A Little Witch Kraft

The Challenge over at Simon Monday Challenge is: Witch Kraft. Wow, I love kraft paper and of course, I always love a little witchy. Here's my project:

My project started with a kraft glassine pocket that I embossed with the Bubbles folder from the Waves & Bubbles Set. I wanted the bubbles to resemble the bubbles from a boiling pot of witches brew. I originally thought I was only going to make a pocket of spells but that soon changed into a scrapbook layout. 














Once I decided I wanted to create a scrapbook layout, the theme was perfect, I love to use kraft paper when I scrap. I selected a couple of different kraft papers and I was happy. Next I misted the paper with water and started applying Distress Paint - picket fence. 




I love the look with the paint on the kraft. 


It tones the paper down.










Now I can stamp a little witchiness. I was a little leery that my stamps might now show as good as I wanted them to so I stamped on tissue paper then adhered them with Claudine Hellmuth's multi-medium matte.








I know you are wondering about these two cute little Wizard of Oz characters "Toto" and the "Lion."  The are my grandsons!








The matte for the picture was made from another piece of kraft glassine that I crumbled up then distressed with gathered twigs. I did pat the glassine after I inked it to remove any excess ink then heat dried it. 

Thanks for stopping in for A Little Witch Kraft - Judy

Supplies:
TH Distress Paint: picket fence, mustard seed, peeled  paint
Ranger Super Fine Detail Black embossing powder on the spider web
TH Distress embossing powder - antique linen on the broom
TH Distress ink: ripe persimmon, rusty hinge, gathered twigs, antique linen, mustard seed, scattered straw
Archival Jet Black ink
Emboss It - clear
Apothecary Remnant Rubs 
Stamps: Graphic 45 Magic of Oz Stamp Sets 1, 2, 3
and Tim Holtz Mini Halloween CMS 198, Mini Blueprints 5, CMS 170, Apothecary CMS 138


Challenges: 
Simon Monday Challenge: Witch Kraft
Inspiration Emporium: Anything Goes
Eclectic Paperie: August Challenge: Embossing  done on the spider web, spider, and broom stick

August - Tim's 12 Tags of 2014

I've completed my August tag from Tim's 12 Tags of 2014. Tim always has such unique creations. I only wish I could think like Tim.

Wow, this was loads of fun with stains, inks, paints, stamps and lots of fun pieces. So here's my August tag:

Supplies:
Stamps: TH Merchantile CMS 189
Remnant Rubs: Life Quotes; Pen Nibs; Clip, Film Strip, Word Band; Linen Ribbon; light bulb,
Paints: DP broken china, peeled paint, black soot, antique bronze
Distress Stains: rusty hinge, wild honey, salty ocean
Distress Inks: rusty hinge, evergreen bough
TH Tissue Tape
Tiny Attacher
Glossy Accents
Wendy Vecchi crackled texture paste
TH Collection Stencils: splatters, school house
Archival Ink: Jet Black

Halloween Tag with a Resist Technique

I love thinking about Halloween and making projects for that spooky time of the year. Today I made a Halloween Tag and stamped the spooky house and a couple of cracks with Glue n' seal to form a resist.

After reading Hels Sheridan's blog - Ink on My Fingers and her technique of stamping with Glue n' seal to form a resist, I just had to try the technique. Wow, it was fun and worked. Thanks Hels.

Challenges:
- Simon Says Monday Challenge: Anything Goes
- Stamping Ground: What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday 

Supplies:
Stamps:  Dylusions Stamps by Dyan Reaveley: This Old House;
Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2014 Mini Halloween 4 CMS 198

Inks: TH Distress Inks: antique linen, ripe persimmon, black soot, spiced marmalade, and rusty hinge. Ranger Archival Jet Black.

COMPENDIUM OF CURIOSITIES III ~ STAMPS AND FRAMELITS

I've been participating in some of Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiousities III Challenges. This week the challenge is Stamps and Framelits from page 63 of Tim Holtz' book Compendium of Curiosities III. Here's my entry for the challenge:

My background was corrugated cardboard that was embossed with white embossing powder. Three papers from TH Motif Resist Paper Stash(6 x 6 designs) were inked with salty ocean and stormy sky. The edges were torn and inked again with stormy sky. Love the resist!

