Travel CVC June #2

 Travel Wallet

Meet George Roberts who has a long journey to school every day. This means him having to rise at 6 and catch the 7.05 train from Springfield Street Railway Station in Windsor, to London, as he needs to be there by 8 am. He alights at Paddington Station and walks 10 mins to Paddington Technical College where he is studying engineering.

George buys his ticket every day which costs him 2 shillings. He has to be back at Paddington to get the 4.50 train home or get an evening ticket if he wants to stay later. He sometimes does that so he can socialise with friends he has made.

He keeps his tickets with a travel identity card provided by the Springfield Street Railway Company and distributed by the Post Office. If he is asked for it by the train conductor, he must show it as the certificate allows him to travel on School Day Tickets.

The wallet is a TH file folder covered with two different pieces of TH papers (one front and one middle). The story is told with the found relative photo, ephemera and stamps, I like to create additions myself if I can't find what I want in my supplies and here I did with his name, identity card label and Paddington station label.

This is my second June project for Country View Crafts 'Travel' FaceBook challenge. If you've popped over from there thankyou for your support.

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Supplies

TH - Idea-ology -  Found Relatives, Ephemera, Die-Cuts Layers Urban, Snippets, Number Strips, Layer Frames, Paper Strips, Paper Pad French Industrial, 

TH - Stamps - Travel Ways - CMS 162, Air Travel CMS102, Correspondence CMS225, Tidbits CMS488, Field Notes CMS396, 

Tissue/Washi Tape - my supplies

Identity Card label Name of Station, Names for George - made by me.

Paper Dolls panel

 Adding to my Butterflies, Bees and Moths Creative Sketchbook

Whilst pulling together ideas and a large number of designs for a workshop next month, some made the cut and others didn't.

I'm teaching my take on Creative Sketchbooking on the 17th and 18th of July at Country View Crafts headquarters.  Thursday the 17th July is sold out but there are some spaces on Friday 18th. Bookings can be made here. 

 This was one of the experimental projects I made that didn't make the cut, but I will add it to the sketchbook later along with some other bits and pieces I have left over. It will be good to add them as they are still important being part of the creative process and decision making.

Paper Dolls panel 

Cut panel 10 x 8 cms punch rounded corners. Paint surface with gesso – dry. Using small sponge blend over a mixed colour to your liking.

Dip into puddle of hickory smoke, dry and blend same ink round edges.

Stamp bug with watering can archival ink.

Gather dolls and blend ground espresso round them and the same with snippets.

Add something to ground the girls I used the small alphabet strip.

I will add the actual Creative Sketchbook pages here after the workshop in July. 

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Travel CVC June #1

 Travel Panel

A panel using mostly Tim Holtz products for the 'Travel' June challenge at Country View Crafts FM group.

Using paper dolls I have made up a family who are travelling to Paris for their summer holidays.

1. Using watercolour card stamp Eiffel Tower -Watering Can and then stamp Paris stamp background - Cornflower Blue.  Dip background into watery tattered rose distress ink and dry. Blend vintage photo distress ink round edges and drag the edges through black archival ink.

2. Make suitcases from distress background, die-cut and make up.

3. Find Paper Dolls as focal point. Give them a coat of collage medium. When dry paint in tattered rose, aged mahogany and vintage photo oxides.

4. Gather snippets and Remnant Rubs for details.

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Supplies

Distress Oxides - Tattered Rose, Saltwater Taffy, Hickory Smoke, Vintage Photo, Aged Mahogany,

Distress Inks - Walnut Stain, Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Aged Mahogany.

TH Mediums - Collage Medium.

TH Salvaged Tags, Ephemera, Paper Dolls, Word Chip, Snippets, Remnant Rubs

TH Stamps - Paris Memoir CMS159

TH Dies - Bigz Baggage Claim, 

Ranger Archival Inks - Coffee, Cornflower Blue, Watering Can, Black

Washi Tape