Sunday 7 August 2011

The Altered Alice Chapter 6 Challenge: Painting The Roses Red!

'A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red. Alice thought this a very curious thing, and she went nearer to watch them, and just as she came up to them she heard one of them say, `Look out now, Five! Don't go splashing paint over me like that!'
 -- Chapter 8, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
 

The cards were painting the white roses red to avoid angering the Queen of Hearts, so your challenge is to use PAINT on your creation! Of course you can paint it RED like the Design Team will be doing, but you can also use other colors. You need to tell us what item was painted, what technique you used, and give us a mention and a link of course!

We are sponsored this month by Creative Inspirations [Store | Blog], makers of wonderful shimmering paint which comes in almost 60 colors, including clear iridescent Fairy Dust. They also carry hot fix Jeweled Inspirations and Metallic Inspirations;  The Altered Alice Design Team will be using Garnet paint, a bright sparkling red. The winner of this month's challenge will receive five colors of their choice.
The background on my card has been coloured with Distress Ink and splattered with water to give the effect of paint splatters. My character is cut from one of my Alice in Wonderland books, I thought he was perfect for this months challenge.
My roses have been painted with red paint from Creative Inspirations, with one rose still awaiting the red paint to be applied by the gardener. I have added the text from the Alice and Wonderland book and a stamped text piece using an old PSX stamp.
I also created a second piece using papers from BoBunny and images from Artistic Outpost.
I also created a co-ordinated tag.

Be sure to enter by 11:59 p.m. EDT (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC -4:00) on Friday, August 26. The winner and honorable mentions will be announced the last Sunday of the month on August 28. I always enjoy looking at your creative pieces which you can link HERE at The Altered Alice blog.

Thanks for stopping by, Tracy x x 

18 comments:

Sandy said...

Tracy your prjects are a wonderful inspiration.
Really really beautiful pieces. Love them.

Rhea said...

Really lovely inspiration. Thanks so much for sharing and connecting me with the Altered Alice blog!

DonnaMundinger said...

Fabulous projects, Tracy! I'm so excited to be a part of the team. Your inspiration is totally AMAZING! xxD

hazel said...

Wonderfull insperational pieces. I love the Altered Alice and try and enter something each month.
xxx Hazel.

Anonymous said...

I know I couldn't decide on a favourite. Both are quite wonderful.
I love the theme of Alice so have no idea why I don't play around with this theme a bit more.
TFS
Wishes
Lynne

Lisa Somerville said...

Fab projects! Love the flower blossoms, beautiful design and pocket card using the Artistic Outpost images!

Netty said...

All great projects but that card has to be my top hole favourite, its wonderful. x

Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...

Oh woooow, all your projects are simply stunning! Love, LOVE the rich colour of the flowers, all coordinated so beautifully! xx

Barb Cady said...

I love these! Especially the card reaching up to paint the roses! I shall have to try an altered Alice, there are so many things you can do. x

craftytrog said...

These pieces are gorgeous Tracy! I love your designs & colour palette! x

Suzanne C said...

All of these are fabulous! I love the double pockets with the tags! Wonderful use of the AO stamps!

Jingle said...

These are really great!

Lori said...

All of these are GORGEOUS! Love them!

Emma Williams said...

Your recent post is as lovely as always but this post is STUNNING! I love all the details and the one rose ready to be painted...genius!! It's gorgeous, Tracy...lovely, lovely work!
Hope you had a good weekend...
Love Emma xx

CuddlyBunny said...

WOW! Tracy these are fabulous! I love, love, love the vintage theme of all three!

Your 3D roses are unbelievably perfect!

Gabrielle said...

Oh! this is fabulous! Love the sense of humour as well as all the details!

Anonymous said...

Don't you just love this paint?!? I love what you've done for this month's challenge..the graphic on the first card..and the vintage-y feel of the tag(s).

Robin Donnelly said...

I love your work and Alice in Wonderland. Can I ask where you got the Alice in Wonderland stamps?
Thank you,
Robin