Wallflower Assemblage clock.

Happy Friday..

Ok I will admit it, yes I have an obsession with the Tim Holtz Wallflower Paper stash..

 I just cant get enough of it!! so that got me thinking... hmm how about a wallflower inspired assemblage clock.. sure, why not!!

 

 I started off by altering my clock base with distress paint.... sigh  I just love the colour and patina it gives with the shiny metallic base of the clock..

 

 

Then came the  hard part, choosing what to put on the background of my clock.... which papers to use..do you know how hard this was, once I decided to add in the cute little bird, I was right, and it all sort of fell into place. I then added in some remnant rubs, a distress ink reinker coloured woodlands tree with a sprinkle of rock candy distress glitter.( these just make me smile!!)   and a couple of fussy cut butterflies to finished of my background. I cut some of the bristles off the back of the woodlands tree to flatten it  and kept these aside to add in later.  

 

 

Now came the fun part... filling the inside with all sort of goodies and bits and pieces.. I die cut some glassine paper and a piece of the wallflower paper with the Tim Holtz Tattered floral die ( using the two smallest flowers)  and made some flowers to add into my clock. Then came the cute little fussy cut bird, he just makes me smile as well! I also added in some of the pieces I had cut off the back of my woodlands tree. I then refitted the back, and I was done with the inside of my clock.

 

 

The final touches consisted of a bit of crinkle ribbon coloured with pumice stone and antique linen distress re inker.. along with some trinkets and baubles.. and I was done!

 

 

 

 

The Details:

 

Base: Tim Holtz Assemblage Clock.

 

Background & Embellishments:

Tim Holtz:  Wallflower Paper Stash, Woodlands Tree,

Baubles , swivel clasp, crinkle ribbon, glassine paper, remanent rubs.

 

Die: Tattered Floral

 

Inks and Paints: Antique Linen Distress Paint

Forrest Moss, Antique Linen, Pumice Stone Distress Re Inker

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

 

Rock Candy Distress Glitter

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, until next time,

 Happy creating

Karenxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

something a little different..

Happy Wednesday!

Hope you have all had a wonderfully arty and creative week.. I have something a little different to share with you today,   My first of 4 Guest Dt projects for Eclectic Paperie.

 It was such a wonderful surprise and honour when Kim and Bonnie asked me to do a little creating for them..

Now I hope you are all sitting down for this one.. cause you wont believe it.. This project I'm sharing with you today is not a tag.. yup you did read right.. giggle.. I love the look of the Tim Holtz Mini configurations books, so I decided to use it to make a keepsake using some very special found objects - two tiny feathers from my son's feather collection, and some dried flowers, that he has given or picked for me when we are our exploring..

 

You can find a more in depth post here on the Eclectic Paperie blog..

 

But here are a few close ups..

My empty Tim Holtz wishbones jar was perfect for creating a new home for some tiny feathers.

 

The perfect addition to the front cover.. a curio knob and dried flower, teamed with some wallflower paper and Tim Holtz ephemera.

 

Ruler binding is not just perfect for creating mini books, its also to perfect to hang pictures from!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, don't forget to pop on over the  Eclectic Paperie blog and check out the other amazing inspiration..

Happy Creating xx

VLVS mixed with a little Stencil girl...

Yay!! Its Blog Hop time.. today It's my turn to share with you for the awesome Stencil Girl and Viva LasVegaStamps! blog hop..

 

 

And what fun is a hop without some PRIZES?!??!?! 2 prizes to be won TOTAL -- so join us ALL WEEK LONG and hop to see the fabulous projects. Let each of us who have done a little creating know what you think  -- then you're entered to win, every comment is another chance to win. Easy peasy right? 

 

 

Here is a link to all of the blogs you might like to have a peek at today :)

 

Stencil Girl Talk

Gwen Lafleur

Kirsten Reed

Linda Kittmer

Karen Knight ( Yay you are here! )

Amy Lassiter

Viva Las VegaStamps!

