Believing In Angels

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 touches some from the flowers (also from my stash) and the little sentiment is a cute little Vintaj Sentiment charm.

There are still some bargains to be had at The Altered Element Closing Down sale!

Catch you all later.

Kim

Box Of The Heavens

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 paints. The final touch was to add a bit of sparkle using Glass Glitter.

Thanks for popping by.

Kim

Grungy Altered Tags

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 a layer of Eco Green Crafts Acrylic paints. I then stamped the tags using stamps from the Creative Expressions Vintage Games and Vintage Aviation kits with Archival ink. I then used Tim Holtz Distress Inks to distress the edges and a layer of Crackle paint over the top. The final finishing touch was to edge the tag with a leafing pen and add some alcohol ink coloured wire.

Hope you are all having a fun week.

Kim

Sunday Is Shopping Day Part One

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 are not subject to discounts.

UK 2nd Class (default) - £1.95

UK 1st Class - £2.95

Catch you later.

Kim

Tea's Up! Bring The Biccies

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 pendant from my tea box and re-purposed a safety pin as well for extra recycling-ness!

If you look closely at the pedant you might be able to spot some embossing and I've used Acrylic paint to give it a metallic look and extra texture with a lighter colour smoothed into the embossing. I added a layer of glossy accents in the centre and a touch of Tim Holtz Ranger Rock Candy crackle paint on the raised edges.

The chess and bingo pieces are from the Creative Expressions Vintage games stamp kit and have been coloured with Tim Holtz Range distress inks. 

The safety pin has been distressed and then sealed with Mod Podge. By the way you can get lovely brass chains and bits and pieces from the Vintaj Natural Brass Co. section at The Altered Element if you haven't found it already.

Oh and I would like to thank my model Mini Manikin! 

Enjoy your day. Catch you later.

Kimx

Really Sad Bit Of News

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 to the reduced section.

It has been a real pleasure DTing for The Altered Element, I've loved being part the the TAE team! I wish Lynne and her family the very best for the future.

You all take care of yourselves.

Kim

The Altered Element Magic Circle

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 for my make today - which I have called 'Magic Circle' LOL! Ok so it is a little loosely based on 'Enchanted' - I did warn you!

I've used stamps from two of the Creative Expressions stamp sets: Vintage Games and Vintage Aviation. I've also been heavy with the old Rangers Tim Holtz Distress inks for this one!

Ooo and some exciting news - I was picked as a Ginger Gem over at Gingersnap Creations for my Neutrals Plus One challenge entry! Thanks Guys you made my day!

Have a wonderfully magical Saturday!

Kim

Altered Element Quick 'How To'

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 this month's challenge as well, you still have a few days to enter and be in with a chance to win a £10 The Altered Element Voucher - Yum!

Have an enchanted day.

Oh Boy And Configurations!

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 insomnia attacks and general problems with actually getting to sleep. My gorgeous man helps me to sleep by reading to me, isn't he lovely! He didn't realise that it was in his contract (very small print) poor boy.  

Sleeping generally annoys me, I feel it is time I could be doing other things. Well until I don't have any and then I start to be a bit stranger than usual like making a cup of tea and leaving the milk out next to the kettle and putting the teabags in the fridge - you know the type of thing! Making a card then sticking it to the table! I'm sure we have all been there? Haven't we? Anyone? 

Oh the joys!

LOOK! A distraction from my insomnia-driven madness... Look at these...

The new Tim Holtz Configurations available over at The Altered Element. 

Oooooo they look fab! They are customisable shadow boxes - how cool is that? I love shadow boxes!

Did I distract you sufficiently from the lack of sleep jabbering? 

Oh look the sun is coming up.

Good night

ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Steampunk Lavina For Cute Card Thursday

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 paper and tinted it with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks. That fab journaling plaque is also from the Meadowlark Dawn kit. I think the Meadowlark Dawn paper is one of my ultimate favs this year!

I've also added some extra interest by stamping out swirls and flourishes from the lovely Stempelglede Stamps Oriental Butterfly kit available over at Quixotic Paperie and I also used these stamps for the little butterfly.

