November 5, 2010

Borders, Butterflies, Flowers, Glitter and Pink...

I don't like pink, never have! I think my mother used to dress me in a lot of it when I was young and I just never got over it - LOL....
Anyway using Scrapware I painted the pieces with acrylic ink and heated them. Also painted the German Scrap too.  Glitter and gem stones were added to the pieces and some glossy accents to the butterfly. I carefully put some holes in the top to thread some wire through to make a hanger - think this one will make its home at my Grandmothers place :)

Steam Punk Time

I have been playing with cogs from Scrapware and distress EP by Tim Holtz and loving the rusty look you get. With just a bit of Jo Sonja's Aqua acrylic paint sponged on and some copper gilding wax added here and there. The Alphas and Clock Hands were painted with the Aqua acrylic paint and highlighted with the gilding wax too. I added some wire and made a hanger for this piece. The corrugated card on the outside of the 6 x 6 memory box was given to me at a camp and I highlighted it with various paints and gilding waxes to this this finish. I also had these large studs in my stash which looked really cool.