Time Travellers

Hi everyone................ and a warm welcome to you all, especially my new followers. Today in the UK is Mother's Day, so I hope that all of you had a great day full of joy and  for some a day full of wonderful memories.

Some of you may have seen the start of this project on Wednesday when I joined in What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday ( WOYWW)  over at Julia Dunnit's blog, Stamping Ground. (see pic number 2 )

As I said I was not sure where I was going with this piece and even today I decided to add the chain, which is why I did not post yesterday as planned. 

You will see below that I took  my Creative Expression's timepiece mask and blended Distress Inks, namely vintage photo, using my paper masks as required, keeping the main stamped images to the forefront. 

Glossy Accents was adhered over the timepiece watch-face and Tim Holtz new pocket watch die-cut was given the rusting technique. Using acrylic wax and  rusting powder from Crafty Notions. You then spray white vinegar to start the rusting process.

You will see that I used the masking technique, cutting out the Time Travellers on paper so that I could cover them when I was stamping .

Here is a close up of the pocket watch die once rusted. Some Ideaology gears were added to give further dimension.

Below you can see the glossy accents on the watch face....................again giving depth to the project

I then adhered this A4 card, which was distressed on the edges and blended with Stormy Sky, to some cardboard. The cardboard was aged with Distress inks in Vintage photo and stormy sky before adding some chain that I purchased in a hardware store. 

The Time Travellers and Gear stamps in the centre, which are from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Range 2013, were painted with some Distress Inks that I put directly on to my craft mat and applied using  a Ranger  water brush.

Some further ideaology gears were added before I was finished.

I would like to enter this piece in the following challenges:

Over at The Sunday Stampers the challenge is Use Some new Stash, which these stamps and the pocket-watch die  certainly are.

Craft Us Crazy are having an Anything Goes challenge theme and Anything Goes Challenge is Make it Manly.

Try it on Tuesday's Challenge is Time Flies, which it does for the Time Travellers !! 

Catch up soon...Crafty Hugs as Always x

Brushless Water Colour and Distress Ink Background

Hi Everyone....Thanks for dropping by your visits are so appreciated. For those of you who read my previous post you will know that last weekend I planned to craft but had lost my mojo.....was feeling tired.

I decided to watch crafty DVD's by none other than Tim Holtz. It had been some time since I viewed them and I remember purchasing them way back in 2005 and loving the outcome of the  Distress embossing powders and Distress Inks. 

Below you will see a piece that I made to send to my crafty friend Buttons, using some of Tim's techniques that I had not used in some time.

I created the background below using Tim's techniques. You can see the water droplets on the top of the card. As I did not have a craft iron I used a small travel iron, purchased many years ago and never used !!!

                                       Once  dried  I blended some vintage photo Distress ink and matted on to some card

          Below you can see the brushless watercolour images, the lighter being second generation.  (I used various Adirondack Inks on the stamp)

I then die cut Tim's new Sizzix Washer Border, inking it with Peacock Feathers DI and a smidgeon of Vintage Photo DI on the edges. 

The brushless watercolour image from Tim's Stampers Anonymous Classics ( SCF001) was torn around the edges then inked with a combination of Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean DI's

To complete the look I matted the stamped image on to blue card, distress with Tonic Studios Paper Distresser and inked with Salty Ocean DI.

I added some twine and a die cut butterfly, which I had rusted earlier, then some chipboard letter, painted with Tim's new Distress Paints. I then rubbed some area of the project, including the letters with Treasure Gold wax in White Fire and Sapphire.

Over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog the theme is 'Layer it on and Share a Word'., which this piece meets. 

I am also entering the 'Anything Goes'  over at Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog.

Take care and catch up soon. Be sure and leave a comment and I will get back to you.

Crafty Hugs

Time flies when you are having fun !!

Hi Everyone. What a fabulous 4 days it has been in Britain, celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. I felt so sorry for the Queen when it was announced that Prince Philip was taken to hospital as they go everywhere together. What a concert last night at Buckingham Palace. Tom Jones was exceptional and his vocal was certainly the best. Some of the artists just couldn't sing (If I say 'dope' you will know who I mean !!)

Anyway, how true is the saying on this tag !!. I just don't seem to have enough time these days and I am sure the last 60 years of the Queen's reign have flown in. 

