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Depeche Mode Fast Fashion
Depeche Mode is my all time favorite music band and the inspiration for this issue of Leigh's Altered World of Game Pieces! Depeche Mode roughly means Fast Fashion in French and I challenged my Design Team and readers to create artwork featuring fashion and game tiles! Enjoy!

Fashion Diva Canvas with Mahjong Tiles by Susan Chong

Cover a Gesso primed 6x8” canvas with a light layer of watered down Olive Acrylic Paint. Allow to dry. Apply a slightly thick layer of Burgundy Wine Acrylic Paint. Allow to dry. Apply a thick layer of petroleum jelly to the middle of the canvas and randomly over the remaining areas of the canvas. Apply a VERY thick layer of Sunflower Yellow Acrylic Paint over the entire canvas. Allow to thoroughly dry.
Using a clean dry paper towel, wipe off the paint over the areas of petroleum jelly. Clean off the remaining jelly with a baby wipe. Dry the canvas completely with a clean dry paper towel.
Scrub random areas of the canvas with sandpaper or a clean kitchen scrubby down to the Gesso primer. Wipe off canvas with a clean dry paper towel.
Mix Burgundy Wine Acrylic Paint with Acrylic Glazing Medium. Apply a very thin layer over the entire canvas. Allow to dry.

Print out favorite “Fashion Diva” image on heavy white cardstock. (Approximately 7 inches long to fit as shown on canvas) Seal image with 2 light layers of Krylon Workable Fixative. Allow to dry. Cut out image and set aside.
Print out “Fashion Quotes” on white text paper. Seal with 2-3 light layers of Krylon Workable Fixative. Allow to dry.
Using either Gel Medium or Royal Coat Decoupage Glue, affix the “Fashion Diva” image on the “Fashion Quotes”. Allow to dry.
Tear around the “Fashion Diva” image as shown. Using Gel Medium or Royal Coat Decoupage Glue affix torn image onto canvas. Paint over entire canvas with Medium or Glue……sealing the image completely and covering the canvas evenly. Set aside.

Print out small “Fashion Divas” images to fit over the Mahjong Tiles. Seal images with 2 light layers of Krylon Workable Fixative. Cut images to fit tiles and affix to tiles with Gel Medium or Royal Coat Decoupage Glue. Cover entire tile with Medium or Glue with a nice even coat. Allow to dry.
Edge tiles with Krylon Gold Leafing Pen.
Affix decorative buttons and tiles to canvas as shown with your favorite white craft glue.

Corset Pincushion by Deirdre

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“depeche mode: FAST FASHION”
Altered Book featuring a Domino
by Leigh Snaith-Brunton ~ The Sharpie Domino Queen (Design Team Leader

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“Balenciaga Fashion Switch Plate Covers” by Stephanie Loomis

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“Fashion Changing Screen” by Valerie Snaith
Reader Submission

Create the mini ‘changing screen’ from shipping tags that are already attached and form an accordion tag booklet (Tall Mouse Arts & Crafts).
Tip: You can make your own accordion tag booklet by creating a template from one tag and then repeating the shape for as many tags as you wish to have in your book. Score the fold lines, cut out and fold.
Decorate the shipping tags by stamping the image of buttons (Personal Impressions) randomly in Versa mark’s watermark pigment ink (Tsukineko). Add colour to the stamped images by dusting Creative Chalks over the wet ink with a crafters sponge (Hobby Craft UK). Outline the edges of the tags with a broad line Liquid Gold paint marker (DecoColor). Computer generate the word ‘Fashion’ and colour before printing out two copies. Cut out the text and adhere to the shipping tags with Aleene’s tacky glue. Add colour to the text by dusting on chalks around the edges. Cut out found images of fashionable ladies and adhere to the tags with double-sided sticky pop-dots for dimension. Glue a pink feather to the tag just behind the lady on the first tag. Embellish the mini ‘changing screen’ with assorted charms, beaded dangles, buttons and a pink bow and adhere with tacky glue. Alter a new (shiny) Triomino game tile by dabbing the tile directly onto a Brilliance ink pad (Tsukineko) to add colour. Heat set with an embossing heat gun. Stamp the buttons image onto the Triomino in coal black Ancient Page dye ink (ClearSnap) and heat set. Adhere a button to the Triomino with tacky glue and then glue the Triomino to the middle tag. Finish off the mini ‘changing screen’ by threading assorted fancy fibers through the holes in the tags.)

