Rust inspired D'Oxides

 I love playing with inks and colours to produce different layers of for distressed backgrounds. As it's Halloween month I thought I would try out rust effects with distress oxides to see what happened. I love the result.

On A4 card. Used scorched timber, walnut stain, vintage photo, hickory smoke D'oxides, splattered and dipped into walnut stain Spritz then mixed left over spritz to vintage photo DO and water and dipped into it. Did another puddle of vintage photo and water and dipped into it some more. Finally spritzed water droplets and dried.

Cut card into 3 pieces.....

.... and got a gorgeous layered dipped, drippy, distressed effect.

I make very few projects for Halloween usually and I've already got my Country View Challenge ones made and scheduled so I think I'll chop these three pieces in half again and aim to create 6 small 10.4 x 9.7 cm panels.

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Autumn Richness 3 - Berry Panels

 This is my last project post for the September 24 challenge at Country View Crafts challenges on FaceBook. Two little panels that grew to four and now five. I've added one more to complete the series.

            Here they are as a completed collection.

I made a little torn tab booklet to add them to with some collage paper elements.

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Autumn Richness 2 - More Berry Panels

  This is my second project for the September 24 challenge at Country View Crafts challenges on FaceBook. Two more little panels that grew to five (one more post to come very soon). 

See the first post here - http://www.bumblebeesandbutterflies.com/2024/09/autumn-richness-1-berry-panels.html

I have used Alison Bomber stamps and just love these berries.

The little diecut leaves on the words panel with berries were cut in red textured card and then scribbled with some ground espresso and forest moss distress watercolor pencils over the leaves and stems and rubbed them in. For more details click the link to the first post above.

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Distress Inks & Oxides - Gathered twigs DO, tea dye DI and also Hickory Smoke DO. vintage photo  and ground espresso DIs, scattered straw and aged mahogany DIs. 

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-ink--re-inkers-103-c.asp

Stamps - Alison Bomber - Pressed grasses - Umbels, Pressed Foliage, Pressed Grasses, Fodder Berry

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/alison-bomber-1731-c.asp

Distress Watercolor Pencils  - scorched timber and ground espresso , aged mahogany and candied apple .https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

Snippets - Field Notes, Cutator

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th94152---tim-holtz-idea-ology---ephemera-pack-snippets---curator-171860-p.asp

Dies - Festive Gatherings, Alphanumeric Tiny Type Lower

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/sizzix-thinlits-and-framelits-die-sets-wstamps-by-tim-holtz-519-c.asp

Other- white gesso, Tim Holtz Butterfly punch

Halloween Backgrounds - Distress inks and sprays

 Been playing with a variety of colours to make some distress backgrounds for potential Halloween backgrounds. I like most of them lol.

Autumn Richness 1 - Berry Panels

 This is my first project for the September 24 challenge at Country View Crafts challenges on FaceBook. Two little panels that grew to five (more to come later).

I have used Alison Bomber stamps and just love these berries.

Background for book page panels - dipped and dried - gathered twigs DO.  Repeated with tea dye DI and also Hickory Smoke DO. Brayered white gesso randomly and lightly over the top. I then stamped some of the pressed foliage range of Alison's stamps and some little ephemera stamps with walnut stain DI and covered it with a piece of vellum.

Stamped berries with Clair Pinecone and coloured in with wet aged mahogany and candied apple distress watercolor pencils. Cut them out and added to the panels with sme Tim Holtz snippets and leaves diecut from distress inked backgrounds.

The second panel was put together in the same way as the first but included a Tim Holtz die-cut with words from Alison's stamps.

Materials used

Distress Inks & Oxides - Gathered twigs DO, tea dye DI and also Hickory Smoke DO. vintage photo  and ground espresso DIs, scattered straw and aged mahogany DIs. 

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-ink--re-inkers-103-c.asp

Stamps - Alison Bomber - Pressed grasses - Umbels, Pressed Foliage, Pressed Grasses, Fodder Berry

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/alison-bomber-1731-c.asp

Distress Watercolor Pencils  - scorched timber and ground espresso , aged mahogany and candied apple .https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

Snippets - Field Notes, Cutator

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th94152---tim-holtz-idea-ology---ephemera-pack-snippets---curator-171860-p.asp

Dies - Festive Gatherings, Alphanumeric Tiny Type Lower

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/sizzix-thinlits-and-framelits-die-sets-wstamps-by-tim-holtz-519-c.asp

Other- white gesso, Tim Holtz Butterfly punch

Using lace and buttons 2 - Country View Challenges (August)

 My second project for the Facebook challenge Lace and Buttons on a card at #countryviewchallenges. Lots of #tim_holtz #ideaology products on this one. I haven’t actually put the panel on a card yet but I will when I need to.

Christmas card - Tim Holtz snowflake

It's definitely Christmas prepping time with all the new seasonal products being released and I have a new set of @sizzix dies called Vault Winter Wishes from @tim_holtz. These are my two cards using the beautiful snowflake. One was covered with rock candy glitter and sparkles beautifully in the light, the other was dipped into mica flakes and looks as though it is covered in cracked pieces of ice.

Materials

DI - Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood, Broken China.  DO Speckled Hen

Stamps - Scribbled Woodland CMS282, Festive Sounds CMS048

Dies - Vault Winter Wishes, Holiday Blocks, Festive Gatherings.

Embossing powder - Winter White, Denim

Rock Candy glitter, Distress Mica Flakes

Shabby vintage Christmas card - Tim Holtz skates

 My first Christmas card for 2024 showcasing the vault winter wishes die set by @tim_holtz and from @countryviewcrafts. I’ve used other Tim dies, papers, paper dolls, rock candy glitter, stamps, embossing folder, word chip, snippets and had great fun putting this together.

Using lace and buttons - Country View Crafts challenge August 24

Lace and Buttons on a greeting card was the theme over at Country View Challenges for August, but I'm a bit late posting this. It was my first contribution to the design team inspirations.

A piece of corrugated cardboard box was used to mount the focal image and embellishments and give it some height.

I found three buttons in my button box and added 2 layers of lace, one bought lace and the other a diecut from TH Crochet Thinlits.

I distressed the real lace a little with distress ink and added some threads around the buttons.

I really rather like this shabby vintage card, I'm sure it will come in useful.

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Materials

3D textured impressions embossing folder - LACE - Eileen Hull

Layer Frames - MONTAGE - Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits - GARDEN GREENS and CROCHET - Tim Holtz

Paper Dolls - POSES - Tim Holtz

Distress inks (Victorian Velvet, Worn Lipstick, Dried Marigold, Walnut Stain)and Distress Spritz (Barn Door) - Tim Holtz

Rock Candy Glitter

Lace, threads, buttons - etc my own stash