Decorated A5 Journal Covers

 

I went out on Thursday and met up with a FB friend that I've never met before. We had a lovely day and called into Hobby Craft and TKMaxx in Derby.  I picked up a couple of Seawhite hard backed journals along with a few other bits.

I picked up this pack of napkins in TKMaxx.

Then I set to and decorated the outside front and back covers.  

I used the napkin on the back as I wanted to keep it flat so it's easier to write in.

And there are resin pieces on the front. 

Altered Alarm Clock

 

I bought a second hand alarm clock from the car boot for 50p

I took out the inners.

Painted the frame in black powertex.

Made an arrangement for the middle, painted and glued with black powertex.

Added metal and resin embellishments to the outsides.

I wanted it to have a rusty look on the outsides.

And the other side.

And this is what the whole piece looks like with the middle added back to the frame.

Inspired by a video from Finnabair and a rust effects workshop with Ashley Hay aka Powertex Australia.

Paint Pots & Cats

 

Finished a couple of coffee tins which I've changed into paint / pen pots.

And the other sides.

Added the resin and metal pieces.

I used bronze powertex.

Made a couple of cats using bottles and polystyrene ball.

I coloured them with gold and silver powertex pigments and the varnish, added some metallic buttons and made them each a pair of specs.

Altered Vodka Bottle

Took the labels off and painted in black powertex, then added easy structure through a stencil and painted again with black powertex.

Then I pulled some resin mould shapes out and played around until I was happy with the design.

I painted all the pieces in black powertex, let them dry and then I used my new paints on them.

Now I know why they are called 'sparks', not too sure about the pink one though - lol

I used the purple metallic one on the bottle.

These are all the colours used in the other three pots of paint called 'sparks'.

In the sun it really is very pinky - lol

And I highlighted the stencilling on the back in silver.

Master Mind Online Workshop with Belinda Basson

All set up and ready to go.

We had to perform a lobotomy so I had my styrofoam cutter at the ready.

And now we have  the top of the head spliced off, we can make a start.

Next we covered the head with random pieces of silver sticky foil.

And used a ball point pen to add some marks.

Then the classic, cover with black paint and wipe most of it off again so the paint stays in the impressions made with the pen.

Then the piece for the top was put through an embossing folder, cut out and stuck on the top.

And the same treatment to the top using the black paint again and wiping back.

Painted the cogs black and then used brushed iron alchemy wax over the top.

Then I started to assemble the gears on the top of the head.

The gears are now dry and thankfully they stayed in place.

And the side view from the right.

And the back of the head.

And the left side view.

Then Janet came to my rescue providing me with some plastic green soldiers - thank you.

And a close up of the top with the soldiers mounted on there.

A more frontal view.

And from the back but to the side.

And the view from the back square on.

And another back and side view.

And a close up view of the top.

I decided that I needed to put it on a proper base.  So I painted a piece of wood black, then I created a skin using an embossing folder and Finnabair icing paste in silver.  Once dry I peeled it off and stuck it to the piece of wood.

Once dry, I used a cheap black dye inkpad and swooshed it over the top and as you can see it only caught the raised pieces.

I then glued the head onto the base.

And a close up of the base and bottom of neck.