A Starry Sky

 A second inspiration project for the Country View Crafts Challenge on Facebook where Zoe set the theme as Snowflakes and Stars. I decided to use a mop up piece of card with TH Tiny Stars embossing folder and his Sizzix Dimensional Stars dies.

1. Dip, dip and dry card with Chipped Sapphire distress ink.

2. Put card through the cutting machine in the Tiny Stars embossing folder.

3. Apply foundry wax with finger over the star tops .... 

4. ..... and heat.

5. I wish I'd stamped over the blue, so I stamped now to get some more interest in the background.

6. Cut three stars. (see supplies below)

7. Take a new piece of card and cover in the star washi tape.

8. Mount the background onto dark blue paper and add a narrower washi tape.  The blue pieces I made myself.

 

Supplies from Country View Crafts  

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Chipped Sapphire, Ground Espresso    https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-ink--re-inkers-103-c.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Archival ink - Ground Espresso                               https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-archival-ink-1235-c.asp

Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits dies Dimensional Stars                          https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-152-c.asp

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology - Deco sheets Sparkle Classic in gold,      Word Chip   https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-idea-ology-102-c.asp

Tim Holtz Foundry Wax Statue                                                            https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-accessories-storage--and-mediums-855-c.asp

Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous - Ledger Script CMS241                        https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-stamps-by-stampers-anonymous-193-c.asp

My own supplies

 Golden washi tape   and   Fabriano watercolour paper 

CVC Challenge February 2025 #3 - Romance and Friendship

Happy Valentine Day 

I am sneaking in a third project for the CVC February challenge which is a last frame and this one is made for my 6 year old grandson who wants to be an Astrologer. I picked out what are the nearest products I could to fit in with his story and this theme.

I began by taking these metal elements found in my supplies and used the shown products as a play time to give a rusty look to them. Cogs and gears to represent machinery, spectacles because he loves Harry Potter, a compass to help him look in the correct direction when looking for stars and planets with his telescope and propellor as he also has a love of aeroplanes. (I just couldn't fit his love of lego into this project but he's a genius with it).

For the background I used the gears embossing folder and swiped the rusty ginge embossing ink pad over to create a rusty look but as always with me everything changed as I played with different products in the process of creating the layers.

I can't honestly say what I did for each layer to end up with the design below but I had fun.

These are all the products I used and there must be at least another 4 layers on top of the rusty hinge that I started with. It certainly doesn't look like I expected it to but just experimenting always takes you down a different path and that's the excitement of it all.

Things came together well as I collected together elements to sit in the ledge at the bottom of the frame. and added words to bring it all together.

A couple of bulbs to light his way, clock gears and clock hands in the bottles represent time, time he spends creating things (he loves his arts and crafts), time he will spend gazing up at the night sky. (I already have a fabulous photo of him out one clear evening last week where he was looking for the alignment of the moon with Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mars). Spectacles to represent his love of the Harry Potter books, and hearts for Valentine's day.

I made up small labels to add to those bottles, bulbs and heart.

xx

Supplies

TH- Distress Spray Stain -Faded Jeans,Stormy Sky

TH - Distres Spritz - Uncharted Mariner, Vintage Photo, Crackling Campfire

TH - Distress Inks - Faded Jeans, Rusty Hinge, Uncharted Mariner

TH - Collage Medium, Crackle Paste

TH Foundry Wax - Statue

TH Embossing folder - Blueprint and Gears

DecoArt Fluid Acrylics - Quinacridone Gold, Prussian Blue Hue

All & Create Rub-ons - Acid Blends, Wanderlust Passport

Be open to whatever comes next - media tile

Another media tile but sorry no steps as this is going to be part of a workshop once we know we can all get back to normal life again.

No process steps at the moment as they are being used for a workshop but another media tile in a series where the original ones were inspired by Sid Dickens.

Take care in these scary times.

xxx

DecoArt Supplies

Media Fluid Acrylics - Dioxazine Purple, Phthalo Turquoise, Medium Grey v6, Titanium White, Metallic Silver

Mediums - Tinting Base, White Modeling Paste, Soft Touch Varnish

Take strength from the stars - Media Tile

Inspired by Sid Dickens

Process steps

1. Seal with tinting base.

2. Scrape random layer of white gesso with a flat palette knife.

3. Adhere tissue wrap in a couple of places.

4. Add some texture stamping.

5. Add some transfers/rub-ons.

6. Sand the edges and rub in brown distress ink.

7. Die cut the star from black card, paint the panels assemble and adhere to the tile.

8. Add big chat words.

Supplies from DecoArt

Media White Tinting Base

Media White Gesso

Media Fluid Acrylics - Medium Grey, Titanium White, Carbon Black