Altered Bottle

Hey there! It's Bonnie here today with my take on the current ePlay Altered Bottle challenge. The bottle I chose is approximately 4" tall and 3" at its widest point. I decided to experiment with this challenge since the idea behind it is to push our boundaries.

I began by tearing remnants of melange Tissue Wrap into relatively small random pieces. I adhered these with Dina Wakley Gel Medium, overlapping and creasing/wrinkling it to create texture. This was left to dry thoroughly. The trick with adhering the tissue to the slick bottle was to put gel medium on both the bottle and the tissue and then tap more medium over the top rather than brushing it which just seemed to dislodge it.

Next two colours of Fresco Finish paint, Beach Hut and Antarctic, were sponged wet on wet using a piece of Cut n Dry foam over the tissue wrap still allowing the print and images from the tissue wrap to show through.

 Black Embossing paste was applied through TCW's Tiny Circles stencil in a few places on all sides. Once dry, the texture of the tissue and the embossing was accented with a layer of silver wax rubbed on with my finger.

Idea-ology Remnant Rub words were applied to the bottle on each side. A layer of cheesecloth which had been tapped with Peacock Feathers Distress ink to add random colour was adhered with Glossy Accents to the center of the bottle front behind a silver Idea-ology button with a turquoise center from the Accoutrements Classic Collection..

Silver wire was wrapped around the neck of the bottle and blue Swarovski crystal beads and silver star beads were threaded onto the wire to embellish the front of the neck.

I love the way this turned out and would not hesitate to repeat the process on a larger bottle. Experiment a success! Thanks for visiting today. You still have a week to enter our Altered Bottle ePlay challenge. Hope to see you there!

Bonnie

Here are links to the eclectic Paperie store for some of the products used above:

Idea-ology - Tim Holtz - Tissue Wrap - Melange	Dina Wakley - Gel Medium - 2oz.	PaperArtsy - Fresco Finish Acrylic Paint - Beach Hut (Translucent)	PaperArtsy - Fresco Finish Acrylic Paint - Antarctic (Opaque)
Ranger - Cut n′ Dry Foam Pads	TCW 6x6 Template - Tiny Circles	Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 - Embossing Paste - Black	Distress Ink Pad - Peacock Feathers
Inkssesentials - Glossy Accents 2 oz.	Idea-ology Accoutrements - Classic	Idea-ology - Tim Holtz - Remnant Rubs - Words

Luckily Ever After!

Good Morning EPeeps!!  St. Patrick's Day is coming up and I wanted to share with you a little canvas I made of a lucky four leaf clover!!  This is a super fun little project - you could make one for a friend or just for yourself!!  You just need a small canvas, blue paint, white spray and some fun paper!!

I started off with another background idea in mind.  I just couldn't get it to look right ... but we know that even when we are stuck to just keep going.  You never know what the end will turn out to be!!

 

So, I re-started with the background of blue and white paint. ( If you want to recreate this canvas, I would start here!!)

To lighten up the blue, I used Dylusions White Linen spray.  I used one of my favorite stencils, The Crafter's Warehouse Peacock Doily, to create the shapes in the background. 

Then I took out my fun washi tape collection and created a border around the edge!

Using an old heart shaped paper punch and some scrap paper, I punched out 4 hearts for the leaves.  Then I grabbed my new favorite Authentique Aboard paper to make the planter!  I used gel medium to glue them down. I was careful not to smear it around because the Dylustions spray will reactivate and move around with the gel medium!

Doodles, rub-ons, and highlights finish off the canvas!

I hope you enjoyed my project and have a wonderfully lucky day today!! Be sure to stop by the ePaperie to see all the new fun products that are coming in - I can't wait to get my hands on a few new items ...

-Karen

PS - I also can't wait to see what you all create for this month's ePlay Challenge . . . did you find a book to alter yet???? Have any questions?  Feel free to ask me!!
http://eclecticpaperie.blogspot.ca/2014/03/eplay-challenge-alter-book.html

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Art Fairy Doll

Hi everyone!  Micki here.  I have to confess that I had no idea not even a spark as to what to create for my post today.  I’ve been remodeling the new craft room for the last month and just finished moving all my stuff into it.  And that means that lots of supplies are still in boxes, nowhere to be found.  However the great thing about moving all your craft supplies from various areas in your house into one room/area is that you find things you forgot you had (oh, and you realize you have way too much stuff!).
I found this:

I believe I purchased this at a yard sale a year ago!  Well, that was perfect timing because the November Get Altered Challenge hosted by our Bonnie is Art Dolls.

After finding the “essentials”, I pushed boxes aside and started by applying a coat of gesso.  At this point I still didn’t know how to get this art doll going.  But I wanted some text on the face, hands and legs.  I adhered Pink Paislee She Art Coffee Filter Sheets onto the doll using gel medium.  Notice that I did not trim it down first.  I let it dry and then used my Sanding Grip Block to sand the edges.

I also grabbed some Gelli Plate prints made earlier and glued these down on the body and arms. Next I painted the feet or shoes and the upper arms and upper legs. 

On my craft sheet, I mixed Studio 490 White Embossing Paste with some Teal Zircon Silks Acrylic Glaze which was then stenciled onto the body using a Palette Knife .

Using different stencils, I stenciled onto the legs using Distress Ink and black paint.

I didn’t like the way the legs looked, so I painted over them (the lower part) and used Faber Castell Big Brush Pen to stencil.  I offset the stencil a bit and using paint and finger dabbed some Raspberry paint through the Dylusions stencil. 

Then came the part I had put off….the face.  It’s been so long (or so it seems) since I’ve had time to draw a face that I was worried.   I used a pencil to sketch the face and then used a black ball point pen.  After I erased the pencil lines, I very gently dabbed gel medium onto the face because I wanted to use the Faber Castell markers to add detail, highlights and shadows. Once I had the face covered without smearing, I covered the rest of the pieces with gel medium as well.  Once everything was dry, I used the Faber Castell markers.  Around the edges, I used Distress Ink and my blending tool.
Added rub-ons around the neckline and found Tonic Studios Retractable Craft Pick perfect to scrape off some of the rub-on.

Using some left over ink sprayed tag, I covered it haphazardly with gesso and added the Idea-ology Alpha pieces.

After using craft or Popsicle sticks, I found I needed to cut the words apart.  I used the Beacon 3-in1 Craft Glue to glue the craft stick to the hands, using Tim Holtz Scissors to cut them down to length.

I used some black wire found in hubby’s craft stash and wrapped it around the Idea-ology Fastners which were used to attach the arms and legs to the body.
And here she is…. my Art Fairy Doll for my new craft room:

Considering I had absolutely no idea, no inkling – nothing….. she didn’t turn out too bad.

The embossing paste added wonderful texture, which is so hard to see in these pictures… still have to set up my lighting in the new room.  Although I had to get up and search for stuff, I can not tell you how great it felt to create – to get paint covered fingers. 
You still have time to join in the Get Altered Challenge!  Even if you have no idea, just sit down and play with your paints! 

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