Elegant Masks by Lynne & Altered Tin by Shanna

Today we have two fabulous designers up to share their fun and exciting projects. First up is Lynne to share her altered masks.

Hi! Lynne here with  my latest project; I've been having fun decorating my new scrap room and decided to make these to hang on one of the doors using the Masks Shape Set.

I used pieces from the Mini Flourishes-Bella Set and the Feather Shape Set and used papers and embellishments from the November Scraps of Elegance kit  to finish them.

I painted the pieces with acrylic paint then brushed them lightly with white glitter paint.

The fussy-cut dangles were finished with Glossy accents to add strength and a metallic look. I had so much fun with these that I just might finish the other masks in the set for my door too-there's no end to the creative ways you could decorate these great pieces!

Gina's Products used
Mask Shapes Set
Feather Shapes Set
Mini Flourishes-Bella


Other Items Used
Marion Smith & Blue Fern Studio papers
Glossy Accents

Next up we have Shanna with a vintage style project.

Hi everyone. Shanna here today to share a fun altered tin. I don't know about you, but I love to re-purpose things. I really enjoy the things that are sturdy like cookie tins.

First I covered the tin with paper. Then I used a doily that I painted with some Distress Paint. I also painted the chipboard pieces from the Vintage Seamstress Shape Set. 

The sewing machine got an awesome coat of crackle paint to really make it vintage.

I finished off the tin with some flowers from our Craftsupplies1 cross promotion. 

Gina's Items Used:

Vintage Seamstress Shape Set

Cardstock Doily Set 1


Thanks for stopping by today!

Steampunk Kitty by Mary

Thanks for stopping by Gina's blog today! As you may already know, this month the team members are creating masks in celebration of Mardi Gras.   Gina designed four great masks for us to choose from.  Mine morphed into a steampunk kitty! I know! I don't do steampunk! This was my first attempt at it.

The mask I decided to use is the one in the top right corner.

As always, I began with a coat of gesso. Next, I cut different size squares of  3M foil tape, and placed  the squares over the surface of the mask. Using a stylus, I made an impression in the foil to creat a rivet look. I then took one of the steampunk hearts, bent it a bit, covered with the foil tape and attached it to the mask.

The gear boarder and corners were gessoed, sprayed with Lindy's, then embossed with silver and black soot. I used an emery board over the top of some of the gears to give it more of a distressed look, then sprayed them again with Lindy's. The swirl pattern is simply colored with a bic marker in black.



After attaching all the gears and boarders to the mask, I finished it off with metal gears, a clock face, feathers and flat back pearls.



Thanks for stopping by the blog today! I have a list of all the products below. For Gina's products, just click on the name below and it will take you directly to that product in her store.



Have a great week!



Gina's Designs

Masks Shape Set

Steampunk Hearts

Clock Hands Shape Set

Gears Borders & Corners Shape Set

Gears Shape Set



Other Products

Gesso

Paint: Black and Red Metallic

Lindy's Stamp Gang:: Whale Watch Blue & Black Orchid Silver

Metal Gears: Tim Holtz & ButterBeeScraps

Metal Clock: Tim Holtz

Flat Back Pearls: Joann Fabrics

Black Bic Marker

3M Foil Tape

Feathers - Stash (they were my dad's, he made his own fishing lures)

Embossing Power: Silver - Stampin' up! Black Soot Distressed- Tim Holtz