Crafty Adventurista: March 2025

Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Flowers/Mother's Day March DT Project 2 For Country View Crafts and Challenges

Hello there,

Here I am, with my second DT Project for March, for Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook.

The challenge theme is ‘A Flower/Flowers/Mother’s Day’ and runs until the end of the month.

The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks, and please mention them in your post.

You can enter 5 times each month with different projects and one winner will be selected randomly.

There is a fabulous Alison Bomber Paperartsy stamp set for the lucky winner for this month.

For my project I’ve made a series of tags using stamps from Tim Holtz Forgotten Garden CMS481, using an old technique that has had a revival. I stamped onto tea bags and then coloured in the images with Tim Holtz watercolor pencils. The teabags give the overall look a very cool texture.

I thought these flowers look like the wildflowers you see dotted around the country, and they fitted perfectly on the opened out teabag.

To start, I drank a few cups of tea :-) let the teabags dry out and then cut them open to remove the tea leaves.

I lightly painted some watered down (about 50:50) white Watercolour Ground onto each bag to prep them to take the stamping and paint.

I stamped the images with Black Archival Ink and then using my Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor pencils, I coloured in the images.

I used Distress Collage Medium to attach the decorated teabags to the medium sized kraft tags from Tim’s assortment pack (I only had 3 of Tim’s ones, so I cut out another two from Kraft card.) Using a hole punch that makes the circles that go over the hole, I punched out 5 of these and glued them on too.

I lightly splattered some watered down Distress Ink Rusty Nail onto the almost completed tag to give them a more aged effect and then went round the edges with Distress Inks Scorched Timber, Gathered Twigs and then Black Archival.

I randomly stamped some text and numbers from Tim’s Tidbits CMS488

Using some Idea-ology Field Notes Snippets which I had blended with Black Archival ink around the edges, I layered these onto each tag in random areas and also some of the Tim Holtz Cello Sticker Tape.

To finish I wrote numbers in the ‘label’ on the flowers and added some string to the tag.

I may add some of these to cards, so I decided to leave a sentiment off for now so I could add it at a later stage.

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my project and maybe give it a try yourselves.

Also, don’t forget the challenge runs until the end of the month, so there’s still time to join in.

Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog.

Hugs

Carol xx

Products used:

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Forgotten Garden CMS481

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cms481-tim-holtz-cling-mounted-stamp-set----forgotten-garden-173265-p.asp

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Tidbits CMS488

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cms488-tim-holtz-cling-mounted-stamp-set---tidbits-175391-p.asp

Ranger Distress Tags Assortment

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz-distress-tag-assortment-18pkg-89663-p.asp

Ranger Distress Watercolor Pencils

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

Ranger Distress Inks

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-ink--re-inkers-103-c.asp

Ranger Distress Collage Medium

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-collage-medium-matte-3-fl-oz-887ml-62963-p.asp

Idea-ology - Field Notes Ephemera (I used Snippets from my stash)

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th94051---tim-holtz-idea-ology---field-notes-ephemera-pack-169922-p.asp

Idea-ology™ - Ephemera Pack Snippets - Number Strips

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th94222---tim-holtz-idea-ology---ephemera-pack-snippets---number-strips-171863-p.asp

Idea-ology Cello Sticker Tape

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th94386---tim-holtz-idea-ology---cello-sticker-tape-173697-p.asp

Archival Jet Black Ink

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-archival-ink-pad-jet-black---90mm-x-62mm-1609-p.asp

Thursday, 13 March 2025

Flowers/Mother's Day March DT Project 1 For Country View Crafts and Challenges

Hello,

Here I am with my first DT Project for March to share with you, that I’ve made for Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook.

As it’s the month where we celebrate Mother’s Day here in the UK, the challenge theme as chosen by Cassie is ‘A Flower/Flowers/Mother’s Day’ and runs until the end of the month.

The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks, and please mention them in your post. You can enter 5 times each month with different projects and one winner will be selected randomly. There is a fabulous Alison Bomber Paperartsy stamp set for the lucky winner for this month.

So, for my project I made a floral scene in my journal using mixed media.

First, I applied some torn book paper and masking tape to the page, using collage medium.

I then used Paperartsy Fresco paints to create a background wash of multiple colours and then I knocked this back with some white paint. I went a bit too heavy handed and the torn book paper can hardly be seen now.

I stencilled Paperartsy Fresco Winter Green through the Tim Holtz Stencil THS086 that looks like stones, around the edges of the page.

Using some flowers from the Tim Holtz Floral Trims CMS461 set, I stamped these onto white cartridge paper that I'd coloured with the same PaperartsyFresco paints as in the journal, and then painted more in depth with the Paperartsy Fresco paints to make them stand out. I used a stamping platform to first make the print, then paint, then stamp the print again to bring up outline. I then splattered with white paint.

I found a picture of a lady in a magazine that I wanted to use as my focal point. I glued her first into some copier paper to make the image a bit sturdier. Once glued in place, I blended her around edges in with Chipped Sapphire Distress Watercolor pencil.

I also found a sentiment from a magazine to match and glued this also onto copier paper before adding to the page and blending around with the Chipped Sapphire pencil too.

And there you have it. My journal page to commemorate our wonderful Mothers, with flowers, for this month. I hope you like it and may be inspired to join in our challenge.