Hi there.
Today's project was a way for me to add a little bit of drama into a birthday gift:
Like me, the birthday-girl in question loves Shakespeare so hopefully she's enjoying this little scene [It's her birthday today and she should already have opened it - so this shouldn't be spoiling the surprise!]
If you managed to grab one of the recycled chipboard Artchix Scalloped Stand Up Stages then here's how you can create a stage set with it. [They're out of stock at the moment but you could make something very similar from one of the shrines which are still available].
- Cut two narrow slots near the bottom of the stage then cover the front with decorative paper.
NOTE: If you want your stage to be able to fold flat at some point [for posting or storage] DO NOT paper-over both the front of the stage AND the tabs. Cover the tabs separately so you can still bend them flat.
- Add a length of German Scrap copper Renaissance border beneath the slots.
- Trim-off the excess with sharp scissors / craft knife and cut away the paper which will now be covering the two slots.
- Create stage-curtains from old book pages - mine were from a book about Shakespeare.
- Embellish with Dewdrops then decorate and define edges with black and white poster paint pens.
- Assemble an Artchix paper doll [I used the Garden Fairy set] and fix her arms to the body using brads so she can move. And, as she's mingling with the stars I gave her a German Scrap copper Renaissance border as a belt.
You could create both your characters from the Artchix doll sets or you could print out a special guest star like I did!
- Fix your 'actress' to a lolly-stick using a strip of card, bent at a right angle, slide the lolly stick into the slot in the stage:
... and hey presto! You're now the proprietor of your very own theatre and cast!
See you next time.
Julie
Fabulous... Take a bow!
ReplyDeleteThis is fab Julie, I'm sure your sister loves it & happy Birthday to your sister too.
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WOW I'm speechless, that is fabulous, and a great fun for your sister.
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