Melissa Frances Crown Tutorial.........

 Edited to add:  You would think that one who is on the Melissa FrancEs design team would know how to spell Melissa FrancEs.  You would think..... seriously.....ugggggg.....

 

Finally!  I'm at last posting the tutorial I promised months ago.   I put this crown together a while back using the new 5th Avenue paper.  You can impress all you friends, neighbors and kids in the car pool by wearing this little number.

First, gather all your supplies.  For those of you just tuning in, I always keep a large supply of chocolate nearby for any sugar intake needs.   Although it's not officially on the "supply" list, I highly recommend stashing some nearby.

Ok.....Here's what I used to create the crown......

MF 5th Avenue 12 x 12 paper

Geraldine

Ebony

Flora

MF Pink Tissue Fringe

MF Large Flower

Gathered White Seambinding

Tulle (for the top and the ties)

Pink Seambinding (for the ties)

Glitter

Glitter pen

Decorative Scissors

Adhesive 

gold stamp pad (optional)

 

I made a crown template from a piece of cardstock.    Just fold your paper in half and cut out desired shape from card stock.........

I used the "Geraldine" paper for the base of my crown.......

 
I cut a piece from the "Ebony" paper to run across the bottom......

Next, take the "Flora" paper (which, by the way, I love this paper. Love it.)......

 

Anyway, cut approximately 5 of the arches and set aside for just a minute......

 

Print up "Queen for a Day!" or any other appropriate phrase.  I've been known to wear the crown around the house with phrases such as "Pick up your Legos! I'm Not Your Maid"  as well as,  "For the tenth time, I Have no Idea What's for Dinner"   Anyway, feel free to choose whatever phrase best fits you......

Next, I cut the phrase out with a pair of decorative scissors and used the blue part of the "Flora" paper for the background.  I used Edwardian Script in MS Word for the font.  

 

Cut the paper to size around the phrase.   Remember that piece I told you to set aside?  Well, hopefully it didn't get buried under a bunch of papers and projects like mine did, resulting in a half hour of my life that I'll never get back........ 

 

Cut the sides on a angle to fit the phrase......

 

If you want to, you can edge all the sides with the gold stamp pad. Glue into place on the crown

Next, take the tissue fringe and glue to the bottom of the "Ebony" paper.......  

 

Because I'm putting the ruffled seambinding in the middle of the fringe, I took some time to seperate out the middle.......

 

I placed the ruffled seambinding in the middle of the fringe and glued into place.....

 

I used a pencil to trace around the arches and paper. It gives it a bit of dimension.  Plus, I feel that people take you a bit more seriously when wearing the crown with some shading on it......

For the tulle on the top of the crown, gather a bunch and tie with a piece of string......

 

 

 

Set the tulle piece aside for a minute because we are going to glitter!   Grab your trusty glue pen and trace around the areas you want to glitter......

 

For the crown itself, I used glue (I like to use Aleene's QuickDry Tacky glue when applying glitter) and a small square brush to outline the edges. 

 

 

I used white glitter for the front of the crown.  And silver for the edges and little dots......

 

Glue the tulle on the top to the back part of the crown.  Glue the seambinding and tulle on the back sides of the crown for the tie backs. 

There you go!  So, see, whether you let your loved ones know that  "It's My Party" or, "I Won't Be Doing Dishes Tonight!"  you will be doing it in grand style........  

 


If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask in the comments or email me.  I'll be happy to help you out!  

Talk to you soon!  Karin

Comments

[Nancy]

Thanks so much! Love the crown and the tutorial but love the creator more! XO

[Debra]

So dang cute! I especially enjoyed your suggested variations on the title.

[Judith Norman]

Beautiful, Karin. Can we get a PDF version of the tutorial? (Please)

[Matilda at Superstition]

Congratulation on the front cover of Somerset Holidays & Celebrations

[Susan Reaney]

Alright! About time, Karin...just kidding ;-)
Thanks for demystifying crowns for me. I love it!
Hugs,
Suz

[Jeanne]

Great tutorial Karin. I love your crowns!
xo
jeanne

[Beth W]

Oh my just dawned on me-I could make the coolest Halloween crown inspired by this-thanks for the wonderful inspiration.

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