CC#3C - Distress Watercoloring

Time is flying and I can't believe we are already on challenge #5, page 39 of Tim's book the Compendium of Curiosities III. For this lesson, Linda and friends, have us doing "Distress Watercoloring - Part 1" and you have to have the book to play along and learn the techniques. Oh and don't forget about the prizes given to one lucky winner from Tim and Mario, chosen by the Curiosity Crew. Inspiration Emporium is the fabulous sponsor for this go around and they are so generously offering a $50 store gift voucher. How cool are they?? Speaking of IE, I will also be linking this card to Inspiration Journal's "Christmas in June" and again those sweethearts offer $50 to spend in their store. More coolness!

The Santa is the part of my card that incorporation the Distress Watercoloring technique and the markers I used were Bundled Sage, Barn Door and Spun Sugar. The frame was cut from Tim's Ornate die and inked with Bundled Sage, shaded with Walnut Stain and then I sprinkled clear EP, Antiquities Verdigris and Distress Vintage Photo and heat set. I did mask Santa and colored with Bundled Sage and Antique Linen and then shaded with Walnut Stain.

The background was stenciled and then I used Antique Linen over the entire piece to soften and blend. Added a Christmas word band and we are good to go!

Thank you for visiting and I hope you are having a wonderful summer!

Good Old Summer!

So is it hot enough for you? Well it is Summer and the temps are reaching the high 90's here and baby that is hot! This is also being shared (my day) over at Artistic Outpost, so if you would like more details and pictures, stop on over and say, HI.

I really wanted to do something to celebrate summer and all it's glory and as luck would have it, Linda's new challenge at Frilly and Funkie is, "Just Case It" and she is talking about one of her 12 Tags from Christmas 2013, but the fun part is that it must have a summer twist!

Linda's Tag

My "CASE" is Linda's tag of Week 10 and my inspiration was obviously Tim's Ornate Frame (Distress Ink no Glitter) and in place of the pretty red bow and holly leaves, cheesecloth and sea shells, a little black "Speckled" stenciling replaced the Holly. Since "Anything Goes" at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, we will be linking over there.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend filled with summer fun!

CC#3C - Layering Stencil-Texture Paste

Linda Ledbetter over at Studio L3 and her Curiosity Crew have instructed us to open Tim's Compendium of Curiosities III to page 49, Layering Stencils: Texture Paste for challenge #4. This time around The Funkie Junkie Boutique is the sponsor of a fabulous $25 store gift certificate and Linda always offers 20% to begin with! Pretty cool and speaking of, a prize from Tim and Mario as chosen by the Curiosity Crew to one lucky winner! Let's start!

For all the details on the technique you must have the book as we are asked to not share out of respect to Tim and all the work that goes into the making of the BOOK. Will also share this with Simon Says Stamp Monday's "Anything Goes."

For the dress form while the TP was still wet between layers of paint and paste, I sprinkled on some Rock Candy Distress Glitter. I know it does not show too much, but it is there!

See I told you!

After the technique, my tag was inked (Antique Linen, Pumice Stone, Gathered Twigs) and flicked with water. I wrapped some thread around the spools and cut a little slit to hold the thread and of course going with a sewing theme, used some threaded buttons and a little trim. Cut out a couple of doilies for a little extra interest and of course those were distressed with color.

Using some of Tim's paper, I layered that on top of a card base and again added a little trim and a few hearts. Other inks used were Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge and Dried Marigold.

Tim's June Tag of 2014

Hope you all are having a wonderful day! Before I start with my June Tag, I would like to thank you all for the comforting words concerning the passing of my brother and my needing a little time away from blogging. While the painters were here and finishing up on Saturday, I did actually start my Tim tag and with all the activity going on, my mind was kept quite busy. The house looks pretty nice and that was a great distraction, although three days with plastic on the windows was so weird! Anyway, I do thank you and am getting back slowly and have missed visiting all your lovely blogs.

Now onto Tim's tag for June and what great fun I had working with background. I actually worked with a few different stencils, because once I started, I wanted to keep going! For this tag, I started with watercolor paper and followed Tim's instructions for the background.

My collection of supplies and various backgrounds! The Eye Chart stencil was also inked with Black Soot. It really was such a relief to get inky!

I do not have the framelits, so after coloring and stamping were fussy cut and placed on top of the second set I stamped on the watercolor paper. My butterflies were colored with the same background colors.

The wings were left unglued for extra dimension!  And speaking of wings, the newest challenge at A VINTAGE JOURNEY is "Wings & Things." so stop on over and join in with your Tim inspiration! "Anything Goes" is the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday, so off we flutter to there.

