The last Altered Ancestor to arrive

The Altered Ancestor Project.
Six of us got together for a swap of our ancestors where we each submitted a couple of photos for consideration to be altered and we could alter whichever photo spoke to us best.

This is Phizzychick's Mom and Gran. While I struggled with this picture a bit I love the way it turned out. It did take awhile to get it where I wanted but once it started going there I had a blast with it.

This was the first one done and shipped but the very last one to arrive. It did have a VERY long way to travel however.
I really enjoyed these ancestors and am sad that my end of this swap is done. I have received 3 of my 5 back so far and will start posting mine soon. I do find it amazing how two people can view the same picture and come up with something completely different. You've got to love it!

Third and Fourth Ancestor Arrive

It's a calvacade of ancestors today, who knew that they would all arrive together like this, well except the last one that's traveling all the way to Sevilla Spain. I'll give that one a couple more days. hehe.



This ancestor belongs to Katxena and for me was the hardest one of the bunch which was weird as he was the one I had the clearest idea of what I wanted to do with him.

He was a cattle rancher which is why there are cows involved there. I'm not sure how much of the back story I should indulge in here as it involves actual people but suffice it to say that he lost his wife early on in the marriage. I thought it was a sad story and is what I wanted to center the story around.

I like the way the copper wire almost looks like fencing there at the bottom. Ha! That wasn't my original intention but I like the way it turned out.




This one turned out better than I had hoped for and was almost a fluke. I wasn't real sure where I was going with it and was taking turns on this one and the Frederick one and I feel it just fell together.
The story behind these two boys is a troubled one. The older brother used to play cruel games with his younger brother and then dies after playing a particularly cruel game with him. I love these two boys but those eyes are haunting.

Second Altered Ancestor Arrives

The second ancestor to arrive. Makes me happy to see them finally with family.
This one is Rackycoo's Grandmother and she loved to paint. I used lots of layers of collage and paint on this one. I think she is the one that I most enjoyed doing of them all.
I used dictionary pages, old newspaper, found photos and ads, lots of acrylic paint, prismacolor pencils and rust-ified washers for the flowers.
All these pieces are 6"x6".

First Altered Ancestor arrived home

One of the first of 5 total Altered Ancestors to arrive at their destination.
We did a swap at Craftster.org wherein we all submitted a couple of family photos to the group and we were then able to choose which photo to alter depending on our "feel" for it.
This is my first photo I did for Altered Mommy and this is her Mother Sonja and her sister with some very large rhubarb leaves.
I was a little worried about this type of swap because these weren't just any photos, they were family. Scary stuff. It also meant doing more collage than I'm used to and that really scared me.
In the end I had a blast with these pics and as the rest are received I will be posting them.
I will also post all the fabulous photos of my own altered ancestors when they have all arrived.