The awesome Stencil Girl stencils I received were some  of the awesome Seth Apter Stencils! Got to say I love these, and they were so easy to use.. I used the Unfinished Stencil with a little bit of distress ink and mono printed the background of my tag! Sigh.. I love how this turned out!!

 

I then of course got to work with a little bit of pink rubber!! I stamped my images onto some manila card and fussy cut and inked the edges with walnut ink distress sign.. ( yet another sigh!!)

I then put these to one side and machine stitched around the edges of my tag!

 

I also stamped the  Be True saying stamp onto my tag with archival ink in jet black. Next came the fun part.. arranging all my stamped images and other chosen embellishments. Including some of the gorgeous new Button Mash from UmWow Studio! these just make me happy!

 

 

After a bit of  arranging and rearranging, adding in and taking out of bit and bobs.. this was how my tag turned out!

 

And of course we really can not go past a few close ups of some of these gorgeous elements! I absolutely love the detail and texture The Unfinished Stencil gives the background layered over my background paper from the Nature walk collection by 7Dots Studio and teamed with a little waybill/invoice background stamp from VLVS!

 

Lots of yummy Idea-ology of course!!

 

The Details:

 

 Tag Base: 7 Dots Studio - Nature walk

 

Stamps: Viva LasVegaStamps! :  Waybill/invoice background

Butterfly Specimens, Be True, Crown

 

Stencils: Stencil Girl: Unfinished Stencil

 

Embellishments: UmWow Studio : Button Mash

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Ornate Plate, Wire Pin, Baubles, Fractured Doll, Filmstrip Ribbon

 

Ink: Distress Ink: Walnut Stain, Iced Spruce, Frayed Burlap, Pumice Stone. Archival ink - Jet Black.

 

Machine stitching and black thread.

 

So there you have it, I hope I've inspired you to do a little creating for yourself! Thank you so much for stopping by

Happy Creating xx

listen to your dreams..

Happy wet, rainy and cold Friday!  Hope you are all having a wonderful week! I've been a bit quiet on the blogging front the last couple of weeks.. lots of creating going on around here.. But it also means that I'll have lots to share with you over the next few weeks! yay!

 

Recently it was my turn again to share a little inspiration on the VLVS! blog..

 

I used a few of my favourite things with this tag...

 

 

 

 

I started off with ne of my very favourite 7Dots Studio papers.. from the Wonderland collection Mushroom and Smoke as the base for my tag

 

 

It took a lot of strength for me to cut into this one

 I then added in some background images using a few stamps from VivaLasVegaStamps!

Including this awesome Banksy image as my focal image.

 

 

 

 

And this just wouldn't be one of my tags if I didn't have some Tim Holtz idea-ology in there as well.. I do so love the ephemera packs and remnant rubs! ... and you cant go past the gorgeous new Alpha Two from UmWow Studio

 

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base :

 7dots Studio Wonderland - Mushroom and Smoke

 

Stamps:

Viva Las VegaStamps! - Coffee Ring Stain, Dictionary Page, Butterfly specimens, Banksy Balloon Girl,

 

Embellishments:

Tim Holtz Idea-ology :  Remnant Rubs, Thrift Shop Ephemera, Monocles, metal corner

 

UmWow Studio: Alpha Two

 

 

Ink: Ranger Archival - Jet Black

Distress Ink - Walnut stain, Black soot, Pumice Stone

 

Machine Stitching and black thread.

 

Thank you so very much for stopping by, and also a very big thank you to each and everyone of you who stop on by for a visit, have become a follower, or made a comment, I really can not thank you enough! It means the world to me!

 

Happy Creating xxx

 

 

 

August 12 tags of 2014.. inspired..

Hi Everyone! Hope you are all doing well..

 Today I've got my version of Tim Holtz's - August 12 tags of 2014 to share with you..

 

I absolutely LOVE this months tag!

