Andy Skinner: Vintage Collection, by Natassa Blazaki

Hello my dear friends!

I'm back this month with a new project and I decided to share with you something less grungy and more vintage shabby chic.

I was very much inspired by the French Fancy Transfers set by Creative Expressions which, as I noticed, coordinated perfectly with the Shabby Chic Stamp set by Stampendous.

The first thing that came to my mind, was to create some vintage labels to put on old bottles. Then I thought of making some decorative plates to go with the bottles. I tried to create all those beautiful vintage items I’d like to showcase in a shabby chic cabinet.

So, I went to a toy store and bought some clear plastic party plates. I chose two different sizes, 6inches and 7 ½ inches diameter. Then, I went to the well known Swedish home store 😉and bought a set of three small decorative vases, that looked like apothecary bottles.

First thing I did, was to paint the plates. I started with a coat of DecoArt Metllics “Tin” and a second one with Chalky Finish “Enchanted” mixed with some “Everlasting”.

Mind you, that I as working with plastic plates and couldn’t use the heat gun to dry up the paint, so I let it dry naturally. Then, I glued the clay appliques on the plates and let those too dry completely. I brushed some Chalky Finish “Enchanted” on the appliques, trying to cover the recessed areas and give depth to their designs.

After that, I created a few washes in grayish and pinkish tones and added them on the plates with a piece of natural sponge.

I decorated the centers of the plates with designs from the stamp set and the transfers. For the bottles, I used some metal dies and cut the labels out of scrapbooking paper. I used the transfers to decorate them. Then I distressed them and glued them on the bottles with DecoArt Decoupage glue.

In order to age the bottles, I applied several washes on them in gray, pink and brown tones. I sealed them with DecoArt Matte Sealer.

As a finishing touch on the appliques, I used some Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder "Super Nova".

In the video below, you can see how I did it. Because heat is necessary for the embossing powder to melt, if you're using plastic plates like I did, you'll have to do one section at the time. You have to let the plates cool down in between sections, otherwise they'll warp.