CC3C #5: Distress Watercoloring Part I

I Love my Distress Markers!!  So obviously I was very excited to see the chosen technique for Challenge #5. And what is this challenge, you ask?  The Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, Vol. 3, hosted by Linda at Studio L3, where we work through the techniques of Tim Holz in his third volume of, you guessed it:” The Compendium of Curiosities”.  As in the past challenges, we can’t give details on the challenge, so don’t ask, but do go get your own copy of Tim’s fabulous book.  Also, Inspiration Emporium has offered an extremely generous $50 Gift Certificate for all the odd numbered challenges! So grab a copy, and join in to play!!  All the deets are here, at Linda’s blog!

I wanted to pick a stamp that would give me an opportunity to work with shading; so picked this one of herbs and bottles; one of the first stamps I ever purchased! So while I know that puts us in 1996 territory, the side has "Stampington & Co., 1996" to prove it!   In the past I have covered the bottles with Glossy Accents, but as that makes the Distress blend (and smear my careful shading tries), I didn't do it this time.  And in true me fashion, while this was colored pretty darn quickly, I just wasn't sure how to finish.  So, as time is fleeting this week, I simply used Tim’s Burlap Stencil to give texture to the background, made a stenciled layer to look like a Gelli Plate print (cause I just couldn't cut up the one that would have worked…gahhh!) and added the burlap bow I had serendipitously found at Michael s during the week. Yes: it was a “get ‘er done” kinda project. 

So, there is still a week to get your Distress Watercoloring on; Stop at Linda’s to get all the details. And for those of you in the US, have a Fabulous July 4^th!

WOYWW #264

Welcome to another "Whats on Your Work Desk Wednesday" hosted by lovely Julia at the Stampers Ground.  Where work desks all over the world get opened up for your peeking pleasure! You can see all the deets http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2014/06/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-264.html here.

First, I'm at home today; working on dial-upl can already see issues with the link thingy...can't go back to highlight; can only delete back from the curser: (I love my hill...I love my hill...../deep breath)
So, to keep short; and as i'm not sure I'll get the picture in: What you see is a much happier desk than last week; that was too scary clean!  This has all the items I have out to work on the Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge...which I can't link to right now, but search Studio L3 and you got it! So my markers are out...as we were watercoloring; the stencil I used for the layering piece (ummmmm; yes, I couldn't bare to part with  Gelli plate prints that fit perfectly; so I've tried to recreate one using inks and the stencil..soooo sad!) Hopefully later I can get upstairs  to decide what to do with it.  The stamp is one of my first..witht he date 1996 on it, from Stampington.  It was one of my first stamps purchased and it comes out every 3rd year or so.  Yup, still can't go back to fix typos...
OK, that's all I can stand right now; 38 minutes and  can't load the photo...I'll try tomorrow back at work.
Have a great week everyone...(I love my hill; I love my hill...)

CC3C #4: Pg: 49 Layering Stencil: Texture Paste

Welcome to another installment of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge, Vol. 3, hosted by Linda at Studio L3.  This is the fourth challenge in where we work through the techniques of Tim Holtz from, you guessed it…his 3^rd Volume of the Compendium of Curiosities!!  As in the past challenges, we can’t give details on the challenge, so don’t ask, but do go get your own copy of Tim’s fabulous book.  Also, The Funky Junkie Boutique has offered an extremely generous $50 Gift Certificate for all the even numbered weeks! So grab a copy, and join in to play!!  All the deets are here, at Linda’s blog!

Texture paste is pretty cool stuff! I had bought the Golden Modeling Paste for a project to make a texture plate for Gelli plate printing. (Then I had to break my addiction to Gelli plate printing because I kept running out of paper. But I can handle it now; so the project is on my near future to-do list.)

Bumpy Detail

Now, Tim didn't specify a type; and (you've heard this before) I would have sworn I had some of the gold Dreamweaver Texture paste—stored upside down like the lady said to prevent drying…but I couldn't find it..so the Golden one it was.  How very fun!  I know you can colorize the stuff; but I didn't  do that; after it was dry I place the stencil back over and colored with Salty Ocean Distress Stain…it was so fun I also did a birthday card, which I can’t show as it hasn't arrived yet!  This also gave me the perfect opportunity to use my new Sea and Sand Die. The saying is from Our Daily Bread.