I decided my pretty little butterflies needed to be placed on one of those jumbo tags, so out came another stencil and I inked through it again using the same color palette. After all the inking was done, I lightly stamped the background using Watering Can.

The bow was next and as I always say, "I am bow incompetent," but carried on! The second piece was cut at 18 inches, so not quite as fluffy. Black paint was added to the word band.

I wanted a rusted look on the pen nib, and experimented with first pressing in to Black Archival Ink, then sprinkling Vintage Photo glitter over it with another layer of clear embossing powder. I like the look!

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to visit my blog and leave a comment. Wishing you a wonderful week!

Needing a little time!

I realized I have not blogged in awhile, so thought I should explain a little as to why I have been MIA. Last Saturday one of my younger brothers unexpected passed away and I have never been a person who deals with death very well. In fact I have only started to get my life and house back in order after the tragic loss of my Dad almost six years ago.

Normally this hobby of ours has been my refuge, but right now I am not finding comfort in that and sure hope I will soon. We started working on this very neglected house, before my brother's passing and having started, I need to put more of my efforts into finishing. I hope to find a balance. With being busy this week and with a paint contractor starting to paint the exterior of our house next week, I have been moving things around and my mind will be occupied on that, which is actually a good thing! I really hope to get a little crafty after that, because I do believe it is such great therapy.

Anyway I wanted to let my followers know what is going on and I will be visiting soon and when I take time to sit in front of the computer. I miss all of  you and your lovely art. Thank you for your understanding. Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the people in your life.

CC#3 - Faux Tea Roses!

So Linda and the Curiosity Crew have gone from glitter to "Faux Tea Roses" on page 65 of Tim's, Compendium of Curiosities III! For this challenge the wonderful "Inspiration Emporium" is the generous sponsor of a $50 prize and there is a prize also to be given from Tim and Mario, so that is quite a sweet deal!

Before I even knew where this tag was going, I started with the flowers, using the Tattered Pinecone die and following Tim's instructions. After my flowers were done, I did give them a spray of a Perfect Pearls mix that I have on hand.

Now that my flowers were done, I began cutting some greenery and again using the Tattered Pinecone and my new Garden Greens die.

I did crease fold and sand the larger leaves and then shaded to give a more realistic appearance. I also cut a doily for another layer. Once I liked the layout, I glued down everything and got to work on the background.

The text was stamped using Black Archival on Vellum and then torn and shaded with Vintage Photo.

The girl's face was stamped and masked off before I added a little heart stenciling using Spiced Marigold. I do believe this qualifies for Simon Says Stamp Monday's challenge "The Artsy Stamp."

I am also sharing another blast from the past at Artistic Outpost, so would love it if you have some extra time to visit. Totally understand if you are strapped for time! Starting in June, I will be sharing on Friday's and will keep you posted on all the news!

Thank you for visiting me today and taking the time to comment! Have a wonderful day!



CC#3C - Distress Glitter - May Tag!

Oh my so much going on the last few weeks, I am just getting in on time to join in with the Curiosity Crew at Studio L3! This CC#3 challenge is all about Distress Glitter and can be found on page 56 in Tim's  Compendium of Curiosities III. There is a prize offering from Tim and Mario and The Funkie Junkie Boutique is the sponsor of a generous $25 Gift Certificate! Everyone is a winner, because we all get to play along! OK!

As far as anything involving "Distress Glitter" it is in the book, so if you don't have a copy, you will want to just to join in the challenges. I did decided to combine the current CC#3 challenge with Tim's May Tag of 2014 challenge, so this is a combo tag and all the details can be found there!

Sorry I again did not take a picture of the tag background. I get so carried away that I just forget! Anywho, this was inked with Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn and a little Peeled paint, flicked and dripped water and did some script stamping on the background, shaded with Vintage Photo and then distressed. The background tag has a layer of Distress Glitter around the edges and I used double sided tape for that.

All my tiles were done per Tim's instructions and I used that wonderful Wallflower paper. The first panel with the butterfly also as a slight lattice stenciling on the background. The butterfly was cut from grunge, colored with Salty Ocean, crackled and then stain with Vintage Photo. I like to let my stain stay on a little while as it does some pretty cool soaking into the grunge. After all was done, a little DG was added.

I did not have the die Tim used, so instead decided to carry on with "Distressed Glitter" and the honeycomb die. The same inking and crackle was done. The letters were cut from Tim's Typeset. The background paper leaves were lightly colored with Peeled Paint.

A little script stamping behind the stars! I just recently purchased the arrow set, so I was quite happy to be able to add it.

