:: Altered Glass Bottle ::

 I found a fun challenge over at Scraphuset and this is my project made for the all black challenge.

It´s a bif difficult to take photos of this kind of project so I hope you can see all textures and different shapes. I started with a flee market find - a glass bottle for some kind of liquor.

I painted the whole bottle with white gesso and on some areas I used crackle paste and a brick stencil.

I made several different shapes with paperclay. When it all was dry I glued them to the bottle. I also added both regular size and mini artstones from Prima.

 When it was dry I added a layer of black acrylic paint.

Last I added Prima Wax with my fingertips. 

My list of supplies:

Daler Rowney Gesso

Studio Acrylic Paint Charcoal Black

Prima Metallique Wax Old Silver

Prima Artstones

Prima Mini Artstones

Martha Stewart Paperclay

Molds - angels, crowns, butterflies, keyhole, different ornaments

Tim Holtz mini stencil set 3

Prima 3d Matte Gel

DecoArt Crackle Paste

:: Halloween ATC - Spooky ::

Happy Halloween! Here in Sweden Halloween is beginning to get really big despite it´s not a Swedish tradition. Of course the kids think it´s more fun than us adults. I wanted to create a bit scary ATC and this is the result.

My backgrounds is made with lots of die-cuts from Tim Holtz Ephemera pack Frightful and paper from Bo Bunny Wonderfully Wicked Collection.

I made the faces with paper clay and painted them black. 

To get them a bit less scary I added black lace over the faces. 

I added a ton of different texture embellishments. I also added both black paint and some metallic paint from Prima also in black.

I wanted some orange also so I added orange glitter from Prima and Rich Copper Metallique Wax.

I also added Black glitter, black micro beads, black glass beads and black larger glitters.

Behind the lace you get a glimpse of the evil red eyes! Boooohhhhh!

:: Baroque Ladies for a challenge at 13arts ::

I found a challenge perfect for me and my frames I created with paperclay. I took on 13arts challenge #58 called Vintage Love.

I was first inspired by the Vintage theme. From the moodboard I was inspired by the gold, the metallic lids on the glass jars, the colors, the flowers and the framing on the phone booth.

 I layered lots of different patterned papers and distressed the edges. I die-cutted the oval frame with a die from Spellbinders called Elegant Ovals.

I made my frames for my pretty ladies with molds and paperclay. I painted them with Prima art alchemy acrylic paint - Mermaid Teal, Butterfly Spells and Mermaid Sparkle. When the paint was dry I added a bit of Prima Metallic Wax Vintage Gold.

I used the small planner flowers from Prima and Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. I think the gold stamens are from Wild Orchid Crafts also?

 To get more gold I used a thin gold thread and I wired it around the papers many turns.

 To get a feminine touch I used different glassbeads, microbeads and loose glitter from 13arts and Prima. I really love the gold with the colors.

 On this card I added a bit of gold paper behind one of the patterned papers.

:: Altered Bread Brush ::

I made this altered bread brush back in July and finally I have made a blog post with it! This kind of work is a bit out of my ordinary comfort zone so I hope you like it!

It was very fun to make but it took me many days from start to a finished brush. There are so many layers and I needed lot of drying time. As you can see on this first photo I have used lot of yummie supplies from Prima. Not all on the photo but some of them.

The chipboards that I used are from Blue Fern Studios and the large resin ornament from Prima. I made the leaves and the butterflies with paperclay and molds. 

Besides all the sprays and paints I used Art-stones from Prima for even more textures. I also used loose glitters and micro beads. 

To get a dramatic look with lot of depth I added darker colors in the cavities and high lighted the peaks with gesso and light shades of waxes. 

:: ATC - Blizzard ::

Today I have three ATC created with a blizzard as inspiration. 

I worked with white, grey and black to get some contrasts. I also wanted lots of textures and sparkling effects.

I started off with making my snowflakes with paperclay and molds. I also used metallic caps. I painted them both with Gesso from Prima and added Art Alchemy Metallic Wax in Old Silver.

Last I added a pearl from Papirdesign.

When I made my backgrounds I used Rainbow colors black duo from 13arts. Then I started to create lines, almost as sun rays, from the cap and towards the edges. For this I used Stickles glitter glue.

I continued to add more textures with Prima Art Stones in two sizes, glitter flakes, micro beads, paerls and Rhinestones. Last I sprinkled black Acrylic Ink from Liquitex.

When my ATC was finished I still was missing something so I added some black handdrawn lines around my edges and then I was happy with the result.