautiful ! 

I wanted to go with a vintage/shabby style with it...

What do you think ? I was really happy with how it turned out. 

On the actual frame I have painted it with Off white paint, and then used a Crackle glaze, once dry I used Distress stain, which i rubbed all over and then buffed off. 

The edges of the frame and French oval I rubbed some gold wax. 

Inside the Bubble I have used the new Stacey's stacking flowers, which are brilliant and so versatile ! I used Aged White Embossing Enamel & Copper Kettle Embossing Enamel on the flowers and trimmed them so they sat around the edge of the frame, I also "lifted" some of the petals to give some dimension to them.

I have also used one of the butterflies from the Butterfly Accents set and one of the flourishes from Medium Flourish Accents set, i embossed these using Bahama Aqua Embossing Enamel

Here is a closer look at the butterfly...

You can also see the crackle and the beautiful frame better in this picture. 

I hope you like what I have been creating this week, don't forget to check back everyday and see what the rest of the team have been creating, and why not head on over to our Facebook page and share what you have been creating too. 

Happy crafting. 

Butterflies and Bubbles

Sandy here with you today.  When I started my Globecraft Piccolo project, I had in mind that I would make a 5 x 7 inch card.  But I liked the look of it so much, I decided to add it to a frame for display in my house.  I began my creation with the new A2 Bubble Background Piccolo, embossing it with Aged White Enamel.  The corner vine pieces are from a discontinued set but I spoke to the owner, Stacey, and she said we will be seeing them again in several sizes.  I embossed them with Shamrock Dreams Enamel. 

Next came the Large Butterfly;  using a paint brush, I applied Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid so I could add Bahama Aqua Enamel to the top wings and Royal Sterling Enamel to the bottom wings.  I used Vintage Black Enamel for the body.    For the small butterflies from the Butterfly Charm Set, I first trimmed off the hangers with scissors and then embossed them with Vintage Copper Enamel.   Be sure to click on the pic above for a larger view of the beauty of these embossing powders.

Lastly, I added some Mars Black 3D Enamel Gel to the bodies of the small butterflies and as "eye spots" on the wings of the large butterfly.  The bookboard is flexible enough that I could mold the wings up a bit for some added dimension. Be sure to stop by each day for more inspiration from the Globecraft Piccolo Design team. 

A Fond Farewell...

Hi everyone. I want to start off by saying thanks to all the amazing group of ladies I had the pleasure of working with here at Globecraft & Piccolo. I will be moving on to new ventures and crafty fun, but rest assured the returning and new ladies coming up are FANTABULOUS. I can't wait to see all the new projects they will be sharing with all of us.

Monica Edwards
Simply Monica

For my post today I created this Fancy Hanging Header from G&P. I thought the sentiment went well for the occasion today. Love Starts with a Smile, Grows with a Kiss and Ends with a Tear! These tears are tears of the joy for sure.

I outlined the back piece with this flower trim to give it a ruffled look as I layered the additional pieces.

This is a look at the piece .

 Header.

This piece here I actually added on to the end - it is the ending to the sentiment.

Here is the entire finished piece.

I hope everyone has enjoyed my projects here with Globecraft and always remember to Create, Share and Inspire!

Hugs,

Monica

Making a pretty little teapot

 

Good morning!  Chrissy here to show you how to use your scrapbook paper to dress up the Teapot Bubble Frame.

For this project, I used Glitz Designs' "Cashmere Dame" paper collection and some May Arts bead strands.

First, trace the teapot layer with the oval cut out onto the paper. Then cut it out.

Next, glue your cutout onto the chipboard layer. Because I wanted to use some Metallic Gold Gel Enamel, I cut the paper off the loop at the top of the teapot.

Now apply the gel enamel.

While the enamel is drying, it's time to start working on the teacup layers. Go ahead and trace them onto the pattern paper.

Once you have both of of your teacup layers traced and cut out, you can glue the paper onto the chipboard and then glue your layers together.

Now it's time for the fun part. Embellishing! For my teapot, I used some May Arts bead strands, gesso, punchinella, and a cameo. I busted out my trusty hot glue gun and started gluing down my bead strands.

Here's what it looks like with all of the beads applied.

I brushed some gesso onto the back layer of the teapot. Once it dried, I glued my punchinella down.

Now it's time to glue the top onto the bottom and apply the cameo.

And there you have it. For a quick tutorial on how to use something of this size as an embellishment, head over to my blog and check it out!

Cheers!