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Saturday, 4 September 2010

3D Grunge Letter A




Good Morning, How's your week end Going? I am enjoying the warmth I can tell you. I have made a special piece, called 'I Love Craft'. I have had these paper mache 3D letters for a while and I have finally decided to decorate them. This is the first one and I have gone for the grunge look.



I am also using this for a challenge over at Linda's, She is doing a Tim Holtz Challenge again and this week it's on page 44 Of the CCs, Chipped Enamel.  GSC challenge is 3D so I figure this covers it ;0) SSS&S is Layers and there are lots of layer's of paper glue Distress powder etc ;0) Play Date Cafe is a colour challenge and the colours are on the DP paper (although I admit they are not really main colours but I have missed playing). And finally, at The Shabby Tea Room it's Old meets new. I have used an old letter & image, that I've had for ages with some new design papers. 



There are quite a few details. I have used lots of lovely things and I look forward to making my next letter. I think every thing is pretty self explanatory Apart from the bottle cap. I filled this with an image I stamped & inked put some seed beads in, then filled with Glossy accents when dry I also put alcohol inks all over the back (not that you can see that but when I made t I didn't know what I would use if for lol. The metal 'inspire' is a button covered with paint then wiped off. Grunge paper using a TH Die Cut some shaped board and plenty of inks, both distress and alcohol and some really lovely DPs. I hope you have a a good look and please go have a nosey at the DT teams efforts for the challenges I have entered there really good. Love Dawn xx

Items Used:- Design Papers (DPs) My Minds Eye & Tim Holtz.  Stamps, Paper Artsy. Board, Maya Road. Grunge Paper, ornate frame, alcohol Inks, Distress Inks, Grunge board and Distress Powder, Tim Holtz. Acrylic Paint Dabber, Ranger.

26 comments:

Pia said...

wow what a great letter, lovely details

Debbie said...

Wonderful project!!! Thanks for sharing this lovely 3-D creation with us in the Tea Room :)

Lynn Biermann said...

Wow this is awesome! Lovin the framed image & your background papers are perfect!

Nancy D. said...

Love how your letter A turned out!

Linda Ledbetter said...

Dawn, I was just thinking about you last night, and here you are! ♥

What a wonderful work of art you've created here! This is a treasure trove of sweet details, and I notice something new every time I look at it.

Are you going to do the entire alphabet? That would be spectacular!

Lynne Moncrieff said...

Dawn, you certainly stepped up to those challenges :) Lynne xx

Anonymous said...

Wow! This is fabulous Dawn! x

PapierGirl said...

Awesome - love your altered grunge project! Thanks for joining us this week at TSTR! :)

Rhonda said...

Wow, this is fabulous, Dawn! So many details, I love it! Very grungy and very cool - cheers!

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Great piece of art. love all the detail. are you going to spell Crafy Dawn? Great piece for your craft room. Tracy x

Hels Sheridan said...

COR this is LUSH Dawn, loving the theme and all the bits n bobs on it... FAB!! x

Lucy Edmondson said...

Absolutely superb and wonderful! Love all the details, will have to have another look later and I'm sure I will spot lots more!

Lucy x

Michele said...

this is fabulous Dawn! i love the dimension. xo michele

Zoechaos said...

Brillient can see you had lots of fun with this fabulous work are you using a different styles for each letter? xx Zoe

Jean Franks Beck said...

This is so fun! Love the vintage, distressed, craftiness of it. Are you doing your name? Do I recall you did a "D", or am I imagining that (a very real possibility... someone did a D, LOL!!! yeah, right!) Hope you're having a wonderful weekend. :)

Anonymous said...

OH WOW...BEAUTIFUL, Dawn!! What a FUN piece!

Suzanne C said...

Wonderful use of the colors and awesome project. Love all the details you put into this. Thanks for joining us at the PDCC.

Lynne Forsythe said...

WONDERFUL!!! you've inspired me to pull out the letters I bought to spell my daughters name and have yet to do!!!

thanks bunches for playing along with the Design Teamies and Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge!!

minnie_mac said...

Great project. Colourful with lots of interesting elements.

Marilyn

Sue West said...

I love this , its such a fun project.
Sue

Minxy said...

Awesome A.. loving the grunge feel

Andrea Ewen said...

Super awesome project, Dawn! I love the 3-D effect and that wonderfully vintage paper. So...out of the box...I love it! Thanks for playing along with the Play Date Cafe!

Kim Costello said...

WOw Dawn this is stunning I love all the details and the layered patterned papers and colours makes this look stunning!
The Design Team and I are so pleased that you joined us for the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge this week
Thank you
HuGs Kim :)

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

WOW--what a clever use of bottle tops! I love that this is so vintage--and you pulled in our color story! LOVE IT! Thanks for joining in the fun and playing along with us at the PDCC:}

cheryl said...

oh wow hun this is simply stunning gosh so much too see on here just brilliant hugs cherylx

Nancy said...

Thank you so much for the lovely comment on my blog today! I was just looking around your blog - WOW! Your art is so AMAZING, I Love It All!
Have A Great Night!
Nancy :)

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