Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Spring Door Plaque


When I saw this rectangle hanger, I thought of the door knob hangers with a name used to label one’s room. Why not welcome spring on the door knob. It could have also been made of chipboard with holes punched and a hanger added. The beads and jute were already on this hanger.

The edges of the chipboard petal pieces were colored with a green marker. The shapes were traced onto orange paper from the Bloom & Grow group and cut to fit the chipboard shapes. Glue these to the chipboard shapes. If there are jagged edges, sand them.

To make the curves for the spring landscape, I used a flexible curve to shape the papers that were left from my other projects using Bloom & Grow. Scrapbooks Plus has a flexible curve that you can bend to get the shape desired. The curves were cut, layered and glued to show contrast; then cut into a rectangle. A gold marker was used to follow the curves and heighten contrast.

Wording was done on the computer. Glue the word box and leaf first. Secondly, glue the rectangle then overlap petals. A green button with raffia threaded through its holes was added to the center of the petals. Add a tag and ribbon to the hanger.

Hint: To avoid scratching the door when opened and closed, add felt to the back of the plaque.

2 comments:

matushka said...

very cute... and love the felt backer idea!

Esther said...

This is a good one for any room in the house. Customize to suit the person (name) or activity (bathroom, kitchen) in the room. Let me know if you create one?