Card with Tiny Toadstools by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, I'm here with my second inspirational project for our September challenge, Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Before I start to write my tutorial, that for this card I got my inspiration from Kath Stewart who stamped the toadstools on ATCs. Here you can see her cards. But for the ATCs she chose the Label Frames stamp set by Tim Holtz. Me, I chose the old and retired ATC&Corners Bigz die.

For the background I chose one of my old design, a tag as an inspiration. So I stamped the leaves one by one and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. Then I blended Ripe Persimmon and Carved Pumpkin to the surface. I inked  the edges with Gathered Twigs. In the end, I spritzed with water. 

I cut out the ATC shape from 300 gsm watercolour paper. I stamped the toadstools with Ground Espresso Archival ink to the ATC and coloured slightly with Distress inks. I spattered with Vintage Photo ink,  and then I blended Distress Glaze to the surface. 

The text was stamped on black paper with embossing ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Nature's Wonder (CMS343)

Stampers Anonymous, Tiny Toadstools (CMS377)

Stampers Anonymous, Tiny Text (CMS394)

Sizzix Bigz die, ATC&Corners (657184)

Ranger embossing powder (Princess Gold)

Ranger Distress inks (Ripe Persimmon, Carved Pumpkin, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn, Antique Linen)

etc.

So if you have an autumn project, please don't hesitate to join our September challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop.

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Emboss it

Autumn tag with leaves

Hello everyone, here we are in October and we have a new challenge over at the Country View Challenges. The theme is Autumnal colours and/or Halloween the lovely Corrie will be your hostess.

My first project is a tag which has an older "brother" one of my earlier tags. 

Here is my tutorial.

I cut out a tag from 300 gsm watercolour paper and painted with Bundled Sage Distress paint. When it was dry, I tapped  watered Rustic Wilderness paint to the surface with a paper towel. 

I coloured the leaves with original Distress inks and Oxide inks as well. The light yellow was coloured with mostly Squeezed Lemonade and a little Mustard Seed and also a little Vintage Photo. The darker yellow was coloured with mostly Mustard Seed and in the end I added original Distress ink because this way it became darker. The red was coloured with Candide Apple DOX ink and Aged Mahogany (just a tiny) and Barn Door original inks. Sorry there's no photo about the process.

Then I spattered the tag and the leaves with gold paint. I also coloured gold an ear of wheat - although I don't really know what that thing exactly :-) 

As a background of the text, I used cork sheet and fasten the piece with long fasteners.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die Alphanumeric 3/4" Tall

Sizzix Movers&Shapers die Tag&Bookplates

Sizzix Bigz die Layered Leaf

Sizzix Thinlits die Fall Foliage

Ranger Distress paints (Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness)

Ranger Distress inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany)

Ranger Distress Oxide inks (Candied Apple, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo)

Idea-Ology long fasteners

Idea-Ology Seasonal Chitchat sticker book

gold paint

etc.

If you have a project with Autumn colours please don't hesitate to join our October challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Crafts online shop.

Autumn box card with MFT Fall Friends

Hello crafty friends, I'm here with a box card that I made for the My Favorite Things Outside the box challenge. I really didn't want to miss that one. The current theme is: Halloween and/or fall.

So I made this card for the challenge.

What I used:

MFT, Outside the Box Die-Namics

MFT, Birdie Brown Fall Friends stamp set

MFT, Birdie Brown Witch Way Is The Candy stamp set

MFT, Pure Innocence Jumping With Joy stamp set

MFT Summertime Polka Dots paper pad

MFT Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots paper pad

Copic Sketch markers

I hope you like it!!! Thank you for stopping by!!!

Autumn box with stamped leaves

Hello everyone, I'm here with my latest make a stamped wooden box with autumn leaves. 

For making this, I upcycled a simple orange container.

First, I painted them white with several coats using acrylic paints.

Then I started to stamp the leaves from Nature's Wonder stamp set by Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous). For stamping, I used the Gathered Twigs Distress ink but any brown is okay. Then I heat embossed with Vintage Photo Distress embossing powder. It was really a big job! I stamped and heat embossed 34 leaves, plus the two sentiments!

Then I started to colour the leaves. I used diluted DecoArt Americana paints but the best solution was the DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic paints.

When I finished the colouring I spattered the box with diluted brown paint and inked the edges of the box with Ranger Archival ink (Potting Soil).

And in the end, I covered the whole box with a silky varnish. But this is a special vintage varnish that I made by myself, I put Distress ink into the bottle and mixed them. So when I use this varnish my project gets a vintage look.

This box is now in my kitchen and I keep fruits and vegetables in it.

I hope you like it! Thank you for stopping by!

With my project, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Fall/Autumn

Autumn card with scarecrow by Tim Holtz

Last year I made an autumnal canvas with the scarecrow by Tim Holtz. And I was really pleased with the design that I figured out at the time. 

So I decided to make a card with the same design with some slight changes.

As for the background...

Here I chose a 300gsm mixed media paper and I glued wrinkled tissue paper with decoupage glue to the surface.

Then I painted with acrylic paints.

Then I added a layer of Distress Collage Medium Matte. This is good for protection and for me, it makes easier to adhere the elements.

As for the tree...

I cut out twice the tree from thick brown cardstock and I stamped the woodgrains on from the Birch and Pine set with Ranger Archival Potting Soil ink.

As for the scarecrow... 

