Crafty Adventurista: February 2024

Friday, 16 February 2024

'It's All About Love' CVC Project 2

Hello All,

Here’s my second DT project for the February theme “It’s All About Love” that I’m hosting for Country View Crafts Challenges on Facebook.

There’s still time to enter the challenge which ends on 29^th February – there’s a Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Rosettes die set to be won by a randomly selected winner, so head on over to the FB challenge page for details on how to enter here (https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393)

I had an ATC swap to do this month, which was also for the theme All About Love, so I thought I’d share with you the card and ATC that I made for it.

First, I cut the card blank and ATC (2.5” x 3.5”) to size.

Then using a palette knife I went over the Distressed Brick Visible Image Stencil with Distress Crypt Grit Paste. This gives a wonderful textured brick/concrete like look, just perfect for use with this stencil.

Once dried, I smooshed onto Scorched Timber Reinker mixed with water and Lumberjack Plaid Distress Ink Pad, on my craft mat.

I stamped the images in Nocturne Versafine Clair Ink, coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils and then fussy cut.

Finally I added them to the backgrounds with the sentiments that were stamped onto plain card and mounted onto Kraft Card backing.

I edged the card and ATC with the Distress Scorched Timber Ink Pad. It’s a great colour for aged edging.

To finish I added Glossy Accents to accentuate the eyes, nose and hearts and here they are.

I hope you like my little project and will be inspired to make one for yourself,

and join in the challenge too.

Happy Crafting
Carol x

I used the following products for these which can be purchased from https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/

Here are the products I used:

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Scorched Timber and Lumberjack Plaid

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-reinker--scorched-timber-171744-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-ink-pad--scorched-timber-171734-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolour Pencils Set 4

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-watercolour-pencils---set-4-172117-p.asp

Ranger Distress Grit Paste Crypt

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress---grit-paste---crypt-153384-p.asp

Visible Image Stamps and Stencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image---stamps-1357-c.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-stencil---distressed-brick-147656-p.asp

Glossy Accents

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-inkssentials-glossy-accents-59ml-2-fl-oz-4799-p.asp

Nocturne Versafine Clair Ink Pad

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/versafine---clair-ink-pad---nocturne-116915-p.asp

Thursday, 1 February 2024

'It's All About Love' for Country View Crafts and Challenges

Happy February!

Here I am with my first DT make for February and as it was my turn to choose the theme, my choice for this month’s challenge over on Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook is, ‘It’s All About Love’.

You can find the group page here https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393 but will need to join if you’re not a member.

There is a fabulous prize of a Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Rosettes die set to be won by a randomly selected winner, so you have until 29th February to get your entry in. You can enter up to five times.

So February is the month that some people celebrate Valentine’s Day, but it doesn’t have to be about Valentine’s Day. It can be about love for a family member, love interest, pet, friend, a place and so on. And as it's a Leap Year, you may wish to 'surprise' that someone special (winks).

I invite you to create makes depicting what/who love means to you. Your makes can be in any medium or style, it’s up to you.

So, for my first project I have made a card using predominantly Tim Holtz products, which I’ve listed below. I chose to do an abstract background, as of late I've been inspired by the many abstract posts I've been seeing on Facebook.

I die cut the small heart on white card from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Lovestruck Colorize dies and then coloured it with Kitsch Flamingo Oxide.

I then pressed the heart onto a versamark pad and covered it with Kitsch Flamingo Embossing Glaze and heated to melt. I repeated this again but this time, as I was melting it, I took a pinch of Picked Raspberry Embossing Glaze and sprinkled it into the melting glaze.

Next I moved onto my master sheet. Using an A4 sheet of white card, I brayered and swiped different Tim Holtz Distress Paint over it. I used Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac, Speckled Egg and Salvaged Patina. I then swiped over white acrylic in different areas and using a credit card and bottle top, I made various marks in Distress Paint Black Soot and the white acrylic.

I mixed up Distress Texture Paste Matte with some gold acrylic paint and intermittently pasted this over the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stencil THS024 Chevron.

Once dry, I took the credit card again and swiped more white acrylic over the background to ‘knock it back’ and with the Tim Holtz palette knife, I patted the white acrylic to give more texture.

I cut a 4 x 4 inch square from the decorated master sheet. (You'll be able to get 4 from this A4 sheet with a little left over).

I cut out my card base, to measure when folded just under 6x6 inches.

I layered my decorated 4inch square onto a black backing, leaving a small edge around it to show and then mounted this onto my card base.

Then I glued my glazed heart on and added a sentiment from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk Sticker Book.

A little something extra for you....

When I saw the fabulous prize that is on offer, I just to had to make a little extra something using the Rosette and 3D Heart on the Pillow Box Die, to match my card. I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Rosettes Thinlits and also the Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Pillow Box and Bag Thinlits. I used the same decorated master sheet that I'd made for the card, and die cut the toppers in other papers/card and finished with a ribbon. I'll put some little chocolates in this to give to the special recipient ;-) xx

I hope you like this little project of mine. It may seem a little time consuming, but you can get get a least 4 cards from this unless you use part of it for the Pillow Box. I die cut and glazed 3 more hearts in other colours when I made the first one, so they’re all ready to go on the finished cards.