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Mosaic Madness October 22, 2009

Filed under: Altered Projects — ashleyfaus @ 3:49 am

Well, after much procrastination, and no further ado, I give you…. The Mosaic! Now, let’s discuss this little jewel, shall we? I have been promising pictures of this project on Twitter for about 3 weeks, so I have to build it up. My sister moved into her college dorm room, and I felt that it needed a touch of sisterly creativity :) I happened upon a similar project while browsing online, and decided to scale it down into a cute framed work of art.

I bought 1″ cubes from Michael’s, and used several different paper packs to create designs on each side. I used a 1″ punch to create uniform paper squares to be glued onto the cubes. I chose simple designs that would work if they were broken into several pieces. I did run into one problem, and I’m not quite sure how it occurred or how to fix it next time. After leaving the paper to dry for a few hours, it started to buble up. I’m not sure if the glue was unevenly distributed or the temperature changed, but several bubbles appeared. Unfortunately, this makes some of the designs mis-aligned, so I need to find a way to deal with this issue.

I tried to make a side for each season, including everyday fun! Please enjoy some photos of this multi-sided project :)

 

Girlfriend

 

This “Happy Birthday” has slotted squares on the bottom. I stamped alphabet letters to spell my sister’s name and her roommate’s name. The letters can be inserted into the squares on the bottom so that it will wish a happy birthday to each girl!

 

Happy Birthday

 

Happy Halloween, Happy Thanksgiving, and Merry Christmas to add a festive touch!

 

Happy Halloween

 

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Merry Christmas

 

Fun pendants to brighten the room!

Pendants

You can see the bubble effect in some of the photos, so please let me know if you have a solution!

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One Response to “Mosaic Madness”

  1. Nancy Howard Says:

    This is so cute, Ash! I didn’t ever get to see all the sides so it is great to finally see them all. This is such work, you did a beautiful job on it!


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