Altered jigsaw pieces

[lalheg]

I know lots of you ladies have done these - pics please!!!!

[MandyNi0]

When I do my first pieces you shall be first to know. You're so demanding Laura ......... no wonder you have that whip pic in your Avatar!!!

M xox

[lalheg]

You're reading it with the wrong voice in your head - maybe it's a whiney begging voice?

[LME]

I did a load but only got these left :wub:

[lalheg]

Now those are gorgeous!

[LME]

Thanks they are about 2ins from a kiddies set :)

I find it easier to draw around them in pencil cut then stick as if you stick then cut it is harder :wub:

[Sprinkles]

OK, you asked for it :lol: :lol:

In November I was extremely lucky to get this for my Birthday, from a selection of my ATC pals:

Top Row, L-R:
Spangle, ScottishFiona & KarenKeenan
Middle Row, L-R:
Prinnie,LME, Lahleg
Bottom Row, L-R:
IamJoy, HappyScrappy, Yabbadabbadoo

I absolutely adore it :wub:

Nura x

[MandyNi0]

Now that is pretty!!

[yetanotherhelen]

WOWEE! What an excellent idea for a group project.........

[judenesbitt]

Maybe at at our next crop eh Helen?

[yetanotherhelen]

Now how would a jigsaw CJ sound.....?

[judenesbitt]

Sounds good - Without giving too much away, this is a part of Joy's CJ that we all have to do

[LME]

You could use the sissix jigsaw die :)
It is 6 pieces but a bit smaller :)

[yetanotherhelen]

That would work better - instant result. Then leave it with our hostess. To end up with one each would be a lotta lotta organising....

[yetanotherhelen]

Ooh - sounds interesting. Think I'm reading out of sequence!!!

[LME]

I will cut one tomoorw to show you the size you can cut mountboard :)

[yetanotherhelen]

Thank you LME!

[Sprinkles]

My photo doesn't do it justice, it's absolutely amazing - another masterpiece from my craft room :D :D :D

Nura x

[KimmyS]

I think I just died and gone to heaven!!! Those are scrumptious pieces all of them! I only used my Jigsaws for Minibooks (and to toot my horn here....sorry I can't resist: but my Blitzen Jigsaw Minibook was actualy requested by Basic Grey to be a feature in their last Newsletter....<toot over>)

I would love to participate in a Jigsaw swap, that sounds like total fun

[Jay]

Jigsaw swap - now I would be interested in that.

Nura - what a fantastic gift, you must have been thrilled to receive that.

It's given me an idea - I have two 50th birthdays coming up next month! Off to the charity shop today to see if I can pick up a couple of board jigsaws.

[KimmyS]

Jay if you can't find any, let me know - I have some I would RAK you

[cookie]

I really enjoyed the altered jigsaw swap I did. Here are mine:-

[LME]

Beautiful :)

[lalheg]

sharon - delicious - especially the coppery / bronze ones

[KimmyS]

oh Sharon - how could you ever part with those babies???????

[AliTS]

I'd love a jigsaw swap or CJ - if anyone is organising please count me in too.

[soojay]

Wow!!!....................:)

[helenpp]

Oh count me in as well - that birthday one is FABaroony ( tweenies talk there sorry!). I have a DD but think her jigsaws may start going missing! Loving all of this sharing but now I NEED my melt pot even more!

Loving all of your work!

[KimmyS]

What does a meltpot do (apart from the obvious melting :P )
I always wondered if I would need that tool

[helenpp]

I have just been jushing to my husband about the work of you gals and showed him the picture of the birthday jigsaw and how it was such a lovely idea and guess what he said - "BUT IT DOES NOT MATCH SO ITS NOT A JIGSAW!" MEN eh - just do not get it do they!

