Tim Tag August 2016

Hello Friends!

A quick post to share my Tim tag with you.  I loved creating my tag this month, so much so, that I made two!   Tim chose a great Technique Remix this month - Brayered Stain and Frameworks.  You can see Tim's tag HERE.

This is my second tag but I loved the colours much more on this one, I used Peacock Feathers and Rusty Hinge Distress Spray Stain for the brayering and the same colours of Distress Ink to add more intensity of colour.  I used the Honeycomb Framework die and a variety of materials.  I also used the Feather Duo die for the decoration.

I added some stitching and Tim's Smalltalk stickers for the sentiment.

For this tag I used Tim's Mirrored card but I just couldn't get those areas to photograph (so annoying)!  I used Tim's Wildflower Thinlits  and Smalltalk stickers again for the sentiment.  

I wasn't quite so happy with the background on this one so it got relegated to second position.

As always, thanks for looking, I hope to see you again soon.

Anne xx

Make a Wish...

Hello Friends!

I am trying to keep up with journaling as I have two lovely journals that I rarely touch, one is a Dylusions one and it is really big (which is what puts me off - all that white space!).

The theme this month at Creative Carte Blanche is Sun, Moon and/or Stars.  Yvonne asks

for one or all of them, so I decided to create a journal page - a really big one!

 

I chose to use the moon and some stars for my page.

I cut four pieces of the Tim Holtz Birch Tree die and carefully pieced them together, they measure approx 10" x 7".  I gave the piece a coat of Picket Fence Distress Paint and then applied some Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke Paint with a cut up credit card.  I applied it in patches to try and give the appearance of Birch bark.

I created a mask for the moon. For the background I used a Distress Crayon in Chipped Sapphire, smooshing it quite heavily across a piece of white card, which was prepped with Gesso.  I lightly spritzed the crayon and moved it around with my finger.

I took the mask off and used Tim's Stripes Stencil over the moon and sky and wiped off some of the crayon with a baby wipe.  I used a small paintbrush dipped in water to remove some small dots to form the 'stars'.

Before attaching the Birch Trees I added a tiny bit of glitter to the moon to give it a bit of shine, sadly this does not show in the photo.  I attached the Birch Trees using some thin foam pads to raise them slightly over the background.  The words are from Tim's Big Chat words.

I decided a bit late in the day to add some 'ground' colour, using a Distress Crayon in Vintage Photo.  Once I attached it to my journal page, I thought it lacked something, so I added this rabbit (by Crafty Individuals), also coloured with Vintage Photo Distress Crayon.

A final look at the completed page.

I am entering this into Creative Carte Blanche - Sun, Moon and/or Stars monthly theme.

Thanks so much for looking, hope to see you again soon!

Hugs, Anne xx

Twist and Style for Eileen Hull

Hello Friends

Eileen Hull is famous for her beautiful flower dies and she has now introduced a 

Twist and Style Tool which will twist wire, cord and lots of other things too.  I made a few things, once I got started I didn't want to stop!

First up, I made some wire flowers and added these to two boxes made with Eileen Hull's Box with Scalloped Edge die.  These boxes make lovely gift card holders.

The tool is very simple to use.

I added the third flower I made to a crackled bottle and I just had to make this cute bird.

To make the bird, I twisted the wire and shaped it with a jewellery tool.

  The bird is backed with some Kaisercraft paper from my stash and I topped it with DecoArt Media's Liquid Glass.  The bird was based on a project my team mate Tracy Evans did last 

week. Thanks for the inspiration Tracy!

This is the Twist and Style tool, the base has a suction cup which will fix to any hard surface, 

once fixed it is incredibly easy to use.

I struggled at first with the wire and then tried using a bow maker to hold the wire in place.

It worked beautifully and held the wire firmly whilst I shaped the petals.

I used some thicker black wire, used the tool to twist it and then coiled this so that it would create a flower centre. 

 I wanted to 'bulk up' the flowers a bit more and added some plain wire petals.

To secure the centres I used some invisible thread/cord.  I had some of the black left

and I made this into corkscrew shapes to add to my bottle project.

I thought it would be fun to make a little earring holder too.  This was made by twisting four

strands of wire together for each of the holders and using my jewellery tool to create

the holder elements.  The four pieces were held together by a single piece of wire and

this was pushed into the centre of an old thread spool which I painted with some 

silver paint.  To finish off I added some pearls.  It actually works too!  This is my

prototype, I am going to make another one, which I hope will look a little more professional!

I had lots of fun using the Twist and Style tool, it is not in the stores yet but will be soon.  It will be available from Sizzix.com.  It makes wonderful stems for flowers.

If you have time to visit Eileen's blog  and also here, you will see some other projects made by

my team mates.

As always, thanks for looking, hope to see you again soon.

Hugs, Anne xx

Destination Inspiration at A Vintage Journey

Hello everyone!

It is my turn at A Vintage Journey to provide some inspiration , using the contents

of our Travel Bag.  It is always good fun to see what the team come up with!

If you have time I hope you will go over there to see what I created, here is a 

little peek.....

The lovely Amanda has also kicked off a new challenge - Stencil It and you can 

find details of that over there too!

Thanks so much for your visit, hope to see you again soon!

Hugs, Anne xx

Creative Chemistry 103

Hello Friends, I am here again with a quick post!

I have been participating in Tim Holtz's Creative Chemistry 103.  It has been quite

an intensive week but I have completed 5 lessons so far and am loving every minute!

I am simply sharing the results of the first five days here, just pictures and a few words.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Just one more day to go, but I can officially say that I am in love with Tim's new Distress 

Grit Paste (Day 3) and also using Alcohol Inks on Tim's Alcohol Ink Yupo (Day 5)!!

I did have intentions to make cards each day, but as you can see, I only managed

a couple on Day 1....

Anyway, if you are not doing the class, but feel you would like to, then just go to

www.onlinecardclasses.com for more information.  It is not expensive and it is so worth it!

Thanks for your visit!  Hope to see you again soon!

Hugs, Anne xx

Shabby Garden at Anything But Cute

Hello friends!

It is time for a new challenge at Anything But Cute and the amazing Lisa has chosen

Shabby Garden as her theme and she has provided a gorgeous mood board for inspiration!

I was inspired by every section of Lisa's stunning mood board and after a bit of advice

from two crafty superstars, Jenny and Darnell, I managed to finish off my card so that

I actually liked it - thank you ladies!

This is Lisa's gorgeous mood board, who could fail to be inspired by this beauty!

I started with some beautiful Maja Design paper and added some Deco Art modelling paste
through a Tim Holtz stencil.

A piece of recycled cardboard was coated with crackle paint.  The chippie window was backed with
Maja Design paper, a fancy trim was added to the top and the whole piece was coated in
Titan Buff Media Fluid paint, followed by a coat of Weathered Wood Crackle Medium and
then given a final coat of Titanium White Media Fluid paint.

The tiny birds (and the bird house) were gifts from my lovely friend Nicola, aren't they
just adorable?

A close up of the lovely birdhouse.  I added a piece of chain, coated with gesso, to 'hold up'
the little birdhouse.

Finally, I added some lace and ribbon across the card and made this corner decoration from

bits and pieces I had in my stash.

So, if you would like to join in with us at Anything But Cute, check out the details on the

challenge blog here.  You can also see some fabulous creations from my uber talented teamies.

As always, thanks so much for your visit, I hope to see you again soon!

Hugs, Anne xx