All Sewn Up For The Play Date Cafe

Time for another colour challenge at The Play Date Cafe. I decided on a sewing theme this time around.

I have used Tim's Sewing Room die to cut the bodice from Memory Box paper stack and added computer generated text to the bodice, all the edges have been sponged with Distress Ink.  The card itself is again cut from Memory Box papers with a little machine stitching added for dimension.

I have added SEW to some memo pins and added behind the spool which has fibres added to co-ordinate with my bodice.

The stamped circles are from Tim's Haberdashery set of stamps and the edges have been distressed to give an aged feel. My flower has been created from the Tattered Florals die again to give that added dimension.

To complete I have added co-ordinated buttons and scissor charm.

Our inspiration picture from The Play Date Cafe.

Thanks for stopping by, Tracy x x 

A Sea Of Acetate

The Stampotique Designers Challenge this time around is to use ACETATE in your artwork.  This was a little difficult as I did not have any acetate so I was on the hunt for some packaging and this weekend my husband came home with some discs from work and they were packaged in a pocked which had acetate on the front and that is where my creation began.

The circular piece is the acetate, which is very difficult to photograph as it is a reflective surface.  I stamped Smushallaum onto a piece of glossy card that I coloured with DI broken china, spritzed with water to give that under water feel and added the acetate piece over the top.

I stamped Smushasha in the right hand corner and added a piece of mica over the top adding another dimension of reflective surfaces adding to that under water feel of my piece.

The heart is also a piece of acetate from packaging and I have added the Octopet image to the inside again colouring my piece with broken china ink. I have added the sentiment "Each Life Needs Its Own Quiet Place" and added quiet and place to two circles to give added dimension.

To complete I have added shells and machine stitching and added to a blue square card and sponged the edges with Adirondack snow cap ink.

I am also entering this for The Sunday Stamper challenge which this week is to create with STASH THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY and using Stampotique stamps always makes me smile and I always enjoy the process when I produce something I am happy with.

Enjoy your week, Tracy x x

Celebrate Mad Hatter Day with a MAD TEA PARTY, Altered Alice Style!

Time for our next monthly challenge over at The Altered Alice Blog.

 

Join Us for a MAD TEA PARTY!

There are two Mad Hatter Days every year, and one of them is this month! In the United States, October 6th is Mad Hatter Day as we abbreviate our dates as month/day. In the United Kingdom, Mad Hatter Day is June 10th as they abbreviate their dates as day/month. So what do these dates have to do with the Mad Hatter? In the original Tenniel illustrations, the Mad Hatter has a price tag tucked into his hat band. It says "In this Style 10/6" which, for us ingnorant Yankees means ten schillings and sixpence, or half a guineau back in Alice's day! So Mad Hatter Day falls on 10/6, and here at The Altered Alice, instead of choosing between date systems, we just celebrate twice a year!!!
Our generous sponsor this month is The Artistic Stamper, and they are offering a £15 pound voucher for The Artistic Stamper stamps! Jennie has kindly provided our design team with the Mabel Lucie Attwell Mad Hatter Stamp for our projects this month.

This is what I have created this month with our stamp from The Artistic Stamper.

I decided to decorate a clock from the Bo Bunny Timepiece range.  I cut three circles from Bazzil card and stamped the Mabel Lucie Attwell image onto the three circles, choosing a different section of the stamp each time, sponging the edges with vintage photo Distress Ink.

I created a little HAT to represent the Mad Hatter's hat, again using papers from the Bo Bunny Timepiece range.  I added small clocks to the bottom of the hat along with HATTER using black outline stickers.  The Mad Hatter was added to the top of my hat.

I cut three circles from shrink plastic and repeated my stamping as before and shrunk with a heat tool. Each shrunk piece was added to the corresponding stamped circles.  Scrabble letters were added for RABBIT and ALICE.  HATTER was added using Tim's Alpha Parts. Three small stamped clocks were added to continue the clock theme. I stamped a clock onto calico, cut out and added to give extra texture to my piece.

The top of the clock has beige fibres added along with mini playing cards, card suit embellishments, brass clock, clocks stamped onto calico and a copper heart.

