The Time Traveler

I am excited to be working with Tim Holtz papers from his Paper Stash Collage 8x8 inch and have created The Time Traveler. "A Vintage Journey" is starting a vintage challenge and it's all about Tim. 

The pieces were cut from the paper stash then inked on the edges. The time traveler himself is popped up as well as the sign his hand is resting on. I stamped on velum and glued it to the clock. I thought of stamping on the clock but felt it might not be very visible. A metallic wax finish was applied with my finger on the upper corner piece, along the edges of the tag, sign, and just a bit along the traveler himself and the "Time" letters.

I was really short on time tonight but wanted to participate before I leave on a trip tomorrow morning - Judy.

Supplies: 
Tim Holtz Idealogy - Film Strip Ribbon
Distress Ink - gathered twigs
Manila Tag
Treasure Gold Metallic Wax Finish - Olive Bronze
Tim Holtz idea-ology CHICHAT VERBIAGES


Challenges:
Anything Tim @ A Vintage Journey
Tick Tock Challenge @ Simon Says Monday Challenge 

Hexagons and Life's Journey

Hope you have had a good week. I am working with hexagons, paint, distress inks and lots of water for this project. 


Over at Moxie Fab World, there is a Happy for Hexagons Challenge. Take a look at my project and you'll get the idea.

I used a piece of sticky back canvas, a Heidi Swapp hexagon stencil and applied Claudine Hellmuth multi-medium matte then let it dry for quite a while. 

After it was dry, I diluted several smears of paint on my non-stick craft sheet with water. Then began painting on the different colors and dabbed the canvas with a paper towel to absorb some of the extra paint. Sorry I forgot to take a picture of the canvas before I stamped the dragonfly. 

The dragonfly was stamped with Archival Black ink on the canvas then stamped again on watercolor paper. Both images were colored with Ranger TH Distress Markers then blended with a water brush detailed tip. The watercolor dragonfly was cut out and ready to add to the canvas. The wings were bent a little so the dragonfly seemed to be flying.

There you have it hexagons and life's journey - Judy. 

Challenges:
Moxie Fab World: Happy for Hexagons Challenge

Linking to:

Fabulous Creative Friday
Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style 
Craftberry Bush

Stenciled and Masked Card

This is my final card of the Day 1 Stenciled class. This card was covered with a stencil and a mask added to leave the while space for stamping.

Supplies:

Stencil: Heidi Swapp

Distress Stains: peacock feathers and evergreen bough

Hemp Cord

Linking to:

Stenciled: Day 1  Inking and Misting

Love Potion Easel Card for Halloween

The challenge this week at Simon Says Monday Challenge is Embossed. As you know, I have been busy creating projects and I haven't made a single card but today I am making a Halloween card and a small easel so it can sit up.

I dry embossed the checkerboard folder after I inked the inside top portion of it with Watering Can ink (the gray was great to work with). It's one of the new Archival colors. Then after the embossing, I distressed the raised checkerboards with the Orange Blossom Archival. I am so pleased with the look!

The stamps were stamped with clear embossing ink and embossing powders. The two bottles were a mixture of black and green powders, the Love Potion sign was a mix of brown, orange and black powders; the spells book was all black. 

The flying clock was a mix of orange, brown, and black embossing powders. 

The inside and back of the card were finished with additional checkerboard dry embossing and heat embossing powders on the captions, skull, bird cage, and candle. 

 The easel was added to allow the card to stand up, the wings were popped up to hold back the card.

Supplies:

Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folders Checkerboard & Cracked Set

Ranger Archival Inks: Watering Can, Orange Blossom and Monarch Orange

Ranger Emboss It Clear Embossing Ink Pad

Ranger Super Find Detail Black Embossing Powder

Zing Embossing Powder: Leaf, Apricot, and Chestnut

Stamps:

Hampton Art - Graphic 45

Inkadinkadoo

Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Embossed

Halloween Candy Tray

I'm still have my mind on Halloween this week so my newest creation is a Halloween candy tray.

My grandson had a birthday last week and I just happened to spy a box in the trash from a new toy and instantly knew I wanted to make something with it. It was the exact shape and size that you see (about 12 inches by 7.5 inches by 2 inches). How perfect for a Halloween candy tray.

