Another Celestially inspired make for The Altered Element Blog and this one use the theme of angels as it's celestial muse! The item uses a little alterable square pendent which has been treated with Golden Molding paste to build the texture then painted with Acrylic Paints and light dusting with Gesso. The image is a rub-on from my stash and covered it with Ranger Crackle accents. The finishing…
This month The Altered Element Blog theme is 'Celestial' and I have the first of my Celestially inspired makes today for - an altered box. Have a look in the Alterable Items section to pick up a bargain with the closing down sale. I downloaded the free image from Vintage Printable and used Golden Gel Medium to attach it to the box that I had already painted with Eco Green Craft…
Hi Guys, I've got a make for you today - Hurray! It is a recycled make for The Altered Element. I have a number of these cute little tags I got free from magazines, I've been meaning to alter them for a while. Turning them from cute to grungy :) I started by covering the tags with a layer of gesso then painted it with…
Hello all, thought I would give you some shopping heads-up today. My first one is for: Thought you might like to know that Lynne has started her closing down sale at The Altered Element so now is the time to go bag yourself a bargain! Under £10.00 - 5%£10.00 - £49.99 - 20%£50.00 - £99.99 - 30%£100 + - 35% P&P charges…
I drink a lot of tea, love the stuff so I usually have one or two of these around the flat: What to do with all that lovely cardboard? What to do? What to do? Oh I know! Make jewellery! Of course and it fits so perfectly with The Altered Element's theme this month which is: Recycle I've made a little bezel…
It breaks my heart to have to tell you guys this but Lynne has had to make the tough decision to close The Altered Element due to personal reasons. She explains more in her post on The Altered Element blog. The doors will close at the beginning of the New Year. But meanwhile you can still get lots of beautiful things and more things are being added…
Hi folks, I have my last DT make for this Month's Enchanted Challenge over at The Altered Element blog. I have a loose interpretation of the challenge for you! Bear with me :) Ok so if you think Enchanted and think of a magical interpretation, then side step to Magic as a subject and slight of hand tricks then you have the inspiration…
Do you remember this recent make I did for The Altered Element called Enchanted Seamstress? Well we got some questions asking how I got the crackle effect on the frame so we thought it would be helpful to put a quick 'How To' post and you can find it on The Altered Element blog if you are interested. Don't forget to check out…
Arghhhhhhh! I'm not a natural early riser...So when I keep waking up in the early hours of the morning for no reason what so ever and then can not get back to sleep it tends to make me a little manic - Eek Or should that be more manic than usual? Hey ho! What can you do? I am somewhat prone to…
Hey Guys it is Cute Card Thursday and this week we have a lovely sketch and are sponsored by Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps. Yesterday I gave you a little hint of the card I was making for today on my WOYWW post, it was a kind of before picture. Here is the after picture! I've used the gorgeous My Mind's Eye Meadowlark Dawn…
As promised I have my first DT piece for The Altered Element to show you. Every month The Altered Element runs a themed challenge and for October the theme is: Enchanted If you drop by The Altered Element blog you can find out how to join in the challenge and be in with a chance to win £10 Voucher to use in…