Springtime Mixed Media Canvas With Tim Holtz Geo Springtime

Hello friends! We are into the second week of the current challenge, 'Let Me Count the Ways' over at Frilly and Funkie. I chose this theme; it's an easy one, but be sure to read the details of this challenge carefully if you plan to play along: 

Since it's just a day away from Valentine's Day, the opening line of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous love poem "Let Me Count the Ways" (Sonnet 43) comes to mind. "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." For this challenge, I would like to see your vintage or shabby chic project that includes three of something. This could be three colors, three words, three stamps (you get the idea); just be sure to tell us what those three elements are.

As always, the Design Team will choose their top four picks, and the winner will be invited to join us in a Guest DT spot at Frilly and Funkie. The next three will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I decided to make a simple springtime canvas. This doesn't take many products, most of which you probably already have.

 I started by applying gesso to my long, narrow canvas. Then I chose some portions of Tim Holtz  Botanical Collage Paper, tore them out and adhered them to the canvas with Distress Collage Medium Matte.  I die cut four butterflies using Tim's Geo Springtime Thinlits dies; three from black card and one from Metallic Kraft Stock. I adhered two of the black butterflies to the canvas with collage medium, giving the entire canvas a coat.When that was dry, I used Opaque Crackle Texture Paste and a Tim Holtz Dot Fade  stencil to create some texture. 

I used three colors on my background: blue, pink and green. I used Distress Oxides in Victorian Velvet, Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood and Bundled Sage. I know in reality that's four colors, but the Weathered Wood is a blue and acts as a neutral here, deepening the tones and giving the colors depth. Everything was given a protective coat of collage medium. I edged a Quote Chip with Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon and layered it over a scrap of sanded metallic card.  I adhered the metallic butterfly to the third black one just at the body and tips of the top wings, curving the  wings a bit. This butterfly was adhered to the canvas just at the body, so the wings appear to float off the canvas. Finally a splattering of Black Soot paint to tie it all together.

 So there's my trios -- three butterflies, three colors, three groups of stenciled texture, and  three flowers from the collage paper. Here are some close-ups of the finished canvas.

I hope you'll pop over to Frilly and Funkie to see all the amazing inspiration both my Frilly and Funkie teammates created to tempt you with. Then it's your turn to play along ! I can't wait to see how you will include 'threes' in YOUR project! Thank you for stopping by today! Hugs, Sara Emily.

Challenge shares:

Crafts Dreamy February Mood Board Challenge

Art & Soul Studio's February Mood Board Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday No Stamps Allowed
Scrapy Land Challenge #108 Anything Goes  I used a Sizzix die.
Love 2 Create Challenge #2 Anything Creative Mixed Media Goes
Double D Pink and White

Links to products used stocked by The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
***Remember to use coupon code DIEDISCOUNT to receive 20% off MSRP Tim Holtz newly released dies!***
Tim Holtz Geo Springtime Thinlits Dies
Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Dot Fade
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper Botanical
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips
Ranger Opaque Crackle Texture Paste
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte 
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Victorian Velvet
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Tumbled Glass
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Weathered Wood
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Bundled Sage
Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set- Metallics (Antique Bronze/Brushed Pewter/Tarnished Brass)
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot

Trust Your Heart Panel -- Guest Designer with Bleeding Art Challenge Blog

Hello friends! Today I have the honor of creating for Bleeding Art as their Guest Designer where the current challenge is 'Show Us The Love'. I decided to work with my beloved Tim Holtz Sizzix Faceted Heart once again--I hope you aren't getting tired of it! Here is my step by step process followed by closeups of my finished panel.

First, I used the Paint Resist technique for my background panel that will later be adhered to a 5 x 7  wood panel. For a complete tutorial on this technique, I'll refer you to the master--Tim Holtz. I used Picket Fence Distress paint to stamp the Ornate stamp from his Ornate & Lace set. My ink colors are Victorian Velvet and Frayed Burlap. There might be a bit of Seedless Preserves at the center where I  tested my colors.

Next, I cut the Faceted Heart from some textured thick vellum I had in my stash and folded it up. This was really difficult material to work with, but I find that if I give the crease lines an extra score and then fold the creases back and forth a couple times, it gets a little easier to assemble. After it was assembled, I painted it with Brushed Pewter paint and Caramel alcohol ink. While I had the paint and ink out, I colored just the edges of a black card stock panel in the same way.