[Janice]

Ohh they are gorgeous!!! what a lovely idea :D

Something else to add to the never ending list of 'things to try' :D :D

[spangle]

I would be interested in a jigsaw swap etc :)

[Elphaba]

I did a load but only got these left :wub:

Linda Those Jigsaw pieces Are Fab!!
I'm just getting back into doing ATC's etc :D

[LME]

Linda Those Jigsaw pieces Are Fab!!
I'm just getting back into doing ATC's etc :D


Nice to see you back Jackie :)

[Elphaba]

:D Thanks Linda, Have asked Laura to add me back into the ATC's :D
Love Your Altered Love book too it's Brilliant! :D

[helenpp]

What does a meltpot do (apart from the obvious melting :P )
I always wondered if I would need that tool
You use Ultra thick embossing powder in and then pour, you can dip into it for eg to put around slides al la Sir Tim, you can keep water at temp for friendly plastic.

I think would be good for jigsaws to glaze or use Ultra thick on with beads etc. you can also fill moulds etc

I WANT ONE NOW - my latest must have! DH for my birthday could i have.....

[AliTS]

takes deep breath - shall I host a jigsaw swap?

If yes, ideas for the ground rules please and then I'll pm the mods for permission. Did they allocated Altered mods yet?

[new2this]

I did this LO with jigsaw pieces.

[spangle]

Count me in Ali and point me in the right direction (ie thread) when it is up and running .

Might be wrong but is Laura the swap Mod

[Sprinkles]

Lovely LO, would like to join in the swap too, so let me know when it's approved etc

Nura x

[LME]

Hi all here is the sissix size :)

[iamjoygray]

Love all of the pieces shown, and please include me, too, in a swap. :wub: Just point me in the direction of where to sign up.

[Jay]

Jay if you can't find any, let me know - I have some I would RAK you

Oh Kimmy, that' so kind. Can I say Yes please :D I will PM you.
Is there anything I can send you in return?

[Jay]

takes deep breath - shall I host a jigsaw swap?

If yes, ideas for the ground rules please and then I'll pm the mods for permission. Did they allocated Altered mods yet?

'Course you should. You know it makes sense :lol:

[AliTS]

I;ve pmed Laura to see if she is the mod and what to do, so when I hear back I'll let you know. Does anyone who did the last one remember what the criteria were - size, theme etc etc? I need all the help I can get if it is OK to run it! :)

[LME]

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=59712&highlight=altered+jigsaw+swap
Here was the last one :)

[Jay]

I didn't join in the last one, so I'm not sure I'll be much help - practically, but I can give as much support as you need. Oh I do hope this goes ahead.

[AliTS]

Thanks Linda, and Sharon (cookie) in my team did the last one and has given me some help too.

[new2this]

I'd like to join, too, please. Will you be posting on this thread when you know if it can go ahead? I do hope it does.

[AliTS]

I think Laura and Linda are going to be mods but are waiting for it all to be sorted. When it is I will go back to them, but I think all the mods are very busy people so I don't want to hassle them. I will post on this thread if I hear anything.

[new2this]

I'm very new to this so please tell me if this is really, really stupid .....is there any way we could all have the same jigsaw to alter? That way when we get the pieces back ..from totally different sets ....they might even fit together!! Does that make any sense at all? People who wanted to could still use them individually but it would be rather nice to have a complete one made up of other peoples contributions.

[LME]

Ali if you want to do this I can cut some sissix jigsaws :)

[spangle]

I think it would be great if we could end up with a whole altered puzzle ,if poss .

