Altered Jewels

Hi There!  I am sharing a beautiful earring clip that I think came from my husbands Grandma.  The challenge this week at Frilly and Funkie is Elegant Jewels.  The host is the talented Cec and she describes the challenge as:

"Let's make a vintage or shabby chic project in jewel tone colours such as deep purple, emerald green, jade green, burgundy, bright turquoise to name a few AND to make your project extra special, add some sort of jewel or gem, which can be anything from a dollar store find to a piece of broken jewelry."

Jewel tones are so beautiful!  Vibrant rich deep hues of colors and if you mix them together you get a powerful punch of color.  I was inspired by the purple and peacock blue and decided to alter an altoid tin from last Christmas.  

This tin took quite a few coats of gesso to cover the surface with drying time between.  I painted it completely white inside and out.  After it dried I stenciled some texture on the top. (Lost in the beautiful color and layering of tissue)

I then added spritzs of purple and blue over the surfaces and let them dry.  While I had the excess ink on my craft sheet I dipped my seam binding in and picked it up.

I had lots of drying time for all my pieces so I used that time to pull out the alcohol inks and dab my earring with purple and blue.  I left the natural pearl color sheen through in some areas.  After I finished with that I splattered the jewelry with white acrylic paint.

I stamped the beautiful sentiment on tissue paper and collaged it to the surface of the box.  I sprayed more inky colors over the surface to gather pooling of color.

After everything dried I splattered white paint over the surface.  I used a baby wipe to sponge up any paint over my letters that was covering the sentiment.

I finished the whole project off with a set of butterfly wings stuck in the brooch and ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed my tin box and are inspired to come play along with us.

The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot here at Frilly and Funkie, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will go into the draw for the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team.


Suzz

alcohol ink amethyst	alcohol ink turquoise	Prima Art Basics - Heavy Gesso - White 17 fl. oz. (March Pre-Order)	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Peacock Feathers	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain - Wilted Violet
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tissue Wrap - Plain TH93275 (February Pre-Order)	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper Plain	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDAK47933 (February Pre-Order)	Darkroom Door Cling Stamp - Part of You	Rayon Seam Binding
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Detailed Butterflies by Tim Holtz 661182 (February Pre-Order)	DINA WAKLEY HEAVY BODY PAINT - White 2 OZ TUBE	Dina Wakley Media 4 Piece Artist Brush Set (March Pre-Order)