CC3C - Distress Watercoloring, Part 1

Happy Saturday crafty peeps! Today marks another challenge in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!! Again, The Curiosity Crew and I, want to thank you all for all the wonderful comments as well as all the entries from the last Stencil and Paste challenge! Talk about amazing texture and beautiful creations! We always have a very hard time choosing a Curiosity Crew winner. You all make such gorgeous entries, and I know it inspires all of us every week. Thank you so much!

This challenge, number five, is about Distress Watercoloring, the first part.  I hope you can play along on this painty challenge so you can win some amazing fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim and Mario, and this fifth challenge's sponsor, Inspiration Emporium!!! Imagine the loot you can score! You will have two weeks to complete this challenge and link it up to the CC3Challenge site, and you can read all the rules here. Please take the time to visit every member of the Curiosity Crew (See below.) for not only some beautiful watercolor inspiration, but for a chance to win some extra goodies!

Linda Ledbetter

Annette Green

Candy Colwell

Cheryl Grigsby

Hels Sheridan

Marjie Kemper

Susan Mostek

Yvonne Blair

Summer is always a great time to visit the Circus. So I thought I'd show Tim's technique using his new Stamper's Anonymous Big Top Stamps and Sizzix Framelits set on an Artist Trading Block (ATB).

After using Tim's technique for Distress Watercoloring, Part 1, I die cut the images using his Sizzix Big Top Framelits Set and the new Magnetic Platform. The platform makes diecutting fool proof...love it! I hate to fussy cut so this makes my life so much easier, as I only had to cut two images by hand. I decided to add a little sparkle so Ranger Stickles finished the images off.

I wanted a clown hat, so Tim's Eclectic Elements fabric was my choice. I cut a half circle about 8 inches in length, and used four strips of 1 and 1/2 inch fabric (2 sewn together) to create the ruffles. I wanted a little more white and a little stiffer fabric, so I painted the tan stripes with Ranger's Gesso. It worked perfect.

I stitched the half circle together, and then I had a hat!!! For the ruffles, so I stitched a loose stitch across, and then just pulled the back thread from the bobbin, and it made a nice ruffle.

For the wooden base of the stand, I misted Dylusions on the wooden piece, and then added a little Snow Cap Paint Dabber over it.

After die cutting Eileen Hull's 3D Block die onto Mat Board, I stenciled the sides that would be seen using Tim's stencils and Salty Ocean Distress Ink.

I wanted to make Circus event rings on each side of the ATB, so I used Frame Industrious Stickers to create them, and filled them in with Espresso Paint Dabber to look like dirt. Then I added the images, hat, and ruffles.

 

 

 

I hope you join in all the fun, and if you do, good luck on the prizes!!!

Supplies:

Sizzix Little Sizzles Mat Board	Sizzix Eileen Hull 3D Cube Scoreboards XL Die	Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabber	Sizzix Magnetic Platform	Sizzix Tim Holtz Framelits Die Set in Big Top
Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Big Top Stamp Set	The Big Top Stamp Set	Inkssentials Specialty Stamping Paper	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Ranger Archival Ink In Chrome Yellow
Distress Markers Set	Ranger Water Brush - Detailer Tip	Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements Melange Fabric Pack 12 Inch	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso	Tim Holtz Collection Stencils in Harlequin
Tim Holtz Collection Stencil in Stripes	Salty Ocean Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Industrious Stickers in Frames and Trims	Ranger Paint Dabber In Espresso
Dylusions Black Marble Ink Spray	Ranger Stickles in Cranberry	Ranger Stickles In Twilight	Ranger Stickles In Champagne

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Heading Down The Paper Trail

 

Hello Crafty Peeps! Today, I am on my way to New York City, where I will take a car to Connecticut, where Eileen Hull and Amy Bowerman will pick me up to join them on Eileen's Paper Trail (#PaperTrail)! She has purchased and redone a 1976 Serra Scotty Trailer, and she is traveling around the country doing demos and fun crafty stuff in it! I am so honored to join the fun for a little bit in New England. We will hit a few stores on our way to the Collins Group Spring Show in Massachusettes and then hit a few more stores on the way back! I know it's going to be a blast!

I've made a few more Artist Trading Blocks (ATB's) to take along on the adventure to add to the others I've already made. FYI...I'll be teaching these soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are interested in following along the #PaperTrail, check for updates on Twitter, Facebook, and on my Facebook Page. 

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Scrapbook N' More Classes

Hello everyone! I can't believe how this month has flown by. Time moves so quickly! I'm off  to New Braunfels, Texas, today to teach at Scrapbook N' More. This is the first time for me to teach there and I am quite excited. If you are in the area stop by and visit me and Susan Brown the store owner. 

Since it's so close to St. Patrick's day I'm teaching this tag and charm Friday night utilizing techniques with Ranger's Alcohol Ink as well as Ice Resin.

 

On Saturday afternoon, I'm paying homage to the great state of Texas, as this is Texas Independence Week, and teaching techniques using tons of Ranger inky goodness, as well as using Wendy's Embossing Paste, and using Texana Stamps, on a wood panel and Artist Trading Block.

 

 

Think good thoughts for me please as I drive on to this new adventure!
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!