Well this tag was great fun to play with and arrange all those tiles and add a little glitter here and there! Really not a fan of glitter, but at least the Distress Glitter does not stick to everything and living in the desert with dry air, oh does it float around! Thank you for visiting me today and I hope you are having a wonderful day!

The Meeting!

Hello to all of you lovely people! Today is about friendship and mostly the ones we make though our little blogging world. I also am sharing the card below at Artistic Outpost if you would like to have a closer look and more details. Another blast from the past!

Now onto the "meeting" with my dear friend, Brenda! This is our third year of meeting and we became friends almost instantly in 2010 when we both became bloggers and connected via Gingersnap Creations at that time, I do believe! There were a few of us who started blogging around the same time and none of us ever thought of design teams or any thing of the sort! It just kind of happens as the natural course!

Here we are at Michael's, doing what we crafters do best!  There is a little bit of a funny story to add as Brenda and Ken were driving up from Garden Grove where they were staying with longtime friends. We were driving from the High Desert of Antelope Valley and I had sent Brenda our mobile numbers, but silly me never thought to get one they might be using! Well we got caught in traffic and it must have been an accident and in the Los Angeles area that can be really bad news. Well my phone was totally not behaving and not keeping a charge, so I rushed to FB to leave Brenda a message that we would be late and of course not thinking she has no WiFi or way to actually check her message! Duh, Duh, Duh! Then my phone is so getting ready to die and as luck would have it, Brenda calls! At that point we were only a few minutes away and they also were caught up in a little traffic, so all worked out and we had a great time!

Steve and Ken having quite the conversation while we were shopping! Brenda and I thought they sure had a lot to talk about and in fact they may have been more chatty that us!!! What a great feeling knowing they get along so well.

From Michael's we went on to share a meal at the Olive Garden, before heading off to JoAnn's Fabric and Crafts store. We actually did not go overboard with shopping as we did the first time we met! I am looking at Ken and Brenda at Steve. We never knew who to look at during the photo shoot!

And to balance the photo taken in the shade, here is one in the sun! It was a short visit, but we all still had a great time and even squeezed in a little coffee time, before heading back to our destinations! I know Brenda will be sharing more photos and I will have to check my hubby's phone camera as well. We were a little busy having fun, but did manage a few photos!

Our little blogging world becomes so much more real when we actually meet and share the stories of the other bloggers we have met and now are friends with IRL! So many of you I feel as if I have known for so long and I am blessed and more blessed as time allows the more personal touch! Oh and yes, Brenda gave me many UK hugs from so many of my DT Sisters and friends! I sure hope to meet you all one day! Thank you for sharing this visit with me and I hope your day is wonderful!

It's All About Him!

Challenge #6 chosen by the amazing and wonderful Anne is "All About Him" at A Vintage Journey and just in time for Father's Day or any celebration of "him." You will want to be sure to visit AVJ for all the wonderful projects my fabulous DT Sisters have for you! There is always a prize from our sponsors at Country View Crafts, so come on and join in with your Tim inspired projects!

I have had this wooden box sitting around for several years and have wanted to turn it into a "TV remote controller box" and with Anne's challenge theme, it was time! This will be a birthday gift for my hubby on June 3rd, so I am joining in the challenge at Inspiration Journal, "Celebrate." The box was lightly sanded and painted with a washy mix of Vintage Photo paint, a little bit of crackle and then rubbed with Black Soot Distress ink.

Using Tim's Clockwork, Dot Fade and Measured stencils, I applied Black Soot Distress ink and then sprayed with a matte sealer. This was then given a very light sanding.

Fired Brick paint was applied to the stamp numbers, sanded a little after drying,  as well as the Alpha part to outline the frame.

 

The Crown was covered in gold paint and then I wiped it off only allowing it to settle in the recessed areas. Added various rub-ons on tickets I cut and inked and here and there for fun! After I added the rub-ons to the box, I also inked around the edges with Vintage Photo to blend into the box. Please excuse the bits of debris in the photos! I live in the desert and it is dry and dusty and goodie for me it was also windy! I kept wiping off dust and debris and it did not matter! SORRY.

For the center focal area, I used some Ephemera pieces and stamped over the clock with Vintage Photo using the new Cracks stamp - LOVE that and shaded the edges.

The gentleman and numbers are from the Merchantile and he was stamped in Black Archival on Vellum and I colored the back using tan Sharpie ink. Added some fun metal bits and filmstrip.

For a little more "Movie" feeling added some characters to the Lattice die and some Mirror pieces, which really collect desert dust!

Next was just to add some papers and Tissue Tape from various packs to decorate the sides and inside of the now Remote Control storage box!

 

Thank you for enduring my photo heavy post and hope you will join in all the fun at AVJ! Have a wonderful day!