While I don’t think this will be a daily technique; it is a great tool to add texture to canvas’s and cards..well; everything! I’m thinking a crackle stencil over a box….hmmm.

So head on over to Linda's to get the details...it's a great technique to try...and you might win stuff!

WOYWW #263

Welcome to another “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday” (WOYWW), the brilliant blog hop initiated by our lovely hostess, Julia at TheStamping Ground….and you can see all the deets there.

This is my scarily neat desk; I had just finished the Compendium Challenge piece using texture paste…very cool stuff!! I had so much fun with the tag I decided to try it on a card; which I can’t show today as it’s on its way for a desker’s birthday. Of course I was paranoid at it hardening on everything, so I did a full desk-straightening before I started, and as I was so set in what I wanted to do, it didn’t get messy…hmmm....Pre-thought=less mess…interesting equation!  Any who I’ll be posting that one later today…off to the side is the tag I made for the challenge and a birthday card I made for my nephew with the rest of the TH Sand & Sea die (Oh; don’t look at the futon in the back ground…that’s become a storage shelf.)  Above that is a stack of the TH Birthday Blueprint Stamp/die set…as well as some left over pieces parts…then bare desktop…

Here is my nephew’s card…I used one of my favorite gelli plate prints for the background.  See…hoarders can change…/lower lip trembling

So now stop at Julia’s to hop around workdesks around the world! Happy Crafting everyone!    

WOYWW #262

Welcome to another “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday” (WOYWW), the brilliant blog hop initiated by our lovely hostess, Julia at The Stamping Ground….and you can see all the deets there.

So this week, on my desk…the essential materials for 2 challenges I’m working on: the CC3C challenge which this week is using texture paste, and the ePlay challenge at the Eclectic Paperie Blog which uses fabric.  So, … my as yet unopened jar of Golden Molding Paste…which I hope works as the same thing ‘cause it was expensive!! (I actually got it for my Gelli Plate….which I hope to show short…errr, sometime this summer) And a piece of fabric…which (you can gasp here LLJ!) I had to buy…just a square…I confess; I didn’t know they sold fabric like this…and in quilt packs…like buying coordinating scrapbook paper in a pad…kinda cool! But no, I just bought this one piece. 

And then there was some chaotic altercation between feline and canine downstairs….no injuries thankfully, and I never got back up to the craft room…so next week with luck you can see the finished projects.

Oh, and some more ATC’s have made it to my desk!  These came from Sharon (aka Foxy Stamping) and Hettie (aka Sam)…who was my very first anniversary swap 4 years ago!

And then in yesterday’s mail…which I opened just now at work…my first digital card and ATC from Elizabeth (aka the Silverscrappers Craft Space!)  Pretty cool!

 …I just noticed from LLJ’s page that Julia, while traveling has become ill, so that there will not be a post on her blog this week.. I hope you feel better soon!

WOYWW #261

Welcome to another “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday” (WOYWW), the brilliant blog hop initiated by our lovely hostess, Julia at TheStamping Ground….and you can see all the deets there.

 So this week, on my desk…nuthin’.  I had to go away for the weekend to the Cape...for work! Really…and threw in some family time. So just some left over DI Stains, ink pads and pieces parts from the last few weeks projects lying about.

But, as my ATC’s have made it out, here is mine for the 5^th Anniversary.  The traditional gift: Wood, so I sorta incorporated that. Plus the pen nib, as we all write on the blogs, and the film strip as we all take photos…and Tim Holtz's stamps and saying..Perfect!  Actually once I stopped stressing it came together very nicely!  And I actually have one more, so if anyone would like a post-anniversary swap, let me know!

And here are the ATC’s I’ve received so far, from Bella and Hammers.  So very fun! 

 So, there it is…now go stop by Julia’s and hop around the world to other great desks! Happy Crafting everyone.