It's that time of year again...Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday (Carnival for some). The overindulgence of eating or other festivities, held before the fasting Lenten season, and heralded by the masses in New Orleans, and now in smaller stature in so many other places. People get all dressed up in costumes and masks and party down until the sun comes up for several days on end. I've never been or ever even partaken in any of these festivities, but I love to see the beautiful attire worn by the women. The sparkle, the color, the texture, the beading, are all wonderful! Once again, the
J. Peterman Owner's Manual has inspired me, and I have found myself searching the TV guide for reruns of Seinfeld.
I've been sick most of the week, so it took me awhile but, I made this tag "dare to be unique" to reflect the over the top celebration using Wendy Vecchi Art Parts and stamps, and a few Tim dies. The current challenge on the
Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group, is to make a "
custom epoxy embellishment" using a memo pin. I made two using gold foil from a doily. One is in the top of the mask, and the other is the actual grip to the mask. I have never used the image of the eyes and mask before...hard to believe as it is super fantastic...but I will be utilizing it more after this. I had so much fun making this mask and creating Jade's face (yes, this is her name). The pictures are not showing this well. I tried all sorts of different lighting, locations, etc, and just couldn't manage to capture this the way I wanted.
I will be submitting this tag to the
Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge of "anything goes".
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| I think I have had this paper over 15 years...honestly! I adhered this ancient paper to a jumbo sized tag (my fav because there is more space to fill up) I stamped Wendy's dots in Mustard Seed Distress Ink and heat embossed it with the same color. |
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| All the Art Parts and die cut Grunge was painted, sanded, and inked with Pumice Stone. I punched holes in the lamppost's iron handles for a filigree look and also to hold a braided sash. I adhered yellow vellum to the back of it were the glass would go and covered it with Crackle Accents. The picture so do not do it justice. |
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| Here is the background before I gaudied it all up. I love Wendy's parts!!! |
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| The former plant/leaf/fern parts are now feathers. I wanted a more metallic and shiny look, so I also gave them a coat of Smooch Ink then Rock Candy Distress Stickles. Mr. Enamored was coated also. |
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| Jade started to come to life, first with flesh color. After a coat of Snow Cap Acrylic Paint, I ran one coat of Tea Dye Distress Stain followed by Dried Marigold. The eyes and nose and mouth combination were stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink.The crown and wings were painted and then coated with Rock Candy Distress Crackle, then inked with Pumice Stone. I used the foil scrap to cover her head, give her a collar, and make the 2 epoxy embellishments (the cross is in the very center). I love that stuff! Her mask was covered in green rhinestones. I didn't have purple, so I used the Purple Twilight Alcohol Ink to color larger rhinestones for the mask, as well as the ones in the 2 black flower, AND the beaded chain for her necklace. The black flourishes are left over scraps from another project, and I coated them with Rock Candy Stickles. I added a swivel clasp to the watch handle, the stamped and handwritten sentiments, and some ribbon. |
Supplies:
Wilton: Gold Doily
Petaloo: Dazzlers Florettes
From My Stash: ribbon, rhinestones, patterned paper, white cardstock, eyelet
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
