Tuesday, 16 July 2024

Vintage Shabby Collage Journal - Stamping with Tim Holtz Flowers

 Using scraps from projects and snippets to create little collages.


I have a double spread today using materials from a variety of companies but the important ones are listed below.

The background stamping was done by using hickory smoke oxide, this leaves a fabulous impression of light on dark.

Here is the train driver who is carrying a cargo of flowers to the airport where it all will be sent to florists in Paris and New York. The boxes are carrying fragile freight and he does not want his cargo to get crushed. It is a great responsibility to get all the boxes delivered on time and safely, but he is experienced and wise and ready to do a good job.

Claude, this dedicated driver carefully carried all the packages for miles, stopping at stations to pick up and drop of passengers, many of them regularly taking this route and train knowing that Claude always did a good job at keeping the train to time. As he pulled into his platform at Charles de Gaulle Airport he was thinking of all the arrangements that had been made to transfer the cargo to the plane travelling to New York and to shops in Paris. He watched the handlers remove the boxes from their carriage and gave a sigh of relief knowing he had got them safely to the terminal and they were now off to their final destinations.

Claude was happy and satisfied that his task had been accomplished and he was ready to head off hme to his family.









  • “Just living is not enough ... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen

xxx


Materials
Stamps - Tim Holtz Flower Jar CMS297, Perspectives CMS213, Ledger Script CMS241
Distress inks - scorched timber
Distress Oxide - hickory smoke, walnut stain
TH Snippets - Urban Layers
TH Collage Strips - large
TH Words - Small Talk
The Graphics Fairy - Fleur Tab
TH Cello Sticker Tape
TH Clipping Stickers
TH - papers
Sakura Micron brown pen

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