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

Transparent Tag

I am working with Wendy Vecchi Modeling Film CLEAR CLEARLY FOR ART Parts Studio to make flowers for a tag. 

Here's a look at my finished tag.

The challenge this week over at Simon Says Monday Challenge is Transparent. I am working with Wendy Vecchi Modeling Film CLEAR CLEARLY FOR ART Parts Studio to make flowers for a tag. 

My work space looked like this in the early stages as I used the Heartfelt Creations dies on the modeling film. It didn't cut them all the way through so I needed to hand cut them out. On the first flower, I cut then glued the printed paper to one of the dies pieces that didn't cut all the way through. After that I decided to glue the cut paper on to the film pieces that didn't cut all the way through. It didn't seem to make much difference with way I did the process.

Here are a few of the flowers after they were cut and glued to the modeling film. I haven't heated them yet with a heat gun but I know it will be fun.

I stamped the black tag with a phrase from the TH Stuff to Say CMS110 and his flourishes stamp using picket fence paint. 

The edges of the tag were highlighted with white sidewalk chalk.

The crinkle ribbon was swiped through black soot paint weakened with black. The first swipe was way to black so I ran it through water at the sink and squeezed out most of the most for a slight tent of black just to dirty the ribbon a bit. 

The flowers were heated and shaped then I glued the layers together using a glue gun. The center pieces are Goosebumps.

Supplies:

Wendy Vecchi Modeling Film CLEAR CLEARLY FOR ART Parts Studio

Heartfelt Creations Open Vintage Floret Set

TH picket fence paint

Goosebump stick on pieces for centers of flowers

TH Idealogy Crinkle ribbon

Lucky - St. Patrick's Day Card

Hope you have felt lucky this week and haven't been pinched. Here's my card for the occasion.

Challenges: Simon Says Monday Challenge: Lucky

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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