All posts in "Altered Art" category
Greeting Card Holder
I saw this great idea posted at Stamper’s Quest and just had to try it. The hardest part of all was choosing the hard-backed book to desecrate . If you know me well, you’ll know that I have a library in my house and it’s full of books – obviously – but I kept picking one out...
Bamboo Tile Pendant
We had a lovely visitor to Stamp Club last month who showed…..oooh, all sorts of wonderful items. She was supposed to be demonstrating the art of decorating bamboo tiles but the enthusiasm for all sorts of decorative items she brought – and the way she talked, digressed, wandered around a subject...
Bookatrix and Brooch
I’ve had the Bookatrix board for quite some time but really don’t use it often enough! I was never happy with the cutting-out around the edges of the ‘book’ but I think – since I was recommended to use decorative scissors to cut around the edges – I’ve liked those that...
Stamp Club Challenge
I’m trying something different…… throwing out a challenge to the ladies at my local Stamp Club. We meet once a month and I took a whole bunch of items with me last month and shared them out giving everyone two months to see what they can come up with. The items I took were empty cat...
Fresh as a Daisy
Last weekend I attended the Happy Stampers Spring Stamp Festival at Port Sunlight. As usual, there was a competition, this year entitled ‘Fresh as a Daisy’. It had a size limitation and the stipulation that it contain mainly stamped images, of course. Over the years I have entered this...
Wine Coasters
We have quite a few parties and unofficial meetings at our house and some visitors like to drink wine! Not me, of course, anyone who knows me will confirm that I never touch a drop!!! One of the problems I find is that people tend to put a glass down somewhere and then can’t remember which...
Altered Pate Dish
I seem to have collected a few empty pate dishes (really excellent stuff from CostCo!) which I’ve been keeping because I was sure there’d be something I could do with them! When I recently bought some flavoured tea bags (Lemon & Ginger etc) I decided not to store them out of sight in...
Book Exchange 2008
At our Rubber Stamping Club last year we had a round-robin book exchange. Those taking part were split into groups of 5 or 6 people and we each chose a theme for our own particular book. We made or bought a book and decorated the covers Tweet
Altered Tea Caddies
This was a challenge to alter a tin to make something to hold pencils. Well, I can’t resist a bit of competition so I thought I’d better have a go. Visit http://oorchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ to see other entries. I took photos of all the steps (well, most of them) so you can follow what...
Art Nouveau Canvasses
My second set of canvasses were inspired by some lovely embroidery designs I got from Embroidery Library. Absolutely gorgeous designs but far too big to be embroidered on any articles of clothing – though they’d probably look really good on something like a shopping bag. Anyhow, I stitched...
Bathroom canvasses
I had bought a pack of painting canvasses some time ago and, having just finished decorating the en-suite in my new craft room (well, it can be a bedroom when we come to sell the house!) I decided I’d put these on the wall to complete the job. I thought I’d chronicle the whole process so...