Altered Dictionary - U

This time around for the Alpha Challenge the letter assigned to us for word illustration is U

 

I've selected the word Ulster. 

A great benefit of this project is learning words I've not ever known before.

 

 

 



 Never before have I ever read practically every word in any dictionary...who does that?!  But when this project reaches it's end, that's exactly what I will have done!  Who woulda guessed. 

 

xoxo

Annie



Altered Dictionary - F

 F is this fortnight's letter for the Alpha Challenge at The Craft Barn and it comes with the twist to choose a word between Fe through Fr.

 

I have chosen the word fop.  This is not a word I previously knew, but it's a dandy.....literally!

 

 

Again, I have printed the images onto tracing paper, cut them out and pasted them to the page.

 

I'm trying to pull myself back to basics with this project.  Lately I've gotten carried away adding more to a page than I originally intended.

 

 

Fop is my word for the alpha challenge, but I couldn't resist altering a couple more pages.

 

Flourish

 

and

 

Fountain Pen

 

 I think I've known a fop or two in my days.  I just wish I had known the word fop back then!  :-)

Happy Day to you!
Annie

Altered Dictionary - K

The letter K is our letter to illustrate for the Alpha Challenge at The Craft Barn this new fortnight.

 

 I have chosen the word Kit to alter in my dictionary, with a sewing kit.

 

 

The dress form, thread spool and tape measure are stamped on tracing paper, cut out and glued to my page.  The yellow measure is washi tape.  The zigzag stitches, buttons, pins and words are rubber stamped.

 

I know a dress form in a kit is a bit large, but really it's light weight and I can manage it under one arm. :-)

 

My dictionary is getting pretty fun to look through now!

 

xxx

Annie



The Alpha Challenge letter this time is

A

The word I've chosen in my altered dictionary is  

ACT

 

 

 

This fun image is cut from a stamping magazine.  I highlighted the word act with chaulk, added the stamped words DONT WAIT, connected them to the portion of the definition, do something and connected that to the image. 

 

xxx

Annie 



Altered Dictionary - W

Our new letter for the Alpha Challenge is

W

with the twist to add circles in the background.

 

I've chosen the word write.

My style for altering my dictionary doesn't have painted or inked backgrounds, so I had to find a way to work a circle into my word illustration.

 

 

 

I wish I had drawn the circle with a finer pen tip.  But once it's drawn, there's no going back.

 

I discovered I like using tracing paper for the images.  I like the transparency of it and it keeps the addition of bulk down to a minimum.  On the other hand, for an image with lots of cuts, like the written word "write", it was difficult to keep it under control once it had glue added to the back.

 

More Alpha Challenge and altered dictionaries for the letter W can be seen here at The Craft Barn

 

xxx

Annie

Altered Dictionary - E

The Alpha Challenge Letter this fortnight is

E

and my word is

Exude

 

 

 

 

Cut and paste.  The stylish lady is cut from a Stampers' Sampler magazine.  Isn't she fabulous?!  I was trying to keep track of names for art credit, but they are mixed up and misplaced.  The words are stamped.

 

I already enjoy browsing through this dictionary and finding the altered pages. 

 

 

This Alpha Challenge is hosted by The Craft Barn 

 

 

XXX

Annie

 



Altered Dictionary - C

 

 

This week the
Alpha Challenge 
letter is C

 

The word I chose is Couple

 

Not much to this, cut and paste is all.  But I like finding them in the book. 

The real artwork is the dolls.  This couple was cut from a Steampunk magazine (it's where they met.  They were placed side by side on the page spread) and they are dolls created by Stephanie Novatski.  I'm quite fascinated by steampunk art.  The magazine is filled with creatively fun crafted creatures and whatnot.  I want to add some favorites to my altered dictionary for a bit of fun visuals for the words I choose.

It seems it's ok to do more than one word for each letter, so I hope to do more during the fortnight.

 

I revisited my V page, and chose another word on the page to play with.  I really wanted to see if I  could perk up the page.  I chose the word vane.

 

 

Page 927 as a whole now looks like this.

 

 

This makes me feel lots better about this page.  Although, as an after thought, I will try to choose words in the future that don't already have an illustration.  That might be a challenge in itself since this is a "Junior" dictionary.  It's full of illustrations for words.

I really would have liked to use rubber stamps for all the altering, but that just isn't possible right now, so I'll have to be happy with limited mixed media altering.

xxx
Annie

Altered Dictionary - V

Alpha Challenge

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Altered Dictionary

Project

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Take an old dictionary and art it up.  This challenge is hosted by The Craft Barn

I was hesitant about altering a dictionary, but then got to thinking how there are about 5 dictionaries here...most not being used any more. I found this old one that I think looks interesting before even opening it.

What good are they getting dusty on the shelf?  I decided to put on my brave girl panties and give it a new life. 

First I did a little Internet search to find out if it had any real value being dated 1935.

 

None to speak of, so, here goes!

 

 

 

The first letter we are beginning with is V.  I chose the word "validate".  I so wish I were the artistic drawing type...but I'm not at all. 

 

You're now about to see what I am not good at...

 

So, my first effort at this is a big ole fail!  Not at all what I really want for this project.  But I'm showing it anyway.  You should see some of the gorgeous art work being done for this project...Then you'd know why I consider my attempt such a fail.

 

 

I worked at planning this so I wouldn't mess it up, but when it came down to application,  I went and blocked the wrong word!!!  So mad at myself. I really hate these one chance deals!  Well, nothing for it but to work with it.  It doesn't really matter that much, valid...validate.  They work together.

I want more to work "with" the dictionary rather than block out entire pages, so I need to move to plan B.  We'll see how it goes as we get more letter choices to work with.

Later I'll dress up this same page by choosing another V word to play with in hopes of turning the page into some kind of semblance to something arty.   I hope that will help!

I couldn't believe I actually marked up a dictionary, but there it is! 

Be valid!
Annie