 

 

As soon as I saw this tag, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.. I've strayed a little this month, and used some stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps!, instead of my Tim Holtz ones. For me as soon as I saw this tag I knew that I had to use these stamps,

 

I've followed most of the background technique, though I've not used texture paste with my stencil, instead I've opted again to go a little different and just used  darker distress inks. ( I've used  walnut stain and pumice stone.) I've also added in some Remnant Rubs as well as my pieces of idea-ology.

 

So without to much more babbling.. Here is my tag.. I absolutely love it!!

 

 

The Stamps I've used - Businessman silhouette and Big Ben are just a match made in heaven.. well in my eyes anyway :)

 

and of course I can't go past sharing a few close ups of all the inky, stamped layered goodness!!

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base: Manila Tag

 

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps:

Businessman Silhouette

Big Ben

Waybill/Invoice background

Not all who wander

 

Embellishments:

Tim Holtz: Remnant Rubs, Filmstrip ribbon,

 mini paper clips, metal corner, tissue tape.

 

Inks and Powders: Distress Ink , Archival - Jet Black.

 Distress Embossing powder - Walnut stain

 

Machine Stitching and cotton.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, Happy Creating,

Karen xx

 

Worn Book Cover - Documented.

Happy Friday!!

 

I've got a just because piece of creating to share with you today, this one was made just for me. With saying that you can already guess that it is going to be full of lots of Tim Holtz yumminess!

 

 

I fell in love with the Tim Holtz Worn Covers when they were first released, and have been creating with one of my favourite versions - Composition.

 

 

I picked out a few more of my favourites - Salvage stickers, Alpha Parts, Idea-ology and Ephemera, layered them all together, added in a little bit of distress ink in Black soot and walnut stain - Of course! and not forgetting a little Antique Linen Distress paint.. and I was done..

 

and of course I can't not show you a couple of close ups..

 

 

 

 

The Details:

 

Base: Worn Book Cover - Composition

 

Embellishments:

Idea-ology -

Curio Knobs, Adornments - Nature, Ephemera -Thrift Shop, Alpha Parts - Framed, Salvage Stickers- Lost and Found, Film Strip Ribbon, Mini Corners

 

Paints & Inks:

Distress Ink - Walnut Satin, Black soot

Distress Paint - Antique Linen.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.. I hope you have enjoyed your visit..

I hope to see you again soon

Happy Creating

Karen xx

You had the Power...

Happy Wednesday!!  Hope you've had a wonderful week so far.

 

You had the Power all along My Dear.... that's the message I have to share with you today! I love the Wizard of Oz, So I knew exactly what I wanted to do with some of my new gorgeous pink rubber from VLVS! when it arrived..

 

 I started by choosing my base paper again from the Nature Walk collection by 7Dots Studio, and stamped the tree and spider... I was nearly going to leave the tag like this.. I just  love the look of the two of them together, extra spooky.. these would be perfect just like this for a Halloween project..

 

 

I then stamped and fussy cut my witch silhouette image. I did this by just applying ink to her silhouette on the stamp, then wiping off any ink that may have been in areas that I didn't want inked before I stamped.  I found this worked really well with this particular stamp. I then fussy cut the image and added in a bit of black cotton thread before sticking her down with foam mounting tape. ( the tape helps to secure the cotton thread as well )

 I then stamped the awesome Glinda the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz saying   - You had the power all along, My dear and arranged it on the right hand side of the witch silhouette, once again using foam mounting tape, to add some dimension.

 lastly I added in some UmWow Studio star confetti, and off course some Tim Holtz Idea-ology - I just love this Bat from the Halloween Adornments pack..,prima crystals and machine stitching  to finish it off.

 

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base: 7 Dots Studio - Nature Walk - Cotton

 

Stamps:

Viva Las VegaStamps! -

Weathered Tree, Spider on Web Line, Kids in Costumes Silhouettes,

You Had the power All Along

 

Embellishments:

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Halloween Adornments, Metal Comers, Halloween Muse Tokens

 

UmWow Studio - Star Confetti

Prima Crystals

Ink - Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Black Soot

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Machine stitching

 

Thank so much for stopping by once again.

 I really hope you enjoyed your visit! Until next time

happy Creating! Karen xx