Just Hold On - Distress Oxide Sprays

 A pretty spring tag that carries a often needed message -- this one was fun to make using the new Spring Distress Oxide Colors on different surfaces.

 I first cut out several of the Large Stems from Distress Mixed Media Heavystock, using this Tim Holtz Bigz die.

 Then I masked off the flowers on the stems and sprayed them with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Sprays.

 Once dry I removed the masking and then masked the part of the stems closest to the flowers.

Once the masking was done I sprayed the flowers with Spun Sugar and Milled Lavender Disress Oxide Sprays. I made some to be a little more on the pink side and others more on the purple, but still similar enough to be the same kind of plant.

Next I needed a container for the flowers, so I cut the two pieces to make the terra cotta pot from the Potted Bigz die.  I cut one set from Sizzix Mat Board and one set from Distress Mixed Media Heavystock so it would have dimension.

To make this look like a mossy concrete planter, I adhered the Heavystock to the matboard, then attached the top lip to the piece. The important step is to cover the whole piece with grit paste, but not in an even manner. You want it to look like a rough, old planter. Once dry, I sprayed it all over with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide Spray and like the grit paste, I let it dry naturally. Then I ran my finger over the top of the raised areas with Distress Crayons until I achieved the look I wanted.

 I used the same technique to make the tag as I did for the Cherish tag that I posted earlier this year on my blog. Using a small Etcetera Tag, and some kraft cardstock, you can have a beautiful base for a project. I cut the Crochet and Intricate Lace pieces from heavy kraft paper.

 The Intricate Lace die doesn't have edge, so you can cut it sided by side to make a longer piece as I did here. I adhered both the double Intricate Lace piece, and the Crochet piece to the tag with collage Medium, as seen above.

 Once it was dry I cut the excess off the sides and top, then sanded the edges. I think it looks fabulous at this stage, but I wanted to do something else with it.

 I painted it with Antique Linen Distress paint.

 

Once dry,  I sanded over the top revealing some of the kraft underneath.

 Then I sprayed right over the Distress Oxide Spray spring colors. I hear Tim Holtz discussing in his reveal in January, that you could use Distress Oxide on surfaces with Distress Collage Medium on them. Then with a clean, dry cloth, I lightly dabbed and wiped the excess off the surface, leaving a light coating of Oxide color in the recesses.

 As you can see, on this project it left soft, lovely color in the depressions on the tag. I LOVE it!

 

Here is a picture of the finished tag background. I LOVE the soft colors from the Distress Oxide Sprays.

 Before I put the Distress Oxide Sprays away, I cut some canvas centers out for the flowers, and colored them with Squeezed Lemonade.

 I colored some twine with both Pumice Stone and Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Sprays. Then I began to put all the bits together.

 I covered a few metal pieces from Ideaology with some white Picket Fence Distress Paint. Then I attached a couple of pieces of ephemera to click at the top.

 I attached the yellow canvas pieces to the flowers and attached a vintage button to the top of that.

 Here is that grit paste covered planter that I rubbed various Distress Crayons over the surface to make some of the higher areas to capture the uneven surface.

 

I finished the piece of by adding a few more vintage buttons and by making a story from Ideaology Clippings Stickers that really held some nice meaning for me as I was finishing this piece.

I really love this soft, spring etcetera tag. Thanks Tim, for all the beautiful spring colors in Distress Oxide Sprays, and for the inspiration to try it over Collage Medium.

Thank yo for stopping by and I hope that you find loveliness yourself that whispers, "Just hold on."
Tami

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Clara Cluck - Disney Scrappers INSD 2019

 For a spring themed challenge I wanted to go with the Birds and Bunnies of Disney. When you start listing them there are actually quite a few! As I perused my photos I came across these with Clara Cluck and I knew I had just purchased the perfect paper pack for them, so the decision was made.

For this challenge you were to scrap a Disney bird or bunny character or an attraction with the characters. In addition include at least one ticket or ticket shape, banner, flag, pennant.

 The paper pack I found a couple of weeks ago is called Spring Farmhouse by Simple Stories. As I looked at it I was thinking more along the lines of Main Street and Town Square photos, but then when I found these photos from 2012 I changed directions.
The photos were taken in late July 2012, just a week after my sister had been given just a few weeks to live, and on the last day of our last family trip to Disneyland.  We were truly doing everything to ENJOY TODAY.

 One of the Pre-Crop Challenges was to make some layered embellishments. One of my friends, Nancy, posted her layered embellishments and I was inspired by her layered banner. I stated by cutting several banner pieces from a Sizzix Echo Park Paper Co Pennants die 659739. Then I trimmed some down and punched a few scalloped circles with the EK Success 1 1/4" Scalloped Circle Punch. I put them all together in layers and sewed across the top when I was sewing around parts of the rest of the page. I love that it showcases many of the beautiful patterns in this paper line.

