The Altered Element

 

 This is my first piece as a member of The Altered Element DT. I used 2" chipboard squares which were covered with gorgeous papers from Catherine Moore, sprayed with Cosmic Glimmer mists, and then embellished with metal, stickers, embossing powder, jewels,, and anything else I could lay my hands on. I joined the squares together with jump rings, as it was going to be a sort of hanging - needless to say, it wouldn't hang properly, so I'll probably mount it on some card later on. Other stuff I used includes: Collage paper flowers, German Scrap, Artchix stickers, micro beads, lametta, charms and beads.

This is my favourite square. After covering with paper I sprayed with Cosmic Shimmer Mists Rich Gold and Bronze Blush (yum), and then added a cut out piece of copper mesh. Copper, black and gold ep was sprinkled over the mesh and heated. The flower bead was added with strong glue, and then I edged the tile with more gold ep.


These two tiles make uses of a swirly stamp I love but have no idea where it came from. The top tile was covered in mulberry paper, stamped and gold embossed.. On the bottom tile, I piled  lots of gold and copper ep on a corner, melted it by holding the gun about 30cms away and slowly moving it closer. As soon as the powder was all melted I stamped the swirl into it, and then left it til it was cold. Also on this tile are the gorgeous sprays, an Artchix Royal Post sticker, and an edging of gold ep. Click on the pictures for a closer view, any questions, please feel free to email me.

Collaborative Project

These are tiles I made for Karin - we've been doing this collaborative thing for a while now, but Karin was the last to get hers. She chose vibrant blues and greens as her colour choice - looking forward to seeing them all put together Karin!

Collaborative Project part 5

Dunno what happened to part 4, I guess I forgot to photograph it! Anyway, these are for Suse, who is poorly at the moment, along with a card I made to match (sort of) - hope you're feeling ok, Suse.

Egyptian images aren't particularly fashionable right now, but I still have lots of bits and pieces lying around, so I thought I'd use them as they fit the colour scheme of brown cream and black beautifully. The pyramid and the plaque shapes are made with Artmoulds, and the spirally pattern is from a mould I made using a stamp and FP.

The card uses a digital collage image mounted on a collaged background., but I'm only allowed to post a sneak peak as it will (hopefully!)be in September's Craft Stamper, along with some more digital stuff.

Collaborative Project, Part 3

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These are twinchies I made for Deb - she opted for sea colours, but I added a teeny bit of purple in the background which was a digital composition. The shell images were stamped on to acetate and then cut out and glued on with Glossy Accents, then I added silicone glue and some bits and pieces - micro beads, Rox and Dew Drops. I sprayed it with Patina Glimmer Mist and finished off the edges with silver embossing powder.

Collaborative Project

This is part of a collaborative project on our forum - 8 of us each make 3 tiles in a colour scheme picked by one of the participants who then gets to keep them all. Over the coming months , we all get to pick our colours and we each get a set of 24 2"x2" tiles to join together or whatever. These are for Chris, who chose my fave colours, and they are all tiny digital collages, (my new FAVE technique!) which I printed, edged with ink and gold EP, then mounted on Stampbord, which has had the edges inked and scratched. I added some flowers and Dew Drops, and I'm very pleased with them - hope you are too Chris!