Thursday, February 21, 2013

Altered Puzzle Pieces


Challenges:
My darling hubby bought me a set of three kids puzzles from the Dollar General, it had this great box which you will be seeing altered soon. I has a sliding top. The puzzle pieces are I think compresses paper, or something, Its not wood, but its very sturdy.


 This is the front and back of one first just after adding paper, the second after I sanded it and then added distress ink.


Here it is all decorated. I loved it so much I made a second one. These are in the mail tomorrow for a couple of special friends. I had so much fun with these. I just took my tim holtz pokey thing to make the hole at the top, just worked it for a couple of minutes to get it through, then added a big jump ring and then smaller ones for more charms. 

my arrow is on this one






22 comments:

Lisa said...

These are so creative and awesome!! I love how you decorated them!! What a fabulous idea!! Have a great evening :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

These charms are wonderful! Love the stamping and added bits and metals!!! Fab craft! Thank you for showing us your metals at Simon Says Stamp & Show this week!

Olivia said...

Love your creativity with this. Fabulous job. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments.

Jac’s Playground said...

Love these they look fantastic and so creative, thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week.

susibee said...

These are gorgeous, your friends will be thrilled to receive them.

Thanks for joining in with us at Creative Craft World.

Sue said...

WOW!! This is stunning. I love the design and the detailing is wonderful
Thank you for taking part in the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge this week
Sue

Poppet said...

Great project Christie, lucky special friends I say. Have a great weekend. :-) xx

MiniOwner said...

Just stunning! I must have a go at this - your project has inspired me. Thank you for joining in with us at Creative Craft World.
Sue x

toni said...

Great work on the puzzle pieces, well done to your hubby for thinking to get them for you!. Lovely idea x

Donna Ellis said...

Super pretty projects, Christi! I am always amazed at home much you accomplish, and the diversity of your pretty projects. hugs, de

Dagmar said...

wow - what a great idea and the design fantastic

Audrey Ernst (hippieaud) said...

What fun Christi! You are so clever and creative, love how you can take something so simple and make it into something so wonderful! So glad to see you playing at Crafty Sentiments this week. Hugs:)

Wendy said...

Fabulous creation...Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky this week.
Wendy xx

Unknown said...

very pretty, love what you did. thanks for sharing it at KD

Cathy said...

What a fantastic idea. Thank you for joining in the Crafty Sentiments challenge this time.
Cathy xx

Mandy said...

Christi I love your altered puzzle pieces they are gorgeous, the charms finish them off perfectly, your friends will love these too :)
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp
hugs Mandy xx

Laurian said...

Very creative!
Thanks for joing us at Penny's Paper Crafty and I hope we see you again soon!

Hugs

Laurian

Melanie said...

This is a great idea!!!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes" challenge.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge.

Hugs,
Melanie
(DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)

Sarah's Little Snippets said...

I love your altered jigsaw pieces!
Thank you for sharing them with us at Creative Craft World. Sarah x

Lydia said...

wow this is soooo clever- thank you so much for sharing with us at CCW xx

Unknown said...

These are brilliant so inspirational. Thanks for joining in at Creative Craft World. X

Ali said...

Oooh what a lovely idea - these look fantastic! :)

Thanks for joining in with the Mini Kit challenge at CCW.

Ali