Since the Simon Monday Challenge is Dotty and I have such a stash of Halloween paper, dots work for me. I pulled out three kinds of paper with dots to use in my project and began cutting and staining the pieces to fix the box. At that point, I had no idea what I wanted to do next with the tray other than to put legs on it. I bought the Tim Holtz Idea-ology FOUNDATIONS Metal Box Feet last week and was eager to use them. I attached them after I had the back of the tray completed.

I wanted the tray to have some sort of back that stood up and could be decorated. I still had a few sheets from the Graphic 45 Halloween In Wonderland Paper Pad. I love Alice in the witch dress, so cute. I can't say I am crazy about the movie Alice in Wonderland but I love her with the broom in her hand and the witch hat. 




You can see the two yellow and black background papers in this image.

I fussy cut Alice, inked the edges and glued her on the dotted background. After I glued her on, I was digging through some paint, I found one that was very similar to the blue color in her dress. I dabbed it on the dress. Perfect, and it added a little dazzle to her dress. 


The paint is Shimmer DazzlerZ Gummy Berry Blue. I'll use it again a little later in the project. This was the first time I had used their paints so I was excited and pleased with the results. 

I took pictures as I was completing each step but deleted them, accidentally, from my camera so I'll just have to zoom in on my completed tray and describe what I did in each step. 

For stamping, I used two Graphic 45 stamps from the Happy Haunting 1 collection on the background. Both were stamped with Archival Jet Black ink, fussy cut, inked around the edges, and stained lightly using Ranger nibs and Distress Stains and Distress Markers. Both stamps were stamped again, cut and stained just like the first time then popped on over the first set for dimension. 

I didn't have the metal door plate by Graphic 45 so I made my own using green patterned paper from the same collection. I stained the paper using my brayer and Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Mustard Seed, clipped each corner using the edge of a circle punch. I used green Stickles to make an inner line around the door plate to look a bit like a bevel. 

My doorknob is a blue rose that looked great with Alice's dress color. I tipped the edges of the rose with the same blue paint as the dress. The keyhole is Graphic 45 and stained with Distress Stains Mowed Lawn. 

 Now for the box feet: I painted the metal with Viva 3D Stamp Paint, let it dry and glued them on with Glossy Accents. I choose not to use screws since my box was cardboard. I weighted the tray down so the feet would dry and the tray would sit level. 

Graphic 45 paper was cut apart for a small Alice scene and a stamp of the her hat were used on the inside of the tray. 

Here's another picture of it.

I tweaked key whole a little more with Distress Stain Mowed Lawn and now I am all done with the Halloween Candy Tray.

Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Linking to: 

Simon Monday Challenge: Dotty

Crafts - It's Fall Ya'll @ The Lettered Collage

A Circus Fan

Do you remember going to the circus as a kid? I remember when the circus came to town and I was so excited. To remember the circus, I have created "A Circus Fan" as a memento of this fun day from my childhood.

The clowns were always so fun at the circus. Then there were the elephants, the lions, and the beautiful girl on the tight rope. All of these are wonderful memories of the circus.






I decided to create a fan for all of the fun memories because I remember how hot it was under the "big top" and people fanning to keep cool. I had the perfect paper from Graphic 45 - Le Cirque Collection to use for my project.
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Here are the steps:

1. Lined up several items to use       on the fan. I used a tag as the       base.
2. Brayered the tag with Distress     Strains.
3. Sprayed the tag with                   Dylusions Ink.

4. Inked the cut outs with               Distress Inks.
5. Lots of fussy cutting and             inking of pieces.
6. Gluing and sealing with Glue       N Seal.
7. The tight rope girl and a small     clown at the top are popped         up for a little added                     depth. Just about every piece        is cut, inked and glued on the fan.








7. The paper for the fan was creased every 1/2 inch then folded back and forth. The ends were glued together.











8. The stick of the fan was created with a re-purposed paint stick and inked with Distress Inks. 













Two stamps from Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz TINY THINGS (the big top tent and the elephant) were used. Both were stamped at the top of the tag. You can see them in this image. 






It's all done with so many memories from the circus. I'm added a small loop of ribbon on the back so the fan can be hung.

Linking to:

Simon Monday Challenge: Carnival