Sunday, January 15, 2012

Happy Alice !




I'm Alice mad at the moment I think !!

Here is a card I made as an entry for The Altered Alice challenge blog which has a theme of 'Stripes' this month.  The stripes in my piece are used as a background which I made using double sided adhesive applied onto a square piece of card and dusted over with metallic mica powders in bronze, copper and two types of gold.  Each stripe is individually applied and coated until the whole square is completed.






I then used chess piece rubber stamps from a plate by Chocolate Baroque to stamp a base onto the stripey card with black Archival ink.






More chess pieces were stamped and trimmed and Alice herself stamped and coloured with alcohol ink pens.  These were trimmed out and  mounted on foam pads for depth. 






The text stamp was stamped directly onto the base card also.  The whole thing was mounted onto a mat of gold mirri board and then onto a background made by passing a square of Coredinations 'black magic' through the Sizzix machine using an embossing folder and this was sanded back to reveal the orange core.

Sid xx

26 comments:

  1. This is fabulous Sid - I love how you've done the background.
    xxx Hazel.

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  2. Wonderful card Sid!! Alice in Wonderland is such a fun theme to use in projects!!

    Love from The Netherlands,
    Leintje*

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  3. The background is brilliant and I love the chess stamps.

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  4. Fab card... Those stripes look great.

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  5. Great interpretation of the theme....those chess pieces work really well:)

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  6. It sure is fun and games Sid, great card and love that background

    Sam xxxx

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  7. Sid, thanks so much for playing along with The Altered Alice! I wish I could see this in real life, it must absolutely GLEAM with the mica powders and mirror board! Wonderful challenge interpretation and those Chocolate Baroque chess pieces look very Wonderland!

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  8. great fun Sid. like the images you've used on the background too.

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  9. Its gorgeous, awesome background, love the samps, each and every one.

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  10. This is wonderful...so eye catching and fun!!!

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  11. Fabby Sid! Must use my Alice stamps!

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  12. Sid, what a great Alice piece!!

    :)

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  13. Fabulous Sid, love the chess pieces and your stripes are great. Thanks so much for joining in The Altered Alice Challenge. Tracy x

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  14. This is fabulous Sid, I love that background and the chess pieces are perfect x

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  15. Hello Sid .
    Awesome card .love the theme and images .great background
    Shirley-Anne

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  16. Absolutely AMAZING SId! LOVE the way you did the stripes with the mica powder as well as the embossing. Fabulous stamps too. Thanks so much for joining us at The Altered Alice. xxD

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  17. Your stripes are just perfect!

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  18. Wow Sid! When I first saw your project I was oohing and ahhing over the lovely striped paper. Then I come to find out that you MADE this fantastic paper by hand? Wowzers!! I love, love, love the chess stamps and how they tie in with the quote for the challenge. The Black Magic Core card stock is the icing on the cake :)

    Thanks so much for playing with us at the Altered Alice!

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  19. What a fab fun card. Wishing you luck in the challenge. Hugs, Neet xx

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  20. There's nothing wrong with being Alice mad! A lovely project Sid.

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  21. great card..like that textured background and yes you are in my little mini book the photo was taken a while ago when we met up at the Happy sTampers

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  22. Loving your Alice creations Sid!

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  23. Alice Mad obviously works for you Sid ... LOVE this postcard!

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  24. Excellent Sid! Love the description of the background you did - what a lot of work - but it has paid off. Fab card.
    Neet xx

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