The stamps and framelits are from his Holiday Joy set. The title "Joy" was inked with Ranger Archival -Wendy Vecchi Vermillion, the trees with Ranger Archival - Wendy Vecchi Fern Green; and the deer with Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee. 

The word band and flowers above was inked with Adirondack Alcohol Inks red pepper and oregano.

The challenge was fun and the framelits and stamps were neat to work with.

Challenges: Compendium of Curiosities III - Stamps and Framelits.

The Sea is Calling Me - Distress Watercoloring Pt. 1

The Challenge at for Compendium of Curiosities 3, Challenge 5 is Distress Watercoloring. I'm following Tim's technique on page 39 of his new book. Here's my project:

I stamped a combination of stamps with Black Archival Ink on watercolor paper. Then used Tim's Watercoloring Technique on p 39 of his book. The paper was torn along the edges and inked before being adhered to the corrugated cardboard which was painted with gesso TH broken china.

The watercolor paper and corrugated cardboard were mounted on a 5x7 canvas which was painted with Adirondack - pool and Ranger TH broken china for a finished project. 




The lady was stamped a second time, watercolored then adhered with foam dots. 

Watercoloring with Tim's technique was so much fun, I need to do this more often - Judy.

Supplies:
5x7 canvas
corrugated cardboard
Paints: Adirondack - pool, Range TH broken china
Distress Inks: broken china, salty ocean, wild honey, peeled paint, mustard seed, picked raspberry, evergreen bough, festive berries, dried marigold
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous TH CMS 2014 196 mini; Ranger - Dyan Reaveley Doodle Parts, Graphic 45 - Hampton Art - By the Sea Collection

Challenges:
Compendium of Curiosities 3, Challenge 5 - Distress Watercoloring
Simon Monday Challenge: i ought to do this more

Nests and Birds - layering stencils and texture paste

I have had so much fun at my craft table today. I am not sure if it was the texture paste, the palette colors, the stencil, the paint or the paper but I have been a happy crafter all morning. 

The paper used to cut the Postage Stamp die from Tim's Wallflower stash. Love this paper. I inked the edges with Distress Ink. Then mixed distress paint with the crackled texture paste and applied it over the TH bubbles stencil. The woodgrain stencil was used with gathered twigs distress ink. You can see a little of the woodgrain in the upper left corner next to the 1, 2, 3 from the school house stencil.

Speckles were stencils with TH evergreen bough ink on the base of the card then the edges of the card were also inked with evergreen bough. I rubbed evergreen bough on my craft sheet then spritzed it with waster and drug crinkles ribbon though the mixture. Love this color!

A few splatters from Tim's stencil were also added on the postage stamp frame. The bird nest and Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 were stamped with Black Archival Ink. 

Happy crafting - Judy

Supplied:
Paper: TH Wallflower
Stencils by TH: woodgrain, bubbles, splatters, school house
TH Alterations - Tattered banners
Wendy Vecchi CracklesTexture Paste
Paint: broken china
Distress Inks: evergreen bough, broken china, gathered twiggs, vintage photo
Stamps: TH Stampers Anonymous Bird Feather CMS 180 and Nature Walk CMS 181

Challenges:
Compendium of Curiosities III - Texture Paste and Layering Stencils Challenge p49
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Challenge #10
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Faux Tea Roses and a Picture Frame

For the Compendium of Curiosities 3, Challenge 3, I am using Tim's Faux Tea Rose Technique from page 65 of A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. #3. 

My project began with a $2 frame that I found at a thrift shop.

I painted the frame with gesso then began stamping white tissue paper with several different Tim Holtz stamps.

The tissue was torn, glued on, and left to dry. Gilding wax was applied with my finger. A little vintage photo distress stain was also used.

Roses from TH Wallflower were fussy cut, stained with Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, and a little Vintage Photo then applied for added background depth. The tea roses were also cut from the Wallflower stack then stained with the same distress ink colors. The paper already had a lot of depth but I still applied stains to the edges.

The roses and clock were a perfect fit in the upper arch of the frame.

There you have it, tea roses from p65 for the challenge - Judy

Linking to:
Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life