I have good news! I can give you a step by step tutorial about how to give your silhouette scarecrow a personality :-)

1. I cut out the base from kraft paper.

2. I took a patterned paper and cut out the scarecrow. Then I cut the part which was perfect for clothes.

3. I took a cream colour paper and cut out the scarecrow, then cut off the head and the lower hay part. (I always brown inked the edges of the new part before I added to the base.) 

4. I cut out the hat from patterned paper and added orange ink with a sponge.

5. I glued the hat on the basic.

6. For the eyes, I used the middle part of the smallest flowers from the Funky Florals #1 set.

7. From an orange cardstock, I cut out a small triangle. That became the nose.

8. I drew the mouth with a pencil...

9. .. and when I was satisfied with the result, I drew it with Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen (F size).

10. Then I changed my mind and I put other clothes on my scarecrow :-)

11. And I added a little flower to the clothes.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Fall Foliage by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Funky Florals #1 by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Scarecrow by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Sentiment Words by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Small Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Bigz Die, Branch Tree by Tim Holtz

Idea-Ology, Mini Fasteners

Idea-Ology, Big Chat Stickers

Ranger Distress ink pads (Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed)

I hope you like it!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

With my card, I would like to join the CropStop Link Party #43: Anything goes

Autumn scene with car and airplane

Our September challenge at the Country View Challenges was chosen by the lovely Miriam and theme is: Planes, trains, automobiles.

And since it's already September, I made an autumn scene for my vehicles.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Home for the holidays by Tim Holtz - for the car and the hill

Sizzix Thinlits die, Cityscape Suburbia by Tim Holtz for the trees

Sizzix Thinlits die, Cityscape Commute by Tim Holtz - for the airplane

Sizzix Strip die, Halloween Shadows by Tim Holtz - for the Jack-O-Lantern in the boot

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology, Small Talk Occasions - for the text

vellum - behind the windows

Tim Holtz Kraft Core, Core'dinations papers

DecoArt Americana acrylic paints

Ranger Distress ink pads (Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs)

etc.

If you have a crafty project with planes, trains or automobiles, please don't hesitate to join the September challenge of the CVC where you can win a £20 voucher.


I join the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Fall/Autumn

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes


Thank you for stopping by!!! Happy crafting!!!

Autumn card with glitter pumpkin

Hello everyone, I'm here again with my second inspirational piece for the October challenge of the Country View Challenges. The theme is: Mixed media with autumn hues.

Well, for this challenge, I made this card:

For making the background I used acrylic paints, after drying I stamped a couple of times with a grass stamp.

Then I put a layer of matte Collage Medium by Ranger, Tim Holtz.

I cut out the pumpkin from a thick paper, painted orange, and after drying I smeared Ranger Glossy Accents on the surface and sprinkled it with Ranger Distress Glitter, Spiced Marmalade. I put it aside to dry.

I cut out the leaves with Sizzix Thinlits die, Fall Foliage by Tim Holtz and coloured with Distress inks.

I coloured a piece of cheesecloth with the same inks.

I cut out the text with Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric 3/4" tall by Tim Holtz from a pre-inked paper.  When I glued the text onto the card, I put Ranger Glossy Accents on the top of each letter.

I put two fasteners to the corners as embellishments.

At this point, I still wanted to put something on the right side corner on the cheesecloth. I tried spiders, but I didn't have the perfect size spider... and after I found this fly in the bag I had received from Brenda Brown last year. And this was just perfect! Thank you, Brenda!

And if you have any mixed media creations in autumn colours, please don't hesitate to join our October challenge where a lucky crafter can win a £20 voucher!


With my card, I would like to enter:
- the October challenge of the A Vintage Journey: Crazy for autumn colour!

- the Frilly and Funkie challenge: 'Tis Near Halloween

Autumn tag with felt flowers

Here I am again with my new make, an autumnal thank you tag. The flowers are made of felt, but the greens are paper.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Small Tattered Flowers by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Fall Foliage by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Bigz Die, Garden Greens by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Frameworks Die, Trellis by Tim Holtz

Stampers Anonymous, Simple Saying by Tim Holtz

Penny Black Die, Nature's Song

sequins

acrylic paints

Ranger Distress inks

felt

With my tag I would like to join:

- the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: Not a card

- the Wednesday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: Thinking of you

- the challenge of A Vintage Journey: Crazy For Autumn Colour

- Creative Artiste: Anything mixed media goes (31)

Canvas with scarecrow and tree

Two days ago my daughter asked me to make her something, a decoration on her wall. She didn't mind if the theme was autumnal or Halloween, but it couldn't be scary.

And because I haven't used the Scarecrow die yet, it was time to create something with it. And to make it more child-friendly, I gave this scarecrow a personality.

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz Die, Branch Tree by Tim Holtz (656929)

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Scarecrow by Tim Holtz (662382)

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Fall Foliage by Tim Holtz (660955)

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Small Tattered Florals (661806)

So this is a little (13x18cm) canvas. 

First I adhered a napkin paper with decoupage glue with creating many wrinkles during the process.

After drying I put a layer of white acrylic paint (DecoArt White Wash).

After drying I coloured with watered acrylic paints (DecoArt).

After drying I tried to colour slightly the wrinkles with light brown Derwent crayon.

The tree was painted with acrylic paint, all the other elements are inked (Ranger Distress).

The pumpkin is from Brenda Brown when last year I won a giveaway on her blog. It was perfect here, so thank you, Brenda!

With my canvas I would like to join the following challenges:

- Monday Challenge of Simon Says Stamp: Not a card

- A Vintage Journey: Crazy For Autumn Colour

- Creative Artiste Mixed Media: Anything mixed media goes (31)