This lovely lady is Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps Moonlight Whisper Lavina - just love her, well into my Steampunk at the moment! Have you seen the new Christmas themed Moonlight Whispers? Fab!

Right off I must go again, love you and leave you!

Have a lovely day and thanks for dropping in.

Kim

Materials:
Stamp -  Stempelglede Stamps Oriental Butterfly kit; Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps Moonlight Whisper Lavina
Ink - Versafine Onyx black; Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks
Colouring - Prismacolor Pencils; Sansodor
Papers - My Mind's Eye Meadow Lark Dawn paper
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape; silicone glue; Scissors

Enchanted Seamstress

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 the shop. You can also see all the lovely inspiration from the amazing DT.

I've called my enchanted make - Enchanted Seamstress and she is a small altered canvas panel in a frame.

I covered the canvas panel with some old dress pattern tissue which I picked up from a charity shop and then lightly covered with white Gesso. I used a little bit of Rangers Tim Holtz Distress inks on the panel and then added a bit more texture with the inks and a Crafters Workshop Mask. The button and lace finish the panel.

I covered the frame with Gesso too then painted with brown acrylic paints. The final layer on the frame was PVA and Eco Green Paints Sand, once the paint was dry I then added low-lights with Rangers Tim Holtz Distress inks. 

The image uses the Catherine Moore Mannequin Cafe 3 (which is on special offer at the moment!) and coloured with inks.

The wings I've made from one of my favourite products and I think this might be the first time I have shown it here on my blog - it is Lutradur a fabulous non-woven polyester material which has lots of different uses including colouring, stitching into and burning - all of which I have done here!

Before I go you might be interested to know that Lynne has a REDUCED section that she has been adding to in the shop. It is to make way for new stock - so time to go a shopping I think LOL!

Thanks for popping by.

Have a lovely day.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Catherine Moore Mannequin Cafe 3; Studio G Alpha

Ink - Staz-on; Archival 

Usual Suspects - Golden Gel; scissors

Other - Gesso; Small Canvas Panel In Frame; Eco Green Paints Sand; Rangers Tim Holtz Distress inks; Crafters Workshop Mask; Button; Lace; Lutradur CS700 (70); PVA; Thread; Wire; Acetate; Sewing machine; Dress Pattern tissue

Make The Day Special Sale And Gingersnapping!

Hey Guys, I've gone all distressed for my make today and I've used a stamp from the Unity Key to Joy kit with a sentiment from the Unity Life Becoming kit, two of my favourites Unity stamp kits. 

You might be pleased to know that Emily currently has a special offer on these two kits as well as on a number of the other big Unity store kits in the Make The Day Special shop! Wahoo! Today is shopping day!

My make was inspired by two challenges over at the fabulous Gingersnap Creations blog. The inchies are from the Gingersnap Creations challenge GC71 and the colour combo is from the Gingersnap Creations neutrals plus one other colour challenge GC72.

You will also find this card in my Etsy and Folksy shops!

Thanks for popping by folks!

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Unity Key to Joy kit; Unity Life Becoming kit

Inks - Archival coffee; Various Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks;

Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Golden Soft gel

Other - Calico; Corrugated card; Eco Green Acrylic Paint; Bondaweb

I'm So Excited!

I hinted last weekend to the fact that I had some exciting news, well it has been announced now so I can shout it out here! I've got a new DT post working for the next six months with The Altered Element.

I first found The Altered Element when I was looking for an online stockist of Bondaweb and heavy Vilene pelmet (or craft Vilene if you prefer). I was so happy to find both in the same place at a very good price but that wasn't all, there was an amazing treasure trove of craft goodness and I could not resist dropping a couple of other items into my basket - tee hee!

So when I saw they were looking for DT members I just had to apply! I'm so excited that Lynne was kind enough to take me on and if you pop on over to The Altered Element Blog you will see the rest of the fabulous DT Members! 

Well I am just chomping at the bit to get started on some The Altered Element projects!

Have a wonderful Saturday you all!

Kimx