Celebrating Ideaology Velvet Trims on Spools

Are you as excited about these gorgeous new Velvet Trims from Tim Holtz Idea-ology as I am? They are just so beautiful that I wanted to make a special piece of art that I could hang in my studio and just stare at them! 

I had a couple of ideas for this project and they all started with these spools. Several years ago, I bought a whole bunch of them from a craft/home decor store near me that was called Beverlys. I was going to make a class project out of them, but never figured one out. So they have been in a bag in my studio closet for 6 years. I knew they would be perfect for this. So then this idea changed from a wreath, to a loooong, end to end altered Vignette Tray, to this stacked Vignette  Tray version, which is my favorite!

So where can you get some similar spools, you may be asking. I have not been able to find any that are similar to these in look. They are wooden hour glass spools about 3" tall. I did find some 3"ish tall wooden barrel spools here, here, here, here, here, and lots of shops on Etsy have them. Good Luck!

This project began by covering the backs of two small Vignette Trays with two pieces of the new Backdrops paper.

Then I put a nice layer of Distress Collage Medium on the bottom of one box and the top of another and I adhered them together. It takes awhile for the Collage Medium to dry and you want these boxes to be completely stuck together, so I used these large clips to squeeze them together while they dried.

Once dry, I covered the entire outside of the now large tray with some of the new Fabric Tape. It sticks so well you don't even need any other adhesive. Just peel and stick.

I put another type of fabric tape on the inside of the boxes. These require a bit of trimming which I did with Tim's Tonic Fabric Scissors and his Tonic Retractable Craft Knife. Once I trimmed it I used this Tonic Retractable Craft Scratcher to fray the edges on the inside and out.

Then ink the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I added four of these corner adornments from the Vignette Accents. I buy these practically every time I find myself in an aisle of Idea-ology.  I rhad four of these in my stash and didn't realize there is only one in a pack until I was writing this blog. All that to say, you need four if you want it to look just like mine, or none if you want to keep it a simple farmhouse style.

I added two of these handles to the sides. These are also favorites because I have used this one on a lot of my makes. I filled in the holes with two Hardware Heads on each handle.

Lastly, I covered the back of the large box with pieces of the Backdrops papers. You brush a thin layer of Distress Collage Medium on the wood and then lay the paper in place and press it down all over. I sand the edges when it is dry and then ink them.

To decorate each of the spools, you need the Hearts Adornments. You will need two packs because there are fourteen colors and fourteen spools, but the hearts come in a pack of twelve. On a happy note, you will have hearts left for other projects. You also need fourteen Mini Pins and Jumps Rings.

The top tray contains the Warm Velvet Trims. I used about 18" to wrap around the spool. I would try it before you cut yours though and see what you like. I put a drop of hot glue at the top back of the spool to anchor the trim, then wrapped it and made sure it ended again on the back with another drop of hot glue.

For each spool I picked a heart, then attached it to a Jump Ring and a Mini Pin. Once they were one unit, I then chose a corresponding Distress Paint for each color of Velvet Trim. There were a couple of times I mixed two colors to get it a little closer, but that is a little insane and really you can probably just pick one color and it will be close enough. I put a couple of drops of the paint on my fingers and then rubbed it onto all three parts. I rubbed it until it was mostly dry and then I used a dry cotton cloth (inky binky) to wipe off the excess on the raised areas so the details of the hearts showed through.

For these three I used from L to R: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick (but I didn't have Kitsch Flamingo so that might be better!) and Candied Apple.

 

The Distress Paint I used for these from L to R: Aged Mahoghany, Crackling Campfire, Fossilized Amber, Antique Linen.

The bottom tray has the Cool Velvet Trims and don't they look wonderful?

For these three I used the following Distress Paint colors from L to R: Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, and Cracked Pistaschio.  I love how there were horseshoe and clover hearts for the greens.

For these three I used the following Distress Paint colors from L to R: Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, and Dusty Concord.

The top and bottom of each spool has a spool stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Haberdashery CMS105 stamp set. You can purchase this stamp set directly from Stampers Anonymous. There are two spool styles and I used both and just alternated them on the spools. The top and bottom art on each spool match through. I stamped them 28 times on Distress Mixed Media Heavystock  in Distress Archival Ground Espresso with a touch of Black Soot. Then I watercolored them in the same color Distress Ink as the heart for that spool. I fussy cut them out, edged each one in Walnut Stain Distress Ink and then adhered them in place on the top and bottom of each spool with Distress Collage Medium.

