This Jubilee badge idea sort of snowballed, originally I was just going to make three for “The Boyz” to wear in their a Platinum Jubilee pictures, but then Iris and Bertie’s school announced that they were organising a special Jubilee event and well it would have been rude not to make a few more for the staff I have grown to know, since I’ve been in listening to readers two afternoons a week.
There is really no great shakes to them ……..but it’s certainly been away of using some of the stuff I’ve bought from The Works, like a few pages from the Simply British 6” x 6” paper pad and the self adhesive crown embellishments I bought a few weeks ago along with some wooden discs, also from The Works, I am sure, but goodness only knows when.
I started by covering the larger of the wooden discs with the Union Flag design paper.
I punched out smaller circles from silver card ……
…… putting a crown in the middle, and then gluing to smaller wooden disc that I had covered in white card to help give a little extra dimension.
…… I put tiny faux stitching around the edge of the white card left showing, with a black biro to prevent the ink running ………
Then, to give them a glossy finish I covered everything, except for the crowns, with Ranger Glossy Accents.
I wasn’t really sure about doing this, but once dry I was really pleased with the results, they looked almost “professional”!
After this, I decided why not go for the full bling and added small clear or red flat backed gems to the crowns, which really finished them off.
On the back I used B7000 glue to attach the brooch backs as I wanted a really strong bond if the badges were to be worn for a full day.
Really, really chuffed with how thee have turned out as a spur of the moment sort of thing.