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

Journal Cover - Memories

Needing a gift for a teacher was my inspiration for this project. 

Many times teachers need to write notes or jot down reminders or even write about their teaching Memories. 

I have created a Journal Cover for a small notebook about 5 x 7 inches in size. 





The papers used in the project are Graphic 45 with stamps from Tim Holtz and Ali Edwards.

I made the measuring pieces by inking white paper with TH Mustard Seed and Wild Honey then stamping with 
TH Artful Tools. 
I cut the stamped image apart and inked lightly with TH Vintage Photo and along the edges with Black Soot.

The Tim Holtz Sizzix Die 

Mini Paper Rosettes along with 
Graphic 45 - Le Cirque paper was used to make the three rosettes. The front and back of this paper was used; the center brads are from Close to My Heart.

The notebook was covered with three Graphic 45 papers including a striped paper for the Simon Says Challenge - Stripes. Each paper was inked along the edges with Black Soot plus Vintage Photo on the red paper.

Glossy Accents was used to glue the paper to the notebook. I like to use Glossy Accents so I can nudge the paper before it dries.


I selected the Ali Edwards stamp 

for her unique handwriting and 
stamped it using Range Archival 
Ink - Jet Black then placed the 
measuring pieces around it. 



I stamped the brushes from the TH Artful Tools stamp and cut out a small brush.

The brush was attached just to the end of the word to look as if "memories" had just been written.

The assembly of the cover was just 

as fun as making the individual pieces. The cute little girl sitting at the school desk is from Graphic 45 - ABC Primer and the metal pieces are from a local hardware store.

Glossy Accents worked great in attacking the gears.

More gears and rosettes were added to the bottom section of the cover with a black piece of ribbon in the corner.




Open the journal and the first page 

included a pocket which was perfect for a couple of tags.
The "Telling Time" verse and 
"This book belongs to" tag are 
also from the ABC Primer collection and were inked with Black Soot.

Another touch was added 
to the 

bottom edge using TH Idea-ology 
Collection tissue tape - Elements.

There you have it, my project is ready to give to an appreciated teacher.

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Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge - Stripes