Large black buttons have been added to the top of the clock along with co-ordinated buttons to The Mad Hatter's HAT.  I have really enjoyed creating this piece and would love to see you all join in with the fun this month.


The challenge this month is to create a project to celebrate the Mad Hatter, AND to bring something to our Mad Tea Party! Here are the design team's party contributions:

So find something fun to bring to our Mad Tea Party, show and tell when you link your project that celebrates the Mad Hatter! You have until Friday, June 24 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4:00) to add your art to The Altered Alice Blog and we will announce the winner of the £15 voucher for The Artistic Stamper stamps on Sunday, June 26! Happy Mad Hatter Day from The Altered Alice!

I look forward to seeing your creations this month, Tracy xx

Butterflies And Moths..................

.........from Tim's Papillon set are one of my favourite stamps at the moment, not that I don't have many more but I do seem to keep going back to this one over and over again, I particularly like the text background.  Over at Simon Says Stamp and Show the challenge happens to be SHOW your favourite stamp and as I am short on time I have also created my next piece for Grungy Monday which this time around is to use a technique from Tim Holtz's 12 Tags Of Christmas, 2007, Day 10.

I have used the technique on all my stamped pieces, which gives a lovely shabby chic appearance to your finished piece.

I have added black machine stitching to some of the stamped pieces to give extra dimension along with a pen nib and some black snap fasteners.

I have added filmstrip frames and FLY to complete.  Thanks for stopping by, Tracy x x

Red Could Only Mean One Thing............

....................Christmas, sorry for all of those that are offended by this post but as soon as I saw Hels' challenge for The Sunday Stamper was to use RED in your artwork I instantly thought of Christmas LOL.

I coloured a piece of watercolour paper with DI fired brick and from this piece cut the carved ornaments.  The ornaments were then embossed with a hearts folder and highlighted with Adirondack snow cap ink.  I added highlights of leafing flakes to lift the red a little.

The background piece is also embossed with the same folder.  The sentiment is stamped with DI fired brick and is from Outlines.  I added "bauble" using Tim's Newsprint Alpha Parts.  Co-ordinated heart buttons have been added to complete the look.  Must admit this was a challenge making a Christmas card at the end of May, not one I would like to repeat for a while LOL. Enjoy the Bank Holiday, Tracy x x

A Mixed Bag

I am on catch up again this afternoon, firstly with the challenge over at The Play Date Cafe which this week is a colour splash shown below.

Black and white with a splash of green, must admit the colour splash weeks are my favourite.

My first card is using an image from Outlines, I wanted to try to make a card without too many embellishments, just to challenge myself a little as I love embellishments and use a great deal on my creations so this is a little different for me.

I'm quite pleased with the end result.

My second card is created using Flat Open Flower from 100 Proof Press.

On the single flower I have added Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel and cracked a few of the areas to add to the aged feel.

A pop of green here and there for that splash of colour.

As I am on catch up I have also finally created a card for the Grungy Monday challenge, and only just in time this week. This time around we are using Tim's September 2008 Technique Challenge, which I know as brushless watercolour and have used this technique for many years so luckily with time being short it was a nice and simple one this week.

I have used an image from Penny Black for this simple card and a garden definition from Stampotique.

Co-ordinated buttons and lace add the finishing touches to my card.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday, Tracy x x

A Bird's Journey

Time for another DT piece for 100 Proof Press using the Generic Bird Diagram.

My background piece is from the Kraft Resist paper stash which I have coloured slightly with distress stain antique linen. I have stamped the Number Set, Block onto kraft card stock with coffee archival ink.  Both pieces have been machine stitched into place with black thread. The Generic Bird Diagram has been stamped onto beige card, stamping the wing twice adding the second to the main image to give dimension.

I have added FLY to memo pins and adhered behind the Generic Bird Diagram. Cream paint has been added to a philosophy tag JOURNEY and adhered to the card blank. I have stamped the Generic Bird onto beige card, coloured with distress ink and added to a fragment and dangled the letter B using a jump ring to add to the BIRD theme.

The completed piece has been layered onto black card and then onto a kraft card.  The edges have been sponged with black soot distress ink.  If you would like to see more creative pieces from the DT, pop over to the blog HERE.  Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your weekend, Tracy x x