Altered Projects Galore!

So, since my craft room is under renovation. I thought I'd share some of my projects from this last year! Hope everyone had a great New Years. I'm not one for making any resolutions past remembering to write and type 2013 instead of 2012. Did you make any this year? Do you have any crafting goals this year?

Up first is an altered dress form that I just adored making!

Next is an altered toilet paper roll mini album that I made!

Next is an altered book. Love taking books and turning them into a new piece! I did a few classes on how to make these. 

This is another mixed media book that I created for a class online. I adore this book with all of it's bits and pieces and elements and textures. 

Dog Days of Winter Link Up

Simple Card

Sharing a card I made in literally about 10 minutes Thursday night. I totally forgot that I needed to bring it the next day to work to get mailed to a co-worker who's out on medical leave for 2 weeks but while out would be missing her 14 year anniversary with the company! I kept things very simple on this one. Thanks for looking. 

Tomorrow I hope to be working on some fun Christmas items, finish up those collage tags, pray the Steelers make it through tomorrows game against the ravens and clean up my space a bit.... it's a disaster right now, I do love that my daughter loves to create with me but sometimes.... I think she needs her own space and she's only 7!

While your here don't forget to check out this months giveaway!  CHECK IT OUT HERE

This month I'm asking you to share with me your holiday projects cards, layouts... anything really as long as it's Thanksgiving or Christmas or New Years! A great prize this month!

Dress Form (heavy photo post)

I bought this dress form a few weeks back. I knew I wanted to play with it but, it was one of those moments where I was afraid I'd mess it up. I often buy things I know I want to do and then fuss and fuss over messing them up. Meanwhile I tell all my craft Friends when their starting out there is no messing things up just learning.. sooo a few ideas and a glass of wine later, I dove right in. I took pictures along the way to serve as a bit of a tutorial for you all. Dress forms are all the rage right now in the crafting world and I've seen them turned into moo much; jewelry holders, stick pin cushions, etc. I just love the eclectic feel of it all.

Now I stained it white, not knowing the full direction it was going in, however I really didn't need to since I later decided to cover it.

I crinkled up some Tim Holtz glassine paper and then inked them up with the new Christmas distress inks. 

Great way to cut tulle, is to wrap it around a piece of cardboard and then cut on both ends, this can be done on little sets as well as something like a little girls tutu. Makes for great evenly cut pieces.

I then glued it to a piece of paper.

after the ink was done drying, I pleated the glassine.

I added some lace to the top of the tulle and then clipped it to ensure it dries well.

I tore pieces of canvas and then misted it, crumpled it up and let it dry. I didn't go for even coverage just some added color.

Adhere the pieces to the form.

Cover the form.

Wrap the glassine around the form.

I added the tutu then. And a cute stick pin, I later removed. I also, inked up the tutu a bit and added another piece of lace to it. I then took the heat gun to the skirt a bit to make it a bit less poofy!

I then put together a few jump rings and some misc. charms and things.

I used stick pins through the form to attach the fun metals charms.

I then added some tattered angels mists along the tears of the canvas and then spritzed it with water. Look at the below pic for the results.