Saturday 3 January 2009

An Awfully Big Art Adventure ... Absolutely Charming ...

Linda and Rosie's Awfully Big Art Adventure for the first week of 2009 is Absolutely Charming and you're invited to make charms. Both Linda and Rosie have created some beautiful pieces and I thoughtI would have a go ....Top left is a 'bracelet' made from Style Stones, which have been inked with Distress Inks, stamped with the Stampendous Marble Texture Cube and embossed a number of times with Amazing Glaze. The Style Stones and the beads were threaded onto some elasticated thread. Top middle is a 'sandwich' of 1" x 3" Memory Glass ofTim Holtz images and bordered with copper tape. Under the 'bracelet' is another Memory Glass 'sandwich' made in the same way. Next to that is a Bottle Cap, which has been Alcohol Inked, with a Crafty Individuals image, and then glazed with Glossy Accents. Bottom left is a wooden letter inked with various bright colours of Stazon, stamped with the Marble Texture Cube, embossed a few times with ordinary clear embossing powder and edged with gold Krylon pen. Middle bottom is a domino, done in the same way as the wooden letter (I didn't realise you decorate the undotted side of the domino - lol). On the right, the letters of the word Love are Grungeboard, inked with Distress Inks, a touch (well more than a touch, actually, lol) of Icicle Stickles and linked together with jump rings through eyeletted holes.
None of them can hang - I can make the holes (I have a braddle) but I don't have the equipment to solder on the hooky and hangy bits. I can just see my son's face when I say I want to learn about soldering and the like - he'll put me in a home - lol !!!

6 comments:

Rosie said...

Oh WELL DONE Sue! You've made an amazing batch of charms here, with such a wide variety of techniques!! My small hand drill can make holes in dominos provided I use a vice to hold it steady - hope this helps.
Thank you for taking part in our challenge.
Love
Rosie ABAA

Jaqi said...

How lovely, and so many examples. What a great time you must have had, They are wonderful. Well Done, Jaqi

Minxy said...

WOW, your pieces are Fab. I love the love one, very clever :O)

Unknown said...

Wow! Lots of charms! My favorite is the stained domino - beautiful!

Jendy said...

Beautiful! I like all the variety, but I think my favorite is the bracelet. Great job! Jendy

~*~Patty S said...

You've been busy, SO many lovely pieces you've created!