Stamping On Bark and A Wall Hanging

I saved some of the bark from our River Birch tree and have been stamping on it for this project. The bark is very delicate and fine, it is not a thick bark. Take a look at my hanging art piece.

I started with a piece a corrugated cardboard that I sprayed with several layers and colors of ink using the heat tool between layers. Paints and stains were also used on the cardboard.  The bark was also sprayed with ink but very little Distress Ink was use since the bark was so delicate, I was afraid the bark would tear if I used a blending tool. The bird and branch were sprayed with ink then run through an embossing folder and dabbed with paint.

I used a die-cut on another small piece of bark after I had sprayed the piece with inks. Then I stamped on it and just hoped the stamping would show.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I love the verse: It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see - Henry David Thoreau. 

Additional stamping was done on the larger piece of bark before the assembly of layers of the project. It was so delicate to work with but I am happy with the outcome.

Thanks for stopping by - Judy

Supplies: 

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Mallard, Pumpkin Spice, Tiger Lily 

Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists : Heirloom Gold

Dylusions Ink Spray: Squeezed Orange, 

Distress Paint: picket fence, vintage photo, peeled paint

Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers: Cloudy Blue, Pool

Distress Stains: vintage photo, gathered twigs

Graphic 45 Stamp & Die Cut

Tim Holtz Visual Artistry Collection Stampers Anonymous

Challenges:
Simon Monday Challenge: Stamping on anything but plain paper
Ink on My Fingers: Sunday Stamper Week 275 - Hang On Sloopy

Linking to:
Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style

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

Going Green- Enjoy The Journey

For the Good to be Green Challenge over at Simon Says, I am going green in more ways than one. 

I am using a recycled cardboard muffin box for my tag. 

The tag was cut turned over to the plain side then sprayed with Ranger Dylusions ink spray LEMON ZEST Dyan Reaveley.

My second way to use green for the challenge was with Ranger Dylusions ink spray CUT GRASS Dyan Reaveley. While the green was still wet, I wanted to add texture to the green by rolling a roll of paper towels through the green spray. You can see the excess of green on the paper towel plus the texture pattern. 

The texture is beautiful. As the green was  absorbed on the paper towel, tiny bits of yellow became visible. I thought it looked like thousands of tiny leaves. 

A spritzer filled with water can also be used for additional effects. 

A flourish stamp from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Flights of Fancy was stamped with Archival Coffee ink. The tag was spritzed with Sheer Shimmer Spritz Sparkle.

I'll add little drops of gold Stickles to the flourishes later in the process. 

Now time for flowers that were already shades of green and only needed a little misting with the Ranger Dylusions ink spray WHITE LINEN Dyan Reaveley. and Ranger Liquid Pearls gold.

Archival Ink Jet Black was used to stamp the Stampers Anonymous Tom Holtz Collection Simple Sayings  "enjoy the journey." The key represents the key to start the journey. It was also cut from recycled cardboard then painted with Ranger Antiqued Bronze Metallic Distress Paint by Tim Holtz and sprayed and dried several times with Ranger Dylusions ink spray WHITE LINEN and CUT GRASS Dyan Reaveley to get an aged affect.

 

On to the butterfly, which was stamped with Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection MINI BLUEPRINTS 2 using clear embossing powder directly on the tag and embossed with Ranger Super Fine Detail gold embossing powder. For the 3-D affect, I stamped the butterfly on velum using the same process. The butterfly was cut out and glued using only a little glue applied on the body; then the wings were gently fluffed and the second butterfly was glued on top of the first stamping with Glossy Accents.. 

To record the journey, a small booklet and brush were added. The booklet is Graphic 45 paper.  

Here you get a better glimpse of the shimmer spritz and the Stickles on the flourishes. 

The ribbon for the tag wasn't the shade of green I was looking for so Dylusions to the rescue again with a little CUT GRESS green ink spray. 

The ribbon was attach and a Tim Holtz Trinket Pin added.

Now you have it, my Good to be Green  tag. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: Good to Be Green