I worked on another panel here, which is a wooden panel from my stash. It had an original oil painting on it and it was somewhat warped. I didn't enjoy the painting or the fact that it was misshapen, so it went into the bin to be altered at some point. I smeared DecoArt Crackle paint through a Tim Holtz mini stencil and allowed it to dry. Then I applied DecoArt Media Antiquing Cream in black and brown one color at a time in this fashion: apply, dry, wipe with damp cloth. I wet the back of the wood panel with water and pressed it for several days under a stack of books and other weights to flatten it back out.

In the meantime, I created another panel by embossing a piece of thick canvas with Tim's Botanical 3D embossing folder. I pulled the threads from the edges to fray it a bit and colored it with Distress Oxide Victorian Velvet and then just the raised portions with a skim of Prima Metallique Waxes in Brushed Iron and Rose Gold. Addendum: I prepared the canvas so long ago, but I'm pretty sure I gave it a coat of Prima's sculpture medium to give it extra body, because it was a little stiffer than my other pieces of canvas in my stash.

Even though I stamped with my Stamp Platform, my images turned out blurry, because I had to keep reapplying paint and stamping repeatedly, and I'm afraid I gave my stamp CPR. It's all good, though, because I know this will be mostly covered up with the additional panels.

I adhered the Paint Resist panel to the wood panel, sanded the edges and inked them with Frayed Burlap. Then I flipped it over and adhered, sanded and inked a panel of design paper from my stash.

I needed something to provide contrast to the heart and stenciled panels, but didn't need anymore pattern in my design. My solution was to cut a Stacked Baroque panel and match the colors.

Now here are some close ups to show the detail of how it all came together. 

Thank you to Cathy and the Bleeding Heart Design Team for inviting me to create with them this month. I hope you'll pay a visit to this  mixed media challenge blog where there's a ton of inspiration to be had and a fun challenge to play along with! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs and blessings, Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
SanDee&amelie's February 2019 Steampunk Challenge Please delete if it's not industrial enough.
Card Mania Challenges CMC#113 Love is in the Air
Double D Challenges 'HEARTS'

Scrapy Land Challenge #107 Anything Goes  I used 2 Sizzix dies; I'm not sure of the maker for the greens; the cuts were a gift.
More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with optional Red I did not do the option.
Love 2 Create Challenge #2 Anything Creative Mixed Media Goes
Artistic Stamper February's Creative Challenge - Heart it! Stamping in paint on my first layer.
Crafts Dreamy February Mood Board Challenge

Also playing along in Tim Holtz Addicts Facebook group Current featured Tim Holtz technique: Paint Resist

Links to products used stocked by The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
***Remember to use coupon code DIEDISCOUNT to receive 20% off MSRP Tim Holtz newly released dies!***The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Faceted Heart Thinlits

Sizzix Thinlits Set - Stacked Baroque by Tim Holtz	Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Botanical	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencils - Set 27	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Ornate & Lace	Tim Holtz Stamp Platform by Tonic Studios
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence TDF53170	Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Paint - Brushed Pewter TDF52968	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Caramel	(LATE OCTOBER PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Victorian Velvet	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Victorian Velvet TDP40255
Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap TIM21469	Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair - Metallique Wax - Brushed Iron	Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair - Metallique Wax- Rose Gold	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quotations Metallic Stickers	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Bouquet Findings	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Bundled Sage	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Crushed Olive

A 10 Minute Valentine

 

Oops! We were addressing our Valentine's Day cards to be sent out yesterday, when my husband pointed out we were one short! A  rummage through my stash and some quick stamping and embossing led to this less than 10 minute card.

The stamped background is Heritage Lace by Wendy Vecchi. I inked it in Watering Can Archival and blended with Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide. I had the heart die cuts in my stash (Tim Holtz Heartfelt Bigz); I just colored them with oxides: Victorian Velvet and Black Soot. The butterfly/heart die cut was a gift from Autumn. I colored it with Seedless Preserves and Barn Door oxide and clear embossed. The butterflies were too bright, so I sponged with Picket Fence paint and inked with Black Soot. The greeting is an Occasions Small Talk sticker inked with Antique Linen.

Another flat card!  Not my finest, but I just think it's amazing what you can make in less than 10 minutes! Thanks so much for stopping in! Hugs! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Add Some Red

Scrapy Land Challenge #107 Anything Goes  I used a Sizzix die and and unknown maker die cut.

Dies R Us Challenge #114 - Use the color RED

Crafts Dreamy Anything Goes Challenge #2
Card Mania Challenges CMC#113 Love is in the Air

Double D Challenges 'HEARTS'