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 wine tag with Wine Blueprints by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, I'm here with a wine tag that I made for our September challenge where the lovely Debs chose the theme and will be your host. The theme is: Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness the first line of Ode to Autumn by John Keats. So we would like to see projects with autumn colours, fruits, flowers, anything which reminds you of early autumn.

For me early autumn remind me of grape and wine making. So I made a wine tag with Tim Holtz Wine Blueprints stamp sets, the big and the small one.

For making this tag, I cut out a wine tag shape with MFT Wine Tag Die-Namics from Neenah Desert Storm paper. I stamped the image of the bottle, I masked it and then I stamped the grape. The text is from a Penny Black stamp set, called Autumn Splendor.

First I coloured the images with Copic Sketch markers, then I continued with pencil colouring.

In the end I splattered my tag with brown ink (Walnut Stain Spray Stain). I also inked the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress ink.

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.

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

ATCoins with leaves and a thanksgiving card

Hello everyone, here I am with the second inspirational project for the November challenge of the Country View Challenges. The theme is: Artist Trading Coins.

For this coins, I cut out the smaller coins with Sizzix Thinlits die, Stitched Circles by Tim Holtz. I stamped the leaves from the Stampers Anonymous, Nature's Wonder set with Ranger Archival Potting Soil ink.

And then coloured the leaves with the following Ranger Distress markers: Barn Door, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint.

I stamped the hashtag texts with Ranger Archival Potting Soil ink from the Stampers Anonymous Hashtags set.

I inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress ink.

I spattered with Vintage Photo Spray Stain using a brush.

I put a little darker ink to the edges, this was the Gathered Twigs.

I cut out one size bigger circles with Sizzix Framelits die from Kraft Core paper (Nostalgic Selection).

For making these coins I got the inspiration from my coasters I made before with decoupage technique using paper napkins.

Some of you asked me what the ATCoins are for. So for example, like here, you can put them on a card.

The background of this card was made with the Autumn Layering Stencil using Antique Linen Distress ink and a sponge.

I hope you like my project!!! Thank you for stopping by!

And if you are in the mood of creating ATCoins, please don't hesitate to join our challenge where you can win a £20 voucher!

With my coins, I would like to join the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Thanks/Thanksgiving

November Link Party #45 of the CropStop.

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 tag with MFT Jumping with joy stamp

Here is a little tag with a lovely girl by the MFT. I made this for the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp where the theme is: Thanks/Thanksgiving.

I coloured my images with Faber-Castell Polychromos and Caran d'Ache Pablo Picasso pencils. For the fallen leaves I applied masking. 

And let me show you my photo of dead leaves when the first chill arrived in Luxembourg.

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