Creative Belli 121- Make your own Embellishment(s)

 The Creative Belli Challenge for the next two weeks is to make your own 'embelli's'.
I had fun creating with no crafting supplies.... left them at home...whoops!  I had to be a bit creative- here is what I came up with:

 I could only find one store with Stamping/scrapbooking supplies, so I bought a few things.....

    I decided to lay out what was in my kit-my first time ever buying a kit. I love this Victorian lady- so I trimmed her into an oval and used ric rac and beads to outline her- see- you can live without your Nestabilities in a pinch....... Here is what I did:

  First, you need a needle with a small enough eye that the beads will fit over.  I used a single strand of  thread and pierced the edge of the ric rac in the back and came through to the front of the picture with it. Add the bead and then you want to put the needle back through the same hole to the back of your cardstock/image. Be careful not to pierce too closely to the edge so the needle will not rip the cardstock open to the edge in that spot.
  This is what it looks like finished:

 I did not need to go all of the way around the oval, as I am adding a flower in that area.

  Next, I am going to gather the ric rac and make a flower to fit in the center of the purple fabric flower. Just take a single thread again and gather the ric rac to the desired length.  Play around with gathering the ric rac and see what look you like best for your project.

 Once you have the desired number of peaks- tie the ends of your gathering thread - as you pull the threads to make a knot, the ric rac will gather into a flower.

pull the threads and you will end up with this:

 Finish off the edges of the ric rac and play around with the flower until it looks the way you would like it to- Viola.....add some beads to the centers of the flower to finish it off.

 I also made the flowers in the upper right- if I were at home, I would add stickles to the edges.

 I had a clear button in my suitcase, so I added a circle of the patterned paper from the kit to the back and used the purple thread to tie a know in it.

  The spirit of the Belli challenges is to encourage you to use your OLD and FORGOTTEN embellishments! Glad I had that old clear button in my suitcase....!

For ideas and inspiration, check out the DT creations:

Ceal Pritchett
Anne Harmon
Jessica Stockmeyer
Joan Ervin
Maria Matter
Joy Hadden
Robin Parker
Mary Marsh
Karen Wallace

Also, if you upload a card to any galleries online  to Splitcoast , PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC121 in the keywords section.


Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly