Challenging..

Happy Thursday!

 Hope you are all having a wonderfully arty week.. I have a tag to share with you again today, I loved creating this one... lots of grungy, painty, glue covered hands from this one.. sigh is there anything better?

The idea for this tag came as a bit of a collaboration between a wonderful friend and I... We both chose two elements that had to be incorporated into the finished piece.. I chose Book pages and sprays/mists, and she chose a quote and crackle paint.. the rest was up to us..

 

This is what I finished with..

 

  my base is made from

from collaged book paper, distress and crackle paints... sigh is there anything better!

 

 

a few remnant rubs to make a quote.. well sort of.. how about a list of phrases .. giggle

 

 

 an image transfer and found relative..

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base: # 8 tag

 

Embellishments: Book Pages, Tim Holtz: Found Relative, Remnant Rubs

 

Paints/Sprays: Tim Holtz: Distress Stain Spray - Tea Dye

Distress Paint: Forest Moss, Peacock Feathers, Broken China

Distress Crackle paint: Picket Fence, Black Soot

Prima Colour Bloom - Precious Stone

 

Thank you so much for stopping by.. Hope to see you again soon!

Happy Creating

Karen xx



Distress Paint Love..

Happy Wednesday! Hope you are all having a wonderfully creative week..

 

I want to say a huge Hi to my new followers! and say a thank you to you all, both old and new for being here,  I appreciate you all so much.

 

I also awoke to an amazing surprise.. The ever so sweet Paula has featured my Halloween tags on her blog today, along with 9 other amazing projects by some truly inspiring creative people... make sure you pop on by have a look and say Hi!

 

Today I have a Tim Holtz Worn Cover to share with you.. I did a little experimenting and ended up altering the entire cover..  let's just say it looks nothing now like how it started out.. giggle..

 

I started of with  a little pile of goodies like this...

 

I then collaged the entire cover with torn pieces of old book pages and tissue wrap using matte medium, and added in a little picket fence crackle paint when it was all dry..

 

 

Next came the fun part, adding in some colour with Distress paint.. I started off with  Frayed burlap, and randomly swiped some paint over the worn cover.

 

 

 It works out better if you use your fingers, you can smudge it , and get it into all the places you want better.

 

 I then repeated with my other colours - Walnut Stain and Iced Spruce.  Because I used my fingers and only a small amount of paint it didn't take long to dry between each colour.

 

Next, it was time to get out my trusty Black Soot Distress marker and swipe and smudge it around the edges of the cover.. don't forget the back cover and spine! I ended up doing this several times at different stages before I was done. Add in a little torn tissue tape, and add in a pop of colour using the Broken China Distress marker.

 

 

You could also add in a few more random smudges of paint here if you think it needs it, and allow to dry. Add in some randomly placed remnant rubs

 

 

 and some more  swipes of picket fence crackle paint..  This will pick up little bits of colour from the  distress marker as well...  Add some more smudged Black Soot Distress marker to your edges and by now it should look a little like this..

 

 

Add  in some  embellishments for the front cover.. a butterfly from the Thrift Shop Ephemera pack and an ornate plate. I adhered them again with multi medium and allowed them to dry.

 

 

Apply and smudge some more Black Soot Distress Marker around the edges of the ornate plate and a thin layer of MicroGlaze to the whole cover, and buff with a soft cloth.. Lastly add in some metal corners and some sort of binding.. I used a Tim Holtz Ring Binder fastened with hitch fasteners, but ribbon would work just as well.. add in some tag pockets  and we're done!

 

 

I have to say I love how it turned out..

 

 

and of course a couple of close ups..

 

I love the look of the hitch fasteners used to hold the ring binder in place.. and they are useful for hanging things off :)

 

 

The Details:

 

Base - Tim Holtz Worn Cover - Diary

 

Paints and Markers: Distress Paint - Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Iced Spruce.

Distress Markers - Broken China, Black Soot

 

Embellishments - Old book paper, Tim Holtz - Tissue Wrap - Composer, Ornate Plate, Mini  Metal Corners, Thrift Shop Ephemera, Tissue Tape - Sketchbook,

 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

 I hope you enjoyed your visit, and hope to see you again soon :)

 

Happy Creating..

Karen xx