Crafty Adventurista: Mr Rabbit CVC Project 2

Helloooo,

Here I am, bringing you my second DT project for the month of March, for Country View Crafts Challenges. The challenge this month is for Mad March Hares or Rabbits or Easter. You can find the challenge on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open world wide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You’ve got until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

Well! Who could resist Tim Holtz’s Mr Rabbit new set of stamps? Not me!

I wanted to show you something different to try with him. As I wanted him to look the other way, I stamped him onto Acetate using Stazon and then painted him with Distress Paints, flipped the image over and here he is!

Obviously fussy cut him and secure to the page. I composed this in my altered book using mostly Tim Holtz products but if you haven’t got exactly what I’ve used as some may no longer be available, I have given you links to other options to substitute with.

The main reason of this project for me was to show how Mr Rabbit on the acetate could be done. And of late, I’ve started drawing my own ‘girls’, (trying to get better at drawing faces), so I hand copied Alice from an image on Google, but Visible Image have a wonderful Alice stamp and dies that you could use, or Stamperia have some fabulous die cuts, ready cut and coloured.

So, to the technique...

I stamped Mr Rabbit onto acetate with Black Stazon and then painted over this with Distress Paints - Victorian Velvet for the ears, Tumbled Glass for the eyes, Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire for the bow tie, Wild Honey for the waistcoat and Peeled Paint for the jacket.

I used White Acrylic for Mr Rabbit and his shirt (I'm out of Picket Fence right now).
You have to be careful when painting over the Stazon stamped side as if you use a rough brush it will take off the ink. If you paint on the non stamped side that will keep his image as it was stamped, whereas I wanted to use it in reverse.

Once painted, flip this over and fussy cut around the lines.

Next, I die cut the bottles and clock with Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz Wall Clock and Apothecary dies. These are discontinued now, but I have given you some alternatives below in the products list that you can use.

I inked the die cuts with the following Distress Inks: Old paper, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Ground Espresso, Gathered Twigs, Black Soot and I clear embossed the clock face. There were two but I only used one of these.

Then, I googled an image of Alice and hand copied her onto watercolour paper and coloured with Distress Watercolour Pencils and fussy cut her.

Next, I prepared my background in my altered book. First I gessoed the page and let it dry. Then with a wide Dina Wakley brush I randomly brushed on the Distress Paints; Shabby Shutters, Rustic Wilderness, Scorched Timber, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot also adding some stencilling with Tim Holtz Stencils using Wild Honey and Lost Shadow, and then added some torn bits of book page too.

Finally, I compiled all the elements - I added a 1st Class postage stamp that I had and also some 'playing cards' that I purchased as a digital download on Esty.

I glued these all down with Dina Wakley Ultra Thick Gel Medium which works so well on Acetate Transparencies.

I hope this has inspired you to have a go at stamping on acetate and painting it.

And also creating your own Alice in Wonderland page.
Don't forget, there’s still plenty of time to join in the challenge until the end of this month to win a fabulous prize.

Thanks for looking

Carol xx

Products used/alternative recommended:

Acetate
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/creative-expressions---heat-emboss-acetate---a4-66629-p.asp

Stazon (to stamp on acetate)
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/stazon-tsukineko-solvent-ink-pad---jet-black-10418-p.asp

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Mr Rabbit CMS478
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cms478-tim-holtz-cling-mounted-stamp-set---mr-rabbit-172689-p.asp

Distress Paints
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-paints-436-c.asp

Distress Watercolor Pencils
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

Background Stencils
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-layering-stencils-523-c.asp

Dina Wakley Ultra thick gel medium (to secure acetate) https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/dina-wakley-641-c.asp

Dina Wakley Brush
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---dina-wakley-media---112--12-2-pack--bristle-brushes-120669-p.asp

Alternative clock to mine
Stamperia
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/stamperia---a4-greyboard-1-mm---cats-and-clock-128825-p.asp