Found Curiosities Vignette

Happy Halloween, friends! It's time for the Funkie side of the Frilly and Funkie Design Team to share our inspiration for the current challenge, Impress Us! I chose this theme and here are the details:

Who doesn't want to make a great first impression? For this challenge, we would like you to use your embossing folders or any other way you can make an impression on your vintage or shabby chic project. Go ahead and 'Impress Us' with your creativity!

Please stop by Frilly and Funkie to see what my talented Frilly and Funkie teammates have created to impress you. Hopefully you'll be tempted to play along! As always, the Design Team will choose their top four favorites, with the winner being invited to join us in a Guest Designer spot at Frilly and Funkie, and 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.

My favorite embossing folder is the Lumber 3D Texture Fade by Tim Holtz, and I've used it time and time again in my projects since it's release this year. And you'll see I used it a lot on this project which started with an embossed panel. I coated a kraft panel with Distress Collage Medium Matte and Weathered Wood and Black Soot paints before embossing, then added Distress Crazing. When dry, I used Crayons in various neutral colors and swipes of black crackle paint.

 Initially, I wasn't planning to make another Halloween project, but  this project grew into a Halloween vignette after I made this panel.  I wasn't totally pleased with the wood grain effect on it's own, but I knew it would work as a great background for some of the things I would be covering it with. Here are some shots before I added the boys and other spooky elements.

The 'tree stumps' are leftovers from my Bone Collector project. I shaped them into cylindrical shapes and added thick foam to maintain their shape before adhering with Distress Collage Medium Matte. I bet you didn't know that spooky jack-o-lantern was peeking out between the stumps. I tucked in some bracket fungus from my stash, because that's what grows on damp rotting wood.

On the inner top and sides I used a piece of embossed card I had in my scrap bin. I had loaded it with mixed media products and it really looked bad, but I knew it would come in handy for some future project. When I originally made this, I had swiped on a think layer of texture paste in some areas and made impressions with an art tool (the lines in the photo below). I had also smeared on crackle paste randomly. The embossing folder I had used was a leaf print by Tim Holtz--you would never know it to see it now. All this texture really came to life by applying a glaze of Black Soot Distress paint mixed with Vintage Collage Medium, my go-to Halloween secret recipe. The brush strokes almost look like wood grain.

The box I used was one of four box signs I picked up in the clearance bin at a local craft store. They are about the size of the largest Vignette Box which I am out of right now.  I just gave it a coat of black gesso, followed by a thick layer of Prima Pitch Black Impasto paint on one of the sides. I had previously cut a Laurel branch using the Laurel 3D Impresslit and applied Prima Old Silver Metallique Wax to the raised parts.  I heated the paint until dried just enough to leave a skin. I pressed the laurel leaves die cut into the paint, leaving it for a minute and removed.

I sprinkled with Prima mini Art Stones while the paint was still tacky. Sadly, the little specks started to fall off when I handled it, so I decided to give it a coat of Vintage Collage Medium to hold them in place. Yuck! Shiny was not the look I was going for!  And the medium hid some of the impressions left by the die cut. This hereby became the bottom of my project. Trust me, this is a very flattering photo (below).

 I repeated the paint/impressions on each of the remaining 3 sides, but this time decided to sprinkle the stones before I heat dried. I was hoping the thick paint would act as a glue, but they ended up falling off. They did leave an interesting impression, but barely visible in the photos.

Let's take a look at the details inside the box. The Tangled Twigs die cuts were embossed with the Lumber Texture Fade and tucked in here and there. The boys are cut from one of the Halloween Paper Doll Ancestors. I colored them with Vintage Photo, Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade crayons and splattered with Black Soot paint.

I added some more fungus and an Ideaology Zombie Hand wrapped in Mummy Cloth holding one of Mini Pumpkins. In the photo below, you can see the nice texture left by the Impasto paint being scraped over the edges. The texture is brought out with Hickory Smoke crayon.

A bit of yard waste makes the perfect stem and some goo makes for a gross rotting pumpkin.

Oooooh! There's that scary jack-o-lantern from the Halloween Ephemera pack! A bit of Laurel is tucked in among the layers.

And a shy owl peeks out over the boy's shoulders. The brass owl from The Funkie Junkie Boutique's large supply of unique charms was altered by removing the bail, painting with Black Soot paint and a few drops of Teakwood alcohol ink.

BOO!

I used Mega Art Stones painted with Black Soot to disguise the thick black foam I used to hold the trio in place.

And now the finishing details on the front. I painted a Halloween Word Band with Carved Pumpkin and Black Soot paints.

A couple of embossed Laurel leaves colored with Peeled Paint crayon. The Halloween Quote Chip was colored with Wild Honey crayon.

