Thursday, August 1, 2019

Tim Holtz Floral Card for A Vintage Journey



Hello! It's time for a new challenge at A Vintage Journey and this time our lovely hostess, Jennie, chose the theme 'A Cup of Tea For Your Art'. Pour yourself an extra cup of tea and use it in your project. In your cup you could dye lace, ribbon, wood, paper and flowers, or use it to create splashes or cup rings on your project. And don't just limit yourself to "ordinary tea" - there's green tea, yellow tea, black tea, herbal teas and fruit teas - whatever you've got in your cup! Just remember to ensure that you create in one of our preferred styles of vintage, shabby, mixed media, art journaling, industrial, timeworn or steampunk.


I found a box of Harvest Spice tea in my pantry, and made myself a cup. Ohhh! Smells so good, but tastes like potpourri (sorry, I'm not a tea drinker, unless it's the southern sweet tea, iced cold!)

I dipped  a waste strip from my mixed media paper pad into the cup, pulled it out and let it dry. I repeated this several times to darken the color. I took the tea bag out, squeezed out the liquid, and swiped it down a panel for the background. While the panel was still a little damp, I dipped it into some DOX and dried it.


I also dipped a strip of fabric into the tea and left it to dry. This made a nice bow for my card. The daisy petals (Wildflower Stems #1) were painted with the tea and Distress Oxides.


I chose one of the brightly colored Idea-Ology Botanical Layers (love this pack; it's got brighter colors than the originals) as my base and hand colored some more die cut flowers--Tim Holtz Funky Floral #2 this time. The greenery is Garden Greens, and I colored it with a variety of long neglected green Distress inks.


Tucked under the flowers is a strip of brightly colored and embossed tissue paper, a failed experiment from a previous challenge here at A Vintage Journey. Also a tea-dyed Crochet die cut. A splattering of Forest Moss ink finishes off the card. I purposely did not add a sentiment as I think this card has plenty going on without it.

I hope you will trust me when I say this card is so much prettier in real life. I had trouble with the lighting; taking photos outdoors was out of the question with thunderstorms all over the place. I hope you will play along with A Cup of Tea For Your Art challenge at A Vintage Journey! I can't wait to see what you will make with your cup of tea! Hugs and Blessings! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
These products were used and are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
Distress Oxides - Candied Apple, Evergreen Bough, Forest Moss, Black Soot, Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose
Distress Inks - Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Bundled Sage, Pine Needles, Fossilized Amber, Mustard Seed

21 comments:

  1. What a beautiful lush bouquet tied with your tea dyed fabric Sara Emily! Your background is wonderful streaked with your harvest spiced tea! xx

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  2. This is so stunning, Sara Emily!! The bouquet of flowers is absolutely gorgeous!! I love what you did with the spiced tea!! The background and the strip of fabric are fabulous!! Beautiful card, my friend!! Thank you so much for playing along at Scrapy Land!! Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  3. Beautiful card, Sara Emily! Love those flowers and the tea-stained bow. I'm a tea drinker but not a big fan of herbal teas but they do smell good!

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  4. What a gorgeous card! I love your tea dyed fabric bow under those pretty flowers!

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  5. Beautiful card, Sara Emily! Following your blogs now!
    Hugs, Janice

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  6. Your flower arrangement is spot-on, great vintage vibe!

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  7. WOWZERS! Gorgeous creation! I love your tea dyed bow and tea enhanced flowers!

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  8. Gorgeous creation Sara, love all your tea dyed embellishments and the florals are beautiful! Love the DOX on the background with the tea staining and the tea stained Crochet die cut topped with that lovely bow. Thanks so much for sharing it, Deb xo

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  9. Ooh, Iced Tea, yes, what a good idea! Love how you've combined the Botanicals with your painted die-cuts - those daisies look sensational - to create this wonderful tea-dyed bouquet. Love the tall elegant format too. Lovely!
    Alison x

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  10. Those daisies are so beautiful Sara and they work so well with the die cuts. Great tea colouring, the fabric particularly looks fabulous. Your composition, as always, is superb too! Love this! Hugs, Anne xxx

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  11. Such a wonderful card and so many things to love about it: The format is one of my favourites and I love how you combined the diecuts with the Botanicals images, a perfect bouquet!! Very beautiful indeed!

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  12. What a beautiful card. Thanks for joining us this month at WeLove2Create. Hugs from Irmelin

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  13. How pretty is this! Love your mix of flowers in this bouquet! Thank you for sharing your work with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

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  14. Such a gorgeous bouquet Sara Emily - and so beautifully pulled together by the softly tea dyed ribbon. Thank you for joining me for this challenge with this wonderful project. Jennie x

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  15. Your floral card is just beautiful and I love the layers! I have the greenery Tim Holtz diecuts too and they really are some of my favourite dies.
    Beautiful work!

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  16. A wonderful card , Sara Emily that would brighten anyones day with your lovely arrangement and mix of Florals and botanicals .
    Hugs x

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  17. https://welove2create.blogspot.com/
    Stunning project Sara Emily, love the colors and love all the flowers thank you for sharing with the DT from WE Love To Create Hugs Terry (DT) xxx

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  18. This is a new favorite for me, Sara Emily! Love the tall and skinny card base, and your cascade of wildflowers looks absolutely stunning and fresh picked. I know how much work goes into all that die cutting and arranging. Standing O!

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  19. Fabulous card! The tea stained paper and ribbon look wonderful with those brightly coloured flowers - I love it 😁. Happy and creative wishes! Hugs, Jo x

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  20. I just love how you put your projects together!!!!! Such wonderful details, textures, and colors!!! Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!

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  21. Gorgeous work! I adore how you mixed the stamped flowers and your hand made flowers, so beautiful and interesting! Fab! barbara

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