This saying was one of the 3x4 cards so I cut it into a shape using one of my favorite Tim Holtz Die sets, Labels Thinlits 660060.  It's retired now but this is what it looks like-

I fussy cut around some of the flowers from the Floral Bits and Pieces embellishment pack in the line. I picked the saying because I felt it kind of was how we tried to live in spite of the cancer diagnosis. To live as much as possible in full bloom.

For the bullet points on the journaling I used a tiny Mickey punch I bought in the parks 10-15 years ago. It's maybe a 1/4" at the widest part of the ears.

Lastly, I chose these three stickers as my journaling on the page. I felt they represented how we were trying to live. As Christians, we prayed that we were all holding on to love and God's grace to help us to do what was best for our souls in Him and to try to respond to and treat others with great love.  We failed at times, but were thankful for His grace to ask forgiveness and try again.

I know you may be thinking, wait, I thought this was a Disney page? Yep, it is. Some Disney memories are exhilarating, hilarious, and silly, and that is fantastic. Treasure them! But just as many people may be there to make lasting memories with loved ones for perhaps the last time, and that is fantastic too. I know I treasure both types of memories in my life and I hope my layouts reflect that.

Thank you for getting this far in my blog post! I appreciate you stopping by and reading it.
Tami

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Draw the Magic - Disney Scrappers INSD 2019

For this challenge we were to scrap something that is animated, then include something Disney might have used in an animation: Ink, Paint, Colored Pencil, Watercolor, Overlays (vinyl/transparencies), Hand Drawn Image or sketch, Handwritten Journaling.

For my sample I used a few pictures from one of our Animation Academy sessions in DCA.  I have a really difficult time using the "Disney" paper and "Disney" colors but I always buy the paper packs anyway. LOL! So I thought this was a perfect opportunity to use them!! The paper pack I used for this one is Magic and Wonder by Echo Park Paper Co.

 My title was from a Pre-crop challenge where we were to make a layered title. I made the magic one and then added the words DRAW THE for this page. They were cut from black cardstock using the Label Alphanumeric dies from Tim holtz and Sizzix.

 I love the fun little stickers on the page in this paper pack. I also put to use my new EK Success Mickey punches.

Here are the paint splats on my background as part of the additional challenge and I included hand journaling and an image drawn by me as well as one drawn by my husband. The background paper is a white embossed cardstock from DCWV.

Thanks for looking!
Tami
 
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Hit it Boys! - Disney Scrappers 2019 INSD

Challenge 16 at Disney Scrappers is to make a layout featuring a Disney bear or attraction with a bear in it.

 I had some odd pictures of two of the Country Bears who were at an AP appreciation event in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.  They had a crazy combo of colors as well, so I started searching through my piles of paper packs and found this Fancy Pants "As You Wish" kit from a swag give away from crop years ago. What are the odds that I was going to find a paper with all those colors in a paper pack? Amazing Fancy Pants! I salute you!
The Layered camera embellishment came off one of their cupcake toppers in the kit.

The title was cut from chipboard and Tim Holtz Textiles chambray for the part of the challenge that required denim on the layout. The font is the retire Vintage Market Bigz XL also from Tim Holtz.

There are no affiliate links on this post as this was a stashbuster layout and everything I used is retired. Thanks for looking!
Tami

Shrouded in a Daft Disquise - Disney Scrappers 2019 INSD

It's time again for our Disney Scrappers Inter-National Scrapbook Day Week-long Crop. So I will be post pages this week. Sometimes several in one day so I can link them over in the gallery at Disney Scrappers.
I started this layout for last year's INSD and never got it finished to post. So I'm using it this year.  It is made of Tim Holtz paper, dies and Ideaology.

 I was dressed as an obscure character, The Duchess, from the graveyard scene in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion. I was attending Mickey's Halloween Party with several Disney Scrapper friends and wanted to document my costume.

 The title is made with the Ideaology Label Letters and a retired alphabet die called Gothic mini (there was later a Bigz Gothic alpha). Look at those fabulous Halloween papers from the 2017 Halloween paper stash.

 The ravens on this page were from the Feathers and Ravens die set.  I LOVE ravens and they are perfect for the Haunted Mansion with the Ghost Host and all. Underneath is half of one of the Doily dies and then more of the Halloween 2017 paper stash papers.

 This urn was one of the Tarnished Trophies that I cut the handles off and then drew some details on the paper. I added a funerial arrangement coming out of it by cutting the Garden Greens dies from various grey papers.  I wanted it to look like one of the arrangements that are in the hallway wake scene in the Haunted Mansion.

Instead of journaling about my costume and the party I decided to make up a silly story about the picture with phrases from the 2017 Halloween Clippings stickers. 

I really had so much fun with this layout and am just sorry it took me a year to actually share it here.
I have linked some of the items that I could find. Others are retired.

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog and the ideas and tutorials I post here, and your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!