Winged Heart Shrine

I was thrilled to be offered the opportunity to play with the new Gilded Life charms and bezels for Alpha Stamps.  There is a list of supplies from Alpha Stamps here.

The hutch is covered with Tim Holtz tissue tape and then a layer of silver gilders paste.  I liked the way I could easily manipulate and apply the tape to the different surfaces.  It made for a quick covering of the base.

It is hard to see, but the inside of the shrine is layered with blue mica flakes.  I popped the focal heart out with a few scrabble tiles so it has the illusion that it is floating in the box. 

I used images from Alpha Stamps Butterfly Collage Sheet along with lots of metal staples from Graphic 45.

To alter this focal I started off with Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap and added my images.  I also altered the metal with Vintaj Patinas and then some stickles too.  You can also see how I added silver gilders paste to the different metal pieces to help them to look cohesive. 

I just adore how this turned out.  One of my favorite pieces in a long time.  I hope you enjoyed as well!

Cheers,

Rhea

More Halloween Charm

I am participating in yet another Halloween Charm swap.  This one is being hosted by Thespa over at Vintiquities Workshop.  As always I am excited to see the return on these mini art exchanges.  I had a few stumbling blocks with this swap, so participants will be getting two charms from me.

This is the first set that I am not all that pleased with.  When I went back to review that I had followed all the rules, I realized paper was a no-no, so I had to go back and seal them all with Glossy Accents.  They now probably meet the requirements, but for whatever reason I am not all that into them.

I decided to make a second set since I did not like the first round and send both along.  This set does not meet the requirements either as each charm was supposed to be different, or small sets of five were allowed.  I hope that my stuff flies with the hostess!

Stay tuned later this month I hope to show off what I did with my charms in a little blog hop. 

Cheers, 

Rhea