"Radiant" Altered Ceiling Tile Art

July 30, 2014

"Radiant" Altered Ceiling Tile Art

Don't trash it, treasure it!

Shellye along with you today with an altered ceiling medallion that once hung around a light fixture. My sweet hubby brought this home to me all dirty and bright yellow...but I was excited at the challenge to alter it nonetheless :)

After washing away the grime, I decided to give it a coat of turquoise paint. Because it was painted bright yellow, I gave it a covering with gesso (or use any primer) first and then painted with a sponge brush and plain 'ole Plaid paint.

The opening at the center is roughly 6" in diameter and I knew that I wanted to add some sort of sentiment to it with a cluster of flowers around the opening. A 6" piece of chipboard fits perfectly inside, so I used it as the base for adding the patterned paper and journal card to.

Before securing the chipboard center into place, I machine stitched around the edge and also trimmed it in an off-white pom pom trim.

The blooms of flowers were simply a compilation of Radiant's 6X6 paper and flower punch by McGill. I punched several patterns of the same flower shape and gave them shape by using a stylus and molding pad.

Some of the flowers' petals are rolled downward (yellow) and the blue flowers were molded at the center so that the petals lifted upward. I stacked various pieces together with foam adhesive and then secured around the opening of the ceiling tile.

I used the basic butterfly shape found in my electronic die-cutting files and cut a large and small piece from 6X6 sheets of Radiant paper. Before layering together, I embossed the smaller shapes with a polka dot pattern.

And every flower needs a petal! I found these in my stash from Petaloo...they look awesome tucked in amongst the blooms and gave the project a totally different look!

I have this hanging up in my craft room...it's a nice reminder that you can either make or break the sunshine in your life...it's all in the attitude :)

Thanks for joining me today!