Hi there! I was lucky enough to have some quality time in the craft room on this lazy Sunday afternoon. I didn't have a plan, nothing in mind that I wanted to make… Got out some watercolor paper…and a new die….and then some ink pads… And before you know it, I had every single Tim Holtz papercrafting item on my desk! LOL. I whipped up quite a frenzy in here! I love those kind of days! I love it when things just happen and I lose myself in the creative process. It rejuvenates me!
I'm entering this card into Linda's Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #3! (CLICK HERE) She is making challenges each week based on Tim Holtz's book – very cool.
So here's what I came up with:
All my supplies are from Tim Holtz (except the yellow polka dot paper, which is from Websters Pages). I used only Distress Inks for my stamping and coloring. The center panel is a 4×5 sheet of watercolor paper and my finished card is a 5 1/2 inch square!
Oops! I forgot the butterfly – that is a Martha Stewart punch! I punched it out of watercolor paper also, and then used Distress Inks and Distress Glitters on it. Ya know, made it kinda shabby chic.
One of my favorite shabby chic tricks is to curl the edges of my paper up. Makes it look worn and cool. My center panel is mounted on foam tape.
I tried out a new technique today and I really like it! First I took these three colors of Distress Inks and sponged around the edges of my paper with a sponge dauber. Was really messy with it. Then I spritzed water over the entire paper and let it kind of run together. Then I dried it with my heat tool and this is what it looks like!
It is sort of hard to photograph!
Next I used the Corduroy Ink pad to stamp this neat saying on my paper. After that I used some water and more distress inks and flicked spots all over the page!
Here is the die that I used to make my yellow rose! Yep, it's a pinecone! LOL.
I cut the pinecone rose out of watercolor paper using my Vagabond and then put the yellow inks directly onto the die cut piece. After I got all the yellow ink on there, I spread it around with a wet paint brush. Later I went back and added some Marmalade Distress Ink around the edges.
After the color was dry, I rolled the rose starting from the outer piece until it formed the flower. Then I glued it together using Glossy Accents. Once that was dry, I added a mixture of Clear Rock Candy and Mustard Seed Distress Glitters…. (Yeah, this card took all day!)
Here is a close up of the finished rose!
Here's a close up of the cool saying! Doesn't it look neat in the brown with the spots? It looks old and romantic to me. I couldn't resist adding a little gem heart with some twine.
Thank you very much for letting me share my process with you today! This card was really fun to make and I like how it came out! I think I'll throw it into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge too – for this week it's "Anything Goes!" Best wishes to you for a great week ahead! XOXO