That's all for me! I hope you are inspired to get out those embossing folders or think of another way you can make an impression on your project and share with us at Frilly and Funkie!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Country View Challenges October 2018 - Plant-tastic Laurel, twigs, tree trunks, real twig.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Take Flight (owl)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Halloween/Spooky

Die Cut Divas Halloween or Autumn  I used 4 Sizzix die cuts.

Let's Craft and Create Challenge #142 - ANYTHING GOES

Scrapy Land Challenge #100 Anything Goes I used 4 Sizzix die cuts.

That's Crafty Spookalicious Challenge

The following products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Lumber	Sizzix 3-D Impresslits Embossing Folder - Laurel	Sizzix Bigz Die - Planks by Tim Holtz	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Tangled Twigs by Tim Holtz 663086	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Zombie Hands
Tim Holtz Idea-olog Mummy Cloth	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Pumpkins	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls, Ancestors	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Ephemera Pack	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Bands, Halloween
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips, Halloween	Set of 5 Bronze Tone Owl Charms	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot TDF52937	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Carved Pumpkin TDF50629	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Weathered Wood TDF53378
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Ground Espresso TIM43270	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #2 TDBK47919	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #1 TDBK47902	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Vintage TDA47940
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Crazing TDA47957	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Teakwood TAL40743	Prima Art Ingredients - Mega Art Stones	Prima Art Ingredients - Mini Art Stones
Prima Art Alchemy Impasto Paint - Pitch Black	Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair - Metallique Wax - Old Silver

No Good Reason - Tips For Using Lumber and Foundry 3D Texture Fades

Happy Friday! What a week! I've just tried out my new Lumber 3D Texture Fade for the first time and have been experimenting with my Foundry 3D Texture Fade. I used both of these on a panel to celebrate my son's 20th birthday! Gosh, where does the time go?

To get the over sized piece of lumber for the background, I just folded my kraft cardstock in half and ran it through my Big Kick following Tim Holtz tips and tricks video.  I'm not concerned by the heavy line from the fold since it will be mostly covered and just looks like the other shadows between the boards. And of course, one half is debossed, but that just adds to the variation in the lumber. To make that lovely wood grain come to life, I just dry brushed over the raised areas with Ground Espresso Distress paint. I cut a piece of cardboard  from a box for my backing and ran a strip of copper foil tape around the edges. I adhered the Lumber panel to the cardboard using Distress Collage Medium Matte and rusted the edges with Distress Grit paste, rusting paste, and Evergreen Bough Distress paint.

To get this aged rusted metal look, I used Tim's Foundry 3D Texture Fade along with Metallic kraft stock. I painted it with Distress paints -- Rusty Hinge, Ground Espresso, Evergreen Bough, and Fired Brick -- and rubbed with crayons -- Walnut Stain and Hickory Smoke to bring out the fantastic deep texture. I backed it with Classic Kraft stock and textured black card, both sanded and inked.  

The rusty splotches were made with Distress Grit paste, Rust Effect paste and Evergreen Bough paint. 

I colored Tim's Numeric numbers in the same paints as the background, excluding Rusty Hinge.

I inked the clock from the Inventor 1 set with Distress Archival ink Black Soot on watercolor paper and dipped it into puddles of Distress Oxide Antique Linen, Iced Spruce, and  Frayed Burlap. I fussy cut the clock and cogs from the image and layered them with an ad from Collector Layers and a gentleman Paper Doll. He's colored in Evergreen Bough Distress ink and the men's clothing ad aged a bit with brown Distress inks.

A pair of Tim's Arrow Adornments painted with Evergreen Bough and Ground Espresso point to the appropriate number on the piece of vintage folding ruler from my stash. It was a little too perfect, so I aged it with Walnut Stain Distress Oxide and Black Soot crayon. You could easily substitute with Tim's Ideaology Ruler Pieces, but I couldn't get the numbers on his to work out with my design this time. You can where I've used these Ruler Pieces on my 4th of July Tag and this grungy, but feminine vintage panel. They look just as good as the real deal!

A tiny altered washer, three altered brads from my stash and a Snarky Small Talk sticker finish off my son's birthday decorative panel.

I hope you've picked up some tips and ideas for using these wonderful dimensional embossing folders. Thank you for visiting today and for all your wonderful comments!

Hugs!

Sara Emily

These products were used and can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Lumber	(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Foundry	Tim Holtz ideaology Metallic Kraft Stock TH93586	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock	(LATE MARCH PRE-ORDER) Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Inventor 1
Tim Holtz Ideaology Paper Dolls TH93555	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collector Layers	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Numeric	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments - Arrows	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk - Snarky
(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Walnut Stain	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Antique Linen	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Iced Spruce	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Ink Pad
Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Pad - Evergreen Bough	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926 (February Pre-order)	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Rusty Hinge	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Paint
PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Evergreen Bough	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Fired Brick	Distress Grit Paste	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDAK47933 (February Pre-Order)