I am spending lots of time using the 'rusting technique' using Crafty Notions acrylic wax and rusting powder. The small alarm clock is one of the new Sizzix TH die cuts, which is available in two sizes. The wings were cut using the Sizzix TH 'Heart Wings' die cut.  The letters are also from the Sizzix TH Carnivale die strip. 

I used the rusting powder on the letters and wings. The alarm clock was inked  in peacock feathers DI and then clear embossed.

I used  Th Idea-ology  mask  ( Time Works) on the background of the tag, think you can just make it out. To ink the tag I used a variety of DI's, namely Tea-dye, Brushed Corduroy, Broken China and Barn Door .

The bunting was made by cutting WV Studio 490 heart stamp, which I stamped using archival ink, blue and red, which I adhered on to some red and white bakers twine. There is also a trinket pin on the ribbon at top of tag.

I am entering this piece in the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers- Challenge 69 Distress It!

Smudgy Antics- Anything Goes

Sunday Stampers- Red, White and Blue

Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes

Make It Monday- Always Anything Goes

Frilly and Funkie- Kraft and Twine

Thanks for visiting and if you can please leave me a comment and I shall return the compliment.

Crafty Hugs  Annie :)

Alter It

Good Morning everyone. Hope you are all well and enjoying your crafty time. 

Posted below is my creative submission for the Recycle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent  Blog Challenge  for May- Anything Goes and a plastic existence.

I have had these foil trays for ages and thought I would 'Re-Invent' them for this challenge. I used alcohol inks to colour the foil, however, getting in to the corners was difficult so I thought I would try the Paper Transformation Technique, inspired by Neil Walker of Neelz Expressionz ( click here for the tutorial) Its hard to believe that this was once just plain old copy paper !

  For my 'plastic existence' I cut out a piece of plastic from a milk carton, putting it through my die cut machine, and you can see the flowers below. I used inks on the flowers but then decided to use  Ranger Glue 'n' Seal, followed by a variety of  Adirondack paint dabbers, followed by Distress crackle pain in Rock Candy.  ( I was also changing the colour of a metal chain for another project )

 As you can see I used a variety of stamps designed by  Tim Holtz, Wendy Vecchi & Lynne Perella.

The large sentiment on the top piece  was designed by Chris Stern of CS Designs. I received this digital sentiment having been featured in the  Recycle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent April Challenge . You should pop over to Chris's online store and view  her designs for yourself.  The images and sentiments are beautiful.
( As a new blogger I was thrilled to bits to be featured !!)

 I adhered some burlap around the large foil tray and added the Sizzix, TH, Word Play die cut letters, which are rusted, using rusting powder/acrylic wax from Crafty Notions. ( you also add white vinegar to the mix )

 On the bottom foiled tray I adhered  some vintage lace. The trays were then pieced together using some string.

                                       
                                         Hope you like this piece, which I had great fun creating.
I am  also  going to submit this creation to  the challenges at Inspire me Fridays- Always Anything Goes and Scrapalicious- Something Altered .

                                           Crafty Hugs as always and have a good weekend

                                                                         Annie  :)

Vintage Theme

Good morning everyone.

Here is my post for today. I made this piece for my sister and brother in law for their  wedding anniversary. Like me  my sister loves vintage/steampunk and she just  telephoned to say that  she is delighted. 

For the background to this piece I used the Sizzix TH Alterations embossing folder on A4 card. The frame was cut using a Spellbinders die, which I stamped with an Andy Skinner stamp, using Sepia archival ink. To create some texture on the red background paper I used a  TH script stamp in  jet black archival ink as well as  a gold acrylic paint dabber on another TH flourish stamp. The  main sentiment  and  pocket watch on bottom left  are stamps from The Artistic Stamper. Other stamps used are from various TH stamp sets that I have. The letters were die cut from Sizzix TH Carnival die. To obtain the look of rust on my letters I used acrylic wax and rusting powder from Crafty Notions. ( white vinegar was also used in this technique) As their anniversary is on the 17th I also added the numbers 1 and 7 either side of the frame. All in all I am delighted with the outcome, particularly the rusting. This is a style that I love and one that you will frequently see on my blog.

I plan to submit this piece in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge - Anything Goes

Pixie Dust Studio- Challenge 127, Steampunk

Card and Scrap- Vintage

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Many Thanks for visiting my blog. I love to read your comments and always try to return them. Its fantastic to be able to view the work of other crafters, gain inspiration and to learn new techniques. 

Happy crafting.............Annie