Domino shrine

This month's challenge on  http://alteritmonthly.blogspot.com/ was to use a domino I coloured and stamped my domino with an image 'be yourself' this is set into a shrine made from polymer clay which is coloured with mica powders and encrusted with beads and a metal charm

Halloween box

Getting organized for Halloween I've prepared this box to send a shiver down the spine of anyone that comes near to take the treasure - in fact I enjoyed myself with paint and powder with a skeletal hand made from polymer clay

http://alteritmonthly.blogspot.com/ have a halloween challenge this month - so i will enter this piece and check out other spooky entries

Fabric book cover

Working with fabric paint I coloured the white cotton fabric then stamped a variety of stamped images in various colours  Once this had dried and heat set I added net lace and ribbon held in place with hand and machine stitching  The cover fits over an A5 book - and I can remove the cover to wash or change to another book

Fabric painted picture

Painting on a cotton fabric with fabric paints and embellishing with machine and hand stitching

Rusty box

The challenge on http://alteritmonthly.blogspot.com/
was to use or create something rusty As I have been collecting rusty bits for years I couldn't wait to make something for this challenge My box of 'Forgotten Dreams'
is an assemblage of bits linking to a key - the key to the past

Pram for Rose

Back to school this week and one of the mum's

has had a little girl during the holidays - so I made

a pram with the name Rose embroidered on the pillow as a keepsake for her baby Rose

Music and the soul

Monthly challenge on http://alteritmonthly.blogspot.com/ gave me the opportunity to use a box that originally held a childs mirror and beads and decorate it inspired by the Plato quote of 'Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul'

Ribbon and lace page

A little black dress on a 4x4 page for fabric book
inspired by

http://lotstodocallenges.blogspot.com/

Camera book

My brother-in-law has just celebrated 21 year in business manufacturing camera - so I thought it would be nice to make a book for him

I made the book to depict the type of camera he started out making and gave it a distressed finish with inks and beeswax - thankfully he loves it

Birds of a feather

my birds of a feather project for this months challenge for
http://alteritmonthly.blogspot.com/
I felted the material for the birds using fibres feathers and lace
and the birds are assembled in the style of Beryl Tayor - the little
crowns are made from polymer clay

http://alteritmonthly.blogspot.com/

my altered treasure matchbox

for alter it monthly challenge

this little bag is decorated with the rods from throwsters waste which in their turn have been dyed and secorated with beads and machine embroidery

A necklace made from silk pods - from a kit by Stef Francis - so now I know what to use those pods for

the book turns and folds revealing the fashion theme on a base of fabric paper

A meander fabric book

printer's tray painted stressed and filled with treasures

Angel fabric book

This is a fabric book I made for my daughter.
The cover has a base of fabric paper lined with

silk and edged with beaded ribbon.

The hinged door opens to reveal the image of an angel