Faux Cloisone Keyring For Unruly Paper Arts

Hi Everyone, August is 'Take a Powder Month' over at Unruly Paper Arts and all month my fellow Unrulies have been sharing various methods and ways of using powders such as embossing powders.

Today it's my turn!

I am sharing over on the UPA blog a technique known as Faux Cloisonne which uses both embossing powders (UTEE) and mica powders such as Pearl-ex and Perfect Pearls.  I have used this technique to make a keyring for my tutorial but it is also a a wonderful way to make pendants for jewelry and embellishments for all your other projects too.

I do hope you pop over for a closer look.

Altered Pages Challenge #9 - Shoes

Hi Everyone!  This month at Altered Pages we want you to put your best foot forward and come up with a project which incorporates the theme Shoes.

For this challenge I have made a wall hanging.  I began with a piece of Black Coredinations Cardstock to which I did some stencilling with various stencils and Impasto Gel.  Once dry I applied some Versamark Ink to my stenciled areas and then applied a mix of metallic gold, copper and bronze Perfect Pearls.

Then out came all my Altered Pages Goodies (see the store).  Champange Silk Ribbon, Fleur De Lis Ribbon, Glitz Trims, German Scrap, Bazzill Two Scoops Cardstock, and Vintage Papers from Glitz and not to forget my Collage Image which is from the Shoes with Attitude Collage Sheet.

To color my shoes I have simply used some water color pencils and a aqua brush.

So if you have a fetish for shoes why not give this challenge a go, we'd love it if you could play along too!

As always there is a wonderful prize up for grabs.  For all the details and further inspiration simply pop over to the Altered Pages Challenge Site.