The Altered Puzzle

It is always nice to sit by the log burning fire with a good book but not on August Bank Holiday Monday, Christmas maybe....

Well I hope you all had a good weekend, you wouldn't believe the days could be so different. On Sunday we took Jack & Bru to Aberdyfi for a paddle. Must admit they weren't that sure about the sea, but they enjoyed a good walk along the beach. Thankfully we picked the right day for it.....

I've had some great fun with a Route 52 jigsaw (£1.49)

I decided on Paperartsy's French Roast paint, it is such a great colour, not as harsh as black.

Then I tried to keep the colours in green, golds and silver as much as I could.
The puzzle looks a bit daunting when it's plain white but I tried to treat each piece as it's own little canvas.

So there's painted pieces with embellishments stuck on, Embossing onto metal foil.

Fresco finish Metallic- Old Gold on top of French Roast with Crackle Glaze in-between.

Stamping and colouring with Distress Inks

Gold Embossing (Ranger's Queens Gold is nice and fine)

Metal mesh cut to size and a Moth embellishment added using Multi Medium

Several pieces have been painted Honey Dew, then PA crackle paint then French Roast

I have added a few Route 52 embellishment's and picture's of Jack & Bru. Generally just made it up as I went along.

After Dry brushing around the edges I stuck a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Band at the bottom.

There's Rock Candy Crackle Paint and a torn piece of cardstock

I have removed a couple of Jigsaw Pieces and placed a picture underneath.

Dabbing paint through a stencil. Some started French Roast and dabbed with green, then another the opposite way round.

Apply molding paste or gesso through a stencil ( remember to wash your stencil)

The green disc 2nd from the left at the bottom is utee that has been poured onto a stamped texture tread which had a cookie cutter sat on it.

The piece next to it is triple embossed then stamped into it at the end.

After Dry brushing around the edges I stuck a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Band at the bottom.

I'm pleased with this little project it's not perfect, but what I wanted to do was try and do lots of different techniques, to have a little reminder when I'm stuck for a idea.

That's it for now, time to think what to do next, I'll not ponder too long, just get stuck in.

Happy crafting

Sharon