**Alternate Idea** I hope those of you who are interested in making something similar can find some spools that will work. If you end up having to use shorter spools, I would maybe consider using two Divided DrawerVignettes over each other instead of the small Tray Vignettes. That might work with shorter spools. 

This was a really fun project to work on and it is truly one of my favorite makes from this release. Thank you so much for visiting my blog today! I greatly appreciate your support!

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, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Oh the Places You'll Go - Sizzix Chapter 1

Wacky Transport from Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 1 release is a fun die set. It reminded me a little of the Dr Seuss book 'Oh the Places You'll Go." So I decided to make a little project inspired by Dr Seuss.

I started with how I wanted to cover the outside of the Vignette Drawer with the Typewriter 3D Texture Fade. This process takes a little time but it isn't difficult.

Emboss several pieces of Distress White Heavystock by running it through the folder. Remember that you need to spray the paper with water and run it through only once for the extra heavy instead of the 3 times for other papers.

Cut the rows of letters just wide enough to fit on the sides of the Vignette Drawer. Then choose your Distress Ink Colors. I chose primary colors so that it had a very Seuss look to it. Salty Ocean, Candied Apple, Mustard Seed, and Mowed Lawn. I used a watercolor brush and alternated the colors, coloring in each of the letters

Once they were all colored in, I took the Black Soot Archival Ink pad, and lightly rubbed the pad over the raised letters to make them stand out.

Begin applying the pieces from the bottom of one side and continue in alphabetical order all the way around. Then start from the top down on the back. I adhered them with Collage Medium. Sand the edges and Ink with brown Distress Ink. I did not cover the top of the paper with Collage Medium to seal it, I just left it plain.

Here you can see a bit more of the inking.

I painted a Hardware Pull with Candied Apple Distress Paint and one it was mostly dry, I rubbed some paint off the edges to make it look old and worn.

To decorate each of the sections of the drawers, I tried to make the background fit the wacky transport that would be in it. I painted the inside of the entire drawer with Tumbled Glass Distress Paint.  I added some d=Distress Grit paste on the bottom of each section and painted it with Distress Paint in a color that would go the best with the feeling of each section.

Then I made some white clouds by adhered some of the circle punch outs from the Bubbling die that I used in the bottom section. Then I added some of the Funky Toadstools that I colored to look like trees. 

The middle box was going to be for the camper so I added some mountains from Alpine that were cut from Distress Cracked Leather Cardstock. I added more Funky Toadstools and the grass from that set along the bottom.

In the bottom box I adhered the Bubbling backdrop die which I had colored blue. then I added some Glossy Accents to make it shiny like water. I used more of the circle pop outs from the die as bubbles coming up from the bottom of the ocean. The coral is just several of the Funky Toadstools, but without the toadstool caps. The seaweed is one of the leaf dies from Funky Nature.

I wanted the vehicles to stand up so instead of cutting a bunch of them, I used the leftover paper to draw the shapes on some clear acrylic sheets. I don't remember where I got this, but I have a link to a few options below from Lawn Fawn and Judikins.

Once I had the shape drawn on the protective plastic cover, I cutout the shape and then adhered it to each vehicle.

I also used it as an opportunity to adhere the wheels as they are separate from the rest of the vehicles. Then it is easy to attach some sort of L shaped bracket to adhere to the back of the vehicle and the bottom of the section so the vehicles stand up.

I really like the bit of shine this gives to the windows for the Wacky Transport.

In order to get the sub to look like it is floating through the water, use the Bubbling as bubbles to do that.     

Here is a better photo of the top section of the drawer. I kind of wanted it to feel like a coastal park area. To add a little more interest I tied some twine around the top and a token that says Go See Explore to further the theme.

This middle section is a little bit like "glamping" if you color the camper a little like the one I have here.

From this perspective you can see how I used a line of the punch out circles from the background to make the bubbles that hold up the sub.I added a few more bits of Funky Nature "seaweed" and some of the Funky Toadstool caps as more coral.

This was a fun project to think up and then execute. I hope this inspires you to make one of your own with your own creative twists. 

I really feel like this could go in a child's room, a classroom or library. 

I'll sign off with the hope that we are all traveling again soon,

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, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!