Hello Everyone! I don't even know if I remember how to blog anymore, it's been sooo long. Please forgive my absence. I had a medical issue last year and lots of family obligations, and I'm just now ready to get back to it.
Today, I am so happy to show you the first of three projects that I created for the Stamper's Anonymous Curations Summer Release featuring older Tim Holtz stamps and stencils, and new Thickboard Curations pieces, that was shown on the Live today on the Stamper's Anonymous YouTube Channel. This was so fun to make, and helps to welcome in the new season. I am so honored to have been asked to participate, and I thank Ted for asking me. Many thanks to those who checked up on me as well. My cup runneth over. Enjoy!
Using
the Games Components Stamp as my inspiration, I gathered the larger stamped
images from the stamp sets...The bingo card, game pieces, and ticket from Game
of Life, the ticket stub from The Big Top, and the game board from Pen and
Pencil. Even though I didn't have the exact ticket stub from the Components I
used what I had and then the game board for filler since this thick board is
bigger than the component.
Using Picket Fence Distress Paint from Ranger, I painted over the #8 Tag size
thick board and tag hole. Once dry, I added my stamps to a Stamp Platform and
stamped them using Distress Archival Ink...the game pieces in Barn Door and
then making a mask from sticky note (which I forgot to do), the bingo card and
ticket in Black Soot (mask for the ticket), the ticket stub in Rustic
Wilderness (mask), and the game board in Prize Ribbon, stamping it top and
bottom. Since I forgot to mask the game pieces I had to paint over the black
lines on them with Picket Fence. I left all the stamps in the platform in case
I needed to restamp them, which I did.
I
lightly painted in the open areas of the game pieces with Scattered Straw
Distress Paint. I inked in the stub with Peeled Paint Archival using the masks
on the others. I inked in the ticket and hole with Spiced Marmalade Archival. I
inked over the bingo card with Vintage Photo Archival here and there. I inked
over very lightly the game boards with Prize Ribbon Archival. Then I restamped
all the images with the same inks as in the beginning to make them nice and
crisp, and I stamped over the hole with the portion of the ticket that would be
under it. Using Black Soot Distress Paint I painted the edges of the tag
bringing the black up and over the borders somewhat.
Taking pieces I would need from the Deco Tulips Ornamentals, I painted over the
two pot pieces with Rusty Hinge Distress Paint, the stem and two leaves with
Peeled Paint, and the three flower pieces with Picket Fence, as well as three
diamonds. Then I painted the edges with Black Soot. I also rubbed the Spiced
Marmalade Archival Ink pad over the two pot pieces for a little textural look.
Taking
a game pieces that was red, I lightly painted over the raised parts with Black
Soot Distress Paint and let it dry. I cut the word 'create' off of the
sentiment from the Mixed Media set THMM117 and stamped it inside the ticket
with Black Soot Archival. Using the diamond parts of the stencil I lightly
painted in Picket Fence over both pieces of the pot. Using the circles portion
I inked over the 3 flower parts with Fossilized Amber Archival and an Ink
Blending Tool. Once dried I adhered the pot pieces and flower and stem. I
painted the edges of all with Black Soot, dried, and then adhered all pieces
onto the tag with Collage Medium. I adhered the diamonds to the pot. I used
Glossy Accents over the polka dots on the flower. I adhered the game piece to
the left of the pot.
(Stamp
Platform, Scissors, Sticky Note, Mini Ink Blending Tool)
-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz
Components Collection: Games COM018
-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Etcetera
Thickboard #8 Tag
-Ranger
Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Picket Fence, Black Soot, Scattered Straw, Rusty
Hinge, Peeled Paint
-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp
Set: Game of Life CMS036, The Big Top CMS074, Pen and Pencil CMS072)
Ranger
Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink: Black Soot, Barn Door, Prize Ribbon, Spiced
Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Rustic
Wilderness, Vintage Photo, Fossilized Amber
-Stamper's Anonymous Ornamentals: Deco
Tulips
Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Mixed
Media Stamps/Stencil: THMM117
Ranger
Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte
-Ranger
Glossy Accents
-Tim
Holtz Idea-ology: Game Pieces
Thank you for all the wonderful comments on the Live and Instagram. I'm very happy to be back. I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