[jochapman]

I love to join in the swap, never done any jigsaw pieces yet. Let me know if we can

jo xx

[pmk]

Just found this - would love to join if that's ok. Will pop back in to check when it's approved!
Pauline
x

[Jane]

Laura offered to oversee swaps with some help, I am happy to help too if I can although I dont know much about how they run.
I told Mary Anne that I would mod swaps on alerted art so that Lily doesnt get any more work, she has enough to do with the other ones.
We just need some rules/guidelines I suppose

[helenpp]

Ladies having followed this with a great degree of I WANT one of these I popped to my local RANGE shop in Leeds today looking for a suitable cheap jigsaw. They are doing 8 in one box 9 piece jigsaws for £2 - so 25p for one jigsaw. Think these would be ideal to send out to those who are doing the pieces for your jigsaw.

what you all think?

could do a team of 10 people with one person sending out a piece to each of the other people for returning? you would then have to do 9 pieces for your different swapsees so if would all fit back together when you got it back.

Just an idea?

[Jay]

Wow Helen, that sounds like a great idea.

[LME]

Ali you decide what you want to do and ask if you need help :wub:

[helenpp]

Ali

If you want me to help with co - ordinating sening out jigsaw pievces I can do.

What I could do is

get all addresses from you
send out jigsaw pieces to participants
get pieces sent back to me with 2 first class stamps for me which would cover my Jigsaw purchase plus the original posting, plus extra posting for returning.
I could then sort out and send back out.

Do not want to take over and have a holiday planned in Feb but happy to help to get things moving!

Offers there.

Alternative is I could buy some jigsaws and send to you to do with people sending you stamps to send to me to cover cost!

AM I over complicating this?

[new2this]

I think Helen's plan sounds great.....if it happens can I be counted in, please.

Helen, do you think those jigsaws (8x9 piece = £2) sould be in other Range outlets? We have one in Colchester so I might have a look.

[AliTS]

Helen, what you are proposing sounds like a fab idea - I'd love to join - why don't you host this - I think probably about the right number of people have signed up, or we could have 2 groups. Do you want to run with it?

If not I'll happily help or host, but if you want to go for it do and I'll perhaps do a different kind another time.

Let me know what you think and then I think Jane is the mod so we could ask her for approval.

[helenpp]

Oh thanks for the encouragement you guys - never hosted anything before so sense of trepidation as would hate for it to go wrong! Thanks Ali I WOULD NEED help!

I think other Range shops should have them in - they were in the kids crafty section with board books etc ( which are worth looking at as well as can be a cheap as 49p).

I will look at drafting the swap request then - do we keep it in here or on the main swap thread?

will post in here progress but load of work on next couple of days.

[helenpp]

I have PM'd Jane with the request for this swap. Watch this space!

[helenpp]

Well approved and up and running - phew Jane is good at approving!

Two so far so please look at thread and see if you want to go for it!

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?p=1575238#post1575238

[AliTS]

ooooh off there now.

[scrapjax]

This forums a bad influence on me :lol: First I attack the cd off my DH magazine after reading the altered CD thread, then I'm eyeing up the overflowing bookcase for a book to try an altered book on, now I'm rooting through DDs toyboxes for a jigsaw she's not bothered with! :lol:

DH doesn't 'get' it at all :rolleyes: Men!!

[yetanotherhelen]

Excitement mounts - just hope I have enough inspiration for 9 pieces! Anyone else feeling apprehensive? Fear of the unknown, I think. Glad to see you are in my team, Joy!

[KimmyS]

Excitement mounts - just hope I have enough inspiration for 9 pieces! Anyone else feeling apprehensive? Fear of the unknown, I think. Glad to see you are in my team, Joy!

Apprehensive?? More like about scared stiff!!! 9 different themes is very challenging especially when you look at some and think "oh oh, how am I gonna do that?"
In a weird way I thrive on that pressure :lol:

[Sprinkles]

Jackie :lol: - Men, they never understand anything!! :lol:

Ladies, you'll be fine - don't think about them negatively, just let your creativity take over ;) and have fun :D

Nura x

[yetanotherhelen]

So we have like , a month to work on these, am I right?

[helenpp]

So we have like , a month to work on these, am I right?
you have to 25th Feb Hun if that helps! But bet you all get em to me sooner!
see other thread for details!
H

edited to say I will be drooling when they start coming back!