TGF's Alter Ego!

TGF is hosting a new challenge called Alter Ego.  The idea is to combine two different TGF characters to make a new one. 

I have used this one before, seen here, but this is my Percy Jackson using Mer Ian and WS Flirty Edward digis.  I used Ian's head and Edward's body, but the trick is I copied his left side, flipping the image and moving it to the right, then adding a t-shirt under the open shirt.  His sword, Riptide, is a image I found online.  Percy is colored in copic markers, then cut out using Nestabilities Labels Seven.  I cut him so he looks like he is stepping out of the book (see one foot out of the book?).  I used my fingers to curve the paper and mount the "book" on dimensionals so the book seems to be rising off the base.  The text background stamp is from 7gypsies in Basic Grey.  The paper is Bo Bunny and Recollections on Very Vanilla base.  I used the film strip punch from EK Success for the strip border and some jute twine in a square knot to make it feel more like Percy's connection to the ocean.  I also tossed in some polaroid pics, especially one of his favorite demigod, Annabeth (from TGF's Miss Anya Hats Off).  The polariods are a die from Quik Kutz. Sorry I can't get a better image of the layers, but it kept coming out fuzzy.  Thanks for looking!  April

Percy Jackson SMASH (In Progress)

This is for TGF's Farm Fresh Friday Anything Goes challenge.
I am still working on it, as I am still working on finding pics or treasures (like coins, book covers, etc), but wanted to get what I have finished posted.  I found this fab pic of a Camp Half-Blood map online and the sign is from a Percy-themed party on Pinterest.  The sneaker and small library cards are from Rebecca at Uprintables.  I used some feathers that escaped from a pillow and a brad to make the flying shoe.  I used a page that I removed from another part of the book, using washi tape to attach, to make a triple page layout.

The characters are from TGF, with a little digital tweeking from me.  All characters are colored in copic markers.  First is Tyson (WS Joseph).  I enlarged him, then erased one eye and moved the other to the middle, before making it bigger.  Next is Annabeth (WS Audrey).  I changed the tongue sticking out to a smile and used Dalek font from dafont.com to write on her shirt.  Percy took some extra work.  His head is Mer Ian and the body is WS Flirty Edward.  I copied the left side of his shirt, flipped the image and moved to the right.  I also added a collar for a tee under the open shirt.  I found an image of Riptide (Anaklusmos) online and shrunk it to the needed size.  Last, but not least is Grover (WS Logan).  He was a rubber stamp and I simply drew in the horn sticking out from under the hoodie. 


close-up of Hermes shoe

close-up of (l-r) Grover, Percy, Annabeth, Tyson

So there you have it.  Maybe I will post new pics once the whole thing is done.  Thanks for looking!  April

Olympic Birthday

Here is the LO for my daughter's Percy Jackson Birthday party. She took a group of friends to see the movie because she is a fan of the series. The girls had a great time hamming it up in front of the theater display.

The papers are bordering blue and brocade blue from SU. The black is Bazzill, and the white is standard cardstock. I used some Dew Drop chalk in Agean Blue. I dry embossed some of the pieces to kind of make it look like waves. I also sanded the chalked/embossed areas to soften them up a bit and roughed up the edges of the LO to make it look a bit older. The stickers are from Michael's and are Greek Alphabet. Thanks for looking! April

Percy Jackson favors

Here are the goodies for my daughter's Percy Jackson and the Olympians party. I bought t-shirts and ink-jet iron on transfers at Michael's. I set up the Camp Half-Blood with Dalek font from daFont.com, then simply ironed them to the shirts. The fronts of the shirts have the same Ancient Greek font as the tags.

I then used the Dalek font to make the Hershey bar wraps. I set the word processor to 6.5 x 11 and centered the writing. I cut the 2 inches extra off, then in half, making two per sheet of paper. I then tore the edges and inked in Chestnut Roan and Charcoal cat's eye chalk ink. Wrap and tape...super easy.

I rolled the shirts, then sat the candy bar on top, using some ribbon and attaching the tags. So cute and I know the girls will love them! Thanks for looking! April

Percy Jackson and the Olympians invitations

My daughter and I have been reading the Percy Jackson series and she is so excited for the movie. It comes out the week before her birthday, so that is what we are doing for the party. She is taking a group of friends to see it on her birthday because they have no school that day. Here are the invitations. I used Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie card stock and got the font from dafont.com. This font is called Dalek. I also got Ancient Greek font for the person's names. I tore the top and bottom edges, then roughed up the sides with my finger nail. I then inked all the way around with Cat's Eye chalks in Chestnut and Charcoal.

We are making each child a t-shirt too, so I'll post those as soon as we get the transfers done. Thanks for looking! April