“Playing the Angel” Fashion Torso by Karen Bourke

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Centerfold: An Accordion Fashion Card by Lis Whiting

Create your base card:
Cut a piece of tan sparkle cardstock [The Paper Cut] to 6x8. Lay your card out horizontally. Score at the following points along the cardstock: 1”, 2 ½”, 4”, 5 ½, 7”. Start by folding the first score as a valley fold. Accordion fold the rest. The last fold should also be a valley fold.
Cut two pieces of cardstock in contrasting color to 6 x 3 (sparkle green used here). Score each piece at 1 ½”. Fold each piece in half. Use a bone folder on all folds. These pieces will be used as the front and back covers.
Punch the Eiffel Tower on the left and right front and a pagoda on left and right back [All Night Media]. We want to see the tan through the punched design. Make sure you don’t punch too far to the edge. The punches should be on the outside front and back of the card, not the inside. The tops of each image will be pointing toward each other.

Glue the covers onto the accordion card, making sure to put glue (preferably glue stick for this) on the tan that will show through. Sprinkle glitter over the punched areas [Night Lights by Art Glitter]. Set the glitter into the images by rubbing over them with your finger. You have to work fast. If some of the glue dries and you end up with bald spots, don’t worry. Take a fine brush or wooden toothpick and add more glue and then sprinkle again with glitter. Clean around punched images so that they are clear. (I find a wooden skewer works really well.) Let dry.

Finish the outside covers of your card first:
The Accordion Booklet will be in portrait. Keep this in mind when you stamp the covers. Stamp various words on the front and back covers [Fashion Boutique 1 and 2 from Sunday International] in Ultimate Metallic Green [Encore! By Tsukineko].

Punch out fashion designs [Punch Bunch and All Night Media] in Eclipse paper. (This is masking paper and has a tacky back.) Place the punchies randomly on the outside back of your card and then color dust with Deep Turquoise [Vick Bantouk collection by Ranger]. Take off the punchies.

The Inside of the Card:
You will need a total of 7 dominos of varying sizes. I prefer the Mahjong Tiles because their thickness (1/8”) is easier for inside work. Prepare your dominos and then stamp them each in black StazOn [Tsukineko] with various fashion images. Heat set. Color dust the dominos in Deep Turquoise [Vick Bantouk collection by Ranger]. Edge the dominos in Sharpie Black or Gold.

Choose one dress form [Fashion Boutique 1 and 2 from Sunday International] and stamp this in the center of your card (inside) using Ultimate Metallic Green [Encore! By Tsukineko]. The card should be vertical (or portrait). Add wings and hat in Ultimate Metallic Gold [Encore! By Tsukineko]. Stamp “Timeless Style” at the top and “Take another look” at the bottom in Brilliance Black [Tsukineko]. Add the colored and embellished dominos randomly.

Stamp the wings again on vellum and emboss in gold sparkle. Color in the wings with Twinkling H2O’s in Mustard Green (inner) and Snap Dragon (outer). The embossing and the painting will naturally curl the vellum. Set aside to dry.

Take 2 or 3 pieces of washi paper of different designs and glue them together on the backside. Take your dress form stamp and stamp on the back of the washi paper. Cut out the form. Attach the angel wings and glue to the dress form stamped on your card. Use pink metal photo corners for skirt fringe and a ribbon buckle with ribbon for a belt. Place glue in the holes of the photo corners and attach red acrylic gems (4.5mm).

I used vellum for the following punches. Punch out two mini library pockets [McGill] and attach to card. Outline a ticket stub (or a mini tag) in gold, attach a gold paper key charm and slide into one pocket. Place a token or plastic disk in the other. Color dust the edges of the inside with Deep Turquoise [Vick Bantouk collection by Ranger].

Add stamped words in different fonts like “explore”, “wonder”, “create”, “inspire” and “dream” [Just Rite pre-inked stamps]. Tie finished card with a green ribbon to close.